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' ''''' t V - 4 v (. ~.. • , ~. ~..--,„. .....„: 4; ! .. ..----- 4, -, , , : ).1 ',i ' ) 1 ~, 4 ,7 7 7. im , ) • ' ' ‘ 's s e ~,0• ' ;,/ M.... j,:it, " . .4 7 i' 4: ''' : %3 • •-: 4 4,,,,, - , t , , t ri i„,..,_,_, 0.-, ,""---_,........--- ~..%' ' ' r ....._.— ~. .. . /1-a' .~GGcc~G./~~,E.~ " v ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ,b The DAILY PUBLIC LECTURES delivered by Dr. "Yin, Profes sor Bachhoffner and the other Lecturers, are !aried anti extended M all the most recent DISCOVERIES la ART and SCIENCE, and are familiarly illustrated by means of the best MODELS, APPARATUS, and DIA GRAMS, including the COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MA CE. Dr. Lardner's' Working and Sectional MODELS 5 tHIN STEAM-ENGINE, &c. &c. The subject of the Daily Lectures (for each week) is suspended in the Hall, and the :urs at which they are delivered are Twelve, Two, and Three C u u l Dek in the Day, and at Eight o'clock in the Evenings. S, Saturday, at T wo o'clock, the Lecture will be on the T R UCTURE and FUNCTIONS of the EYE, by Dr. Ra- Cu gil Baxter. The extensive Exhibition is open Mornings Evening, except Saturday Evenings.—Admission, ls. half-sprice. dispatch, communicate with his Government, and re. commend that a Commission be sent over to examine into it, and do all in his power to get it universally adopted in France. CORONER'S INQUEST. NOVEMBER 29 No. 15,682. LONDO TUESDAY trz r--41 4fk 1:872, Yesterday afternoon a very lengthened iuvestiga tion into the circumstances attending the death of Helen Derrik, alias Dewey, was entered into before Mr. Higgs, at the Bull's Head, York-street, West minster. From the evidence of three most respectable wit nesses, in York-street, it appeared that on Fri day afternoon, about half-past one o'clock, William Dewey, the deceased, and another female were observed coming up the above street, the deceased being very tipsy, and the others, who were sober, supporting her, on either side. When about half way up the street deceased slipped down, in a sitting po sition, and Dewey kicked her severely in the thigh, then stooping, he lifted her u p an d th rew her, d o wn *gain with great violence ,her head coming in contact with the kerb-stone, and, bleeding freely, the blow render e d her insensible, but again he lifted her and threw her down in the same manner. A man who ran out of a shop, near, and remonstrated with him, was told "to go to h—, it was no business of his. She wa s th en carried across the road, to Smith's-rents, and laid down for some short time upon the street, althou g h s h e was st i ll insensible, and it was raining heavily at the time; finally, she was removed home, but remained insensible. and died next morning. Alice Woods, the female who was in com pany with the party at the time of the violence sworn to, said that deceased. slipped down only once ; that DeWey did not kick her, and that no unnecessarjuvio lence had been exercised while she waapresent. (She was rigorously cross-examined by Mr. Higgs and the Jury, and varied greatly in her statements.) John Wright, M.D., 3, Storey's-gate,Westminste r , said that he had made* post mortem examination of the body, and found an external bruise upon the left side of the head"; upon turning back the scalp found a quantity of extravasated blood beneath, and on re moving the skull found a clot of weighing more than two ounces, and covering a surface of eight or nine inches, pressing down the brain in such a manner that death was unavoidable. Had no hesi tation in saying that the wound in the head was the result of violence, either by a blow or a fall upon some hard substance. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Ti me f or t h e EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time jor the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PA.RLI:A.MENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that .Hour. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, lAPD FOR GRANTING ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. 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' overrun by a triumphant army—all its chief cities have been reduced—all its principal fortresses dis mantled and the tyrant who led in the late war against this empire signally defeated and ignomi niously chased from the country, with, as there is rea son to believe, little prospect of being permitted to re visit it. Thus the honour of the British arms has been fully vindicated, and no imaginable reason for ont;rming a British force in Affghanistan remains. This day, price One Shilling, 200 pages. JOHNSON and SHA tV 'S FARMERS' AL MAN AC and CALENDAR for 1843. The third year of its publication. Containing a condensed mass of Ag,ricul tura! Moahly Directions, Tables and Lists, &c. &c. Be careful to order " Johnson and Shaw's Farmers' Almanac. London . J. Ridgway ; and every Bookseller in every Mar ket Town in the Three Kingdoms ; and will be kept on sale in the Implement Room during the Cattle Show on the 7th, Bth, 9th, and 10th of December. Also now ready, price One Shilling, JOHNSON'S COTTAGE FARMERS' ASSISTANT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a JURY of SEWERS have this day delivered into Court a Pre sentment of the Estates and Persons liable to be rated to the expense of Maintaining and Repairing the COMMON SEWERS in the Western Division of the Westminster Sewers. The said Presentment is open at this Office for the inspection of all Persons interested therein, and her Majesty's Justices and Commissioners will sit on Friday, the 2el, and Friday, the 16th Decembet next, at One o'Clock, when Parti's may be heard against the said Presentment as by law allowed. LEWIS C. HERTSLET, Clerk. 1, Greek-street, Soho.square, Nov. 11, 1842. The- convocation of ministers which has :sat in deli beration in this city for the last seven days, on the dif ficulties of the Church, having terminated its sittings yesterday,.the concluding meeting was held last night, in Lady Glenorchy's church, at seven o'clock. Its de sign was to afford an opportunity of addressing those friendly to the principles of Non-Intrusion, on the sub jects which had claimed the attention of the Convo cation, in connexion with devotional exercises. The Rev. Dr. Brown, of Glasgow, presided. After giving out four verses of the 132 d. Psalm, 13th verse, which were sung by the audience standing, Mr. Pit cairn read the second chapter of Revelations. Dr. Brown engaged in prayer, which was full of allusions to the trying circumstances in which the ministers of the Church were placed, and the unanimity with which the deliberations of the Convocation had been con ducted. Letters of apology were read from Dr. Chal mers, Dr. Patrick M'Farlane, and Dr. Welsh, whose letter expressed an anxious hope that the differences between them and the Legislature would yet be ad justed. SOL IcI SU RGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. T°Rs—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewer's, and Ommanney. __ , ll Anxxxs—Alessrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. e most rational motives to Lye Assurance are found in p t e ,.P . lan adopted by this Society ; viz. joined to a secure at death for inheritors of the Asszred, the Society v i ou. — "' succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre -.l4Pnents) in the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS RASER'S MAGAZINE for DECEMBER, Price 2s. 6d., contains : Arnold and Smyth on Modern History—The Late Event at Cologne—My Namesake. By Bon Gated ier—The Love Epistles of Aristsenetus. Edited by a Templar—My Life and and Times. By Nimrod— Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel— Proverbs Displayed. No. I. " Half a Loaf is better than no Bread"—The Life of Sir Murray Maxwell. Chapters V. VI. —The Pound; or, Moral Courage—Movements in the Church —Reminiscences of Men and Things. By One whe has a Good Memory. No. ll.—'Twas Yesterday—Public Affairs— TO BONUS POLICY HOLDERS. The Protective Re-assurance having been again desired by parties who availed themselves (during the currency of the two last Equitable decennial periods) of the simple system originated by the ASYLUM in 1828, the Directors, to avoid the future necessity of such repetitions, have constructed scales of renewable term insurances, continuous from division to division, according to the duration of the original policy, without having recourse to new Certificates of Health, or fur ther investigation of any kind, after one present satisfactory appearance before a Medical Officer of the Company, thus providing, as far as possible, a remedy for the defects of the Bonus system, rendered glaringly apparent by the existing expediency for such protective Re-assurance. By the adop. tion of this easy plan, parties may:not only secure Equitable and other Bonuses, but, at the same time, provide, by such extra insurance, for any additional object that may occur during the currency of the original Policy, whilst in the event of premature death, they will have paid no more than the price of a term, with the full advantage of a whole-life insurance, and realise all the expectant advantages-of Sur;lvorshir. Further particulars may be obtained by personal or written application, at the Company's House, 70, Cornhill. LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN 4, Charlotte -row, LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Mansion-house, & 55,Chanery-lane, London. K ennet t TRUSTEES. Index. G. W. Nickisson, 215, Regent-street, London, (successor to the late James Fraser). 40'tb 11 Kingsford, Esq. Esq. I J. Bidden, Esq. ikg advautages peculiar to mutual Lite Assurance, arts- Ist i t,Z l Q, Ts it division amongst the assured of the whole of the fit ,ltrrefits and that security and freedom from responsibi (4;474 pro prietary Companies can alone afford, are com -416. 9 7 the constitution of the London, Edinburgh, and !q ut do Life Assurance Company, which is the only guaranteed th an ual Society. The rates of premium are somewhat lower P ' 4 roost of thereutual offices, and for the non-participating, debt °` those who e ff ect assurances for temporary purposes, or Pr e Z 4 otl creditertraniactions, Tables of Premium have been by —red, by vhich a less immediate payment is required than ,r other plan. %TIN balf . prernium credit system one-half of the premiums 17,11 i retained for the first seven years, and repaid at the con dittZse of the assured : and by the Ascending Scale a greatly '''ettrate of premium is required for the first twelve years. PERIODICALS FOR DECEMBER. Dy. BROWN regretted that his place had not been occupied by Dr. Welsh, to whom it naturally belonged, as Moderator. The object was to return thanks to God for the unanimity , Abich itad prevailed amongst ntherfrrfidg - tTIFS , met together as a holy Convocation. A spirit of prayer, of Christian zeal and harmony, had been preserved throughout, from which great good could not fail to result. It was no matter of or dinary importance which had brought so many good Men together at such a season ; it was a strong desire for the glory of the Church of Christ, and a sense of the perilous circumstances in which the Church was 101PILACKIVOOD'S MAGAZINE —UP No. CCCXXVI. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS:-- I. Imaginary Conversation. By Walter Savage Lander ; Southey and Person—ll, Verses written after a Visit tok.the. Grave of Sir Walter Scott in 1842. -::111: RiCirile made Easy ; or, what is the Radical Difference between between Ricardo and Adam Smith? Part. 3.-IV. The Stranger in London— V. The Poems and Ballads of Schiller. No. 4.—VI. Sir Joshua Reynolds' Discourses—Vll. Dickens' American Notes for General Circulation.—Vlll. Lays of Ancient Rome. ASYLUM FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIFE OFFICE. 70, Cornhill, and 5 ; Waterloo-place, London, Established in 1824. DIMETTORS. The Honourable WILLIAM FRASER, Chairman. Major-General Sir JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON, G.C.8., Deputy Chairman. J. Clarmont Whiteman, Esq. C. W. Hallet, Esq. Foster Reynolds, Esq. Wm. Edmund Ferrers, Esq. William Pratt, Esq. Thomas Fenn, Esq. Geo. Palmer, Jun., Esq. G. Farren, Esq., lies. Direc. The Jury, after a long debate as to whether the verdict should be wilful murder or manslaughter, decided upon returning the latter, and Dewey, who is now remanded from Queen-square police-court, will to-morrow be committed to take his trial. The prisoner had been a soldier, but was discharged as out-pensioner from Chelsea Hospital, and the de ceased, who had been married to a man in the same regiment, had lived with him for about ten years or more. H. THE BOOK of the FARM. By HENRY STEPHENS. Part IX. Price 4s. Contents : Rearing and Feeding Cattle on Turnips in Winter—Driving and Slaughtering Cattle—Treatment of Farm Horses in Winter. With Two Engravings on Steel, and 26 Woodcuts. HI. _ _ . MEDICAL OFEICERS IN LONDON. OF ASCENDING TABLE. ale l'irat Second Third 1 Fourth Remainde 3 Years. 3 Years. 3 Years. 13 Years. of Life. 19 1 £1 5 6£l 11 11 £1 18 4 £2 4 9 40 .! 6 6 1 14. 7 2 2 81 210 9 2 10 40 1 3 5 2 5 7 217 91 3 9.11 4 2 1 16 3 310 10 4 5 5! 5 0 0 514 7 11 517 4 7 5 9 814 2 10 2 7 h eui ? Policies granted by this Company have this great and stit 4 4l. that they are declared by the Deed of Con on to to be indefeasible and indisputable, unless they have rbtained by fraudulent misrepresentation. t t4ir lPeet uses, Schedules, and every information requisite to et pe Partie s to effect Assurances, will be forwarded, free of 43e , by the Agents or Manager. ALEX. ROBERTSON. Manager. kos v h i PRACTICAbIe L ILLUSTRATION, g the many valuaadvantages enjoyed by parties connected with the SCOTTISH ( WIDOWS' FUND ) LIFE 4 Peci,l ASSURANCE. ly to that Important Class of Assurances effected as j FAMILY PROVISIONS. b lif e fr , n o uarY. 1820, being then 38 years of age, insured his ' l4 i s 'AM paying an annual Premium of £93 7s. 6d. •,, Av d iti _ uu years of age, and has an actual vested Bonus or whi t un,. declared and attached to his Policy of £1,035 125., o with the 3,000/., the original sum assured, shows the unt of th e sum presently contained in the Policy to ..... e ' a y f .. £4,035 12s. 'r om O f enrous receive an Advance or Loan, on the secu. O "Ls Policy, (th e on ly ex pense being the stamp for the wer e 1550 r7 Note), to the amount of ..£1,440. v e A to die after Payment of his premium for the current the ere he ham payable under the Policy would be £4,358 9s. ( . ) Ye arth l° ule, in 1845, after payment of his premium for that if i t f sum Payable under the Policy wouldbe£4,6oo 115.6 d. co litr ile.re an object to him to reduce his present annual i ,, , l ttre utition, he might, by giving up his Bonus, reduce his h_ premiums from 93/. 7s. 6d. to £22 9s. 6d. I Li, iP_referred receiving immediately the present value of 'll4- 1 o l f 3g us , he would, by surrendering it, be entitled to a I, Pr om .. .. .. .................................£ 640. 12s. 6 d. . '"? above it will be observed, that a policy steadily "me g a prolonged life, will not only at death prove a "m e of liable inheritance indeed, but may also during the life the Party, and seful, especially 10 those engaged in mer kin- ma y anbe made available to the most valuable s e s. e Pa, of the Prospectus, Forms of Proposal, and every ne 'OorMation, may be obtained at the London Office, 7 , 41: HUGH M'KEAN, AI Q, FORFIETED PROPERTY. DEBENHAM and STORR will 1—" ' , LL, a t th e i r R o oms, King-street, Covent-garden, ~ial s l,u n ` lsi fi It Dche EcENIBEit 1, at Eleven, excellent gold, capital clocks, timepieces, and shop rings, ' pins, and brooches, fashionable jewel ancient "'" eck, n guard chains, modern and L e n`• gUn s and p . tols rich silks, satins, satin turks, lacses&c -I s s uper , fine cloths, kerseymeres, buck tlrrlDetla, C a Z nd i ste3atings . , linendrapery, ladies and gentlemens' and bed linen, bed-furniture, window curti_ns, tI NIQ 8 ( 1 -0"ehOld furniture, prime feather beds, cutlery, writing 111 041 1 g r , ess , i ng cases work boxes, and other effects, pledged in p., 44 ers ~r ! . l°l . to December, 1841, with the following pawn.. Dl ,— Alexander, late Jenkins, New Church-street, - 'l -ro ad Crouch, Grafton-street East, Fitzroy-squar . e ; ° ,l cl, '&'-'atribeth-marb • Luff, Crown-street, Finsbury; t. 'll * et hhn-stree;, Clerkenwell ; Page and Kennedy, iiast on a e le'n-street, Pimlico ; Platts, Upper Yor_k-street, es, y_ _square ; Vesper, Sidney-place, Commercial-road; l el , . row, Kennington-road. viewed, and catalogues had, till the sale. SUPERIOR CANDLES. b 4 r , VI S'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. • ; Wax . od. ; s' t ,andles, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, ls. sd. ; Composite, 25 4 , 21 , .R.Jitra Fine Wax Wick Moulds, 7d . ; Transparent . 2d. ; Genuine Sperm, 2s. 2d. ; Genuine Wax, 0%4 ellow Soap , 465., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ; bL et ; o f d 625. and 665. Windsor and Pam, ls. 4d. per loac- Wit , 2' l / I ' ol ° o Windsor Soap Is. 9d. • Rose, 2s. Od.: Cam- ,!3; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; 'Sealing 'Wax, 4s. 6d. per b. ; Or 41 63 • per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 4s. Od. 'Mar at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63, ane, opposite New Slaughter s Coffee-House. IttIEILIOS STOVE, price 355, will warm a kout 20 f ee t square, at a cost o f 21d. I° Ole "41t riaance it is rendered p fectly . agre p e e ab r i d e i an in d . whole tth,,er, leculiarly a d ap t e d . for er Invalids, differing from all "es, it emits no effluvium whate . ver, but generates a igt "iterature much resembling the climate of Madeira and l etl q a , t4 of Prance. It is remarkably neat and graceful, per- . u k ir I" , _ Co„.. Ilse—and from its . economy of first Cost and ' Q t l Ae "'uolption isrendered suitable far Greenhouses, Hails, t, NNu, • , i t! , ries, Sleeping Apartments, &c. °Llb"' 13ARNETT, Sole Maker and Patentee, 25, OX k„ 'STREET. 11410 article M Furnishing Ironmongery of warranted 1114 extremely low in price. 14 411 iiv i : t g le s ' r it i urches, 8 4 e,, Warmed by Hot Air, Water, &c. 'to ns ~tensive assortment of Stoves, Ranges, Fenders, Fire Imitation Silver, Papier Mache and Iron I' rays. y r . 111(1 • i l a nging, Gas Fitting, and every branch of Brazie y Iktlfil!ri---laineEtelcelblrWiYpt°°irk contracted for. L I . I the premises Stov - es, 34d.. per inch. Register Stoves, tb 4 - Vl 's--- ; ---- p --------------- ;4,..„-•-4-I\TT LEVER WATCIIES.—This cele- In I,;‘,Led construction (the most accurate on which a watch f ikis ti ,:ade ) is 00v , offered at the following prices, with the . 44rk.1 dents,Prorem i. e. the detached eveapement, jewelled in ,!=', ha marlthe seconds, and maintaining power to "v going while winding up. lkith SILVER CASES. NVI, dOu ble-bottomed cases, capped £6 6 0 ` 4ll lniting cases, capped 81 4 tth. GOLD CASES. 0. fit Ladies, with elegant gold dial £l2 1 1 2 4 0 0 `NZ 1 0 in double-backed cases Si ze for d , 13 13 0 A bi tto entiemen, enamelled. dial kiZlslr9thlet: extra full size, capped.... l 7 thel7 v 1 1 kro e t i .„ , containing observations respecting the o arious prices both `li g o ld auic i s i " 'which Watches are made, with sketches of new de s:l:, whi e hi l i v av er cases, and a variety t sr i , gratis a n d just been completed ionfgoldhChlaeitntse,rwtioll T. 4, Sav ory NvP ° Mage free, on application y e ec i 2ol. ' eq ( Ira ' atthmaker 47 Cornhill, London, seven doors street. ' ' tit: PD c. Vo.' ' I R V iiiri EIIIBROCATION for GOUT, qui . , - MATISM TIC DOLOREUX, &c. aft , a Letter addresseeby Trevor Holland, Esq., Surgeon, k it !em e i c, ne , t dito. y,Walsall, Staffordshire, on the 6th July last, s. si :: si rs •o i tn e ~ T imes ~_ ‘ ,steir,.... of it a duty I owe to the public to make known ',- is'l4'9 f a remedy which I met with accidentally, and went 4 2 Been of such wonderful benefit to myself. Some :. '244 ,",g,'? I met with a very severe accident, having dislo ,l4,l4ll,oiThetrjaco.tureyd my ancle severely. From the great tender ; -'1 joiner I was quite unable to walk, the limb con e:l44in e IY Much swollen and edematous, and I suffered , ul t fod e d Y i .. r _° ,l l severe attacks of spasms in the night, which ' t ; 1 41 1, } i :".to the ancle to the leg, thigh, back, and to the , ~„Y aledining exhausted every resource of relief which I and • ;: i lli a , e !..At friends in the country could suggest, to no , .._ %.I set out ht t l7 l s I* . ~ ,,11 111. Beiiy!teniaeinidienntßrodie or Mr. Liston—then to adopt sea .. I IL I PPlied I met with Mr. Feaver, 16 Ludgate-hill, nlB Embrocation, and, to My great astonishment, ' elitog r_ol that night, nor have I had one since. The next coq to; aik 'a,ne down srs without my crutches, and was *re • , the swelling of th limb soon subsided, and lam teasi, Pldly reeoverin - H * e for i years had an ex ' tip teepedical p r actice . thengmany tford, I know of ti 5. ,_ .. i e i nsi __in county of . mrt...47e toltligtoninao:otth7e7Pound possessing sue wonderful efficacy. _, ied b ,.. 3' estimouy to Mr. Feaver's Embrocation, lam ac motive than gratitude to him, and asincere Ctn. p o ": known his invaluable remedy to my fellow-suf eitist ever -e s.ng, as I ever did, the strongest prejudice ~st man ._ Min g in the shape of quackery, I should be the I be 4 ,0 upbold a system which, generally speaking, I know `":11 but a nefarious traffic and humbug. o am, your o b e di ent servant, r , , `44lnoek " TREVOR HOLLAND, Surgeon. Su ' 1,1,8. At the Walsall, Staffordshire. • eo s a l ,' he various consultations held uppn my case, the ~,on t ig u i Physicians (including myself) were decidedly of `idin l the frequent violent attacks of spasms would ter -ithis e_.g test symptom s of q the gi look-jaw, but, as I have before stated, I have not spasms since the first application , This ttistordinary embrocation.—T. H." 41 is rff",!.lY-celebrated remedy (which is equally efficacious 'Aa lly r , the abo veafilictions) may be obtained of, or through iii "Poctable wholesale or retail Chemist in Town or : or 'i tt lY t t k at the Depm, corner of 'Wellington-street, Strand ; me Proprietor, Mr. Feaver, 16, Ludgate-hill, London. i - -4 411 • THE QUARTERLY jOURNAL OF AGRI CULTURE, and PRIZE ESSAYS and TRANS ACTIONS of the HIGHLAND and AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of SCOTLAND. No. LIX. Price ss. Contents :—Wood Paving and Steam-Carriages en Common Turnpike Roads—Present Position of Agriculture as a Science —English Agriculture—The Works of Sir Humphry Davy— The Agriculturist's Note-Book—Jersey, as regards its Hus bandry and Agricultural Classes—Miscellaneous Notices— On Supplying Sheep with Food and Shelter—On the Nature and Growth of Wool, and the Influence of the different Salves in Promoting its Growth—On the Thinning and Pruning of Plantations—On the Management of Water Meadows—De scription of a Turnip Slicer to be attached to a Cart—The Quarterly Agricultural Report, Crop, Low Prices, Tariff — Table of the Revenue, Prices of Grain, Butcher Meat, and Wool. IV. PROFESSOR JOHNSTON'S LECTURES on AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY and GEOLOGY. No. XXIV. Price 6d. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh ; and 22, Pall- Mall, London. TO EFFECTUALLY CLEANSE LAMPS. UPTON'S LAMP DETERGENT, ls. 4d. per Bottle, sufficient for four Lamps. This Composition at once removes all oily concretions and obstructions from the interior of the lamp. A single application is sufficient to render a lamp as clean as when new ; the proces is per fectly inoffensive, and scarcely any trouble. Sold by UPTON and CO., O►l and Lamp Dealers, 33, George-street, Hanover-square ; and 66, Basinghall-street, City ; and by Town and Country Dealers. N.B. Rectified Argand Oil, a substitute for the best Sperm, 4s. 6d. per gallon. OIL AND LAMP PHENOMENA, AND NO PUFF. CLARK and Co. Oil Refiners by Chemical process, 261. Strand, and 16, Picket-street, sell their UNEQUALLED CLAItIFIED OIL, at 4s 10d. per gallon, suitable for every description of Lamp in present use, four gallons go as far as five gallons of Solar or other common Oils, therefore their Cla rified Oil is cheapest. Lamps burning it require no cleaning, on account of its purity, it produces a Splendid Light without smoke (if their Fire-proof Smoke-consuming Glasses are used) but burns quite equal to Sperm with the common Alasses. Lamps, best workmanship and newest style at MANUFAC TURER'S PRICES. kor instance : excellent table lamps, 215., usually 38s. ; Cambridge reading or writing lamps (su perior) lls. 9d,, usually 21s. ; hall lamps, from 2s. 9d. ; very superb drawing and dining-room lamps, 455. 6d., usually 84s. ; beautiful brass and real bronze reading lamps, 159. 9d., usually 30s. ; these are only specimens of prices. Chandelier designs to be seen in great variety. Clarified Oil 4s. 10d. imper;al lon ; fire-pruof chimneys, Is. only. CLARK and CO.. 16 Picket-street, or 261,'Strand, three doors from the Stone pillars, opposite St. Clement's Church, and not a corner shop (to prevent impositions). Obsrve strictly CLARK and CO. stamped on the Glasses and sealed on the Oil-corks. Books and designs of Lamps (for every use) forwarded to any part of the kingdom. SAVE YOUR INCOME-TAX BY PURCHASING COALS AT THE A NTI -MONOPOLY COAL COMPANY'S Central Office, 9, Charing-cross. J. GHAGAN, removed from 31 to No. 9, late manager, sole purchaser, and seller since 1839, to the following gentle men, all of whom have left 31, except Mr. Rennie. W. Ewart, Esq., M.P. I G. Pryme, Esq., ex-M.P. A. T. Holroyd, Esq. G. Rennie, Esq.. ex-M.P. J. T. Leader, Esq., M.P. IR. W. Rotham, Esq. D. Lewis, Esq. Sir Henry Webb, Bart. J. Ghagan and Company beg to inform the public in general that their establishment is enabled to supply the best coal at Is. 61 per ton less than at 31, in consequence of being based on practical experience, together with strict economy. Best 275, 6d., Seconds from 245. 6d. to 265., Walls End Coals 235., Anthracite 305., Coke 195., small 133., delivered within four miles of Charing-cross, without extra charges, for cash on delivery. Address (pre-paid) to J. Ghagan and Co., No. 9, Charing cross. INGOLD'S PATENT FOR MANUFACTURING WATCHES, CLOCKS, CHRONOMETERS, AND TIME PIECES BY MACHINERY. _• _ _ NOTICE is hereby given, that APPLICATION WILL BE MADE in the ensuing Session of Parlia ment for LEAVE TO BRING IN A BILL to authorise the assignment to, and puachase by, a COMPANY of more than twelve persons, of certain Letters Patent granted to Pierre Frederick Ingold, for the term of fourteen years from the eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, for IMPROVEMENTS in MACHINERY for MAKING PARTS OF WATCHES and other TIME KEEPERS, and to enable such Company to snake use of, exercise, and vend, the said inventions and improvements, and to grant licenses for making, using, exercising, and vending the same; and to give the said Company power to sue and be sued in the name of one or more of their Directors or officers, and to grant other powers and privileges to the said Company. And provision is intended to be made in the said Bill to enable the said Pierre Frederick Ingold to assign over to the said Company any other patent or patents with reference to the said methods, inventions, and im provements.—Dated this fourteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. 10 SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS,and OTHERS Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. RIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the N__74 Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and 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 trilling 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 need it. The Lordsof the Treasury have sanctioned Its use. Their latt. Ma ‘esties,the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, M cdical 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. Lachfielel, Esq.'s Letter, Wlaitehali Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews sails it a national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The ate Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grim stone's Eye Snuff, and call " Man's best Friend," and the Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters of Testimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with others of the first respectability. Nottin by gh s a i m r. , 28th Aug., Wilcockson lB4l. This extraordinary cure is attested Foreign Snuff and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham. To Mr. W. Gemstone, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, London. Ar,-1 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 06 ye ars. 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 h ed a 2a. 4d. canister of your agent, Mr. Wilcockson, pure asand will bear to bacconist, who knows the above to be facts,wit ness to any extraordinary recovery of that most inestimable lessing of our life ' " Perfect Sight"—l declare has proceeded from the use of your Eye Snuff. For the sake of those suffer. in g, you may make what use you please of this letter, Mr. Wil eockson and many others will vouch for its truth. I the sufferers to this gentleman, being your Agent, andrefer so well known in Nottingham. • I am, Sir, your obliged servant, 28th Aug. 1841. ANNIS ZENIA MASSENIA. P. S.—Sir,—l should not do you justice without stating my relief was almost instantaneous. My 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 gre atest 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. GEMSTONE i the sole in ventor, and the only genuine is prepared by him. This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound il b of er sis 11 so tin canisters, at Bd., Is. 3d., 2s. 4d., 45. 4d., Bs. and 15s. 6d s each by the Proprietor, W. Grimstone, at 39, Broad-street: Bloomsbury, and can be obtained in all the principal towns and ci ties. A liberal allowance to shippers, owners, cap t a i n s, and a s sendors of Orinistone's Eye Snuff. Thi s celebrated Snuff i s shipped to all quarters of the globe, anti retains its benign qualities in every climate, A ll Snuf:s. ants Cigar ►hipped on the shortest notice. PHYSICIAN—R. Ferguson, M.D., 9, Queen-street, May-fair. VISITING PHYSICIAN—J. Forbes, M.D. F.R.S., 12, Old Burlington-street. SURGEONS. —H. Mayo, Esq., F. R. S. , 19, George- s treet, Hanover-square; and T. Calloway, Esq., Wellington-street, Southwark. Persons suffering from chronic disease or irregularity of form, in pregnancy or old age, are insured at proportionate rates, the Asylum being the Company which originally extended the be nefits of life insurance in such cases. RENEWABLE TERM INSURANCES. The utmost advantages are secured by the smallest necessary outlay,—the Policies being continued year by year far the whole of life, whatever the future health of the assured, at a stipulated slight increase of premium, up to the age of 70, when the rate remains stationary. Extracts from RENEWABLE TERM rates for select lives Al Ist yr. 2d yr. I3d yr. 4thyr. I sth yr I 6thyr. 7th yr. --- - - 30 16 4 17 1 17 11 1 9 19 7 1 105 1 111 4 Extracts from the EVEN RATES for select lives, 30 1 40 1 11 9 - 1 2 2 01 2 17 1 ALTERNATIVE. 'Two thirds, only, of the even rates, whether for select or dis eased lives, or for the risks of foreign climates, may be paid down, and the balance, with interest at 4 per cent, deducted from sum assured, FOREIGN, AND MILITARY AND NAVAL INSURANCE Distinct classifications of places, according to salubrity of climate ; a specific price for any particular place, or a voyage or voyages. Officers whose destinations are not known, covered to all parts of the world at a small but fixed extra rate of premium. GEO. FARREN, Resident Director. TILE AERIAL STEAM CARRIAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ATLAS. SlR—From the proverbial respectability of the Atlas newspaper, the public are inclined to place con fidence in statements originating in its columns, yet the announcement of the 4th instant, respecting the " Aerial Steam Carriage," made many of my friends, as well as myself, exceedingly sceptical as to its cor rectness. I have, therefore taken much pains to ascertain the fact, and have now no hesitation in cor roborating the paragraph you have submitted for the public information. It is perfectly true that such an invention is in existence, totally distinct from the principle of bal loons ; that a working model has been shown me, which, by its action, appears to, establish the perfect practicability of travelling through the air, being so complete and simple in its construction, and the com bination of its parts so extraordinary, that little doubt remains that the important results of the invention will be fully achieved. I am given to understand that the first carriage will be ready for operation early in the ensuing year ; it therefore behoves individuals to await the develop ment of this wonderful invention, when it may be• come an important subject for consideration as to the changes that will result to society, whether under the control of the Government, or in the hands of a pub lic company.—l am, Sir, your very obedient servant, J. S. MILES, (Late Dodwell and Miles, East India Army Agents, 69, Cornhill.) 24th November, 1842. 4201 10 8 6119 1 8 6 10 91 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sint,—ln your Paper of this evening, I find an ac count of an accident on the Centrifugal Railway. This interesting and startling exhibition is not a safe amusement either in transition or in physical effect, nor should it be indulged in until some contrivance is adopted to secure the passengers from the effect of tangent tor sion or fracture. To the plethoric the danger front re vulsion of system is fearful. About ten days since I passed the line, and then felt at the zenith a hitch in the flash of motion, but I was whirled providentially in safety to the summit ; hut, being plethoric, I re tain a most painful recollection of my experiment, and I would warn your readers to take advice from a mechanic on the one score, and from a healthy, and not timid, man on the other, not to place themselves in jeopardy upon this amusing line of rail, unless ad vised by their consulting surgeon and engineer. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Nov. 24, 184:2. H. It. A. MALTA NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. VALETTA, MALTA, Nov. 15. DISTRIBUTION OF TIIE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.— In Malta harbour, the Queen, 110, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, Comman der in -Chief; Ceylon, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad miral Sir J. Louis, Superintendent of Malta Dock yard ; Impregnable, 104 ; Monarch, 84 ; Vanguard, 80 ; Inconstant, 36 ; Snake, 16 ; Devastation war steamer; Prometheus, Polyphemus, and Alecto steam packets. At Gibraltar—The Rodney, 92 ; Savage, 10 ; and Lizard steam-tender. At Leghorn—The Belvidera, 38 ; on her way to Marseilles the Locust steam tender ; on her way to Malta from Gibraltar the Formidable, 84. At Trieste—L'Aig!e, 24. On her way to Corfu the Cyclops steam frigate. At Beyrout—The Vernon, 50 ; Scout, 18 ; Hecate and Vesuvius war steamers. On her way to Alexandria, the Medea war steamer. At Constantinople, the Stromboli war steamer. At Smyrna, the Magicienne, 24 ; and on her way thither the Indus, 78. At Corfu—The Geyser war steamer. At Salamis—The Howe, 120, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason, second in command in the Mediterranean, and the Beacon and Magpie surveying vessels at Suda, in Candia. MOVEMENTS SINCE THE 6TH OF NOVEMBER.— The Devastation arrived from Tunis and Tripoli on the Bth, and proceeds this evening for Athens, Smyrna, and Beyrout. The Howe sailed for Salamis on the 9th, where it is expected she will winter. The Alecto arrived from Patras and the lonian Islands on the 12th, having suffered such damage in her engine case as to oblige her to depend upon her canvas for the last two days, and to render it very likely that she will have to be sent to England in the spring. The Polyphemus arrived from Marseilles on the night of the 12th, bringing the overland London mail of the 4th inst. The Oriental arrived a few hours after her, and proceeded on her voyage to Alexandria on the 13th, on which morning the Medea arrived from Alexandria, bringing the Bombay mail of the 15th ult., the important news by which I forwarded you, via Marseilles, by the Locust, which left on the after noon of the same day. The Medea returned to Alex andria on the 14th. The Polyphemus carries the in termediate mail to Gibraltar this afternoon. Another suspension bridge is projected across the Thames ; it is to be between Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, and the opposite shore of Battersa. MURDER OF SEVENTEEN BRITISII SEAMEN EY ITCIE" 'SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS.—Saturday evening the ship Wiley, Captain Lazenby, arrived in the river Thames from the South Sea whale fishery, with 1,200 barrels of sperm oil. We regret to learn that seven teen of her crew, who had gone ashore on the islands, were barbarously massacred by the natives, and the remainder only saved their lives by plunging into the sea, and swimming through a heavy surf to the ship. During the voyage the Offley experienced very tem pestuous weather, placed, and which threatened its existence. The ob ject of their meeting had been accomplished, as they would learn from the addresses which were to be de livered to-night in elucidation and support of the reso lutions adopted by the Convocation. Dr. BUCHANAN, of Glasgow, said, the whole ques tion had now resolved itself into this—was the Church a human or was it a divine institution. Certainly, if it stood on the low vulgar level of a mere Municipal Corporation, it must be conceded that the State should be its governor. No sphere could have more than one centre, and in this view the functions of the Church ought to be limited by the will of the State, and. her office-bearers subject to its control. But if the Church has a Divine foundation, and possesses laws which are independent of ".the Civil Magistrate, then is it that no secular power can bring her into bondage. From the throne of the Most High does the light emanate which is the Church's guide, and from his revealed word alone does that decree proceed which can give law to the Church. If the Church had known that the law of patronage meant that Presbyteries were bound and astricted by law to re ceive and declare qualified, the man whom the patron has thought qualified, under pain of civil penalties, then the law of patronage would never have been tolerated. But until the decision in the Auchterarder case the Church did not so understand it, rightly judging that she had acts and statutes ratified and confirmed, which gave her Presbyteries the sole right of judging of the qualifications, of ministers. Pa tronage was tolerated, because of that other advantages which the Church derived from the connection with the State. But this decision has wholly altered the rela tive position of the Church to the State. It has made the presentation and induction of ministers a matter the Ch urc h, act ing on its intrinsic right, and in conscientious fulfil ment of its solemn obligations to its Divine head, may be subjected to pains and penalties by the Civil power. The first decision in the Auchterarder case did not alarm the Church to such a degree, for it re ferred solely to the temporalia of the cure, which the Church did not dispute the right of the Civil Courts to regulate ' • but this second and last judgment has shown the Church the full dimensions of the evil which awaits her. The Church, by acting on its own authority, and giving a verdict in a way disagreeable to the Courts of Law, has subjected itself in dam:ages, which have been named at 16,0001. The Civil power was at all times j e al ous o f the attoult- Judge in a s;tordion of temptation. And yet in a case of far higher moment than the adjudication of mere civil interests, the Judges w ere bribed to decid e onlyinone and pathrtei ic r n i l n a t r eg w ri a t y y , a suanndei r nd p ependent j udica enalty of hea v y damages, catory thereby undermined. The prospect which presents itself of a separation between the Church and the State, must be looked at with horror and dis may. And yet, it is not so much for the sake of the Church that this horror and dismay should be felt, as for the sake of the State itself. But it must be evident to the Legislature that unless the Church s r e t h o i that it, is to have conceded to it a po wer di s ti n ct from the Civil Magistrate, in the exer c i se o f th a t authority and its to it connectionalon e, with t wouldthe State were dissolved to-morro w . b w e h be ieh tt o er f rfigorhtthbelo belongs c Mr. M'DONALD, of Urquhart, having engaged in prayer, Dr. CLASON gave some particulars connected with the Convocation. There were present at its sittings 479 ministers, who came from the extreme north of Caithness, as well as Maidenkirle in the south. No doubt some difference of opinion did exist, as it could hardly fail to do among such a meeting on so grave a question as that before them, but they were thoroughly united in sentiment and in feeling as regards the alarming nature of the crisis which had come upon the Church. Two sets of resolutions had been adopted; the first of which had reference to the dis tinctions essentially existing between the Civil Ma gistrate's jurisdiction, and that which belonged to the Courts of the Church of Christ. This distinction was apparent, and in the whole of God's dealings with his people, as recorded in his revealed Word and in the whole history of his Church on earth, its con stitution was such that it could not by any possibility be infringed on, unless it ceased to exist as such. Their own Confession of Faith said positively that the Church had a power altogether distinct from the Civil Magistrate, and with which he may not inter fere. It is on this high ground that the Convocation has given forth a clear and distinct testimony to the people and the rulers on this important point, brought before them for deliberation. To that tes timony 427 Ministers in the Convocation gave their adherence and support. The second question was, as to what steps the Ministers had come up to this Convocation to take in this great emergency. The Church has been hindered in the exercise of its spiritual discipline in the preaching of the Gospel, and in the dispensation of the ordinances. We have , that we cannot con therefore if we are not to encroachme n t s on th e part of bt t e i l e m r e e fot protected o r ebdeclared from s a f.oree o i. n i e thish Church of pointc the Civil Courts. We have declared that if the prin ciples of the Auchterarder case are to be held by the Legislature as correct, we are ready to surrender all the privileges which belong to us as an Established Church, rather than submit to that decision. The say the way and be made to o in n e l t y ho q d ue i s n ti N o v n hic a h t th th is e d C e o cl n a z t a io t n ion sh N‘ o , a n s u the that i Legislature. f to them, th e c il power lAre is have to resolved exoreiso to an autho rity in the Church of Christ, we cannot continue to take its gifts, if they impose upon us conditions which are unlawful and contrary to Christ's authority, as King and Head of his Church. Our path is open : all considerations of a worldly kind we have resolved to disregard, and, no longer receiving the advantages of our State connexion, to put ourselves upon the providence of God. Dr. CANDLISII, after adverting at some length to the proceedings of the Convocation, thus proceeded, Never, my Christian friends, never were the ministers and elders of the Church in less danger of becoming Voluntaries than at this moment. What i s the ground on which they have resolved to make a pause —to offer a solemn appeal to the supreme power of the State— to ask what are the conditions and terms of Establish ment? What is the ground but the fullest and frankest acknowledgment of the jurisdiction of the Civil Magistrate with respect to the Church, and hi 3 duty to establish the Church on right principle s and Scrip tural terms. On the other hand, we are accused of assuming a Popish supremacy. We have now de clared that, let who will vindicate the Constitution, it is not the province of the Church to do so. We have also declared, if these decisions are allowed to stand— are sanctioned by the Legislature—after using all the legitimate means of remonstrance at our disposal, we shall still say that the Constitution is violated—that the Treaty of Union is not observed—that the Act of Security is broken. But we say, after we have exhausted all our legitimate resources of remonstrance and expostulation, it is not the business of the Church to vindicate the Constitution farther. If the Treaty of Union be broken, that is an affair for the nation of Scotland, not for the Church; if the Constitution is violated, that is an affair for the people_ of G reat Britain, b u t no t f or th e Church of Christ. With a private individual or ordinary corporation, a de cision of the Civil Courts would be final ; but the Church of Scotland is neither ; and she is en titled not to regafd the interpretation of such Courts as the final mind of the State. She is entitled to go to the Legislature and say this surely - is not your mind—it is not the - mind of your fathers--certainly it is 'not the - mind of our fathers ; but, at all events, it is not the mind of God—not the mind of Christ. Yon are , bound to glorify Christ; now we come and testify to you that if you insist on this unlawful condition, you are not honouring Christ—you are establishing his Church but on terms which he forbids and disowns. But still, while we thus appeal to treaties, to the Constitution, above all, to th e W or d o f God, which the Civil Magistrate is bound to take as the rule of duty as much as we, if, after all, the Legislature should substantially say whatever be your ideas of the Constitution, of the Treaty of Union, of the interpre tation of the Word of the living God, we think these are the only terms on which the State can endow the Church—we think such the will of God—we the Church then say we have exhausted our legitimate weapons. Our weapons are those of argument—per suasion, expostulation, appeals to the conscience of the State—for the State has its responsibility as well as the Church. Having done this we have nothilig more to do. We cannot take up arms ; for we have not the sword. We cannot refuse obedience, for we are bound to honour the King. We can simply say, that as you, the State, refuse to honour Christ by establishing his Church as free as he wills, we, the Church, will not dis honOur Christ by renouncing that freedom where with he bath made us free, but neither will we dis obey God by disowning your authority. It is no light matter for us to take up a position on which we must peril our own continuance in the enjoy.. ment of the advantages which the State affords. But we have been forced into that position. There may be many trials awaiting us. There a.-e, no doubt, influences at work in the Church to put men's prin ciples and sincerity to the test. No doubt the pro bable, though not indeed th e immedi a t e vacanc i es i n churches and parishes which we now fill - may be turned to account for the purpose of tempting some to let go their integrity. Such is the infatua tion in certain classes of the community just now— such the infatuation of some who should be instructed better, that they think it a great point to gain a vic tory, not by means of reason, but by tempting men's consciences. There is a sad warfare going on at this moment against the consciences of mankind—against the consciences of ministers—attempts not made to argue them out of their opinions, but to lead them astray by holding out inducements to yield. Such victories will recoil on him who has gained them; and even, with respect to the objects of these attempts, the victories gained over them must first have the effect of making them untrue to God, and next of making them untrue to their fellow-men. To the members of the Church of Christ I would say the question now raised with respect to the Church of Scotland is a question which admits of no neutrality. When Christ's crown is in peril, whether as King of his Church or as King of Kings, no man can stand neutral. The last battle is about to be waged. We are entering on our last conflict. The Church of Scotland is called on in these days not only to take up the testimony of our fathers but to complete it. She has not merely re sumed the standard which they resigned only with their blood, but she has resumed it with a fuller motto than ever they had. They contended for Christ's crown and covenant, and their contest for Christ's crown was chiefly for Christ's right to reign in his own house. We are contending for that, but also for some thing more—for Christ's right to reign over the Civil Magistrate himself. Men now say there is peace. Now, it would appear there is a season of forbear ance and respit6. There is a respite also for the Church of our fathers. Now is the waiting time—not a time for inactivity; but God would have us wait to see his will. hitherto he has led us by a way we knew not; but if we wait and pray and labour, we know that whoever shall forsake all and follow Christ will have a better portion even in this world and in the world to come life everlasting. When the Rev. Doctor had concluded, a benediction was pronounced and the meeting separated. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC jOUIENALS. FROM TUE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Except by setting up false claims to the credit of having prosecuted the wars in China and Affghanistan to a successful termination, thus endea vouring to build up a credit for wise policy on the character and conduct of the Whig) Government, the Tories—for men recently invested :with office, and its usual sources of satisfaction—are the most discon tented of any party in such circumstances of which history supplies an example. It is true, when the Tower guns were fired last week in honour of the gratifying success which has attended the British arms in China and India, the journals of the party exclaimed, " That's our thunder !" But the dis honesty and folly of the assumption were too palpable to obtain a momentary regard—except, indeed, a laugh at the impudence or ignorance in which the false claim originated. With this exception, the looks of the Tories are pitiably lugubrious ; and their lucu brations are as dismal as their looks. NoConserva tive Festivals have been held to celebrate theirtriumph, and to afford the members an opportunity of congratu lating their supporters on the results in Parliament of their hustings victories. Agricultural dinners have been either scenes of positive strife and mutual up braidings ; or, at the best, the members could only en deavour to console the disappointed farmers with " hopes that things will turn out better than they fear, though they certainly do look very gloomy." The wages ' of the farm labourers must be re duced, and fewer hands be employed on the land," say some; "" The landlords must come down in their rents, to meet the depression in prices," exclaim others ; while fearful prognostications of the 'coming events are heard at every fair and market. And yet the Tories have got Peel. They gave him a good thumping majority, too, that he might be able to ac complish their wishes; preserve the Corn and Provision laws from invasion ; and also please the highflyers of the Church by adopting their plans for increasing its power and extending its influence; multiplying churches and clergymen at the national expense ; and divers other collateral and subordinate means of giving monopoly additional strength, and inspiring bigotry with increased energies. We need not look far for the causes of this open dissatisfaction with their posi tion. Peel, in whom they trusted, has played them false. In every particular which immediately con cerned the cherished interests of those who placed him in office, lie has disappointed their expectations. If he has not violated express pledges, he has destroyed hopes—whether justified or not, is not the question. They hoped for, and expected from Sir R. Peel a far different policy from that he has pursued. They assert that their interests are attacked by the Government which they gave office, that it might defend them against others. " Peel and Perfidy " are regarded, by a large majority of the Tories out of doors, as synonymous terms ; and many of the county Mem bers within the House of Commons are prepared to give effect to the opinions of their constituents; and renounce the leadership of a Minister whO has re quired from them a practical abandonment of the professions and pledges by which they obtained their seats in that assembly. STANDARD.--The Governor-General has issued a proclamation announcing the early retirement of the British army from the Affghan territory, and giving in clear and satisfactory propositions the rea sons for that policy. We believe that every one in this country was prepared for the course which Lord Ellenborough has adopted ; but if any can doubt of its wisdom, the reasoning of the proclamation must remove their doubts. The invasion of the Affghan territory was under taken for the purpose of placing on the throne a Prince believed to be popular with the majority of the Affghan nation (if a congeries of reciprocally in dependent and often hostile tribes can be called a nation), and also believed to be favourably disposed to the British empire. Both hypotheses proved to be fallacious. The Prince's unpopularity was demonstrated by his deposition ; his want of fidelity . to British interests was no less clearly shown by his conduct and the conduct of his farnily; and, at all events, any engagements made with him were dissolved by his death. The purpose of the invasion having thus wholly failed, and failed because it was undertaken upon fallacious grounds, nothing, under ordinary circumstances, would have remained but a retreat from the scene of so great a blunder. But this timely retreat was not resorted to by the wretched British Government of the time, and worse blunders, attended by the most deplorable consequences, ensued—to borrow the words of the proclamation, " Disasters unpa ralleled in their extent, unless by the errors in which they originated, and the treachery. by which they were completed." These disasters, dis graceffil as all military disasters are, rendered it im possible for Britain to lay down her arms until the disgrace was effaced:by victory, and until the perfidy of which her gallant soldiers were the victims had been avenged, Both have been gloriously achieved —the whole of the Affghan territory has been FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.—Good wages, with cheapness and abundance of the necessaries of life, are the poor man's right, and they cannot be longer refused. The tariff has done something to give cheaper beef and mutton, and the duties on corn, tea, and sugar must now be placed under the practical influence of the principles of free trade. If tea and silk were im ported largely f rom Chi na, and exchanged against British manufactures, the demand for labour would be proportionally increased and wages would advance; but if. the price of corn were to be advanced in the same ratio the operatives would be little better than they were before. To give the country the real bene fits of peace with China, the barriers that a fluctua ting duty presents against the free importation of corn must be destroyed: England will set a glorious example by acting on the broadest basis of liberality to other nations as regards intercourse with China ; knowing well that, by enriching, others, she will enable them to buy her produce, and so eventually enrich herself. If France and the Germans partici pate with us in the China trade, the merchants of these countries will be better able to buy our manu factured goods. They will discover, too, that our merchants can undersell them all in the China waters, and hence they will find from experience that their best policy is to knock down the barriers they have raised against English goods, and that free barter I s the only tenable basis to advance the common inte rests of European civilization. The gross amount of our exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures to China in 1834 was of the value of only 842,852/. ; in 1835 it was of the value of 1,074.708/. ; in 1836 it amounted to 1,326,3881.; in 1837 to only 678,3751.; and in 1838 to 1,204,3561. In 1839 our trade was stopped, and we cannot, there fore, for the purposes of calculation, make any quota tions beyond 1838. It is proper to draw attention to the above facts to point out the expediency of prudence in making shipments of goods to the China market. It will be seen from our Trade Report that great ac tivity already exists in the cotton market, and a gene ral demand is, indeed, experienced for all descriptions of low-priced goods. So far good, and this happy change is justified by the change of circumstances which the country now enjoys; but to make the tran sition really permanent, and such as shall bring back sound and lasting prosperity to our trade and manu factures, it is essentially necessary not to overdo the thing at first. If th e five 'markets at the ports of China are glutted with a general assortment of Bri•. tish goods, before the wants of the Chinese are ascer tained, great losses will be sustained ; and we shall have a rapid rise of prices to be followed with an equally rapid decline. Our merchants and manufac turers should learn wisdom from experience. TIMES.—It is remarked by men of business, whose practical knowledge of the movements of trade entitles them to credit, that a sensible change has al ready taken place in the appearance of mercantile af fairs. The revived activity .of the cotton markets, both here and at Liverpool, strengthens the assertion, while the increase that has occurred in the value of the staple, to the extent, on the average, of about .0. to id. per pound, with the more cheering ac counts received from the chief of the towns of Lan cashire and the north of England, is also a test of the stimulus likely to be given to our manufacturing in dustry now peace is concluded with China. Simul taneous with the improvement noticed in cotton, the leading drysaltery articles used in manufactures have also advanced, and the prices current show a considerable profit in purchases made within the last week or so. But it is not only in this description of merchandise that sminity 13 but also in others of general consump tion, which having of late ruled at low prices in consequence of the great depression of trade, are recovering a position by the better spirit evident in the commercial circlei, and the increased desire of the merchants to do business. Hardly sufficient time has yet elapsed to allow of the more favourable state of things influencing the Money Market, and hence the discount brokers still complam o f th e l arge amount of cash they have at their disposal unemployed. When, however, the full force of enterprise is en couraged by the extended operations of the merchant and shipowner, it is sure to be followed by an ab sorption of capital which will of course have the ef fect of raising its rate to borrowers. Among the shipping interest, it is stated that vessels are being taken up for a new trade to be opened with the seve ral Chinese ports ; and this to a certain extent is borne out by the public announcements which in ii cate that parties are already in the field to monopo lise, if possible, the chalices of lucrative enrolments. Under all the circumstances, the mercantile classes are regarding with much interest the reaction notice able in the condition of trade, which, till within the last week, promised nothing very satisfactory. No wonder, therefore, can be expressed at the sanguine expectations caused by the bustle now apparent on the chief business walks. VISIT OF THE ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA TO THE MODEL PRISON AT PENTONVILLE. The Archduke of Austria, attended by captain Fitzroy, Baron Lebzeltern, and others of his suite, visited this prison on F r id a y last. The visit is of some public interest, as it elicited many facts relative to the prison arrangements that have not yet tran spired. His Royal Highness was received by the governor, Mr. Hoskins, and attended by him and the secretary, Mr. Weare, during his inspection of the prison. His Royal Highness having been shown the model of the prison, and had it minutely explained to him, visited the cells, about which he was very m i nute i n his inquiries. He particularly questioned the go vernor as to the ventilation, the bedding, and the clothing of the prisoners, the questions very probably being suggested by the brick roof and walls and the stone flooring of the cells. He was answered that the cells would be so ventilated in the winter that the thermometer would never be lower than from 50 to 55 ; that each prisoner would have three blankets as well as sheets, and that he would sleep on a horse hair mattress (in a hammock, as described in the pre ceding article) of 311bs. weight. The dress, he was told, is to be plain grey, having a small badge on the breast; marked P. P. One of the mattresses was un rolled, and a hammock slung while his Royal High ness was in the cell. His Royal Highness was pa!- ticularly struck with the peculiarity of what is tt• fine d . the " tell-t a l e " a tt ac h e d t o th e cell --'; a number of th e ce ll w hi c h flies out, f:;•om the the ex ternal wall upon the prisoner turnitT, an iron handle and striking a bell, to apprise tte warder that hi s at tendance is required. it ':, as shown to him that the number when it has st::eung out from the wall cannot be returned to its former position by th e p r i soner , who is thus ';,revented from annoying the warders by false 0 . 1 . - arms. The Artesian well of the prison was wilt visited, and his Royal Highness paid much atten tion and expressed his admiration of the manner in which the water is pumped up to a cistern at the top of the prison, and then supplied to a number of minor cisterns, each cell in fact having a separate one. The excellence of the contrivance is that the prisoner can not draw more than his six gallons of water, so that it will be impossible for one to rob another of his due l allowance of this necessary article. The • kitchen, l with its steam-boilers, was then visited, and the mode in which the food is to be conveyed to the prisoners explained. His Royal Highness was afterwards con ducted to the chapel, and a row of pews or boxes being filled by the subordinate officers, the manner in which the prisoners are to be shut and bolted in was shown. It was explained to the Archduke that the prisoners would go to chapel, receive secular instruction, and be exercised in the yards daily; that they would be taught trades, and that a prisoners' library was being formed under the direction of the Rev. Mr. Ralph, the chaplain of the prison. His Royal Highness in quired what trades would be taught? Ile was told mat-making from the cocoa nut, carpentering, tailor ing, weaving, and also coopering, the latter bein g deemed likely to be highly beneficial to the prisoner, when removed from the prison to a colony?. It was mentioned to his Royal Highness, as the understood intention of Government, that the well-behaved pri soner will, after three or four years' imprisonment, be sent to a colony for the remainder of his sentence, and that he will be paid half his wages during the completion of his term of punishment. It is stated that the French Ambassador, on his visit to the Model Prison about a fortnight since, with the Countess and his suite, was so much interested in the system, as to say that he should, by his next BENNETT, THE MURDERER. GLOUCESTER, SATURDAY.—Few occurrences have excited a more painful interest in this quarter than the investigation which terminated in the committal of Frances Bennett from Ruardean, in the Fo. , :est of Dean, to the County Gaol in this city, to await her trial at the assizes. The circumstances have been stated, and are shortly these :—Frances :Bennett, after the death of her husband, by whom she had several children, lived with a man named Yapp, a hauler, the childre n by marr i age h av i ng gone to live elsewhere. About a month ago Bennett, =der the apprehension that she was about to die, made a dis closure to a clergyman, in the presence of several per sons, to the effect that she had had six children by Yapp, but none of them had been allowed to live, she having suffocated them immediately after birth. She told where the remains of the bodies would be found. The latest murder, according to the confession of the woman, was perpetrated about Christmas last year, and the spot which she indicated as containing the remains was found on examination to conceal the most perfect skeleton of any. The truth of this horrid confession having in this way been placed beyond a doubt, information was sent to John Cooke, Esq., one of the County Coroners, who instantly proceeded from Gloucester to Ruardean to institute an investigation. The witnesses examined on the inquest consisted chiefly of the persons to whom the woman had made the confession, including the clergyman who had com municated with the Magistrate on the subject, and the persons who had found the remains of the bodies. Int course of the examination of the clergyman by the Coroner, it came out that he had had a second inter view with the wretched woman, none being pr esen t but themselves, and th a t s h e had made some addi tional disclosures. The rev, gentleman, however, on the ground that what he was told upon this occasion was mixed up with his "spiritual" duties, refused to communicate any particulars, although pressed to do so by the Coroner. The woman, moreover, began to deny that she had made any sneh , confession Sivorn to by - the witnesses ; but enough had. ),oen proved to justify the Jury in returning a ict of wilful murder against Bennett and her -paramour Yapp. The latter was instantly removed 't o Glouces ter, but the state o f Bennett's health va s suc h as to induce the Coroner to delay the order for her removal till it could be effected without danrdthe 17th instant,•er. On the afternoon of Thu rs d a - i, the miserable woman arrived 9 . t t h e county gaol in a fly, attended by Mr. Bird, a medical man. She was carried up stairs to the hor,pital, and on being placed on the bed, she said, " 3 1 - i ow I will die h a ppy." Sh e died early on Friday morning. This day (Saturday) an inquest was held on the body, before John Cooke, Esq., the Coroner., who conducted the investigation at Ruardean. bisease had reduced the body to a perfect skeletor., but the appearance of the features was more plefAsing than otherwise. Mr. Cooke, who saw the deceased alive about three weeks ago, re marked that her face had undergone little change. The first witness examined was Eliza Gansmore, one of the nurses attached to the gaol, who stated that she was directed to wait upon deceased shortly after her arrival. Deceased often thanked God that she had been removed, and said that she was much hap pier in gaol than at home. The C oaoNER here stated that a rumour was abroad that the deceased sties in the family way, and he asked the witness if she could speak to the point?—The witness stated that she asked the question of deceased, and she stated that she was not. Deceased said that she was only 38 years of age. Maria Nuttal, another nurse, was next examined. She said that she was present when the deceased died on Friday morning, and was with her for some days previous. She asked witness to read and pray to her. Sometimes when she was reading the deceased would say, " Stop ; wait till rm better," and when she re covered she would ask her to go on. As her death approached she seemed to feel contented. She was sensible to the last. She said that she had been ill for about twelve months. Mr. Illekes, the surgeon, stated that the complaint of which the deceased fled was pulmonary consump tion, and, in his opinion, the removal from Ruardean had neither injured nor benefited her. She seemed to be aware that she could survive only for a few days. She mentioned to him and to others that she had been sent to gaol charged with the murder of her children. The Jury returned a verdict of " Died from natural causes." Yapp, on being told of the death of Bennett, wept bitterly. The body was buried by the relatives of the deceased. As to worldly means, the murderers were comfort able. Indeed it is alleged that the only index to their brutal conduct is to be found in the circumstance that Bennetis husband settled his property upon her, but wit'd the restriction that should she marry again the property was to go to his children. It was the desire to retain the property which probably prevented her marriage with Yapp, and every body knows how one crime leads to another. COLBU RN'S NE W MONTHLY MAGAZIN E p Og D E . C EMBER, EDITED BY THOMAS HOOD , ESQ•-"ThiS source of Magazine, as usual, distances all its compet i tors, as a amusement to the general reader. The Editor's own contributions this month are, " More News from China," and some clever bits of poetry in his jocular vein. Mks. Trollope continues to develope such powers of diplomacy in Mrs. Barnaby as throw Machiavelli into die shade. " The Fashionable Phy sician," so ably hit off by the author of the " Hot Water Cure," cannot fail of being recognised. The 11 G I : d ni i u c s al ” aSntdudmenrt. Poole,finishews with s h eq c u l a e l ve a r bil l t S y t , o d ry oes o t f he a same for our Sheer Industry acquaintance " Phineas Quiddy." The author of " Peter Priggins " gives another of his full-length portraits from clerical life, under the title of " The Sub-Vicar of Ditchingly." The Hon. C. S. Saville furnishes one of his eastern reminiscences, with the name of ." The Persian Ban dit." To Laman Blanchard the reader is not only in debted for some graphic sketches of " Persons who joke at th e i r own Expense," and " Persons who don't know what to do," but for a remarkably pleasant "Tour in Search of the Picturesque." The popular Diary and Correspondence of Madame D'Arblay affords an excellent paper. Added to which a well known writer gives an estimate no less able th an amusing, of " School Friendships ;" and Horace Smith is as apothegmatic as ever in his admirable " Short Rides in an Author's Omnibus." WooDcocKs.—There were killed last week, in the cove - cts round Skibo 'Castle, by Mr. Dempster him self, lir. Hay Mackenzie, and 'other friends, about 60 of those winter visiters, along with roe-deer, phea sants, and other game. This is a much smaller num ber, however, than was killed in the corresponding week of last year at the same place, when 67 wood cocks were bagged in three days, and when Easter Ross also produced extraordinary numbers of these birds.—lnveraess Courier. Such has been the abundance of cod-fishduring the past week, that on Friday last veryfine fresh fish were to be bought at the rate of 2d. a lb.—Bath paper. Prem,