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PIRIE TESTIMONIAL. At a Meeting holden at. the London Tavern, Bishops.. ri,e-street, on Thursday, the Ist day of December , 1 t 142, to into conson the PuConduct d Pvate Worth Vile late Lord iderati Mayor and Lad y y Mayoress,an Private Sir JOHN and DY PIRIE, and by what means the public and their friends •4▪ t 1 record their approbation of the same, WILLIAM COTTON, Esq., in the Chair, Resolved unanimously,—That in order to express the grateful ~._s ense entertained by this Meeting of the important services '`uderc,d by Sir JOHN and LADY PIRIE during the past to promote the public welfare, the charities, and benevo ,_ I nstitutions of this great city, this Meeting resolve to corn rot& a subscrition forthth, fo the purpose of presenting JOHN and wi r LADY PIRIE a suitable Testimonial, to :`,Press the p u bli c es teem and gratitude with which such ser s are held by all parties and parsons. th; n at a Committee be appointed for effecting the object of t c. meeting, with power to add to their number; and that 'mr,ee r , do f orm a quorum . 3,,Znat William Cotton, Esq.. George Grote, Esq., and Masterman, Esq., M.P., and Joseph Somes, Esq., be ap mted Treasurers. That no su b scr i p ti on excee di ng the sum of 5/. ss. be re ' , Zed from any individual. 12That subscriptions be received by the Treasurers and Mem -0 of the Committee, and by the following and such other fp - Zen as the Committee may appoint, viz : —Messrs. Mas risill and Co., Nicholas lane ; Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Z t i , Thread nee dl e - s tr e et ; and Messrs. Glynn, Hallifax, Co., 67, Lombard-street. That Mr. James Anderton, and Mr. Edward Harrison, be sted to act as Honorary Secretaries. WILLIAM COTTON, Chairman. Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of this meeting be tive n . h . ~. to he C William Cotton, Esq., for his courteous and able con net in tair. COMMITTEE. tam Cotton, Esq., Bank of England. , G eroge Grote, Esq., Threadneedle-street Joint Masterton, Esq., IMP., Nicholas-lane, Treasurers. J oseph, Somes, Esq., Rateliff. Jo• seph Adams, Esq.. Leith and Glasgow Wharf S. Angell, Esq., Deputy, Cornhill J ames y Anderton, Esq., 20, New Bridge-street J. B. Allnatt, Esq , Cornh:ll D. Allan, Esq., 46, Coleinan-street G. F. Angas, Eseu, Jeffery-square, St. Mary-axe Brind,Esq., Devonshire-street William Burnie, Esq., 124, Bishopsgate-street Ir. M. Burnie, Esq., ditto Brook, Esq., 1, Poultry W. T. Copeland, Esq., Ald., M.P., Lincoln's lnn-fields d• J. Capper, Esq., I, Adelaide-place, London-bridge ohn Carter, Esq., 61, Cornhill Conquest, Esq., 53, Moorgate.street; ,w. Dallas, Esq., 21, Austin friars nonamy Dobree, Esq., 6, Tokenbouse-yard Sir James Duke, Alderman, Sussex-place, Regent's-park Robert Ellis, Esq., Cevaper's-court, Cornhill Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., 9, Fitzroy-square George Forbes, Esq., 9, King William-street • ward Eyton, Esq. , Cornhill • J. Frye , -, Esq., 62, Cornhill . 4 . Green, Esq., lincing-lane Edward Godson, Esq., Deputy, Aldersgate-street ~ A. Hankey, Esq , Fenchurch-street Harrison, Esq., 82, Cornhill *benison Hankey, jun., Esq., Mincing-lane Michael Hall, Esq., 69, St. Paul's Church-yard B. Heath, Esq., Bank of England :v• H. Hughes, Esq., Inner 'Temple J oshua Hindman, Esq., Basinghall-street Thomas Johnson, Esq., Alderman, Aldgate High-street John Johnson, Esq., Alderman, Millbank Ed„ • H. Jonas, E5q.,.62, Cornhill 41 . Kingscote, Esq., 34, Abchurch-lane Charles Kerr, Esq , ., 10, King's Arms-yard William Leckie, Esq., 26, Austin-friars P. C. Leckie, Esq., Winchester-house Thomas Lund, Esq., 57, Cornhill • Leslie, Esq., 17, St. Dunstan's-hill • G. Moon, Esq., Threadneedle-street. John Musgrove, Esq., Alderman, Austin-friars 4 . H. Milroy, Esq., 71, Cornhill James Murray, Esq., 30, Cornhill C. Mills, Esq., East India House Thoma s Pritchard, Esq., 30, West Smithfield John Phillips, Esq., 16, Cornhill Jo• nathan C. Prior, Esq., 153, Upper Thames-street Z Y • Standidge, Esq., 71, Cornhill Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, 16, Wilton-crescent W. Stevens, Esq., 78, Bishopsgate-street „, Smith, Esq., 71, Cornhill 7• Scott, Esq., Threadneedle-street S• tayner, Esq., Spring Garden Cottage, Mile-end " r • ThGmpson, Esq., Ald., ALP., Upper Thames-street William Tozer, Esq., Hackney. A lexander Thomson, Esq., Leith and Berwick Wharf .„ 8 . Tho mas , E sq ., 102, Cornhill somas Th orn t on , E s q., Old Swan Wharf Thornton, Esq., Old Swan Wharf , Thornborrow, Esq. St. Michael's-alley Li I oney Wigram, Esq., ' Crosby-square David Wyre, Esq., St. Swithin's-lane '• Warner, Esq., 28 COrnhill George Warriner, •Esq., St. Michael's-alley M. Wilcox, Esq., Peninsular Steam Navigation Corn , Pany. V t. LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. 4 S. Angell, Esq, £s 5 0 1 41 Anderton, Esq. Oj a fh Adams, Esq t), ;: p P. An as Esq. f a q Allan, Esq. Ib.. Allnatt, Esq &,,. Alexander, Esq. Vl l ,7',l s s Raring, Esq. 5 5 0 tV e zititterfield, Esq. 1 Butterfield , Esq. 42:3. Barraud and Lund kvil Barber, Esq. kakt B 10 1 11 Brook, Esq /i i :7 41 11. • Blyth ; 1 01 Burnie, * . Esq . . . ..... ...... IletV° 4 M. Burnie, Esq . '""Y Brown, Esq., and Alderman 5 0 0 • , - . .. 4„ ; , G. Capper, Esq. Itil i .Carter, Esq. Itiii4ra Cotton, Esq. Iti'd el T. Copeland, Esq., and Alderman ... N% Dallas, Esq 3 3 0 Ili t h r ey Dobree, Esq. &PEI Dixon Esq. 3 3 0 t i - arises Duke, M.P. and Alderman V_lktd E lton, Esq. • 5 5 0 It tr tt Ellis. Esq. (Charles Forb-s, Bart. O t h r .p Forbes, Esq. (4,;it Forsyth Esq. Il tv • Carr Glynn, Esq Ittr i nio Greene, Esq 5 5 0 :tel Gregson, Esq 5 0 0 lik: r d Godson, Esq. th,2 11 . William Hunter and Sons Itai,lB A. Hankey, Esq. a115.. 1 _ 44 Hughes Hughes, Esq. 2 2 0 4qtent Harris, Esq 10„,N11 Harrison, Esq 14,944, Hindman Esq 11.144 Hall, isq 5 5 0 . 11 . - ii r !. Harper and Co. 2 2 0 (1, p... Halbert, Esq. Itab,„, t Hodgkinson, Esq. Iti„,. t John s t o n, Esq. lai`: I'd L. J ones , Esq ItttlJohnson, Esq., and Alderman 5 5 0 e r as Johnson, Esq., and Alderman 5 5 0 i„,Jones and Fryer 11,t4ted Kemble, Esq. 44,1 Kin.scote, Esq. 11. t!e e it Kerr. Esq. 5 0 Vie rabic, Esq. M.P. 44 t ato Leckie. Esq. I' , •411 der Leslie, Esq. V '' Leckie Esq li o 'Zkie, H. C. 5.5 5 0 4, kree Lund, Esq. I?,'" n its . terrnan, Esq., ALP A, -,.; Moou, Esq. 4. Milr o y, E sq Q~l Mills, Esq. iW w Moore,itt ManderEsqson,. H. C. S. sh„ r 2 2 0 'Sh i .," ,t 4 `Laren, D.q. dtk; ol ' l „es , rove, Esq., and Alderman 3 3 0 k ril 8 Murray Esq• 2 2 0 114e 1 Oxenham ' Esq. than Pritchard, Esq. 5 5 0 4 1p„`ah C. Prior, Esq. 4st Jo nathan C. Prior 1 1 0 A 4 •„..kaseph Ruskin, Esq 5 5 0 4 4wttichardson Esq 5 5 0 A. 4 • B. Riddell, Bart. 144 knuel, Esq. 4 %, °1 Samuel, Esq. )4,,, -- Ph Somes, Esq. 4-4 ' B erue Iv Q/ elia 3 in. Sorties, Jun., Esq ttre , Stevens, Esq. 1ti11. 1 % Smith, Esq. J, 1 , 11111 Smith, Esq. 1 1 0 ,:aYner, E., q . Witi rs • Smith, Elder, and Co. 3 3 0 t. al'n Scott, Esq. ...... .•••.••. 5 5 0 ?iil ) . t elihens, inn., Esq. ki.tarn Standidge, Esq. • Vel Thoma s , E sq . i1ti7 4. 11 Thornborrow, Esq. 41 5 -4 , Taylor, Esq. Welder Thomson, Esq. ki, l tril Tozer, Esq. h o 41 1 Thornton, Esq . 44, 4 4 s Thornton, Esq b k , ,°,,r.. ~_Thomas and Sons 2 2 0 'w. Wire, Esq 5 5 0 g Mauler, Esq ...' 2 2 0 14;; Wilcox, Esq. *. P Wig ram, Esq. gill Gibbon, Esq. Ilia °° the above the following have been received :- 3 0 0 Ca pt ru : as Ashton, Esq. WI, Alt Henry Breston, H.C.S I? hr s. E. and W. Bond ERI 1,44:.,,,Cruden, Esq 1 1 0 %to' l ionnisen, Esq Il et r ge Davenport, Esti. Ito% Ells, sq.• 2 2 0 t u ! t Embleton, Esq Lr:t l l William Fulcher . Jagsgii s Penning, Esq. 1 1 0 'i' i c , L. Goldsmid 5 5 0 Alien• Gostling, E , q 5 5 0 kphi j ae l Gibbs, Esq., and Alderman i, °eh Hall k ti er t W. Herring, Esq 1 1 0 gir Claudiusr and Sons Jtc S. Hunter, Baronet and Alderman 2 2 0 3C ' , lnes, Esq. R, ;,, Kirkalder and Son k. ; Lod ge E,, 154,%.verid David Laing i,Ill'IP Laing. Eicl 5 5 0 0 4 ' 41 Leek' . t . . le k; Lindo „•••r la sir la °rge Larpent, Bart 5 5 0 Ge o 'tee Laurie, Alderman P r ge Lyall, Esq., 111. P 5 5 0 b ar .litchell, Esq -Gt o w illiata Marsden 2 2 0 lt, r e Oliver, Esq. l'i„;„,"• Oserald, Esq 1 1 0 4 Prt etors of the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette 2 2 0 Xi" P. P. Lies ' k chitties Pearson J o be P earson e„,„,_,aynter, Esq. Rob er t George Probyn 11. u r t Passenger, Esq. Ai, Pigeon Esc l and ' ' • er Rogers, Esq Francis Ridley, Esq. Brown Roberts, Esq 1 1 0 Alexander Robertson, Esq. John Richardson, Esq. John Crow Richardson, Esq. Alexander Simion, Esq. J. H. Spurling, Eq. William Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. J. G. Tyrie, Esq. Captain Tucker ... William Thompson, Esq., M.P. and Alderman— Captain John Willis William Withal', Esq. James \\raider, Esq. Robert Young, Esq. Subscriptions will be received by Messrs. Masterman and Co., Nicholas-lane ; Messrs. Presscott, Grote, and Co., Threadneedle-street ; and Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street; by any of the Committee above advertised ; and also by the Honorary Secretaries, Mr. Ander ton, 20, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and Mr. Edward Har rison, 82, Cornhill, to whom all communications are requested to be addressed. 17th December, 1842. EAST INDIA HOUSE, OCT. 26, 1842. THE COiiiiT of DIRECTORS of the ST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st December next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. _ - JAMES C. AIELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, OCT. 26, 1812. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S STOCK will be SHUT on THURSDAY, the Ist December next, at Three o'clock, and OPENED again on TUESDAY, the 17th January, 1842. That the WARRANTS for the DIVIDENDS on the said STOCK payable on FRIDAY, the 6th January, 1843, under the 11th Section of the Act 3d and 4th Wm. 4th, Cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that day. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEC. 14, 1842. • • THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIAJL COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a Proprietor of East India Stock has further postponed, until the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said GONIPANY, appointed to be held at their House in Leaden hall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st instant, the motion of which he had previously given notice, viz.:— " That there be laid before the Court of Proprietors an Es timate of the Expense incurred by the War in Affghanistan, to he 31st December, 1841." "6 That there be laid before the Court of Proprietors a Statement of the Amount of any Loan or Loans raised in India, with the rates of Interest at which such Loan or Loans may havebeen raised since the commencement of the Affghan War." " That the protest of Mr. Tucker, or of any other individual Director, or Directors, against the Affg,han War, be laid before the Court of Proprietors." The said Court of Directors do also give notice— That another Proprietor has postponed until the said Quar terly General Court his proposed motion— " To call the attention of the Court to the Papers which have recently been printed, and laid before the Proprietors, in relation to the Commission of Inquiry, held at Sattara on the Raja of Sattara, in October, 1836, and the conduct of the Commissioners who sat on that Inquiry." The said Court of Directors do further give notice— That the same Proprietor has stated his intention to submit the following motion at the said Quarterly General Court, viz. : " That it is not competent to any Proprietor, after a motion has been read, to move an adjournment of the Court before such motion has been moved and seconded. That such a prac tice is objectionable on principle and contrary to all usage, and, if permitted, would be subversive of the independence and utility of the Court as acomponent part of the Indian Govern ment." The said Court of Directors do likewise give notice— That another Proprietor has notified his intention to submit the following motion at the said Quarterly General Court, viz.:— " That, in the opinion of this Court, the substitution to a greater extent of the Agency of Natives of India for that of Europeans, in the Civil Administration of their own Country, is a measure which is equally called for by considerations of justice, economy, and sound policy. That it is desirable to give full effect to sec. 87, cap. 85, of 3d and 4th William 4th, which enacts, ' That no native of the said territories, nor any natural born subject of his Majesty, resident therein, shall, by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour, or any of them, be disabled from holding any place, office, or employ ment, under the said Company.' And that the Directors be recommended, in furtherance of this object, to instruct the Go vernments of India to appoint Natives to all Offices in the Civil Administration under the different Presidencies for which they may be dull qualified." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. z .•-, , . :=.-.---, • ~„.,,,.. ,• •....f.,0 . 7 . ~,oti, ,_ _ _ ~,.. ~.4. .•, .7. ~.._ . , , __f, .0)4 • 4 ,, ,. ,' . -: • \ i ::',, L .:... ,,,............ r..... ... . ;_. . " ‘S ' 41 , i , - 1, I,t ~. .J. , .„..,. :40, ' , t••• ./.;:''' p ; 6, 1 ~, ..:„. c.. 2 ...et., ... 'r, , 1, ..'''4.l\ , , ,A1 ,,, w0 , • . 7 ,,Nc.- N) ;;;.:• 0 i.'" 4.4F ...... K ''" 1 .i.. .54: - .' ; 04 ... 1,,,\.... \ . 17 k , , ~ y pi , ,P r • , ',/ —,,,-----, ~7 ~,,,,,< ... itek .„, _ .. , ..., _, ~ c , , „• A. 4s t ii 6; .!, •,,,•,,,, 0 I + .7 .„ $...,. ~.....„ • . ~. -,, ui76601 , ,, , , ZZ. 4 lt tfg .3. 5 1 1 '' S ‘•lo , x , '.. 15 .. - t.'t = "VP h 14. 1. 1 V 1-4 ,. -* ~i No. 15,702. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING SUN DECEMBER 20, 1842. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING a t 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, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTA.RY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that _Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. TO NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS. AGENTLEMAN, who has for many years been connected with the Liberal Provincial Press as Sub- Editor and Reporter, and who is an excellent Short-hand Writer, is open to an engagement of a similar kind. Letters (pre-paid) to B. A. Z., Western Times, Exeter. Li l LVER L ATED CORNER DISHES.— 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. Four Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers... £lO 10 0 Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers The Flower Pattern. Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers 12 12 0 13 10 0 N.B. The covers are made with moveable handles, so that they form extra dishes. Drawings of the above forwarded to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage free. SUPERIOR CANDLES. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; W ax Candles, ls. 2(1. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Composite, Is. Od. ; Extra Fine Wax Wick Moulds, 7d. ; Transparent Wax, 2s. 2d. • Gequine Sperm, 2s 2d. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. 3d. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per 112Ibs. ; Mottled, 625. and 665. ; Windsor and Pavz.., ls. 4d. per pac ket ; Old Brown Windsor Soap, Is. 9d. ' • Rose, 2s. Od. : Cam phor, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per b. ; Sperm Oil, 7s. 6d. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 4s. For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter s Coffee-House. DARR'S LIFE PILLS—CAUTION to the PUBLIC. Beware of Spurious Imitations of the above Medicine. None are gimuine unless the words " PARR'S LIFE PILLS" are in WHITE letters on a RED ground, engraved in the Government Stamp, pasted round each box ; also the fac-simile of the signature of the Proprietors, T. RO BERTS and CO., Crane Court, Fleet-street, London, on the directions. " Sold in Boxes, at is. I id. and 2s. 9d. ; and Family Packets at lis ; by Edwards, 67, St. Paul's ; Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; and Sutton, Bow Church-yard, London ; and by most respectable Vencirgs throughout the kingdom. Testimonials of the extraordinary curative powers of Parr's Life Pills can be had of the Agents SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, and OTHERS Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, avid the Lords of the Treasury, is universally recommended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis orders incident to the Eyes and Head. SIGHT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! Its mode of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou sand cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling ex pense, yet certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary toi n duce the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Com mons have nsed it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical Practitioners—with that gigantic balance, the Press have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff," for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and Head. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F. R. S. See J. B. Laehfield, Esq.'s Letter, Whitehall Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews ealls it a national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The late Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grim stone's Eye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters of Testimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with ethers of the first respectability. Nottingham, 28th Aug. 1841. This extraordinary cure is attested by M r . J ames Wilcockson Foreign Snuff and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham. To Mr. W. Grimstone, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, London. Sir,—l feel great pleasure in sending you the particulars of my case, and the miraculous cure performed on myself, by using your truly valuable Eye-Snuff. Sir, I am now in my 93d year, and a native of Holland, have been in this country 26 years. Whether from change of climate, or my advanced age, I cannot say, but for six years I have been deprived of sight, therefore unable to follow my business. I do most sincerely believe I should have remained in darkness and pain but for the kind recommendation of a friend to use your invention. I purchased a 2s. 4d. canister of your agent, Mr. Wilcockson, to bacconist, who knows the above to be facts, and will bear wit ness to my extraordinary recovery of that most inestimable blessing of our life—" Perfect Sight"—l declare has proceeded from the use of your Eye Snuff. For the sake of those suffer ing, you may make what use you please of this letter, Mr. Wil ooekson and many others will vouch for its truth. I refer the sufferers to this gentleman, being your Agent, and so well known in Nottingham. I are, Sir, your obliged servant, 28th Aug. 1841. ANNIS ZENIA MASSENIA. P. S.—Sir,--I should not do you justice without stating my f was almost instantaneous. 11y eyes became clear and freed from humour, and by persevering in its use very fre quently I am enabled to read small print without the aid of Glasses, and continue to enjoy God's greatest blessing—Sight ! free from pain. I have reason to be grateful, and do recom mend your Eye Snuff to all I know . Nottingham. A. Z. M. Observe the Caution —W. GRIMSTONE is the sole in vector, and the only genuine is prepared by him. This Odorifero us H er b aceous Compot'nd of 11 , !rbs is sold in canisters, at Bd., Is. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. 4a., Bs. and 15s. 6d. each by the Proprieto r , W. G r i ms t on e, at 39, Broad-street: Bloomsbury, and can be obtained in all the principal towns and cities. A liberal allowance to shippers, owners, captains, and all - vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated Snuff is shipped to all quarters of the globe, anti retains its benign qualities is every climate. All Snuffs ann Cigar shipped on the shortest notice. 'PLAYING CARDS, NEW' and SECOND HAND.—Second-hand Playing Cards, warranted per fect, and of the very best quality, sold by NIUDIE and SONS, Stationers, 15, Coventry-street (opposite the Haymarket), at Is. 3d. and ls. 6d. per pack, or 14s. and 17s. a dozen. New Cards, by the best makers, Is. 10d., 25., and 2s. Gd. a pack. Gold Enamelled Cards, 3s. and 4s. De la Rue's new and elegant Cards in great variety of patterns. Cards with corners cut only 6d. a pack. Neat coloured eases for cards, Gd. Stationery in general at the lowest pliers. Envelopes Gd. and Is. per 100. Name-plate engraved in the best style and 100 cards, for ss. A large assortment of steel pens, by the best makers. Great variety of Annual Pocket Books, Almanacks, Diaries, &c. Newspapers supplied is town and country. MUDIE and SONS, 15, Coventry-street (opposite ate Haymarket). N.B. The trade supplied. THE E GRAND MODEL of the BAZILICA of ST. PETER'S, at Rome; under the patronage of her most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and likewise all the Crowned Heads of Europe. Executed by ANDREA GAMBOSSINI, of Tuscany. The Model is 21 feet in length and 12 feet in height, carved in oriental wood, with Statues elegantly carved in ivory, it being reduced to one hundredth part of its original size. By its construction the. internal parts are exhibited to the spectator, the execution of which occupied the aforesaid artist 14 years. Open daily, at 121, from 10 to 4 o'clock. Admission Two Shillings. READY MONEY BUSINESS OF GREAT VALUE. TO BE DISPOSED OF, a GOOD BUSINESS of a public nature, in high repute, and of unvarying certainty in its results, and tot being exposed to loss or risk, but capable of maintaining a moderate family, and of permitting in addition, a rest of 5001. per annum to be made. The pur chase money required will amount to 3,0001. The most ample, and it is presumed satisfactory explanation, will be given by the Vendor, to principals only, who are re quested to apply to Mr. Watkins, 308, Oxford-street. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASUR . ANCE SOCIETY, FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &o. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith th Frith, Esq. John Ridctle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq. Gorge Lungiey, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R. S ACTUARY —W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq. , F. R. A. S. lIYSICLAN—J. Elliot:on, F.R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewers, and Ommanney. BA NxEus—Messrs. Glyr., Halifax, mills, and Co. The most rational motives to Life 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 aftbrds succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre vious payments) in the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. F. FERGUSON CASIROUX, Secretary. S COTTISII (WIDOWS' FUND) LIFE ASSURANCE. Founded A.n. 1815. Constituted by Act of Parliament. Capital, accumulated and invested, upwards of ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. Annual revenue nearly TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. HEAD OFFICE, EDINBURGH, 5, ST. ANDREW SQUARE. Assurances effected previous to 31st December will have the advantage of a full year's standing,:and are entitled to partici pate in the profits for the current year. But in order that this may be done, all proposals must be lodged at the Head Office before 31st December, or with the Society's Agent, in time to enable him to forward it to the Head Office before that date. December, 1842. JOHN MACK ENZ IE, Manager. LONDON OFFICE, 7, PALL-MALL. HUGH M'KEAN, Agent. ru HE FARMERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE INSTITUTION. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Offices, No. 346, Strand, London. Capital 500,0001. With 1,960 Shareholders Enrolled. HONORARY DIRECTORS. His Grace the Duke of Rutland) The Earl of Stamford and War- The Earl of Stradbroke rington The Earl of Coventry Lord Stanley, M.P. Earl Ducie Lord Rayleigh The Earl of Stair Lord Feversham Lord Viscount Campd'n And Seventy-two other Members of Parliament and Gentlemen. COUNTY DIRECTORS. Upwards of One Hundred and Seventy Gentlemen, Landed Proprietors, or otherwise connected with Agriculture, holders of Fifty Shares, have been appointed County Directors. FARMING STOCK Insured without the average clause at Is. 9d. per eent. ; no duty. COMMON INSURANCE at the usual moderate rates. INSURANCE ON LIVES on an equitable scale of charges. The usual Commission to Solicitors. Agents are appointed in all the Principal Towns in the Kingdom. W. SHAW, Managing Director. 111Ut ANKRUPTCY IN HIGH LIFE.—The Son of a Noble Lard having speculated largely in the late notorious mining affairs, has been declared a partner in the large City House of 11I'Leod and Wright, of Bucklersbury, Wh3lesale Warehousemen, whose stock has consequently been seized and sold by a decision of the Court of Chancery. BROOKS and CO., of the BOROUGH, were the first par ties called in on the occasion, and at once undertook the sale ; the whole of the Goods are, in consequence, being removed to their Warehouses in the Borough. The amount of the Stock is 13,0001., the Drapery portion of which is now ready, and will be sold at ruinous prices, with out reference to the cost, one of the Partners being present to sanction any reduction that may be made. EXTRAORDINARY LIST OF PRICES. s. d. Counterpanes, nearly 3 yards long, each Damask Nloreens, for Curtains, per yard ' 0 9 Heavy Blankets, 2 yards long, the pair 4 6 (Larger in proportion.) Good Calico, ell-wide, 24 yards for 3 9 Horrocks's Long-cloths (usually 6d. ), 40 yards for Linen Sheeting, double width, the pair Superb Linen Sheetings, 3 yards wide, the pair lO 6 Linen Table-cloths, 1i yards square, each .. 2-Yards square, superb Damask, each 2 6 3-Yards long splendid double Damask, each .. 8 6 5-Yards long, a cloth suitable for the table of the no bility, each .. Damask Fish Napkins, the dozen 3 6 Damask Dinner Napkins, yard square, the dozen 8 6 Yard-Wide Welsh Flannels, for charities, per yard Larne Duffell Cloaks for ditto, each 3 6 Linen Dusters, twilled with borders, the dozen 2 0 Linen Towels, with fringe , the dozen for 2 3 Russia Round Towelling's;l2 yards for Knife-cloths and Kitchen-cloths, 12 yards Fine Nursery Diapers, 12 squares for Damask 'fable Covers, li yards square, (large in pro portion) ... Pinafore Diapers, fine, per yard Yard-wide Brown Holland, per yard .. ... 0 3i Unbleached Table Cloths, 11 yards square, each 0 6 Linen Crumb Cloths, 3 yards long, each 2 9 Furniture Dimities, a superior article, per yard 0 4 Toilet Covers, with Fringe all round, each ... 0 7i Muslins for Curtains, in variety, 12 yards for... ... 1 0 Sheetings, Calicoes, extra stout, full 2 yards wide, per yard Huckaback Towellings, 12 yards for Linen Diapers, for Table Cloths, nearly 2 yards wide, per yard Long Lawns, the piece of 10 yards for ... .. 3 9 Lawn Handkerchiefs, fine quality, the dozen Real French Cambric Handkerchiefs, the dozen Irish Linens, a good quality, 26 yards for ... ......... Superior for Shirting ( West-end price ls. 9d. ) 26 yards for 25 0 A box, curiously fine, for Collars, 12 yards for lB 0 The above ale the unprecedented prices at which the im mense Drapery Stock is now selling off, at Brooks and Wight wick's extensive Warehouses, 106 High-street, Borough, oppo site the end of Union-street. The Sale commenced oa Monday last. VEAVER'S EMBROCATION for GOUT RHEUMATISM, TIC DOLOREUX, &c. Copy of a Letter addressed by Trevor Holland, Esq., Surin, of Carmock, near Walsall, Staffordshire, on the 6th July last, to the Editor of the Times :" _ . Sir,—l think it a duty I owe to the public to make known the efficacy of a remedy which I met with accidentally, and which has been of such wonderful benefit to myself. Some months ago I met with a very severe accident, having dislo cated and fractured my ancle severely. From the great tender ness of the joint I was quite unable to walk, the limb con tinued very much swollen and adematons, and I suffered dreadfully from severe attacks of spasms in the night, which extended from the ancle to the leg, thigh, back, and to the arms. Having exhausted every resource of relief which I and my medical friends in the country could suggest, to no purpose, I set out for London with the intention of con sulting Sir Benjamin Brodie or Mr. Liston—then to adopt sea bathing. By accident I met with Mr. Feaver, 16 Ludgate-hill, who applied his Embrocation, and, to my great astonishment, I had no spasm that night, nor have I had one since. The next morning I came down stairs without my crutches, and was able to walk, the swelling of the limb soon subsided, and I am now rapidly recovering. Having for many years had an ex tensive medical practice in the county of Stafford, I know of no medicinal compound possessing such wonderful efficacy. In adding my testimony to Mr. Feaver's Embrocation, lam ac tuated by no other motive than gratitude to him, and a sincere desire to make known his invaluable remedy to my fellow-suf ferers. Possessing, as I ever did, the strongest prejudice against everything in the shape of quackery, 1 should be the last man to uphold a system which, generally speaking, I know to be nothing but a nefarious traffic and humbug. " 1 am, your obedient servant, _ - - " TREVOR HOLLAND, Surgeon. " Carmock, near Walsall, Staffordshire. " P. S. At the various consultations held uppn any case, the Surgeons and physicians (including myself) were decidedly of opinion that the frequent violent attacks of spasms would ter minate in lock-jaw, but, as I have before stated, I have not had the slightest symptoms of spasms since the first application of this'extraordinary embrocation.—T. II." This justly-celebrated remedy (which is equally efficacious n .any of the above afflictions) may be obtained of, or through any respectable wholesale or retail Chemist in Town or Country, at the Depot, corner of Wellington-street, Strand ; or from the Preprietor, Mr. Feaver, 16, Ludgate-bill, London. OUTIIWARK BRIDGE. Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND will be PAID on the 17th of January Next to the Proprietors of the New Shares, and to the Subscribers of the 13/. advanced on the Old Shares of the Southwark-bridge at the rate of 11. 15s. per cent. per annum, and that the TRANSFER BOOKS of the COMPANY will be CLOSED from the 31st instant until the 17th of January Next. By Order of the Court of Directors. JAMES LEITH, Secretary. Office, Queen-street-place, 19th December. 1842. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC SiNSTITUTION. Cary's NEW MICROSCOPE, estimated by Micro rcopists to magnify to SEVENTY-FOUR MILLION TIMES the Natural Size. 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AN" EFFIC T ENT REMEDY for the DISTRESS of NATIONS. By JOHN GRAY, Author of " The Social System; a Treatise on the Principle of Exchange." Edinburgh A. and C. Black. London : Longman and Co. Dublin : J. Cumming. Just Published, price 255., embellished with a NeW Map of London, the complete Edition of the POST-OnICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1843. coNTENrs:-- 1. " Official Directory." 2. " Street Directory," the only published list which in cludes the Nobility and Gentry as well as Merchants and Traders. 3. " Commercial Directory," giving exclusively the names of all partners in firms, in addition to the firms themselves. 4. " Trades Directory," with each of the members of the two thousand trades separately classified. 6. " Law Directory," with the various Law Courts and their j urisdict ions. 6. " Court Directory," including the Northern and Southern, as well as the Western suburbs of the Metropolis. 7. " Parliamentary Directory," furnishing the most copious Parliamentary Miormation. 8. " Postage Directory," giving the latest Post-office ar rangements. 9. " City Directory." 10. " Conveyance Directory," furnishing much information as to every mode of conveyance, not to be found in any other book. - 1i: " Banking Directory," detailing the Bankers and Joint Stock Banks of the United Kingdom ; with an immense amount of miscellaneous information, among which will be found a list of Hotels and Inns throughout England and Wales, with names of the occupiers. For Reviews of the " Post-office Directory for 1843," see Herald, Dec. 1 ; Chronicle, Dec. 2 ; Sun, Dec. 2 ; Spectator, Dec. 3; Weekly Dispatch, John Bull, and Railway Magazine, Dec. 4 ; Britannia, Dec. 10; Sunday Tmes, Dec. 10, Szc., &C -.W. Kelly and Co., Old Boswell-court ; and all Booksellers. VAN BUTCHELL ON FISTULA, &c. The Sixth Edition, enlarged, Just published, in Svo., cloth boards, price 7s. 6d. FACTS and OBSERVATIONS relative to a Successful Mode of TREATING PILES, Fistula, Hemorrhoidal Excrescences, Tumours, and Strictures, WITH OUT CUTTING or CONFINEMENT ; illustrated with numerous Cases. Being a familiar Exposition of the Practice of S. J. VAN BUTCHELL, Surgeon-Accoucheur. " This volume presents to us a number of illustrations of his singular success under circumstances that would have induced despair in any professor of less mastery, or less accustomed to accomplish cures where cures writ impossible. The statements here made are most convincing, and place beyond doubt the superiority of the treatment to which he refers."—Court Journal. " It is very rarely our practice to advert to books on proles• sional subjects; but the Facts and Observations' appear, by their practical and unpretending character, to indicate so easy and prompt a relief from a large class of most painful and dis tressing diseases, that we believe this word of commendation from us, which we give with much sincerity, will not be thought misplaced or without its use."—Examiner. " The author appears to have had long experience, extensive practice, and great success, in the treatment of hemorrhoidal affections, the result of which is here published in a brief form, and in language intelligible to the least scientific reader.".— Morning Advertiser. F rom a perusal of this work it will be at once seen that the author displays a knowledge adequate to the task he has un dertakee. Mr. Van Mitchell a l toget h er discards the use of the knife, and, judging from th e cases recorde d, success has almost universally acerued from t h e plan su b s tituted." —Weekly Chronicle. Puhli , =hed by A. Renshaw, Medical Bookseller, Strand. Sold also by the Author, at his residence, 27, Baker-street, Portman-souare. --- --- THE TEA ESTABLISHMENT, 8, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON. THE "GLORIOUS NEWS" from the East is everywhere hailed with delight and gratitude. In con sequence of the highly important announcement of " Peace with China," we take the earli es t opportun ity of making known to the Public, that we have c ommence d se lli ng all descriptions of TEA mueh cheaper. There is no longer any necessity for the public paying ex travagant prices, in order to secure good Teas. The mono poly of price, like all other monopolies, is found to be based on injustice and selfishness. Every day's experience tends to show that the first cost of the finest Teas in China does not warrant the extraordinary pric es pa id i n t hi s c ountry. The business of the importer is becoming better understood, and large proflts, with the intelligent tradesman, like prejudiced feelings with the better informed part of the public, are now generally giving way, and comparison in value made the test of preference. The following are lir present Prices , BLACK. TEAS. s. d. Good ordinary Congon ................. 3 4 per lb. Useful Congou, good quality .............. 3 8 recommended Good Strong Congou, full flavour 3 10 Strong Congou, blackish Leaf Fine Congou, Pekoe Souchoug kind Finest Congou, wiry blackish Leaf full rich Pekoe Souchong flavour ................. 4 10 recommended Finest Lapsang Souchong ............... .5 6 recommended GREEN TEAS. Common Twankay, or Hyson Skin 3 Bto 4s. Fine Bloom Hyson ..... Good Hyson Good Imperial Gunpowder Superfine Ilyson, rich delicate flavour b 8 recommended Fine Imperial Gunpowder....• • ........... . Fine Gunpowder, small silvery leaf... Curiously fine Gunp0wder............7 6 COFFEE. In consequence of the New Tariff admitting the Productions of Foreign Growth, all descriptions of Coffee are materially cheaper. s. d. Very good Ceylon ........................ ...... per lb. 1 2 Java, of superior quality ........................ „ 1 4 The finest "Mountain-flavoured" Ceylon... ~ 1 6 Very fine Laguayra and Jamaica ,, 1 8 Fine " Mountain" Jamaica, and very choice M0cha................................. We recommend Families to pay One Shilling and Fourpence per lb. for very good Coffee ; o ne Shilling and Sixpence for excellent; and One and Eightpence for as good as need be drunk. SlDNEY convenience e a ie n n tl ee H a A n HALL, security o f Families living at a L, Imp or t ers and Deale rs , 8. Ludgate-hill, L on d on . For the distance, we have Packages of 41b. , 81b., and 16113. in Tinfoil and Canisters, which may be sent in sa f e ty to any part, and the quality of the Tea preserved. Parties taking an original Box, (.r Chest, of 401 b. or 801 b., allowed the full overweight granted the trade. Families in the Country are respectfully requested to trans mit their orders through the Post, accomPanied with a Post office Order for payment. Address SIDNEY and HALL, 8, Ludgate-hill, London. THE KING'S PARK.—It will be observed from our report of the Town Council proceedings, that the Lord Provost intimated that certain improvements were about to be commenced in the Fine's Park — that Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags were to a be enclosed, and that ultimately deer park would probably be formed. We confess, when we heard of this, we participated in Mr. Macfarlan's jealousy of the public being excluded ; but on in quiry, we have been led to believe that his Lordship has been labouring under some mistake ; and that the announcement of any improvements in the Park must be at least premature. We cannot learn that any idea of enclosure or of a deer park was ever entertained in any quarter ; and though certain plans have been transmitted to the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests, no decision h as by that body. There is also some yet been given mistake about the amount or money at the disposal of the Exchequer. The whole sum now disposable does not, we under stand, amount to more than the fourth of that men tioned by his Lordship.—Edinburyk Courant. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.---It is stated in quarters ' likely to be well informed, that the official returns of the revenue to the sth of January, 1 843, will exhibit a fearful deficiency—much larger than the returns of the preceding quarter, was shown by MR. BREWSTER IN THE ABBEY PULPIT.—On Sunday last, the Rev. Mr. Brewster, at the close of the forenoon service, mounted the pulpit, while it was yet occupied by the preacher on the occasion, and ad dressed the congregation at some length on the condi tion of the poor and unemployed. He depicted in strong terms the sufferings to which these people are reduced, and in his - usual strain of impassioned elo quence called upon those who were influential to stand forward, and use all their efforts to preserve the lives of their fellow-men. It was observed that several who have no great attachment to Mr. B rewster, l e f t t h e. churCh when - he began his ackire4.—Giasgow Post LITERATURE. THE .NAVAL CLUB. album, London. 1842. In these volumes, which are from the pen of a gentleman named Barker, we have a collec tion of tales and professional reminiscences which are supposed to be related from time to time by a company of retired veterans who hold weekly meetings m " a house close by the river side, with a Commodore's bay-window that projects over the Thames, and looks not much unlike the new-fashioned round-stern to our lately launched men-of-war." "As this company," adds the au thor, " is composed of naval men, it has assumed by common consent, the title and style of the Naval Club." The stories told by the members of this club, as also their numerous sketches of character, are exceedingly entertaining, and many of them wear all the appearance of having • been founded in fact. In the course of his in troduction, the author draws a clever portrait of asuperannuated old wooden-legged jack-tar, who, as he tells us, "took life as it came, rough and smooth, without murmurs and complaints ; if there was rain there was also sunshine, and one dried up the other; thus like a bird, he hopped the twigs or stalked along, and if occasionally his legs stuck in the mud, he had a stick in each hand to help him out again." PHINEAS QUIDDY. 3 "[Toll. Col7ntrn, London, 1842. This tale has already been published, from time to time, in detached portions, in the Net, Moighly Magazine, where it attracted considerable atten tion. It was also noticed monthly, as it ap peared, in the usual Magazine Reviews of The Sun • and we may, therefore, content ourselves on the present occasion with simply observing that " Phineas Quiddy" is the production of Mr. Poole, author of " Paul Pry ;" that it is deci dedly his best work of fiction; and that it is dedicated to Mr. Sergeant Talfourd. THE Q UARTERLY REVIEW. No. CXLI. The lion of the Review this quarter is the long article on the Anti-Corn-law League, which we have already adverted to, and which is a tissue of inconsistencies and exaggerations. It is, how ever, perfectly harmless, and may for us hence forth roar unnoticed. All the other articles in the Review are of a different character, and con ceived in a different spirit. The first article, on Bees, is worthy of Gilbert White, or Huber himself, and is full of curious knowledge, of in tense interest in this wonderful insect, and of the most kindly and humane feeling. To relieve the dulness of criticism, we will quote an anecdote, and a piece of information which will be new and strange to many town readers : " A neighbour of mine, searching in the woods for honey, slipt down into a great hollow tree ; and there sunk into a lake of honey up to the breast : where— when he had stuck fast two days, calling and crying out in vain for help (because nobody in the mean while came nigh that solitary place)—at length, when he was out of all hope of life, he was strangely de livered by the means of a great bear, which coming thither about the same business that he did, and smelling the honey (stirred with his striving) clam bered up to the top of the tree, and thence began to let himself down backward into it. The man be thinking himself, and knowing that the worst was but death (which in that place he was sure of), be clipt the bear fast with both his hands about the loins, and withal made an outcry as loud as he could. The bear, being thus suddenly affrighted (what with the handling and what with the noise), made up again with all speed possible : the man held, and the bear pulled, until with main force he had drawn Dun out of the mire; and then being let go, away he trots, more afeard than hurt, leaving the smeared swain in a joyful fear." "The Athenians ranked the introduction of the bee among their great national blessings, tracing it up to Cecrops,- ' the friend of man,'—the Attic Alfred ; and such regard is still paid to them in many parts of the south of England, that no death, or birth, or mar riage, takes place in the family without its being com municated to the bees, whose hive is covered in the first case with a piece of black cloth, in the two latter with red. The 10th of August is considered their day of jubilee, and those who are seen working on that day are called Quakers." The article on " Books for Children" is chiefly a show-up of some of the follies of American works, particularly the " Child's Book on the Soul," by the Rev. T. H. Gaullaudet, and a Mr. Abbott's " Child at Home." Productions for juveniles is one of the quackeries of the day, and the Reviewer is neither too severe on the authors he notices, nor do his observations take too wide a range. He might have included not a few EnglisCbooks, and made his remarks still more cutting. Another article exposes the quackery of Brandy and Salt, Homoeopathy, and Hydropathy, and confirms the exposure by a brief notice of some previous quackeries, which, as the " faith in miracles and relics" went out of fashion, and "as women and half-witted men ran after receipts and physicians," ruled the hour. If it be true that in " countries where there are shrines and images, quacks are despised," the Puseyites may not be irrational in attempting to revive amongst us " monks and confessors," as lesser evils than the race of St. John Longs and Priessnitzes. Without any great depth of learning, the article on medical quackery is useful and well-timed. If the same or a more vigorous pen were to do as much against political quackery, a great benefit would be conferred on the public. The author is as hopeless of putting down medical quackery by enactment as we are of putting down political quackery. Never theless both must be put down by the progress of knowledge, before public prosperity can be assu red. e learn for the first time, from the Review, that Lord Mahon has been amusing himself by composing- an " Essay on the Life of the great Conde" in the French language. t may be correct in its facts, but it reads like a work written in English and done into French by a bad. hand. When many of the memoirs of that period are written with the most charming naivete, Lord Mahon's undertaking, even for his amusement, is extremely hazardous, and only flatterers, who have no intimate acquaintance with the French, will say that the Noble Lord has made even an approximation to success. The Re viewer may be set down as a person of equal calibre with the Noble Lord; that is, second or third rate. He vamps up one or two old stories about Welling ton, a propos of Conde, that cannot be correct. The expedition to Copenhagen, which the author puts down in 1808, took place in 1807; and Wel lington, instead of having had a veteran second in command sent with him as dry nurse, and to restrain his vivacity with a mature judgment, only filled a subordinate post in that expedition, which was commanded by Lord Cathcart. Such a mistake is equally discreditable to the author and the editor. Lord Mahon's essay is interest ing; but he must have been a very d u ll man t o have written a life of one of the most extraordi nary . men that ever lived in Fra n ce, a n d took part in the stirring scenes which occurred, di the nation passed from an aristocracy to a despotism, from gross superstition to a total want of faith, and deprived it of all interest. We ad mire the diligence of the Noble Lord much more than his ease or his genius. An article on the "Bible in Spain," by Geo. Borrow, is chiefly made up of extracts from Mr. Borrow's work, and we shall imitate the Re viewer's example by quoting a passage, which speaks no more favourably than they deserve of the reporters for the press, and which may serve to make the public better acquainted with their merits. The scene is Madrid—the period the revolution of La Granja " Those 'men mean mischief, said I to my friend D-, of the Morning Chronicle ; but what can those cavalry fellows behind them mean, who are evidently of . the other opinion by their shouting ; why don't they charge at once this handful of people and overturn them ? Once down, the crowd would wrest from them their muskets in a moment. You are a Liberal ; why do you not go to that silly young man who commands the horse, and give him a word of counsel in time ? " D- turned upon me his broad red good-hu moured English countenance, with a peculiarly arch look, as much as to say . . . . (whatever you think most applicable, gentle reader) : then taking me by the arm, ' Let us get,' said be, ' out of this crow& and mount to some window, where I can write down what is about to take place, for I agree with you that mischief is meant.' Just opposite the post-offiee was a large house, in the topmost story of which we beheld a paper displayed, importing that apartments were to let ; whereupon we instantly ascended the common stair, and, having agreed with th e m istress of the etage for the use of the front room for the day, we bolted the door, and the reporter, producing his pocket-book and pencil, prepared to take notes of the coming events, which were already casting their shadow before. " What most extraordinary men are these reporters of the English newspapers ! Surely, if there be any class of individuals who are entitled to the appellation of cosmopolites, it is these • who pursue their avoca tion in all countries indifferently, and accommodate themselves at will to the manners of all classes of society ; their fluency of style as writers is only sur passed by their facility of language in conversation, and their attainments in classical and polite literature only by their profound knowledge of the world, ac quired by an early introduction into its bustling scenes. The activity, energy, and courage which they occasionally display in the pur3uit of informa tion are truly remarkable. I saw them, during the three days at Paris, mingled with canaille and gamins behind the barriers, whilst the mitraille was flying in all directions, and the desperate cuirassiers were dash ing their fierce horses against those seemingly feeble bulwarks. There stood they, dotting down their'ob servations in their pocket-books as unconcernedly as if reporting the proceedings of a Reform meeting . . in Finsbury-square ; whilst in Spain, several of them accompanied the Carlist and Christino guerillas in some of their most desperate raids, exposing them. selves to the danger of hostile bullets, the inclemency of winter, and the fierce heat of the snmmer sun." Of Mr. Borrow and his book the Reviewer speaks very highly. We fear to bestow even a single phrase on an article on " Todd on Anti-Christ," and therefbre close by remarking that this and the puff for the League complete the Review, which, on the whole, is quite as interesting and entertaining as usual. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A one act drama, entitled The Bastile, was pro duced at this theatre last evening. The scene is laid in the early days of the reign of Louis XIV., when the Queen-Mother was Regent, with Cardinal Maza rin for her Minister. Cardinal de Retz (Mr. Tilbury) is intriguing with the French nobility to procure the displacement of the Minister and the banishment of Mazarin ; and among those actively engaged in this ' intrigue is the D uchesse Montbazon (Miss Charles) who has been exiled in consequence of her endeavours to promote the objects of the faction of the straw, that is to say, of the anti-Mazarin party. Louis XIV. (Mr. H. Holl) is meanwhile amusing himself with endeavouring to seduce the affections of Ninon La batte (Madame Celeste), a Gascon peasant-girl, whose affections are divided between Fricandeau (Mr. Web ster) a restaurateur, and roasted apples. She is, moreover, a great lover of sights, and the members of the faction of the straw take advantage of this pro pensity to induce her to change clothes with the Duchess who has secretly returned to Paris. Louis, of whose rank she is ignorant, has meanwhile given her his ring, telling her that that will procure her the entree of the palace, and has at the same time given orders for her incarceration in the Bastile, in order to have her more completely in his power. The Duchess, who has changed clothes with her, is arrested in her stead, and conveyed to the Bastile, and shortly after wards she is arrested as the Duchess, and conveyed to the same destination, whilst poor Fricandeau is forced to accompany her, because, unhappy Wight, he wears in his cap the emblem of treason—a straw. The Governor of the Bastile belongs to the faction of the straw, and plots with the conspirators to detain the Monarch until he shall have consented to grant all they ask. Louis comes, sees Ninon attired as the Duchess, attempts in vain to seduce her affections, and, overcome by her appeals to his magnanimity, consents to her marriage with Fricandeau, and promises her a dowry. He quits the room for a moment, to pro cure the necessary documents for her release and marriage, and during his absence Fricandeau, who has overheard the plans of the conspirators, enters, and informs her of them. She recollects the ring, goes to seek assistance, at the same time desiring her lover to remain and defend the King to the last. Fricandeau hides himself behind a picture. The King enters, and is soon joined by the Duchess, attired in the garb of Ninon, and wear ing a mask. She promises to grant him all he can desire, on condition of his signing the paper, she proffers him—he signs without reading it. She un masks ; the conspirators enter ; and lie finds he has unwittingly signed a decree of banishment against his mother and the Minister. The conspirators refuse to let him quit the Bastile until the decree shall have been executed. Fricandeau emerges from his con cealinent, draws his carving•knife, and, with the King, keeps the conspirators at bay until the arrival of Ninon with the guards to his rescue. • The conspirators are punished, and Ninon becomes Madame Fricandeau. The piece mainly depends upon Madame Celeste, and admirably did she carry it through. In the earlier scenes, where she stumped about in her sabots, curtseying to everybody, and wondering at every thing, yet full of wit, she was the very beau ideal of an espiegle French peasant girl, and then as the fine lady, stumbling at every step from the length of her train, she was magnificent. Beautifully, too, did she act the more serious scenes in the Bastile, and she well deserved the rapturous reception she met with when she was led on at the conclusion of the piece. She was well supported by Webster, who announced the piece for repetition with general approbation. The house was crammed to suffocation—boxes, pit, and gallery, all were over flowing. Even standing room was at a premium. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATI'ERSALL'S--YESTERDAY. Thera was no lack of business yesterday, but its chief interest centered in the Derby outsiders, some of which which were backed to win large stakes. We may select St. Valentine, the Languish colt, Chesterfield, and Lucetta colt. About the first 50 to 1 were taken in two or three quarters ; about the second, 2,000 to 40 three times, 9 ,000 to 40, and once only, we believe, 100 to 1 to a small sum, were booked about the next, and once, and 1,000 to 15 repeatedly ; 1,000 to 15, two or against the last 5,000 to 50 three times, and 2,000 to 25. The betting was not confined to this lot, several other outsiders having been fancied at the prices quoted below. We heard nothing done about the favourite, and o nly one or two small bets ag ainst Murat (who wa s not in good o odou r) , . er T e h o e ff l e ' r r e o d gr c e u s r s re e n o t l l t y , W a i t n e th s o e ur c , lo o s r e .Black drop, or Aristides , ro se to 25 to 1, taken to nearly 2001 ., e fllbouttwilie odds following were the closing prices : 20 30 toto a agst C,orldon Chesterfield'se DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Scott's lot 8 to 1 agst Mr. Blakelock's A Briti s h Yeoman— take 81- 25 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Aristides—t and aft o ff 30 to 1 agst M r . B e ll' s Wi nesou r— do. l Peel's Murat Progress colt.—do. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Black Drop—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's A mo rino and Sirikol —taen in one bet and afterwards offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. Griffiths's Newcourt—t and aft off 50 to 1 agst Mr. Eddison's Chesterfield—do. 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfields Parthian—do. 50 to 1 agst Duke o f Grafton's Oxygen colt—taken 50 to 1 agst Col Peers St. Valentine—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Languish colt—tak. 50 to 1 agst Mr . 2000 to 30 agst Duke of Richmond's Clara colt—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Theobald's Humbug—taken 2000 to 30 agst Mr. Coleman's Jamal-2000 to 15 once 2000 to 30 agst Mr. Bowes's C otherstone—do. 2000 to 30 agst Major Yarburgh's Dumpling—do. 2000 to 25 agst Lord Exeter's Lucetta colt—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Bowes's Auld Lang Syne—taken 500 even between Dumpling and Parthian 1000 to 20 agst Aristides and Maria Day winning Derby and Ogks—taken OAKS. 25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Laura filly—taken 28 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Egidia—taken Ths memorial of the Church of Scotland, or, mote properly speaking, of the minority of the clergy, has a plain and obvious meaning; and the meaning is, that if their demands be not conceded by Government during the next session of Parliament, those adhering to them will secede from the Establishment. That their claims will be granted by Sir Robert Peel, Dr. Chalmers does not expect. It is impossible be should do so. The Government knows full well the value of the Church of Scotland as a political engine ; but we have no fear that they will purchase its favour and support by conceding to it independence of civil control. Besides, they are too much indebted already to the moderate section of that Church for the zealous , must seced e , or b r i n g services they have rendered to the Conservative cause, to sanction proceedings that would tend to crush the principles on which t he y have ta ken their stand. The N uponn tr uosfion theiris ts,m o themselvesmost t thereforedtiel‘ehonest and w ith er i ng in dignation .od friends.—Atlas. R EPRESEN TATION OF ORTH SHROPSHIRE. — The devoted writ under the Great Seal of England, summoning the present L or d Hill t o th e House of peers, was Issued by th e L or d Ch anc ellor yester day. This proceeding officially announces a vacancy in the representation of the Northern Division of Shropshire, d own - n MR. MACDO WALL the S ; 1- - • ~~ rr~" rte The following account of Mr. --I,l*- - g-;•t•t sculptor, selected by Sir Robert P national statue to the memory of Lot* -- been communicated by J. Emerson _ the Member for Belfast, to the Utiftgi r ra t , 61 will be read with interest: Mr. - w e gu slat . story, writes Mr. Tennent, is a very sim ple one; it is the every-day tale of genius in its struggles to surmount those obstacles with which poverty obstructs its path to distinction. The fol lowing particulars I have learned from Mr. M'Dow - all himself at various times—but I shall first mention the circumstances under which I made his acquaint ance : In the first exhibition of the Royal Academy, after its removal to the present Gallery, I was much struck with the beauty of a little statue of " The Girl Reading," which the catalogue ascribed to a sculptor named " Macdowall." The name struck me as Irish ; but being surprised that I should not before have heard of the artist who was capable of producing such a work, I made it my business to find him out. He did not call upon me, as stated in the Ulster Times, but I went to his lodgings, in one of the sub urban streets near Euston-square, where I found him, in quarters ill suited to his profession, either from their extent or s it ua ti on —bei ng too small to bold his models, and so exposed to the sun, that it was dif ficult to keep the clay damp whilst he Worked at it. To my astonishment I found that he was not only an Irishman, but from my own town—a Belfast man ! His miniatnre studio was filled to excess with his unpurchased productions, all evincing the same talent, and exhibiting the same perceptions of beauty, as that which had attracted my attention in the ex hibition. His story was as follows :—His father converted some small houses in Belfast into money, which he almost immediately lost in some injudicious specu lation, and died, leaving his widow and this son, then a child, with almost no provision. At 12 years of age, having sought the protection of some relatives in London, he was bound apprentice to a coach-builder (not a stone-cutter, as stated in the (Ist& Times), and shortly after his raothur djai. His master, sub sequently beeame ~kruprr and whilst settling his affairs, took 4iftgrentice to lodge in the house of the late ire n lAAt , Chenu, where he amused him self by mi v , i r;g, in clay, and for the first time dis covered hiq43otaste for sculpture. His maSter, on re sulningbu remoyed tolsolanal.; buthavingtrslated Macdowall with some unkindn6s, the latter con trived to obtain a surrender of his indentures, aban doned his half-acquired handicraft, and, almost without a shilling, and altogether without a friend, he boldly resolved to become an artist, and at once started in his new career as a sculptor. Tutors and teachers he had none, because he could not com mand the means to avail himself of their instruction ; but, after years of self-taught study the most labo rious and persevering, he found himself at last qualifie d to earn a livelihood. But it seemed as if his struggles and difficulties were only then commencing. Sculp ture in this country is a thing so costly, that the wealthy , alone can aspire to possess themselves of it. The rising sculptor can look only to the rich ; his most trifling works require an infinity of study and labour ; and the very unwrought material of a single statue may often cost a greater sum than a finished painting of Pickersgill or Sir Thomas Litivreince. These difficulties, too, are increased in the case of the imaginative sculptor, as contrasted with the portrait painter : the latter can safely rely on the vanity or sympathy of the public for employment ; but the poetical sculptor is dependent solely on that rarer quality—their purity of taste. Still Macdowall was not altogether without resources, and for years he contrived to support himself by modelling for the figure shops, by employment in the studios of his more fortunate rivals, and by occasional designs for works in silver and or molu. His genius was, how ever, of a loftier range, and by degrees study and ma tured skill qualified him to undertake works of the highest order. But he wanted a name to allure a pur chaser ; his designs, though praised when exhibited, were returned to him unproductive ; and he failed to procure a single considerable order either in bronze or marble. Modest and retiring by nature, his diffi dence was increased by disappointment ; he at last almost shrunk from making an exertion, when he seemed only destined to undergo defeat. At length, ' half by accident, and half in despair, he was per suaded, in 1828 or 1829, to send in a design for a statue of Major Cartwright, which was about to be erected in Burton-crescent. He was late in for warding it; but although the Committee had ac tually come to a decision to - - give the work to another, they instantly reversed that de cision on the appearance of his model, and gave it the preference. The funds subscribed, bow ever, proved eventually inadequate for the completion of the work as contemplated by him ; and the young artist was again doomed to disappointment. His talents had, however, attracted the attention of the Major's family, and he still speaks with gratitude of their early friendship. No opportunity of equal im portance presented itself to him afterwards ; and when I saw him ten years later, -he told me that his subsequent career had been one almost unbroken series of disappointed hopes ; his labours had been all unproductive ; his works in clay, - when he could command the means to get them up, were admired and praised, but procured no commission in marble ; his last effort was then in the exhibition (the statue of " the Girl Reading," which I had seen), and if that failed also, he might prepare to sink in despair. It had already, however, been most promisingly received; Sir Francis Chantrey, a genius whose mind was as far above petty jealousy, as his talents were beyond the reach of petty rivalry, had that year the placing of the works for exhibition in the sculp . ture- , room ; he had been struck with the extraordularY ' beauty of Macdowall's statue, he gave it one of the moat prominent positions in the sa l oo n, and brought several of the Academicians routiel,to admire it with him. Still no order had yet reached t he anxious artist for a single copy of it, and I found him when I first saw him in all the anxiety of mingled hope and despondency. gentlemen n hearing hismsrhtoorsye,unliatetd taste and liberality are once applied . . to some of those gaondantdhseeestuhpeposrtattoufe B in ri t t h is e h ß a o rt y , a a l n A d c , b a z in ge y d . themih Lord rd st a to y Francis Egerton, after seeing it, at once gave a commission for it in marble. Mr. Wentworth Beau mont, then Member for Northumberland, did the same, and ordered three other'groups beside; Lord Dungannon ordered one for his splendid mansion at Brynkinalt ; Mr. M'Calmont, of Eaton- square, gave orders for busts ; Mr. Henry, of Dublin; Mr. Davison, of Belfast ; and others, followed the same example ; and in the course of a few weeks, merely from having had his merits pointed out to those who had the judgment and discrimination to appreciate them, the before neglected sculptor found himself with orders in his hands to the amount of some thousands of pounds. He then removed front his unsuitable lodging, in the suburbs, to his present studio, Margaret -street, Cavendish-square, where he received fresh proofs of public favour, in orders from the Duchess of Sutherland and Lord Panmure. Year after year his reputation has been advancing, as his productions have been seen and admired ; and not only the public, but the Royal Academy have repaid s pontaneous honours for twenty years of trial elected him an " In 1841 the Royal Academicians associate," unCanyassed and un him by and th neglect. ei un solicited. The most recent event in his story, and the one which elicited the notice of Mr. M'Dowall in the Ulster Times, is his selection last week by Sirßobert Peel to execute the national statue to the memory of Lord Exmouth. Sir Robert Peel's cultivated taste for art, and his munificent patronage of British artists, are familiar to every one. On the occa sion of having these statues to dispose of, he in timated his desire to extend the Government pa tronage to those artists of high talent in distant Parts of the kingdom, who had hitherto been almost excluded from a share of metropolitan orders, and that a monopoly of these should no longer be con fined to men of great name, but that the patronage at the disposal of the Government should be made available in hastening the attainment of popularity by those men of ability whose names were, as yet, so little knows; that their reputation was still dispropor tionate to thei r gen ius. With this determination he him self visited in person the studios of some of the London artists, and amongst the rest, of Mr. Macdowall; and in two days after, communicated to him in a letter, characterised by excellent feeling, that he had been chosen to execute the statue of Lord Exmouth. Mr. M'Dowall's struggles for success may now be considered at an end. He has received the highest tribute to his talents which his country can pay; he has had the honours of the Academy spontaneously conferred upon him by the heads of his owu profes sion; and he has been chosen by the Prime Minister of England to execute the monument voted by the nation to the memory of one of her most distinguished naval heroes. Captain Whittingham, an A.D.C., has brought over a new batch of standards taken from the Chinese. These standards . are much larger than those 'brought over before; they are yellow in colour, kid have on them, embroidered, a Serpent or Dragon—a sort of heraldic monster that would do for either — and no inscription at all. All of them have the same device, and the learned and curious in such matters are now puzzling i pres their brains to know what it mean s. 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