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London to Godstona Road NUMBERS NOT A TEST OF TRT STRENGTH, OR PROSPERITY, OF A POPI LATION. ncliester. 116, 131ap P;t49, Eastrcood 21, erby Fridge 4 28, , Dewsbury 41, EEDS 60. ;e 36, 1, Li Stoat's Nest Merstham 2 4 3 4 (From Mr. Chadwick's iterortyn the Sanitary fin' Reigate and Red Hi 11... 5 0 3 6 BY 'his Rail wa y Passengers may be b oo k e d t o an d f rom th e } awn of Reigate by every Passenger Train, at the same Fares ti to the Red Hill Station. By order, C. R. MACKENZIE, Sec. 10 , Angel .court, Throgmorton-street, Sept. 1, 1842. from Arrival at Manchester. No. 1.5,607 LONDON, FRIDAY MCO NING NI SEPTEMBER 2, 1842. PRICE sd. 8 30 M 9 30 10 60 11 45 1E 5 0 6 35 8 45 10 0 jEtRUN MICK PIER, BLACKWALL. (Passengers walk on board.) First Class and superior Steam Ships leave the above Fier hgalarly as follow : For ANTWERP and the RHINE.—The SOHO, every Wed nesday, at Twelve at Noon. The RAINBOW. every Thursday, at One, r.m. The WILBERFORCE, every Sunday, at Half-past One, r.st. R OTTERDAM and the RHINE. Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning, at Ten. M ARGATE and HERNE BAY.—Daily, at a Quarter before Eleven, and a Quarter before Twelve, except on Sat'or days, then at a Quarter before One, and on Sundays, at a Quarter p as; Ni ne . MARGATE and RAMSGATE, daily (except Sundays), a Half-past Mne. LARGATE. DEAL, and DOVER, every Tuesday, Thurs- I) day, attd Saturday, at a Quarter to Ten. EAL and DOVER, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur- A t A ~daY, at Half-past Nine. ‘ I IGATE, RAMSG ATE, and DOVER.—Eery Toes , day, Thusdav, and Saturday, at a Half past Nine. 1138 WICH.—Moodays and Thursdays, at Nine. Wednesday!' and Saturdays, at a Quarter before Nine. ORAVEsIND, WOOLWICH, and GREENWICH. —For partimlars of which see separate Advertisement. Omnibuses run regularly from all parts of London to the 131ackwall Railway Terminus, in Fenchurch-street ; and the trains ',tot every quarter of an h our, from E i ght i n the Morn . log to a marter past Ten at Night. Every information may be obtained at the Offices of the Islitak w ,ll Railway Company, 60, Fenchurch-street ; and of Mr. Dyer, at the Pier, Blackwall. July 30, 1842. 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 AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, f or POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that _Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED i n ALL THE THREE PAPERS, M orn i n g, Noon, and Night thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATIO N, at ONE CHARGE. M 11 30 M 1 1 E E 9 no 10 o at 7 40 M. TO PERSONS VISITING BOULOGNE. FLOURY'S COMMERCIAL HOTEL, 15, RUE NEUVE-CHAUSSEE, BOULOGNE-SUR- Just, ready, in three volumes Bvo., with numerous Plates, &e., NARRATIVE OF VARIOUS JOURNEYS IN BALOCHISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, and the PANJAB ; including a Residence in those Countries from 1826 to 183;3. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. extended into Cavendish-square. Additions to the EN LARGED DISSOLVING VIEWS, one of which, the In terior of the CHAPEL of ST. HELENA in JERUSA LEM, taken from the work of D. Roberts, R. A. (published by Mr. Moon), rivals the much-admired picture of the Inte rior of the GREEK CHURCH.—Among other Novelties are fine specimens of Fresco, in the Ancient and Modern styles, just executed by FREDERICK SANG, a German Artist. Among the varied LECTURES in PRACTICAL SCIENCE the CA LOTYPE PROCESS of Mr. Fox Talbot is given at Two o'clock daily, in which Pictures are spontaneously deve loped before the Visitors.—The ORRERY. DIVING BELL, DIVER, &c. &c.—The COSMORAMIC VIEWS are shown in the Evenings only.—Conductor of the Bind, Mr. Wallis. Admission, Is. AUSTRALIA, AND THE COMPA RATIVE MERITS OF SOME OF HER VINCE& however carefully concealed for a time, must even tually come to light, and put a check to that marvel lous prosperity which has hitherto so strikingly existed at Port Phillip. Moreton Bay I have not visited ; but from frequent intercourse with many settlers in that locality, I should say, compared with the old districts, it appears to offer some inducements at least to those who can bear an all but tropical sun, 110 degrees in the shade being the average summer heat. There is rich land near the Bay fitted for the culture of tropical pro ductions, such as sugar cane, yams, bananas, &c. ; probably coffee, cotton, and other valuable plants might be there raised io perfection, if the settlers had but the one thing needful—cheap labour. There is coal and limestone near the coast. Sheep do well on the elevated table land of the interior, where the heat is not so oppressive ; but the extent of available graz ing land, owing to the want of water, is extremely limited. M ER. The HOTEL FLOURY is situated in one of the best streets of this agreeable Watering-place, and is near the Thea're, Post-office, the Paris Coach-offices, and the Pier. There is an excellent Table d'Hote every day at a Quarter-past Five. A great variety of Wines at moderate prices ; and the Bed rooms and Sitting-rooms are uncommonly clean and convenient. Persons wishing to pass a few weeks at the Sea-side will find every convenience at this Hotel ; the expenses are even smaller than in private apartments, and only about one-half the amount charged at many fashionable watering-places. Good Stabling. ESTER. By CHARLES MASSON, Esq. " A fro ,k of surpassing ability and extraordinary interest. In historical notices, sketches of the chiefs, and personal ad venture with the various tribes, in general portraiture of ecenes and mariners, and striking antiquarian research, we have found spirit, life, and movement on almost every page."—Examiner. Richard Bentley. New Burlington -street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. (From a Correspondent of the Morning Post.) We have been favoured with the perusal of a letter written by a gentleman who has lately traversed some of this new debateable ground, on the various compa rative advantages and demerits of the Sydney, Port Phillip, and Gipps' Land districts, with a glance at Moreton Bay ; and as information, unbiassed, disinte rested, and recent on the subject of the Australian colonies is unfortunately as rare as the converse has been but too overwhelmingly abundant, we think that we cannot do better than place the following extract before such of our readers as may feel an interest in these modern leviathans of the antipodes i"TRAINS n Gloucester. rives ham \Vor. eester. ham. 8 15 10 8 1 4 9 40 11 7 2 0 . 4 1 No Commissioner being emplOYed on board the packets, travellers will find prices the more moderate. The recommen dations of Commissioners on board the steamers should be par ticularly guarded against. 2 47 5 22 9 1 10 10 3 36 6 45 9 45 11 30 9 0 THE CHINESE COLLECTION. A_ ST. GEORGE'S-PLACE,HYDEPARK CORNER. DISEASED LIVES ASSURED. MEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERA L .1-71. LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIET 25, PALL MALL. 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 09EN for Public Inspection from Ten in tke Morning till Ten at Night. Admission 2s. 6( l —Children Is. 'E A PRESIDENTS. Sir Henry Halford, Bart., M.D., G.C.H., F.R.S., F. S.A. Sir William Burnett, M.D., K.C. H. ' F. B.S. Sir Matthew Tier n ey, B ar t., M.D., K.C.H. With a Board of Twelve Direetois. TEAM to NEW YORK.—Tho renowned and Vs 3 most magnificent Steam Ship BRITISH QUEEN will leave SOUTHAM PTON, for NEW YORK, on SAT tia bAT, the 10th Septe r ber, at Three o'clock afternoon. Pas sage-money Twenty Guineas. Itertbs may be secured, and every information obtained, at at the office of the London Agents, Messrs. Lightly and Simon, 129. Penchurch-street. At Southampton apply to Mr. J. H. Melt, High-street. Letters and Newspapers must be sent throagh the Post -office. j Arrive at e. Newcastle. Diseased as well as Healthy Lives Assured at equitable rates. F. G. P. NELSON, Actuary. ring l 0 3031ornig 1 0 Afterr ! 6 0 8 0 NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, LIFE ASSURANCE; ° , a D; I F tA E N Ii r II N E G D ANNUITIES, &c. SUNDAYS. ningll2 15 Aftern. 1 8 15 No. 26, CORNIIILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. SEYSSELL ASPIIALTE COMPANY, "CLARIDGE'S PATENT," Established 1.838. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. The composition with which the footway in Whitehall ,in fate of his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch's, and that at Rich. mod-terrace, which is now being laid down, being called Biuraen (another name for Asphalte), a general impression perails that the above -named work is made of Seyssel Aa ralte. This, however, is not the case, the composition being tifferent i n very many respects from the Seyssel Asphalte. It is needless to point out more than one distinguishable quality, namely, that the Seyssel Asphalte emits no disagreeable smell; whereas th e composition now being used in Whitehall sends forth a most nauseous and horrible effluvium. The fears of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, as well as of those pass ing through this great thoroughfare, that their vital action may be su spended by the effects of this composition, have induced the Seyssel Asphalte Company thus publicly to repudiate any connexion with it. Architects, Builders, and Others.—For the purpose of se curing the use of the genuine article, Architects and others are Particularly requested to insert in their specifications " The Seyssel Asphalte, Claridge's Patent," and not merely " As phalte," or " Bitumen," as in many cases where these terms have been used, gas tar and other worthless and offensive co mpositions, have been introduced. Seyssel A sp h a l te Works, Stangate, lo n a ec. n, Aug. 26, S 1842 BERDOE' S TO SPORTSMEN. VENTILATING WATER , PROOF SHOOTING JACKETS are confidently m ec ommended. Th ey are made of a new, very strong, and u ch - approved material, manufactured for this express pur- Paso, and thoroughly impervious to the rain, without confining perspiration. Also, his well-known VENTILATING WATERPROOF FROCK, a light and gentlemanly garment, in lieu of the "Mackintosh, and which has been four years in extensive two. The best proof of success is its greatly increasing salt among the friends of those who have adopted it, and the num ber of imitators. Also, approved Garments for Rusticating, Lounging, Gar. dening, Travelling, &c. &c. All Economical Luxuries. WALTER BERDOE, Tailor, Waterproofer, &c., 69, CORNHILL, eight doors from Bishopsgate-street. IMPROVED SELF-LIGHTING SEALING-WAX and SELF-LIGHTING CO., Patented b y D AVIS, BROTHERS. and CO., 11, POUL TRY, LONDON% IJust out, o n the Improved Principle, at a Reduced Price, ) AVIS, BROTHERS , AND CO.'S SELF LIGHTING SEALING-WAX, t o superse d e t h e Sli der. Sold by all Stationers, Chemists, and Dealers, in rry and Threepenny Boxes. ". advise our friends to try it. and are confident they will rycoznrne od it to their friends, and it will be universally used for s Science. ecuri ng letters." Daily Press, and Magazines o f A r t an d TO BACCONISTS' CIGARS PREPARED, and ma d e SELF-LIGHTING ; and Licenses granted to Manufacturers to work under the Patent. I LVERTL ATED CORNER DISHES.- vo T. COX SAVORY, Manufacturing Silversmith, No. 47, Corn-hill, London (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street). submitsthe prices of the following patterns of strongly Plated Corner Dishes, with silver handles and edges, and silver shields for engraving the crest or coat of arms : The Gadroon Pattern. Peur Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers... £lO 10 0 Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers 12 12 0 The Flower Pat. Four E x t ra Strongly Plated Corner tern Dishes and Covers 13 10 0 N.B. The covers are made with moveable handles, so that they form extra dishes. Drawings of the above forwarded to ally .....___ ______ part of Great B r it a i n or I re l an d , postage free. SODA WATER, LEMONADE, and FLUID MAGNESIA. ROUGHSEDGE and SUMMERS, Nos. 18, and 37, Bridge street, Bristol, return their grateful acknow ledgments to their Friends and the Public for the unprece dented support they h ave met w i th s i nce they established their SODA WATER, LEMONADE, and /ERATED WATERS XIANuFACTORY. They also beg leave to inform the Nobil;ty, Gentry, & c., t h at they have commenced manufac ring a FLUID MAGNESIA, which has been analysed by one of ,the first Philosophical Chemists in England, and has been pronounced by the most eminent of the Faculty to con tain a greater quantity of medicine than any other yet offered to the public, and the concentration of the bicarbonate in R. and S.'s FLUID MAGNESIA (without detriment to its purity) to b e much more considerabl e th an i n many ot h er pro d uct i ons of the kind. The great advantage of this elegant preparation is recom- Mended in all cases of Bile, Acidities, Indigestion, Gout, Gravel, and other Complaints of the Bladder, as the most safe, ea s e y, and effe c t ua l form in which Magnesia may, and, indeed, th th only one i n w hi ch i t ought to be, exhibited • ' possessing all e propertie s of the Magnesia now in general use, without being liable, like it, to form dangerous in the bowels, it effectually cures Heart-burn, without injuring the coats of the Stomach, and prevents the food of infants turning sour, and in all cases it acts as an agreeable aperient. N.B. With the Acidulated Syrup the FLUID MAGNESIA forms the most delightful of Saline Draughts. Sold in Bottles of Is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. ; and in Cases for Ships, Hospit a l s, &c.; and also in Jars, for economy in d ispensing. ~Aes NT s " LONDON. —Mr. Sanger, chemist, 150, Ox ford -street; Mr. R ouse, chemist, 1, Wigmore-street, Oxford ; ~;Messrs. Hodge an d H ome , w h o le s ale drug g i s t s , 102 u I C3, Blackm an - street, Borough ; and. the principal che taits and dru gg i sts i n England and Wales. th e M . Observe 1 That none is genuine without the label over cork bearing the name s o f ROUGHSEDGE & SVAiMERS CI SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS,and OTHERS. Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. RIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the duche ss of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally s :,,°rlntend e d by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis- Eters incident to the Eyes and Head. SIGHT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! Ily th e meat simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! Its !node of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou rcures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling ea , yet certain in its operation. If t es ti mon i es b e necessary nduce the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Corn -0 e ,,,, t : 4 : ,,. have ne e d it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctionoi Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most t rc i tn ent Oculists, Medical Practitioners—with that gigantic herbaceous the Press—have eulogised Grimstono's celebrated lerbaceous Compound, known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff," for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and Bead, G. J. Guthrie, E s q., F. R. S. See J. 13. Lachfield, N.'s Letter, Whitehall Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews ealls a national bl ess i ng —see h i s Reports touch i ng i ts ut ili ty . Th e 'Atte Mr. Abernethy, w ith many ot h ers , recommen d Grim e : "e'a Eye Snuff, and call it " M an ' s b es t Friend," and the _Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters !rtf th e first res Te stimonies, of u n d ou bt e d me di ca l aut h ority , w i t h ot h ers of pectabilitv. Nottingham 28thug., 1141. This e xtraordinary cure is attested by Mr. James Wileockson Foreign Snuff and Cigar Nlereliant, Nottingham. To Mr. W. Grimstone, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, London. feel great pleasure in sending you the particulars of sa case, and th e miraculous cure performed on myself, by 93"1 y g your truly valuable Eye-Snuff. Sir, I am now in my 26 ear, and a native of Holland, have been in this country Years. Wh et h er from change of climate, or my advanced age, cannot say, but for six years I have been deprived of sight, therefore unable to follow my business. I do most sincerely 110;rsch:erdn behove I should have remained in darkness and pain but for In kind r ecommendation of a friend to use your invention. I y a 23. 4d. canister of your agent, Mr. Wileockson, to tbameenist, who know s the above to be facts, and will bear wit the use o x f traordinary recovery of that most inestimable from n 'sing of our life--" Perfect Siglit"—l declare has proceeded your Eye Snuff. For the sake of those suffer ing, You may make what use you please of this letter, Mr. Wil aockson and many o th ers w ill vouch for i ts truth. I refer the !ufferers to this gentleman, being your Agent, and so cell known in Nottingham. 2 am, Sir, your obliged servant, s S 81 1 Aug. 1841. ANNIS ZENIA MASSENIA. relief • should not d o you j ust i ce w i t h out stat i ng my w a r as alm ost i nstantaneous. My eyes became clear and Zeed from humour, and by persevering in its use very fre iinntlY am enabled to read small print without the aid of fre n e ' f Sas, and continue to enjoy God's greatest blessing—Sight ! rr4 a Pain. I have reason to be grateful, and do recom mendyour Eye Snuff to all I know Nottingham. A. Z . M. Observe the Caution.—W. GRIMSTONE is the sole in , and the only genuine is prepared by him. e odorif erous H er b aceous Compound of Her b s i s so ld i n eate.sters, at Bd. , ls. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs. and 15 s. 6 d. riniooi h sni .hy 'l3 the Proprietor, W. Grim, at 39, Broad-stre a e n t, teurY,,, and can be obtained in stone all the principal towns r and A liberal allowance to shippers, owners, vendors c aptains, and i s h lra of Ori mstone ' s Eye Snuff. This celebrated Snufl to all quarters o f the globe, amt retains its benign .-, 1 ,s ib every climate, 11 Snuffs anti Cigars .!tipped on 4 otteit notiee. LASGOW. 9, and 11 M, and and 5 30 E. ;TICS. REPORTS. otal amount! !xpendett to rtes of latest Balance Sheets Last j Illividend at per cent. per annum. X. s. d s. d. V 6,705 9 8' 3 jo 0 43,983 0 0 2 5 0 39.2,649 • 0 1 10 0 1:34,82316 2. 4 10 0 156,063 10 IH2 0 0 340,262 4. 4Th 0 143,552 5 8, 5 0 0 388,242 411'1 1 19 0 ?33,23418 71 357,299 14 111 3 10 0 3.0,116 5 31 1 0 0 380,590 3 c+10) 0 0 • 07,147 19 101 4 10 0 283475 211 ' 6 0 0 125,000 0 0 128,919 19 11, 3 ' o 0 35,399 1 2 3 0 0 •15,255 3 610 0 0 '24,807 o 0 9 10 0 171,717 4 7 2 0 0 !68,359 • 11 37,875 10 f‘' 3 6 8 66,239 4 2, - 0 7 6 20,173 19 1177 14 3 15,645 2 1! ... 77.956 13 19 3 2 0 19,036 13 8' 6 0 0 14,877 15 1, 4 (1 6 0 0 32,077 10 2 6 0 0 30,161)14 2 3 0 0 12,829 10 0 0 13 4 55,120 7 3 3 15 0 17,61)5 0 8' 4 0 0 51,527 0 0 ... 75,468 5 4 00,264 11 3 4 0 9 31,941 6 0 1 10 0 0 :ompanieg are le' to the Sun-Office, they will be duly d. ;. [etton arnbton ussell's Hetton 19 lewart's Thitwell iradoc l9 2 (Aloe rush Durham 18 7r, co, ees Hetron 15 6 • 'bitAcrth 13 5 est Netherton 15 ETs. Beans. pensc. •••• s, to s. s . to 4ti 42 I - 4. - s.d s.d. 00 0 0 53 i 00 6 0! 0 0 0 a II 00 9 !O 0 11 9 0 11 t; ....... ............ 7 per ton. S peve. (Id +OII . 0,1 S Od —s od ..11'411). s. d. 8. d 16 6 to 1 •/ 0 16 0 130 IS 0 190 190 IS 0 19 11 0 JS ), " 40 0 47 reans. 37.; (Ai 3's Od V.b3 Cd 8.( 1 ; U 0 0 0 0 0 °A ° lij °° 0 " 01 0 0 0 0.1 61 0 ° d• , t , 6 4 ' ti ay, 18 IN Oi , f 141 b. X , ' 2 '2 ...... 0 2 0 ........n 1 10 ..... 8 'k. 01. Ci. Ot 4 . .. 0 t; 0 h h 4 0 .n 6 0 7 .. 0 0 1 ° Il G 0 1•' 9 0 (with FIJI' 'st , 2rday (Wt(l A. different re 'uesday's plaY , :ts to ge t uolY were ma d e in lin yesterdaY another four wicket down' caught off the e vacant place. oat by Lilly" , vas now very Wns soon dis r this Barker's ,an, anti Sus keeper, Box, mps, and put- my of Montagu nc, the lady of , the ladytf 9• ter, Mrs. ifer- V. T. Fawcett, parF, of n son• •k, the lady of , Mrs. Henry' estershire, the 'one, idstone, E. C. Ld, to Louisa. of Maidstone• , Mr. Edward Emily, second 9, to Augusta. , of Doctors'- !(I . 53, late of I by her rola- god 64, Lie" soci.il,/ave to Ilutss the late ict of Francis town. K atba foul-row. V. S. Adams, ward Frowd, YOUNG, of !, Strand, in 1, 142. Iter. T. LAMIE MURRAY,_Efq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. John Griffith Frith, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Est. George Lungicy, Esq. Jehri Rawson, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. Professor Graves, A.111.F.R. S. ACTUARY —W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. 1111-mu's—J. Elliot:on, 111.1)., F. R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Eweos, and Ommanney. BANKERS—Messrs. Glyr., Halifax, itlills, and Cs. The most rational motives to Ltfe Assurance are found in the plan adopted by this Society ; viz. joined to a secure provision at death for inheritors of the Assured, the Society affords succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre vious payments) in the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. ECONO MI C LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 34, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. LOWER RATES of PREMIUM than those of any other Office that entitle the Assured to participate in the Profits. The Bonus declared in 1834 amounted upon an average to .Elti per cent. on the premiums then paid; and in 1839 a se cond Bonus was declared,amounting on the average to £3l per cent. on the premiums paid during the preceding five years. Prospectuses, and other Particulars, may be obtained at the Office between the hours of Ten and Four, or will be forwarded to persons resident in the country on application. CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE AND LOAN COMPANY. No. 115, King William-street, City. TAU SIRES. Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M. Chairman. BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Benjamin Barnard, Esq. f Charles Baldwin, Esq. Solicitor, John Curtis, Esq., 80, Basinglaall-street. The principle of this Company is to allow to each Assurer such reasonable advantages, as may suit las particular views. Thus, parties Assuring the Lives of others, may make their Policies secure, notwithstanding the Life Assured may go out of the limits of Europe, without the necessary permission of the Directors having been previously obtained. Credit of half the Premiums for the first five years, allowed on Policies effected for the whole term of Life. Parties who have been Assured for five years will be allowed to borrow on the security of their Policies, a sum equal to one-half the Premiums paid, less that for the first year. Advances are made to parties Assured in the Office, on real or undoubted Person al Security, for terms net exceeding three years, repayable by ingalments. Premiums moderate. Participation in profits. Detailed Prospectuses may be obtained on application at the Office, or by letter addressed to the secretary. WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary. NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY.—Notice is hereby given, that, in pursuance a Resolution passed at the General Meeting of this Society, held at Norwich on the 28th day of January of the present year, when it was referred to the Board of Directors " To have the requisite calculations made with the least practicable delay, for the purpose of assigning a Bonus upon Policies in existence at June, 1841, and which should be existing at the time such Bonus might be declared," a GENERAL MEET ING of the Members of this Society is convened to be held at the Society's office in Surrey street, Norwich, on FRIDAY, the 9th of September next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, at which meeting the Balance Sheet of the Society's affairs at the 30th of June, 1841, will be laid before the Assurers, and the calcu lations directed to be made for the purpose of assigning a Bonus submitted to them, and the amount and declaration of such Bonus taken into consideration, and then determined upon. By order of the Board of Directors, SAMUEL BIGNOLD, Secretary. Norwich Union Office, August 4, 1842. SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive and injurious metals called Nickel astd German Silver supplanted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless ALIiATA PLATE. C. WATSON (late ALDERMAN) 41 and 42, Barbican, aided by a person of science in the areal 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 appearance—with its durability and hardness —with its perfect sweetness in use—undergoing, as it do es , a chemical process, by which all th a t i s na u s eous in mixed metal s is entirely extracted — resist ng al acids, may be cleaned as Sil ver , and is manufactured into every article for the Table and Side board. s. d. 8. d. Table Spoons and Forks, Sauce Ladles .... per doe Dessert do., per doz l2 6 Gravy Spoons 3 6 Soup Ladles... 6 6 C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this metal is peculiarly his •wn, and that Silver is not more different from Gold, than his metal is from all others ; the Public 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 tits New Plate since its introduction. C. W., unlike this party, courts comparison, feeling confident that the result will establish its pre-eminence. 4.1 and CI, BARBICAN, and at 16 NORTON FOLGATE. STARCIL—BROWN and POLSON beg to in vite the attention of laundresses and the public to their PATENT POWDER STARCH, unequalled for strength, colour, and purity. It gives a fine and glossy finish, does not Mick to the iron, and requires no boiling. The annexed certi ficate of that eminent chemist, Dr. Fyfe, will prove that it is free of potatoe, and contains no deleterious ingredient. " I hereby certify that I have submitted to chemical investi gation the starch manufactured by Messrs. Brown and Poison, of Paisley, and that I have found it to be a pure article, conse quently free from any ingredient that would act injuriously even on the finest fabric. From trials conducted with it under my own superintendence, I have found that in starching it goes farther than the best kinds of patent starch, that it gives an equally fine finish, and that articles starched with it are not iable to lose their stiffness. Having witnessed the process of manufacturing the starch in all its stages, I am satisfied that potatoe flour is not used in its manufacture. "AW. FYFE, M.D., F. R. S.F., " Lecturer on Chemistry, Edinburgh. " July 25, 1842.' Sold by all respectable oilmen and grocers, &c., in packages of Alb., ilb., lib., and 41b. Also, their IMPROVED ARROW-ROOT, warranted free of Potato, proven by the most competent judges to be equal in all respects to the finest West Indian (as the annexed certifi cate from the celebrated Dr. Fyfe will show), consequently as well adapted as a lightsome and nutritious article of food for In valids and Infants ; and makes excellent Blanc Mange without any admixture of Isinglass or Gelatine. Sold by Chemists, Italian Warehousemen, and Grocers, in half-pound and one pound packages, at 9d. per pound. " Edinburgh, June 25,1M2, Brown and Poison's Improved Arrow Root, the manufacture of which I have inspected, is prepared without any admixture of Potato-dour. It possesses all the qualities of W,st Indian Ar row Root, and therefore may be used as an equally wholesome and nutritious article of food. " AW. FYFE, " Lecturer on Chemistry." Brown and Poison, Paislay, sole manufacturers; David ➢rown, 29, Bread-street, Cheapside, Agent for London. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIII,-11aving, se en the indiscriminate attacks which havo been made on all Patent Medicines, by a very ab'e writer, in a we<kly paper, without allowing that several hare been of great service to the public—such as Dr. James's Powders, &c., which is frequently prescribed by the first physicians in the country, and as 1, as agent for the sale of the LONDON RESTORATIVE am thereby classed with those pretender, who can show no medical guarantee for the safety of the public, nor the genuiness of their medicine. I beg leave, therefore, respectfully to inform you, that the com• position of the London Restorative is from the Recipe of Dr. Thomas Buchanan, of Hull, Graduate, member of several learned societies, author of several surgical works, papers, &c., and whose publications are quoted by the most celebrated pro fessional writers of the day. It was owing to the repeated failures of the best medical practitioners in Britain, in the treatment of several diseases, that led to the discovery of the medicine sold by me as the London Restorative. Owing to the great expense incurred by experiments &c., during upwards of twenty years, Dr. Bucha nan consulted a physician of the first talent in London, on the subject, who advised him—" To dispose of t h e Medicine in this form, until his expenses were reimbursed, and then to throw it open to the profession." From the acknowledged talent and genius of Dr. Buchanan, who, by his publications and practice, placed acoustic surgery in the high station it now holds in Britain, the public may safely rely on the properties of any recipe of that very able practitioner.—l remain, Sir, yours most respectfully, Wlll. BRUCE. 34, Southampton-street, Strand, Aug. 4, I S4'2. P. S. Practitioners supplied with the medicine on the lowest terms. ..~,_ ~~ LONDON FRIENDLY UNION NATIONAL INSTITUTION. Under the Patronage of The Right Hon. Lord LYNDHURST, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britlin. The Right Hon. Earl of LIVERPOOL, Lord Steward of the Household. The Eight Hon. Sir ROBERT PEEL, Bart., M.P., First Lord of the Treasury. The Right Hon. Earl of ABERDEEN, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. And upwards of 600 distinguished Noble Lords and Ladies. To give Employment to industrious Artisans, by a distribu tion of about 2,0001. worth of Cabinet. Furniture ; and Scarfs, Handkerchiefs, Ducapes, and Plain Satins, in Dresses of 14 yards each, manufactured by the Distressed Spitalfields' Weavers. Subscription Receipts, 2s. 6d. To be decided four times a-year, viz., in March, June, Sep tember, and December. The next Distribution will take place on THURSDAY, 15th September, 1842. The Society require no gift or donation for their support. but every subscription of 2s. 6d. entitles the subscriber to a chance of obtaining some article of their manufacture, varying iu value from 103. to 20/. The Funds are expended in giving employment to indus trious Artizans, and distributing the produce of their labour among the Subscribers, which, under the present great depres sion of trade, gives a stimulus to their industry. Notice.—A subscription of 10s. constitutes a Yearly Sub scriber, entitled to Four Chances, one each Quarter, and so on for every additional 10s. subscribed, who, if he should not gain a Prize during the year, will be entitled to an article of the Cabinet-makers' Society or Silk-weavers' manufacture, the value of which will depend on the amount he subscribes. All Letters for Subscription Receipts, enclosing the amount, will be answered by return of Post. Treasurer, W. Thurnell; Secretary, W. Crofton, 71, Leadenhall-street. Receipts for Sub'criptions for this Quarter's Distribution to be had until Ten o'clock on Wednesday night, the 14th of Sep tember.—Society's Establishment, 71, Leadenhall-street. BACHELDRE HALL, CHURCH STOKE, AIONTGO MERYSHIRE, In the Vicinity of the County Town, and within a few miles of Bishop's Castle, Welshpool and Newton. This capita Freehold Estate, with its Woods and Plantations, extends over upwards of 510 Acres of superior Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land. IVir R. ROBERT OWEN will SELL by AUC TION, on MONDAY, the 12th of September, at the Dragon Inn, Montgomery, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, in the undermentioned lots, and subject to the usual conditions of sale : A. A. P. Lot 1. Comprises all that substantial FREE HOLD RESIDENCE, called BACHELDRE HALL, with the agricultural buildings, cottages, and gardens attached thereto, including 200 a. 2 r. 8 p. of rich and productive arable, meadow, and pasture land, now in a high state of cultivation, lo cated in a desirable neighbourhood, and command ing extensive and diversified views of the sur rounding country, containing together, by recent admeasurement 2OO 2 8 Lot 2. All that Messuage and Malthouse, capa ble of wetting and drying 65 bushels; with the close, meadow, and orchard thereto adjoining, containing 6 035 Lot 3. All those Two Pieces - or Parcels of Pas - - ture Land, called Cow Leasow, or Gwern Owen, and part of Mill Meadow, containing Lot 4. All that Messuage or Dwelling-house, with the outbuildings, and the several pieces or par cels of arable , meadow, pasture, and woodland thereto belonging, called Llanyhared, containing... 71 3 2 Lot 5. All those several pieces or parcels of arable, meadow, and pasture land, and larch plantations, on Pentrenant-hill, containing ... 34 1 18 Lot 6. All that Messuage, called Shepherd's Hall, with the several pieces of parcels of arable, pas ture, and meadow land, and larch plantations thereto belonging, containing Lot 7. All those Two Cottages or Tenements, with the several pieces or parcels of arable, mea dow, and pasture land, and sheep pasture thereto belonging, containing together, by recent admea surement 510 3 14 This very superior and important Freehold Estate presents a most desirable opportunity to capitalists and ethers, either for occupation or investment, the land being of a valuable descrip tion, in a highly-respectable neighbourhood, haring the advan tage of good roads, and adjoins the estates of Lord Carrington, Wm. Morris, Esq. , George Mountford. Esq. , and others. The tithes have been commuted, the outgoings are exceedingly mo derate, and absolute possession of the entire property may be had at Lady-day next. Printed:particulars may be had, and maps descriptive of the Lots seen at the Office of Messrs. Edye, and Farmer, Solici tors, Montgomery ; and for any other information respecting the Estate, apply to James Wakeman, Esq., Solicitor, Worces ter, who is authorised to allow greater part of the purchase money to remain on mortgage, at a reduced rate of interest. SUPERIOR CANDLES. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb.; Wax Candles, Is. 2(1. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Composite, Is. Od. ; Extra Fine Wax Wick Moulds, lid. ; Transparent Wax, 2s. 31 ' • Genuine Sperm, 2s. 21 ; Genuine Wax, 2s. 2d. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 625. and 665. ; Windsor and Pais, Is. 4d. per pac ket ; Old Brown Windsor Soap, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. 01: Cam phor, as. • Almond, 2s. 6d. ; S ea li ng Wax, 4s. 6d per b. ; Sperm Oil, 8,. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 3s. W. For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter a Coffee-House. FIRST -RITE CLOTHING.—By first-rate is understood twat high gentlemanly character of CLOTH ING, to obtain which it has hitherto been found necessary to pay extravagantly high prices, but is now well known can be obtained from the Pantechnetheca Tailoring and Outfitting Establishment, 36, GRACECHURCH-STREET, CITY, L. fl YAM, Proprietor. The largest and most splendid in the world at the under-mentioned charges, warranted equal in every respect, as regards quality, style, and fashion, to any emanating from the most fashionable houses at, the West-end, where those who pay prompt are obliged to suffer for persons who take unlimited credit. The Proprietor having six very extensive establishments, advantageously situated in theprincipal manufacturing towns in the kingdom, and having capital at com mand, he is enabled to take every advantage of the fluctuations of the markets, independently of which he is a manufacturer of a great part of his stock. His enormous consumption enables him to buy immense quantities of goods of very first-rate quality for cash, considerably below their real value; and as he pursues but one system in selling, charging a uniform per tentage, the lowest ever offered to the public : the result is that those who honour him with their confidence and commands will receive the full benefit of his capital and experience. An immense quantity of goods always on hand, suitable for immediate use, matte in first rate style and fashion, and at really astonishing prices. The Proprietor particularly invites attention to his immense stock of waistcoats, the newest, and richest designs are always kept on hand, ready made, splendidly cut, and manufactured in the best possible manner : and he can say, without exception, that he is the largest maker in the kingdom, 1,000 Waistcoats bring manufactured daily for his various Establishments. L. Hyam's List of Prices for Garments made to Order, in the first style of Fashion and Workmanship. Gentlemen's fine Dress Coats, fr0m......£ I 8 0 to£2 2 0 Extra Imperial ditto, best quality manu factured .. . . ............. 2 12 0 Superfine Frock Coats or Surtouts, with silk facings, from Extra Imperial ditto, the Lest quality manufactured The new Water-proof Summer Wrappers, a real luxury for warm weather, im pervious to rain, and a protection from dust, of a style and fabric perfectly unique, made with silk collar an faced with silk, for 1 0 0 VESTS. Handsome Tolinett and Valentia Vests, from Elegant Thibet Shawl pattern ditto Figured Satin in elegant style, from Plain and Figured Velvets in th• richest style, from 1 3 0 Black Cassimere, from 0 8 0 TROWSERS. Fashionable 'Woollen Trowsers, from Equestrian Doeskin, on L. Hyam's new principle of cutting, strongly recom mended to sporting gentlemen, from Black Cassimere, from CHILDREN'S DRESSES. Superfine Cloth Dresses, consisting of a Tunic, Vest, and Trowsers, from ...... 1 4 0 „ 1 12 0 Youth's Dresses, of any coloar, consisting Jacket, Vest, and Trousers, from .... . 1 5 0 „ 1 14 0 A 3 the Shooting Season is now fast approaching, Sportsmen are particularly requested to inspect the immense stock of Shooting Coats, prepared at this Establishment ; they are manufactured in the most fashionable style, of the most novel materials, and at unusually low prices. Shooting Coats, with seven pockets, from Iss. to 255. A large stock of Mourning kept constantly on hand, for immediate use, made in the best possible manner. Naval and Military Uniforms, and Liveries, of every description, made in the most approved style. A pamphlet, containing a general list of prices, may be had on application. Branch Establishments —Liverpool, 63 and 65, Lord-street ; Manchester, '26, Market-street ; Birmingham, 23, New-street; Bristol, 42, Wine-street ; Leeds, 9, Briggate. Observe the Name and Address— __ L. HYANI, PANTECIINETIIECA,36,GRACECHURCH-STREET, CITY. EASE AND COMFORT IN SHAVING. ESSRS. B. and S. COWVAN'S invaluabl e CANTON STROP, or QUADRILATERAL CHINESE RAZOR SHARPENER, renders the operation of shaving no longer painful to the most tenter skin. fly a very simple process the keenest edge may speedily be given to the bluntest razor or penknife. It. and S. Cowvan's peculiarly tempered razors and shaving powder. Specimens of the Strops are now exhibiting at the Royal Polytechnic Institution and Royal Adelaide Gallery, Lowther Arcade, from whercethe most flittering certificates have been sent, which may be seen at the Inventors, B. and S. COWVAN, 164, Fenchurch.street, where the Strops, Ac , may he obtained, as well as of all respectable rierfortiznts, in the United Kingdom, price Ss. .d., is. (id., and 9s. ltd Also may be had, Cowvan's Canton Razor Strop Paste, at Cd. and is. per packet. The Shaving Powder ls. fid. per box. Caution—None are genuine, except those marked and 'Epelt "13, and S. cUWVAN," PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. CATALOGUE, with ENGRAVINGS (Gratis), POSTAGE FREE.—The celebrity of the rich and silvery appearance and extreme durability of the material made ex clusively by ourselves, has induced many attempts to foist open the public the notoriously deleterious German Silver under the guises of " Albata Plate," " Berlin Silver," Ere, &c., against which we especially warn them. Aided by an eminent chemist, we have succeeded in purifying our material so that acids do not afiect it ; it is now so well known and appreciated that it is universally superseding silver in all its uses. The genuine metal, which is more durable than silver, can only be had at our warehouses. It is the sa me through out, and can be engraved an d madein all the various articles that are in silver, from which it can only be told by reference to the stamp. Fiddle Threaded King's Pattern. Pattern. Pattern. Table Spoons and Forks, full size, per dozen l2e. Od. 28s. 0.1. 80s. Od. Desert ditto and ditto, ditto los. Od. 21s. Od. 255. Od. Tea ditto and ditto ditto ss. Od. 11s. Od. 12s. Od. Gravy ditto. RIP PO N and BURTON, 12, Wells.street, Oxford-street. Established 1830.—Catalogues gratis. COTTON TWIST. OPINION OF A GERMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON THE DEMAND FOR A HIGHER PROTECTING DUTY ON COTTON TWIST. When the question with which we are now occu pied first was started, about ten years since, our spin ning factories were so unimportant, that according to official returns their production did not exceed 3,000,0001 b. to 4,000,0001 b. The quantity of cotton now spun within the states of the Zollverein, without Saxony, is about 7,500,0001 b. annually. The spinning mills have consequently doubled since then. At that time the complaint now made was also brought for ward by the spinners. Their demands occasioned an investigation and mature deliberation, the result of which was a decision that no increase of the duty on twist in favour of the spinner could be admitted. Amongst others the following question was then started :—" Can the spinning factories flourish, and will they increase, under the existing duties ?" The answer of the Commission was—" No. The spinning factories cannot flourish under the existing duties, and no addition to their numbers is practicable, as experience has shown." The duty was not then raised, and if this prophecy had been a true one, all the spinners must have been ruined in the eight years which have elapsed in the interval. But instead of this we find they have doubled in number, and we find that they actually increased in the very period in which (1835 to 1836) all prospect of greater protection was debarred _further, that this increase was made by old and ex perienced members of the trade at a great outlay of capital, and that by many who had themselves signed the representation mentioned above. All these con tradictions are reconciled, if we take into considera tion the crisis that took place in the cotton manu facture of Great Britain, owing to the difference that obtained between the price of raw cotton and of the .yarn spun from the same: In October, 1831, fla price of A pound of mule yarn, seconds, No. 40, was.. 101 A pound of Georgia cotton* cost ......... 5 Difference ................... .. 51 In October, 1836, a pound of seconds, NO. 40, cost A pound of ordinary Georgia .................. 74 Difference In February, 184 . 2,. a pounctof iecondi, cost . ...... ..... : ...... ... ..... No. 40, A pound of Georgia cotton ........ ••• ..... . . . . .. Difference This shows the great fluctuations in favour of or against the spinner which take place. All the charges which have affected the German spinning factories within the last eight years, from the com plaint of the impossibility of their continuance to the silent confession of their prosperous condition, in the establishment and enlargement of expensive establish ments, may be traced to this cause, which cannot be removed unless all influence on the part of British in dustry is totally excluded from Germany. But how is this practicable in the relation in which the spinning factories at present stand to the other fac tories within the Zollverein ? A slight augmentation of the import duty would not suffice to produce this ef fect ; for the differences which we have pointed out are too considerable to admit of it. On the other hand, an increase of the duty sufficient to destroy the influence of British industry for a continuance would evidently injure most seriously the other branches of the manufac ture, which would inevitably be gradually destroyed, unless the sale of foreign twist and yarn when manu factured were facilitated by a drawback, and the inland consumption of the home-spun material were pro tected by a corresponding increase of the duty on cloths. Such a measure would, therefore, be far from adding to the national prosperity, and in our opinion nothing, warrants the dangerous experiment of risking what is already established, and which has 'been found in a long course of years to be condu cive to that prosperity, in order to achieve a gain of less importance, which moreover can have no ex istence if that which is thus established be destroyed. It appears, moreover, to be beyond all doubt that the other branches of the cotton manufacture are much more adapted to increase the national prosperity than spinning. According to the English export lists for 1841, Germany, Belgium, and Hol land imported in that year 63,868,3001 b. of twist.t If we assume that the Low Countries, Switzerland, and part of Austria took 10,000,0001 b, from this quantity, there remained about 54,000,0001 b. for the States of the Zollverein. We estimate the present production of yarn within the Zollverein at 15,000,0001 b. some, indeed, rate it at 20,000,0001 b. ; but this we consider too much. In the statement made by M. Putter, at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, on the 4th of September, 1841, the number of spindles within the Zollverein is estimated at 719,000. Assuming this estimate to be correct, if it be considered that a number of these belong to old machines, and that only those of a better description, and which are constantly worked, can produce 251 b. per spindle, our estimate will not be found to deviate much from the truth. Accord ing to this, the total consumption of twist within the Zollverein amounts, at present, to about 70,000,0001 b. Now, in order to see the relation that spinning bears to the other branches of the manufacture in the Zollverein, let us assume that these States spin their whole amount of consumption themselves, and we ob tain the following results :—The spinning of this quantity would employ 6'2,130 hands, whose wages would amount to $3,948,708 ; the other branches of the manufacture would require 311,532 hands, whose wages would amount to $33,21 8 , 55 6. The spinners, therefore, are in proportion to the other manufac turers as 1 to 5, while their wages stand in the pro portion of Ito 8 2-5. The variation in the latter value arises from the circumstance that in the spinning factories mostly children are employed at very low wages, while the other branches of the manufacture require grown-up people, mostly heads of families, who require and receive a higher remuneration. If we return to the actual condition of the trade, where 15,000,0001 b. of yarn are produced by 13,313 workmen, whose annual wages amount to 864,154 dollars, we find a proportion of but 4 to 39 1-3. These figures are more eloquent than all the observations which we might add upon the subject. * The raw cotton consumed in the Zollverein amounted, in 1836, to 200,953 cwt ; in 1838, to 204,474 cAt. ; in 1840, ti 294,056 cwt. ; in 1841, to 251,942 cwt. t Probably yarn and twist ; in the original, twist only is named.—Edit. ERRATUM.—The Secretary of the London and Blackwall Railway Company is Mr. Kennell, not Kin-. naird, as given in The Sun yesterday, Sydney, - March 30, 1842. The Sydney district, or New South Wales proper, comprises, as is generally known, but nineteen coun ties. Viewing it as a grain growing country, I may safely aver, that, with the exception of Illawarra, and the alluvial soils of the Hunter and Hawkesbury rivers, there is little land where grain can be raised with any certainty except that of loss. Owing to the warmth of the Sydney climate, wheat raised there is coarse, thick-skinned, and deficient both in quality and quan tity; and when the rate of wages is considered, the great outlay required to clear land so heavily tim bered, and the frequent and withering droughts, the produce per acre is far too insignificant to cover these heavy outgoings. Whether these natural drawbacks are in themselves sufficient to swamp the energies and exertions of a numerous body of colonists I will not take upon me to determine ; but it can no longei be disputed that the Hunter's River settlers are, with some few exceptions, now in a state of insolvency and ruin. So much for the condition of the agricultural inte , rest in the most favoured localities of New South Wales. - Shall we find, and I beg you will mark the term, the land-owning grazier in a better position? Certainly not; he has become a large purchaser of tracts, which, owing to the arid character of the cli mate, rather than to any inherent badness of soil, are absolutely unfitted for any but pastoral purposes, and this, at an average cost of from twelve to fifteenshillings per acre. Now, when• it is borne in mind that three acres of such land are required to feed one sheep throughout the year, it seems tolerably self-evident, that, at the usual rate of colonial interest (ten per cent.) this unfortu nate landowner and flock master is paying, besides the shepherd's wages and rations, six shillings a-year for what ? The maintenance, the simple " ingesta" of each sheep, from whose back he gets in return, per haps, three shillings' worth of wool—the thing is monstrous, butthe vanity of being considered a landed proprietor, coupled with the want of forethought so conspicuous in this class of men, daily proves the ruin of many, added to which the purchases are mostly effected upon the fearful system of credit. Last, not least, in the catalogue of these Sydney incurables, we come to the squatters, or occupiers of Crown lands lying beyond the limits of the nineteen counties. The wise officials at home, struck no doubt by the quaintness of the name, and ingeniously pro fiting by their gleanings froth the pages of a Yankee novelist, have compared these gentlemen in a recent most luminous dispatch, to the back-woodsmen of America, styling them " pioneers of civilsation," and " these people," as if they were a set of half savages and wood cutters, while, in reality, they are, both by birth and education, the real aris tocracy of the colony. The only fault of " these people" is, that they spend too much of their time in Sydney, dine too often at the club or the mess, ride too many races and steeple chases, drive tandem too much, drink too much champagne, and consequently neglect their more important affairs. However, " revenons a nous moutons," a phrase, by the bye, peculiarly apropos to this sheepish country, which might be advantageously stuck up over every chimney piece in Sydney—it might strike the con science of those who ought to feel that their time should be differently occupied. Our squatter, then, or settler, as he is here indifferently styled—the latter term I presume to have been waggishly given him by his Sydney agent, with whom he makes it a rule to settle as seldom as possible —pays, besides some trifling . head-money, 101. per annum to her Majesty for per mission to range over an extent of country which was originally limited only by the requirements of his flocks and herds. This squatter is, or rather might have been, the prosperous man, so long as wool maintained a fair price; the distance of the port where he was compelled to carry it for shipment, and from whence he had to draw his supplies, was compara tively nothing. So long as he could find pur chasers for the surplus produce of his stock at a high prize, the enormous wages that he paid to his men was a matter of no importance. He had then, moreover, plenty of convict labour at almost a nominal cost. This state of prosperity is now to be num bered with the things that have been. Champagne corks have ceased to fly—wool has fallen in price— real capitalists have become alarmed, and buttoned up their pockets—bankers will no longer discount—the man of straw, the fictitious capitalist, to whom these vile bankers had been looking only for their own im mediate and enormous profits on discounts, utterly reckless of the ultimate consequences to the colony, and whom they had most wickedly bolstered up and encouraged by every means in their power—this man can no longer make his wild purchases and specula tions, and his alarm and exaggerated fears deter the newly arrived capitalist from effecting those cheap and really favourable purchases now to be so advan tageously made. Wheel is thus locked between wheel, and no one can tell where the " Schmeere Gelt" is to come from that will set them all in motion again. This is certainly a most deplorable state of affairs ; but with respect to the younger Australian colonies, I think the evil is only temporary; they have youth and stamina on their side, and when once the present difficulties are surmounted, it is only fair to expect that they will experience the same current of pros perity as has characterised the older settlements. With the Sydney district the case is different, there exist two fatal bars to her future prosperity; 'one, the abolition of the assignment system, which, while it lasted, was equivalent to an annual bounty or gift of 600,0001. in the shape of labour, thus enabling the inferior soil and arid atmosphere of New South 'Wales to compete successfully with the richer lands and moister climate of Van Diemen's Land and Port Phillip; the other, and the still more fatal, because irremediable, drawback is the fact, that nearly all the available land of this part of the colony is now taken up and fully occupied, indeed overstocked, and there are no longer any fresh stations or grazing grounds which can, as it is here termed, be " given in" by the would-be disposer of his surplus produce, and without which such produce is generally quite unsaleable. So much for New South Wales. Let us next con sider that portiqn of Australia Felix of which Port Phillip may be considered the nucleus. This dis trict has become pretty extensively known, and is beginning now to be as justly appreciated as it was once over-rated ; and when we compare the luxuri ant, lightly-timbered, and park-like scenery with the dense monotonous and worthless forest, the product of the sandy regions about Sydney, desolate 'and even appalling in its silence and sterility, we can scarcely wonder that at first it should, by com parison, have been so over-estimated. When Aus tralia Felix was at length thrown open to the accu mulating flocks and herds of the elder colonist, it proved to him for a time a new " El Dorado." Capitalists from England poured in and bought largely the woolly treasures, thus realising the ancient fable of the golden fleece, their fortunate owners becoming all at once immensely rich. As a pastoral country this district of Port Phillip can scarcely be excelled ; but as an agricultural and grain-growing province, it was soon found that though immeasurably superior to her elder sister, Port Phillip has still to contend with two serious evils, which experienced colonists are alone capable of fully appreciating. These are, first, the extreme prevalence of the hot winds occurring about the time the wheat is in blos som, and but too frequently blasting in a day the hopes, the labour, and the expectations of many months—a serious liability—which the newly-arrived immigrant scarcely deigns to Consider ; and, secondly, the physical impossibility that a country so wanting in that first necessary of life, fresh water, can ever become densely populated, or even extensively culti vated. The great deficiency of running, or even stagnant fresh water, is a peculiar and striking cha racteristic of the Port Phillip district, and is a fact very much overlooked or misapprehended at home. Indeed few people, once fairly committed to a locality , are willing to in;ike known its disadvantages ; and thus has this very important deficiency been stifled and concealed. Could fresh water be procured, even at the expense of sinking wells, the objection would be in some degree removed; but, as far as experience goes, water, even when obtained, which is rare, un fortunately is not simply brackish, but as fairly salt as the briny ocean, and frequently holding alum in Thdse, then, are the fatal objections which We now arrive at the last, and by far the most im portant district, which has yet been discovered in New Holland—l mean Gipps' Land. The only unfortunate thing about it is its name. This noble territory ex tends from Cape Howe to Corner Inlet, and runs back a distance of nearly one hundred miles to the foot of the Australian Alps. The soil is for the most part a chocolate loam, of an alluvial character, entirely free from even the smallest stones, gently undulating, lightly, timbered, fertile to excess, yet sound enough for sheep. It is watered by many large and deep rivers, with numerous smaller streams, which, having their sources . in the lofty Alps, and being fed by the never-failing mois ture of dissolving snows, are not, as is but too often the case in other parts of Australia, mere beds of shingle, showing the occasional rush of devastating torrents. In the possession of this very important feature, a central spine, or back-bone, of stupendous elevation, Gipps' Land, it will be observed, differs most essentially and remarkably from every other known portion of New Holland, where, in general, nature seems to have stopped prematurely short in the laborious process of up-heaval, and where the want of ranges of sufficient elevation to precipitate moisture, has cursed the country with eternal barrenness. Count Streleski's observations make the altitude of Gipps' Land chain vary between eight and ten thousand feet, snow lying on the summits during summer, while in no other part of this vast continent is there any known mountain-range of one-half the height. These mountains are also, from their great elevation, quite near enough the coast to precipitate the moisture from the ocean, yet sufficiently removed to attract and draw its vapours over an extensive line of fruitful country. There is yet another, and by no means the least advantage, which this noble mountain crescent gives to the fair and wide-spread plains, that lie, as it were, sheltered in its majestic bosom and half encircled in its stupendous arms ; it guards them thoroughly and effectually from the withering hot wind that, sweeping from the vast interior wilds, is as baneful as the simoom of the Arabian desert. The numerous fine rivers from the mountains, after crossing through, and of course well watering, the extensive alluvial plains before alluded to, empty themselves into a noble fresh water lake, about thirty miles long by ten or twelve wide. This fine expanse of water, with its many tributary streams, some of them navigable for miles, is fortunately in the centre of the most va l ua bl e land, and will be a means of con veying produce to within fifteen or twenty miles of Port Albert, or as it is more often, but erroneously, called, Corner Inlet, which harbour, though inferior to that of Sydney or Hobart Town, is second to none other in this part of Australia, Port Phillip not ex cepted. Taking into consideration all these elements of future greatness and prosperity, and speaking in a spirit of the shictest and most sober truth, I can safely affirm that there has not yet been discovered any por tion of Australia so calculated to ensure a certain and large profit to the industrious agriculturist of mode rate capital as Gipps' Land, and one, at the same time, so congenial in climate and so peculiarly suited to the habits and feelings of Englishmen. The plains, by which I mean land naturally clear of timber, are numerous, yet not too extensive, well sheltered by the many river belts of noble trees, said by those who are judges of colonial timber, to be of the most valuable description for splitting and sawing, and to use the words of an old settler, who has seen all parts of the colony, " there are tens of thousands of acres in which a ploughshare might be driven for miles through the finest vegetable mould the world ever saw, without the possibility of striking against a stick or a Ante." Such is Gipps' Land, and what a country to have lain so long undiscovered, and unproductive to man ! This tardy discovery is the more extraordi nary when we consider its central position, between the ports of Sydney, Hobart Town, Launceston, and Port Phillip, and it certainly does not add much to the credit of the late Home Government, that the interior of this valuable province should have been first explored by a wandering foreigner, and its har bour discovered and made available by the enterprise, and at the expense of a few stirring Port Phillipians (who, by the by, as a reward, and as an incentive to, future exertion) have since been ousted from the land they honestly bought and paid for in the neighbour hood of Port Albert. In a week or two I am off by sea to Port Albert with supplies, to meet the overland expedition, which I some time ago dispatched with 7,000 sheep, and when I get settled in this Land of Canaan, I will write again. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 31.—The Calcutta, 84, Capt. Rich, at Plymouth, has had her orders to pay off countermanded, and is now preparing ;to proceed to Quebec, to bring home a regiment from Canada. The Lords of the Adnuralty have returned to London from their official visit to this port. The levees of the First Lord, the Earl of Haddington, were numerously attended, and marked by much urbanity and kindness. The Numa transport, Lieut. Ward, agent, has gone to Chatham to land her invalids from the West Indies. She brought home Major-General Elrington and Captain M'Mally from the 47th Regiment, which was left healthy, although much mortality had previously prevailed. Letters from the Southampton, 50, flag-ship of Sir Edward King, from Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, of Ist June, report all well, and daily expecting the arrival of the new Admiral in the Winchester frigate, when she would proceed to England, to be paid of at Chatham. The Isis, 50, was shortly looked for, from the South A mer i can s t a ti on . Th e A n d romac h e , 26, was at the Mauritius. The corvette Orestes, 18, is commissioned at this port, by Commander the Hon. S. Carnegie, reported to proceed to the Brazils. She is to have a crew of 140 men. The new sloop Frolic, 16, is to be commissioned shortly. Captain IVilliam Hendry is the projector of her. She is a fine commodious vessel, infinitely supe rior to the old 28-gun ships; is of 510 tons, and is to have a crew of 150 men. The Sappho, 18, commander Parry, is to be dis mantled and paid off at Plymouth, whither she has proceeded. The next vessels from the West Indies will be the Pilot, 18, Racer, 16, and steamer Gleaner. The islands were left more healthy than for many months. The Admiral, Sir Charles Adam, was at I lal i fax. The new steamer Thunderbolt, on her arrival from Glasgow, will be commissioned, according to report, for the Mediterranean. The brig Fantome, 16, has left the west coast of Africa, with despatches for the senior officer at Rio de Janeiro. The Formidable, 84, was at Gibraltar, and the Thunderer, 84, at Cadiz, on the 20th July. Crews healthy. The former was to make a short cruise along the Morocco coast. The Crocodile, 26, Mr. Elson, master, commanding, is hourly expected to arrive with troops from Quebec, and the steamer Phoenix, from the Mediterranean. At Spithead—No vessel of war. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Imaum, Orestes, Sylvia, Echo, and flag tenders.— Brighton Gazette. THE RECENT CIRCUITs .—The summer circuits have this year considerably exceeded thei r usua l dura tion. The Western Ci r c uit, whi ch terminated at Bristol on Monday last, is said to have last e d l onger than any former Western Circuit ; and the Northern Circuit, which, as far as the regular business of the circuit is concerned, may be said to have concluded on Tuesday last, has occupied eight weeks. The business on the Northern, Western, and Oxford Circuits was very heavy, and the Oxford Circuit could not have been brought to a conclusion so early if it had not been by the assistance of Mr. Godson, who presided in an additional Court at Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Gloucester, and tried in each of those places, with great ability, a number of prisoners whose trials under the ordinary course of business must have extended beyond the period allowed in the Com mission for those counties. In the Northern Circuit Mr. Justice Maule, it is understood, considers himself bound to clear the gaol, although the prisoners now under con, finement are those committed on charges arising out of the -recent disturbanoeth dition of the Labouring roputation of England,) The depressing effect off' adverse sanitary circan.l - such as bad sewerage, drainage, and other local defecta on the labouring strength of a population, and on its duration, is to be viewed with the greatest concern, as exhibited to a great extent at the present day in the streets and dwelling-houses of the British people in our towns and counties. This depressing effect rests on that which most distinguishes our island population, and which it were a truism to say consti tutes the chief strength of the nation—the bodily strength of the individuals of the labouring class. The greater portion of the wealth of the nation is deOved from the labour obtained by the application of :his strength. Simple enumerations of the numbers of h popula- . tion are of themselves but imperfect means for judg ing of its progression in strength. This is best shown in the increased proportions of the adults, who are of the age and strength and skill fin- productive industry, in the extended period during which each adult labourer occupies his post. M. Mallet (Registry Report on Geneva) bears tes timony that the experience of that city is confirma tory sif the important rule, that the strength of s people does not depend on the absolute number of its population, but on the relative number of those who are of the age and strength for labour. It is proved that the real and productive value of the population has there increased in a much greater proportion than the increase in the absolute number of the population. The absolute number of the population has only doubled, in the instance of Geneva, durin,ir three centuries ; but the value of the population has more than , doubled upon the purely numerical increase of the population.. In other words, a populse tion of 27,000, in which the probability of life is forty years for each individual, is more than twice as strong for the purposes of production as a population of 27,000, in which the probability or value of life is only 20 years for each individual. The important general fact of the proportion of adult physical strength to the increased duratioii of life, or improved sanitary condition of the individuals is verified by the examinations of the individuals of different classes. M. Villerme states that the dif ference of strength between classes among whom the valve of life differs, is well known_ to the officers en gagell recruiting the army, though no one has collected the facts to determine the precise differ ence. The time allowed to M. Villerme only en abled him to do so at Amiens. The result was, that the men of from twenty to twenty one years of age were found the more frequently unfit for the trade of arms from their stature, consti tution, and health, as they belonged to the poorer classes of the manufacturing labourers. In order to obtain 100 men fit for military service, it was neces sary to have as many as 343 men of the poorer classes ; whilst 193 conscripts sufficed of the classes in better circumstances. Analogous facts were ob served in the greater part of the towns in France in which he conducted his official investigations. • In . the evidence of recruiting officers, collected under the Factory Commission of Inquiry, it was shown that fewer recruits of the proper strength and stature for military service are obtainable now than heretofore from Manchester. Of those labourers now employed in the most important manufactories, whether natives or emigrants to that town, the sons who are employed at the same work are generally inferior in stature to their parents. Sir James M‘Gregor the Director-General of the Army Me dical Board, states the fact that " A corps levied from the agricultural districts in Wales, or the Northern Counties of England, will last longer than one re cruited from the manufacturingtowns, from Birming ham, Manchester, or near the metropolis." Indeed so great and permanent is the deterioration, that out of 613 men enlisted, almost all of whom came from Bir mingham and five other neighbouring towns, only 238 were approved for service. The chances of life of the labouring classes of Spitalfields are amongst the lowest to be met with, and there it is observed of weavers, though not originally a large race, that they have be come still more diminuthie. under the noxious influences to which they are subject. Dr. Mitchell, in his Report on the condition of the hand loom weavers, adduces evidence on this point. One witness well acquainted with the class states, "They are decayed in their bodies ; the whole race of them is rapidly descending to the size of Lilliputians. You could notraise a grenadier company amongst them all. The old men have better complexions than the young." Another witness, who says there were once men as well Made in the weaver trade as any other, " recol lects the Bethnal-green and Spitalfields regiment of volunteers during the war as good-looking bodies of men, but doubts if such could be raised now." Mr. Duce concurs in the fact of the deterioration of their size and appearance, within the last thirty years, and attributes it to bad air, bad lodging, bad food, which causes the children to grow up an enfeebled and dimi nutive race of men." To whatever extent emigration takes place from England, there must of course have been a pro portionate immigration from other places to make up the increase of population beyond the apparent in crease from births. It is observed in some of the worst-conditioned of the town districts that the posi tive numbers of the natives of the aboriginal stock continually diminishes, and that the vacancy as well as the increase is made up by immigration from the healthier districts. In a late enumeration of the settled inhabitants of the labouring classes in the lower parts of Westminster, it appeared that n:)t more than one-third of them were natives of London. If inquiry had been made as to whether their parents were natives, it would probably have been found that still fewer hadl inhabited the district for more than one generation. - _ D WARKANATH TAG@ RE. The Council Chamber of Edinburgh, August 30, witnessed an event unprecedented in the annals of Great Britain—the presentation of the freedom of the City to a Hindoo gentleman. This mark of distinc tion has been unanimously conferred by the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of our own City.' Dwarkanath Tagore is a Brahmin, a mer chant engaged extensively in home and fo reign trade, a large landed proprietor, and a man of very considerable fortune. He is well acquainted with Hindoo, Persian, and Engligh litera ture and history, and is, without doubt, the most re markable man in India of his nation. While loyally attached to the British Government in India, he is at the same time devoted to the work of ameliorating the condition of his countrymen, and has for many years sought, both by the liberal application of his money and his energetic labours, to accomplish plans of local and general improvement. Several of the most excellent institutions in Calcutta owe their exist ence principally, or altogether, to the benevolence and liberality of that enlightened Hindoo. As the friend:of education, Dwarkanath Tagore stands pre eminebt among his nation. His views of the princi ples of trade and commerce are of the most enlarged and liberal character ; and his ivealth and influence combined, have done much to aid the recent noble prdects for facilitating the intercourse between India and this country. For several years Dwarkanath Tagore has been one of the most active members of a society for the protection of the owners and occu piers of the soil in India from the mischievous and ruinous effects of what is known by the name of the Resumption Regulation ; a measure neither more nor less, than an inquisition into the titles by which all rent-free lands are held with a view i b o ey a o beyond o t r l d i of . assessing such lands as, by the custom and law' of India, have been immemorially held tenure-free, memory mpo se a o f t a x a any and absolutely i r i n n e t. as ax u ed re, living man ; a to e i 18s. in the pound of the rack-rent, or to seize upon and confiscate nine - tenths of every man ' s es t a t e , hitherto held rent-free, over the whole length and breadth of Bengal, Behr, Orissa, a n d B enares ; a ter ritwhich contains a surface equal to that of Great n twice told, with a popu l at i on exceed i ng that Britain of the ,kingdom of Fra nce . W e un d erstan d t h at i t i s the intention of Dwarkanath Tagorc to bring this momentous subject under the notice of the Govern ment and people of this country, and to endeavour, in reference to thi s an d o th er t op i cs , to advance the in terests of his countrymen during his stay hi Great Britain. Dtra).—On the 15th instant, at her residence, Balinagown, near Portadown, Mrs. Mary Corr, at the extraordinary age of 116 years. This vet.erable matron exhibited one of the most remarkable instances of longevity on record, in modern times. She was born in 1726, and, consequently, lived during the reigns of six Sovereigns of Great Britain. She was a woman of great mental and physical faculties, and gifted with a strong understanding and most retentive memory ; and of that portion of our history (commencing with tie reign of George UN so productive of great and memorable events, she had a most vivid recollection, and delighted to converse on " the deeds of other years." She was, indeed, a living chronicle of the last century, and de tailed, with surprising accuracy, the many memorable occurrences of that eventful era. The storming of Quebec, and the death of General Wolfe, the capture of the Havannah, the naval victories of Admiral Rodney, and the taking of the city of Carrickfergus, by the French commander, Thurot, were events which she related with much animation ; and she related, with much amusing effect, the national consternation on the successes of the celebrated Patil Jones. She attended the weekly market of Portadown regularly, till within three years of her death ; and her sight was so good that she could thread a fine cambric needle. She was justly admired for her mild, unobtrusive manners ; and the vast concourse who followed her mortal remains to the family burying ground, in Drumcree Church-yard, testified the estimation in which she was held by all wbo had the happineoe of knowing ber.— ,Vida