The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-28 00:00:00

brAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COM PANY. The COURT of DIRECTORS of this COMPANY erohy givp notice that they lace this day made a FURTHER 'CALL of TEN POUNDS Ler SHARE on the capital stock •of this Corporation and the Shareholders a r e requeste d t o pay the same on their respec ice shares on or before the First Day o f November next, to 1112s.rs. Robarts, Curtis, Robarts Curtis, and Company. Interest at the rate of five per cent. will be charged on such shar es as the Call is not aid upon by the First Day of Nvember, :and s h ares on which p the call shall remain unpaid o for two ' cale ndar months from that date will be liable to forfeiture. By order of the Court, E. CIIAPPELL, Secretary. Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's Office, mate-street, London, Sept. 30, 1812. EAST INDIA HOUSE, ()cr. 26, 1812. THE COJRT of DIRECTORS of the El - ''' l. IN1)1 A COMPANY do g Noti, That a Q U ARTERLY GENERAL RTCCO of the ce said 'e().SIFANY will be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, " WEDNrSnA r the 21st December next, at Eleven o'clock In the Forenoon. JAMES C. 111ELVILL, Secretary. I ' / W 1 .'NDJA HOUSE, OCT. %. 1812. HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, 4 , That the TRANSFER .BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S "TOCR will be SHUT on THOusuav, the let December !?ext, at Three Welt eic and OPENED 'again on TUE SDAY , the 17 th January, 1842. That the WARRANTS for the DIVIDENDS on the said SToc r th e Plyable on F RIDAY. the 6th .lanuary, 1843, under sectlon of the Act 3d and 4th Win. 4th, Cap. 85, Rill be ready to be delivered on that day. JAMES C. AIELVILL, Secretary. EAT WESTERN RAILWAY Oh ALTERATION FOR WINTER TRAINS. and after Ti•Esna NF.XT, the Ist of November, there will be an alteration in the Trains. r The 4 lb long 'Frain, from Taunton, will start at 3 15 ; an d li nal-licistel at 5 o'clork ; and from Cirencester at 5 40 ; ar ling at Paddington at. half-past 9 o'clock in the evening. The latest evening Train, from Taunton, for Passengers to . s tol and Bath, an d f or G oo d s , w ill l eave T aunton at 5 15 , lastead of 6 30 Th • v alv e under mentioned Trains will h^ discontinued during the Pad DOWN &LAIN& dit.gton tO ,I 3 ath tor ßstol SIOUgh b ristol to Taunton.. 4 SO r. at. .. 10 0 „ ... ... 4 0 „ UP TRAINS Tau nton to flris!ol Itrifttol to I"h Sl o ~ h , °,111 ,9 Paddington 1 - } 1 :30 Train, from Bristol to Ba!h, t, ill !Pave at 4 o'clock. eat 41-s r Tr i aiA.,ftqw N a_4s, th , ;,e,rArticula t r e srma t a i irmtgieink'n t 'aivingt;' TLin Bills, - to be had at o c . "ra erl 25liailw Air stations. ob, 1 81.1 TI 1.1 COLLEGE of HEALTH, New -Ihe e read, L on d on.—Purify your blood, and health must be 2 .oo,o,„ nse geence—thi s i s th e Hvgeian System of medicine qtale, Cures by MO r i min ' s Pills ° , published since 1823, have N u it'd the t rut h o f the a b ove. Piu s thrmists or d: u , oists are authorised to sell Morisen's Iri • SUPERIOR CANDLES. AvrEsts CANDLES, 6d. per lb.; Wax Is, Od • Can dles, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Composite, Iv • l•:xtra Fine Wax Wick Memlds, nd. ; Transparent 2,. 1 3 ' d ' 2 s. 2d, ; Ge., u i ne Sperm, 2i 2d. ; Genuine Wax, tio t til t ."l , ' Ye llow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ; 6:2,,,nd 665. ; Windsor and Pa!:_, Is. 4d. per pac -44. Old Erown Windsor Soap, Is. Pd. ; Ilosz , , 2s. Od.: Cam -40,."5• ; Alitond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing ' Wax, 4s. 6d. per b. ; ii„ . T. 2' l , Ms. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 4s. o.l.fit • . i t . ‘ - ' l 'h, at DAVIES'S Ohl-Established Warehouse, 63, krtio's-lane, opposite New Slaughter a Coffee-House. S'LVER TEA SERVICES i! • COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, pti seven doors fro -n Gracechureh-street, submits the Vi f. j,;,,,nr the following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SER. th, tp ". The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet, and coffe e pots with a flower ornament oil the lids. The The ion's Pattern is richly embGssed with flowers and scrolls. ' ll4 l>e eifaer is new and elegant. (4TTAtic PATTERN. KING'S PATTERN. ttr„ nc, Si X. S. £ S . bittiver Tea-pot —.12 0 Strong Silver Tea-pot ...12 0 Ditty Sugar Basin 61, Ditto Sugar Basin 710 b it ._ lilk Ewcr. 4JO Dilo Cream Elver 5 Coffee -pot-15 0 Ditto Coffee-p0t..15 0 A Cent pie I e £4O 0 £ - 38 61 Complete varie • step 'Y of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffee Services may 114' 1 %in the Show-rooms, wt)ere may be selected every arti- Phlettsl:er requi,ite for the . sideboard or plate-cest P . am- °' Prices, illustrated by sketches of the vario h us . articles. f9rwa-ded, pvstage free, to any part of the kingdoz.. hor n °X SA VORY, No. 47, Cornhili, London, seven doori. `iraeechurcli-street. 1 3 \T ER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive attim ari Altk , injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver 1' Pla n by the introduction of a new and perfectly match pLiTE. C. WATSON Care ALDER TON 1:,,N03. 41 and 42, BAIIBICAN, and No. 16, NOR- Itati, i ,"'„"lG ATE, aided by a person of s c ience i n th e at:lai r:lost h!' metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice the hts - " la iniful article ever yet offered: possessing all the rich i,llver i n aPpearance—with its durability and hardness i" Perfect sweetness in use—undergo . ing,.as it does, a *nti re i P r ocess by which all that is nauseous in mixed metals is an d isY extr acte ' d—resisfug all acids, may be cleaned as Silver, b oard. manufactured into every article for the Table and Side . Taht •vont,,, s. d. 1 s . d. cloz ... and Sauce Ladles ..... 1 9 P .. . . „...... 1G 6 Tea Spoons, per doz... 5 6 .. • . 12 6 Gravy Spooti , 3 6 C, w ............ i s pcti , a at , t i.• 6 6 Cold, t i l l , his :„.„' n ' understand that this m_etal fo re " 411 hi s " , .and that Silver is not more different from the ; avo n o d im al Is from all others ; 311 c Public will there snor‘r.'inlient fi ttae ` k illtY in discovering' the animus which directs Pro gre n g from t h e -s made against him, by a party who is daliy kin; ike ,eif nis N e Paralleled success which has marked the tis Prty vv Plate since its introduction. C. 'W., court s 41 an w ill est a id comparison, feeling confident that the 42,11A441', pre-eininence. L '' C AN, and at 16 NORTON FOLGATE. VECIII's DRESSINT CASE, the most port bow_ able ever invent d being ir only the size of a pocke a t- x atetl,Ratul contanin, once ' airofMeelii's ivory handle s pec r tl n li g.. bra rrs, his AVigic St P rop and Comb, badger hair h toail-br is patent castellated Touth-brubh, aap,eipilish..sh:3s:co ,0,;(y5.5.. The Ai sam n e r , d w as ith and Har- n b e r a u t sh ans a e n fu l l ' t on. l ,g cotn pan;. , Military en, . d Jen i rn __ .no, this invention is an , . in a val s u t a n b a l m e -b se n q a u t is n - r - 4 c 'e n v a nd g,.nit certlvari.ety of . other D w r o ug Cases, both for n od% or leather, at all : l e r t ' s • i v i . , e t , ~ , i t eith er ' eal or the luxurious. Anxeexs 4od Il ag s a t t () '4E of Writing -desks, Writing-eases, Work-boxes, superb p ad iii ., ;le Table s ; Razors Strcps, Table Cutlery s Alan,r"o Articles, Sze. ' " ° rY, .1-, I.eadenhall• street, four doors from Cornhill. 131‘13110st 4 1 , 1 b, nizei,, ) PlNG D ECAYED TEET H.—Price 4s. 6d. itilnelj i l, he r Majesty, H. Prince Albert, herioyal R . Tne Duchess of Kent., and the principal Nobi lity. i 1)i °MIS'S SUCCEDANEUM, for stop : . 41 * gup,ri_ng dee4yed teeth, however large the cavity. .It is stop tooth in .r to any thin. ever before used, as it is placed in the ~, lhort tirri4,'l?!t state, without any pressure or pain, and iiia ri th, neeollics a. h ' Br4i t I ' l o9 l f tp, ~.,• arc. :a the enamel, and will remain firm hser % bit Nil , , n:e, rendering extraction unnecessary. r It n s u Ul ir l Tin ue.e progress of decay and renders the teeth again lts -ece ' l4 o --asln ' t cl• All ersons can use Sir. Thomas'; - Lll dirteu,jl themselves with P eas'e, without the aidof a dentist, t 1,7 1 ,44 lu° ,re eneltsed. , 4, 4 5, 6 . o niy by the inventor, Mr. Thomas, surgeon -iat,'Cl, b y i';'? terners -street, Oxford-street. Price 4s. 6d. or - ",, I' S , 220" aPpoitititPnt, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; ,othe)4` - tt fs ' Regent-Ntrect P t 2 4 9 Strand ; Butler, r .t. p m' , • ;Pr nut, , _ .. 4 014 iin 'Ed.' i ," s; J ohnston, 68, Cornhill. In Dublin, by S e ' st reet • I ,, ft "uegb, by Darenport ; Liverpool, Maynard, g il}i rl; 1:14_ 'righton, thorby and Noakes; Cheltenham, V ' 'lintl blver H b ok • Hastings, Amoore; ''lq t.,11,-..un_ Randal • , iiin ro , ti t • . ket , ~,,; Oxford, Slatter ; Shrewsbury, W i it- N V (/'' t'tzils; York, Dennis ; and all respectable IN e enders. tr) •111.--''''Fi.___*, WNERS, CAPTAINS, and O THERS t 1') p ( i 41 1)1 s of Testimnials, Gratis, by all Age nt s. \ A ' %TONE'S EYE SNUFF.— h ss the 1)00h Patronage of his late Mliesty, her Royal !Jig . SNUFF.—. Under the n_NoZtf Kent, thou he Lords Of the Treasury, is u a v e ers d a i l s ly . "rtif4.4,„74ded by _aculty for its e ffi cacy in removing fibarlent to the Eyes and Head. l A' I RESTORED !NERVOITS ,'37 the,_ AND DEAFNESS CURED! HEAD-ACHE its 010,ftmst tint„lo, !ou land delightful, ettr-"es"v°l,4ltnlicPatior.is Nils,. n a.sb, fraught C a a m m r i a7n l y ' u n g t d h e x - tat ~, },et e orta: .en accomplished by u its use, at t Itl' testimonies be necessary )411guliee the su 'r fr ' In its operation. a _ , ! 1 Kings, Lords, d Com its u s h ave its ed it''.'Tl t ie o 1. -I . l"' 'i of the Treasury %line' Their lat 11 "( h Duchess of bent, the 11 , ave t s a a t i n l he cti f on in v a i l h nt op la t,, , •A‘eftl(F,t e likti, ealists M Il the Pre) ' II i. ' Nosse Grimstone s , ,___fr,,, four Au s r. _ '•••••- f nye e ' ' • ' Pra c titioners—with , that gigantic t i 40/4_ •:,..inpoundknosv " G.rimdsetnontet'es eFelebraatne:ll tEhe)e—y°ensu k_tid, 4 el in rernovine all diseases incident 17.'t I' • Gnthrie Esq., F.R. S. utility. The itlNCrtiter, Whitehali ' Dr. Thomas. Se e D rj...AlnLdrLeaweshfieealltlis' i te Aln f4l I blessin,--see his P , eports touching Its mend G r i m e -41'1"tnetliy, with :nany others, nt Ntl. '''.' ''‘,P.iff, and it "tan's bes r t e l c- .r a rend," and the eaCtit-s Vade Meeuva all, See the many thousand Letters the 6ritt?ieß, of undoubted medical authority, with others of e'llettatillity. ' Nis xtr,,„,.na . Nottingham 2Sth Aug., 1841. 'I.. At t' tiryttifeuredisc at test_e_d by Mr ' James Wilcockson 51 ha‘ot,.Nottingham. ie r. 17 , • Cirirnsto:::llracriadestricTet, Bloomsbury, London. vo! ,4),".1 feel gees rt pleiasure in sending you the particulars _ I ?tillsinit :2 4'41 thmirls cure performed on myself, retry 84 d yeZr truly valuable Eye-Snuff. Sir, l am h 9ow co l l n intry y Year,: Z,',clea nativ e of Holland, have been t :, ea e tin o4, __ yti ilitv:r. fro. Cha ng e of c l imate, or my in adva i n s ced age, krU.rerove3.an' u for six yars I lc...aye been s'eLlies.o °,_ ab to follow my business. I " mos t . d sincerely deprived of sight, t he kind 'll°u'd have remained in darkness and pain . but for t'ths3o(rir°,,Tn.. inendation of a friend to use your invent i on. tol rtt:,ollt,t, ;1410..,1d. canister of your agent, Mr. 1 sa t l n) 0 t h '°°w! the above to be facts, and will i hear wit sting of x r.aordinary recovery ofacts, that most inestimable r°4l the i, our hre--" Perfect Sight"---I declare has proceeded ff - 4, yo u , -- ‘ u I our Eye Snuff. For the sake of those suvieriri: -4, or make what use you please of this letter,. 17 0 ,er s tr ," rn„%!iy others will vouch for its truth. and r efer the so hell vitt in t" gentleman, being your Arent, "Ilgliarri. 41r2th ni t " 1,11 am 5.,. your oblig.etl•ervant. e.fn...---.ir.1.---i1;110 l i 1" A Isl , l\l . S ZEN I A Al A SSENIA. freed ,ras 81,0(m _ s l ri d not v o 3 o l u i justice without stating my eye:: lieca.mc clear and ,ner;or h„„,,,:ru, tt taneom. • cflass arts eno., arid by persevt - ritig . in its we very.fre" • t without the aid of ireir:‘, ati coritizi to read savill c i"ln teut Itlessin t nend Q 4/ Pain. 1 have rren:ll.7n God ob '4 e . grateful, rra and g—Sight ! N ?..etn. EYe Snuff t 11 011ngham. - -- 0 a I know . A . Z. M. l'entor and (‘ the Cantion.--IV. CRIMSTONE ir the sole in- T iii ! .. the only genuine is prepared by him. eatigte'rsudoriferous lierbac.ous C6initmend of 13-rbs is sold in and 15s . 6d. a 44, „ ',lt d., ls. ;_icl ,2 4d 4., 4o , Bs. ill() ...1e Pr ..., 8. •"'. * e B ad-street, otnatittr oprietor , vv. Glimstone, at 3. , Broad-street.. ,ities. , 'and? can be obcained in all the principal towns and a le zill LI• f e ral allowance tr, shipm.,, own", captains, and itill sliinpe°drs irnstone's Eye Siiiiff.' ' This celebrated Snug sitittii ike4q:lairters o f the glohe, zing retains its benign Mate. All Snuffs ann cigars chipped on t 119tioe. - The Policies granted by this Company have this great and peculiar advantage, that they are declared by the Deed of Con stitution to be indefeasible and indisputable. unless they have been obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation. Prospectuses, Schedules, and every information requisite to enable parties to effect Assurances, will be forwarded, free of expense, by the Agents or Manager. ALEX. ROBERTSON. Manager. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, 1. PRINCES-STREET, BANK, LONDON. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT, 4th VICTORIA, CAP. 9. DIRECTORS. William Bardgett, Esq. John Drewett, Esq. Samuel B vington, Esq. Robert Eglinton, Esq. Wm. Fechney 31ack, Esq. Erasmus Robert Foster, Esq. John Brightman. Esq. Alex. Robert Irvine, Esq. George Cohen, Esq. Peter Morrison, Esq. Millis Coventry, Esq. Henry Lewis Smale, Esq. Thomas Teed, Esq. No. 15,655. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Time for t h e EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time jar the AFTERN and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK , f or POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Baur. OON TRAINS ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morn ;,g, Noon; and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION,at ONE CHARGE. - - - - - i'firllTE CHINESE COLLECTION ST. GEORGE'S-PLACE, HYDE PARK CORN ER. This Splendid Collection, consisting of Objects Exclusively Chinese, surpassing in extent and grandeur any similar display in the known world, entirely tilling the spacious saloon, 225 feet in length, by 50 feet in width ; embracing upwards of Fifty Figures as large as life, all fac-similes, in groups, in their native costumes, from the highest mandarin to the blind mendicant in his patched garment. Also, many thousand spe . - cimens, both in Natural History and 3liseellaneous Curiosi ties, illustrating the appearance, manners, and customs of more. than Three Hundred Million Chinese, respecting whom the Nations of Europe have had scarcely any opportunity of judg ing, IS NOW 0 1 . 1 EN for Public inspection from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. PUBLICATIONS. LA W INTELLIGENCE. Published this day, Svo.. pp. 192, 10s. 6d. cloth, JILA A.YS of ANCIENT ROME. By the Right Bon. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. THE CLEVELAND ESTATE. [Mr. Acland, the Anti-Corn-law Lecturer, makes the following observations on the Cleveland estate, in a letter to the " League" at Manchester. Mr. A. has been delivering- lectures against the Corn-laws to the tenantry of the Duke. of Cleveland ; and his corres pondence with his Grace will not have been forgotten.) Among the Cleveland agriculturists the system of bondage very generally obtains—as in the adjoining county of go rthumberl and. The single men and wo men are " done for" in the firm-house, whilst the married men have a house assigned to them, with an , allowance o f p o t atoes, and a weekly stipend of some 10s., conditionally that he holds his wife or some other woman at command of the farmer, for field work, the year round at Bd. per day ; and it often happens that, when the wife is ill, or, having a family, cannot leave home, the man has to hire another woman for the farm-work at a•price exceeding the contract wages he receives. In the desolate region of mines and moors, there are no farm labourers. The tenants of the herbage are only hay farmers, and beast breeders. They make hay in the summer, and their beasts cat it in the winter. The frame work of the animals is thus grown by the mere breeder, and then they are sold and driven south, that they may be rendered fleshy and marketable. These poor tenants and their sons work by turns in the mines, and on their small and Miserable holdings. Almost the entire of the Cleveland estate requires to be well drained. This was neglected by the late Duke, because his hereditary successor had no por tion of parental good-will entailed with the estate ; and because the present Duke is not yet rich enough to pat his tenants on a par, in this respect, with those of his spirited neighbour of Streatham Castle. To drain the Baby territory, would require an outlay of from 150,000/. to 200,000/. ; and in the anticipated event of the repeal of the Corn-laws, it must be drained by the Duke, or suffered to go out of arable cultivation for grain production. Here, then, we have the secret o f th e D u k e ' s h ost ili ty to free trade, and his abuse of the League. Another observable point is tenure of the land, which is year by year. Hence, and under the Chan.- do's clause of the Reform Bill, the Duke of Cleveland is a political landowner. At the last election the Cleveland tenantry voted, to a man, in the Liberal i n t eres t, w hil st at the next election they will assuredly vote with no less unani mity for the party of which their lord, for the time being, is so brilliant and courteous an ornament. It will thus be seen that the tenantry can only _ _ THE NEW LUNACY BILL. The following orders were yesterday issued /by the Lord Chancellor " Oct. 27, 1842. " 1. That from and after the first day of Michaelmas TErin next, the office of Clerk of the Custodies of Idiots and Lunatics, do cease and determine. " 2. That all the inquiries and matters connected with the persons and estates of lunatics, heretofore usually referred to the Masters in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery (except inquiries under or by virtue of an Act made and passed in the Ist year of the reign of his Majesty King William IV., en titled, 'An Act for Amending the Law respecting Conveyances and Transfer of Estates and Funds vested in Trustees and Mortgagees, and for enabling Courts of 'Equity to give effect to their Decrees and Orders in certain cases,' and also except wh ere th e Lord Chancell or shall from time. to time otherwise specially direct), be hereafter referred to the Commis sioners in Lunacy for the time being. "3. That all inquiries in lunacy now pending be fore any of the said Masters (except any inquiries under or by Virtue of the said Act of Parliament in the last order mentioned, and except where otherwise hereafter specially directed) be transferred to the Commissioners in Lunacy. "4. That all deeds, wills, securities, papers, and documents, in any lunacy, now left or deposited in the offices of the said Masters respectively, be deli vered to the Commissioners in Lunacy, or to some person by them authorised to receive the same. "5. That until further order, the clerks to the Commissioners take and receive for business done in the Commissioners'-office the like fees to those for the time being receivable by the clerks to the said Mas ters for the like business, such fees to be accounted for as hereinafter mentioned. "6. That until further order, all acts, deeds, mat ters, and things heretofore accustomed to. be done in the execution of the office of Clerk of the Custodies, as to the several matters following, be done by the Commissioners in Lunacy, that is to say— " Bonds and recognizances of committees and their sureties, and the vacating and delivering up the same. " The bill for the grant of the custody, and for the revocation thereof. " Summoning committees and sureties to account. " Filing and copying committees' accounts, and certifying the same. " 7. That until further order, the clerks of the Commissioners take and receive for the business so done, under the foregoing order, the like fees to those heretofore received in the office of Clerk of the Cus• todies for the like business, such fees to be accounted for as hereinafter mentioned. " 8. That until further order, all other acts, deeds, matters, and things, heretofore accustomed t o b e d one in the execution of he office of Clerk of the Custodies, be (so far as according to the practice for the time being-in:lunacy the same shall be necessary to be per formed) done by the Secretary of Lunatics ; and the Secretary of Lunatics is to take and receive for the business so done the like fees to these heretofore re ceived in the office of Clerk of the Custodies for the like business, such fees to be accounted for as herein. after mentioned. " 9. That the matter of each lunacy be, for the pur pose of the inquiries hereby authorised, considered as referred to the Commissioners of Lunacy from the date of the inquisition. "10. That where any person has been or may be found lunatic under any commission, the Commis sioner do, from time to time, and without any special order in such matter, inquire and report who is or are the heir or heirs-at-law and next of kin of the lunatic, and the person or persons who would be en titled to his estate or to shares thereof under the sta tutes for the distribution of intestates' estates, in case he were, at the date of such inquiry, dead intestate, to whom due notice of attending the Commissioner is to be given ; and also inquire and report what is the situation of the lunatic and the nature of the lunacy, and who is or are the most fit and proper person or persons to be appointed the committee or committees of the person and estate of.the lunatic, and of what the fortune of the lunatic did, at the time from which he shall have been found lunatic, consist, and of what it consists at the ti me o f such COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 27. ' - IN RE WILLIAM CHAPPELOW-TIIE TALACRE CDAL COMPANY. Published this day, handsomely printed in square crown Bvo., pp. 568, with above 190 Engravings, V. ss. cloth, ASCRIPTURE HERBAL; containing an Ac count of all Plants, Drugs, Perfumes, and Gums, mentioned in the Bible; with an enumeration of the Texts in which they are mentioned. By Lady CA LLCOTT. Illustrated with upwards of 120 Wood Engravings. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. The bankrupt was described in his schedule as a bridle-bit maker, carrying on business in Long-nere. In conjunction with Alderman Thomas Wood and several others, he had been one of the founders of the above Company, and at its formation being considered worth upwards of 30,0001., was appointed to act as one of its directors, and as auditor arid treasurer. In the early part of the year 1841, he eommenced busi ness in partnership with his son, in Long-acre, and he stated in his balance-sheet that he embarked capi tal to the amount of 5,0001. in the firm. On the 23d ult. the case was before the Court, and Mr. James, who' appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Howard, for , several creditors, having raised objections, the case was adjourned to this day, when Mr. Eill•wiN JAMES again appeared en behalf of his former client, and stated that the accounts rendered by the insolvent since the last examination were not in the slightest degree,more satisfactory to the credi tors or the assignees. What they wanted was an ac count of the trade conce rns , as 'a bridle-hit cutter, from the 12th of January, 1842, to the beginning of the following May, as on the first day named he was in possession of 5,0001. ; and they required a clear and succinct account of how this was disposed of up to the latter date,, when the fiat was issued; instead of.which the balance-sheet was taken up with a long called a " narrative " of. his ilations with Cernian Thomas Wood, and the Talacre Coal Company, by which he lost 11,4851. Mr. Ashurst, the bankrupt's solicitor, said as yet no further account could be rendered, but every means should be adopted to be as explicit as possible. Mr. Commissioner PANE eventually adjourned the further hearing to December, not appointing any par ticular day. IXCLERGYMAN, for many years accustomed to prepare a few PRIVATE PUPILS for their several btations in lifo, wishes to add another to the four or' five now with him. Any letter addressed to the Rev. D. D., to the care of Mr. West, No. 1, St. James's -street, London, will reach him in the country. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, FOR 0 RANTIVO LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNIIILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Eq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. John Rawson, Erq. John Griffith h Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. I George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice ERSKINE andkr.Justice MADEE.) POST-OFFICE PROSECUTIONS.—Thomas Holloway, 33, a Post-office letter carrier, was indicted for a mis demeanour in unlawfully detaining a number ofletters that had come into his possession by virtue of his office: Mr. PAT NE, on behalf of the prisoner, consented that he should plead Guilty to the charge, and he was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for six months. William 1?n,. - .lsell, 32, also a letter carrier to the Post-office, was indicted for stealing a sovereign and a half sovereign, the monies of her Majesty's Postl master-General. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was ordered to be transported for seven years. (Before the RECORDER.) Hannah Price, 26, was charged with stealing a pair of sugar-tongs, three rings, and some articles of wearing apparel, the whole being of the value of 1.51., the property of John Street. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that the prisoner had lived with a man named Hodges, a con stable of the R division, at Deptford, as his wife, and they occupied apartments in the house of the prosectu tor. On the 20th September, the prisoner left her. lodging, stating that she should return .to tea, but she never came hack. On the following day, Hodges also left, and it was then found that the boxes of the prosecutor had been broken open, and the articles mentioned stolen from them. It appeared-that, on the same day that the prisoner decamped, the man Hodges " resigned", his situation as police constable, and upon inquiry being made for him he could not be found. Inquiries were subsequently made which led to the apprehension of the prisoner at Hereford, arid part of the stolen property was found in her possession. In answer to questions put by the Recorder, it was stated that the prisoner was the wife of a respectable tradesman at Hereford, and that Hodges had been his journeyman, and the prisoner had eloped with him to London, where Hodges almost immediately obtained an appointment in the police. The RECORDER thought inquiries ought to have been made, before persons were appointed to the police force ; and he trusted this would have the effect of inducing more caution for the future, in such appointments. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and she was ordered to be transported for seven years. Robert Fleteler, 19, was indicted for assaulting James Stedman, and robbing him of a watch, value 251. Mr. Charnock appeared for the prisoner. The prosecutor stated that he was a servant out. of place, and about ten o'clock at night, on the 14th August, he was in the Green-park, going towards Constitution-hill, when he observed three men pass him, and almost immediately afterwards he was knocked down. One Of the men knelt upon his breast, and the other two robbed him of his watch and a few shillings in silver; and in order to get at the money, the pockets of his trousers were rent com pletely asunder. The men went away, leaving him insensible. It was a moonlight night, and he had an opportunity of seeing that the prisoner was one of the men who robbed . him. Ipe to retain possession of their farms by inquiry, and what is the amount of income arising therefrom, and in what manner and at what expense, and by whom and where, the lunatic has been main tained, and whether anything, and what, is due, and to whom, in respect of such past maintenance, and to whom, and out of what fund, the same ought to be paid, and what is fit and proper to be allowed for the, maintenance and support of the l una ti c f or th e ti me past and to come, . regard being had to the circum stances and estate of the lunatic, and from what time such allowance should commence. " 11. That the Commissioner be at liberty imme diately after inquisition, and without any special order in the matter, to make inquiry, and to report, when ever it shall seem necessary, upon the provisional care and management of the lunatic, and his property, and as to maintenance, until committees or a committee be appointed. The police-constable, who apprehended the pri soner, on searching him found three letters addressed to Mr. Stringer, the man who, it will be recollected, was transported for life for robbing Mr. Churchill in the Park. - ig ip ev er y part i c l e o f i ndependence, at the bidding of their political chief. Holding their farms as tenants at will, they dare not invest their capital (if they have ally left) in so bad a security as the yearly tenure of the undrained soil of an anti-agricultural landowner. But even the tenants of the Duke of Cleveland think ; and the League has enabled me to open to their inquiring minds a vein of rich ore, which you may be sure they will work to its exhaustion and their own enrichment. We have done, and arp doing great good in this district. The many thousands of tracts of all sorts which you have forwarded me have been industriously circulated among all clases of people, from Darling ton, in the east of Durham, to the very borders of Cumberland, on its western extremity. Rents, on the Baby estate, are nominally and comparatively low, because the political serfdom of the tenant is a portion of the consideration given by him for the privilege of holding a farm, year by ,year, under a political la n dl or d. A n d to which cir cumstance the fact that much bad land (worth less than ss. the acre) is held with land of a superior quality, that the farm is rented by the aggregate :acreage, and that but a very small portion of the very best description is in as good condition as it might readily be brought to by the process of draining. . Low as may be the nominal or money rent paid by the Cleveland tenantry, it is far too high for the quality of the land and the nature of the tenure upon which it is held. I have been credibly informed by a gentleman of middle age that there are not six of the tenants who hare occupied their farms beyond his recollection ; and that none of them have been enabled to realise an independence, and retire froth. the cares and anxieties of life on the accumulations of their industry. On the other hand, many are the instances of farmers who have been sold up and have died paupers, whilst there i 3 scarcely one ease to be adduced of a farmer on the Baby estate who has been able to settle his children without having recourse to professions, trades, and callings in connexion with the commercial interest, and dependent upon the prosperity of that interest for the hope of advancement in the world. Mr. CIIARNOCK addressed the Jury, and called wit nesses to prove an alibi on behalf of the prisoner, but neither Judge nor Jury seemed" inclined to believe them. ieldin The letters found in the prisoner's possession were then put in, and the superscription upon one of them was Mr. Elvin, care of Mr. S re t a ri d n . ge l r, t D w e 'a n s ze a l s 4r i e l e ° t7C : Farelinarliet." Tne RECORDER having summed up, the Jury im mediately returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was then called up for judgment, a n d the Recorder addressing him said there could be very. little doubt that he formed part of that gang of mis creants some of whom bad been recently removed from this country for robbery by means of extortion and threats of the most horrible description, and the Court, therefore, was bound in duty to the public to pass a severe sentence upon him, the only doubt being whether the full penalty of the law ought not to have been inflicted. The law empowered the Court to re move him from this country for the remainder of his life, but taking into consideration his youth, and believing that perhaps to some extent he might have been made the dupe of others, th e C our t wou ld not proceed to that extremity. The prisoner was then ordered to be transported for 15 years. The following may appear to some an extraordinary specimen of the practical working of Corn-law pro tection, whereas it were by no means difficult to cite many similar instances enutatiB mutandis) of agicul tural pauperism in connexion with low rents, un drained land, yearly tenantcy, Corn-law protection, and ducal prosperity : Charles Laybourn occupied a farm of some 200 acres in Langley Dale, as did his brother John a farm of abut 150 acres. " 12. That the Commissioner be at liberty, by ' certificate under his hand, and without any special order for that purpose, to enlarge from time to time the period within which any person approved of as committee of. the estate of any lunatic ought to com plete his security. " 13. That the Commissioner be at liberty, without special order, to receive any proposal or conduct any inquiry as to the managing, setting, or letting the estate, or otherwise respecting the person or property of any lunatic, and may report thereon as he shall deem fit ; but such report shall be submitted for con firmation, as is now done with respect to such reports when made upon special reference. " 14. That it shall not be necessary for the coa -1 mittee, or the legal personal representatives of the committee, to obtain a special order in the:inatter for the.-taking and passing from time to time his accounts, 'but such committee, or his legal personal reprenta fives, as the case may be, do from time to time, with out any special order in the lunacy for th a t p ur p ose , attend. before the Commissioner, and have an account of his recepts and payments for and on account of the lunatic and his estate taken and passed; and that in taking and passing such accounts, the Commissioner make unto the committee, or his legal personal re presentatives, as the case may be, all just allowances, including an allowance of his and their reasonable and proper costs, charges, and expenses, and those of the next of kin f the lunatic, of passing such accounts. " 15. That the Commissioner may, from time to time, determine whether all, or how many, and which of the next of kin, or of the heirs of the lunatic shall, unless at their own cost, attend before him on any proceedings in the lunacy, and that no other of such parties shall be allowed costs out of the estate, unless by special order for that purpose. " 16. That the Commissioner be at liberty from time to time, and at the request of any party or other wise, to make separate reports, or a separate report, and to state any circumstances as to the suVe ter of the report, especially, as he shall think iit. "17. That for the purpose of avoiding, as Much as may be, expense and delay in drawing orders in lu nacy, no part of the statements in the petition be re cited in any order, but only the prayer; and that no part of the Commissioner's report be stated in any order except the Commissioner's finding or opinion; and that before any order be passed the original peti tition or petitions be filed with the Secretary of Lunatics. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) woman dressed in L a ° s u ty isl lis G h i fl t s n li g i e o ' n a , g w e ' d as 2s ind a ic Y te ° d un ft - r stealing, on the 17th of August. four diamond rings, value 1001., the property of John Metcalf; and Rossiet Lennon, aged 32, was indicted for procuring, aiding, and inciting the first-named prisoner to commit the said f e l on y ; another count charged him with being an accessor y afterth her, concealing he the fact, withharbourr,ing, m a i ntaining, and comforting and rec e i v i ng t h e pro pertyilatybided his trial. The male stolen. stolen by her, well knowing it to have b e en ( L T e n h n e o femalen, swell-dressed prisoner youngpleaded man)gu After the lapse of six hours after the pi cas , Mr. DOANE stated the case for the prosecution, in course of which he read several letters found upon the prisoners. They were translated from the French into English. They formed a correspondenc e b e t w een Was teir te s ti mon y concerned. the parties, and had relation to the present in qu iry. The COMMON SERGEANT PXpressed an o p in i on that the contents of the letters would not sus t a i n th e i n d s i c e t v i e n r e a n l t , so far witnesses a thesw ewere firstcaii called, ii n t but h has been already fully detailed -in the police reports. The COMMON SERGEANT summed up the case, and the Jury, without much hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty upon the first and third counts of the indict ment. The Learned JUDGE said it was impossible that the prisoners could be allowed to remain in this ccuntry. With respect to the woman, the law left him no dis cretion. The judgment of the Court, theref ore , W as, that she he tra ns p or ted for ten years, and the male prisoner for seven years. John was unmarried ; Charles had a family of four sons and two daughters. Of these four sons, two were brought up as farmers, and succeeded their father and uncle in their farms on " 18. That until further order, the fees hereinafter mentioned for the matters following be taken and re ceived by the Secretary of Lunatics in lieu of the fees now taken and received by him for such matters re spectively, viz.—For every order, 21. 10s. For every duplicate of an order, requiring to be drawn up in Chancery, 10s. For filing every petition, 10s. Such fees to be accounted for as hereinafter mentioned. " 19. That all fees taken and received by the clerks to the Commissioners, and by the Secretary of Luna tics, be once in every month paid into the Bank of England to the credit of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, to the account entitled The Suitors' Fee •fund Account e the amount thereof to be verified by affidavit. " 20. That the foregoing orders take effect on the first day of Michaelmas Term next. " LYNDHURST, C." LEIPZIC FAIR.—(FROM A GERMAN JOURNAL.) — The fair of Leipzic is drawing to a close ; there were on sale 140,000 pieces of cloth, two-thirds of which have been sold at good prices. The sale of buckskins has been considerable. The produce of the Low Countries still carried on successful opposition to that of France. The sale of English merchandise has been of little importance, that of silks middling. Leather sold rapidly, and at higher prices. Hardware was quickly exhausted, especially for Moldavia and Wallachia. Jewellery sold well. Cotton stuffs, of German manufacture, especially from the Zoll-verein, were taken at an advantageous price. Woollens have had little success, and furs but middling. The mar ket was full of Russian produce, but it has not seld yi ell. The retail merchants have sold very little, BIRD TRAP EXTRAORDINARY..—UpOR the arrival of the Elk engine at Nine Elms, on Tuesday night, with the six o'clock train from Southampton, a lark was found in the ash-pan (within six inches of the fire-bars), which had received no further injury from this novel species of bird-trap tlan the singeing of a few tail feathers. It is now in the possession of the engine-driver, and appears quite lively. The Augsburg Gazette of the 21 st inst . stat e s that on the 18th inst., a day ever memorable in the annals of Germany, were commenced the works of the forti fications of the City of Ulm. A salvo of cannon an nounced the commencement. The works are to be continued during the winter, and in the spring they will be continued on an enlarged scale. What periodical paper has the greatest circulation? —The income-tax paper.—. Punch. the promise to pay, the one NU, and the other 4001., for stock, &c. Under Corn-law protection, and not withstanding what are called low rents, the young farmers were sold up, some four years since, by their landlord, who took all there was, and the old people became paupers and died paupers. One of the agri cultural sons became a publican at Staindrop, the other is a labourer in the docks at Sunderland. A third son is a draper at Hartlepool, and the fourth is also connected with trade. Of the daughters, one is married to a cabinet maker, and the other keeps a charity school at Stain drop, and honourably supports her widowed mother under the walls of liaby Park, and within gun-shot of the Castle of Corn-law protection. Another instance may. lie shortly stated. A yeoman named Ha wden rented a farm on the Raby estate of about 300 acres at Wackerfield. Ile had four sons and three daughters. Three sons were brought up to be farmers • but two of th em h ave emigrated to Aus tralia, the third remaining at home with his father, and the fourth brother being an attorney. Two of the daughters are married to attorneys, and the other to a medical gentleman. These cases, and others at pleasure, may be ap pended by way of postcript to the printed inquiry, How, under Corn-law protection, the families of farmers are to be provided for ?—Anti-Bread-tax Circular. DEATTi OF MR. COMMISSIONER BOWEN.—XF. Commissioner Bowen, of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, breathed his last yesterday evening at his re sidence, No. 19, Portman-street, Portman-square. As a Commissioner he will be remembered by all who knew him for his kindness of disposition, and in pri vate life his numerous acts of beneficence not only en deared him to his own circle, but to many public in stitutions to which he was a subscriber. He had been a Commissioner of the Court upwards of twenty years, as also a Bencher of the Inner Temple, as well as a Director of the Chelsea Water-works. Mr. Cooke, the barrister, has holden Courts in Kent for the Learned Commissioner, under the authority obtained from the Home-office; and as the Court will resume its sittings on Tuesday next, it is probable that until a new appointment is made, a pro. tem. Commissioner will be named to reli eve one o f th e o th e r Commis sioners, in order that the cases in town may be heard. Mr. Commissioner Bowen was 74 years of age. RACING IN FRANCE. —Notwithstanding the death of the Duke of Orleans, it seems to be determined that everything shall be done to keep up with spirit the amusement of horse racing in France, and, in consequence, to encourge the breed of horses. The King has given his patronage to racing; the Go vernment supports it by liberal donations : the aristo cracy, in imitation of the King, favour it with their Patrcnage ; and the mass of the people follow the gene ral example. At Chantilly the races went off with spirit, but the attendance of fashionables was not large, owing, however, to the very unfavourable state of the weather. On Sunday last the Paris races took place on the Champ-de-Mars, and, the day being beautifully fine, there was a good attendance of a classes of people, from th e aristocracy down t o th e small tradesman. The racing was exceedingly t a h n e d a9 %x i c r ite m d pen t t he off htioghtehset ginroeteneartesat,irmani d goodl ration of the altogether the races was gay and ungodly Parisians. M. .L o Lupin's Angora, for 1504 and wai won by ridden by Hardy, an En g li s h • race for 1201. was won b M .lockey ; and another Baron de Rothschild. At the use, belonging to the Chantilly races one of the Baron de Roth ;child's silver pate which thvvehßi own horses won the splendid a h ron de Rothschild presented —a piece of luck rarely meet with, c the donors of racing t -cups pl . , the Baro _especially as, in addition t h e = t r i m cara3 off the winner of the amount of Admission 6d.—Children, h OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE. ex hibiting the varied and beautiful Phenomena of ELECTRIC LIGHT, the AURORA BOREALIS, &c. &c. is shown Daily at Three o'clock, and at Eight in the Evenings. • Three excellent SPECIMENS of MACHINERY have just been completed, and are now at work by Steam Power, in the Hall of Manufactures. CALOTYPE PORTRAITS taken daily by Mr. Collen. The Weekly List of POPULAR LECTURES delivered by Dr. Ryan, Professor Bachhoffner, and the other Lecturers, with the appointed hours for each, is suspended in the Hall. The fine Exterior of SAINT PETER'S at ROME, and the Interior of the CHAPEL of ST. HELENA at JERUSALEM, the latter after D. Roberts, R.A. (pub lished by Mr. Moon), are among the latest additions to the ENLARGED DISSOLVING VIEWS. The ORRERY, DIVING BELL, DIVER, &c. &c. To the COSMORAMIC VIEWS, shown in the Evenings, a beautiful addition has just been made. Conductor of ,ihe Band, Mr. Wallis.—Admis sion, Is.. Schools, half-price. HOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.—The itrt provmentrirrtrokiticed , in "-Rclret's'• Process, reartei;- those likenesses unerring reflections of face, figure, and dress. Portraits and Groups of various sizes, in Frames, Cases, Lockets, Brooches, and Rings, in an elegant style. Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street; 34, Parlia ment-street ; and 85, King William-street, City. AUDITORS, Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. Professor Graves, A.M.F. R. S. ACTUA RY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R.A. S. PHYSICIAN—J. Elliot.on, 111.1).. F. ft. S. SURGEON—E. S. Svmes, Esq. SOLICITORS—AIessrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewers, and Ommanney. BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. The most rational motives to Lzfe Assurance are found in the plan adopted by this Society ; viz. joined to a secure provision at death for inheritors of the Ats-Lred, the Society affords succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre vious payments) in the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. " F. FERGUSON.CAMROUX, Secretary. WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 49, PARLIAMENT-STREET, WESTMINSTER. DIRECTORS. HENRY EDGEWORTH BICKNELL, Esq. WILLIAM CABELL, Esq. THOMAS SOMERS COCKS, jun., Esq. GEORGE HENRY DREW, Esq. WILLIAM EVANS, Esq. WILLIAM FREEMAN, Esq. FRANCIS FULLER, Esq. JAMES HUNT, Ecq. JOHN ARSCOTT LETHBRIDGE, Esq. EDMUND LUCAS, Esq. GEORGE HENRY POLLOCK, Esq. JOHN BAZLEY WHITE, Esq. J. CARTER WOOD, Esq. HENRY WRENCH, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. COCKS, BIDDULPH, and CO., Charing-cross. SOLICITORS. Messrs. BICKNELL and LETHBRIDGE, Abingdon-street, Westminster. Perfect security combined with moderate rates. The assurance of a CERTAIN BONUS. The allowance of HALF the ANNUAL PREMIUM to remain unpaid for SEVEN YEARS. and TEMPORARY LOANS to the ASSURED on available security. EDWARD T. RICHARDSON, Secretary. LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, & 55,Chancery-lane, London. TRUSTEES. Kennett Kingsford, Esq. I Benj. Ifill, Esq. I J. Bidden, Esq. All the advantages peculiar to mutual Life Assurance, aris ing from a division amongst the assured of the whole of the mutual Profits, and that security and freedom from responsibi lity which Proprietary Companies can alone affs,rd, are com bined by the constitution of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Assurance Company, which is the only guaranteed Mutefal Society. The rates of premium are somewhat lower than in most of the mutual offices, and for the non-participating, and for those who effect assurances for temporary purposes, or debtor and creditor transactions, Tables of Premium have been prepared, by which a less immediate payment is required than by any other plan. fly a half premium credit system one-half of the premiums may be retained for the first seven years, and repaid at the con venience of the assured : and by the Ascending Scale a greatly diminished rate of premium is required for the first twelve years. SPECIMEN OF ASCENDING TABLE. first Second Third Fourth Remainde A g e ' 3 Years. 3 Years. 3 Years. 3 Years. of Life. - - 20 £0 19 1 £1 5 6£l 11 111£1 18 4 £2 4 9 30 1 6 6 114 7 2 2 8, 210 9 218 10 40 1 13 5 2 5 7 2 17 9 , 3 9 11 4 2 1 50 216 3 310 10 4 5 5 5 0 0 5 14 7 60 4 811 517 4 7 5 9 814 2 10 2 7 A UDITORS. J. B. Bevington, Esq. I F. P. Cockerill, Esq. I J. D. Dow, Esq. MEDICAL OFFICER.—John Clendinning, M.D., F.R. S., 16, Wimpole street, Cavendish-square. STANDING COUNSEL. —The Hon. John Ashley. New-square, Lincoln's Inn ; Mr. Sergeant Murphy, ALP., Temple. SOLICITOR..—WiIIiam Bevan. Esq., Old Jewry. BA NE E its.—Messrs. Drew ett and Fowler, Princes-street, rank. 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. ASSURANCES MAY EITHER BE EFFECTED BY PARTIES ON THEIR OWN LIVES, OR BY PARTIES INTERESTED THEREIN ON THE LIVES OF OTHERS. The effect of an Assurance on a person's own life is to create at once a Property in Reversion, which can by no other means be realised. Take, for instance, the case of a person at the age of thirty, who, by the papnent of 5/. 3s. 4d. to the Britannia Life Assurance Company, can become at once pos sessed of a beriueathable property, amounting to 1,000/., sub ject only to the condition of his continuing the same payment quarterly during the remainder of his life—a con di t i on which may be fulfilled by the mere saving of EIGHT SHILLINGS weeLly in his expenditure. Thus, by the exertio n o f a very i slight degree of economy—such, ndeed, as can scarc e ly b e f e l t as an inconvenience, he may at once realise a capital of 1,000/., which he con bequeath or dispose of in any xay he may think proper. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Detailed Prospectuses, 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. VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE AND LOAN COMPANY. No. IS, King William-stree!, City. TRU STEES. Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M.?, Chairman. BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Beni ‘ amin Bar n a r d, E sq . I Ch ar l e s Baldwin, Esq. Solicitor, John Curtis, Esq., so, Pasinghall-street. The principle of this Company is to ajow to etch Assurer such reasonable advantages, as may suit 'Nis particular views. Thus, parties Assuring the Lives of otir..trs, may make their Policies secure, notwithstanding the Life Assured may go out of the limits of Europe, wi•hout the necessary permission of the Directors having been previously obtained. Credit of half the Premiums for the first five years, allowet; 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 arc made to parties Assured in the Office, on real or undoubted Person a Security, for terms not exceeding three years, rep aya bl e by insalrnents. Premiums moderate. Participation in profits. Detailed Prospectuses may be obtained on application at the Office, or by letter addressed to the Secret ar y. WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary. • . -Z-e. • r i c ar • t. ! eSt_N AAtr - f • . ••., I 1 $ 4l • • • • „ j • i v•• 4,a= '\\‘`..' . . , = • , 4 , 1 44:;„ , — l3l : 4.lll* ofrr) 144 '' vaia • ___________ _ LONDON, A - - , I FRID N.. 3..,.,,i , 4 't c I , Xkle- '‘' ,ND 1 4 -1 • 't r * i •,,-..1'... ki, ''' ..A .-. '' - 3 OCTOBER 28, 1842, PRICE sd. LIFE IN SWEDEN. l'ohliched this day, is 2 vol'. post Bvo., pp. 674, 18s. b oar d s , THE NEIGHBOURS; a Story of Every-day Life. By FREDERIKA BREMER. Translate) by MARY HOWITT. * The Authoress may justly be termed the "Mi ss A ust i n of Sweden." 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Bock lll.—Chapters XI, XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII., and XVIII. With Two Illustrations on Stee!, by GEO. CRUIKSHANK. Purchasing a Property. By A Leaf from the " Gesta Ro- Miss Pardoe. manorum." By Robt. Bell. The Guerillas of Leon. By A few Notes on Mr. Dickens's Chas. W. Brooks. I " American Notes." By The Lion's Ride. By John Uncle Sam. Oxenford. The Church of Saint Valery. The Persian Poet's Tomb. By A Legend of Vareugeville. Catherine Parr. By Charles Hervey. , THE ELLISTON PAPERS. Part I. EDITED BY GEORGE RAYMOND, Esq. The Cholera in Ireland. By J Dix the Younger. By Laman W. Francis Ainsworth. I Blanchard. The Poet to his Wife. fly J. I The Duke of Wel'i ng t on an d . Price. Richard Cceur de Lion. By' Three Songs. By Ed. Kenealy. Mrs. Stone, Authoress of Milton and the Swedish Lord. " William Langshawe, the By Thomas Hughes. Cotton Lord." ; WINDSOR CASTLE, An Historical Romance, By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Chapter VI. With an Illustration on Steel, by TONY JOHANNOT, And Five Woodcuts by W. ALFRED DELAMOTTE. Cunningham and Mortimer, Publishers, Adeaide-street, Trafalgar-square. FREEMASONRY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) THE CASE OF THE REV. DR. OLIVER.—The fol lowing Resolutions, unanimously adopted by the recent Provincial Grand Lodge, will be hailed with general satisfaction by the fraternity : " Present the Right Hon. C. T. D'Eyncourt, m.p., and a very numerous assemblage. " That this P. G. L. entertains the warmest feelings of gratitude towards the Rev. George Oliver, D.D., late D. P. G. M. for Lincolnshire, fur his unwearied and successful efforts to promote the best interests of Freemasonry in general, and in this province in par ticular, and for the unequalled talent, research, and industry displayed by him as a masonic writer." "That being duly impressed with a sense of his great public, private, and social virtues, this P. G. L. cannot but deeply lament the loss of the very valuable services of Brother Oliver as D. P. G. M., the duties of which office he for many years discharged so as to gain the veneration and esteem of the brethren gene rally, and to call forth repeated marks of approbation from the P. G. M." " That the sum of five guineas he paid from the funds of this P. G. L. in aid of the subscription now raising for the purpose of presenting to Brother Oliver a masonic ofiring,' as a mark of fraternal regard and of grateful acknowledgment of his in valuable services in the cause of masonry." PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECTS OF MONOPOLY. LONDON, OCT. 28, 1842. The following average prices of Bro►vn or Musco vado British Sugars, exclusive of duty, will be pub liShed in the Gazette of this evening : _ s. d. West India 34 8 per cwt. East India 35 ii Mauritius 29 10 The total average price of the three descriptions is 345. 2 jd. per cwt, The actual weights of Sugar sold on account of the importers, in the week ending the 25th inst., accord ing to the returns made upon oath by the Sugar bro kers, in compliance with the Act of Parliament, and on which weights the above prices are computed, con. sisted of 27,272 cwt. West India, 7,669 cwt. East India, and 13,625 cwt. Mauritius. About 500 cwt. of dark unsound Mauritius, 350 cwt., same quality, of East India Sugars, sold in the same week. The total quantity of Sugar bought by the public in this market, in the week above mentioned, was 48,566 cwt., amounting to about 84,000/. ; the con sumers might have bought 48,566 cwt. of foreign Sugar, of better quality, at 17s. per cwt., amounting to 41,2001. They have, therefore, paid the monopo lists, over and above the real value of the Sugar, no less a sum than 43,8001.; and when th e sa l es a t Liver pool, Bristol, and Glasgow are taken into the com putation, nearly double that money. Can the Go vernment or any body else be surprised, after this statement, at a defalcation in the Sugar duties ? Last quarter the amount of these duties fell off nearly 200,000/. ; the commencement of the present quarter promises no better result. LONDON CORN•EXCHANGE COM- PAN Y. The General Half-yearly Meeting of the Share holders of this CoMpany was held yesterday in the Subscription-rooms of the undertaking in Mark-lane, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc tors and considering a dividend. BAY, Esq., in the absence of the Chairman, was called to the Chair, and the advertisement calling the meeting having been read by the Secretary, the Re port of the Directors was submitted to the meeting for its approbation. From that Report it appeared that the affairs of the Company had proceeded in their usual even course, presenting no variation calling for any particular observation. There was a trivial de crease in the funds of the Company, arising from the relinquishment by parties of two stands in the market, but the Directors looked upon that circumstance as accidental, and not as evidencing a falling off of the general demand for accommodation in the Corn market. Looking at the balance sheet the Directors felt themselves warranted in declaring a dividend for the next half-year of 255. per share per annum, free of the income tax of 7d. in the pound ; and from the ac counts of receipts and disbursements, it appeared there was a balance of 4861. 7s. 7d. now in hand. The CHAIRMAN observed that the balance was 2001. less than the last half-year, but that was attributable to the fact of the greater portion of the subscriptions being paid in the early part of the year. A resolution in favour of the Report and dividend having been unanimously carried, thanks were voted to the Chairman and Directors, and the meeting separated. We understand that the purchase-money of the Cowdray estate, which has b 'en recently bought by the Earl of Fgmonf-, was tipwr.rds of 300,000'., in stead of 68,0001., as stated in oAr last paper.—Brighton Gazette, G FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION. THREE LIVES LOST. Between three and four o'clock on Wednesday after noon last, the inhabitants of West Collingwood were thrown into great consternation by a loud explosion, the shock of which was sensibly felt by many. It was quid, ly ascertained that the explosion had occurred at the re: idence of a man named Pinner, a manufac turer of fiieworks, and the first object that presented itself to tl,e persons who ran to the spot, was the life less body of Pinner, lying upon the open space in front of his house, amidst a- quantity of bricks, shat tered pieces of wood, Sze.., whilst the entire of the upper story of the house was completely carried away. The body of an old man, an assistant of Pinner, was likewise found shockingly disfigured lying in the gar den at the back of the premises. No signs of life were perceivable in Pinner or the old man, and the remains of both presented a horrid spectacle. On proceeding up the stairs of the house, the lower part extending to the floor of the second story of which was left standing uninjured, it was discovered that every vestige of the roof, walls, and the va rious articles which had been in the upper room, had entirely disappeared. Jammed against the lower part of the wall of the first story, and near the top of the stairs was the body .of a lad, aged 14, with the features so dreadfully disfigured and the body blackened and mutilated, that but for the circumstance of its being known that the remains were those of a boy employed by Pinner, considerable difficulty must have ensued respecting the identification of the body. The house, which is a detached one, c,pnsisted of two stories, the upper one having been appropriated to the purpose of manufacturing fireworks. From the statement of an elderly woman who was engaged by r to superintend his domestic affairs, it appears that a large quantity of gunpowder had lately been placed in the upper room for the purpose of making fireworks for the 6th of November, but in what manner the explosion was caused remains a mystery. The woman alluded to, who was in the room on the ground floor when the explosion took place, had a narrow escape. She had been up to the workroom only a short time previously, for the purpose of taking a half pint of beer to Pinner, who, with the old man and the boy, wen , then employed in filling squibs. She had barely returned down stairs when the shock ing catastrophe occurred. There were no lights in the room when she was there, as it had not become dark. Several windows in the neighbouring houses were smashed in, and a number of chimney-pots thrown down by the explosion. CORONER'S INQUEST. Last evening, at seven o'clock, an inquest was held at the sign of the King's Head, Borough, before William Payne, Esq., on the body of John Welling, aged thirty years. The de , ceased was a wire-worker. About six o'clock on Monday evening last he was engaged in a pugilistic encounter with a young man named John Hackett, a brother-in-law of his, in York-street, London-road, they having met by accident, and had so:ne words re specting- a family quarrel. They continued to fight for about twenty minutes, and then both of them fell together, and the deceased, who was undermost, struck the, back part of his head against the kerb stone with considerable violence ; he seemed to be greatly hurt, and called out that "he would have no more of it," after which he shook hands with Hackett, and was carried home, and died about five o'clock the follow ing morning, he never having spoken after he arrived at home. The evidence was extremely conflicting, but it was fully proved that the wife of the deceased, who was present during the contest, was the first to urge her husband on to fight, and "wiped" his hands and face between the rounds. The Jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against John Hackett, and the Coroner issued his warrant for his commitment to Newgate for trial. REASONS FOR LEARNING TO SING.—The celebrated William Byrd, the author of Non nobis Domine, gave the following very forcible reasons for learning to sing, in a scarce work published in 1598, entitled, " Psalms, Sonnets, and Songs of Sadness and Pietie First, It is a knowledge easilie taught and quickly learned, when there is a good master and an apt scholar. Secondly, The exercise of singing is de lightful to nature, and good t o p reserve the health of man. Thirdly, It doth strengthen all parts of the heart, and doth op en th e p i pes. Fourthly, It is a singular good rem e di e f or a stuttering and stammering in the speech. Fifthly, It is the best means to preserve a perfect pronunciation, and to make a good orator. Sixthly, It is the only way to know when Nature hath bestowed a good voice ; which gift is so rare that there is not one amongst a thousand that hath it ; an d i n many that excellent gift is lost because they want an art to express na ture. Seventhly, There is not any music of instru ments whatsoever comparable to that which is made of men's voices, when the voices are good, and the same well sorted and ordered. Eighthly, The better the, voice is, the meetcr it is to honour and serve God therewith ; and the voice of man is chiefly to be em ; ployed to that end Omnis:spiritus landet Donnnum. —Musical Times. NEW CATHOLIC Cuunctr.—Wo cr o s L ur —At twelve o'clock to-day an imposing ceremony took place at the laying the foundation-stone of a new Catholic Church, on ground liberally granted for that purpose by the Board of Ordnance. The new church is dedicated to St. Peter, and imme diately on the arrival of the Right Reverend Dr. Griffiths, service commenced. An appropriate ser mon was then preached by the Right Reverend Dr. eec a hc n or d os chose to Morris, and afterwards the Bishops and Priests all The foundation -stone having been sprinkled with. joined in performing the Litany of the Saint s ' the holy water, and blessed, was struck three times gaitcipthe building Present offerings laid their money on the stone, and beingwith a placedsilver n trowel, Ti thseß i propers Bishop, y o p,B precededi sl position, goa th veertsh l e v i h r o do c n o a u t l i d oi n is ot to g t e i t le n v ea ri r e , st o s w t i o n of the church.g proces sion, cross, and the following cler Rev. Dr. Morris, the Rev. Messrs. men —the Right North, Moore, Stasiewic7, Sisk, Lee, Walsh, Foley, Morris, Applegarth, Kelly, Conway,l Robson, Edmund Beaumont, Dr. Cox, and the Rev. Sidden, O'Neal, Ca tholic clergyma n a iw , e Rev. Mr. Coles, whole of the foundation ootwich, walked round the the Bishop of the future building, sprinkling every part with holy-water, and repeatinr, that part of the Catholicservice ' appro printed to thatb ceremony. The whole of the services concluded by the Right Rev. Dr. , Griffiths delivering the pontifical benediction. The Bishop , NI as dressed in his cope and mitre, and had his crozier with him. The Right Rev. Dr. Morris was . dressed in rochett and moxetta, and the clergymen in their surplices, and the scene altogether appeared to interest a great number of the spectators who were present in addition to the members of the Catholic Church, and the military of that religion, for whose accommodation it is intended to be built, the present chapel being very limited in its accommodation. WOOLWICH, al such as I I' atrthss' h, OCT. 26. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 5.—A tatar arrived last evening from" Bagdad. Private letters received by him give us a piece of intelligence which is most im portant, if true—viz., that the British army had reached Caubul, and beleaguered it. General Pollock had pro posed conditions t o th e i n h a bi tants, and had threatened to storm the city if they were not ifistantly granted. Igive the report as I got it, and shall only add that, though the channel through which I receive it is respectable, I can in no way vouch for its cor rectness. On one or two former occasions we have received by indirect routes details which turned out to be exact, and I should be happy to learn that this is equally well founded. Our prisoners would then be safe ; fo r th e Aff g h ans, t h oug h fi erce w h e n victors, are true A s i a ti cs , an d a l ways yield to " the powers that be."--Correspondent of the Morn* Herald. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A most alarming accident occurred on Monday evening on the Brandling Junctieh Railway. The particulars of this occurrence are briefly these. The seven o'clock train from Sunderland to Newcastle started as usual, and proceeded to near where the railway crosses the Cleadon-lane, where the engineer felt some slight interruption, and immediately turned ofi the steam. The train was then moving at the rate of about fifteen miles an hour. The sensation was but momentary, but the direction of the engine was suddenly changed, it having left the line, and was apploaching diagonally the edge of a fearful precipice, formed by the embankment of the railway, about eight or nine feet in height. The engineer and his assistant maintained their positions on the engine with the greatest composure, wihich, in the end, proved most fortunate, for bad th e y l eape d ff they would, in all probability, have lost their lives. On the engine went, followed by its tender, over the embankment, through a quickset hedge at the bot tom into the adjoining field, and was finally brought to a stand-still several yards from the railway. The engine maintained its erect position the whole time, and sustained no injury, with the exception of the pipe which carries the water from the tender to the boiler, and which was broken asunder. The engin e man instantly opened the safety valve, to allow the escapement of steam, and then descended from his perilous ..position. There were five carriages, two of them being first class and three second class, attached to the engine . Fort una t e l y, the conne cting-rod be tween the t& nder and the first carriage broke, and thus separated the engine from the train. The first carriage remained upon the line ; the next, bting dis sevcred from its companions, was thrown over the cml ankment ; the next, a first clas s carr i age, was crushed against the following one, and all the others were partially overturned, some of them having been thrown over the embankment, against which they rested obliquely at the bottom. On proceeding a f ew yards down the line, the cause of the accittent was soon discerned. There lay the mutilated remains of a horse:which had evidently strayed upon the . line from one of the adjoining fields. It was cut completely in pieces. ~' 2~-t Now Ready, complete in 3 vols. post Evo., bY the it THE MIS I; R'S DAUGHTER. in the sli By W. um; BISON AINSWORTH, Esq. tors or tl With Twenty Illustrations on Steel, by George Cruikshank.' count of " For truthfulness of description or effective dialogue—f x from the interesting incident and careful construction of story—the the fuliot ' Miser's Daughter' is-not surpassed by any preceding produc- tion from the pen of it s prolific author. If its success be equal in posses to its merits it will be one of the most extensively circulated of , and succ Mr: Ainsworth's works. 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