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RAVINGs, BA_NK 7 ADAM-STREET, l\- - 7 ,,, A DELPHL—Open Daily from Nine to Five. in d4tlney earl be PAID into this Sivings' Bank ANY DAY THRht W EEK, and may' be WITHDRAWN by giving , . E DAYS' NOTICE. Interest allowed at the Rate of 41_,. pet r Cent. per Annum. * * Th , /.- * CHARLES-WM: WILLIAMS; Actuary A wls it o :l,,. l "scual attendance not necessi t y, exc ep t on the first ---. ...-` ....-' 2111 *G.----\;'l-75-rill-ili of re e pect -77---7— ahility and merca . n-r 'B - tt • tile ".P nee, i ntentlin; shortly to visit the United s, would undertake The AGENCY there for respectable Parties at ho i anNyistuvrie,ssirll:l,ltoirrintog 'ct for suCh, by power of attorney, in Confidence and integrity. Address, - Box fercb c - , „95'..?"", Lvierpool. The most unexceptionable re- N' "" u giver and will berequited. ATION AL LOAN ,FUND' SOCIETY . LIFE f A 5 ,,,, , Eon' G RANTING ''"u tIANCES, DEFERRED_ ANNUITIES, &c, No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000- E mpowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. J. 4,..._i0T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. j _,;#ll tson, M.D., F. R. S. I John Rawson, Esq. ~,u_at, Griffith Frith, Esq. I John Riddle Stodart, Esq.. '';,,gater Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq. *erge Lungley, Esq. I Joseph 'Thompson, Esq. Pr-t. AUD ..e ssor \ilium tstone, F. R. S. lIT ORS. 2'ic•rird: lir —W. S. Professor G raves , A . M .F.4 S Po v s B. Woolho use , E sq ., F . R. A. S. - icra 14—J. Elliott on - M. D., F. R. S. .S' ot SURGEON—E. S. Sillies, Esq.' Iciroas -- .Alessrs. S weet, Sutton, 'Ewens, and Ornmanney, 13.v wxxa 6, Ba s i ng h a ll -street. s— Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills', and Co. - . Au, ' LIFE ASSURANCE.. 41 i 4 1 ' 11.4 C Es—Perfect secunty-frorn a large paid-up Capi ,.l,lyn,(l,l. "cumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow 4, „ ° f: '"1413 Premium paid, without expense or forfeiture—and Wtkan.,4aal!y divided. rotherl;;_l °hetes for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any_ tttes.!Juice, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual , . , Th at DEFERRED ANNUITIES. ierEd pt and Molt varied provision for afterlife hitherto of give ille-c-2 12s.rPer annum (Is. per week) at 20, will at 65 4 Pa I''liey-litlder the choice of an annuity of 4:47 16s. 6d. 'ant - a,„ 49 : I Is. 'Cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad tiraf. l e ' at 50, 4.5, and 60 —Two-thirds payments lent at any ie-" I : O thirdtreduntia in case of prernatdre death. lha Wetaqed Plans, and Last Annual Report, to be had at warder,'ei V. any of its Branches, or on application will be for. 4 tns t tee. IT 4, I, A _____,,,,,5„..F.., Gpaio .10. T CAMROUX, Sestetary. . 1 j IN ED KINGDOM LIFE ASSU RANCE COMPANY, • '5lVs*N--011t1Writozplace, Pall-mall, London. Sua,'ON OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. c°N--red. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street. Thi SEcRETA xr—Patrick Macintyre, Esq. went, j 0; Stock Company, established by Act of Parlia- FL'4%1,4 without limited responsibility, affords the most perfect Llt4, 3 ' '" an ample paid-up Capital, and in the great success ~O:r haa attended it, sin•ze its commencement in 1834, and ii(' accumulation of Premiums which has taken place. e l tlit:titiga,telcsl cg July, 1 F4l, the Company, at a t t e tr u g m r s G pa li d er b a y 4t t ilockh oic _ r _e: l 'in addition of one-half i g at, e, i, atii "•,. and appropr;ated to those holding Assurances - 8 . C lPatlng rate 24 per Cent. per Annum, fr?m the th e i . , , 4 i r Policies, to that the addition to a policy for :rat„ I I; it ,„4„krce for the previous 5 years, has been 1001., mak e.; 'AI 11100/. The Premiums are nevertheless very mo 'NI e -.44 anl one-half if them, when the Insurance is for life, e4, ,ib 3 tllct a c i _ d _ . fe Y r the first five year ' s . after_the date of the Policy. te ch 'the ''! may be effected on lives, brevet far advanced; i n credit for five years is found particularly convenient on Aollasiujanees, and for the security of Temporary Loans. _ and'h4 f ae l . e ,! 1. 0 granted on very liberal terms ~ other tittles afforded by this Company, to the public in these tifery part te'spects, are so great, that It is obviously a moral . duty a) .ati i r t not possessed of a fortune, but in the enjoyment "(.I,'°rne, however moderate, Ns insure his life for a sum " 1 3' yield a provision to his family. Ag a. RATES OF PREMIUM. 25 Without Profits. With Profits. ) ••• • ........ £1 15 5 ! i f) •••7 ............ 2 3 10 5 0 ••• ............ 2 19 1 6 0 ••• ............ 4 6 0 :e.sise t ver y - ':••• ...... .... 6 15 3 clent ,l;!formation will be afforded on application to the sl. , or korector_ ,s Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Waterloo place, Pall Mall, London. ti) PI-4NITURE SALE DEp i tir i ' . AN TEG ':i4 s,QII. LINICON, BELGR AVE tit I NE - t , A RE. —The largest and best selected Stock ol 1 fc, and UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE ever exhi ' 1'44 ' 841 e - in this Establishment, krii r , 3' 5f 10, , , Is always to be found C r "'" p! a; leh is wan - anted of the best description, and every ( 7 1 4 , % 'l,tY marked at the Manufacturer's lowest price. i ll -• ife'llly packed, and forwarded to any part of the t.,qe,. 1.1 ' °43 e4 of th fi t lass f • urnished throughout at a ,otie, e 11 C IL I -- ' --- li:. It SUPERSEDED, ------ - 7---- - -Ith se corro. an 0. l i v si ve ;4' 41,,„iaild injurious metals called Nickel and Germln ,e Y A lii4 o 4 '"ed, by the introduction of a New, and per kki„. w AT ess ALBATA PLATE. h."by k , 6U N (late ALDERMAN), 41 and 42, Barbican, ti.,.l td k e rson of Science in the amalgamation of Metals, has ts 'et offered 4bringin. to public notice, the most beautiful article a l l 'i sk l ' ith.possessin7 ail the richness of Silver in appear- N; 1, ; , i , it s d uribi l tit • and hardness—with its perfect NW-ell alj,",_se-NtindergoinYg, as it does, a Chemical Process, Ala,'N...,,,rnkt is nauseousin mixel Metals is entirely ex .4?4etks,!(tting ail Acids may be cleaned as Silver, and is fiv. '4l into every' Article for the Table and Sideboard. 6, . S'p a ,., di r., t' de,,, , w ` ins and Forks a. 'Mustard Spoon ...... ... s O . d 6. Fi i s 4 e t 4 . ....... •16 6 Tea Spoons per d0z.... 5 6 k' 4 kb, li c t s ° dit ....... ... 12 6 Gras':- Ditto , • . 14 ;1 1 . 1 , 1 W.... : ;" - .. 6 Plagr°r ° lc • • ,(; t ' ll t i;, 4) , A.. .beg. . the Public will understand that this ' r itt l ''a ' . (2,. e4ti arly his own, and that Silver is not more diffe tkill ale ,old than his Metal is from all others ; on its in 1 40)11 4 nt3 alone he wishes it to be tested ; and, from the t ' l ll. ea Sitlr, I • tik• t ra a t nu.ogiums he receives, .ho is convinced that ' , lii 0 di-t event its becomin. an article of mute I ^si. wear. -'1.3 promptly executed.-41 and 42, BARBICAN --__ [ 1 Ut 1 1 i lljh 1 1‘- ) -011' w ive o 4 tt, l : l o elc . s. NEW PATENT DETECTOR Perfect security from false keys, and also detect , i. .a ts ‘%li t t o tI. '' M Ms ~€ 4l. They are made of all s zes, and for every (Mr. rortitit„,,t..bi., .8 r-re applied. These locks are strong, seenre, sini .:i. ; 1. 1 4 en'ii„The. patent combination latches for street do-rs :'A,if t ,' l . 4 ar e - ,:f 1 2, ion, low in pricP, and quite secure ; the keys i',,i,ll4,.:ipli,;in,c o u r I , Vy neat and portab e...Chtibbs tent fire. k tt " , \ 3 7, t 17 74 111 ii r '; 4 , nd th l ev eo es napl a te sh p i rLs x c e r s va a ti n o c r i i .i fia a r n d , b e , d x %; . ,l;t a e li 4tb,:r,ti el, ~ the new patent locks. A large p assortment ef c:,l.' °I &/„!? bY C. Chubb and Son, 57, St. Paul's Church vard, i 4.11 `l'ai appointment manufacturers to HR. LI. Piince t.t, 4 11 N N 4 eltZtlone e , 4, --- <... t.:2 L s t a i l at bAdae u n r d e 4l a t r igon as bei g ge .trine unless 1., thlpp ------ ).1 , ,,,_ 4..4 ‘, A Vti t t, „ I ACHE TEA TRAYS, 503. the l!ts..7n t A!Q lc . .VU LL.SIZ ED GOTHIC SHAPE. Superior 4;3,1 win, inyes, with ivory handles, 14s. per dozen ; Brass t•lY•l'sl'j Rd "w Cui tarn`, 1% inch diameter, Is. 3d . per fast; 2 , T ,,l,lo,7;ll l : e L r o fc "A ) ;_to . nfe. i fen . ders,.i . feet ong,_ s.. Oiqli„‘lslvt s 'IN I ABLE CI: WARRANTED. ,t, ties,b p, , with ivory Hndles, 14s. per dozen ; Dessert Zt'il e, , V . st v eirs. 45. , d. per pair; Tab'e Knives, with white ,4, 1 ,_ ; 8 1 ,,,_ .. per dozen; Dessert, es Sd. ; Carvers, :".s. per 7 r e,, -,; r ea . 4 ‘.•l . ,ea-ur il , 4 quarts, :,75.; new shapes, 395.; Pa- Z ~,,t-ti'n ? at,ii it i r ., 3 : gothic shape, Os.; t.p set of full sizes. Ca. 'lt'p, b :!n eens, " s il . the prices, w th Engravings of every lronnion. %ale, an 3, .. , r ., ' ,. ;;o er t h o e i ti . irnish apg of a house of any size, 25 old .es ablished house, to be had gratis .4i, \ \ °ll and . ‘Ol ....„,,_ "'I-TRIPON, 12, Wells.street Oxford-street. tqA e t. , -- ----- Established 182 4 0 4, 0-. E- - 7" . , % r Ila uu FAMILY MEDICINE FOR INDIGES it k„ ery • S AND LIVER COMPLAINPs, &c., &c. iLl 'r4, ti', ll l`o4 ll , S tanee where' a fair trial has been made, N, iiT 2 . 4. CA MOIVI I .E PILLS have invariably given Qli t ,. 4 tfi t 'ily co _ mil' permanent relief in all cases of inlgestion, ti Vi,,, 4 1 , 1 fa fur Headache. Bilims and Liver Complaints, i„ . 'kl t r , , 0, vi c „ . e.dity of the Spam, Depressed Spirits, 7Vii t le• T h '; at Palpitations, s, General Debility, COS. ti to r n , an d t l-Y are mild in th it operation, safe under any cir 'll,: , 4 b be der li °wands of persons can now bear testimony of . the 4,14 , 4. ,,t 0 c t 1k,. 1..,.:te,t 'tom their use. s, 4 4 , 1(4a1. • is • Ilid., 2s. 91, and Ils. each, in every Town , ad - j ci n f e sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do cAici---...-2 . l.urch aso an imitation. , t 1, 4 P L.,, TON'S PILL of - HEALTH for 1 1 1 ,, 4 11,- BOTH SEXES. kt Id t jted en b,,', p 2qli s 0 , led sale of those Pills, arising from the earn-st re. k g , I, t plit er ' a t. e many thousands who have derived binefit from ili'tiq ti!i 4 a & Y 1 n2thencil comment unneeeysary ; the are i,,1t1.' ,, t. 'is a ;,, 14 r . e for a'l discas.s 1) wh ch nianUnd is 11 ibie, 4,o,:?i,l' o fsi I. u s; Liver Comp'a n s, w ith their many wel'-known ( 14 4 N,1ep7.,',e5., L i‘n4 Sick Ilead.ache, Pain and Oppiession after ll l Ni,dOur ri, ~ z.z,iness, Singing Noise in Mad and E irs, Drow- I tip 4 l4'e,4 Inb e `;'' 5 i f s- pp tite, Wind, Spasms, &c. ; th,y are ~ 1 .. 1 . ,.. r„...astly stior to anythmg ever before offrred to ~,'.t1;11 .a lo th t n t,nose of a full habit of body, where a di.termina -o,_ :)'',, 1, 1 „,,"Pad roa term Late in Apoplexy, they will prove 1 / 4 7.11, i t,il to 1 vO t F.Tic as a ge. eral tairi'y Aplrient for either , ei, 4 101, 4i lille e 'l .', to ensure universal sat,stactio u. Two or three , I qil i 4k , o'Ni ii, „" ) e ' fflicted of their salutary effects The sto 'oi.',lo ~ii. „ . eg ain s .trength • a healthy action of the Liver, ' ,1 4 -1 1j'kin & - Y 8 , ill nll'4'l take'! lace • -rid, instead oflistleFs. I,tivitli,,,.!.lo,',4Pii jauntiiced Y wipeara ' nee, .strengt4, activity, and k14, 4 4 k 4 P,lg 4 111 he the i csult of taking this medicine, according •,1„ . . a i eri,4 e lia, Panving each box N i i'. ' 4) by ti.,''''', Stran d, London; Price Is. 1 1 4 d, and 2s Pd. i. 4l ti t 1 , 4 " v enders of medicines generally throughout the n 'tt,! 4, l!„ l l A i r , -410,'!re,,',TON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the ''tati n ° `" Th•inas Prout, 229, Strand. London," on the )II (\ ,----- i L '-'ll 1511 3 6 --- ----------- iOs pt , ',_. 41, t I ,Yr ANT TESTIMONIAL.' kir i ts,•4%, lo T„ " ,1 RIGLEY, HUDDERSFIELD. te 4 14 . " -... P4 oPniE yr, tti t , : (1,,t, le, saf e TOF.3 OF PAR 1 . 1 .13 LIFE PILL. 4111), t k:nd A mro Y g i ve my testimony to the immense and ti: l „ . hs tai:lts, otPeir thankfulness tg e m ue e nt da r i t l i y e , and Teop: , e com e, e t }Ni iq n ver t r h f i n• I send you a or co t py e of a j few cases, the truth y i l li f4 i 'll e 1 'A lr. ' .i ,ki 0 4 N i , `:, be en _.; B. Clothier, of Meltham, says that for five ts ti t , , , i i . t t ,‘ , „ i: ato l ,, eek, b o a lr u d u fuLy afflicted with a stomach complaint, l t i :'‘ it t l n , titl e :. l for mortehr able to keep foodany d.e,scrip lirt ,`4l h , s 'nled v il 'E attacked ) n a . quarter . of an hour v ort vehty y violent pal . n and _ tti g, has litijt,t; i • elie'r s "e could hear of as being likely to do her good, Vil e S, ' Outil sh t t o t i t , te s dn cafe e bought of me a small box of PARR'S %,`, ii i es I ,!.Whr she had taken only two dost,s was able to ~tieke rsiisot b efor e retained very comfortably, and had not. ~tia e et' wt ,„ e site felt quite iestored to health. In about ~.ils . ne h s ,;`n her husband at my shop, to thank me for the , ;qC 4 ,,Vtitnle l arej; o r li ee eived. Q l t,; • ,,t tiV a niv ,I \ ,!th Z i sern arl. had been afflicted with a severe asthmaii (44, aw,i4e2 .4.1f,_, .eunusually copious expectoration, which kept ,th e ' ,l r able h;; t n _ l _ he says, •• he feels himself a new nortr: ~ , L , wrn4 to i .4 l Land thought in the course of a day two N'ter ' i th 1," the 4 1 e best of us up a hilL He can now g 6 to , !li orr,• k e w as un ~de night without being disturbed by his ' . 'i Oh, I ) , a,i Pnp li at a le to do before. i ; .I . n)r( t he i to f oot _the Huddersfield College, broke out in a ,alk li t ? Le d °"!ged h ., , !! 1 appearance like the small pox ; the lady tiPita `tY v',, and i n th i ng faith in ~ Old P..rr," gave him a dose ,kt. wthe fo . , of u,:,ii_c. morning he ailed nothing. 1 4 't tli • h l'' lit% several cr . , said she had suffered dreadfully from ( t, t _li i V ., ~,.(- 1.,;4 . „ Years, but it has entirely left her since taking t, r es kiv,i l Kirk r t 4„l , eri, ; 4, , orton, for twenty years has been afflicted W,; • ti, '1 ~ n eed g ' ti ed every r , r n ,.. p arr o ! -,,, h bepefi remedy he could hear of, but has 4,v ttoiili,ll,ll:voe-Laiiv e orm se a i t e i c o t:d " in hyth„ 1,1 1.'44 1 ,; Lifu Pal m ; ie:viftrioim gre a a n t y s m uc ed cets c s lne, as he has now ii ! . 11, 4 t rr, , , alti this ~, ,) ,1t04e, ,t lb, th4trourhood give their infants small doses 0 1i., ) k .: _r ek, . 9 , ri n 5h ,..._ _ a from a host of others, being deter.. ine Cell cured b 'ky f ' 4r ivis”eri i t , o ll ~,, t e l. ) e 8 6 ,but those from _persons whose testi mryictly correct. I shall feel pleasure power, as well as the addresses, of li ill with , call. y this ni.dicine, to any person who t k: 46 N lt 1 a' ''' e entien s o . cn, your obedient servant, 4tt (I-Ifield ~,v hebt4l<Puddcr" JAMES WRIGLEY, Druggist.. ll t tN tli n i I A R; . t h hl+e,:(lth e ° ra i inita „, , _ OF I MITATIONS.—.In order to pro.. I s a te It. ,ln e , t , Jord, ,`1" , the Hon. Commissioners of Stamps pi lt r Ze s p. `ters o ,.."tainp w 'LIT.S LIFE PILL to be engraved on I,ll, r kl e, bad Co nd aeimullaiiionW! 1,,q , 1, t •n, 4 ri0 u ," a red wro. i . tis Pasted round the sides of each box, i th p o r u v t a t r h ed i s n b i y a r th k u o f authenticity , Okhqty, Y th e ?,: , 9 , Crane } lce-street, I ondon ; and sold W'tseard 4 Od s; aPPointinen°t,ubrtiE Edwards 67 St. Paul's • also sitlillitt.l{.;iißivao:id t, 4 t s lir ar ringdon-street • and gutto'n and C0., • h0w., 414. e , O, a nd ~ by at least one gent in every town in the qix 5 i . .,4 11 , 1 t . a . , , , ni Y i most bo _r e eac c t able dealers in medicine. Price x 19. each. Full directions are given /./.4~1.0() dc74.der NEW CHANGES IN THE STANt.— ARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS. This Commission condsting of the following nine scientfiie viz., G. B. Aires', Astronomer Royal; Francis gentleme n , Baily ; J. E. Drinkwater Bethune; Lavies Gilbert, Sir John Herschel ; J. G. S. Leferre ; J. W. Lubbock ; Rev. George Peacock ; Rev. R. Sheepshanks; appointed by letter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the 11th May, 1838, upon the destruction of the Standard'Weight and Measure in the burn in, of the Houses of P ar li ament, to take into consideration the best lp steps towards restoration of the same, having brought their investigations and opinions forward in the above Report, we proceed to condense its substance, as regards the alterations -proposed; and the measures advised for adoion. STANDARDS OF LENGTH AND WEIGHT. The Commissioners in their Report express themselves dis satisfied with the provisions for restoration of the standard ;in case of loss, laid down in sects. 3 and 5 of Act 5, Geo. IV,, cap. 74, s h ow i ng from scientific observations and experiments adduced, that the method by which the length of the yard is _____ proposed t o b e taken, and the pound weight restored,restored,a re one and all singularly defective. Several -measures of length and (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) weight, however, exist; viz., the Royal Astronomical Society's PORTSMOUTH, Fee. 26.—The Sylph and Netley tenders, scale; and the iron bars belonging to the Board of Ordnance, arrived on Wednesday from Plymouth; and the Emerald, from' &c., by which the original standards can always be precisely Sheerness ; the two former returned on Thursday. sestored. The following are the more important clauses The Driver having proved her compressor, in the Basin, at Advises that four sets of copies of the starards of lth Woolwich, y es t er d ay, was to go to Sheerness to-day, on h er and weight, to b e denominated the Parliamentary copies, en a g nd way to this port, if her smoke consuming app aratus b e found to answer. answerable in a ll respects to the legal standards be made: me set of which i to be hl's- sealed up in a case, n- The Alb an steamer left Woolwich yesterday, for this port, chased withinis the masonry ermetica of a puLlic building, and not and to a with the ba ggage of Rere-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, disturbed unless by sanction of Act of Parliament: that each The Volcano steam vessel proceeded yesterday from Wool- Parliament ary standard be compared with the other three with, on her way d own Channel. Parliamentary copies of at standard once in ten years : and In Harbour —St. Vincent, Victory, Es:cell:eat, Roy a l George, that the Psrliamentary that standards them se l ves be preserved in Vindictive, Winchester, Carysfort, Ringdove, Nautilus, Speedy different municipal offices, with prop er k eepers, and precautions (cutter), Bla c k E ag l e and Echo (steamers.) for p . Vice-Admir a l fir E. Owen struck his flag at sun se t, on States reservalion that from satisfactory and conclusive evidence it a Saturday, and rehoisted it again yesterday. pears that the present troy pound is almost useless, even in the Rear -Admiral Bouverie struck his flag also on Saturday, few trades or professions in which troy weight is commonly having gone on leave, and rehoisted it on Tuesday. used, and even to the great mass of the British population Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, C. 8., hoisted his flag wholly unkeown, and recommends that the avoirdupois pound this morning on board the Vindictive, 52, Capt. Nicolas, C.B , be adopted in its stead. which will go out of harbour on Monday. Proposes that the Government take immediate steps for Rear-Admi ra t th e Ho le Jocely n Percy hoisted his flag on securing and preserving in some public depository, the various Tuesday, pro tempore, on board the Formidable, 84, Capt. Sir weights and measures which have been used in extensist public Charles Sulivan, Bart. operations, requiring great delicacy, as well as many used in The following officers hare been deservedly selected, as former times for special uses. Several of these are now in meriting by their conduct in the naval profession the good Pssession of parties stated, from whom the Government might service pension, vacant by the decease of Admiral Sir Josias obtain them by cou: tcsy or purchase. Rowley, and the promotion of other officers :—Vice-Admiral Urges that the superintenden ce of the construction, of the Sir Thos.Bakethe r, K. C. 8., of Didus cel e b r i t y who served ; Capt. R. Elli ott, ne w P ar li amentary standards he intrusted to a Committee of in Egyptian Expedition ; Capt. C. F. Daly, C. 8., scientific men, to be named by her Majesty, subject to certain one of the Lieutenants of the Arrow, when she was sunk in general instructions, among w birth it is specified— Jeg)an action with. two French frigates ; Captain T. White, 21. That the length of the new Parliamentary standard be ,- a midellipirt in Rodeey's action s Capt. Hon. W. Wal . one yard, the lung,th hitherto -adopted ; there appearingesetreite ' es,eave, idol apt. coin inandint tne Revenge, at Acre Capt. John son for departing from it. • Pasco, signal ' Lieutenant to Nelson at Trafalgar; Capt. John 25. That a platinum weight of 7,000 grains be construced Duff Markland, C. 8., Captain of the Milford, at the reduction and that this be declared the Parliamentary standard of weight,g. of Trieste and other Italian ports in 1611 ; Captain Thomas by the nan:e of the Pound Weight ; the distinctive ward Tudor Tucker, C. 8., Lieutenant of the Northumberland in "avoirdupois" being hereafter omitted. the Saint Domingo action, and Captain of the Cherub at the 30. That the old standard of capacity be retained unaltered. capture of the Essex, American frigate; and Captain James CHANGES IN SECONDARY STANDARDS. Wilkes Maurice, who as First Lieutenant of the Centaur, as- Invites the attention of Government to the advantage and sisted at the capture of St. Lucia Tobago, Demerara, and facility o f esta bli sh i ng in this country a decimal system of coin- Essequibo, an d greatly distinguished himself in an attack by th e age, being o f op i n i on that no change which can be effeeseesi in naval and m ili tary forces, under the command of Commodore our monetary system, would be felt by all classes so equally Hood and Lieut.-General Grinfield, in November, 1803, on beneficial with this, when the temporary inconveniences at- Petite Ance d'Arletto, in which he was wounded by the tending such change shall have passed away. This change to explosion of a magazine. For his gallantry on this occa- consist in interposing between the sovereign (or.pound) and sion the Patriotic Fund presented him with a sword, thc shilling, a new coin equivalent to two shillings (to be called value 501. Shortly after this event, Commodore Hood by a distinctive name); as also of considering tee farthing, resolved to take possession of and fortify an almost impregna- which new passes as the 1-960th part of the pound, as the ble rock, situate near Point Diamond, the S. W. end of Mar- 1-I,oooth part of that unit ; and of establishing a coin of unique. The altitude of the Diamond Rock is 600 feet; the value equal to the 1-100th part of the pound, and of eirculatihis north and east sides of it are inaccessible, and it is impregnable besides these decimal members of a decimal coinage, other coins on the nort side. The west side, where breakers run into the of values bearing a simple relation to them, including coins sea, affords the only landing, and that not at all times practice- of the same value as the present shilling and sixpence. It is ble. A party of men landed under the orders of Lieutenant considered by this measure that no circumstance whatever Maurice, who volunteered to direct their operations, to would contribute so much to the introduction of the decilml place a battery on the top of the rock, which most arduous scale in weights and measures, in those respects in which s task basing been effected, the rock was alternately placed on really useful, as the es'ablishment of a decimal coinage. The the establishment of a sloop-of-war, and the command thereof scale, however, of binary subdivision thought better to be conferred upon Lieutenant Maurice, as a reward for his un- adapted to small retail transactions. common activity and exertions. Lieutenant Maurice's promo- LAND MEASURES, &c. tion and appointment to this command was confirmed by the Acknowledges difficulties of interfering with this subject, Admiralty. The brave defence afterwards of the rock by Capt. but proposes that the present land-chain, 80 of which make a Maurice, when attacked by a French squadron, in May, 1805, is mile, be superseded by the introduction of a measure of 1,000 well known; it would no doubt have been impregnable to an yards; that the present inconvenient subdivision of the acre enemy, whilst in the hands of the British, had it not been for into roods and poles be superseded by the use of the decimal the unfortunate shortness of ammunition, and the absolute divisions of the acre ; and that the use of the decimal scale be want of water. C apta i n M aurice ' s gallantry on this occasion encouraged, more particularly the decimal subdivision of the called forth the highest encomiums from the immortal Nelson. foot as now used extensively in the practice of engineers; and In 1809, he was promoted to the rank of Captain, and in that provision be made for the erection of marks at every August, 1810, was appointed Governor of Anholt, an island 1,000 yards distance on all principal public roads, railways, situate in Cattegat, and at that time forming an important point of com municat i on b etween Great Britain and the Baltic. and eanaIs.AVOIRDUPOIS AND TO WEIGHT. Here, it is well remem b ered, a brilliant exploit was performed Page 12, clause Bof the Repo r t, for the purpose of removing by the officers and men under his command, in repulsing an the confusion which at present exists between the two tables attack of the enemy's select troops, consisting of as many in use, of noy and avoirdupois, whereby two modes of estimating thousands as the (whole force opposed to them amounted to weights co-exist, prop oses th e ent i re a b olition of the troy , hundreds, and by th e ga l lantry and intrepidity of Captain and var i ous changes in t h ese corresponding tables, and in yound con- Maurice and his valiant heroes, succeeded in taking a sideratior, of the interests concerned in these changes, recom greater number of prisoners than their who'.e collected mends that Government should compute and print for the use force. Sir Jam es S aunaerez, in writing to Captain Maurice of bullion me rc h ants an d assayers, a new edition of these tables, upon the subject, says, " I can only assure you that this gallant with the decimal changes, proposed to be introduced, clearly affair is the theme of every one's praise, and has excited the calculated. admiration dell • and I have no d ou b t t h at your services on Further, that the present weights of 14 lbs., 28 lbs., 56 lbs., this occasion will duly appreciated by the Admiralty." The and 112 lbs., now in use be withdrawn, and weights of 10 lbs., garrison of Anholt subsequently presented their gallant Go- 20 lbs., 30 lbs., 40 lbs., 50 lbs., and 100 lbs., be substituted , instead; th ese measures being believ..d on many ac c o un t s t o b e vernor with a val ua bl e swor d , " i n admiration of his personal bravery, and as a gra t e f u l memorial for his liberal forbearance, more convenient. Thi s c h ange of weights, it is acknowledged and kind c ons id era ti on o f t h e i r feelings during his Government." would cost Emu ICO,OOO/. to 200,00( 1., but would b e a b enef i t PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. cheaply purchased even at such a price. Among other m i nor propos i t i ons, which appear as advised, chester), t o th e ran k of Commander. PROMOTIONS. —Li eutenant—Thomas Fisher (of the Win are—l. A periodi c compar i son of the Exchequer standards .Mates—T. M e l eswort h (of the Queen), for his great cool- with the P ar li amentary standards, as is done every ten years ness and seama ns hi p i n t h e l ate disaster of the Mercury tender, in Prussia, the former of which being suspected at the present Horatio Foley Elliot, and J. Hamilton (of the Winchester), to minute nut very accurate, owing to this neglect. 2. That the the rank of Lieutenant. material of the present Exchi quer standards, soft yellow braes, Acting Second. Master—James Scarlett (of the Mercury) to be changed for gun- metal, and that the stampine of the Ex the rank of Second Master. chequer mark, instead of being detrimentally fixe c (1826 APPOINTMENT S FOR PRO:al OTIONS. -- .Commander Blo w mer, be execut e d b y a process of engraving instead dby a har e . (1826), ), Lieuten an t s T. S . Brock, and W. J. c. ( 1,4. —1 . 'ea A I 0,1,1 N Mkt: and Aint., R.__ I ..x),.. , ... .., 0 ~eaticn, as Admiralty Lieutenant regarding local standards ; viz.—no direction fur the repeated and• Mate, respectively to the Alf:ed. verification of them, by comparison with the Exchequer sten- Areonerai esrs.—Captain—W. 11. Bruce, to time Agin- dards of certain times, by which many of the former are now court, for the fl ag o f Si r Th omas Cochrane. erroneous to a l t rg e amoun t ; a d v i ses proviions fir the cok- Commanders—J o h n Paget, to !he Magnificent; E. B. Tin- nies in thi s respect , and that mural standards be fixed in ling, to th e C amper d own• the various to wns o f t h e h ome kingdom, to be named by Acts of Parliament, wherever assizes ar e held, er the p o p u l a ti on ex Lieutenants—W. C. C o ffi n , to the Scylla ; Augustus Lark (From Vi n di c ti ve ), to t h e Agincourt ; C. B. Hamilton, to be meads 10,000 p ersons . Flag-Lieutenant to Resr- Admiral Ht.n. .1. Percy, inn Fermi- i INSPECTION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Complains of the defectiveness of the present lawein this dable ; George Pigot (vice Gennys), W. C. Nowell vice respect, when by the office of Inspector is shown to be little Leary (superseded ), T. S. APGregor (vice Lavie), and R. O'Brie n ( v i es . Wil l i ams), to the Vindictive; 11. F. Elliot, to other than a nullity; and th a t great i rregu l ar i ty in laic execution of the law s i s cause d b y the reservation of the privil ege of in tim Carysfort ; R. D. F owler, to the Formidable; R. D. Bed specting and stamping to cer t a i n corporate b odies, lea juries, A : - ford (of th e V anguar d) , to the Queen ; W. R. Smith, and G. J. Cunningham, to the Alfred; A. M. Noad, to the Isis; the ; Propose s , th ere f ore, (78) that the powers cf Inspectors of Weights and M easures Le extended and explained, so Hon. Mark Kerr, to the F orm idabl e; J. Bellairs, to be Ad as to enabla th em to examine end seize for trial before miralty Agent t o h er Majesty's West Indi a S team Packets; Leigh, to th e C ornwa lli s (to take passage in the Driver) ; a Magi s t ra t e , we i g h ts, measures, and vveighing.machines, which they have goo d reason for supposing to be unjust, James Rawstone, F. P. Egerton, T. M'Gie gor , F. C. 0. 1). Whipple, and J. A. P. B aynter, to the Agincourt. i without warrant, wher ever t h ey are found; and also to enter, for t h e purpose of such examination, any Masters—William ( :Uhler, of the Vict ory ) to be Maser of the fleet in the Mediterranean ; J. Browning, to the Agin- place where goods are exposed, kept, measured, or weighed ; court ; Thomas El son (182 4 ) , to Victory. 1 and, with special warrant o f a Magistrate, to enter fo r suc h Second M as t ers —G . S . Wilkinson, to the Queen ; s. ' examination into any place whatever. 1 bat this system of in spection and registration be organized on a complete and tmi- Beggs, to the Emerald tender; S. Johns, to the Agincourt. form plan throughout the kingdom, with fsgadations of officers ; Master's Assistant—Charles Paget, to the Volcano. suggesting, however, that these duties might be efficiently per ) urgeon—J. W. Reid, to the Agincourt. formed by tie officers of Excise ; and that the powers of cor- Mates—George Kerr, W. W. Tumour, Thos, Miller, AI. Lowther, J. C. Bailey, A. F. Kvnaston, John Reid, and W. porate bodies, lect juries, &c., above complained .f, boll H. Haswell, t o th e A g i ncourt; Geo. H. Richards to the &w y abolished ; this l as t recommendation urged as of It h im- Caledonia; Jto . Apthorp, t o the Elector ; W. R ees , to, the St. portance. O Vincent; H. G. Williams an d C. Bromley, to the Vindic ther clauses rel a t e t o a more sufficient assurance being F. given by th e s t amp upon tradesmen ' s weights being reformed. tire n W. G. J o h nson (i n W o l ver i ne), to the Ringdove ; B. P. Seymour. to th e R oya l G eorge.—( G. Wilkinson's ape :The Report closes with recommend a ti ons f or the publication of pointment to Wolv er i ne ., cance ll e d . ) an authorised t a bl e o f d enom i nations, for facilitating the intr o - Clerk—J. Z. de Montmorency, to be Clerk in Greenwich duction of a uniform sy s t em o f we i g h ts and measures, and fo r Hospital, vice Ande r s on , re ti re d, reconciling the hab i t s o f th e peop l e to so considerable a chee- Volunteers lit Class—G. D. G or d on, to the Isis ;H. Baby, to the hlonarah. COAST GUARD—Lieutenants John Powell Branch (1841), and Daniel Young (1822), to be Chief Officers. Mr. W. Miller, Master of the Victory, is appointed Master of the Fleet in the Mediterranean. The duties of resident for Transports at Deptford have been transferred to Captain Sir John Hid, Superintendent of the Dock-yard there, and Lieut. Wentworth has been trausferred to do the duty at Cork, as well also as that of Agent Victualler, to the displacement of John Hill. The Moniteur Parisien has a letter of Tuesayd from Boulogne, giving au account of what appears to have been a drunken quarrel between some French and English fishermen, off the coast of England, of which the following are the principal cir. cumstances, but in which there is no doubt some exaggeration : " A Boulogne boat, while engaged in fishing, was hailed by another, in which were two Englishmen, who asked for some brandy, which they would pay for in fish, when they had caught some. The Frenchmen refused, and one of the Englishmen went on board with a knife, determined to enforce his demand, but was driven back into his own boat. The two Englishmen got a reinforcement of five of their companions, making their number equal to that in the French boat. The Englishmen were, it is said, armed with knives; the Frenchmen had nothing to defend themselves but the stones of which their ballast was formed. Three of the Englishmen at.. tempted to board the French boat, but were tumbled into the sea, and, while their companions were engaged in picking them up, the French boat stood out to sea, and made off: No lives were lost in this conflict, but one of the Frenchmen received a wound in the hand from the Englishman who had the audacity to make the first attack alone against seven." DUTCH AN!) FLANDERS MAIL. • BRUSSELS, FEB. 24.-=The average price of wheat last week was 21f. 48e. and that of Bye I2f. 40c. per hectolitre. A letter from Berlin of the 19th of February, has the following paragraph :—" His Majesty the King has fixed fier Wolnetqlay the 23d the s o l emn i ty o f the betrothing of the Prince Royal of Bavaria to the Princess Mary. Her Majesty the Queen has received an autograph letter from Queen Victoria, written in the German lan guage, in which her Majesty expresses her joy and gra titude for the visit which she has received from our Monarch." TnE HAGUE, FED. 24—Two days ago we published letters from the Universities of Giessen and Leivaic, soliciting the Governments to take vigorous measures to suppress the practice of duelling, which has lately in creased to a frightful extent : the following is a letter on the same subject, from Lidonia:— " Deplorable scenes have occurred within these few months in the University of Dorpal. Duelling, which is prohibited among us, as in almost all eiviazed States, has lately been revived among the students of our Uni versity, the consequence of which has been the death of several your men. The scenes have displeased the : Emperor in the highest degree, and have drawn down on the transgressors severe punishment." DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTZRDAM, FED 23. Money. Bins. Aetwa Debt, .2% per Cent Jitte, ditto 5 per coat. Ainert Syndic, 4% percent 914 93 Ditto. ditto, 34 per cent 76% 7N Commercial Company, 4!, per cent 15614 157!., Ditto (1835 and 11137) 5 per cent. Lear, 1637, 5 per cent. Exchange en London, One ment , Twornonthe ...... 12 026 Dainburgh, One nlonth 35 75 Two dionthe Dutch Papers, Feb. 25. Bk.; Lel AN kUNDS—BaUssltts, FE 8 .23. A ett:al Debt, 23.‘, per Cent. flothechild's Lean, 5 per Cent IP24, Lain of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 1 3 14 3 per Cnlt. ..... BRIGIITOTN RAILWAY.—List of the nobility, &c., who have travelled by this line during the past week :—Earl of Clancarty, Countess Powlett, Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord Rugby, Hon. Misses Montague, Devereux, Ladies Fremantle, Goldsmid, Sirs James Cockburn, Isaac Goldsmid, James Clark, Jeffery Wyatt, John Key, Colonel Loftus, Mr. Sturt, M.P., Mr. Peel ; Mr. Irby, &c. The Lyons papers state that, on the demand of the Bishop of Agra, the Pope has authorised the sending of some re ligious sisters to the East Indies; that mission has been entrusted • to the DaMes du Cceur de Jesus et de Marie of Lyons, and that in a few days six sisters of that house will embark at Marseilles for Calcutta. Among them are two French sisters, two Spanish, one German, and one English. A few days ago, a woman who was picking up cinders on the Saiet-Etienne Railway, as she had for some time been in the habit of doing, although frequently warned of the danger, became the victim of her imprudence. . A train coming up, she placed herself, with her sack on her head, by the side of the road, but the sack being heavy fell forward, and dragged her with it. The train passed over her, and she was in an instant deprived of life. RAILWAY DIRECT FROM CIRENCESTER TO GHEE TENHAM.—it is with pleasure we find that arrangements are in progress for bringing the matter in a tangible shape before the public; a preliminary meeting will very shortly be held. That Cheltenham should be without a railway direct to the metropolis, while Brighton, Bath, and other fashionable watering places pos sess that advantage, is as inimical to her welfare as it is disgrace. ful to her public spirit; more particularly so, when we consider that a branch of the Great Western has for months past been open to Cirencester, a distance of only 15 miles !—Cheltenham Journal. SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF CANCER.---Dr. Bu chanan presented, a few days ago, before the students in the lea ture-roons of the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, a patient who has been cured of cancer in the lip. Having cut the diseased part of the llp away, the doctor cut a similar past oft' the chin, raised it, and united it to the remaining half, by which a complete union has been effected ; and, what is still more surprising, a new mu cous membrane formed, which, having a new action, gave reason to expect a radical cure. Thus, by this operation, not only the hideous appearance of the lip, but the saliva flowing from the mouth, which would be a continual source of irritation to the pa.. • tient, and tend to impair digestion, were entirely obviated.—Glas gore Courier. Thirty .seven. 104 Loan of City, 142, 4 per Cf, , t;t r 2,t4 Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent Saul; of Belfsium, 5 per ...... X HationalSociety. Exchloge on Lim(leri (sho r t) -- —Brussels Papers, Feb. 25. AUMTUIAN FUND23..—VIENNA, FEE. IS. Ylvoper Cyr:is. Metalliques 7cn:s. ~ r Cents. -- A letter from Bayonne says, " the Bay of Biscay, which bad been abandoned by the whales for the last 300 years, is again visited by them. Several have been seen during the last week by the fishermen on the coast between Biarris and Socoa." According to a statement made recently by the Marquis d'Audiffret, the fees of the notaries, avoues, huissiers, and registrars in France, amount annually to a hundred millions of francs. There are 15,850 notaries, 8,031 avoues. 12,290 huissiers, 635 registrars of tribunals, and 3,606 registrars of Justice de Paix. TURDAY•) KET. very thing, and prices by no means large, et. Beef, 23. 4d. lo 4s. to ss. Bd. ; Pork, Of Clover and Hay, !r, and a good d emand ay, 21. to 4t. ; Stoop Tea, and price laell declared beingge, ou cash, and Is. 1014 'till on a large scale. a • till and Foreign WO" he arrivals small frogs T. n and the de and 495. for st year at this time. C. rm. Lead sold stesilill and prices de " ioed. • lb. kv.4 o to 40 .° 5 eani. S. to e. 35 46 46 -- ..... 40 _ii i , 42 ii 4 ,2 35 40 40 48 33 44 40 50 42 44 40 48 44 36 4; 36 4 1 36 - .., ....-. 4 9 V' , is day's market , st The idles The best whe i ,ale very limited; for Barley has again re' g are cheaper. W° —a. 621. to 63. r. Pne (46 . —s. 345. to 6.`,.4. find. —s. 56,. to ,tBa. On 6 9, —s. 845. to h 7 3. tint ' 6z» —B. 60,. to 62.4. —a. —s. to 581. o n : (21. —s. —3. to 6 6 g. n o ' yos, • 254. to ti b. floe .... 283. to 30s. nn e i -.. 28s. to Mi. •••• —S. to —s. floe s o ▪ 3:Ss. to —s. Oleo, • 35'. to —I. fin' • —s. to 221. fi„n e . —s. —I. to 225. O n ' Of to NS. fi n s e „rei 10%d. to Ild. Lo y( 71. to 28s Od. pci l 0 0l 364 tine 4EB. Per La d 361.05. 381. 08 . ye' :ET. 60s. 62a G 3 5. `65.5 s 6 0 .• 641.. 645. 5 0 . 30s 3,'s• ',83 295. 3 4 * 16s. Ir 4 s. 22 1 . 18s 20s. VI. 32s . 3 s. 3O, 36s 38s. 4; 53. 5 64 .,„7 2- ...-s 461. 371. VI. ; c,5. :o 67,, 2(M; 2g. to 3'l r. ' . to 3°'' g ..... ---• 40s. . 36 1 . to ~, .. ........ . I Id. to 124 d. P` OP 07s. to asi. re iKE'f. a 0 lua: ter. 02ts. d. I 0 eg 0 , ' er sack) lB 0 10 er bag) .. t. - , ... .ergallon) 1 * A ETS. Per lb. KET: 1••••••••••••• , ii• d. t 1 6 1 ..... •••• 6 1 ..... 6 e ..... ...... 6 9 ...... ..• 7 re ..... •••••••• Is. Od. per ton. K ET. . Vl s ---.• 0 ---s• '4; 3r.nding.. --s• `" Grey 3 " ") ET. i 0 A 'Gray •..„... 000 . 000 0 White ...... ..... Tick ............ 7 6 7 Mangan tKETS. he bush " t rley. d. to l i jJ to 8. d• I. 0 S 3 EV 0 3 9 0 0 # 4 j 3 9 —.O 00 4 6 3 8 6 Y. # ELoss fiY(ll ,` ' way rlbbcr, ,cOO I been seol:-ncett tha t s i ncr near , : here Ist 10.'s ° .; pert burgl, v 9.3 e seen., 0., re would ;harp look out. stocked viitb Ih' comprising that.clo,c, )ney about theal ; do im, an d if the Pollceol r i c h harvest. Tbeterof Englan d by the Je tor , oendat i O n of the 19 s o iffender. Judge 1,0110 °pert) , protested l'j rugut to be Punig.„d, ught differentlY,,ap Sir John De Plop to be transported I°,--tai who had not partiorpol Bravo! verily 9$ ---• illg Sunday WK OO C 4 nected with ireir the principal, II? ortugai.street, ,1°;011 )leaded the cause ° nobly responded. to to benefits conferred tuiiate persons `°ll°A nee, is that of setlo,i'os the principles 'OOl ,he skill of the bo il O the diseased j Of till into the o , ll frr ° ' sick bed is likelY to 3 of the last rePr''ji of s had been adrintct, )f emergency ; de "o ff f , 05 died, 36..,3 e remaining fifteel'A itA j no report. In sP,,4Oe, : i c i ng a total of 7,:e6t/ cipated in the eitotr expenditure of th e ' f rien the 28th t flitted en wo rf-p0 irons of StraiborPorfil ct supposed ths! '' em, but the tIO rer. The Objeet 4),411A the gnttinelle of l' u eo f to the rininSe„,, s furnishedbeing 014 e time supposed I e. II ; tl ,/ ' had been prov 0 3'1 rality of thaq ith Wales ar dena their minirnatcol, ,g the means of c",, c sP in il facts; tradese'roll impossibilities, 0 ,, frlfr great nuMbers 0 ,c0: 1 ecessar i es of 10,,1/ 'eklY—the Innolftoe,l 'm to their POt) ,r 0 r u th— that gerli), distresse d situa n° the ACatletacfr has shown froln t 51,10, tiaries at Phi Pj ts t, those twelve e' - Thus, out Of';ji madness SO O°, to 5 19 in WS ow' Ce le HES b )11 which s Wttrio6,l, prices, With 00' sent, jeWelled :0 / ovs es Lraining p ........£t' JO 6 6 0 . 6 a1.„..£12 0 0 , as"— 14 14 gri ...... 13 13 v 'ea 1 varo- 17 1 ° 0) d i respecting the with the price; de, sketches,of li i- .0 Di gold Chans, '''',. 1, ion by ,letteernt:ioori se Trinidad, the lag )f a son. 19 (.:,.Wilt.:ri C14:>01, iori_j2l------nre of AS . i 01/ Fl re sd.str et, S late 'jk, re lict of the Sig '' rd Hart Davin of Bristol. relic' t pcn cer, t he !cow l son o f co° Cr ir Milt o n-stre et, of RDO )1 Strso oog' i 1 '''No.. 1 P 2, ruary 28, ler° N o il ____....,...,,..,.............,__ ....:......_._ __—______ . OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTIT_ . , U- WH ____ AT THE MANUFAC A_IL) TION, REGENT -STREET.—MORNINGS anti , MEAN • Ti) DO. TURERS EVENINGS except SATURDAY EVENINGS. . NEW and VARIED LECTURES DAILY, with beau- (Abridged from the Manchester Guarcian.) - tiful ILLUSTRAT IONS. NE A , DISSOLVING VIEWS. On Thursday last a meeti ng o f merdhantS, manufac- Messrs. BARWISE and !JAIN'S ELECTROMAGNETIC turers, and others, of the town and neighbourhood, CLOCKS, on whi c h pr i nc i p l e one, on a large scale, is now h e l d i n the large room of the:Spread i';agle In in n, Ha was ngs at wink i n f ront o f the Institution. WRIGHT and BAIN'S NEW PATENT ELECTROM AG NET IC RAILWAY . is a co ing Dipytch, : convened by circular s , of whi c h the f o llo w TRAIN CON "ROLLER. TheMICROSCOPE, DIVING " We, the undersignee, respectfully invite you to at- BELL a n d DIVER, ORREY, &e. & c ., including 2,000 tend a meeting of merchants; manufacturers, and others Works of eminent Art, Science, and Ingenuity. A VIEW of 1 to be held at eleven o'clock on:Thursday Morning next, CANTON, by a CHINEsE ARTIST. Th e MODEL of the at the Spread Eagle Inn, Hanging Ditch 'or the purpose 1 of considering the propriety of calling '. .upon the free- UNDERCLIFF, Isle of Wight, and various COS NIORAMIC PICTURES, arc added to the Evening Exhibition. trade members of the House cif'Cornmons to adopt all the Admission to the whole, One Shilling. means which the forms of the House will allow, to pre vent the prop os i t i on o f Sir Robert Peel upon the Corn laws passing into a law." This circula r was s i gned by 40smercantile and manu facturing houses and firms, ...• headed by Sir Thomas Potter and Sir Ralph Pendlebury. The meeting was a tolerably numerous one : probably upwards of 100 -gen tlemen were present. Amongst• them we observed Sir Thomas Potter, Mr Alderman-Ctillender, Mr. Alderman Brooks, Mr. Ald erman K ershaw e Messrs. W. R. Greg, T. Bazley, jun., Edniund Aahworth, William Bick- • ham, George Wilson, John Hawsthorne, Lawrence Rostron, Edward Evans, Thomas Gosquoine, Peter Ar rowsmith, of Bolton, John Standring, James Chapman, Thomas Woolley, Robert Nicholson, James Chadwick, William Woodcock, Andrew Hall, John Brewers Edward Hall, Henry Wilson, Joshua •Milnes, Alfred Reyner, William Gibbons, James Kershaw of Newmarket, Payant, Harvey-, Robert Rider, William Dixon, of Accrington, William Evans, - EdWin ,Stott e.. setitturtly after eleven o'clock, serirlhe motion 'of 'Mr. Alderman CALLENDER, Afr. TuomAs BAZLEY, jun., was called to the Chair. Having read the circular convening the meeting, he said : j —" Our manufacturing and mercantile distress, and the privations of our labouring classes, have been authori tatively mentioned by her Majesty in her speech from the Throne ; but the Prime Minister of thb landlords, for I humbly opine that the Queen and the people have no Premier at present—(Bear, hear)--has de clared that the measure which he has thought fit to bring forward, is not intended to remove the embarass ments which at present afflict our commerce.—(Hear.) We claim the right of exchanging the produce of our industry for those comforts which we require, and with which we can be amply supplied through our commer cial intercourse with every part of the world. Our foreign trade is unhappily a reproach 'to the country ; and 1 charge upon our Government, and upon the Legis lature, a direct tendency to immorally in the system that has been pursued. The sliding scale itself is a plan that promotes gambling ; and, if we look at the com modities we now receive in exchange for our exports, we find that we may bring back the means of vicious indul gence, as tobacco, spirits or deleterous drugs — a ll t h ose articles which administer to vice and to luxury ; but we must not bring those substantial and legitimate articles of trade that would give support to our starving popula tion.—(Hear.) We -must not bring bread or beef in return for our manufactures.—(Hear, hear.) I charge, therefore, upon our legislature a tendency in their coun cils and laws, that will ultimately subvert the institutions of the country, and lead to our national annihilation, unless something like virtuous principle and intention again be asserted, and connected with the making and administering of our laws.—(Hear.) Perhaps some gen tlemen present may have suggestions to offer for the con sideration of the meeting. I fear there are individuals amongst .us who have given a political character and tinge to proceedings affecting the mere science of trade, and have thus d one us more harm than even our thought• less legislature."—(Hear.) Mr. Alderman Bitooits thought Sir Robert Peel should be called upon, before he proceeded with his measure, to show the House what substantial burdens there are upon the land, whick did not also fall upon the manufac turers and other parts of the community. He told a .ientleman. the other day, as he did tell every public meeting, that this was a robbery, and that all the money treat into the pockets of the landowners. " Yes," said the gentleman, " but that is for the benefit of the people."—(Laughter.) He (Mr. Brooks) rejoined, " Then, suppose a robber takes your purse, teling you that he is not going to quit the country, but will spend its contents is England, and that it would benefit the people—(Laughter)—whatwould you say to that ?" Mr. Alderman CALLENDER said, they had not assent ided to discuss the Corn-laws.—(Hear.) They were all persua_cle 1 that of all laws they were the very worst—bad ;n the beginning, bad in the middle, and bad in the end. ' Their object was therefore to try to get rid of them, and to devis e p ro p er measures to show their determine,- ' Lion . not to sit 'quietly down. to be ruined—(Hear)—for ' under such laws they saw nothing but ratiasaLcunl flap t.v - -- - --- - - IA:t" ~, ..,,L iinct resolutions had been preferred ; and the meeting ' was - rather intended to be of a conversational sharacter, to see • how far gentlemen agreed upon ,any one line of conduct. H e h e ld i n hi s h and a pamphlet, that gave such excellent .reasons for trying zo get rid of those laws, that he would read a passage or two. This was delivered in America:—" The grand doctrine, that. every human being should have the means of self-culture; of progress in knowledge and virtue ; of health, comfort, and happiness; of exercising he powers and affections of a man—this is slowly taking its place, as the highest social truth."—Ho says again— " Free trade !—This is - the plain duty and the plain in terest of the human race. To level all barriers to free exchange; to cut up the system of restriction, root and branch ; to open every port on earth to every product— :.his is the office of enlightened humanity. To this a free nation should especially pledge itself. Freedom of the seas—freedom of harbours—a n intercourse of nations free as the winds—this is not a dream of philanthropists." These were the remarks of Dr. Charming. Mr. EDMUND ASUWORTH said, if h e understood the object of the meeting, as: expressed by the circular, it was to urge the liberal and tree-trade members in the House of Commons, to prevent or hinder, by every le gitimate means:in their power, the passing of . the pro oosed measure into the law of the land.—([lsar.) lie , should be glad for some gentlemen to propose a defi nite resolution of that kind to the meeting, .which, composed as it was, not of the - labouring classes, but of . extensive spinners, manufacturers, and othe r e m pl o y ers of the people, and of merchants, hind ' no need to assem ble to convince each other of the impollcy of the proposed measure—(Hear)—but rather to speak of its unjust effects upon them, and, through them, upon the labour ing portion of the community. He, therefore, hoped, that the free-trade members would do all they conld to prevent its passing. If passed, it must depend on cir cumstances whether we existed under it two years, or seven years, or ten years longer. Having therefore both political parties in the State committed to the fact that a change was needed, we could not suffer anything by de ferring the day for the measure passing till the whole community should be of opinion that it ought either to be very greatly altered, or wholly abrogated ; so that by delay we should be gaining strength. The question with Ministers and the Parliament had been, not why there should be any Corn -law put on at all, but, being . on, whether it should be a sliding scale or a fixed duty. They had never discussed why a Corn-law of any kind should be on the statute book.—(Hear.) But what had the Prime Minister insultingly said ? -It was the most . prominent part of the speech, in his (Mr. Ashworth's) recollection. " You say you are starved ; but I'll find you a people worse starved than yourselves— the• Prussians —and therefore this law may be continued a little longer s you are not quite starved to death."— (Hear, hear.) And what said the Home Secretary of State ? " These people are not quite done up yet. Mr. Horner says that they have built 90 mills and fac tories in three years." He overlooked the fact, that there were 15,000 more people requiring employment in those three years ; and if he had referred to flue sta tistics showing the progress of the population, he would have found that we really had not kept pace with our own population, and the demand for employment, in the erect on of buildings and machinery, in the last three years. It was perfectly insulting to be told these laws must continue because we could still build mills, and were not so badly starved as the Prussians. But that honest Baronet, the Member for Kent, did not cover up the fact with sophistries. He said, " These laws are essential for the landed interest, that we, the landed in terest, may keep up our station in society."—(Hear.) There came out the whole truth at once. But surely the labouring man had as great a right to the means of sub sistence: as Sir Edward Knatchbull had to keep up a law to maintain him in his own station ; i n society.— (Hear.) What was the state of his (Mr. Ashivorth's) own neighbourhood ? The Chairman of the Board of Guardians a brother of the late C onserva ti ve mem b er (Mr. Bolling), had acknowledged that one-ninth of the whole population were receiving relief from that board. —(Hear.) Another board was sitting daily, of which the Vicar of Bolton was chairman, and which was espe cially established for the relief of strangers in Bolton. This board was relieving between 2,000 and 3,000 fami lies, say at least 4,000 persons, making 14,000 persons ' out of a population of 90;00 0 , rece i v i ng e i ther paroc hi a l or charitable relief in aid of existence.—(Hear, hear.) Still we were to be told by the Prime Minister that there was a country found where they ate less food than ' in England, and, by the Home Secretary, that we could still afford to build more mills, and, therefor., we were not done up yet.—(Hear, hear.) We should, as a com munity, cement Ourselves together by every possible means, so as to prevent this passing into a law for twelve months' more . ; and if for that period the pie • ssure continued, there would be a much greater num ber of people of the same mind. They would not then see Conservative societies, as was the case in his own neigh bourhood, printing the speech of Mr. Ferr and as the speecb, the only speech in the debate; stating at the top, "printed by the Conservative Society for distribution," and of which he and others received anonymous and gratuitous copies. —(Hear.): There were certain'modes of procrastinating the debates, of eccepyiag.the time and attention of the House, so as to prevent this' question coming on in the course of the session. 'lf :40 members, for instance, were determined to do all they. could to pre vent its passing, although they might be stigmatised as preventing the business of the House, they would be -SW successful. But th ey would not be justified in doing so, unless their c ons tieuenties in Y or k s hi re, L ancashire, and elsewhere, wou ld j oin he requiring them to use their ut ttihoinsalc,ohnersieholuliggillitl most influence in that way. Other members might think y ir t e i objectionable t ; ly still, ju sti b fi e e i o ng in constitu tional, t g i t a l i . constitutional means to prevent a bad law passing ; and ho, for one, should not hesitate to propose such a re solution. Mr. W. V. GnEo: nende no a p o l ogy f o r o ff er i n g some suggestions, not stiffing them as his fixed or matured opinions. Mr. Ashworth's plan was, he supposed. for Members .to more the - adjournment, till the opposite party were wearied out Then Sir Robe r t P ee l wou ld threw up his Bill, and ' ," I will l e t it a l one ." I n t h at case, we should h ave il present law witho u t a lt erat i on. Now, unless our Membeellevere prepared t o f o ll ow out t h at principle, so as to prevent any business being carried on, and to prevent the supplies being voted.—(Mr. Ashworth e--". I would have it carried out fully.") That might be a very effectual, but it certainly-was a very desperate mea sure. But before any decided mode of warfare as that was adopted, we mast consider another point. Taking corn at its present price, he presumed there could be no doubt that Peel's measure would be immediately a great benefit to the country ; because a very considerable quantity of bonded corn would be admitted at a lower duty than at present4could be. Considering that, at the lowest estimate, wae e lsad 30,000 people in a - state of starvation, we shoul4ause seriously b e f ore we adopted R. measure—howeveiit might be approved as a mode of warfare on this ..great. question--which would h ave t h e effect of enhancing ihe:pri d ef coin. It .would be a se ed-ens -step, an empopuhir ins sure ; and he did not feel that we should be justified in taking it. If Peel's mea sure should pass, we should have the whole of the bonded corn liberated at a duty of 10s., and that must necessarily depress the price of corn very much, while it must pro tan to put our depressed starving population in a better condition than at present. He did not feel. therefore, justified in adopting a measure which would enhance their suffering, in order to carry on their strug-• On with the landed interest more successfully. But he did feel strongly that this question had arrived at a point where all argument was perfectly useless. He was not prepared to propose any plan, but was disposed to think the game was iu our hands, if we were united our selves, and could raise a sufficient degree of sterling and stubborn enthusiasm in the people to support us.— (hear, hear.) [Mr. Greg then referred to a plan which he intimated.a* intention not to state in the presence of the reporters ; but, as the meeting seemed desirous to hear it, he subsequently stated it, • on the understanding that it should not have publicity given to it. As the meeting was one of merchants and manufacturers, and not strictly a public one, reporters being permitted to be present, rather than having . the right t o b e t h ere, w e omit all noti ce o f t h e p l an, which Mr. Greg said he hoped would be matured by wiser heads than his, and given forth in a fitter shape in due time.] Mr. EDMUND ASIIWORTH thought there would be time enough to consider Mr. Greg's proposition when the landed aristocracy had forced Peel's Bill upon us. But ise the object of this meeting was to consider whe— ther or not we would advise our friends in Parliament to prevent the paceing of this Bill into a law, he thought they ought not to separate without adopting some reso lution of the kind. Mr. J. CIIADWICK saw insuperable difficulties in the way of the plans bo h of Mr. Ashworth and Mr. Greg. He would earnestly press upon the consideration of the meeting, whether it was not better for them to call upon all the Members who were advocates either for a total repeal or a moderate fixed duty, and get them to wait upon Sir Robert Peel, and endeavour to mitigate the evil• which they all agreed must result if the Bill were passed.. If they could nut obtain any mitigation of it, for his part, lie did not know what they could do, but sit down and abide by it.—(General manifestations of disapproval, and some cries of " No, no.") Mr. Alderman Bnooas differed wholly with Mr. Chad wick. The Corn-laws were a downright robbery ; and he would sooner sacrifice 503. a-year for life th an su b m i t to for any thing less than their total. and immediate repeal.—(Great applause.) lt was as complete a rob bery as that of the men MI6, the other day, stole 2,0004 of his brother's out of a coach.' Mr. J. MILNE—It's worse ; for that was only robbing the rich ; but the Corn-laws rob the poor.e-elsaughter). The Roy. WM. SHUTTLEWORTH thought Mr. Chad- wiek's proposition was like an abandonment of principle. .' We had asserted that the laws of which they sought the abrogation were unjust. Let us stand on this ground. We had the people with us ; and, while our circum stances were, in this and other respects, becoming better ;tad better, let us determine, as Manchester men and as tritons -l'E Mil N (l Sv deviate bee tke i m! ; t e,; Ay L e a pee . l i ec i like men.—(Near, and applause.) Mr. EDMUND - si/SIIWORTH then moved—" That this meeting unhesitatingly dis a pp roves o f t h e alteration proposed by Sir Robert Peel in the Corn-laws; and, therefore, acting upon these broad principles of jus tice upon which free trade is founded, now declares and recommends that an uncompromising rejection of the proposition be demanded from the Legislature ; and that all the liberal,and free-trade members of the llouse of Commons be requested to use all the legal and constitu-. tionaloseane in their power to prevent its being passed ; and that the followinergentle men b e appo i nted a committee to draw up a memorial, and . to carry o u t th e o bj ec t s o f t hi s meeting :—The Chairman, Sir Thomas Potter, Messrs. W. R. Callender, Edmund Ashw ort h James Chadwick, I George Wilson, and Joh n Brooks." f this measure were ineffectual, let us then have another meeting to request them to stop the supplies ; and by that time we shesuld be upon short time, and let us have half a million of people upon Kersal Moor. Sir THOMAS PorrEn had great pleasure in seconding the resolution. Mr WILLIAM EVANS objected to the terms 6 ' every legal and constitutional means." He did not think this. was a time when we should be particularly nice in our phraseology. -He-came from London the preceding eve ning, and had been in the House of Commons every night during this debate ; and it was disgusting for any man of sense to witness such conduct. . It was with the ut most difficulty our Members could get a hearing ; so loud and noisy were the cries of " divide," the cat-calls, and coughing and shuffling of. feet and cheering, to pre vent them being heard.---(" Shame, shame !") The use of such terms " legal and constitutional" was therefore, he. thought, unnecessary ; because if they would use all the means in their power, he thought that was sufficient. He would therefore move, as en amendment, that those words be omitted. Mr. W. E. GREG said, he could not stand by and have his simile reported as haring attended a meeting of this kind, without expressing his strong reprobation of the meaning of the last speaker. The use of such lan guage on our part would give immense advantage to our opponents ; and it must be recollected, - that measures were carried, not by hard words, but by stern deeds ; and the mere reporting of the proposition of the last speaker would give a tone to the meeting which would very much clamp its character and influence. He (Mr. Greg) did not agree with the resolution, and did not wish it to pass, for the simple reason that by so doing they would throw an argument into the hands of Peel, which he Would not be slow in availing himself of. He would predict that Sir Robert would say—" Here you oppose a measure which will, pro tempore and pro tanto, relieve the sufferings of the people ; which sufferings you have been professing to regard as one of the' greatest evils of the Corn-laws, and yet you reject the very measure I bring forward to relieve them." Depend upon it, that was one false step. Mr. T. GASQUOINE perfectly agreed with Mr. Greg in every word he had uttered. Could they suppose such a measure could be carried out ? Ile did not believe they could find forty members with such a degree of moral courage as to give a factious opposition to the proceed ings of the House, and the business of th e country. He thought a much better plan would be to advise the free trade Members quietly to withdraw from their places, and leave the landed aristocracy to pass the measure alone. Mr. W. R. GREG had no hesitation in coming for ward again to moderate the tone of excitement which prevailed. His motives could not be doubt e d, f or h e be lieved no man had suffered more by the Cor n -l aws t h an as the first bl ow given to a system he had, and no one was - more desirous to g e t r id of them. But if Pi. el got up his measure, they would be i n no b etter bring s position tetmo t ; aill s ,r e i e•ihirceehraelans had e a t the, .p up t passing the of that measure must. e, pretence of vested in terests in its favour. Let Sir R. Peel give that blow to the system ; they need not relax their exertions. It would not place them in a bit worse position than before; but, if they compelled him to throw up that measure, - they put themselves in a false position, e , I; asgusted many men who had hitherto gone with them, and did no sort of good. If they chose to wait till the time came for passing the.supplies, and then saw that it was d es i ra bl e, and that they had the power to do so, they might then suggest to their Members to adjourn the House, and stop the supplies.. Then they would have got a boon for our starving population, if it were none to trade ; and they would still have the means of stopping the supplies. - Mr. WILLIAM Wiirrwonvi wished to show that Mr. Greg's fallacy was in supposing the proposed Bill to be an advantage. Thetford was a well-known market town in Norfolk. Nine-tenths of the corn grown in Norfolk was sent to the London, Hull, Wakefield, and Liverpool markets. Under the proposed bill the whole of the -corn grown in • Norfolk would be returned at the' market towns in that county, say at 50s. If h e b oug h t 1 0 0 quarters at W a k e fi e ld , i t was returned at 58s. and the averages were thus raised throughout the country. Mr. LAWRENCE ROSTRON thought forty determined Members had it in their power to stop the present course of Government. If we must use constitutional means, that might be a ease of years, and we were sinking daily and hourly. He thought, if there were forty Cobdens in the House, they might bring Government to their senses. By the present forms of the House, they mild keep moving the adjournment; and he for one would say, that the sooner the present- course of Government was stopped the bettere--e(Loud applaese.) He would sup port Mr. Ashworth's motion, but would like to add to it a recommendation to stop the supplies. Mr. EVANS had merely thrown out a suggestion, and vould offer no amendment ; but he wished it to he under stood, that it was the opinion of our Liberal Mi:mbers in London, that, unless they were supported by the people, they could not take such steps as the resoltution re ferred to. Mr. Alderman CALLENDER said it was a regular course of argument in Parliament, w h en a new law of any kind passed, a large number of Ministerial ad herents would say, "Let us try this law before we con demn it. We have not had it yet two yeais or three years ; give it a fair trial." And thus it would be car ried over a space of two, three, or four years, and we should be ruined while the law was on its trial,— (Hear.) Our case, as to the landowners, was that of the boy in the old man's apple -tree. First, the owner tried fair words to get him to come down and desist fromplunder ing it, but the lad only laughed at him ; next, le thre* clods of grass at him, but these were soft, and did not hurt the young thief ; but next, the old man gathered some stones, and then the l a d came d own immediately. (Hear.) Now we have tried fair words and grass for a lung time; we have been talking and arguing, but they have put it all aside ; and we must now show that we are a combi ne d b o dy, f or th e landowners virere com bined against us ; and we must show them tjiat such laws shall not be passed, or, if passed, shall not continue. If we show that we were in earnest, we should be certain to get a better law than this, and therefore he supported Mr. Ashworth's motion.—(Applguse.) Mr. Wm. DIXON, of Accrington, said, he came from a p ; t-eat manufacturing district, of which Accrington was the centre; and he was specially instructed te. support he resolution now befinv the meeting, and, if no gentle man had proposed such a one, he was instructed to pro pose it himself; and to cal/ on the free-trade Members to obstruct in every manner, form, shape, way, and twist that could be advised, Sir Robert Peel's Bill, and try to throw it out altogether; to maintain their ailvoeacy of a total and unconditional repeal of the Corn-laws, and "no , surrender."—(Applause.) The CHAIRMAN ti which passed wit'. was one. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE et_ . FFICE of . the GOVERNOR an d COMPANY of COPPER' MINERS in ENGLAND, Old Broad street, London, Feb. 23, 1842. 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'ld immediately prepare a memorial; I, ;ts convening the meeting would be req. ic sheets, and procere signatures; and, a,.. nromptitude were desirable, he trusted g, dug sheets would lose no time. For the purr . ng all due effect to the signatures, it was reque. ' every one signing would also add to his signature ,mount of his asessment, and thus show an aggregate .. •unt exhi biting the majority of property in this town, as it was already clear the opponents of the Corn-laws were a vas majority of persons. After thanks the proceedings terminated. Ti MARYLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry Mr. Lowe in the chair), a deputation of parishioners of he parish of St. Marylebone, supported by Messrs. 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Tunstall Smith, M.A., of St. Peter's College, in this University, to the vicarage of Whaplale, Lincolnshire. The number of vessels that entered. Algiers during 1841 was 2,068, and of those that cleared 2,034; their burthens were 214,078 tons, and 202,547 tons respectively. There were only one.third of these vessels under the French flag. EXTRAORDINARY DELUSION. Great excitement and alarm, for the last week, have been existing among the Irish residents of the metropolis, more particularly among the lower orders living near the waterside, in consequence of their belief in the prophecy of some one of their priests, that a frightful calamity is about to visit London, in the shape of an earthquake. It is to extend ten miles round London, and the modern Babylon is to be swallowed up. The Irish are therefore on the move. Our in formant saw nearly all the poor deluded occupants of a street in Shadwell, moving their little furniture, and offering it for sale, in order, as they said, "to escape the earthquake." It was truly a pitiable sight to see these poor creatures lamenting their crue fate, that compelled them to leave their homes and their means of subsistence, but au firmly has the belief become implanted in their minds that no argument or persuasion could divert them from it. Our own opinion is that Sir Robert Peel's mea sure ought now to be permitted to pass as soon as possible, as it. will doubtless be an improvement to some extent; but that, being founded on an inherently vicious principle, it ought not to be accepted as any compromise of the question as to the im portaton cl corn, and that the agitation in favour of a much better system should be kept up as vigorously as ever.—Man chester Guardian. FALL or WAGES.—Reduction have been made in the wages of the men, and in their hours of working, in more than one of the manufacturing establishments in Kendal, and that without reference to political partisanship—Tory and liberal having pursued the same course. The general depres sion of trade, and the competition conse quen t t h ereupon, h ave ren dered this step necessary , in order to secure any portion of work to the factories in question.— K en d al Mercury. The new building, no w in th e course of erection on the northern side ofThrcadneedlc-street, is rapidly progressing, and it is expec ted that it will be, for th e most part, completed by the ensuing month of May. The purposes to wLich it i s to be devoted are still kept a close secret by th e proprietor. RUSSIAN ARM Y. ST. PETERSBURG, FEB. 12.—The Minis er of War has just pubiisbcd the following ukase upon the dissolution of the battalion of reserve of the corps of grenadiers and the six corps of infantry, and upon the transforming of the second army of reserve:— t 9 " War .office.-- according conpes for aa unlimited t . ish t:t , m how ever,or e Hod, my intenti on was to re li eve t h e treasu ry, and at the same n cli sl g i n theo u rg m a b r. e i r m o t f i o t n ro o o f ps over, to diminish th e ti me of service of the soldiers of the active army, to enable them to return to their families at an age when they may be useful to them. Conges, given in thi s mariner, commenced in 1833, and this mea sure has not only succeeded, but has surpassed my expee thuendaerr n7.'s, ho expec tations. Soldiers with unlimited leave of absence have always eagerly returned to their duty when recalled. Be sides, they have always made themselves useful in the localities chosen for their residence. Thus have they deserved our be nevolence under every circumstance. The Reports of the ju- I been ordain, i n t h t e h l a i t an e d o s n o fo f rm jus a t b ice l; to th Thise ju dicial authorities are tls, best proofs in their favors. Out of result shows the possibility of fulfilling our intentions to the l ul in s ;a s 7 t ion m l lc o nn f ,c t b h oun e : S lq t tu a 6e te nh , cae t v h e e Sapainje troops, soldiers on un limited leave, receive the following organization:-1. For the Guard ; for each regiment of infantry a 4th battalion sapasnje upon the cadres; for each regiment of cavalry, an Bth squadron sapasnje ; for the Foot Artillery, three batteriei of reserve and three sapasnje ; for the Horse Artillery, one battery sapasnje. 2. Corps of Grenadiers. Infantry : —The battalions of reserve are di s • solved, and a fourth and fifth battalion will be formed upon the cadres for each regiment. Artillery :—'l hree batteries of re serve, akd three light sapasnje; one flying sapasnje. Of the six corps of Infantry, the fifth battalions of reserve are dis solved, but each regiment will have a skeleton of a fifth and sixth battalion. Cavalry of the line :--For each regiment there will be formed two squadrons sapasnje. Artil'ery : Nine sapasnje batteries, eighteen batteries of reserve, and eighteen sapasnje foot batteries. These details are in part contained in the ukase of the :oth of January (February) and of the 23rd of December, 1841 (4th January, 1842). 2. Thi s order will be put in executi on immediately. (Signed) " NICHOLAS. " St. Petersburg, 25th January." (6th February.) The Indicateur of Bourdeaux gives the following extract of a letter from the Sub-Prefect of Argeles to the Prefect of the Hautes Pyrenees :—" Bareges is buried under the snow. The military hospital is damaged, several houses are entirely destroyed, and others much injured. The bath-house appears to have escaped. Two children have perished, one in the arms of its mother, who only saved herself by taking shelter in the oven, whence she was released after being confined for two hours. The rest of the family at the moment of the :avalanche were in a contiguous barn, which was not touched. The amount of the damage occasioned by these disasters has not yet been ascertained. The road from Luz to Ba reges is impassable, and the cantonnlers stationed upon it have had great difficulty in making a path through the snow for them_ elves." MELANCIIOLY SUICIDE AT CHELMSFORD.—On Mon day last, Mr. William Maryon, of the abo►e town, who had for fifty years filled the office of confidential clerk to C. G. Parker, Esq., as registrar of wills, and who had reached the advanced age of 76, was found by his servant, suspended in his stable, lifeless. The rope was attached to a hay-rack, and passed over one of the rafters, the end hanging at a distance of about five feet from the ground, and it is supposed that the deceased jumped from a heap of straw which was found lying near the manger. E LOPEMEN T.-011 Monday morning last the family of Mr. —, residing in the vicinity of the Regent's Park, were thrown into a state of consternation by the sudden disappearance of Miss J., a young lady of great beauty and accomplishments, and the ward of Mr. —. A letter was found on the dressing_ table of the absentee, addressed to her guardian, in which she stated that she had adopted her present line of conduct under the full impression that it was calculated to ensure her future happiness in life. It was quickly ascertained that a chaise and four, con taining a cavalier, had been seen in the immediate ♦icinity at an early hour in the morning, and it was suspected that the fair fugitive had flown "on the wings of love," in company with the gallant-looking occupier of the post-chaise, and which it was discovered had proceeded eastward, a somewhat different route to the one generally adopted by parties under similar circumstances. After considerable exertion it was ascertained that the chaise had left town by the Whitechapel_road, and a pursuit was immediately commenced by the young lady's guardian, accompanied by his nephew. As the runaways had the advantage of a five hours' start, the pursuers were considerably distanced in their endeavours to overtake the fugitive, but after journeying some fifty odd miles, performed at an extraordinary speed, they reached the little village of Hillingford, within IS miles of Bury St. Ed mund's, just as the parties they were in pursuit of were on the point of sitting down to dinner. The pursuers, without any ceremony, rushed into the loom and proceeded to take possession of the lady vi ct aryls, but the disappointment of the worthy guardian may be imagined when it was politely intimated to him that he .might have spared himself the trouble and expense of the journey, for that the " twain " before him had been united in the indissoluble bonds of matrimony some six weeks previously. After a scene of mutual recrimination between the parties, the lady's guardian, refusing all overtures of reconciliation, returned in doleful mood to town, accompanied by his disconsolate nephew, who, it appears, is a disappointed suitor of the lady in question, who will, on attaining her 21st year, become entitled to a fortune of nearly 40,0001,, there being barely three months to expire before her mino rity:will be completed. The Correctional Tribunal of Clermond Ferrand, in the Puy de Dome, has been occupied for four days with the trial of twenty persons, implicated in the late riots in opposition to the census. Five of them were acquitted, and discharged, The rest were found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment for various terms, from six months to twenty days, with fines varying from 100 to 16f. One of the above is to be subjected to surveillance of the Police after the expiration of his six months' confinement ; and the trial of another has been postponed till March, on account of the absence of witnesses. G/ C 4 . 1 i :,-,. / '; 0 1 f)', • - Ai , ~...„, . • ,:.-,,. -11 i e 4 ( - ....) . 1 .' ' - . • " , - , , t , ,,,, 1 ~.. V 4 iii . ••,. •. .. ...., •• - - A 4) ,-,„„ .?. i . 1 • : ... ._. . ..._ ____._.... v trr.- ,•,-- a?i.?"'4,2..,,k ° s a t ._ W I - -- ' , -. 1 %,. ' C-1,71 0 4 : ‘,,,' -- - .V.,atiivf - , ../ , c • °•*ur•ar •,... ._ - _ .. - - (‘‘' ' • '-'l , ;- ..)._ i. _ ..:,.- .... ....,,,. ":. ...... 4.- : , . , "":1 t , g . \ • . w . , . iir ,_., - ` A ' / - •'"l___ .‘ ` -- - /1 • :' - ‘ 9l • - ', li \ - #4-._ - ,•:. -f,, - ....1 , ...,„.„,?,..-:- , • :. , . •4, , , - ....,-,.„. ,A - .., -Te,,.. 4, .., ~..".•.t'-. ~, ii ,, ,,, *PN NA . ‘47 — jui . .. 4 ., :: 41 11 ,10.,. . ' ~:,,,,A„ : 41) . , s.%_',-,1.0. ,:.• _ , ll ' il r•CdIL.. -: ', : tl''' ..1. 1 4 1 :4, + 0 ' .3. ' • '." ---"" AUK .0::' •- - i s %., . 71*'.-77-!: I 1 • : ''' • .'i-1.. 1: 1:' \''' • ---' 47,7 A;;' - ' D1V: 13.1 -# 1 ::' -' • k W Wili'S s 10 • S l i re' Ail lik Y ,, - - '.c - "...- : VsP••• ' I' , • t --,.: it,*_1 ,, 0.r4 l'- , ~- -.1 --,.' zi t - ':' ,% - • .....---. .P , ------ OIV., -7i. -\ ' S r, !tarot. Feb. 21—. The Moniteur Parisien states that accounts have been received of the death, in Africa, by his own hand, of M. Duhcsme, Chef d'Escadron, and formerly orderly officer of the King. lle was suffering from dysentery, the pain of which is sup. posed to have induced him to commit this act, which he effected by discharging a pistol at his heart. A letter from Berlin, of the 13th inst., in the Post Amp( Gazette of Frankfort, says: " Our clergy are very much dis pleased at the circular of the Archbishop of Canterbury, relative to the new Bishop of Jerusalem, in which it is said that the creation of this bishopric is only a means of uniting the German with the Anglican church, and leading to a fusion of the two. Our clergy will not listen to anything like a conversion from their own tenets to those of the Anglican church, and they propose to send to the King a protest against the circular of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The crowds that continue to Hock to the Cathedral . at Bordeaux, to hear the sermon of M. Lacordaire, are so great, that . as the journal of that city states, barriers have been put up in the church, and soldiers are stationed at them to keep order. To Va rious parts of the edifice the public are admitted only by tickets, and in order to get a chair, it:is necessary to be there three hours before the service begins. A clay or two ago, two persons genteelly dressed in black, and describing themselves as members of the committee of a "Societe be Bientaisance," called on a retired general in the rue de Grenelle St. Germain, a n d so li c i te d hi s su b scr iption, at the same time showing two lo ng li s t s o f persons w ho had, they said, sub. scribed. The General gave his subscription ; but, soon after they had left, began to suspect that he had been imposed upon, and , having made inquiry, found that no subscription of the kind had pretended corturatee-mcn Were mindlett been opened, and that the