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' ' ~ _--M;/ --,7 : - F. , t - sq 1f,•2, If. 4' ~.•.45',.-/ 13 • • A ~ ,:- ~, .. ~,„. '...... ... \•• ...t . - 0 ,- ~ : ....,.1,,,. „,..471; :,... gkijii ii,. ""-rfivil T. -. v 1 44,7 , ; 11 il 1 , , 1,. 1 - o •< .. '' 1 "It 01 T 1 r4l' l ' - ‘ \ ' • 49 P... - X. \ ~,,.......... .„...........„., ' ~,/ ... ... - . (J '!: own dwelling-house. This week, William Avison, James Thornton, and I may add, all the little farmers in this neighbourhood, are bemoaning the loss of their potatoes, cabbage, and turnips ' • and what can they do ? I asked Gooder's wife what she would do with the persons who robbed their fields if she could find them out—whether her husband would prosecute ? but she, very character istically, said, smiling—" No, he had more like fill them their bellies?! The fault is not theirs, it lies at the doors of those whom you are sent to convince of the error of their ways ; but, Sir, we have little hope of redress from them, and if you tell them the general feeling here, it is that the sooner there is a revolt the sooner will the hungry be fed.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, " THOMAS JESSOP. N. EN'S DA N. • /1 * EAST INDIA HOUSE, duLi; 27, 1542. couRT . of 'DIRECTORS of th:. EAST P'a! INDIA COMPANY do hereby g ive notice \ ,UATERLY GENERAL COURT of the said op irANY Q will be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, gli btksoAY, the 2eth September next, at Eleven o'clock forenoon. P.4vE tasG. Leta . Dee 0 8 Lnd the 4 8 ' expl Innsto ll .s now froo rise (Pala purpose ci the mg ricet t ,tie pti ,bleb hsve be d other of hai l 8 iey pr it remain 8 . Led of, it : DOll 1120 JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. :re a JULY 29, 1842. PRICE 5d No. 14,57; LONDON, FRIDAY PE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE. O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS a n d TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time fur the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDInON at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY 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. - CEMENT. DISEASED LIVES ASSURED. EDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL —VI- LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIET It, 25, Pall-rdall. CORN AVERAGES 1110 ARCHITECTS, 131TiLDEES, and Others. The PATENT STUCCO PAINT CEMENT. Its extraordinary qualities are rapidly becoming well known and appreciated. It will adhere to any substance or surface—no Wet or Damp or Frost can have any effect on it—Time hardens and improves it—a House covered with it becomes encased in stone. The cost is trifling—the invention is a fortune to Builders, and to all who arp interested in House Property, old or new. The'Sole Agents for the Patentees are Messrs. MANN and Co., 5, Maiden-lane, Queen-street Cheapside. 'PRESIDENTS. Sir Hcnry Halford, Bart., M.D., G. C.H., F. S.A. Sir William Burnett, M.D., K. C. H. ' F. R.S. Sir Matthew Tierney, Bart., M.D. - , K.C. With a Board of Twelve ThreMcns. GENEBAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended July 23, 1812, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and /owns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat......... Os. 4d. Oats Barley 27s. 10d. I Rye ..... 365. 50.1 rea5e..«.....345. Od. Diseased as wefl ' ;s — lieaT;byLives Assured at equitable rates. F. G. P. NEISON, Actuary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND , LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, % T OON - AND WESTMINSTER BANK, bp v ,;11)0 , DIRECTORS hereby give notice, that a DIV . l ofITHREE PER CENT. upon the paid up Capital A t e 'rcoFnpany, being after the rate of Six per Cent. per lo,SfNytill., be PAYABLE on and afte!. the 10th pay of ucxt, at the Bank, Lothbury, without deduction for ilirffe:fax, which will be paid by the Bank. 1141,iP` ~i r ransfer-booki will lie closed. from the 20th August to - •u September. By Order of the Board, JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, thbury, July 27, 1842. General Manager. DON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY • COMPANY. q tllll, is hereby given, that the NEXT HALF-YEARLY ►illklltiG of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY L"'.l7vld, pursuant to the Act of Incorporation, on FRIDAY, k;etll,6l' August, 1842, at the Loudon Tavern, Ili'sbopsgate in the City of London, at One o'clock, precisely. The Ytyt, in 13 • this will the 21 t i Books of Company be closed on s an 4 remain shot until after the meeting: JOHN HARMAN, Chairman. C. R. MACKENZIE., Secretary. ' rt(lo % and Brighton Railway-office, 10, Angel ,`'art, Tin oginorton-street, July 8,1842. S H IPS FOR NEW ZEALAND, under Charter Ot t , to the NEW ZEALAND COMPANY, to sail as un 'Ltitmcd, viz. : NrLSON AND WELLINGTON. Tons, from London, August I. t WALES, A 1, 516 Tons, from London, Sep- ES j : , ( , 11 : 1 ;VELLINGTON AND NEW PLYMOUTH. ,P ~ , ,,1,304 , 0, Tons from Plymouth, September 1. °To: 3- atrA4er"partieuiars , - apply at the New Zealand House, 41 - street' N 1 EA.3.1 to CALCUTTA, via. the CAPE, calling I,MAURITIUS, CEYLON, and MADRAS. I`,.IO:I ) END.iSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAYI ,I,Itio9N COMPANY'S steam-ship HINDOSTAN, of 41 oN z Tria and 520 horse-power, commanded by Captain R. 1.N., will start from Southampton on the 24th 'doer next, at Eight, A. Nl., for the above ports, and will .P2u4lcutta for Suez about the middle of December. .1 4 RO to Ceylon, Madras, or Calcutta, £9O and upwards, " 'wit class passeger. 'l4 3l !he Hindostan n is expected to be not more than sixty kl in i, 4l lder St eam t o C a l cu tt a , Pa s sengers. by. her will save ` t wo- months in the length of voyage, as compared with Fog ~esseU. do ne further information, as to rates Passage t!r, Y* anti frei g ht of goods and parcels, apply at 44, Regent '4i'l'iceatlilly• or at the: Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na- Compan;'s Offices, 51, St. Mary Axe, London, where • . _tel of the Cabins may be . inspected. ESTABLISHED 1821. ,THE LONDON MARBLE • and STONE l kr WORKING COMPANY, are • enabled with their Ati lt ' o l' MACHINERY, to execute Chimney Pieces, Mo- Ili t h'Zs, Tabl e t s , Sl a b s f o r Furniture, and every description of °rk, with an accuracy, rapidity of execution, beaut 3 tt• • Qt ability of Polish, and reduction of cost, which cannot be 4 i h ecl else w h ere . Roo,Pliblic are i n vited to inspect their extensive SHOW ,IV-,S. co n t a i n i n g the largest stock in this country. ti teir t grade suppli e d with every description of Rough Slab" „', or Scantlings; or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order, 11' 4 er-street, H olywell-street, Millbank, Westminster. tsi ti 4 e to b e accura t e i n co pyi ng the Address, to prevent im -4to!", the Company having no connexion with any other 'l 3 bl:tient but that in Esher-street. ,t / tiRSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH %,COURT of CHANCERY, made in two Causes of AllpT it '' WOOD against SLATER, and WESTWOOD against 1 • 1 - ''WELL, the Creditors of SAMUEL WELLES, late L tal ti - i 4 ough of Chipping Wycombe,_ in the County of Bucks, , f o ,.. re : (who died in the month of August, 1807), are, on or the Bth day of November next, to come in and prove. ^tli said before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one ot the Masters Ch b e 'hid Court, at his Chambers in Southampton-buildings, Per, - „, ce rY-lane, London; or in default thereof, they will be -1 1 } torily excluded the benefit of the said Decree. TIMOTHY TYRRELL, Plaintiff's Solicitor, Guildhall, London. tj It 51.3 ANT to a Decree of the High Court FA • LE - ( lancery, made in a Cause ROWLES against he Creditors of HENRY ROWLES, late of kir;" - st ' reet, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Es (Woo died in the month of October, 1840), are, forth to to come in and prove their debts before Sir Girrtx %;4 1 , °46 of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in f1 411 4 . 1 M0n-buildings, Chancery-lane, London; or, in de ` h ereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said De -1014 RD OE' S VENTILATING WATER: to A PROOF FROCKS and LIGHT SUMMER Ott • - 1 - - •••‘ In wet or warm weather the above will prove real economical Ll y uxu a r r ies. The former is the well-known light .orouglq imp garment in . lieu .of the " Mackintosh," ervinu s to the rain, without confinirfg perspira ktand,eacifda as been four years in extensive use. The latter is • _ new and admired woollen material, exactly resembling finest Saxony cloth, incomparably lighter, equally durable , ,c l ,. less th an h alf the price. s ai () a o ci t e in% jilay by ckets, garden co great variety kept ready ; also, _ :a: WALTER BERDOE , Tailor, yl ter &c., 69, CORNHILL ( e ight doors from h6l s ho ps treet). SUPERIOR CANDLES. ?AVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb.; Wax Candles, Is. 2d.; Fine Wax, Is. bd. ; Composite , 1 ,7•,„: Extra Fine Wax Wick Moulds, Md. ; Transparent 4 i, 2 . 4 zs• 2d. ; Genuine Sperm, ‘2s. 2d. ; Genuine Wax, Tot t L' ; Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per 1121 bs. ; (Os. and 665. Windsor and Palm, Is. 4d. per pax -0,110; ` - 'kl Brown Windsor Soap, Is. 9d. ; Rese , 2s. Od. : Cam °l)f‘ *". ' Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax , 4 s. 6d per b. ; ' . , z) ttrl ,, _C 1 :1, 6s. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 3s. 6d. It 4, Cash, at DAVILS , S Old-Established Warehouse, 63 , Aarti ' -lane opposite New Slaughter s Cofice-House. lIAND WATCHES and - Tobip _OND- ‘ I ‘ I F.TF,RS.--A large assortment of superior Second ttl Watches on Sale, at WEBSTER and SON'S, Chrono ttli; Nlakees to the Lords of the Admiralty. established 150 W itt , consisting of the finest Chronometers, Duplex and Lever illi o ges, with several Repeaters by the most eminent Makers 4 11 4 "(.11 ; many nearly equal to new, at half their original cost: ttr,: i Warranted in their performance, having been repassed and t1i . ,211y examined. To country Gentlemen, the Clergy, and to whoM accuracy and economy are an object, the selee. 4 ' IS worthy attention. Also some eleg ant an( superior 4 h CI i.I I IGN WATCHES at low prices.—W. and on have , c' l6 premises the finest Workmen in the repairing depart ,le.;'t for E ng li s h an d F or ei gn work, tc, which equal attention is depart 'le.;' with their own manufacture, at the lowest possible Nto 63 . W. and son's new work consists of the most accu- N Y 'compensated Duplex and Lever Watches, adjusted to It4:teract the variations of temperature upon the principles of Chronometers, to which Government awarded the Prizes Itit: t et ;!Mrs in succession. Old Watches taken in exchange. 11,„'"na pnem tly atten Londono. ded t WEBSTER and SON, 3, 'thin.r a ro , . t RIPPERS, OWNEItS, CAPTAINS, and OTHERS. Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. RIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the Ob le i, Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the -. tas of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally stl4l,..tended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis ‘4.locident to the. Eyes and Head. LripiT RESTORED!-NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! i t Y the meat simple, delightful, arid, fragrant Compound! t 4 mode of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou !,,: cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling ex tol yet certain in its operation. If testimenies be necessary N i tl a cltice the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Corn ltins have need it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioner tit4„:',..sk Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most 1 / 4 . - "tat Oculists, Medical ractitioners—with that gigantic 1 1,,,&e, the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated tiii:.uaceous Compound, known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff," it ; efficey in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and 4 1 1 ". G. J. Guthrie Esq., F.R. S. See J. B. Lachfield, lt a 'ls Letter, Whitehah Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls Ikt e l lational blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The 14, kr, Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grim rs Eye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the Zuleet' s Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters 4 t estimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with others of °at respectability. Nottingham, 28th Aug., 1841. is extraordinary cure is attested by Mr. James Wilcockson 1 0 1 . Foreign Snuff and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham. Or. W. Grimstone, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, London. feel great pleasure in sending you the particulars of ease, and the miraculous cure performed on myself, by 0 your truly valuable Eye-Snuff. Sir, I am now in my le rear, and a native of Holland, have been in this country Years. Whether from change of climate, or my advanced age, tOlnot say, but for six years I have been deprived of sight, 4 t rfore unable to follow my business. I do most sincerely 1 1.1 t ie I should have remained in darkness and pain but for z:10, "id recommendation of a friend to use your invention. I e ntised a 23. 4d. canister of your agent, Mr. Wilcockson, to hist, who knows the above to be facts, and will bear wit ille.,;;t° my extraordinary recovery of that most inestimable tt o tug of our life—" Perfect Sight"—l declare has proceeded „,-' ip the use of your Eye Snuff. For the sake of those suffer to,Veorrney make what lex you please of this letter, Mr. Will- Nfr B°4 arid many others will vouch for its truth. I refer the kliZere., to this gentleman, being your Agent, and so well g r , in Nottingham. I am, Sir, your obliged servant, 4 t,t l s.. Aug. 1841. ANNIS ZENIA MASSENIA. should not do you justice without stating my q ~s` was almost instantaneous. My eyes became clear and ` , l e from humour, and by persevering in its use very fre 'QUY I am enabled to read small print without the , aid of it. e ;' s ts, and continue to enjoy God's greatest blessing—bight ! tat - . 1 .1)1 0 pain. I have reason to be grateful, and do recom- Your Eye Snuff to all I know °gi ng h am. A. Z. M. 43bserve the Caution. — W. GRIMSTONE is the sole in e"tor, and the only genuine is prepared by him. r t tn his Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold i n .e4 t k ers, at Bd., ls. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs. and 15s. 6d. /110 u, the Proprietor, W. Gi irnstone , at 3 9 , Broad - street , riti°rosbury, and can be obtained in all the principal towns and all I ' A liberal allowance to shippers, owne , s, captains, and i Zotiors of Primstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated Suull ‘I L a p i PPed to all quarters of the globe, anti retains , its benign tlles in every climate. 411 Snuffs ano. (Agars shipped on -...„Ziortest notice. NEW DISCOVERY ! ! 111ONDON RESTORATIVE. ,1 This excellent Medicine is entirely composed of the most sa alld efficacious herbs, and has restored strength to the weak Veraciated, when all other medicines have failed. '411,1 enbet of it have been proved on persons of the most delicate .4 11 , _nervous temperament, in all of whom it has produced rapid rei g ",, i` hV .. ??t aston Female Complaints th.s Medicine is a safe, speedy, and sove- I theu„, ,nledY, and for these and other debilitating diseases, such as Ap pet r tism, Pains or Weakness in the Loins, Indigestion, Loss of N '.et a t i, e f 84 ", there is no article in the Materia Medics, or in the th„ . e Kingdom, comparable to it. N),, tl .4 . _ 4 eak and nervous Invalid of either sex will find this the most Kestorative and invaluable Medicine, ever offend to their s o y Which a very short trial will prove. stre e t' by appointment , by William Bruce , No. Si, Southampton- A'em .trand ; Mr. Johnston , ' Cornhill ; Mr. Prout, 229, Strand, fo, o !i t e.b ar ; Mr. Hallett,' 83, High , Holborn, Mr Sanger, 150, Ox. cisreet I Messrs. Chandler and Co ,7 r, '.lxford-street ; Messrs. rlrd ,r,tn. nu(' noodwin, 15, d Christ Church; and nor st other V Medicine enders, in Boxes t 2 . t ! IN., and 45.6 d., with directions on the cover,. 3 offer ;le restrain stet I.nees edings, an e. ► the poitt * , comm e ate° by his °.°., krs to win u ed th:tt the ieation, kg Dire ct° if any eV vil s o he insd. B .S for thee have b ti id then!` )1 ning i 'eanfoent, rge ttto, tors --it r -what Is, the pro' the of 1g and for the: , 249 251' em. • • to bag sac tions Ls to notice!. -Merest foto' roan 101 he v 3 ,. r . borre:, — ; o day , at tiv' 13 t aware tba - fy borro or w ) u tcb , d er p 4 ve L " 3 c l th r;harn the ..‘l, ciis h a astern al ` c i , r tbern Brighton. 20i 21 1 331 330 per C 0145" letter rer af• )resente Le were cue . many L in e ; able wea t. „ those au' a is big b pj . lT any busine 13° ' leornsercieribir Weighed LS to tin) rr " ed w itho e fire-bi sst ' sick in 01 , 8 would inso 184 2 6 13 11 1 6 8 2 cretarp• li 'I SCPO' cog one atv _ ci f —lllw suree NOW dsughter goo. gdir , surge°" ' i the ladt ass. WO' ina ,,, the wife of J' o ?floods , °f on of th ° I v. ewe, .....,.....'......... d au ghter 1. This I aid ed hbaping r the 106 ii t e of the r Gray" iddleses , cobb, l!e 7.10, of rand, in FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCES MAY BE EFFECTED ON THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS WITH T HE SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. Instituted 1824, and Incorporated by Royal Charter. LONDON BOARD. Charles Balfour, Esq. Robert Murray, Esq. J. Deans Campbell, Esq. Richard Oliverson, Esq. J. Gordon Duff, Esq. Divie Robertson, Esq. Robert Gillespie, Esq. H. F. Sandeman, Esq. James Gooden, Esq. John Small, Esq. John Kingston, Esq. Daniel Stoddart, Esq. Sutherland Mackenzie, Esq., Manager. LONDON OFFICES. 449, West Strand, and 7S, King William-street, City. FIRE INSURANCES effected 'at the usual Reduced Rates, and Policies may be transferred to this Office without extra charge, and on terms very favourable to the Assured. Special Risks reasonably rated. LIFE ASSURANCES. , The additions made to the life policies g ranted by this Cor poration for the last seven years vary from 41 to 65 per tent. on the premiums paid, and average 14 per rent„ or two per cent. per annum on the sums assured—a result, it is believed, more favourable than any other Company (mutual or proprietary ) has hitherto accomplished, when the low rates of premium charged by this Company are taken into consideration. The next division of life profits will take place in December, 1846, being an interval of live years, and persons entering be fore the Ist of August next will enjoy one yea'r's additional rating, and rank at next division of profits for five complete years. To facilitate loan transactions a reduced scale of rates with out profit has been adopted. The rates and other particulars may be ascertained at the above offices, or at any of the Com pany's Branch Establishments throughout the kingdom. F. G. SMITH, Secretary. Scottish Union Office, 449, West Strand, London. VICTORIA. LIFE A SSIJP„AN CE AND LOAN COMPANY. No. 18, King William-stree , City. TRUSTEES. Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M.-., Chairman. BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Benjamin Barnard, Esq. I Charles Baldwin, Esq. Solicitor, John Curtis, Esq., 80, Pasingtrall.street. The principle of this Company is to allow to each Assurer such reasonable advantages, as may suit Lis particular views. Thus, parties Assuring the Lives of oth.m.s, may make their Policies secure, no t w ithstanding the Lifo Assured may go out of the limits of Europe, vri hout the necessary permission of the Directors having been previously obtained. Credit of half the Premiums for the first five years, allowed on Policies effected for the whole term of Life. Parties who have been Assured for five years will be allowed to borrow on the security of their Policies, a sum equal to one-half the Premiums paid, less that for the first year. Advances are mac to parties Assured in the Office, on real or undoubted Person al Security, for terms not exceeding three years,repayable br instalments. Premiums moderate. Participation in profits. Drtailed Prospectuses may be obtained on application at the Office, or by letter addressed to the Secretary. WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, 1. PRINCES-STREET, BANK, LONDON. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT, 4th VICTOR/A, CAP. 9. DIRECTORS. William Bardgett, Esq. John Drewett, Esq. Samuel B. vington Esq. Robert Eglinton , Esq . Wm. Fechney Bla ck, Esq. Erasmus Robert Foster, Esq. John Brightman, Esq. • Alex. Robert Irvine, Esq. George Cohen, EAq. Peter Morrison, Esq. Millis Coventry, Esq. Henry Lewis Sunk, Esq. Thomas Teed, Esq. AUDITORS. 3. B. Bevington, Esq. I F. P. Cockerill, Esq. I J. D. Dow, Esq. MEDIC AL OFFICER.—John Clendinning, M.D., F.R. S. STANDING COUNSEL. —The Hon. John Ashley, New-square, Lincoln's Inn ; Mr. Sergeant Murphy, M.P., Temple. SoLwiToa.--William Bevan, Esq., Old Jewry. BANlCERS.—Nlessrs.Dret,cett and Fowler, Princes-street,Bank. This Institution is empowered by a Special Act of Parlia ment, and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Life As surance, in their fullest extent, to Policy-holders, and to pre sent greater facilities and accommodation than are usually of fered by other Offices. The decided superiority of its plan, and its claim to public preference and support, have been proved incontestably by its extraordinary and unprecedented success. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Extract from Increasing Rates of Premium for an Assurance of £lOO for Whole Term of Life : PUBLICATIONS. NEW WORKS OF TRAVEL. I. NARRATIVE of the SECOND CAMPAIGN to CHINA. By KEITH STEWART MACKENZIE, LATE MILITARY SECRETARY to the COMMANDER IN-CHIEF. 1 vol., post Bvo, 11. A PILGRIMGE to AUVERGNE, from PICARDY to LE VELAY. By MISS LOUISA STUART COS TELLO, Author of A Summer amongst the I3ocages and the Vines," &c. 2 vols., with numerous Illustrations. 111. BELGIUM. By J. EMERSON TENNENT, Esq., 111. P., Author of " Letters from the 2Egean," &c. 2 vols., post Bvo., with Illustrations. IV. VIENNA and the AUSTRIANS. By Mrs. TROL LOPE, Author of "Paris and the Parisians," &c. 2 vols., Bvo., with 14 Engravings by Hervieu. V. A SUMMER AMONGST THE BOCAGES and the VINES. By MISS LOUISA STUART COSTELLO, Author of " The Queen-Mother," &c. 2 vols., Bvo., with nu merous Illustrations. VI. A SUMMER in ANDALUSIA. DENNIS, '2 vols. Bvo. wi,h Illustrations. VII. PARIS and the PARISIANS. By Mrs. TROL LOPE, author of " The Widow Barnaby," &c. New Edition, with a new Preface, 2 vols. Bvo., with 14 characteristic En gravings by Hervieu. VIII. TRAVELS in KOORDISTAN and MESOPO TAMIA. By J. BAILLIE FRASER, Esq., '2 vols. Bvo., with Engravings. X. ELEVEN YEARS in CEYLON. By Major FORBES. Second Edition, 2 vols. Bvo., revised and corrected, with nu merous Illustrations. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her tilajesty. TO BOOK SOCIETIES, CLUBS, &c. On the Ist f August will be publi s h e d, No. 548 of T HE MONTHLY MAG.AZINE and CRI TICAL REGISTER OF BOOKS. CONTENTS: Ben Jenson and Drummond of ILiwthornden— Lays and Legends ' • Second Series. By W. J. 'Toms—lch then. By Lewis Way—Chapter on Wines. No. I. By Cyrus Redding —Biographi.al Recreation. From Paul Richter—The Regi cide Mania. By R. H. Horne—' ilkie's Pictures. By J. W. Allen—The English Stage. By Edward Mayhew —Leigh Hunt's Palfrey—Meemerism. By Walter K. Kelly—The A ristoc s Aristocrat}' Society — Chanson. Fromemoria B England—Memorial to Parliament By W. Authors' K. —lllustrations of Dartmoor. By J. E. Reade—The Millionaire and his Daughter—The Charmed Robe. From the German of Uhland—Shaksperiana—Critical Register. Notices of nu merous books—The Drama, Music, &e.—Li,t of Works pub lished, and. Literary Intelligence. *,,,s The proprietors have made arrangements that this Magazine shall in future contain a larger number of Notices of Books than any other. Having unusual advantages for ob taining all the publications issued, they have determined to establish an impartial Register, where the book-buyer will find not only the Title, but an account of the aim and purport of the work, and a fair statement of its execution and value. The machinery nee.ssary to bring such a Bibliographical Review into full operation must occupy some time, but they trust, with the aid of their extensive means, ultimately to give an account uf every book published in the United Kingdom. This can, however, only be gradually accomplished. A portion, entitled " Shakesperiana," will in future be dedicated to information relative to Shakspeare and the Old Dramati'ts and Poets, and as this portion will be contributed to by some of the first literary antiqua rians, it is hoped it will prove a very agreeable ad &tin. Every means will be taken to gi•jv serijceable and entertaining Tinter, so as to afford, more particularly to the country reader, such an half-crown's worth of monthly reading as shall enable him to keep up with the progress of Literature and Art. Notices of the Drama, Mnsic, and the Fine Arts, will be given, and a variety of other information, which will render it. valuable as a register and record, as well as an enter taining miscellany. To the admirers and professors of the Fine Arts it is particularly recommended, as every endeavour will be made to render it an organ for the propagation of enlightened and sound principles .of art, and ultimately a record of all the pictures exhibited in the Same manner as of the books published. Published for the proprietors by C. Mitchell. Red Lion court, Fleet-street. Vito OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION: Fa) Mr. FOX TALBOT'S CALOTYPE PROCESS ( .sxhibiting the spontaneous production of a Picture) is ex ) lained at Two o'clock daily, by Dr. RYAN, who, with Professor liachhoffner, and the other Lecturers, is constantly introducing to • the Visitors every New Subject in Practical Science. The beautiful PICTURES of the HOLY LAND, by DANIEL ROBERTS, R. A., (published by Mr. Moon), form a principal feature in the NEW and ENLARGED DISSOLVING VIEWS. The COLOSSAL ELECTRI CAL MACHINE, DIVING BELL and DIVER, &c., &c. 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They also beg leave to inform the Nobility, Gentry, &c., that they have commence d manufac turing 'a FLUID MAGNESIA, which has been analysed by one of the first Philosophical Chemists in England, and has been pronounced by the most eminent of the Faculty to con tain a greater quantity of medicine than any other yet offered to the public, and the concentration of the bicarbonate in IL and S.'s FLUID MAGNESIA (without detriment to its purity) to be much more considerable than in many other productions of the kind. The great advantage of this elegant preparation is recom mended in all cases of Bile, Acidities, Indigestion, Gout, Gravel, and other Complaints of the Bladder, as the most safe, easy, and effectual form in which Magnesia may, and, indeed, the only one in which it ought to be, exhibited ; possessing all the properties of the Magnesia now in general use, without being liable, like it, to form dangerous c oncretions in the bowels, it effectually cures Heart-burn, without injuring the coats of the Stomach, and prevents the food of infants turning sour, and in all cases it acts as an agreeable aperient. N.B. With the Acidulated Syrup the FLUID MAGNESIA forms the most delightful of Saline Draughts. Sold in Bottles of Is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. ; and in Cases for Ships, llospitals, &c. ; and also in Jars, for economy in dispensing. AGENTs ion. LoNnox.—Mr. Sanger, chemist, 150, Ox ford-street ; Mr. Rouse, chemist, 1, Wigmore-street, Oxford. street ; Messrs. Hodge and Home, wholesale druggists, 10:1 and 1(3, Blackman-street, Borough; and the principal che mists and druggists in England and Wales. Observe ! That none is genuine without the label over the cork bearing the names of GHSEDGE & SUABIERs. ==-__-,---- 111ASSANIELL0.—The new Historical Romance under this title, edited by , Horace Smith, E sq ., aut h or o f " Brarabletye House; affords another incontestible proof of the great value and interest of this truly popular mide of treating t reat historical subjects. Like the excellent roman( e of " Oliver Cromwell " (also pro duced under the able editorship of Mr. Horace Smith) all the leading details of " Massaniello " are strictly true to the best historical authorities on the subject ; at the same time that th© partially dramatic character of the leading se nos and incidents give a life-like effect a skilfully-con to the whole, which the dry and tbrmal trammels of history for the most part preclude. 1 h e N ll t to e ‘ r vii writers : ?--us, in reading . e i , ined that it shall take this novel, an inclispensabb portion of historical know ledge the authorMAGAZINE, -v 0 f " Paul isitarscii all lt il i e s tmtil g uitei a nc i , etN n ix : ose d ni , Nt. e t hEmrweonuf seem and h dT e du medium eiLnEtyet sretiii. EDITED A T E u D g ü ß s : THOMAS HOOD, ESQ.—The editor and' publisher of this favourite o l u e r a i d te ot. all i periodical, tsri v Pry ;" Mrs. Trollope .; •Laman Blanchard, E s _ . ; q Peter we have articles by thaelsiollolNisi' Priggins ; Captain Medwin ; and the Medical Student. The Editor ; John Poole, following 4., The Grimsby Ghost," and " An Undertaker," by the Editor, are both in Mr. Hood's unequalled vein o f comi _ cality ; and the reader w ill derive nearly as mu ch amuse ment from " The Chemist's First Murder," by Leman Blanchard. " The - Widow Barnahy " goes a-head fa mously at New Orleans ; and this account of her trans atlantic adventures, will certainly rank among the best sketches Mrs. Trollope has hitherto given to the world. ",Twenty-three Minutes pa st Two," by John P oo l e , E sq , is a laughable narration of an incident " fo unded on fact," the hero being a member of the famous Pangrow lean Club. " The Five Incumbents," the first of a seriee of five papers by Peter Priggins , details in a touchi n g style, interspersed with this writer's facetious peculiari ties, the story of the Vicar of Clearstream. ~ Oxen ford Grange ' is another of those remarkable passages in the reminiscences of a Medical Student, which have attracted so much attention. " The Two Skeletons," a Boccacio-like tale by Captain Medwin, will deeply ex cite the sympathies or its readers ; an d " The Four Phases, or the Duke of Orleans, ' is an article which the death of this noble you ng Prince will cause to be eagerly perused. The Number contains other papers of great interest, not the least attractive among which which will be found, " The Freaks of Philosophy," consisting of curious opinions respecting the morality, politics, and religion of Leasts and birds. CLAYTON.—The fancy weaving trade i n thi s popu lous district has within the last fortnight experienced consider able improvement. The extensive works of Messrs. Wood and Co., and Messrs. Nortons, have set to work a great number of weavers.—Leeds Journal. . 1 Annual Premium payable during Age. First Five Second Five Third Five Foci, th Fivel Remainder " Years. Years. Years. Years. of Life. 20 £1 1 4 .£1 510 .E 1 10 11 £1 16 9 £2 3 8 no 1 6 4 112 2 119 1 2 7 4 217 6 40 116 1 2 4 4 :2 14 6 3 7 3 4 3 4 50 216 7 394 _ 4 5 5 5 6 3 613 7 Detailed Prospeet uses, and every requisite information as to the mode of effecting Assurances, may be obtained at the Office. PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. A liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents. LONDON, EDINBURG - A, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, &55, Chancery-lane, London. DIRECTORS. KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Savage-gardens, Chairman BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq.,Welbeck-street, Deputy-Chairman Alexander Anderson, Esq., York -place Portman-square John Atkins, Esq. , White Hart., coue, Lombard-street James Bidden, Esq., Spread Eagle-court Captain F. Brandreth, Scote Fusilier Guards James Hartley, Esq., Mecklenburgh-square John M'Guffie, Esq., Osnaburgh- street John Maclean Lee, Esq., Seething-lsne J. Marmaduke Rosseter, sq., Kennington-terrace AUDITORS. H. H. Camaan, Esq., Finsb::.y..square Robert E. Alison, Esq., Cirldtill MEDICAL ADVlSER—Marshall Hall, M.D. F.R.S., L. and E. SECRETARY—F. Edgell, F,sq. SOLlClTORS—Messrs.Palmer, France, & l'almer,Tiedford-row. IMPORTANT AND SALUTARY IMPROVEMENTS have been introduced into the practice of Life Assurance by this Company, and the following are son _a- of its distinguishing and important features, which have , en introduced after mature deliberation. They will be most conveniently pointed out by referring t 9 Policies, as divided into two great Classes —FAMILY PROVISION POLICES, and MONEY TRANSACTION POLICIES. FAMILY PROVISION POLICI;;S.— In the well founded belief that Life A esurance business is profitable, per sons making provisions for their families,' and contemplating a long duration of time between the date of the Policy and the claim to arise under it, generally prefer Assurances which may carry with them a right to participate in the profits to be re alised by the Company during the currency of their Policies. By the Deed of Constitution of this C: many, the participa ting A ssured are entitled to the Whole of "le Mutual Profits, as if they had been Assured in a purel: Mutual Society ; and they have, at the same time, the security not only of the funds of the Company. arising from the accumulated premiums, but also the proprietary funds and subscribed capital of the Com pany. To the Shareholders are alloted ONLY those profits which are realised by the investment of eleir own paid capital, and from the excess of the premiums derived from the nor.- participating Assurances. This mode of Division and Profits, an advantageous to the Assured of the Patticipating Class, is adopted only by this Cornany. MONEY TRANSACTION POL acquain tance w'th the records of the Courts of Ld.VV and Equity, proves that considerable changes wet.° required in the practice and rules of Life Offices, to rendei• this class of Policies valid and unimpeachable d)cc.ments of security, which no foreseen circumstances or future acci , le.ats could invalidate. This Company has endeavoured, and tney think successfully, to render their Policies as indefeasibt and negotiable secu rities as possible, conciStently with a due -egard to the safety of the contracting parties; and to effect this object, the Company has introduced the following clause into their Deed of Settle- ment : Clause 78.—" That every Policy isseed by the Company I shall be indefeasible and indisputable, and the fact of the issuing of the same shall be conclusive evidence of its validity, and it shall nut be lawful for the Company to delay payment of the money assured thereby, on the ground of any error, mis take, or omission, however important, made by or on the part of the person or persons effecting the same, and that on the contrary, the amount receivable under the same shall be paid at the time stipulated by the Policy, to the person entitled thereto, as if no such error, mistake, or omission had been made or discovered, unless the Policy shall have been obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation. In order to provide against the defeat of a Policy in the bands of a Creditor, by the Debtor, whose Life is Assured, leaving the 'ountry, and going beyond the prescribed limits, the Company grant what they term WHOLE WORLD PO LICIES, whereby, on condition of receiving an extra premium, varying in amount according to the eh rnimstances of the case, but fixed and determined at the time of issuing the Policy, the Debtor, on whose Life an Assurance has been effected, is entitled to go to, or reside in any part of the world, without in validating the Assurance; by which means the Creditor's claim is rendered certain. INTEREST IN POLICIES.—The ordinary rule is, that if a Creditor be paid his debt before the policy becomes a claim, he loses the benefit of his Policy, and the remiums paid become forfeited—this Company repudiates all p such un fair advantages. To enable a party to effect an Assurance at the LEAST POSSIBLE EXPENSE, and to entitle him to discontinue it at a less sacrifice than by any other plan, a seven years' Half premium system has been introduced: , and, upon comparing the following scale with any other Nv hi c 1 has been devised for reducing present payments, it will he seen how much more economically a loan transaction can he fortified by this kind of policy than by any other. The Half premium system pos sesses a further advantage over temporary Assurances, or those for a Term of Years, from the Assured having the option of continuing for Life the Policy which he may have procured for a mere temporary purpose. HALF-EREINIIUM CREDIT TABLE. Age. E. s. d. Age. s. d. 15 ............ 016 1 40 20 ........ 0 18 0 45 .., ... 1 16 ii 25 30 Risk in Foreign TraN el and Residence is taken, in the com putation of extra prem ium, at as low a rate as the most recent information will warrant, with a due regard to the' safety o! the Institution. ALEX. R9DERTSON, Manager. FOIL GMANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAME MURRAY, Erg., Chairman. J. Elliot son, M. D., F. R. S. John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. I John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. I Clement, Tabor, Esq. George Lungiey, Esq. I Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.Professor Graves,A.M.F. R. S. ACTUARY —W. S. R. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotion, M.D., F. R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. Sommons—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Ommanney. BANKERS—Messrs. Glyr., Halifax, Mills, and Co. 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The above may also be had in twelve volumes, price 3/, 12s. in cloth, or 4/. 10s. half-bound morocco and lettered, Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria-lane, London. By GEORGE AVERAGES OF THE LA ST SIX REEKS. Wrek ending WHEAT. ! BARLEY . OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEASE .........- 7 .. 7 ..... 1 .......-. ..,,.................. - June 17 63 10 25 10 21 6 36 10 34 9 32 6 25 63 11 27 6 21 7 31 7 34 4 33 July 2 64 3 27 7 22 4 32 3 34 9 35 6 9 64 10 27 5 22 2. 29 5 35 1 34 a 16 65 .8 27 4 22 0 08 6 34 10 35 5 23 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERA GES OF THE SIX wEarics Wheat......... 645. 7d. Oats ........ 21 s. 10.1.1 Beans ats. 841 gar1ey......... 27a. 6d. 1 Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wh ea t Bs. 0.1, Oats B ar ley 9s. Od. I Rye THE MAItKETS.-YESTER DAY. COLONIAL MARKET. There is no particular change to notice in this Market. A steady business was done in most kinds of merchandise, and prices were firmly sustained. In West India Sugar a fair busi ness was done, at very full prices, especially for the middling grocery sorts. Mauritius and Bengal firm in price, and mid dling and good yellow Mauritius 625. to 685., and low to good white Bengal 635. 6d. to 695. 6d. per cwt. In the value of Refined goods no alteration took place. TEA MARKET. A tiir business was done in Congou, chiefly at Is. 80. to Is. Hid. per lb. ; and the market exhibited a firm appearance, wilt large deliveries and decreasing stock. Company's Congou, Is. 9d. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. The market was dull, but prices do not vary. Fine Yellow Candle at 48s. on the spot, and 48s. 9d. for delivery in the last three months of the year. WHITECHAPEL HAY-MARKET. The market was well supplied, with a very limited demand. Clover, 21. 10s. to 5/. 10s. ; Hay, 21. s s. to 41 . 4 s. ; New Hay, 31. to 4/. ; Straw, 11. 10s. to I/. 14s. [ADVERTISEMENT.] SODA WATER. ROUGIISEDGE and SUMMERS have hitherto relied on the discernment of the public to discover and appreciate the superior quality of the iErated Water produced by their manufactory, and they have scorned to have re c.)urse to any tricks. In the present day some persons consider it requisite to make use' of puffs and quackery in order to extend the sale of their own productions by detracting from the merits of rival establishments. R. and S. have such strong grounds of reliance on the supe riority of their own soda-water and lemonade, founded on the recommendation of the most eminent of the faculty, on the results of the most searching chemical analyses, and the extensive and still increasing demand for them by the public, both at home and abroad, that they have hitherto treated the insinuations of quackery alluded to with the contempt they deserve. But if these indirect insinuations are still to be' obtruded on the public, R. and S. feel themselves justified in offering those explanations that may enable the public to judge for themselves. If R. and S. have placed the name of.Schweppe upon their bottles, it was never to mislead the public as to connexion with that firm, but for the purpose of announcing a legitimate fact, and always subordinate to their own. Without im puting undue credit to the name of Schweppe, they have simply stated that they came from the house of Schweppe and Co.,—an undoubted fact, or doubtless it would have been denied. For five and twenty years, during the very period that the waters sold by Schweppe gave to that name all the celebrity it ever obtained, Mr. Summers was the engineer and manufacturer of the waters sold by that house in London, Derby, and Bristol. It is many years since any person, having the slightest connexion with the name or family of the late Mr. Schweppe, has been connected with any house in the trade. In the year 1834, the proprietor of the busi ness carried on under the name of Schweppe and Co. sold his interest to persons with whom R. and S. declined to remain : they preferred employing their in dustry and practical knowledge in establishing a business for their own mutual profit. Whether the waters since manufactured by the present firm of Schweppe and Co. retain the quality which acquired for that house all its celebrity, R.. and S. decline to give an opinion ; but, in justice to themselves, they do, with the most perfect con fidence and - good faith, say that—highly as some ma nufacturers seem to estimate the bottles which bear their name (expensive an item as bottles are), and diffi cult as it is to prevent retail tradesmen from returning wrong ones—there is no bottle bearing any other than their own, however celebrated, to which Roughsedge and Summers would wish to add the reputation to be derived from filling them with waters of their own manufactory. RoUGESEDGE and SUMMERS only desire such patronage as may be deserved from the }Erated Waters produced at their own mitt/factory, and sold under the labels of their own name.-37, Bridge-street, Bristol. DEAFNESS.—Sound Magnifiers, and Invisible Operative Voice Conductors, to enable persons at an advanced age, and of old standing extreme deafness, to join in general conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant low speaker at a publie assembly; they are the size of a very small gold seven shilling piece, and when in the cavity of the ears, they arc not in the least perceptible nor more uncomfortable than having a small piece of fine wool in its place ;. and although they are so extremely smal yet they enable those afflicted with ex treme deafness to hear in every respect equal to those of most acute hearing.—From the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen Waters, Herts., to Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William. street, Bank of England.—" Gentlemen, having been deaf for many years, I was induced from recommendation to try your Invisi. ble Voice Conductors, and I have great pleasure In telling you that they enable me to hear persons in company and at a place of wor shipmost distinctly; and in consequence of the great advanbs. s which I have derived, I have recommended many persons to you, and their report is similar to mine—most favourable. The Spec tacles and Hand-glass which you have sent me are very excellent, and suit my sight precisely, and surpass any thing of the kind I have ever tried ; the transparency of which is se brilliant, that, although I have pa s sed my 36th year the 22d of May last, yet they enable me to read, &c., by candlelight with the greatest ease and comfort to myself.— Gentlemen, I return you my best thanks, and remain your D sat obedient servant. HENRY COWPER.- June 22, 1839." LADvERTIsEMENT.I IMPORTANT TO ALL THOSE WHO EXPECT TO DE. ...- RIVE BENEFIT Piton DRINKING SODA WATER.—Schweppe ' s Soda Water is so universally known and appreciated, not only throughout the United Kingdom, but throughout the civilised world, that any enconium ore its merits might appear super fluous; but as since its original introduction, upwards of half a century since, many imitators have started up, with more or less claims to public patronage, J. S. and Co. take the liberty of reminding their friends and the public that the above Cele brated Water continues to be manufactured •n the largest scale and upon the most scientific principles at their chief es tablishment, 51, Berners-street, London; and also at their three branch Manufactories in Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby ; raid that, consumers may be supplied with the genuine article at most of the respectable Chemists, Confectioners, and Italian ‘Varehouses in every province of the United Kingdom. The just reputation of their manufacture, and the consequent de mand for it, have tempted unprincipled persons (many of them of apparent respectability) to practice a deception, against which Schweppe and Co. are anxious to caution the public. The deception referred to is that of passing off a spurious article for " Schweppe's," by selling it in Schweppe's marked bottles. The temptation to this is, the cheapness of the infe rior water, although in most cases the consumer is charged the same. By this artifice a common water is surreptitiously palmed on the public for the genuine — the reputation of the latter is prejudiced by the substitution of a bad article—and a certain proportion of the public patronage diverted from its legitimate channel. To obviate these several evils, Schweppe and Co. have adopted the plan of placing a Red Label over the cork of each bottle, representing the Royal Appointment in the centre, and the name of their firm on each side, with out which none is genuine. Schweppe and Co. refer with pride to the fact that they constantly supply the Royal Palaces of London and Windsor, as well as the principal Nobility in the three kingdoms ; nor is the demand for their Soda Water less constant on the continent and in other parts of the world. Merchants and Shippers in general connected with the Ea,t and West Indies anti our numerous Colonies are continually transmitting orders received from their respective agents and correspondents, and highly gratifying is the testimony Schweppe and Co. are in the habit of receiving from gentle men returned from abroad, of the luxury afforded them by their Soda Water when met with in tropical climates, and of the high condition in which it is generally found. The Water ordered for foreign countries is manufactured with an express reference to its destination, and it is well known that no other can equally well endure the variations of climate. Schweppe's Lemonade is an elegant preparation of mere recent intro duction, but from its refreshing and wholesome properties is rapidly getting into extensive reputation. It is an effervescing draught of most agreeable flavour, and made of the best mate rials, without regard to cost. Physicians and medical men constantly recommend it in cases of fever, &c., nor is it less de sirable as an article of luxury. Every genuine bottle will have a yellow fable on its side, with the name and address of the firm. Schwenpe and Co. are the largest importers of the German Seltzer Water, which they receive direct from the springs, in quarts and pints, and which they offer to the public in the original packages. N.B.—Export orders for all climates executed on the shortest notice. THE METROPOLITA N btrROVEMENTS. — WedDeSday some of the Committee of the St. Martin's-in-the-Fields and St. Anne's Association for watching, the Metropolitan Improve ment Bill, with Mr. Morgan, the Chairman, waited upon the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, at Whitehall-place, for the purpose of ascertaining the determination of the Commis sioners respecting any intended alterations of the original de sign with regard to the new street that was projected from Co ventry-street to Long-acre. Many of the inhabitants are leaving their houses, induced to believe that the impovements were to be prolonged to an indefinite period. The deputation had an interview with Mr. Pemberton, Secretary to the Board of the Commissioners, who stated that a meeting of the Board of Commissioners was held on Tuesday last at Whitehall-place, when it was resolved that they should not interfere with the original designs. and that the whole lines throughout the me tropolis should be carried into effect forthwith, the objection against any alteration being the difficulty of interfering with the existing arrangements. In the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, on Monday forenoon, Eugene Ernest Augustus Guelph (styling himself Prince of Osnaburg, and claiming to be the son of the Duke and Duchess of York) was accused of assault by stabbing and cutting, and to the effusion of blood, with the aggravation thaw the offence was committed un an officer of the law engaged in the execution of his duty. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to the leniency of the Court. After an admonition from the Court, the Prince cf Osna burg " was sentenced to imprisonment for six calendar months in Haetlington gaol. ANTI-CORN LA.VV CONFERENCE. The 'members of the Conference met yesterday - , at the King's Arms Hotel, Palace-yard, at the usual hour. P. A. Taylor, Esq., in the Chair. Tile CHAIRMAN opened the prcceedings by reading the following communications : National Anti-Corn-law League, Manchester, July 26. "Dear Sir,—l send you, as promised in my last, the letter received this morning from Bloxwich. " The. Manchester market to-day has been, as I am informed, much the same as last week, but I don't need to tell you not to take the Guardian as an authority. "I have great pleasure in forwarding to you a copy of the IlAsolution passed at a meeting of the Association this evening : " Moved by Mr. Andrew Hall ; seconded by Mr. Tho:nas Woolley :—"lhat the members of the Deputa 'lion in London be requested to take into consideration the expediency of creating, in such way as may seem to them most advisable, an interest in favour of our prin ciples in the Methodist Conference, now about to com mence its sittings in the metropolis.'—Carried unani- mously. " We had a good and full meeting this evening, with some animating speeches. " The insolent expressions of the coxcomb Stanley to the Deputation of merchants, as reported in the Morning Chronicle, is about to be published and placarded on the walls of this town and North Lancashire. " I am, Sir, yours very respectfully, "JOHN BRINDLE,, • " Secretary to the Manchester Anti-Corn-lawAssociation. To Mn. " Bloxwich, July 27, 1842. " Dear Hickin,—l received yours this morning ; not knowin g you were in London I wrote to your chambers at. Manchester on Monday evening last, ai:d lest they may not have forwarded the letter to you, I repeat the contents. On Monday morning . the Birchills miners and iron-men (being under notice to drop from 2s. 6d. to 2s. 3d. per day) struck, and on the same day pro ceeded to visit all the works in the neighbourhood, and actually succeeded in stopping them every one without resorting to any kind of violence, except throwing a few flats into the canal at the Birchills at starting for re fusing to go with them. " Yesterday the town was full of working men, and two troops of soldiers are quartered in the town ; the Yeomanry Cavalry are also parading the town, although .there has not been any attempt at a breach of the peace. As to the state of trade, it never was anything like so bad as it is now since I have been in business. Trades men in general have not more than two days' work a week. Some of the wiseacres attribute this state of things to machinery . and castings, but this is all a farce, as awl-blades, chains, and other trades that neither machinery nor casting moulds can touch, are in equally as bad a state as the trades in which machinery operates. Believe me, dear sir, yours truly, "BENJAMIN WELCH. " P.S. The works are all still, and likely to con tinue so." "TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE, " Old Grafton House Oxford, July 27, 1842. " Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of severe communications from your body, for which I and.m3 friends tender our most cordial thanks. " On the return of our delegate, Mr. Towle (who sa for a week at your conference), we called a public meet ing at our theatre, to adopt resolutions witn regard to the immediate repeal of the abominable Corn-laws. After several long addresses, which were listened to with marked attention, an elector moved as an amendment, in consideration of the present character of the House of Commons that the People's Charter is the most de sirable object to secure the present prosperity of the people of this country,' which was carried by a large majority. " The last Anti-Corn-law meeting held in Oxford (prior to this), several hundred citizens were asembled in the Town-hall, when it was suddenly broken in upon, almost at the commencement, by the members of the University, who rushed from prayers at their respective college chapels, and conducted themselves like furies from the regions below, dealing blows and execrations on all around, which lasted for some time ; windows, doors, beads, and benches, were broken, and the city authorities could only disperse these educated physical force, embryo divines; by extinguishing the gas-lights, and thus leaving the numerous combatants in impenetrable darkness ! " I have lived in. Oxford about forty years, and never knew it so dull and be-gloomed as at the present time. Numbers of shops are closed in all the principal streets (ailing unknown a few years ago), and in the lower many more. I counted seven houses closed within a stone's throw, in a new and once populous neighbourhood. " Poor rates are increasingly heavy ; the workhouse, too full for this season of the year, containing several persons who once moved in most respectable circles; the out-door relief last Thursday amounted to about 601. for the eleven united- parishes. In the large University printing-oflice,wherethey used to employ 60 or 70 press-men for bibles and prayer-books, and where they use all paper duty-free, steam-presses and machinery are introduced—their hard-working old hands are paid off, and many of them, with their families, are driven to the poor-house, when (Oh! most astonishing selfishness and cruelty) these same wealthy heads of col leges refused both individually and collectively to bear a just and equal burden of the poor-rates ! ! Grasping and selfish as landlords, overbearing and exclusive as cus tomers, haughty and disdainful as neighbours, though they themselves are represented in Parliament, they ex ercise gross oppression and intimidation with the fran chise of others. Toryism and Puseyism are the pre siding demons of this den of semi-Protestant priestcraft, where the tree of liberty is stunted in its growth, and the souls and bodies of men are placed under the ban of fana ticism by a proud and sensual banditti, who hoist their Church and State banner of ' passive obedience and non resistance.' I, myself, have been a grocer in Oxford nearly twenty years, and once could put by a respect able sum annually; but owing to the reduced means of the multitude through the exaction of a million a week for misgovernment, and a million a week for the insolent aristocracy, I am prepared to swear that my income is now less than 1501. per annum, and shall suffer the spoil ing of my goods, rather than submit to be Peeled by a Paul Pry Income-tax.—Sir, I remain, your obedient servant, "J. J. FAULKNER. " Chairman of the Oxford Board of Guardians. " P.S. As Mr. Towle will not have occasion again to meet you, you are at liberty to make what use you please of this communication." Mr. J. CROSSLEY (of Brighouse, near Halifax), then addressed the meeting. He said that Brighouse till within the last eighteen months was one of the most flourishing little towns in the West Rie:ing of Yorkshire, but now they were participating in the general depres sion. His own business of a grocer and tea-dealer had fallen off to a great extent, but he was happy to say that the cause of the repeal of the Corn-laws was progressing, and he should return to Brighouse determined never to cease his exertions till they were abolished. Mr. Crossley then read to the meeting the following letter : "TO MR. CROSSLEY. " Brighouse, near Halifax, July 23, 1842. Sir,—l now sit down to attempt a description of the state of this neighbourhood for your use in discharging your duties in London. I confess I scarcely know where to begin, not that I have not material sufficient to work upon. God knows I have too much of that. " Within the last fortnight the stone merchants here, almost to a man, have cut down their workmen to half time, viz., three days a week, in addition to a reduction of wages upon these three days, and the principal em ployer of workmen in Southowram (Mr. Freeman) says that he shall be compelled to force another reduction in a week or two. What are left of the fancy , weavers and others engaged in the fancy trade in Rastrick, are in a pitiable state of destitution ; but you are aware that those who could have emigrated to other lands, and others are now preparing to follow them, aided by the as sistance of the Poor-law Guardians. Some of them never picked a shuttle since Christmas ; others have not had more than a month, and the best not one-third of employment. One man Sohn Firth, -of Castle-hill, in Rastrick, weaver, lived in his own house two years ago, when he was obliged to sell it for debt, and has since lived in it, but never paid one farthing of rent, hnd on Monday last he told me had only earned six shillings singe Christmas, and this was by haymaking, and had it not been for what he picked up under the hedge bot toms he should have been starved to death. I have known him all my life as a sober, industrious man. Another man in Bone-gate (William Armistead), a stone scourer, is setting cards, and can only earn a penny a day on an average, if he makes three halfpence he has to work late and soon. Another, James Wood, who is a better hand, works hard a whole week for a shilling— and remember these arc fathers of families, too. " I could not set forth the number of empty houses in Rastrick, 6ut in a short time I believe one-half, at least, will be tenantless., In Bone-gate, out of thirty able bodied men, only three are employed. On Tuesday last, between the George Inn and the railway station, a dis tance of about 300 yards, fifty-seven were counted stand- ing all out . of Work - The unemployed here have looked forwards to the hay harvest with certain hope of relief, but, alas! they are miserably, disappointed. Last year only 2s. 6d. a day was given for a good haymaker : this year ls. 2d. only is given, and thankfully received. It may be ne cessary to state who it is that is giving these low w ages.. I may say it is general, and, as an instance, I will give you one of your nearest farmers, James Manley. Mr. Mooney, of Fartown, has had all his hay made by able bodied men out of Huddersfield for their food only, and has refused scores more who offered on the same terms. " The effects of this destitution are now beginning to tell upon the middle classes iu more ways than one. The unemployed will nut starve. Hornier is a sharp thorn, and it is driving them into the fields. Where potatoes are grown there is scarcely a field or a garden in Brighouse, Rastrick, and Southouram that does uot pre sent effects of the --, I uas about to say midnight thief, but I will say of the perishing workman. On Tuesday night, Benjamin Goofier had seventy or eighty y ar d s stolen, an d t h is , too, in the field adjoining your " PS.—Two years ago, now, Messrs. Hepworth of Brighouse had from twenty to thirty journeymen em ployed ; they have now three, and in this town there are not six journeymen in the trade of a joiner and cabinet maker in work at all. T. J." A short conversation took place on the present value of land in Yorkshire, Mr. Crossley stating that the land in the neighbourhood of Brighouse was not morta than two-thirds of what it had been two or three years ago. Mr. Fixcu (of Liverpool) communicated the follow ing letter, from a party engaged in the iron trade of Liverpool : " Mr. Bills, of Darlaston, called upon me this morning (25th July), and says that an attempt is making to re.- duce the thick coal-getters from 4s. to 3s. 6d. per day, and it is expected that the consequence will be a general turn out of all the colliers. A very erroneous impression of the wages of colliers was given by Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons last week. when he - stated that the dispute was between 4s. and 3s. 6d. per day. It is true that is the universal wages given for the thick coat getters, but the thin coal-getters, and the ironstone getters, are reduced to 2s. 9d. per dey- ; and none of the• colliers scarcely are doing more than two or three days' . work per week. " The. League and Anti-Monopoly Associations, with the assistance of the colliers, have the power of com pelling the aristocracy, in less than one month, to abo lish the Corn-laws altogether, and to compel them also to grant the People's Charter. Let the colliers in alit parts of the kingdom cease working for one month, and the thing is done ; they have only to insist upon these measures, before they go to work again. This is the most simple and efficient measure that could be adopted to get all we want, without spilling a drop of blood, or causing any commotion of any kind. The city of Lon don would be without fuel, and all other concerns must come to a stand till it was settled." The CHAIRMAN said this would not be understood as a rectimmendation of the Conference, but it was a proof . of the great feeling that was abroad against these laws. Mr. T. EWENS (of Bridport)read the followingletter:— " Bridport is chiefly engaged in the manufacture of sail cloth, nets, lines, twines, and shoe-thread. "The state of trade in this town is extremely de pressed ; in most of its branches there is not more than half the usual employment. "The importation of flax and hemp, the staple com modities of the manufacture, has fallen off more than one third, it being, in 1838, 2,778 tons, and in 1841 only 1,677 tons. " The number of manufacturers in the town and neighbourhood has been greatly reduced by failures and declining business. In 1837 there were upwards of sixty persons so employed, at the present period the number is reduced below forty. " Wages have decreased in almost every description of labour since 1338, generally to the extent of 10 per cent and in some cases much more. The amount of weekly wages paid in the town, on a moderate computation, does not exceed one half of what was paid two and three years ago at the same period of the year, and it is worthy of remark that the highest wages have generally been paid when the price of bread has been lowest, and as bread has advanced in price they have declined. " For many years there have not been so many persons out of employ ; the poor-house is completely crowded. and the rates greatly increased, with great difficulty in. collecting ; seventy persons and upwards at a time have been summoned before the Magistrates for" non-payment. The number of collections for the pool: during the year 1386 did not exceeA six, while nine were required for the past year, and an equal, or greater number, will be wanted fur the present year. " From 1832 to 1837 unoccupied houses were scarcely known ; and although, during this period, a considerable number of houses were built, they were occupied as fast as they were finished; but now, owing to the want of em ployment, the poor are crowded into small tenements and lodgings, and there are numerous instances of families, who formerly occupied 10/, houses, from poverty, and the necessity of selling their furniture for means of subsist ence, being compelled to live in rooms at ls. and Is. 6d. per week. The number of unoccupied houses is now very •arge, and consequently there is but little employ ment for masons, carpenters, bricklayers, plasterers, painters, and glaziers. " Drapers, grocers , and other shopkeepers, all unite in saying that their weeklyl sales have considerably fallen off, and that they never, at any period, took • so little ready money, which their dealing., with the poor chiefly consist of. " The number of children attending the various day schools has considerably fallen off, from die poverty of their parents. "The increase of the number of paupers in the union workhouse is as follows : January 1837 1838 1839 " Out-door relief is increased in the same proportion. " Li January 1837 the number of paupers residing in the house belonging to the parish of Bridport was 32, in 1842 it is 66, being about doubled. The union consists of 19 parishes, and the total number of paupers being fully quadrupled, shows that there is a larger increase tu the agricultural parishes." Mr. CHAPMAN, of Loughborough, next addressed the meeting. He said, having had occasion within these few days to visit the hosiery districts, I took the oppor tunity to make inquiry respecting the state of the popu lation, and although delegates had been here from those towns, perhaps a few facts he had collected might add to fill up the picture of distress already presented to them. At Hinckley, which he did not visit, the season for their goods is over, and the hosiers were fetching in the presser of each stocking frame, a part without which it cannot be worked, from all in Hinckley and the four surrounding parishes. Total or nearly total silence is therefore by this time reigning in their workshops. The little business latterly been done here has been in the hands of persons of small means, who have sold the goods for less than they cost in order to raise funds to go on with, trusting to reimburse them selves by a reduction of the workmen on the next lot. It is clear that only the most deplorable want of employ ment would suffer the existence of such a state of things. At Leicester trade is somewhat better than it was a few weeks ago ; their season is just com mencing. Yet at the height of the season they reckon on having from 1,000 to 2,000 hands out of employment. At . the end of the season, about next November, they will be in the same state as Hinckley , is now. Antici pating this, they are reserving 1,0001. of a late sub scription to assist in sustaining the extreme pressure they expect then. If Sir Robert Peel should happen to hear that Leicester is better off now than a few years since, he will doubtless quote it as a proof of returning prosperity, whereas it is merely the effect of the re turning season. It should be borne in mind, that if all were right, Leicester would be better off all the year round than it is now during the few months of the season. One important function of capital is to lay up goods made by regular and continuous industry, until the season comes for their appropriate use. This function of capital the present system suppresses, and the demand is so reduced that it may be supplied by a fitful and sessional production. Leicester is some what relieved by a great deal of spinning being done there for exportation. This, while it helps for the mo ment, is grievous evidence of decay. The yarn ex ported was heretofore worked up in Leicester. He (Mr. Chapman) was in company with a manufacturer who has a machine in his possession which he believes would make stockings much more rapidly than the com mon stocking-frame will do ; but he remarked, that at present, the rate of wages is so low, that no possible saving by improved machinery will pay the risk and ex- Ponse of setting it to work. Loughborough is acknow ledged on all hands to be better off than any other town in the hosiery districts. Yet here a singular fact oc curs. Inquiring of a medical friend the state of various instantions in the town, the conversation fell on the Disnnsary. He said, that now many workmen, who when in the receipt of good wages, spent 20s. or 30s. a year with an independent medical practitioner,now go to the Dispensary, and the cases have so much increased, that the' managers have been obliged to solicit charity sermons from the various religious congregations in' the town. An annual ball, in addition to subscriptions, formerly sufficed for the support of the institution ; but merriment is not now enough ; a stronger principle —religious charity—must be appealed to. It is, how ever, especially to be.*remarked, that the majority are now starvation cases, and so common are these, that a large vessel is constantly kept at hand of a preparation of gentian and cascarilla, from which the starving appli cants arc served. This preparation, by restoring the tone of the stomach, induces a feeling of hilarity to which the sinking operative is too much a stranger; and althoughhe may have no better prospect than heretofore of obtain ing needful food, it relieves him for a time of the depression occasioned by the want of it. The gentian pot has, there fore, become quite a favourite with the working-classes there. When a dinner or two can be procured for any of these half-famishing applicants, they are not heard of again as patients. And this takes place in a town whose condition is admitted by every body to be better than that of any other employed in the same manufac ture. At the committee of the Anti-Corn-law League, a very intellig,ent working-man said, that be estimated the advance of distress to be ten times that of the Poor rate,—that is, if the rate rises one per cent, the dis tress rises ten per cent. ; so much misery does, he thinks, exists amongst those who are not yet sunk so low as to need the aid of the poor-rate, and, of the greater number who will suffer almost any extremity, rather than enter the union house. Without asserting the numerical cor rectness of this ratio between the rate and the distress, the speaker remarked that the observation showed that there are amongst the operatives, men who closely and accurately observe that which passes around them, and that, if the proposed ratio be only an approximation to the truth, it gives a most terrific amount of misery. Dis inclination to enter the union-house does not here arise from any want of comfort in the house itself. A gentle man who had lately gone over it, told the speaker that its comfort, and the quality and quantity of the provi sions would, in present circumstances, be really a tempta tion to great numbers of working-men in that vicinity ; but the unwillingness arises from an honourable reluct ance to give up their liberty and independence ; against this sacrifice, numbers of them struggle to the last extre mity of want. Th e op i n i on o f Mr. 'White, a large manu facturer, of Loughborough, of the effect of the repeal of the Corn -laws on the American trade has not been suffi ciently adverted to. A large Boston merchant had said