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~~._ r - ~; ,~ 727 , 114m0rr 6/ 0 4-- ,4tA // /~Z ~,, J~ ~~~ MORNING -SUN METROPOLITAN PATENT WOOD , PAVING CONiP ANY.—Ne,tiee is here!). ;oven. ii:ha"at INTEREST at t h e rate of yer Cent. per Annum on the - up Capital for the Six Months enitug 31- t Pect•mher. ti B i 4l , WILL BE PAYABLE t • Sitar. ho tb•rs at the Offi ce . of 24e,Comany, 4, Milibank-street, Westmin , ter, on the 1-t and F ulatiAßY, between the hours of Twelve and One &Cock. By order of the Board. WILLIAM PROSSER, Jun., Sec. 4, Millbank-row, Westminsti-r, Jan. 11, 1642. z , e s ome of Mr. con - L'arcbed :ova by ; 0 , the • • - - - - • A • • „Tite,4p,V, . - ;1 4 - 1 .1.00 0 1k.i . 1; 1 4%.111? ,.7 )/iN " • ir 'Vitt + 7 4 k . .r t 749 „AC 441 r grilki k l i g li t .)l t l 4 6 k l llok\ -4 14. j 4e Ea, ° - 1 7 4 7, 111 ,0ri• S 013 --[; 74 , kg . .s‘ Ig t ' 4 " 410' 1 .1 Ivx“ 4 " 210 1 ""1": MORNING SUN 'FL RkISFI CHURCH PROPERTY. Eked to l er said ntaaco, ks, Air' ere or ye; k. No. 1a,401. LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1842 PRICE 5d (Enclosure in Captain Bourchier's Letter.) Military Quart.:Ts, Royal Marines, Island of Golong,-soo, THE WORKNIAN'S SINGING SCHOOL. EXETER HALL. • DISSENTERS and GENERAL LIFE and FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, de . - dared on the .sth Instant, IS NOW PAYABLE to the Shareholders, between the hours of Ten and Four, at the Offices of the Company, No. 62, King William-street, Lon don-bridge, where Life and Fire Assurance business, in all departments, is transacted on secure principles and liberal terms. By Order of the Board, Jan. 12, 18-12. THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. ERS. Under the SANCTION of the COMMITTEE cf COUNCIL on EDUCATION. near Amoy, Aug. 27, 1841. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, Loudon ; Johnson, St. Helens. ROBERT WILCOCK, banker, Allethwaite, Cartmel, Lancashire, Ja n . 27, an d F e b . 25, at eleven, at the Commer cial Inn, Kendal, Westmoreland. Johnson and Wetherall, Temple, London ; Hitchcock, Manchester. JOSEPH LANE, sen., cotton-manufacturer, Stockport, Jai. 25 and Feb. 25, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, ninchester. Coppock and Woollam, Stockport ; Coppock, Cleveland-row, St. James's, London. Albert the silk byshire, de, an d ‘iugilU IJR. HULLAH has the pleasure to announce 11 that he has been instructed to open a SINGING SCHOoL for ARTIZANS, SHOPMEN, aud other ADULT MEMBERS of the WORKING CLASSES. A Class, to be limited to 250 Member, will be opened on MONDAY the 31st of January, and will meet at half-past Eight o'clock precisely, every Monday and Thursday evening, for 60 nights. Each member will pay one shilling per month (8 lessons) and will be required to furnish himself with the Music necessary for the Course, the whole of which Music may be had in one volume, price Is. 6d., or in three separate tarts 6d each. D3t gr 4. ,IS N ATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 2d, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parl.ament. DIRECTORS. T. LANHE MURRAY, Es 1., Chairman. J. Ellioteon, F.R.S. I John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, BaNinghall-street. T. Driver and J. Moore, ship-owners, London, Feb. 4, at twelve—E. Elfick, grocer, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, Feb. 4, at one—G. B. Bishop and F. Hildyard, drapers, South. ampton, Feb. 4. at one—B. Carter, factor, James-street, Co vent-garden, Feb. 7, at. half-past eleven—NV. Broome, linen. draper, Oxford- trees, Feb. 5, at one—W. W. Ogbourne, warehouseman, Honey-lane, Cheapside, Feb. 5, at twelve—W. Hitchcock, linen-draper, Regent-street, Feb. 12, at eleven—C. Hoppe, glass-dealer, Blackfriars-road, Feb. 5, at two—W. Weston, merchant, Gracechurch-street. Jan. 28, at one—J. Mott, nurseryman, Leicester, Feb. 5, at eleven. In the Country. 842. Persons de , irous of joining thin Class are to apply at Exeter Hall on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings, between the hours of Seven and Nine. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION, REGENT-STREET.—MORNINGS and EVENINGS except SA's URDAY EVENINGS. A SERIES of entirely NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, il lustrating CONSTANTIN )PLE and the SCENERY of the BOSPHORUS, by Wrench and Smith. '1 he FIRE of the TOWER of LONDON, with the Military Signals continued. BARWISE AND LIAIN'S ELECTRO MAGNETIC CLOCKS, on which principle one, on a large scale, is at work in front of the Institution. WtIIGHT and BAIN'S NEW PATENT ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RAILWAY TRAIN CONTBOLLi• R. New and varied LECTURES, adapted to tke taste of the Juvenile Visitors. will be delivered during the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. The MICRO SCOPE, DIVING BELL and DIVER, ORRERY, 2,000 Works of eminent Art, Science, and Ingenuity, &c. &c. A VIEW of CANTON, by a CHINESE ARTIST. The MO- ' DEL of the. UNDERCLIFF, of the Isle of Wight, and Va rious COSMORAMIC PICTURES, :are added to the Even • in Exhibition. A U DiTORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R.S. Professor Graves, A.M. F. R.S. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. 4,.S PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M. F. R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. SOLICITORS—ItIessrs. Sweet, Suttiom, Ewens, and Omman. ney, 6, Basinghall-street. BANKERS—AIe!srs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. LIFE ASSURANCE. J. Davies and F. Dickerson, merchants, Plymouth, March 3, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth—J. Bedingfield, surgeon, St owmar k e t, S u ff o lk , Feb. 2E3, at twelve, at th e Clown and Anchor, Ipswich—T. Cheetham, jun., surgeon, Stockport, Feb. 8, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-- J. Brooks, British sugar manufacturer, Bristol, Feb. 11, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol--J. Smith, T. Edgley, and B. Smith, hosiers, Manchester, Feb. 11, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—G. Brocklehurst, H. Dircks, and J. B. Nelson, engineers, Liverpool, Feb. 4, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—J. Tollitt, stationer, Liver pool, Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—D. Hodgson and J. Wright, cotton-spinners, Glossop, Derbyshire, Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. AnvaNTActs.—Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi ta'. and accumulations--Equitable !Wei—Power to borrow Two-thirds Premium paid, without expen!e •r forfeiture—and Profits annually divided. N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual rates. N." heart the ZEALAND COMPANY.—TERMS ,)T,E of PURCHASE o f PRELIMINARY LANDS in e SETTLEMENT of NELSON, NEW ZEALAND. GOVERNOR— JOSEPH SOMES, Esq. bE etrry-Goverowa—HON. FRANCIS BARING. RS. VISCOUNT INGESTRE, DIRECTO ALP. LORD PETRE. HENRY A. AGLIONBY, Esq., M.P. : JOHN ELLERKER BULLCOT I', Esq. JOHN WILLIA M BUCKLE, Esq. C HARLES BULLER, Esq., M.P. 'WILLIAM TAYLOR COPELAND, Esq., Aid., M.P. ROBERT ELLICE, Esq. J AMES ROBERT GOWEN, Esq. JOHN HINE, Esq. W ILLIAM HUTT, Esq„ M.P. ROSS DONNELLY MANGLES, Esq, M.P. STEWART MAJORIBANK, Esq., 111. P. Sllt WILLIAM MOLESWORTII, Part. AL EXANDER NAIRNE, Esq. ~,THE LORD MAYOR. ilt GEORGE SINCLAIR, Bart. JOHN ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P. WILLIAM THOMPSON, Esq., Alderman, M.P. HON. FREDERICK JAMES TOLLEMACHE, M.P. ARTHUR WILLIS, Esq. • G EORGE FREDERICK YOUNG, Esq. , The C our t o f Di rectors of the New Zealand Company ,rereby give no ti ce , t h at a li m i te d number of allotments of pre nary Land s , eac h of which consi s t s o f th ree sect i ons, v i z. acre of Town Land, fifty acres of Suburbn Land, and one 11 ndred and fif ty aores of Country Land, are s a till open for Sale to their second SAtlement of Nelson. The price of each allotment is 300/. 2 . These allotments were unsold when the general ballot . 11 r prio r i ty of choice was held on the 30th August last; never theless the numbers which represent them in the original Re gi stry ryof applications were plac e d i n th e w h ee l w i t h a ll t h e 'tiler numbers, and the unsold numbers were drawn promis °usly with those which had been previously disposed of ; (11v.quently to each of the unsold numbers definite rights of Tority of choice (distinct in resrect to each of the sections abov e described) have been attached by the ballot. t ,. 3 . Until further notice, any party, or his agent, attending at "! New Zealand House on any Thersday re. three o'clock, and producing the receipt of the Company's Bankers, , Anus. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, for 3001., will be entitled Le draw in the presence of the Court of Di rec t ors , f rom a 'heel i n which ihe registry numbe rs o f a ll unso ld a ll otments Lave been deposited, with special precautions for their security and for the fairness of the proceeding. The register of the t'llginal ball o t V§ ill then show to th e p ar ty d raw i ng any num b er, at rights of priority of choice he is entitled. 4. Applicants, therefore, will obtain preliminary allotments, precisely the same terms, with respect to price and the ' r tamee s of priority of choice, as original purchasers. A list of the registry numbers, with the rights of choice 4 11 l eh were attached to each by the original ballot, may be seen 'the /Vew Zealand House, on application to the Secretary. 6. - Present purchasers will be entitled to the sae ivilees, ~.."Nleet to an allowance for cabin passages (not e m xc p ee r ding g , 25 b i ' - " t ent• on the purcha,e mone y), as t h ese w h o b oug h t allot -5;1bl before the general ballot. t.,'• Purchasers not proceeding to New Zealand will be en tleri to delegate their rights of choice to any agent whom e Y ay nominate ; or, if t shld pref it, such chce w e xe M rcised on th e i r behalf b ey y the ou officers er of the Compaoiny.ill By order of the Court, II New Z e al an d H ouse , JOHN W A RD , o ad-stre e t-b u ildi ngs , Jan. 1, 1842. Secretary UNIQUE BINDING for LEDGERS, in „, vented by LOVE and BARTON. WHOLESALE teI'RETAIL STATIONERS, MARKET-STREET, MAN ",ESTER, and used only in the Manufacture of Account ,r°,°Kß, sold at their Establishment. B ANKERS, MERCHANTS, SOLICITORS, AND PUBLIC COMPANIES. t e , T s ° .give to largo books of acconnts a greater degree . of firm the back, to prevent such books from becoming . loose be? rickety, to enable them to stand rough usage without V t ng liable to fall in pieces, and to combine the greatest ength with an easy flatness in the opening, are objects which ti;ille constantl engrossed the attention of Love nd Barton in manufacture of s Account-books. After s considerable and experimenting, they have succeeded in producing a (IWiles of binding entirely new, which will endure almost any r 'gree of wear and tear", and, from the peculiarity of its cha per,.they have denominated it THE UNIQUE BINDING. ot l t i . l : binding will be found to possess the property, among 41 " rs, of uniting every sheet of paper more closely and per "anently together than is usual, and to attach the whole of the 'es to the cover or back, with a firmness hitherto unknown'; nile the desideratum of even opening (so that the book shall -ecu Qt3V to write upon cl ose t o t h e b ac k or centre) is effectually red it The best p a p er use d i n t h e manufacturing of merchants' tecount hooks, and a ll th e u - ua l v ar i e ti es k ept in stock, such as h 4 -edg ers, D ay -Books, Waste-Books, Pattern-Books, Journals, ; 0 ,41-B oo k s, I nvo i ce -B oo k s, C opy i ng -Books, &c., and where e difference can be made for s,rigle and double entry. , L. an d B. w ill be h a ppy t o s h ow t o any o f t h e i r fr i ends the '` r ifference between the ' unique" binding and that very com b:10111y in use. Export orders executed on wholesale terms. Love and Barton, Wholesale and Retail Stationers, 10, larket-street, Manchester. Orders from the country, per post, promptly attended to. tMPORYANT to GAS COMPANIES and r : CONSUMERS GENERALLY - .—N. DEFRIES, GAS "AS ENGINEER, has brought to perfection a perfect DRY METER, which is patented for England, Ireland, Scot tand most kingdo ms - on the Continent ; it wo r k s by th e Theeasfuoll mt, est pressure, i s not a ff ecte d b y f rost or h eat, correct in and steadiness of light may he depended on. them Cconisanies h av e th em on th e i r wor k s , an d a ll ow 1,. to be used by th e i r t enan t s — v i z. , Ch artere d , I mperial, ,quitable Ratcliffe' South Metropolitan, Lond on , Ph oen i x , °Rl,leafre, Independent, and many country Gas C ompan i es . re can he giveLopd n where the meters are at work. be had at Defries and Levy's, 67, St. Martin's-lane, A LBEMA RL E-STRE ET, PICCADILLY, (opposite 76 , r . the York H o t e l), and may be had also at Sei7ING WILLIAM-STREET, BANK of ENGLAND. i . ( , 3-1 1‘ AND HEARING TESTI IONIALS on the Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS' (114 -i nvented SPECTACLE LENSES and INVISIBLE lI ATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR for Deaf Persons. "e, the undersigned, have been for some time making th e a' Messrs. Solomons' newly•invented Spectacle Lenses . ; th, as tonishin g relief they afford to imperfect vision f gives ss. t ii . t i tle decided preference to every other kind o Lens di st; 'clearness of the transparency brings every object . very tie1,. 4 ",, and enables individuals to view the most minute par by . / ‘l;th perfect accuracy. They are particularly pleasant bripiOule light, as they appear cooling to the sight, and soften J a , l l"t and brilliant lights : es Blund 11 Esq., M.D., 1, Great George-street, West e e „‘"ster, y r ge G. Sigmond, Esq., M.D., 24, Dover-street. 4 . 1 1 • .„Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F. R. S., Saville-row. tt arnsbotham, Esq. , M. D. , Broad-street- building s . Joh h tY White, Esq., Surgeon. 3, Parliament-street. 'eoPer, Esq., Surgeon, '29, Newington-place, Kennington ."ciek Leighton, Esq.,Upper Gower-street. ‘Ar Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall.street. Tla,Y, Esq., S urgeon , I s l ewort h. 11 414 Y, Esq. Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street. "reas, E i sq , M.D., Exeter. W„aYlor Gordon Esq., M.D. Ilowie EsM.D. Bennett-street, Bath. Ile."e ' Ywoo r d, Esq q. . M.D. Blandford. IA? try Lawren ce , Esq. , M.D., Tenby. k; J eafres on , Esq., Surgeon-oculist, 21, South Audley-street. S , .110binson, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham. Esq. , , M.D., Brighten. E Conolly Esq., M.D., Cheltenham. th o • Allnatt, Esq., M.D. Wallingford. Moos Willis, Esq., M. D. Brighton. I,l l ° ,..riffiths, Esq., Surgeon, Hammersmith. t N enderick, Esq., Surgeon, Manchester-street, Manches chersquare. 11.',Ies Tonally, Esq., Surgeon, Camden-town. sz .'clebourn, Esq., Surgeon, 26, Harleyford-place, Ken- Tgton. Veann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Parliament-street. luel Banner, Esq., Surgeon, 26, Berkeley-square. A. Eso., Surgeon, D enmar k-hill . hue. ur klernore, Esq., Surgeon, 10, Ch ar l ot t e - street, Blooms y. J. J. Pollock, Esq„ Surgeon, Kensingto n . • Stoddart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square. Walk er, Edgard Surgeon, Charlotte•street, Bloo ms bury. a i r g h a N n s ,Es , q., Surgeon, 46, Davies-street, B er k e l ey - square a s an In I Esq., Surgeon,Nuneaton, Warwick s hi re ." the A P acing the above list of Testimonials before the public, Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, state that th eir Rhi th ISI BLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, by i s , o thousand s o f D ea f P ersons h ave b een greatly benefited, th e „ t l arger than a s ev en - s hilli ng • p i ece , an d w h en fixed into abl e s'a , ity of the ear is soft and easy, and not more . uncomfort . cor perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place. d y it, u „ the faintest whisper at a public assembly is hear r,"'si;nctness. test-ieTteheinrrtant new inventions are patronized by their Ma d Queen of Hanover and their lioyal High z,"'F'S the Pr l i n n g ce a s n ses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High -11"1 the Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Non, Grac e the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and their Graces Arelibishop of Canterbury, the Dukes of Devonshire and lanchester, &e Sce 1 9 , Albemarle street, and 76, King William-street, Bank. consequence of the gross imposition in the Country, it is tst a b '`!.,7 to st ate t h at no T ravellers art employed in the above lishment. No connection with persons of the same name. Aft R'S LIFE PILLS. e" st The Proprietors of this most invaluable remedy are sta r actly receiving from all parts of the United Kingdom, in -11,:" of their astonishing curati , e powers. It would he to bring all the cases before the public ; suffice it to th' e that cases of every description have been cured simply by d is c use, thus showing that what has been considered different thders, and requiring different treatment, all originated in he'e4me cause, namely, an impure state of the blood, and can ilth„ 4 " 4 by one uniform treatment. PARR'S LIFE PILLS, harra,g ll Powerful in conquering disease, yet are as pure and to th„-:s as new milk, and may be administered with confidence loon I , nc elids howeve r wea kly f rom l ong ill-h ea l t h , w h o w ill vi z e nr ythose delightful symptoms of a return to strong health, good appetite, sound sleep, and an increase of animal spirits. ti,)°,ll:_v,e produced a medicine ' so benign and mild in its opera i4 (li en effects, and yet so effectual in searching . out and cur 91d p se a'e, of however long standing, exhibits on the part of Je st. a Z, deep research, and a thorough knowledge of his sub . - 1 0 , r , , ahose who have been the instruments of restoring this th_isz,lost secret to the world, feel confident, when they make -sertion—that NONE NEED DESPAIR, that if only a aqd tr tr i s , ne given, the result will be a restoration to health nappiness. " Thus shall their humble labours merit praise, theta And future Parrs e best with honour'd das." their e Proprietars respec b tfully l request purchasers y to be upon tierntignard against spurious imitations, as the extraordinary fm ile ,d has induced several shopkeepers of mean and dishonest elts, 'Pies, to try to impose on the incautious various counter the'.,composed of the most pernicious ingredients, merely for epii cake of reaping an extra profit, totally regardless of the OCrsequences which must ensue. re , n , ye that each box of the Genuine Medicine has pasted worti n s it the Government Stamp, in which is engraved these Qropnd P ARRS LIFE I'ILLS, in white letters on a red td:ld No other can be genuine. wholesale, by appointment of the Proprietors, by E. a nd 1...(18, 67 St. Paul's, London, in boxes at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., Gir!.._each, with full direetiims. liy, d " t A . S.—" The Life and Times of Thomas Parr," who be 152 years of age, l icalth o containing Remarks on Discase, the Mns ot Prolonging Life, with Engravings, Anecdotes, Poetry, &c., may be had gratis of all Agents. s , Capt• go ring out of freS df o SIP .001 1 r, Wer, 15 3 I%' em' War" %A th e yixea takia u Noe. into ill era' for the lot ”" nbar"' 001( . 1 ' o f 1114 ich ij K ing bow:, in sgiv y 11 O t in wi ll d a ble. ofth ° e arcl ii di° &tell d bet ae 3 9 49 9i 49 ; Admission to the whole, One Shilling. THE THAMES TUNNEL is Op'n Daiiy (*Sunday excepted), from Nine in the Morning until Six in the Evening, and is brill-aptly lighted with gas. The present Entrance is on the Surrey side of the river, close to ll , ,therhithe Church, That 'runnel is now completed to the extent of 1195 feet.—Admittance One Shilling each. NOTICE.—The Tunnel will be shortly closed to the Puhl:c, in order to finish the Works. J. CH A EIMER, Clerk to the Company. Company's Office, 2, Walbrook Buildings, City, January 3, 1841. N.B. Conveyances to Rotherhithe, by Omnibus, from Pic cadilly, Charing Cross, Fleet-street, and Gracechurvh-street ; and by Steam-boats, from Chelsea. Vauxhall, Lambeth. Hun. gerford, Old Shades Pier and London Bridge, to the Tunnel Pier at Wapping. Books, with Plates descriptive of the Works, are sold at the Tunnel, price Is. IT WALKER'S NEEDLES (by autho -4 rity) ; the " Queen's Own," with the new large eyes, are easily threaded (even by blind persons), and work with great freedom, having improved points, temper and finish. To distinguish them from others, they are labelled with correct likenesses of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert in relief, on coloured ground. Sold in papers, and in leather cases and boxes of 100, 125, 250, 500, 1,000, or 5,000 needles : among them ere some with the Plume of the Prince of Wales. One shillings value can be sent by post by any respectable dealer on eceipt of 13 penny stamps. H. Walker's improved Fish-hooks, Steel Pens, Hooks and Eyes, Bodkins, &c., are particularly recommended to notice. H. Walker, Manufacturer to the Queen, 20, Maiden-lane, Wuod-strcet. 100,PIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 50s. the SET, of FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Supe rior London Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curtai ns , 1 inch diameter, Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. Sd. per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet g, 9s. SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE CUTLERY WAR RANTED.—TABLE KNIVES, with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen ; Dessert Knives, I Is. ; Carvers, 44. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with white bone handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. Bd. ; Carvers, 3s. per pair ; Globe-shape Tea urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new shapes, 395. ; Papier Mache Tea trays, gothic shape, 50s ; the set o f full sizes. Catalogues, containing the prices, with Engravings of every Ironmongery Article necessary to the furnishing of a house of any size, 25 per cent. under any other old-established house, to be had gratis (post free). RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells-stree Oxford-street. Established 1320. ,„ ° PUBLICATIONS T HE NEW MORAL WORLD of Satur day, January 15, contains DELIBERATIONS of the CABINET COUNCIL, by ROBERT OWEN ; LETTER to SIR ROBERT PEEL, and Address to the Disciples of the Rational System of Society; Prospectus of the Home Colo nization Company ; Progress of Social Reform, &c. &c. Published at the Office of the Home Colonization Society, No. 57, Pall-Mall, and sold by all Nswsvenders, stamped Four pence, unstamped Twopence. Just published, in Illuminated Gwer, price 2s. 6,1, THE TOWER ; ITS HISTORY, ARMO RIES, AND ANTIQUITIES, before and since the Fire. With numerous Illustrations. By J. HEWITT. Published by• Authority of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance, at the Tower. Also by W. Spiers, 17, North Audley-street ; and R. Ackermaun, 191, Regent-street. 13, Great Marlborough -street. MR. COLBURN WILL PUBLISH, DURING THE PRESENT MONTH, THE FOLLOWING NEW WORKS:— The FIRST VOLUME of " The DIARY and LET TERS of MADAME D'ARBLAY," Author of " Evelina," " Cecilia," &c., The SCHOOL for WIVES. thoress of " Temptation." 3yols. A NOVEL, By the Au- EXCURSIONS ALONG the SHORES of the MEDI TERRANEAN. By Lieutenant-Col. E. NAPIER, Author of " Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands," &c. 2 vols. small Bvo. Silt HENRY NIORGAN, the BUCCANEER. By the Author of " Rattlin the Reefer," " Jack Ashore," &c. 3 vols. Also, now ready, ANNE BOLEYN, AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. By Mrs. A. T. THOMSON, Author of " The Life of Henry VIII.," " Constance," &c. 3 vols. The MAN of FORTUNE. A NOVEL. By Mrs. GORE. 3 vols. " A tale of real life, full of intense interest, and teeming with those nice traits of character, deep touches of human passion, and brilliant sketches of existing society and manners, in which Mrs. Gore's novels are exceeded by those of no living writer."—New Monthly. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, the Seventh Edition, price 3s. ; and sent free, on receipt of a Post-office order, for 3s. 6d., MANHOOD; the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suffering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the Treatment of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, &c- illus trated with cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consultin: Surgeons, London. SEVEN EDITION. Published by the Authors, and sold by Balliere, Medical Bookseller to the Royal College of Surgeons, 219, Regent street ; t trange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Pattie, 4, Bridges street, Strand, London ; Guest, Birmingham ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester; Philip, South Castle-street, Liver pool ' • Fannin and Co., 41, Grafton-street, Dublin ; Duncan, 114, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to be had of all Booksellers The following are a few of the numerous testimonials this popular work has received, and which the limits of an adver tisement will only allow of being published : The rage far books in all departments of Science, literature, and the arts, was, we believe, never so prevalent as at the pre sent time. The unavoidable consequence of this is, that we meet a very considerable proportion of indifferent, usele.s, and even bad books. With the force of this prejudice on our minds, we with no little reluctance were induced to peruse Messrs. Curtis's work, entitled "Manhsod ;" nor did it re quire much perusal fully to satisfy us that the book was not one of the common stamp. The scientific views taken by the authors of the source and origin of many of the most distressing effects of certain depraved habits, fully establish their claim to the character of experienced and judicious surgeons. To quote passages from the work in proof of our assertion would be departing from the established rules of the daily press. The result, however, of our careful perusal of the work, has been to impress us with a thorough confidence in the talent and skill of the authors, and to satisfy its that those entrusted with the care of youth are not a little indebted to them for fur nishing them with a means of preventing some of the most frightful maladies to which flesh is heir.—Old England. Messrs. 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FROM LAST NIGH.T'S GAZETTE CAPTURE OF AMOY. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 12. 1842. Despatches have been received at this Office from Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, K.C.8., of which the following are copies or extracts : Wellesley, at Amoy, Aug. 31, 1841. Sta,—l request you will lay before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the accompanying copy of a despatch which 1 have addressed to the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, detailing the proceedings of her Majesty's squadron under my command, in the capture of the city of Amoy and the island of Goiong-soo, with all their fortifications and de fences, by the combined forces of the expedition on the 26th instant ; on which event I beg to congratulate their Lordships, and reiterate my entire approbation of the gallantry and good conduct of all the officers, sea men, and royal marines of her Majesty's squadron, as well as those of the Indian navy, and Bombay artillery under my command.—l have the honour, Sec. (Signed) W. PA RKE It, Rear- Admiral. To the Secretary to the Admiralty. Wellesley, in the Bay of Amoy, Aug. 31, 1841. MY LORD,— it is with much gratification that I have the honour of announcing to your Lordship the capture of the city of Amoy and the island of Golong-soo (which forms the west side of the harbour), together with their strong lines of batteries and sea defences, mounting above 228 guns, by the combined forces of her Majesty, after a short but vigorous attack, on the 26th inst., with very trifling loss on our part. The expedition, comprising the ships of war here after named, and twenty-one transports, containing the land forces, military and victualli ng stores, &c. under the command of his Excellency Major-General Sir Hugh Gough, sailed from the anchorage of Hong kong on the 21st, and fortunately arrived off the islands at the entrance of Amoy by sunset on the 25th. A few shots were discharged at her Majesty's ships as they passed between the fortified islands, but no mischief was done. It was then beginning to blow strong, but favoured by a fair wind and good moonlight, with the advantage of the local knowledge of Captain Bourchier of the Blonde, the fleet were pushed into the bay, and anchored in security for the night. It blew too hard during the night to admit of any boats leaving the ships to bound or make observations ; but no time was lost after daylight in reconnoitering the Chinese positions, in which the General and Sir Henry Pottinger did me the favour to accompany me in the Ptiegethon steam-vessel. We found the batteries and works of defence on the entire sea face strengthened by every means that the art of these active people could devise ; present ing a succession of batteries and outworks, from the extreme outward points of this extensive bay, until within aoout three quarters of a mile of the entrance of the harbour. where a high barrier•wall was constructed from the foot of a steep and rocky mountain to a sandy beach on the sea ; and from this latter point a strong casemateci wall of granite, faced with soil, and occa sional Small bastions, with parapets of stone, to afford fla.iking defences, was continued to the very suburbs and entrance of the harbour, from whence were masked batteries with sand-bags, until opposite the north-east point of Golong son island, altogether one hundred and fifty-two guns. I - On the island of Golong-soo, which is the key of 1 Amoy, strong batteries, mounting in all seventy-six guns, were also placed in every commanding position for flanking the approach to the harbour (which is scarcely half a mile wide at the entrance), and protsetieg the access:be points of landing. As it was of the utmost importance, with a view to ulterior operations, and the advanced period of the present monsoon, that we should be delayed as short a time as ptssible at Annoy, it was determined that the batteries within the harrier wall and on the island of Golong-soo should be immediately attacked by the squadron, and the troops landed within the barrier as soon as it might be practicable, to take the batteries in the rear. For this object the Wellesley and Blenheim were ordered to anchor against the strongest batteries on Amoy, and as near the entrance of the harbour as possible, leaving the Cruiser, Pylades, Columbine, and Algerine, to engage the ex treme point of the line, and cover the landing of the troops, flanked by the heavy guns of the Sesostris and Queen steam-vessels, the Pnlegethon and Nemesis be ing appointed to receive the troops, and tow in the boats for landing them. The attack on the island of Golong-son, where we had reason to apprehend the water was shoaler, was assigned to Captai❑ Bourchier, of the Blonde, with the Druid and Modeste, 150 marines under Captain Ellis, and a detachment of the 26th Regiment, under Major Johnstone. Pending the necessary preparations for disembark ing the troops and moving the ships into their ap pointed positions, a communication was received from the shore, requesting to know the object of our visit, to which the answer No. 1 was returned. About a quarter past one, a steal) , and favou-pble breeze having set in, the squadron weighed, and pro ceeded to their stations. The Sesostris, being the most advanced, received a heavy fire before any return was made. She was soon joined by the Queen, and both commenced action with good effect. The Wellesley and Blenheim, after ranging along the line of works on Amoy under a smart fire, were anchored by the stern about half-past two P.M., ad mirably placed by Captains Maitland and Herbert in ten fathoms water, within 400 yards of the principal battery, precisely in the position allotted them, and the Cruiser, Pylades, Columbine, and Algerine, took their stations with equal judgment. The Blonde, Druid, and Modeste, ri;ached their positions against the batteries on Golong•soo a few minutes earlier, but their Captains found such difficulty, from the shallowness of the water, in placing them satis factorily, that to effect this object they very spiritedly carried their ships int.) almost their own draught. The Bentinck had been appointed to sound the channel a-head of the Wellesley, as we ran in, which Lieut. Collinson very skilfully performed, and then gal lautly anchored the brig within the entrance of the har bour, where she was joined by the Sesostris, which was placed by Captain Ormsby in a very judicious situation for relieving her and the other ships from a fl inking fire. The fire of the Chinese soon slackened under the exeodent gun practice of the squadron. At half-past three I had the satisfaction of seeing the Marines and the 26th Regiment laud on the island of Golong•soo, and the British colours planted on the batteries. The Modesto and Blonde then weighed and stood into the inner harbour ; und, after silencing, they passed the town batteries, which were out of our reach ; they an chored completely inside and abreast of the city, taking possession of twenty•six war junks, with 128 guns oe board, in a state of preparation for sea, but deserted by their crews. . _ . About the same time the first division of troops were landed under the able direction of Comm.mnder Gifford, of th, Cruiser, and, headed by their gallant General, S:r Hugh Gough, escaladed and took possession of the works at the barrier wall. An outwork beyond this point (which had been previously silenced) was also entered, and the British co:ours hoisted by the crew of a boat from the Phle gethon ; and the batteries immediately opposite the Wellesley and Blenheim heir.s nearly demolished, a party of semen and marines were landed from those s hip s , under the command of Commander Fletcher, and the officers undermentioned, by whom the Chinese, who bad taken shelter in an adjoining building, were put to flight, after discharging their matchlock., and possession taken of the works. Wellesley—Acting- Lieutenant Carmichal, Lieutenant White, Royal Marines ; Mates, Lord A. BJauelerk. S, S. L. Crof ton, L. G. Halsted ; Midshipman, W. F. F. Jackson. Blenheim—Captain Whitcomb, Royal Marines; Mates, R. C. Kevern, F. A. St. Leger. The General having cleared the intermediate space of such of .the Chinese as remained, pushed forward and occupied the heights immediately alsove the town for the night, every point being thus completely in our power. In detailing this service to your Lordship, I have the highest satisfaction in reporting the gallantry, zeal, and energy which have been manifested by every officer and man in her Majesty's Navy and Royal Marines, as well as those of the Indian Navy under my command. They have vied with each other in the desire to anfcipate and meet every ob ject for the public service, and are fully entitled to my best acknowledgments, and the favourable consideration of the Board of Admiralty and Indian Government. I have no less pleasure in witnessing the anxiety which pervades all ranks to go hand in hand with our gallant companions of the army. His Excellency Sir H. Pottinger and suite were with me on board the Wellesley during the operations of the 26th. Captain Bouchier's own report (Enclosure No. 2) will best describe the proceedings of the little squadron placed under his orders for the attack of Golong-soo, which was admirably executed ; and I can only add my meed of praise on this additional instance of the gallantry of Captain Ellis and the officers and men of the Royal Marines undo; his com mand, as well as of Major Johoston and the detachment of the 26th acting with them. The accounts we have received of the force of the Chinese for the defence of Amoy vary from five thou sand six hundred to ten thousand troops ; and it is with sincere pleasure I am enabled to transmit to your Lordship so small a list of casualties amongst the crews of the squadron. (Enclosure No. 3.) The resist ance made by our opponents would have justified the apprehension of greater injury. Under the pro tection of their well-constructed casemated works, they stood on some points firmly to their gun.% We have no knowledge of their actual loss. More than sixty dead bodies were, I believe, found in the batteries ; but nearly all the wounded, and many of the slain, were carried off by their countrymen. His Excellency, the Commander of the Forces, will probably give your Lordship an account of the muni tions of war and Government stores which have fallen into our hands, including a large quantity of gunpowder and a foundry for cannon, where some guns of very large calibre, newly cast, have been discovered. We have been constantly employed in destroying the guns, and, as far as it has been practicable, the batte ries. taken an the 26th. The lest two days Commander Fletcher, with a party of seamen and marines, has been also detached in the Neme'is, and, with very commend able zeal, has completely disabled the guns on every battery on the north-east and the south-west sides of the bay, and the fortified islands at the entrance, of which your Lordship will had official returns. The superiority of the bay and inner harbour of Amoy has much exceeded our expectations. The anchorage in the former appears excellent ; and the latter, as far as our hasty surveys have gone, affords perfect security for ships of any class, and, to a great extent, with a reasonable prospect of proving a healthy situation. Sir Ilugh Gough and myself have, therefore, entirely concurred with his Ex cellency Sir Henry Pottinger, in the expediency of retaining possession of the island of Golong-soo, which will at any time give us the command of Amoy, until your Lordship's wishes, or the pleasure of her Majesty's Government is known. For this purpose a sufficient garrison will be placed on the island by the General, and I propose to leave Captain Smith, of the Druid, with the Pylades and Algerine, for their support. The wind is, unfortunately, at present adverse, but your Lordship may be assured that the expedition will proceed to the northward the moment it is practicable, in the further execution of our instructions. I have the honour to be, &e. W. PARKER, Rear-Admiral. To the Right Hoe, the Earl of Auckland, G.C.B. A List of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels, and of the Hon. East India Company's Steam Vessels, in Ac tion with the Batteries and Defences of Amoy, 26th Augu,4, 1841. Wellesley, fl ig ship, 72 gun , , Cap. Thos. Maitland. Blenheim, 72 guns, Captain Tnomas Herbert. Blonde, 44 guns, Captain Thomas Bourchier. Druid, 44 guns, Captain Henry Smith, C.B. Modeste, 18 guns, Captain henry Eyre & Cruiser, 16 guns, Commander H. W. Giffard. Pylades, 18 guns, Commander T. V. Anson. Columbine, 16 guns, Commander Thos. J. Clarke. Bentinck, 10 guns, Lieut. Richard Collinson. Algerine, 10 guns, Lieut. T. H. Mason. Rattlesnake, troop ship, Mast.N. James Sprent. STEAM VESSELS. Selostris, 4 guns, Acting Csamrnander Ormsby. Phlegethon, 4 guns, Lieutenant M.Cleverty, R.N. Nemesis, 2 guns, Master \V. H. Hall, R.N. Queen, 2 guns, Acting Master W. Warden, R.N. (Enclosure No. 1.) On board her Majesty's ship Wellesley, off Amoy, August 2G. 1841. • The undersigned, Sir H. Pottinger, Bart., ber Bri tannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary ; Sir W . Parker, commanding in chief the naval forces ; and Sir H. Gough, commanding in chief the land forces of the British nation in these parts, to his Excellency the Admiral, commanding in chief the naval forces in the province of Fukien. There being certain differences subsisting between the two nations of Great Britain and China, which have not been cleared up, the undersigned Plenipo tentiary and Commanders-in-Chief have received the imtruetions of their Sovereign that, unless these be completely removed, and secure arrangements made, by accession to the demands last year presented at Tientsin, they shall regard it as their duty to resort to nstile measures for the enforcement of those demands. But the undersigned Plenipotentiary and Comman ders-in-Chief, moved by compassionate feelings, are adverse to causing the death of so many officers and soldiers as must perish, and urgently request the Ad miral commanding in chief in this province forthwith to deliver the town and all fortifications of Amoy into the hands of the British forces, to be held for the pre sent by them. Upon his so doing, all the officers and troops therein will be alhwed to retire with their per sonal arms and baggage, and the people shall receive no hurt ; and whenever these difficulties shall be settled, and the demands of Great Britain fully granted, the whole shall be restored to the hands of the Chinese. It these terms be acceded to, let a white flag be dis played from the fortifications. H. POTTINGER, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. W. PARKER, Rear-Admiral. H. GOUGH, Major-General. Her Majesty's Ship Blonde, Inner Harbour of Amoy, August 27, 1841. SlR—The operations of the force you did me the honour to place under my command for the attack of the island of Golong-soo were so immediately under your observation, that little remains to me beyond the agreeable duty of bringing to your Excellency's notice the admirable conduct of every officer and man 1 bad the honour to command. The squadron was led into action by Captain Eyres, commanding her Majesty's sloop Modeste, with the most perfect skill and gallantry. The Blonde and Druid followed, and were placed as near as the shoal ness of the water would admit to the three principal a theirpta i accustomed bravery. The distance of the transports prevent e d t h e 26 t h n Ellis, were l an d e d, batteries, which they succeeded in silencing a ft er a tirl of one hour and twenty minutes, when the Ma rainndese,aurrnidederththeehegiaglhlats witntCh (Camerouian) Regiment from being sent on shore at the same moment with the Marines, but they were promptly after them ; an d the detachment of that dis tinguished corps, under Major Johnston, assisted in clear ing the remaining batteries, and dispersing the enemy. From Captain Smith, of her Majesty's ship Druid, I received the most able support. That ship was placed with most excellent judgment, and her conduct such as was to be expected from her high state of discipline. This island being now completely in our possession, I left the Druid to protect it, and pushed the Modeste and Blonde into the inner harbour, silencing their war-junks and batteries on the oppo site shore as we passed ; and I have herewith the honour to enclose a return of the vessels captured and ordnance destroyed. The officers and crew of this ship merit my highest praise, as well as the party of Royal Artillery serving on board, under the command of Lieut. the Hon. R. E. Spencer. I should he wanting in jus tice were I to close this letter without bringing to your notice the merits of Lieut. Sir Fred, Nicholson, Srst of this ship, to whose valuable assistance I am much in debted ; and I must also beg to name to your Excel lency the senior mates of this ship, Messrs. Walker, Rolland, and Anderson, young officers of much promise. I have great pleasure in adding that this service was performed without loss of life on our part, although the ships hare suffered considerably in their masts, sails, and rigging, The Captains of the Druid and Modesto speak in the highest terms of their officers and ships' companies. I ' enclose the report of Captain Ellis, of the Royal Ma rines. (Signed) T. BOURCHIER, Captain. To his Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir W. Parker, K.C.131 &c. &c, STR—Having yesterday received your directions to land from her Majesty's ship Blonde and Druid under your orders, the detachments of Royal Marines of the ships Wellesley, Blenheim, Blonde, Druid, and Modesto, and drive the enemy from the strong battery of Golong-soo you had previously ea eaged, I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of Rear-Admiral Sir William Parker, K.C.13., Commander-in-Chief, that in furtherance of that object I landed with them on a sandy beach to the right of the battery, and after some difficulty in climbing rocks and other impediments, succeeded in gaining the ridge, and the flank of the Chinese position. The enemy, before we had gained the level, op posed us courageously, attacking us with matchlocks, spears, and stones ; but we soon drove them before us, cleared the battery, and dispersed thetas, the gar rison retreating to the rear, many of whom effected their escape by boats on the beach to Amoy opposite. Several men were killed in and about the battery. In following the retreating party (some of whom also were wounded) I made a detour of this large and populous island, and discovered at its western extremity a sand-bag battery of nine guns, and a Jew jingals ; they were also loaded, but did not appear to have been recently discharged. No other armed party of the enemy was fallen in with. I am happy to add, that in these operations no casualty happened to the detachment I have the honour to command ; moreover, I have great pride in reporting to you that all the officers, non-commissioned officers, rank and file, throughout the day, conducted themselves, individually as wed as collectively, with a courage, zeal, and perse verance, far beyond my power to express. (Signed) S. B. ELLIS, Captain Royal Marines. To Captain Bourchier, H.M.S. Blonde. Field State of Battalion Royal Marines, Island Golong soo, Barbour of Amoy, August 27, 1841. Wellesley -1 subaltern, 1 sergeant, 42 rank and file.— Total, 44. Blenheim-2 subalterns, 1 sergeant, 31 rank and file.-- Total, 34. Blonde-2 subalterns, 2 sergeants, 1 fifer,:26 rank and file.—Tot d 31. Druid-2 subalterns, 2 sergeants, 1 fifer, 42 rank and file.—Total 47. Modeste-1 sergeant, 15 rank and file.—Total 16. General Total-172. Officers. Blonde—First Lieutenant Hewitt. Druid—First Lieutenant Nlaxwell. Wellesley—First Lieutenant Ussher. Blenheim—Lieutenant Whiting. Blenheim --Lieutenant Farm a r. . _ Druid—Lieutenant Pickard. Blonle—Lieutenant Polkinghorne. Adjutant—First Lieutenant Maxwell. Wellesley—Assistant -Surgeon Smith. Blonde—Assistant-Surgeon Stanley. (Signed) S. B. ELLIS, Captain Royal Marines. Enclosure No. 3.) A Return of killed and wounded on board her Majesty's ships and vessels, and the Hon. East India Corn pany's steam-vessels, under the command of Rear- Admiral Sir William Parker, K.C.8., in action with the batteries and defences of the Islands of Amoy and Golonw-soo. Wellesley—Mr. S. S. L. Crofton, mate, severely wounded ; 1 seaman severely wounded. Blenheim-1 seaman killed ; 1 boy severely wounded (since dead). Modeste-1 seaman slightly wounded. 13entinck-1 seaman dangerously wounded. Phlegethon, steam-vessel—W. H. Ryves, Acting Lieu tenant Indian Navy, severely wounded. Nemesis-1 seaman slightly wounded. Number of Guns destroyed in the Batteries and Junks at Amoy, on the 30th and 31st August, 1841. About 379, varying in size from eighty-six pounders to six-pounders. WAR-OFFICE, JANUARY 14, 1842. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet W. Hogg to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dillon, who retires; A. Robert son, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hogg, Jan. 10. 7th Regiment of Foot—Captain E. Butler, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Best, appointed to the 57th Foot, Jan. 14. 43d Foot—Ensigu D. C. Greene to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Kennedy, who retires ; W. Howard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Greene, Jan. 14. 57th Foot—Capt. R. M. Best, from the 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Allan, appointed to 63d Foot, Jan. 14. 63d Foot—Capt. A. T. Allan, from 57th Foot, to be Captain, vice J. H. Fearon, who retires upon half-pay Unattached, Jan. 14. 6-Ith Foot—Ensign N. T. Williams to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice S. H. Smyth, who retires; the Hon. J. L. Browne to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Williams, Jan. 14. 65th Foot—Ensign C. Rhatigan to be Adjutant (with the rank of Lieutenant), vice Haining, promoted, Dec. 30. 74th Foot —J. H. Borton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Miller, who retires, Jan. 14. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign J. A. Hanna to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Mix Carthy, deceased, Nov. 15 ; H. Anton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Hanna, Jan. 14. Royal Newfoundland Companies.—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign J. Fletcher, vice Saunders, pro moted, Oct. 26 ; Ensiga J. Gillespie, vice Skinner, promoted in the St. Helena Regiment, Jan. 7. To be Ensign, without purchase—E. B. Wilson, Gent. vice Fletcher, Jan. 14. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals F. A. Loinsworth to be Inspeeter-General of Hospitals, vice Murray, deceased; Staff-Surgeon H. Franklin to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice Loinsworth ; Surgeon W. R. White, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Staff- Surgeon of the First Class, vice Franklin ; J. E. Bird, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Kennedy, who resigns, Jan. 14. lina'vr.T.—Captain E. Butler, of the 7th Foot, to be Major in the army, June MEsioanNoust.—The Royal Newfoundland Veteran Corn panics to be in future styled " The Royal Newfoundland Com panies." The Christian names of Ensign Macadam, of the ` , 9th Foot, are William Hudleston, and not William Henry, as previously stated. The names of the Cornet appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons, on the 31st December 1841, are Robert Johnston Brown, and not Robert Johnstone Brovtne, as pre viously stated. The Christian names of Ensign Gordon, of the 79th Foot, are John Henry, and not Henry John, as pre viously stated. ERRATUM in the Gazette of the 7th instant. For Commissariat Clerk Thomas APLean to be Deputy As sistant-Commissary-General, read Commissariat Clerk Thomas 11‘Cann to be Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General, Dec. 24, 1841. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 13. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentlemen Cadets to be Se cond Lieutenants—C. T. Franklin, vice Balfour, promoted ; A. C. Hawkins, vice Shakespeare, promoted ; J. M. Hill, vice Alston, promoted ; B. Lawson, vice R. H. Crofton, promoted ; A. Peter, vice Smith, promoted ; A. P. S. Green, vice Wade, promoted ; E. A. Willi ams , v i ce Ni xon, promoted ; H. W. atton, vice Gardner, promoted ; C. H. M orr i s , vice Bathurst, pro mo t e d ; N. APlnnis M'Kay, vice H. B. 0. Savile, promoted ; W. J. E. Grant, vice Radcliffe, promoted ; J. C. Childs, vice Knox, promoted ; G. V. Johnson, rico Younghusband, promoted; A. F. Connell, vice Lyle, promoted ; P. S. Parson, vice Romer, promoted, Jan. 1. Corps of Royal Engineers.—Gentlemen Cadets to be second Lieutenants--E. F. Bourchier, vice Gosset, promoted; 11. Grain, vice Baillie, promoted; J. M. Grant, vice Collin son, promoted; J. F. Browne, vice Bent, promoted ; Fitz Roy M. H. Somerset, vice Henderson, promoted ; H. W. Mon tague, vice Randolph, deceased ; V. T. Mairis, vice Sorell, promoted, Jan. 1. WHITEHALL, JAN. 11. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Christopher John Gel dard, of Settle, in the County of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The following places have been duly registered for solemniz• ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act 6th and 7th William I V., chap. 85 : Newington-green Chapel, Newington-green, Stoke New. — Social Institution, John -street, Tottenham-court-road. Tabernacle., Bangor, Carnarvonshire. Independent Chapel', Salem, Ty du, Carnarvonshire. Independent Chapel, Wellington, Shropshire. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JAMES GRANT SMITH, common brewer, Bath. JOHN CUISSET, jeweller, Blaekfriars-road, Surrey. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM HENRY APSEY, ship-breaker, Globe-wharf, llothcrhithe, Surrey, to surrender Jan. 21, at twelve, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin lane, official assignee ; Cattlin, Ely-place, Holborn. GEORGE NOVRA, importer of foreign goods, Red Lion square, Middlesex, Jan. 21, at one, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official as signee; Spyer, Broad-street-build: rigs. JOUN DENNISS, sen., an d JOHN DENNISS, jun., linendrapers, Tooley-street, Surrey, Jan. 28, at one, and Feb. at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, offielal assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Sole, Lothbury. BENJAMIN WARD, boot and shoe manufacturer, Char lotte-terrace, New-cut, Lambeth, Jan. 21, at half-past one, and Feb. 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Al sager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; 11I'Duff, Castle-street, Holborn. WILLIAM POVEY, grocer, Aston-under-Lyne, Jan. 27, and Feb. 25, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-Rooms, Man chester. Clarke and Medcalfe, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Higginbot tom, Ashton-under-Lyne. JOHN SUTCLIFFE, gfocer, Halifax, Feb. 3, at two, and Feb. 25, at ten, at the White Lion Inn, Halifax. Craven and Rankin, Halifax ; Wiglesworth, Ridsiale, and Craddock, Gray's Ina-square, London. JOHN ELLISON, nail-manufacturer, Leeds, Feb. 4 and 25, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Rushworth, Staple Inn, Holborn ; Battle, Selby, Yorkshire, WILLIAM CARPENTER, innkeeper, Chippenham, Wiltshire, Feb. 9, at ten, and 25, at two, at the White Hart Inn, Chippenham. Pinniger, Chippenham ; Pinniger and West maeott, Gray's Inn-square, London. EDWARD EVANS and ANDREW EVANS, painters, Birmingham, Jan. 24, at two, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. Parker and Webster, New Boswell-court, London ; Alexander Harrison, Birmingham. AMOR SPOOR, sen., and AMOR SPOOR, jun., builders Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 14, at eleven, and Feb. 25, at one, at the Commis,ion-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Hoyle, Newcastle.upon-Tyne; Shield and Harwood, Queen-street, Cheapside, London. HUMPHREY TUGWELL, farmer, Fawley, Southamp tonshire, Jan. 24, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Star Hotel, Southampton. Walker, Southampton -street, Bloomsbury square, London ; Deacon and Leng, Southampton SAMUEL CLOUGH and WILLIAM THOMPSON CLOUGH, alkili manufacturers, Eceleston, Lancashire, Jan. 25 ; And Fek. 25 1 It tlyqlye, at th e Cl arendon-roome, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES—Fra. - Z S. Raekett, locksmith, Bell-yard, Carey-street—C. Steven son, upholsterer, Sheffield—JwSmith, hatter, Deptford-bridge, Kent—R. Mitchell, merchant, Lime-st►eet—J. Saunders, J. Farmer, and T. H. Saunders, woollen-manufacturers, Ba siughall-street—J. Garry, brass-founder, Manchester—S. Schofield, grocer, Oldham, Lancashire—C. A. Harris, flax spinner, Bushey, Hertfordshire—L, C., and A. Smith, cotton spinners, Heywood, Lancashire—R. Morris, coach-maker, Gloucester—T. Bennett and P. Fish, carpenters, Fleetwood, Lancashire—lL Harris and S. King, woollen drapers, High Holborn—A. Mills and W. G. Seed„ cotton manufacturers, Ashtoa-under-Lyne, Lancashire—W. Pilling, manufacturer of cotton goods, Droylesden, Lancashire—W. Jones, butter-dealer, Tregaron, Cardiganshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C Williams and T. Ellis, attorneys, Pwllheli, Carnarvon shire—C. Wilkes and J. Icke, grocers, Shrewsbury—J. Lyons and J. Minchin, slopsellers, White's-row, Spitalfields—J. Walsh and T. Chambers, timber merchants, Halifax—C., E., and W. Hunt and E. Henley, merchants, Liverpool (so far as regards W. Hunt)--J., J., and A. J. Crocker, Manchester warehousemen, Friday-street (so far as regards J. Crocker, sen. )—T. Knight, J. Napier, anal J. Wilson, manufactarers, Manchester (so far as regards J. Napier)—C. J. Hector and H. Lacy, bankers, Petersfield, Southamptonshire—J. Rodd and L. C. Squiers, wool-raat manufacturers, Warwick—H. Thompson and A. Mackensio—J. and T. Lloyd, general mer chants, Manchester—J. and W. Edmonds, millers, Rye—S. and W. Williams, tanners, Hay, Breconshire—S. R. Gilbert and 'l'. Bisgood, attorneys, Craven-street, Strand—T. Castle, F. Luck, and T. Hyatt, warehousemen, Love-lane, Alderman bury (so far as regards T. Hyatt)—C. W. and J. Loweth. vic tuallers, Brigstock, Northamptonshire —J. Mills and D. Owen, jun, ironmongers, Rye, Sussex—N. Royston, G. Wilson, and J. Hartley, carriers, Leeds (so far as regards J. Hartley)—F. M. Gillandus, T. Ogilvy, G. C. Arbuthnot, J. Jackson, P. Evart, and E. Lyon, Liverpool (so far as regards F. M. Gil landus)—F.M. Gillanders, T. Ogilvy, G. C. Arbuthnot, J. Jackson, G. Gillanders, and A. S. Gladstone, Liverpool (so far as regards F. M. Gillanders)—J. C. and C. D. Sommers, general commission agents, Manchester—T. Lant and J. Best, brass founders, Birmingham—E. and R. King, printers, Amer sham, Buckinghamshire —T. German, T. Petty, J. Kay, jun., T. Clough, and J. G. Fisher, flax spinners, Preston (so far as regards J. Kay)—J. J. Alston and R. Webb, shipwrights, Elephant-stairs, Rotherhithe. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending Jan. 11, 1842, is 375. 3d. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. THE MARKETS.—(YESTERDAY ) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Grain since Monday have been small. Wheat heavy in sale, and rather lower. Barley met more demand, but at a further decline. Oats sold slowly, but maintained their value. Flour unaltered. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs, was moderate ; of Calves, good. The demand for Beef and Mutton was dull, but for Veal and Pork brisk, at the present prices : —Beasts, 577 ; Sheep, 2,600 ; Pigs, 327 ; Calves, 119. Beet; 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bs. ; Mutton, 4s. to 4s. led. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. Bd. to .ss. Bd. • COLONIAL MARKET. The operations were fair for home use, and at firm rates, but for export little business was transacted. The imports keep small. _ TEA MARKET. The demand at the public sales was good, and very full rates were paid. Company's Congou, Is. 94d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. A good demand for P.Y. Candle, and prices firm at 48s. to 48s. 3d., but for delivery there are few buyers ; sellers at 48s. 6d. per cwt. OIL MARKET. The Market is dull, and prices rather lower. Linseed 355. 6d. per cwt. PRICE OF BREAD. 1 tie highest i ripe of ire of ii, the sletropltis Is 105, for the 41b. Loaf. Good Bread may be had at Bd. PRICES OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. 1 Pei Quarter. dery English Red C10ver...76s 955 St. Foin Old l'ittu Ditto —s —s —s Rye Grass —s 25,11tCs New Foreign Ditto......—s 70s 92s Pacey Grass s—s • 015 Ditto Ditto —s —s —s Linseed, for fe.:.ding ...—s 51s 55s New White Clover 56s Ohs 703 Ditto, for sowing .......—s 6Cs 655 Old Ditto Ditto —s s —a Ditto, for crushing ....—s 515 535 New Tre Oil ... —s 20s 40s Hemp —6 Cis 52s Old Ditto —a 20s 38s Canary --s Pfslltle I'r folium 3 —s —s Per Bushel. English Carraway —s 50s 51s White Mustard....los Od to 14s Cd Foreign Ditto I 46s 50s Brown Ditto 12s Od to 15s Cd Coriander —s s s Tares ss Cd to 7s Cd PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Dawn Tallow £o 12 6 Melting Stu .£l 16 C Yellow Russia White lf 0 0 Graves Soap Ditto 0 0• Good Drags 0 5 0 OF RA W FAT, per stone o f albs, Price Of Ts.IIow PRICE (as stated by the Tallow Melton's) s. 1111„ PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton £5l 0 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil 36 0 Lins,ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) l3 10 It 4 Pe Cake, per ton 7 10 COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market.day, 3. A. d.l s. d. llolywell Main l7 0; Walls End Lambton Original Windsor's I'ontop 17 3' Walls End Russell's Hetton 21 II Townley ,. 15 f Walls End Stewart's ......... 22 3 Walls End Hedlcy l9 6 Walls End Caradec 2l 3 Walls End Hilda lll 0, Walls End Cassop .... ...... ... 211 3 Walls:End Hotspur Walls End Northumberland 17 ti Walls End Adelaide W. E. Braddyll'sHattou ... '.2. Oillly the l5 6 Walls End Hetton COUNTRY MARKETS. Wheat. • Barley. oat•. t'er Quarter 3ath Slam' ford dridport hard Exeter •. to S. 59 64 52 72 3. to S. 27 3t 31 32 56 72 64 70 56 66 56 76 49 73 45 '75 52 72 68 72 54 72 29 32 27 34 26 30 29 98 26 35 25 38 27 34 28 35 28 37 37 43 28 35 32 3i 24 SO t I S. 2 2 26 t. 3 26 aloueester .... d ui Idford I Newbury Reading Salisbury „„,,I Shtrborne Shepton Mallet Uxbridge Warminster I Worcester 1 [coy il Beam. S. to a. 38 42 22 26 21 29 21 '2B 28 31 IS 30 19 31 20 28 32 '4ll 27 23 28 24 29 :' 2d 3 30 3b 42 40 42 35 40 40 48 23 44 40 50 42 44 40 48 - _ 54 70 64 68 65 70 42 to 38 42 40 44 Pease tol. 40 V, 40 4. 44 48 36 39 35 42 36 42 40 49 36 40 • LEEDS CORN M I.IIKET.' 1 1 Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk , 601 b. York. and Lincoln. 601 b. ••••• • 'iarley, Norfolk and Suffolk 10s. to 318. : Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding —s, to 30s Beans ..., Oats, l'otatoe —Waling, for. lid. to !id .. Eng. 11 . }0. to 134. par stone Shelling K+, to 311, per le a d DEVIZES CORN MARKET , Par Sack . s. d. B. d. Per Qua, ter s. d. s. d. elrst Wheat 9l 6 to r 6 0 Oats 2l 0 to 32 1 , Second 10 0 33 0 Beans (per sack).., 19 0 24 ( Third duiley '2s 0 93 0 B rea d (pet gallon). 1 4 0 M MARKETS. Per lb. CHEL'PENH A Per Bushel. s. d. to s.d.i Wheat oarley 3 0 3 9 Mutton Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal Ileaqs "ease 5 0 8 0 Lamb Hay 41.54. to 4/. IN. OJ. per ton. _ ..... d. d. 6 7 6 7 6 7 6 8 7 9 CANTERBURY MARKET. — Wheat, white.,.....—. 645. to 7:5...... 01d—.......... —a. to 76s red--............... 6us. to 6R5...... 01d............ —s, to c Barley, Malting —28 s. to 35s ~....... Gr'nding.. —s. to —s. Oats .... 0 00......,.0... 21 s. to :NIL. ••••••• old MOW MAO .. ...5 •t 0 ....S• Beans ...........---_. 30s to 345...... Old-.......,—. —s. to a. Pease ...............—........... 355. to --a. ...... Grey........ 365. to —I. CHELMSFORD MARKET. Wheat, White 57 to 68 Oats lted Barley '3O 35 White 3l 34 Chevalier 33 35 Beans, Tick ' , 5 39 Grinding EDWARD HOWARD, ESQ.—The literary world has sustained a great loss in the death of this popular writer. Few of the nautical novelists of the day in the highest repute have done more to earn their well-esta blished fame than Edward Howard ; and his " Rattlin, the Reefer," " Outward Bound," " Jack Ashore," and other productions of nearly equal merit, which fully en title him to the highest rank amongst the Coopers, Mar ryats, and Chamiers, his competitors for public favour, will be eagerly perused for years to come by all classes of readers, as affording the truest and most amusing pictures of the sailor's life, which modern times have afforded. 'We are pleased to hear that he had fully com pleted, some time before his death, his romance of the sea, entitled " Sir Henry Morgan, the Buccaneer," which has been announced to appear during the present month. It is understood to present a most interesting narrative of the life and extraordinary adventures of that daring rover, and a more exciting subject could scarcely have been conceived. A number of Noblemen and Gentlemen, amongst whom were several belonging to the diplomacy at the Court, dined at the Brunswick Hotel, Jerwyn-street, yesterday, to taste the sarouri faire of the cordons hleus of that establishment, so well known for its recherche cusine. Amongst the party we observed the Prince Nicholas Esterhazv, Baron de Rotter, Duc de Bleche, Counts de Saint Aulaire, de Bathyany, do Noailles, de Vandettil, The Scottish Patriot, the Chartist Paper in Glavow, has cease] to exist. Reports are in circulation among the Turks of a pro jected coup d'etat, which was originally conceived by the late Sultan Mahmoud, and consists in a plan for the appropriation of all wakoqfs (religious founda tions and end owments ) f or the services of toe State, by selling them as moolk (freeholds), or hating them on long leases, guaranteed in the most formal manner, to purchasers or tenants, without distinction of creed or condition. The literal meaning of the word wakoof is a dona tion. But as these donations are generally made for charitable purposes, or through devotional motives, the term is taken in the sense of " something sacred," and the property is considered as " appertaining to God ;" an interpretation which enhances the difficulty of their conversion to fiscal purposes. These wakoofs are of three kinds, subdivided into various categories, all under the guardianship of the church. The first and most important class comprises those belonging exclusively to the temple.' of Mecca and Medina, to the Royal domains, and to all mosques. The revenues derived by the latter arc of great value, though infinitely beneath their intrinsic worth. Thus the imperial mosques of Santa Sofia, the Valideh, and Shalizadele those of Sultans Achmet, Osman, Selim, Mahomet, 13ajazet, &c., draw from these sources in. comes s drying from 200,000 to 2,000,000 Turkish piastres, and as the annual expenses of each, for repairs and stipends to clergy, rarely exceed a third of the receipts, the surplus forms reserve funds, either ex pended in the purchase of additional property, which forthwith becomes wakoof, or is pocketed by the nazir (inspector) or mootewelly (accountant). The former, in most cases, is the kislar aghassy (chief black eunuch), who, from this cause, bears the title of Inspector of the Holy Cities. Tire latter is almost invariably some high public functionary, originally appointed by the donor or testator. In most cases these donations are made duritig life, as the law forbids men to will away from their direct heirs more than one-third of their property. The second class embraces numerous public founda tions and charitable or pious institutions—such, for in stance, as lekehs (communities of dervishes), hospitals, khans, colleges, schools, libraries, turbeks (tombs), louts= tains, and establishments for distributing food to the poor, besides pensions to foura'ers' kin, and to priests, whose daily duty it is to read appropriate chapters of the Koran for the repose of the said lout - 1(1,1.5' souls. In this class are also included the military wakoofs, consisting of property given by officers or others for the repairs of fortresses and barracks. This, as well as the third class, has also its inspectors and accountants, who in most instances are the Kislar Aghassy, Grand Vizir, Sheik ul Islam, or some other superior Magiss trate of the capital or town where the institutions aro founded. In former times the Capon Aghassy (chief of white eunuchs), who held the pest of master of the Sultan's household, was intrusted with the inspector ship of the imperial wakoofs ; but the gross malversation committed by these white personages became so flagrant, that one of the Sultans dispossessed them of their charge. The third c'ass is of more modern institution, and of a more secular or private character than the two pre ceding. It may be likened to property left or placed in trust under Chancery or the Church, with this difference, that in default of issue, male or female, of the first generation, the property devolves to the guar dian mosque, to the exclusion of all other heirs, direct or collsteral. It thus results that the greater part of these wakoofs fall to the church, in the process of time, unless repurchased by the tenant for life, on payment of certain fines to the mosque, amounting to a moderate per centage. But in most instances the Moslem church displays greater liberality than, perhaps, would be exhi bited under sired 1r circumstances by the see of Exeter, or the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. That is to say. supposing there be default of issue of the first gene ration, and that the property should legally devolve to the Mosque, it frequently happens that the Imaums do not insist upon the forfeiture, but permit the next heir to repurchase the wakoof, on payment of the usual fine of ten or fifteen per cent. on the capital. This wares. sion, it need not be observed, is not without benefit to the church, as, in the course of years, the wakoof being unalienable, it is sure to revert to the mosque, which in the meantime enjoys a tenth or more of the total value. and an annual ground-rent. The two first classes aro essentially established and protected by religious legislation, confirmed by a con cession of fetters/is (rescripts); but the third class is only founded upon usage, having no other sanction than custom or sufferance, and no other authorization than that of the reigning Sultan and Ullemahs. The pro perty assigned for the above purposes is not the less " sacred." It generally consists of lands or tenements, and is disposed of according to the will of the donor, and the Nazis (inspector) is compelled in all cases to follow the founder's dispositions, which are duly regies tered in ono of the three offices exclusively assigned to these objects in the Finance Dspattment. The re ceipts and disbursements of all wakoofs must be laid, biannually, before the inspectors and accountants, by the proprietors or life tenants, and the former decide upon the mode in which the surplus is to be employed or invested. The causes for which these donations, especially those of the third class, are made, arc as various as the manner in which they are regulated. Some persons wishing to guard themselves from all risk of arbitrary confiscation and others, when in debt, being eager to escape seizure by creditors, make over their property as wakoofs to mosques, for themselves and heirs, and enjoy the re venues, on payment of a small ground rent. But if they wi►h to sell or make over the life tenancy to another, they must pay a fine of ten per cent, on the capital, and without disengaging the wakoof, unless there be a stipulated clause to that effect. Thus it generally occurs that from deaths, losses, and changes, these wakoofs change hands ten times in a century, and the original capital is gradually absorbed by the church. Other persons in want of ready money, or perhaps from devotional motives, abandon their property to a mosque, and are allowed the interest, or usufruct, for life, or for a stipulated period, receiving in return a sum not es. ceeding forty or fifty per cent. of the total value. A portion of the Imperial domains and revenues of the Sultan's mother and aunts belongs to, and are derived from wakoofs ; and are thus secured from the effects of those arbitrary proceedings which often follow the deaths or depositions of Ottoman sovereigns. The latter wakoofs are likewise under the inspection of the Kislar Aghassy, who, after payment of the an nual rents, with which these trusts are charged, takes possession of the surplus, and has frequently in his pos session vast sums arising from these sources. There have been instances where the accumulations, kept in the Seraglio treasury, have amounted to many millions, and these have been employed either for private or public purposes by the reigning Sultans. But as these funds are declared " sacred," the monarch is bound or supposed to replace them—a consummation, which, of eourse, does not enter into the cycle of events. It is, evident, therefore, that any attempt to d!,sturb this system must not only be inimical to popitiar pre judices, but directly hostile to the influence and per sonal interests of the whole clerical body, who, in lieu of these adt outages, would receive regular stipends, to be paid by the Government (such is the plan) according to a fixed scale. The scheme promises immense pe cuniary resources to the Porte, as purchasers and tenants would readily come forward ; but it is fraught with difficulties. There, as in Christendom, religious fervour does not blind churchmen to self-interest. To contemplate a measure tending to abridge the power, and to curtail the ret enuei of a body so powerful and bigoted, is consequently a bold conception ; and to carry it out would require energies superior to those exhibited by any previous Sultan or Turkish adminis tration. Mehemet Ali has certainly effected this ob.. jest in Egypt ; but, in the unfortunate Fellahs, he has a different class of subjects to deal with than has tbs ruler of the Ottoman empire. Besides, he has merely substituted his own all grasping monopoly for that of the church, an evil rather than a benefit, whilst the ob ject of the Sultan is to augment the resources of the people, whilst he improves the finances of the State. --- PROSECUTIONS for BLASPH2MY. BRISTOL, WEDNESDAY.—A true bill was find to-day, at the Bristol Quarter Sessions, against Charles South well, for the publication of a blasphemous libel, and the trial, which it is anticipated will run through two days, is expected to conic on on Friday (this day). Much ad ditional excitement has been created by proceedings being taken against five or six of the most respectable booksellers in Bristol, for a republication of part of the alleged libel, in a work called the Anti-Socialist Gazette, and it is believed that the Grand Jury will find true bills against all the parties in th e course o f to-morrow, and that Bench warrants will be issued for their immediate arrest. BRISTOL, DIURSDAY.--BRISTOL QUARTER SESSIONS. —At twelve o'clock this morning the Grand Jury came into Court and stated, through their foreman, that they wished to ask a question of the Learned Recorder. The Grand Jury wished to know whether the publication of a passage from a blasphemous libel, made for the pnr pose of refutation, was an unlawful offence ? The Recorder said that, in answer to that question he should say, if the Grand Jury wer e of opinion that the quotation from_the blasphemous libel was made, Bona fide, for the purposes of refutation, then it was not in the nature of a crime—it was not for the purpose of giving currency to the blasphemy, but for the purpose of ex posing its character. The Grand Jury, however, must be satisfied that the extract had been made for the pur pose of exposing, refuting, and putting it down, as other wise it would be an offence. The Grand Jun' then withdrew. At a late hour in the day the Grand Jury re ported that the Bill preferred against William Acland for selling a copy of Brindletis Anti-Social Gazette, contain ing, a passage from an article in the Oracle of Reason, al leged to he a blasphemous libel, and for which its editor, Mr. Southwell, is under proseCution, had been ignored. At the same time they returned a true bill against John Field, for the publication of a blasphemous libel contained in the Oracle of Reason. DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE ON A FEMALE.-- _pth Three men, named James Fenn, James Marehant, anti Robert Penton's-, have been, committed to th e Conv i ct gaol, Springfield, for trial at the next Assize, ch ar g e d with having severally committed a rape u on Elizabe Steady, at Ardleigh. -77Chebntford Chronick. [4 el c ' )11 the 1 5 to ;?Ileo f ' erfr to,P ri. 0 32 0 : 0 DI 0 I; 0 o 0 :4) i 4 N ~e :: a~ ; 4 •