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' ~..0,-,-, ''' 7" Di 'l ' '7 "*.. ` , l''' ' ', '..., -, •• - • 4 —Pit 013:v ., . ' \ _ . .. . _ _ -,2 5•122.1.116. ..,. 1..................--- '~: -)[aria, for ~"-"t" MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY LOANS The DIRECTOR S are prepared to receive TENDERS for the LOAN of MONEY, in pros of not less than £1,030 each, to be secured by the Bonds of the Company, for periods of three, lye, or seven years, at the option of the lender. Interest thereon will be allowed at the rate of Four per cent. per annum, payable half.y ear l y, i n London or Manchester. The Tenders to state which of the periods above mentioned is preferred, and to be addressed to the Secretary. By order, JOHN JELLICORSE, Sec. Manchester, Sept. 6, 1842. Ns - 0 86c &c. _Arrd• Fleet' ass, St' shore, the establishment of these stations must prove of immense service to humanity, and we are surprised that the necessity of such stations has not been more forcibly impressed upon the minds of Members of Cie Admiralty -and of Government. (From the Sunderland Times.) The Self-Acting Life-Buoys were not, we.regret to say, tried, and some disappointment was expressed on this account. The process, however, is so simple, that'perhaPs this was unnecessary, and we were as sured by'Afr. Carte, that they had been adopted br the Hon. Board of Ordnance, the ports of the United Kingdom, by numerous steam-boats and sailing-ves sels, and that they had already been instrumental in saving many human lives. The benefit of these, also, is so plain and palpable, that no steam-boat or vessel should be permitted by the Government, under a pe nalty, to sail without them. After the experiments were concluded, a large body of gentlemen, amounting, during the afternoon and evening, to some hundreds, sa t d own t o a sump t uous cold collation, at the principal hotel, the Red Lion. No. 1.5,6 . )9 LONDON, WEDNESDAY DI „ N 3 .SEPTEMBER 28, 1842 PRICE sd. )‘ - ra. I ° uebec% E.S. I !" Saqu i- Ibcor d ' anvaica• .a. so THE CHINESE COLLECTION. ST. G EORGE'S -PLACE, HYDE PARK CORNER. This Splendid Collection, consisting of Objects Exclusively Chinese, surpassing in extent and grandeur any similar display in the known world, entirely filling the spacious saloon, 225 feet in length, by 50 feet in width ; embracing upwards of Fifty Figures as large as life, all fac-similes, in groups, in their native costumes, from the highest mandarin to the blind mendicant in his patched garment. Also, many thousand spe cimens, both in Natural History and Miscellaneous Curiosi ties, illustrating the appearance, manners, and customs of more than Three Hundred Million Chinese, respecting whom the Nations of Europe have had scarcely any opportunity of judg ing, IS NOW OPEN for Public Inspection from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. Admission 2s. 6d.—Children► ls. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERIVOON . TR and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK., for POST, conta i n i ng PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. AINs ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, morning, Noon, and .Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. rygo T y. to w a llet !a d'. Tara' I:, 13ar ; rrd• °' ),,,,,Dte,." WORKING of the NEW CORN-LAW. N ATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITU TION, Enrolled ender Acts of F'arliament relating to Friendly Societies, For MUTUAL ASSURANCE of LIVES, ENDOWMENTS, and ANNUITIES. 13, Nicholas-lane, King William-street, London. DIRECTORS. C. P. Bousfield, Esq. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. John Bradbury, Esq. R. Ingham, Esq. William Cash, Esq. Joseph Janson, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. S. Hayhurst Lucas, Esq. James Crofts, Esq. C. Lushiugton, Esq. , John Feltham, Esq. John St. Barbe, Esq. Joseph Hargrave, Esq. Richard Shortridge, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq. THE WALHALLA. (From the Examiner.) Account of Whe a t an d F lour entered f or H ome Consumption at te n o f t h e principal Ports of Great Britain i n eac h Week since the pass i ng of the New C orn -l aw, with the Average P r i ce and Rates of Duty : The 18th of October next is fixed for a solemnity, the anticipation of which has for some time occupied no small portion of public attention in Germany. On that day the Walhalla is to be solemnly consecrated, and we may rest assured that the King of Bavaria will spare nothing that can add to the splendour or i.n pressiveness of the festivity. It was in 1806, when Germany appeared to have been reduced to the lowest degree of political humilia tion, that the present King, then Crown Prince of Bavaria, first conceived the idea of the. Walhalla. lie was at that time in Berlin, where he had lately arrived from the army in Spain, and where he had an opportunity of consu lti ng severa l o f hi s datin guislied countrymen, particularly Johannes Muller, on the magnificent plan which he proposed to him self. The Prince's resolution was soon taken, and before leaving Berlin he commissioned several of the most eminent sculptors of that city to execute for him some of the marble busts which it was his inten tion to place in the new Temple of 'Fame. From that moment the realisation of his plan seems to have been the dearest wish of his heart. • In 1814 he in vited architects to send him in plans, but as none of those submitted to him were approved of, he commis sioned Leo Von Klenze, in 1816,. to prepare new plans, several of which were, successively rejected; ttlt,•in 1821, the plan which has now been so happily executed was at length adopted. It was at first intended that the new temple skould be erected in the neighbourhood of Berchtes g nden, but this design wa s aft erwar d s abandoned, anseve ral sites were successively proposed and rejected. The vicinity of Munich was at one time thought of, but at last the suggestion of Klenze was adopted, and it was resolved, in 1822, to erect the \Valhalla on the spot where it now stands, by the side of the Danube, the boundary of the Roman empire in Germany, and near Ratisbon, the capital of the Agilolfingians, the first Dukes of Bavaria. The building was to be erected in the Doric style, on a gentle % elevation, and was to be .sufficiently spacious to receive within its walls the busts or the names of all the eminent men and women of Germany. In the same year (1821) in which the plan was detevenined on, the preliminary labours may be said to have cornmgnced in the marble quarries of Untersberg, near Salzburg. It was not, however, till nine years afterwards, namely, on the 18th of October, 1830, th a t th e fi rs t s t one of the noble edifice was laid in the King's presence, on which oc casion Edward Von Schenk, at that time Minister for the. Interior, delivered a speech which excited con siderable attention. An account of the solemnity was published in 1831, under the title of " Ratisbona und. Walhalla." BARD.'S PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS. These are new PERFECT MINIATURE REFLEC TIONS of Face, Figure, and Dress, and receive an unique and imposing effect from the introduction of backgrounds of ro mantic scenery. MORE THAN FOUR YEARS have now -elapsed sine e W. BERDOE, introduced his VENTI LATING WATERPROOF; also his well-known WATER PROOF FROCK, in lieu of the " Mackintosh." The host of imitations of both, and the increasing extensive sale of the latter, among the friends of those who have adopted it, are sufficient proofs of their success. For the coming season, W. B. has now ready a large stock of the most modern and appropriate materials. Also of first-rate Garments for Shooting, Fishing, Travelling, Riding, Driving, & c ., &c., warranted (without a confinin erspiration) to exclude any description or quantity of rain whatever." COTTON It is with deep regret N---- iN E -e R 1 Friday last the cotton -spinners S' STRIKE. m e v in e pl to oye s d tat i e n tthheatfac tory of Messrs. Couze r - r a , nce ait f land, and Co. St. Rol lox,s, general and s suspension intimating the announcingcommencementoof N N a lage struck for an much fear that, in owe very from labour among thisaborcels3o- this fact, we are only workmen.resolution ryas It appears, o o p ' e . ratire spinners m and around t in h e a e t ti a ng fo o r f tn al ig i fortnight . come to at a wages; toand Glasgow to demand an advance of ac cordingly deputations were sent round all .es the employers, requesting them t o return to the i of l' t. 840, which were about thi r t y per cent. higher e than those given at present. The request was, we understlnd, unanimously refused ; and the workmen have since resolved on a trial of strength with their masters, though on a ground somewhat different from that put forth in their first deniand. Their intention is to take the factories one by one; and accordingly that singled out for the struggle is that ofMessrsi Couper, Maitland, and Co. who are asked to raiae their wages to, a rate corresponding with those - 7 alleged to be paid in certain other factories referred to. The exact amount of the advance asked for we have been unable to ascertain, as the difference of wages paid by the respective factories depends upon the number and size of the wheels employed in each, and. therefore involves a mode of calculation with C SC. iehl• Boo' Week Quarters Average Rate of Amount of following. entered. Price. Duty. Duty. ----- s. d. s. d. X. April 28... 30,159 59 1 13 0 4,683 May 5... 31,072 59 3 13 0 10,131 12... 7,033 59 8 13 0 3,952 ~ 19... 30,600 60 0 12 0 17,064 ~ 26... 19,591 60 5 12 0 10,178 June 2... 7,511 60 9 12 0 3,882 • 9... 19,121 61 3 11 0 10,055 ~ 1 6... 8,424 61 9 11 0 4,112 23... 32,411 62 3 10 0 13,257 f t 30... 53,978 63 0 9 0 21,973 July 7... 17,204 63 7 g 0 7,084 „ 14... 95,610 64 1 8 0 34,816 „ 21... 62,209 64 5 8 0 21,800 • 28... 71,644 64 7 I 8 0 25,382 Aug. 4... 364,073 64 7 8 0 :137,914 ~ 11... 1,354,797 64 2 8 0 535,012 18... 135,761 63 0 9 0 66,347 ~ 25... 96,733 61 10 11 ' A 5,788 18 weeks. 2,457,931 62 1 8 4 974,024 A FEW OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The likenesses are admirable."--Times. " It is, in truth, a second self."—Morning Herald. The features are admirably delineated. '—Morning Chro nicle. " A perfect fac-simile of' the sitter."—Morning Advertiser. Miniature Bust and case, 11. Is. ; Full-lengths, 2/. 21.; Groups, 10 s . Gd . f or each additional P ortrait. Portraits taken sufficiently small for the setting of a ring, if required ; and the Likeness Of a Friend may be had in u ring, brooch, or locket, in an elegant style, at a moderate cost. .Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street; 34, Parlia ment-street, Westminster; and 85, King William street, City MEDICAL DIRECTORS. J. T. Conquest. M.D. F. L. S. Thomas Bevan, M.D. F. L. S. SOLICITORS.-Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson. Members whose Premiums become due on the Ist October next are reminded that the same must be paid within Thirty Days from that time. WALTER BERDOE, Tailor, Waterproofer, &c., 69, CORN HILL, eight doors from Bishopsgate-street. Among the privileges to be derived by affecting assurances in this Institution, is that of Members being able to secure the benefit of their Policies to Nominees free of any charge. The Whole of the Profits are divided among the Members Prospectuses, together with the Report to the Sixth Annual Meeting of Alembets, held on the 15th December last, and every other information, may be obtained by applying at the Office, or of the Agents and Medical Referees in the country. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. London, September 22, 1842. GAS METERS. IMPORT ANT to GAS COMPANIES and CON SUMERS of GAS. All the inconvenienceiarising from Gas Meters getting out of action, and ceasing to register (to the great loss of Gas Companies and serious inconvenience to Consumers) are prevented by using THOMAS EDGE'S IM PROVED METERS, with Patent Lever Valves. These Meters are approved of by all the London Gas Companies, and will entirely supersede those made in the common way with guide wires. Meter Worki, Great Peter street, Westminster. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,00Q. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. .' ntaxcrows. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. - John tawson, Esq. Joita Gritlah Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. .Clement Tabo r , E sq . George Lungley, E sq . Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITOR S . Professor Wheat s t one, F . R . S. I Professor Graves,A.M.F.R. S. A cru A ax—W. S. B. Woolheuse, Esq., F. R. A. S. PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotton, M.D., F.R. S. Suaaxox—E, S. Symes, Esq. SOLICITORS—AIessrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewen!, and Ommanney. BA NK ERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. The mast rational motives to Lsfe Assurance are found in the plan adopted by this Society ; viz. joined to a stwure provision at death for inheritors of the Asszred, the Society affords succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre vious payments) il the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. A NEW SOVEREIGN CLARENCE AND HARNESS FOR SALE. ALIGHT, HANDSOME, ROOMY SOVE REIGN CLARENCE, with single and Pair Horse fittings, and Double Harness ; the whole were completed to the order of a gentleman who is obliged to leave England, and will be sold a great sacrifice, in order to effect an immediate sale. To be seen at No. 40, Long-acre. PRICES OF AMERICAN PRO - VISIONS. • (From a Correspondent at New York.) NEW YORK, AUG. 25.—1 send you beneath a list of certain articles of ordinary use in housekeeping, with their present retail prices, in this city. For better convenience these prices are stated in English currency. . _ 974,024 TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to Orders of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made n certain Causes, PESHALL v. HUGHES, and PESHALL v. HUGHES, with the approbation of Sir GEORGE ROSE, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the Green Dragon Hotel, in the City of Hereford, on FRIDAY, the 30th day of September, 1842, in Three Lots, Certain FREEHOLD, COPYHOLD, and LEASEHOLD ESTATES in the Parishes of CANON PYON and WI THINGTON, in the County of Hereford, late the property of FRANCIS EDWAR Dq Esq., deceased, cons i s ti ng o f Fir , t. All that FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD ESTATE called UPPAR DERNDALE ESTATE, situate in the Parish of Canon Pyon aforesaid, containing 247 Acres, 3 Roods, 24 Perches, or thereabouts. Second. All that Piece of COPYHOLD LAND called the HOP GROUND, in the Parish of Withington, containing 2 Acres, 2 Roods, 13 Perches, or thereabouts. Third. All those Two Pieces or Parcels of COPPICE or WOOD LAND, situate in the said Parish cf Canon Peon, coxtaining respectively 6 Acres, 6 Perches, and 11 Acres, 1 Rood, 7 Perche., or thereabouts. w y o rtil steal:ller. You will perceive that the prime necessary of life, wheaten flour, is not cheap in comparison with the others. There are general causes to account for that circumstance. In the first place, this is not the chief wheat-growing quarter of the Union. Then, again, you must consider, that by the time this article is sold here to the final purchaser, it has passed through more hands, and more profit have to be received upon it by dealers, than that flour or wheat which would be transported direct from the ports shipping to Eng land. There is also another thing to be borne in mind as respects all corn or grain in this country—that the Aniericans .have been recently so deeply engaged in mercantile and speculative pursuits, as to have.neg lected, in a great measure, their more sober and safe occupations on the land. The rage of speculation, however, has of late received a signal check, and there appears at present no chance of its ever being revived to the same extent. Under these circumstances it is not at all improbable that in the course of another season or two the "staff of life" at New York may become lower in price by full one-third than it is at this moment. Particulars and Conditions of Sale may be had (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers, in Southampton-bu ldings, Chan cery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Gilbert, Hooke, and Street, Solicitors, Philpot-Jane, London ; of Mr. Wiliam Aston, Soli citor, Hereford ; and at the principal Inns at Hereford, Led bury, Ross, Leominster, Worcester, and Cheltenham. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMP. NY, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, 'London. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE 4tSSURED. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in an ample paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it, since its commence ment in 1834. 111 lt.-41 the Company declared an addition to the Share holders of one-half of their Stock, and also added 21. per Cent. per Annum, from the date of the policies to those par ties who had insured with Profits. The Premiums nevertheless are on the most moderate scales In onlynnc a moiety fe need be paid fo r th e fi rst fi ve years, where the e is . The amount of bonus added to policies since the commence ment of the Company in March 1834, to the 31st December 1840 , is as follows : Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sums added to Policy. £l,OOO 6 Year? 10 Months £136 13 4 1,000 4 Years BO 0 0 1 ,000 3 Years 6O 0 0 1,000 1 Year Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Royd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, of No. 8, Waterloo, place, Pall-mall, London. Frederick Hale Thomson, Esq., Surgeon, 48, Berners-street, attend s at the Office daily, about Half-past Two o'clock. ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROGMORTNSTREET, BANK. EAI POWERED by SPECIAL SPE lAL ACT If PARLIAMENT THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman. CoNsuLTING ACTUARy-Professor Hall, bf King's College. Low Rates of Premium. In addition to the subscribed Capital of £300,000, the As sured have the security of the Company's income of upwards ' 445 0,000 per annum, yearly increasing, an and other availabld an accumulating Assurance Fund invested in Government e s ecurities, of considerably larger amount than the estimated liabilities of the Company. The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale com patible with the security of the Assured, and the stability of the Company, thereby, in effect, giving to every Policy Holder an immediate and certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently delusive prospect of a periodical division 0 Profits. ANNUAL. PREMIUM TO ASSURE ----____ ANNUAL. PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO. Age. For O ne Year. For Seven Year s . T erm o f Lif e . -------- ----- - 25 .E.O 19 7 gt -- tr - 7 £1 15 1 30 11 8 12 1 119 1 0 45 17 8 110 9 34 7 50 113 5 119 0 319 3 60 31 1 315 5 60 10 In Assurances for Advances of Money, as security for debts o r as a provision for a family, when the least present outlay is desirable, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found particularly favourable to the Assured. A Board of Directors, with the M e di ca l Officers, attend daily. E. BATES, Resident Director. A liberal commi ss i on t o Solicitors and Apnts. GREAT REDUCTION IN INSURANCE ON FARM ING STOCK. THE FARMERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE INSTITUTION. Ern- Powered by Act of Parliament. Offices, No. 346, Strand, London. Capital 500,0001. With 1,960 Shareholders Enrolled. HON ORA RY DIRkCTOR S. Doke of Rutland, a Trustee of the Royal Agricultural Society. Earl of Stradbroke, a Governor of the Royal Agricultural Society. Earl of Coventry. Earl Ducie, Vice:President of the Royal Agricultural Society. Earl of Stair. Earl of Stamford and Warrington. Lord St an l ey, M.P., Lancashire. ItroouoisrrcddFß:tavyelneihaghm, y G o o r y k e s r h n i o r r e o . f the Royal Ag r icult ura l S oc i ety . Campdon, R u tl an d s hi re. And Seventy-two other Members of Parliament and Gentlemenl COUNTY DIRECTORS. f? Upwards o f One Hundred and Seventy Gentlemen, Landed prietors, or otherwise connected with Agriculture, and each huaevinerbthe holder of Fifty Shares or upwards in the Institution, the y are r are side appont. inted Local Di rectors i n t h e Counties in which ln FARMING STOCK duty. sured vrithout the average clau se at h. 9d. per cent. ; no u privat e COMMON INSURANCE. „s. 6 L , Houses and 'Shops , Is. 6d. 'p er cent. H azar d ous, .c.i . p.l' e Doub Insuraneely hazardous, subject to special agreement. s may b e effected for a longer term than one 0 1 Ew e , r ! at R e d uce d Rates, by payment in advance. Insurance s are on an equally moderate scale. ANNUAL PREMIUMS ON LIFE INSURANCES FOR 1001. uu i 41., I 50 I 60 I 70 14 11 I 2 4 1(21S10144516.11 21 10 16 2 EMovqments of all kinds for future or existing Children. The usual Commission to Solicitors. I,rprospectuses and Marks for Buildings may be bad of, and tk ' ) P°SaIS for Insurances, &c., be forwarded to the Agents in '"eir respective Districts, or to the Office in London. Agents ar e qpointed in the principal Towns in the Kingdom. W. SHAW, Managing Director. WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY Glee -49, Parliament-street, Westminster. Capital 500,0001; 10,000 Shares, 501. each. Deposit 5/. each Share. ; I lia Society is established for the Assurance of Lives, upon rr'eples combining economy with perfect security. H. EA DIRECTORS. W.„ `.l4eNVOrth Bicknell, Esq., 28, Upper Bedford-place. Cabell, E sq ., N ew i ng t on -pl ace , S urre y. c),"Omas Somers Cocks, jun., Esq.,, Charing Cross. Iv7 . ge Hen r y D rew, E sq., Bermondsey. ly.;:!am Evans, Esq., Millhank. imam Freeman, Esq., Millbank-street. j ran cia Fulle r , E sq., P oultry, London an 1 Croy d on. j a () l hn 4, 3 Hunt, Esq., Whitehall. Arscott Lethbridge, Esq., Greenwich Hospital. voernalict Lucas, Esq., Milhank-street. orge Rennet Pollock, Esq., Great George-street, West .T_ rninster. n es Lys Seager, Esq., Millbank. 3 Hazley White, Esq., Millbank-atreet, and Swanscombe. i"es!Pit Carter Wood, Esq., Artill er y Pl ace , W estm i nster, "Y Wrench, Esq., King William-street, London Bridge. TRUSTEES. lam Whateley, Esq. I L. C. Humfrey, Esq. George Drew, Esq. AUDITORS. Min ttiddulph, Esq. I John Freeman, Esq. John Bazley White, jun., Esq. CIMSULTINC COUNSEL—WiIIiam Page Wood, Esq. p CON vEva Nemo COUNSEL—SamueI Jay, Esq. HYsiciAN—William Richard Basham, E sq., M.D., 17, k Chester -street, Grosvenor-place. 1-1 GR ONS—Alfred Leggatt, Esq.; George D. Pollock, Esq. R"Eits Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., Charing-cross. °Lior roas—Messrs. J. L. Bicknell and J. C. Lethbridge, 1425, Abingdon-street, Westminster. 1 " OF PREMIUMS TO ASSURE £lOO FOR THE WHOLE TERM OF LIFE. `-!_lnnuaal Prem.P Age, I Innual Prem II Age. I Axin.Pr.em. . ?i s ,- RI 14 2 35 £2 11 0 50 £4 3 3 30 118 11 40 219 6 55 55 4 . 2 4 8 45 3 9 1 60 615 3 bete is• efi "Ject of this Society is to afford to the Assured all the of Life-Assuranee, at a great reduction in the rates irrei„in. A pe ts FOR EXAMPLE. 04/ 11 aged 30, may with this Society assure his life for ~, • , by the annual payment of I I/. 3s. 4d., which in a Society L rre the Bonus is held out as a main inducement, would cost Ttk i ll „ 13 ,/• is. 4d., or, in other words, for the same annual pre he'lll ne could at this Office assure very nearly 600/., wherebx o.nderives AN INIMEDIATE AND CERTAIN BONUS ' lOW. vibtli ined on arded to the A a: Particulars as to Shar es , L oans , A ssurances, & c . ma y be fo r application to the Secr e t ary ; an d, if req uired, o v country. r e artios i n t h e country elig i ble for undertaking Agencies are "Nested to apply. A very liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents. EDW. T. RICHARDSON, Actuary and Sec. P LATE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manu facturing Silversmiths, .io. 14, Cornhill, Loudon (oppo site the Bank of England).—The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern Silver Spoons and Forks, at 75. 2d. per ounce. The fallowing are the weights recommended, but the articles may be had lighter or heavier at the same price per ounce : oz. s d. ..£ s. ti. 12 Piddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 30 at 7 2 ... 10 15 0 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 ... 7 3 4 12 ..ditto Table Forks 30 at 7 2 ... 10 15 0 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 ... 7 3 4 2 ditto Gravy Spoons 10 at 7 2 ... 3 11 8 1 ditto Soup Ladle... 10 at 7 2 ... 3 11 8 4 ditto Sauce ditto... 10 at 7 8 .. 3 16 8 4 ditto Salt Spoons(gilt strong) 1 0 0 1 ditto Fish Slice 2 10 0 12 ditto Tea Spoons... 10 at 7 8 ... 3 16 6 1 ditto Pair Sugar Tongs (strong) 0 15 0 N.B. A price current, stamped as a newspaper, illustrated by drawings, and containing every information relative to the pur chase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had en application, or will be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer to a paid letter. SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver supplanted by the introduction of a new and perfectly mateh less ALBATA PLATE. C. WATSON ()ate ALDER MAN), Nos. 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and No. 16, NOR TON FOLG ATE, aided by a person of science in the ainal gation of metals; has succeeded in bringing to public notice the most beautiful article ever yet offered : possessing all the rich ness of Silver in appea,rance—with its durability and hardness —with its perfect sweetness in use—undergoing, as it does, a chemical process, by which all that is nauseous in mixedmet.als is entirely extract ed—resistng a:1 acids, may be cleaned as Silver, and is manufactured into every article for the Table . and Side board. s. d. Table Spoon s an d Forks, 9. d. I Sauce Ladles • ••• ..... 1 9 per doz Dessert, do., per doz 1 612 Soup Ladles 6 6 6 6 G T e r a a v S y Sp Spoons n o i s n , p . . e . r . . d0z...... 3 5 6 6 C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this metal is peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold, than his metal is fro m a ll ot h ers • t h e P u bli c will there fore have no difficulty in discovering the animus which directs the virulent attacks made against him, by a party who is daliy suffering from the unparalleled success which has marked the progress of ins, New Plate since its introduction. C. W., unlike this party, courts comparison, feeling confident that the result will establish its pre-eminence. 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and at 16 NORTON FOLGATE. s. d. £ s. d. Flour, best wheaten (per barrel of 1961b5.) 1 5 0 Ditto, Rye ditto Bread, wheaten, 41b. loaf 6i Indiaii corn meal, per 100Ibs. Beef, roasting per lb. Ditto, boiling - to 0 4) Mutton Lamb 0 4 to 0 5 Veal Chickens, in summer Ditto, autumn and winter Butter, per lb Cheese, ditto 0 31 to 0 71 Rice, ditto Potatoes, per, bushel 1 1 to 1 3f Lard, per lb. Pork, salted, ditto 0 2} to 0 3/ Hams, ditto Shoulders, ditto 0 1 f to 0 2 Smoked beef, ditto Ditto salmon, ditto Ditto shad, ditto Oil, per gallon Tea, per lb., cheapest Ditto, ditto, dearest Coffee, ditto, raw, cheapest Ditto, ditto, dearest .. Sugar, loaf, ditto, best 0 7 Ditto, ditto, common 0 51 Ditto, New Orleans, ditto Fruit, bunch raisins, per lb 0 1/ to 0 31 Dried apples, per bushel Ditto peaches, ditto Brandy, per gallon Rum, ditto Whiskey, ditto . _ _ ... It may be remarked, in addition to what is said by the writer of the above, that while American wheaten flour was in April last selling in the London market at 38s. the barrel, duty paid, the same article is now as low with us as 30s. IRELAND. LATE SHIPWRECK OF A RUSSIAN MAN OF-WAR. The Ulster Times of yesterday contains the follow ing :—The Gipsy, of Belfast, Butler, master, arrived here on Wednesday night, at twelve o'clock, from St. Petersburgh, with tallow. On the 13th of September, at four o'clock, P.l‘t., she fell in with a Russian man of-war, sailing to St. Petersburgh, forty miles to westward of the coast of Norway ; the Russian vessel was water-logged, masts gone by the board, and was manned by a crew of 600 men. She unfortu nately struck on the rock, off Christiansand, on Sunday night, the 11th instant, and became a com pleti wreck. The Gipsy rescued ten of her crew from a watery grave, and a Danish man-of war steam-boat took 90 on board, which, with the 10 saved by the Gipsy, made 100 souls saved. It seems from the account.; of thosa saved, that 600 men ming on board, no less than 500 persons must have been lost. OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN ULSTER. The Belfast papers contain accounts of meetings held on Shonahill, near Waringstown, for the pur pose of procuring higher wages for the weavers and other operatives in the district. At one of those meet ings there were 2,000 persons assembled, and bonfires were lighted at night on the summit of the hill. The following account of the proceedings is given in the Ulster Times, a Tory journal, and the writer seems to derive satisfaction from the determination of the extensive manufacturers to promote the combination against the manufacturers of a smaller class:—" The chief orator was a young man of the name of John Mathews. He was elevated on a table, IN hich stood on the highest part of the rock, and spoke for upwards of an hour at once. He told his friends, in the first place, to keep strictly within the bounds of the law, and to give no offence to any person, nor offer any kind of violence whatever. lie then drew up regu lations for prices of weaving drill, according to what Mr. Lindsay is paying, which is 225. for one hundred beers, with ls. off for every five beers down. Mr. Lindsay was at the meeting, and spoke a great deal, and recommended the weavers to stand out stoutly for their full wages, and not to weave for petty manufacturers, or any person who would offer to pay less. He said, for his part, he could give em ployment to all the weavers on those terms, for five miles round Waringstown. He gave 1/., to pay for whatever expenses they had been at for printing. Colonel Blacker was at the meeting all day, and got up to speak, but would not be heard. Mr. Rowan, a Magistrate, to whom the police had represented the meeting as irregular, came for the purpose of dis persing it ; but when he saw that their object was only looking for work and wages, he gave them his decided approbation, and ordered the, police off the ground alto gether into another field. At the conclusion, they agreed to have another meeting on Monday, in Bleary school house ; they all dispersed in quietness, and went home peaceably. The meeting took place, according to agreement, last night, and Messrs. James Browne and John Henning, of Waringstown, appeared with their list of prices for diaper and cambric; those price; I understand, are the same as before the bad trade commenced ; and they said they intend to con tinue to give them to as many as they can employ. Mr. Browne spoke to the sam3 purpose as Mr. Lind say, wishing to discountenance any petty manufac turers, and encouraging the weavers to stand out. There was a great disappointment occasioned by Colonel Blacker not appearing, he having set off for Dublin yesterday morning, after appointing to be at the meeting. When about breaking up, they agreed on meeting this evening (Tuesday) in Waringstown, where all the proceedings were to be arranged for a report in some newspaper. It is expected, when this business is finally settled, that more meetings will take place, concerning rent, and price of land, &c. A letter from Toledo says—" Three men belonging to the band of the Twelve Apostles had seized a National Guard, who had given the Magistrates some information respecting them, and have burnt him alive. Having bound his hands and feet, they shut him in a shepherd's hut, to which they set fire. The Judge of the Tribunal of tha First Instance being in formed of this atrocity, repaired to the spot, but found in the hut, which was reduced to ashes, only a muti lated corpse, which had no semblance of the human form." It is remarkable that the average duty, Bs. 4d., amount entered, entered is so near th e fi xe d d u ty proposed by the 3 other duties paid having 8 s Mel bourne Ministry, a n d that of th e 0 ,457,931 quar terse td o u n t i , b e t l e i l e l 509,598, little more than a fourth of that which paid the Bs. duty. We point out this circum stance, not as any argument for an eight-shilling duty (which we are convinced would be too .high), but as it shows that the best working of ;Sir Robert Peel's new scale is within the range of the eight.shilling duty, with all the objection belonging to so high a duty, and without the steadiness which would have belonged to the whole operation of a fixed duty. We see that the Quarterly Review, whence the above table is taken,.repeats the hacknied fallacy that the eight-shilling fixed duty would have been so much added to the price to the consumer. The obvious truth is, that the duty is paid by the foreigner or the importer, whose Profit is the difference between the foreign price, the charges of freight, &c., and the British mar ket price, minus the duty. To say that the duty would be so much added to the home -market price is in effect to say that the corn would not be in the market at all ; and this addition of the duty to the market price is only fancied to take place when corn has reached 725. At all prices below, •it is seen clearly enough that the foreign importer sells at our market price, and that if he did not pay the duty, his profit would be so much the more, and not his price so much the less. If, ‘vlien our average is Os., the foreign imijort could be made at 455. without the duty, the importer would sell at 625., and ' the differ ence made by the duty would be, that he would have a less profit by Bs. We object to an eight-shilling fixed duty as too high, not-from fear of its operation in the event of any one very bad harvest, but as it would to some extent check the supply which it would be desirable to have in seasons when prices in this country m ay be nearer to those of Europe and America. It is only by a low fixed duty, if by any, that we can secure a steady and regular supply, securing us against the cala mity of prices starving the poor; and much as we desire a free trade in corn, regarding it as we do as the consummation devoutly to be wished and steadily to be kept in view, yet a low fixed duty we must be prepared to accept as a step ping -stone to the better state of things, saving too violent a shoc k or alarm to existing interests. The prospect is cheering; the sliding scale is working out a demonstration against itself. The last change was the beginning of the end of it. The Times gives warning that what has been done shows cause for more to be done : " We would now suggest, not as being in any hurry about the matter, but tbr the mature consideration of Government, whether an ex p er iment which has hitherto answered so well does not tempt to a further advance. If the duties are really of so little im portance to the farmer as the experience of - the last four months would show, and their reduction so efficacious in throwing into our hands an abundance of the staff of lif e , it may be thoug ht th a t we a re wanting to oursel ves i n not pursuing to its legitimate limits a course of so great prom i se, an d o p en t o so little okection. And, indeed, the very fact that the great increase of supply has not been sufficient to lower the prices would seem to imply a sudden and proportionate increase in demand, and to give force and application, even beyond the speaker's intention, to Sir R. Peel's arg umen t , w h en h e ur ged that the population of th e country was increas i ng f as t er th an their means of sub s i s t ence, and that i t was th e plai n duty of the Parliament to keep pace with that increase by the gradual extension of our sources of supply. It can hardly be unsafe, one would think, to carry on this necessary system of extension, at least till the plenty which it is to accomplish begins to affect the market. " Lastly, the new scale bore a kind of approxima tion to a fixed duty. The v ar i a ti ons were compressed within narrower limits, and th e differences were in themselves smaller and more regular. The result has been a vast increase in the revenue, and a more steady and sound state of the market. Here, too, we would venture to suggest that the result is not only satisfac tory but encouraging. S uccess i nv it es p rog r e s s . Advantages which have been gained by the present might surely he doubled by a more extensive reform. And such, we hope, before long will be the opinion of the Conservative leaders. " We owe to Sir It. Peel thanks for what he has done. He has done, events show that it is so,—he has done all that could be done at the moment. 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A large Stock of Jewellery, Fanny Silver, and other arti cles, at prices well worthy the notice of visitors to, as well as residents in, London. LONGEVITY, et Modernes :" The following details are extraepteudblfisrhomed,aacntyieonus tbiotloekd by,, LcsM. L c %) o n n te c i ol r t e , s, re A ce n n e t i l e y ns one 159, one 160, " There have died in England, in the course of the last century, 49 persons who have reached from 130 75. 155, r The official returns to 180 years of age. Of those seven reached 134 y on e e ar l s, 6B fo , u o r ne l3 l B 6 , 9 t , w a • of Russia show that there were in that empire in 1814 seven persons aged upwards of 125 years, and one who had passed 160. In 1835, a man died there 135 years old, and in 1838 there died 1,238 persons who had passed 100, of whom 125 were upwards of 120, 111 o nd l4 ot fo l were from 121 to 125, three from 126 to 130, five from 131 to 140, one was 145, three were from 150 to 155, one was 160, and one 165. In France we do not live so long, yet the following instances of longevity are worthy of notice. In 1710, a peasant, named'Jean Mazard, died at Dun-le____ R oi, in Berry, aged up wards of 110. This man preserved his senses to the last, and was married ten times. The last time he entered into the marriage state h e was 99 years of age, and the bride 18, who two years after wards made him a father. A cure of Lisieux, named Desroches, died in 1712, aged 113. He cele brated mass a few days before his death, and resided 91 years in the parish. In the same year died Jaques Thevenot, a labourer at Chateau , V ilain, aged 114, married three times, and the father of 39 children, and an officer named Bultrade, buried at St. Germain, aged, 115, leaving behind 17 children, the eldest 74, and the youngest 12. In 1718, an apothecary, named Le Baupin, died at Chateaubriand, 107 years old. He was married twice, and was upwards of 80 when he con tracted the second marriage. He was the father of 32 children-16 by each wife; and he was 103 years old when his wife was.delivered of two fine boys, who died upwards of ninety years later. In 1747 died at Lourdes, M. Nazon de Vir, 118 years old. He was passionately fond of shooting, and had good sport not 1 long before his death. He was upwards of 100 when he married. In 1757 a farmer of Bar near Tulle, named Nouthac, died at the age of 11,5 . He never had a day' s sickness, \v a s married three times, was 92 when he entered the state of wedlock the second time, by which union he had several children, and was 102 when he married the third time." THE AMERICAN TREATY AND THE WAR FACTION. (From the Spectator.) A few words to bring out into bolder relief the reckless spirit of the railers at Lord Ashburton's treaty will not be thrown away. Old stories are raked up to show that the negotiator has American leanings. One of his speeches in 1825 is recalled to memory— " It is impossible that Canada can continue to be very long a colony of Great Britain." This was said by Lord Ashburton as a member of the Whig party, and with the approval of that party. Lord Palmerston was then in the Tory ranks, and if not right he is at least consistent with his repro'ation ; but his present Whig followers ? Lord Ashburton's speech in 1825 was no expression of undue bias to America, but the expression of an opinion—that sooner or later all great and enlightened communities will exercise the right of choosing their own form of Government—which we believe was once universally recognised by all Liberal politicians. If Canada is to remain connected with this.country, it must.be kept by other and more vital measures than boundary line arrangements. Again, Lord Ashburton is rated for having in a speech at Boston called that city " the old cradle of liberty." Was it not? was it not the sacred ground on which the Pilgrim Fathers first set foot in the New World ? It is a hallowed spot in the eyes of the freemen, even 'though " "Old Fanueil" and the -- conversion of loston harbour into a teapot be left out of the question. But, looking upon Americans ofthe United States as sprung from the same parents as ourselves—as English both in their virtues and vices—Liberals at least have been accustomed to regard the war of independence in America in the same light as they regard the war be tween Roundheads and Cavaliers in this island, and, admitting the merits of the Royalists in both strug gles, to hold that justice was in both on the side of the Republicans. It is somewhat new, at this time of the day, to hear one who professes to be a Whig and something more, scandalized by approbation of " suc cessful revolt." Bentham taught men to speak lightly of the old Whigs ; but what would an old Whig— what would Fox or even Burke think of the new, could they hear such language ? " Who is Silly Billy now ?" was once asked of a Liberal Monarch : " Who are the Tories now ?" may be asked of those who yelped " keep out the 4 Pories. ' This appeal to obsolete prejudices against the Ame ricans is in admirable keeping with the tone virtually recommended to be adopted towards foreign States. We are reminded, that, "when a Persian Governor enforces the ordinary custom-house laws on a Russian merchant, the Russian Ambassador at Tehran insists upon having the Persian Governor sent to him in chains ; and in chains he is sent;" and that when a Governor of Tangiers gives offence to the French, "they send a ship-of-war; the ,captain demands to have - half-a-dozen of the chief Moors bastinadoed in his presence; and forthwith it is done." And then comes the application : " And does the commerce of these nations derive no advantage from this vigorous administration of their foreign policy?—Most un doubtedly it does, derive the greatest advantage, and frequently much to the prejudice of ours." It is to pave the way to the revival of this doctrine, that the attempt has been made to revive the extinct Tory prejudice that the Americans are rebels to British supremacy; to insinuate that Lord Ashburton is half an American in his heart ; and to caricature all advo cates of a pacific policy as " extreme members of the Liberal party," who wish to concentrate all attention upon home questions, because "they think that in the body politic, as in the body physical, two inflam mations cannot co-exist, and they wish that all the inflammatory action should be brought to bear upon the organic changes which they labour to bring about." Almost the language of the Church and King mobs at the time when Priestley's house was sacked : "The Ethiopian cannot change his skin, nor the leopard his spots :" Lord Palmerston cannot get rid of the principles of the first twenty years of his thirty years' tenure of office. lie—or the Morn ing Chronicle, " which amounts exactly to the same thing"—insults the leader of the " Sufficient Suffrage" movement, (who disapproves of all war,) and the leader of the Anti-Corn-law movement, (who got up a meeting in Manchester against the Chinese war,) at the very time that he is ambitious of being made leader of the movement; and he denounces the prin ciples of Charles James Fox as sedition, at the same time that he is inviting Lord John Russell, the head of the Foxites, to become a Radical along with him ! We have a war faction at home as well as across the Channel, only the leader of the British one is scarcely so brilliant a demagogue as Thiers. FOREIGN HARVEST.—The harvest is almost en tirely gathered in throughout the east of Europe, and we are enabled to furnish the following comparative estimates, collected from the most accurate accounts. In Silesia there has been a good average harvest. In Poland, Galicia, and the Duchy of Posen, there has been a decidedly good harvest, and the same may be said in regard to Russia. In Hungary the crops have been most satisfactory • andin the Banat, which is regarded as the granary of country, they are doubly as pro ductive as last year. Iu Transylvania and the Turk ish provinces, the harvest has been most plentiful. Si milar abundance has also been experienced in Moravia. Everywhere the grain is of good quality, and yields from 15 to 20 per cent, more flour than in humid years. It may, therefore, be predicted that, in the east of Europe, the price of wheat will fall instead of rising, even though foreign demand should be very great. THE CorroN MARKET.—A very limited business was done in this market during the past week. Prices showed a slight tendency to decline, until Friday, when the extensive destruction of cotton by fire no the morning of that day had the effect of hardening the market. On Saturday a fair business was done, 1,000 bags having been taken on speculation, and prices were at least, *d. per lb. higher than they had been on Thursday. Estimates differ as tci the quan tity of cotton destroyed by the fire ; but it has been ascertained by the insurance offices, that the quantity is not less than 46,000 bags ; and the warehouse keepers estimate, that there were, at least, 10,000 bags more; making together 56,000 bags, which, at the average value of 81. per bag, will give a Aotal loss of 448,0001. A destruction so immense must have an important bearing on the price of the staple during the remainder of the year. The 56,000 bags thus destroyed may be considered as equal to the average consumption of the manufacturers for three weeks. It will go very far to compensate, in in effect on the value of cotton, the holders for the loss they may be eupposed to have sustained in the diminution in price by the cessation of the demand for consumption, caused by the recent turn-out of the workmen in the manufacturing districts. An advance in price is, therefore, extremely probable.—Liverpool Albion. GIBRALTAR, - AuG. 27.—Yesterday being the anni versary of Prince Albert's birthday, the Royal standard was hoisted, early in the morning, at the New Mole, Montague Flag Staff, and on board her Majesty's ship Formidable, and the union jack at the Upper Signal sta tion. At twelve o'clock Royal salutes were fired from the batteries, her Majesty's ships Formidable, 'Plun derer, Belvidera, and United States frigate Congress. The Earl of Yarborough's yacht Kestrel, had the red and blue ensigns hoisted throughout the day. This yacht left Gibraltar on the 29th ult. "While the Kestrel was in the Straits of Gibraltar, she frequently accompanied the Formidable and the Thunderer in their cruizes, testing their sailing qualities, the Earl of Yarborough being the umpire on those occasions. Her last. cruise with those vessels was from Malaga, which place they left to gether, but in the night, parting company, the Kestrel bore up for Gibraltar ; after dining with Sir John Sin clair, his Lordship left Gibraltar, with a fine wind blow in.. W. N. W., and it will excite some little surprise in the naval circles, when it is known that the Kestrel beat through the Gut of Gibraltar, with that wind, in 37 tacks, a feat we believe unprecedented in the annals of sailing. The Kestrel arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday last, the 21st inst., and is shortly expected at this port.—Devon port Independent. ELOPEMENT. — On Sunday morning, long before the chime of the church bells, a handsome well-appointed Brougham, driven by a smart young " tiger," in blue livery, was observed to draw up in Belgrave-square. After some tine a young lady, accompanied by her maid, hastily entered the 'carriage, which was immediately driven off at a rapid pace to the parish church of St. George, Hanover-square, where the lady was met by a dashing and very handsome swain, who, having all pre pared for the ceremony, led the blushing bride to the altar, when the happy pair were united by the " silver link and silken tie' of Hymen's bonds. The lady, who is possessed of no small personal attractions, is an heiress in her own right, and the only child of a Reverend Divine in Northamptonshire, related to, and bearing the name of an eccentric and most distinguished member of the bar, who once held a high office under the Welling ton Administration. The gentleman is well known in the valley of the " Whispering Wye," and made his poli tical debut at the last Herefordshire election. Bills have been issued in Southampton, offering a reward of 100/. for whoever will give information that shill lead to the conviction of the person who shot at Peirce in the Houndwell in Southampton, and wh o was recognised as one of the party engaged in a Chartist plot to murder the Queen. Fifty pounds will be paid by Government, and 501. by Peirce himself. The Walhalla stands on a hill called the Brauberg, which rises about 250 feet above the level of the Danube, at a place called Donaustauf, not far from Ratisbon. The edifice reposes on cyclopean substruc tures of a truly colossal magnitude, and six sets of marble steps lead from the temple to the five succes sive terraces over which it rises. From these terraces the view is inconceivably sublime. From the north west a road winds through a grove of oaks up to the building; to the west lie the ruins of the ancient Castle of Stauf, upwards of 800 years old ; and to the north the woody hills which stretch away to the Bohemian forests. Of many of the illustrious individuals whose names figure among the worthies of Germany, no well au thenticated likenesses have been tranzmatted to us. In such cases as it has been impossible to place busts of them in the temple, their names in letters of gilt bronze have been inscribed on large tablets of white marble. Of these tablets there are 64, of the busts about 100, but space is left for the future introduction of many more. Among the names an Englishman will be surprised to find many which he has been ac customed to rank among the distinguished ornaments of his own national history, such as Alfred the Great, the Venerable Bede, &c. King Louis, however, con siders the Saxons in England as a part of the great German family, and, on the same principle, Clovis and Charlemagne are likewise admitted among the asso ciates of the Walhalla. In fact, Germany, according to the King's plan, is made to extend as far as the German language is 'spoken, or was spoken, at any particular time. The inauguration of the Walhalla will, no doubt, be celebrated in Germany as a national festivity, and strangers will flock to Ratisbon from all parts of Europe to participate in the spectacle. To English tourists the opening of the Saxon-Bavarian railroad, which has just taken place, will offer great facility of access, as from llamhurgh the steam-boats up the Elbe to Madgeburg, and thence along the railroad to Leipzic and Altenburg, will bring the traveller to within a short distance of the scene of the solemnity. CARTE'S AND MANBY'S LIFE PRESERVING APPARATUS. This exhibition, 'so long and eagerly looked for, by the inhabitants of the inland towns along the coast, commenced on Monday last, at Redcar, and was continued during th e grea t er par t o f the after noon. Gradually all the different life-boats, with their crowds of hardy mariners, advanced lightly along the waters, and, with their scarlet colours and fluttering flags, presented a cheering and animated appearance. In a short while, numbers of the huge leviathans of modern art, y'clept steam-boats, came towering along the ocean, loaded with numerous swarms of the " honest men and bonnie lasses " of Stockton, Mid dlesborough, llartlepool, and the surrounding towns along the coast. They were soon emptied of their multitudes, and when these, with the enormous crowds from Guisborough, Stokesley, Skelton, Up leatham, Normanby, Eston, Ki r kl ea th am , an d the whole of the low side of Cleveland, were assembled, iere could not be fewer than from three to four thousand met to do honour to this interesting exhi bition, and to record their approbation of efforts thus devoted to the cause of humanity. Without further preface, we shall now advance to the actual and practical part of the business, and supply the public with a correct report of the ex periments. RESULT OF EXPERIMENTS. No. 1. By the Coast Guard of Hartlepool : Dis tance, 250 yards (Ma n by' s Apparatus.) —Line fell 6 feet short of intend e d vesse l , and within 4 feet 7i inches of the centre line. No. 2. By the Coast Guard of Hartlepool (Carte's Rocket) : Distance 250 yards.—Line fell 38 feet short, and 68 feet wide. . No. 3. By the Coast Guard of Hartlepool (Manby's Apparatus): Distance, 250 yards.—Line fell across the intended vessel, 25 feet from the centre line, and ranged 32 feet 8 inches beyond. No. 4. By the Coast Guard of llartlepool (Carte's Rocket) ; distance, 250 yards. Line fell 103 feet short of the mark, and 50 feet wide of the centre line. No. 5. By the Coast Guard of Hartlepool (Manby's Apparatus) : distance, 250 yards.—Line fell across • the intended vessel 4 feet 6 inches from the centre line, and ranged 128 feet beyond. No. 6. By A. G. Carte, Esq., for the Seaton Life boat Crew : distance, 200 yards (Carte's Rocket). — Line fell across the intended vessel 31 feet from the centre line, and ranged 244 feet beyond. No. 7. By A. G. Carte, Esq., for the Seaton Life boat crew : distance, 200 yards (Carte's Rocket). — Line fell across the intended vessel, 31 feet from the centre line, and ranged 321 feet beyond. No. 8. By A. G. Carte, Esq., for the Seaton Life boat Crew (Carte's Rocket.)—Fired for a Life-beat at sea, lying lengthways. The line fell across the boat. This last was a splendid experiment, and eli cited much cheering. P.S.—I should not omit to add, that the first two rockets appeared to fail, from want of sufficient prac tice among the parties employed, as the experiments were perfectly successful under the superintendance of Mr. Carte, himself. In offering our remarks on these interesting exp e _ riments, we must state that our first impressions were decidedly in favour of Manby's apparatus for force, certainty, and precision ; but when Mr. Carte arrived (after having been detained on a sand-bank for a n hour, and nearly requiring the aid of his own rockets), our opinion was materially modified, and , quite delighted with the remarkable exactness N'e with which, under his practised hand, and acute eye, the fiery messengers of safety arrived at thi.neil‘•fr.esiitiingahttoionn:s The last shot in particular (No. B, w in sailors, and list) fired to a life-boat, crowwdiethdwas a chef d'ceuvre lying direct north and south, In faofact tremendous this e c x h p e e e r r i -- of dexterity, and was hailed m in e g n b t o a t l h on at e, sea and atendstionngshtohree. and its certainty of Security of the plan, success distance, and time : and placede ficient to repay amply th "" ' was quite suf visitors for expense, a statfo f vast advantage of such a beyond . question, the proces s in saving life. We on Sunderland 11 are sure, that had we ourselves have witnessed, would or these rockets being es tablishedthat vseveral have shipwrecks, heen di of the most serioussested disasters—the loss of human life. Those of our readers who witnessed the perilous scene of the 1 will know what we mean. In fact, on a rocky beach, or in situations which can be readily approached, and Within a few hundred yards of the which we are by no means familiar. v IVe cannot, however, avoid expressing our belief that, under pre sent circumstances, a strike must he attended with the most disastrous consequences. In all likelihood, if the workmen insist upon a general advance of wages, and continue* the strike in the St. Rollox fac tory, the masters will, in self-defence, stop all the works together, and thus many thousands will be thrown out of employment. At St. Rollox alone the effect of twelve • cotton-spinners striking work will be to throw idle about 300 weavers and other work men. We are aware that the cotton-spinners are miserably paid; but so long as the self-acting spin ning machines hold so efficient a control as they now do over the market, we cannot see by what means they are likely to better their condition, while a strike must have the undoubted effect of making it infinitely worse. They cannot be ignorant of the fact that many of the spinning masters are gradually filling their mills with self-actors. One employer has, within the last twelve months, supplied the place of twenty spinners with self-actors, and within a period of two years not fewer than forty-four hands, in all, one-half of whom are dressers, have been supplanted in this work ; while the machine makers are at this moment busily supplying Others. Under these circumstances, a strike would drive many spin• ners to the self-actors with far greater haste than otherwise they would be disposed to do, and thus the poor workmen would be the first to sustain injury through their own conduct. A master cotton spinier assures us, that should this strike be followed up, in less than two years the employers will be wholly in dependent of their men, and will• be in fears of a strike no 'longer. Considerations like these should make the workmen pause. —Glasgow Argus. COAL GAS. The Drummond. Light, the Gurney or Bude Light, and the Boccius Light, exclusive of the " Light of All,Nations," are the Great Lights of the Age. The first is the oxygen and..hydrogen gas on !lin?, and at a very hi g h temperature . 'The second is the oxy-oil, a jet of oxygen being introduced by means of a very peculiarly shaped conical jet into the centre of an ordinary oil-wick flame: this was per fected, we believe, anieer the auspices . of the Trinity Board, having been intended to be used in lighthouses ; andWe have heard it designated •to that view by a high authority, as an arrangement affording the greatest possible amount of light in the smallest pos sible space. The third is a coal-gas light; and of this we make the chief mention. This light, of course, is no recent discovery—it was known so long ago as 1688; but, since then, what an increase of knowledge of the property of coal gas has been gained, and what great mechanical im provements have been arranged for its com bustion ! Of the latter character is the Boc cius light, or, perhaps more correctly speaking, the Boccius gas-lamp. The one set up opposite Nor thumberland House, crowned with ugliness, consists of three ring burners, large, lesser, and less, perfo rated so thickly with holes, that the flames form, as it were, three leaves of light ; these are protected from the lateral currents of air by a glass screen, and are thrown down and around by a metallic reflector. 'The illuminating power is very considerable. Contem plating the vast establishments in the present day for the manufacture of coal gas, the numerous improve.. ments for its thorough combustion, mechanical and chemical, of the latter especially—Lowe's naptha lised gas, the perfection of artificial; light—we cannot help reverting to the extent of the know ledge of gas and its properties, as mentioned i n a letter addressed to the R o y a l Society, May 12, 1688, - by Mr. John Clayton, Rector of Crofton, at Wakefield, in Yorkshire, and contrasting the blad ders of 1688 with the gasometers of 1842. Speaking of the thunder in Virginia, and its dreadful effects, the writer says : " I have been told by very serious planters that thirty or forty years ago, when the country was not so open as now, the- thunder was more fierce; and that sometimes, after violent thun der and rains, the roads would seem to have perfect casts of brimstone ; and it is frequent, after much thunder and lightning, for the air to have a perfect sulphureous smell. Durst I offer my weak rea sons when I write to so great masters thereof (meaning the council of the Society), I should here consider the nature of thunder, and con pare it with some su l p h ureous • spirits which I have drawn from coals that I could no way con dense, yet were inflammable; nay, would burn after they passed through water, and that seemingly fiercer, if they were not overpowered therewith. I have kept of this spirit a considerable time in blad ders; and though it appeared as if it were only blown with air, yet if I let it forth, and fired it with a match or candle, it would continue burning until all were "—De' er s .11 m .fi n s d e e e / f C g in a l s 'om i z n , 1 1 - 1, o n 1 0 . h i i e i. p. 290. Mention is rtpoaper about the year 1691, sent by the same writer the any e ßoy na a r l k S a b o l c e i e f t a y e t ; sa mentionedid %' remember vi-riter 5 071 1 t n h g e the su e b s ject.—L iterary Gazette. do nboyt Al -- - C ur tis , in his work on " The EXERCISE.--itir. d Simplicity of Living," stron i g t l.): t re i c s om n m ot e o n nl s y exer c i states s of health, but is, impaired b i n many in the open m a nos ir : means of benefiting those cases, the lie strongly urges the necessity of whose health has become y neglect of the condu cive to the preservation supported in London and hours of in-door employment • ''d lessening the _ . an ob serves, that the proposal for shortening the hours of natural laws. aelftißicastaCions. . business, other towns, is one, the adoption of which would prove very beneficial to the health of a very large now so generally class of the community, and would not, he thinks, be any detriment to trade ; and further recommends, that the banking-houses be closed at four o'clock instead of fi ve , adding, as a precedent, that all the banks in Dublin are closed at three. EXTRAORDINARY SUPPLY OF POULTRY. The poultry markets of Saturday presented the unusual but very gratifying appearance of enormous quantities of every description of poultry being offered f r sale, all the produce of the Engllsh feeder, who is enabled, from the great difference of the price ofcorn between the pre sent and last Michaelmas, to send his stock to market .at a cost of 15 per cent. less to himse:f. The supply of geese was particularly large, the demand was also great, at prices varying from 4s. to ss. 6d. ; at the former quo tation many were purchased by those classes who had long learned to look upon such food as luxuries far be yond their reach. The accounts from Norfolk and other eastern counties are most favourable, and a continuance of a plentiful supply may be readily looked to through , out the season from our own countrymen', without having to call in foreign aid. Ducks are fetching from Is. 6d, to 2s. 3d., and fowls 2s. to 2s. 6d. Since attention has been called to the condition in which grouse in cases came into the market, a great improvement has taken place in its appearance, and also in the price, which may be now given at 2s. to ss. the brace. Tun litnvEsr.—Throughout the whole of the southern part of this county and the fertile vale of Cleve land, with a very few exceptions, the harvest is now completely over ; the crops in excellent condition, and most abundant, frcnn the staff of life through every inter mediate grade down to bramble -berries and mushrooms, the latter article being so very plentiful that they are now sold in Stockton at threepence per peck ! The liar - vest may now be said to b e concluded in the whole o f this district, and the crops secured in excellent condition. We had a fine rain on Thursday, which continued dur ing the whole of the night, and this (Friday) morning there are occasional light showers. This has greatly benefited the green crops, and will enable the farmer to get his wheat sown at an unprecedentedly early period-- thus holding out a prospect of another favourable harvest, —Durban: Advertiser. CHEAP CLOTHING AT SWAINE AND CO.'S, TAILORS, No. 92, FLEET-STREET. The Best Goods at the Lowest possible Prices.