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Ridley, R. Wilcoxon, T. , T. Roberts. W. Williams. Va le tas may be h at the bar of the London Coffee House, ti'_• Stewards, an d of Mr. Jenkin Jones, Secretary, at the ‘r Arthur-street West, London-bridge. By order of the Stewards, \,„_ JENKIN JONES. 847 E YOUR INCOME-TAX BY PURCHASING COALS AT THE kXTI-MONOPOLY COAL COMPANY'S J. Central Office, 9, Charing-cross. wHAGAN, removed from 31 to No. 9, late manager, o, h Ourchaser, and seller since 1839, to the following gentle- Ir t ,'lllof whom have left 31, except Mr. Rennie. 4 Vrart, Esq., M. P. G. Pryme, Esq., ex-M. P. 14 . •;Holroyd, Esq. G. Rennie, Esq., ex-M.P. 0, I _ l -fader, Esq., M.P. R. W. Rotham, Esq. 4715, , Esq. Sir Henry Webb, Bart. 1,4, 11 . 1/gam and Company beg to inform the public in general k gen. establishment is enabled to supply the best coal at 1 1 - ,..7 per ton less than at 31, in consequence of being based 14.enctical experience, together with strict economy. Best 1 ., Seconds from 245. 6d. to 265., Walls End Coals 235., a~xite 305., Coke 195., small 133., delivered within four . 1 14 of Charing-cross, without extra charges, for cash on h..regg (pre-paid) to .1. Ghagan and Co., No. 9, Charing- ILVER TEA SERVICES. '444 COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, , seven doors from Gracechurch-street, submits the 1116, 0 f the following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SER ilise• The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet, and coffee pots with a flower ornament en the lids. The 14 4 Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. gape of either is new and elegant. C OTTAGE PATTERN. ICING'S PATTERN. • s. E s. t i .g Silver Tea-pot ...12 0 Strong Silver Tea-pot ...12 0 N it to Sugar Basin 616 Ditto Sugar Basin 71 0 b i ,to Milk Ewer. 410 Ditto Cream Ewer 5 `to Coffee-p0t..15 0 Ditto Coffee-pot.. l 5 0 A Complete ... £3S 61 Complete £4O 0 l k iet tariety . of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffee Services may 1n iit 4 t he Show-rooms, where may be selected every arti- Ilil ets kiver requisite for the sideboard or plate-chest. Pam- I t of of prices, illustrated by sketches of the various articles. \. r ',and ferwa..ded, postage free, to any part of the kin.do=. ‘' tio rn n OX SAVORY, No. 47, Cornhill, London, seven door[ t,racechurch-street. 4 LORTANT FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS HYAM, PANTEC HNETHECA, 36, GRACECHURCH -STREET, CITY, TAILOR, It t pllEß, and OUT-FITTER, in submitting the follow of Prices to his numerous customers and the public in 0 1 1 -14 , begs to observe that every article is made up under his 17, pe 1 ! surintenden everon is aid to neatness, and fashion; ce, large fa y milies attenti p and the economic will do o visit this Establishment, a saving of 40 per cent. will be tts e d, and, in order to gain the confidence of his friends, 1% , , garment is marked in plain figures, from which no abate -411 be made. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE DEPARTMENT. „ ,mat from Verfield Wrapper, lined throughout ,: (I tlis, velvet collar and cuffs 0 10 6 i i s -- --- do., double breasted 4ertleld and Arab do., lined throughout, silk vel keit co llar and cuffs, from . ' Nq uoats, every colour, from 1 0 0 t a , ti.,_ 0 ' ) 44' c oata, from N I :14 Buckskin Trowsers in endless variety from 0 8 6 11 / 44441 , and Tunic, every shade and colour, from 0 18 0 Ul . C i s Suit ' . 0 9 6 ••• ... 1 40 11 . ,e very best quality il l ; .0, from 0 5 6 Cloth Cloaks, an immense assortment, from BESPOKE DEPARTMENT, ~,4 „ ltlade in First Style of Fashion and Workmanship. S , '.liiien' s D r ess Coats, from EI 10 0 t 'axony Cloth Nof England do., the best that can be made k w , c alt do., extra 8 Hussar suits, consisting of Jacket, Vest, and k e i"iser_,s edges braided, from ) ,p t i,,tod Doeskin Trowsers, cut on L. Hyam's new qii, geiple particularly reeominended for riding 0 15 6 ,lir t ;:he best quality ,4 4 ,...,stibstitute Trowsers, appearance like cloth, from 0 6 6 I "RI d o hest W es t o f En g land black k.eiraere and Plaid Waistcoats, from ... 0 8 0 f .b do.,_ in velvet and satin from 0 12 0 C, Quilting do. k t i'rnmense quantity of Youths' Greatcoats, Hussar Suits, % St See., constantly on hand. Mourning to any extent at tte tn inu minutes' notice. Naval and Military Uniforms, and La.. R iding A t i Habits made in the most approved style. lin, article not approved when purchased, can be exchanged, ' t Money returned. Observe the Name and Address— i'AN L. HYAM, TPCHNETHECA,36,GRACECHURCH-STREET, CITY. A general List of Prices can be had on application. HE NEW DISCOVERY, by which the lt,tt trembling hand may become stea d y , the weak heart kpi t t s t and nervous irritability (so often the precursor of in. ti l a) may be arrested, is offered to the public, who may rely V"vous vigour being the reward of a patient trial. By the 1 41 °f this medieine (which does not contain one particle of ktv ° Plate) refreshing sleep has been obtained by those who )14 i l?ot enjoyed that blessing for years. Above thirty of the g oi '!Y now use this wonderful restorative. 1t Iby E. PURSER, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, in boxes 44 ofid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. ed. each, who supplies all Chemists. ~? " Dr. Grandison's Charity Pill." From W. A. Goff, Esq., 11, Bloomsbury-square :- t g ,,. "December 21st, 1842. st Sir,--I cannot refuse to state that your Pill has had an t upon my nerves almost miraculous. II ft " Your obliged servant, ~ W. A. GOFF. \,...1a D r . Grandison, Bridge-street, Blackfriars." SUPERIOR CANDLES. bAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Wax 11. (L Candies, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Composite, ; Extra Fine Wax Wick Moulds, 7id. ; Transparent 2s. 2d. ' • Genuine Sperm, 2s. 2 d. ; Ge nuine Wax, 4 ‘ 4 4 , • • Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60 s. p er 1121bs. ; 4 4 - '4 6'2s. and 665. ; Windsor and Pair., Is. 4d. per pac k!. Old Brown Windsor Soap, Is. 9d. • Rose, 2s. Od. ; Cam- S t - t „' . 2 % ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing ' Wax, 4s. 6d. per b. ; t ,P,;" 7i. 6d. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 4s. Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63, -'," , artin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter a Coffee-House. 1 1:1 -“IPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS,and OTHERS Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. RIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the h 4m. Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the Ve , s of Kent, arid the Lords of the Treasury, is universally it t i e 'lltnended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis hi, incident to the Eyes and Head. °HT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! ktY the e o mast simle, delightful, and fragrant Compound! Mod of application is f raug ht with pleasure ; many thou liesisettres have been accomplished by its use , a t a tri fl in g ex loi yet certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessar y N e . '"uee the sufferer to make trial , Kin g s, Lords, and Com ke „ s have used it. The Lords of the Tre a s ur y have sanctionee h 'se• Their , late Majesties , the Duc hess of Kent, the most 11 !h eat Oculists, Medical Practit ioners—with that g i g antic tek til ee, the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated ?efficacypo as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff," A L L" in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and P 47. G. J. Guthrie, E.g., F.R.S. See J. B. Lach field, 14 1 ' 1 " Letter, Whitehal. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews ealls lift4tional blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The s t ,Xlr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grim ifs Ee Snuff and ll it " Man's best Friend," and the t i f ~,Ludent'y s Vade , Mecum ca ."—See the ma ny thousand Letters T estimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with ethers of I first respectability. Nottingham, 28th Aug., 1841. 'N il extraordinary cure is attested by Mr. James Wilcockson T Foreign Snuff and Cigar Merchant , Not tin g ham. gt ll . r. W. Grirnstone,39,Broad-street , Bloom sbur y , London. feel great pleasure in sending you the particulars of tol n et se , and the miraculous cure performed on myself, by 1 your truly valuable Eye-Snuff. Sir, I am now in my year, and a native of Holland, have been in this country Years. Whether from change of climate, or my advanced age, say, but for six years I have been deprived of sight, C'etor e unable to follow my business. I do most sincerely Zleve I should have remained in darkness and pain but for t f te kind recommendation of a friend to use your invention. I is, a 2a. 4d. canister of your agent, Mr. Wilcockson, to onist, who knows the above to be facts, and will bear wit ,to my extraordinary recovery of that most inestimable f i . - "lng of our life—" Perfect Sight"—l declare has proceeded 1: 4 1 the use of your Eye Snuff. For the sake of those . 0 use may make what use you please of this letter, Mr. Wil eon and many others will vouch for its truth. I refer the koers to this gentleman, being your Agent, and so we ll erßoan in Nottingham. 1 am, Sir, your obliged servant , 28 th Aug. 1841. ANNIS ZENIA M ASSENIA. •8--Sir,—l should not do you justice without statin g m y , was almost instantaneous. My eyes became clear and gu ..from humour, and by persevering In its use ver y fre- CC,.._t l l I am enabled to read sm all p rint without the aid of lasses, and continue to enjoy God's g reatest blessin g —Si g ht ! „ from pain. I have reason to be grateful, and do recom en„,cl your Eye Snuff to all I know aOttingham• A. Z. M. ,tteobserve the Caution.—W. GRIMSTONE is the sole in 11,t°r,_ and the only genuine is prepared by him. b,,g10 Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in ~,"'"lters, a t Bd., ls. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs. and 15s. 6d. ir by the Proprietor, W. Grimstone, at 39, Broad-street: en ?°Msbury, and can be obcained in all the principal towns and 411 1 . A liberal allowance to shippers, owners, captains, and tendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated Snuff is 11 „,,, s qipped to all quarters of the globe, and retains its benigq ru„ ties in every climate . A ll Snuffs ann Cig ar shi pp ed on - attest notice. 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FACTS and OBSERVATIONS relative to a Successful Mode of TREATING PILES, Hemorrhoidal Excrescences, Tumours, and Strictures, WITH OUT CUTTING or CONFINEMENT ; illustrated with numerous Cases. Being a familiar Exposition of the Practice of S. J. VAN BUTCHELL, . Surgeon-Accoucheur . . " This volume presents to us a number of illustrations of his singular success under circumstances that would have induced despair in any professor of less mastery, or less accustomed to accomplish cures where cures seem impossible. The statements here made are most convincing, and place beyond doubt the superiority of the treatment to wich he refers. "—Court Journal. " It is very rarely our practice to advert to books on profes sional subjects; but the Facts and Observations' appear, by their practical and unpretending character, to indicate so easy and prompt a relief from a large class of most painful and dis tressing diseases, that we believe this word of commendation from us, which we give with much sincerity, will not be thought misplaced or without its use."—Examiner. " The author appears to have had long experience, extensive practice, and great success, in the treatment of hemorrhoidal affections, the result of which is here published in a brief form, and in language intelligible to the least scientific reader."— Morning Advertiser. " From a perusal of this work it will be at once seen that the author displays a knowledge adequate to the task he has un dertaken. Mr. Van Batchell altogether discards the use of the knife, and, judging from the cases recorded, success has almost universally accrued from the plan substituted."—Weekly Chronicle. _ _ Published by H. Renshaw, Medical Bookseller, Strand. Sold also ,by the Author, at his rPsi4enee, 27, Baker-street, Portman-souare. FEAVER'S EMBROCATION for GOUT RHEUMATISM, TIC DOLOREUX, &c. Copy of a Letter addressed by Trevor Holland, Esq., Surgeon, of Carraock, near Walsall, Staffordshire, on the 6th July last, to the Editor of the " Times :" _ . " Sir,—l think it a duty I owe to the public to make known the efficacy of a remedy which I met with accidentally, and which has been of such wonderful benefit to myself. Some months ago I met with a very severe accident, having dislo cated and fractured my ancle severely. From the great tender ness of the joint I was quite unable to walk, the limb con tinued very much swollen and adematous, and I suffered dreadfully from severe attacks of spasms in the night, which extended from the ancle to the leg, thigh, back, and to the arms. Having exhausted every resource of relief which I and my medical friends in the country could suggest, to no purpose, I set out for London with the intention of con sulting Sir Benjamin Brodie or Mr. Liston—then to adopt sea bathing. By accident I met with Mr. Feaver, 16 Ludgate-hill, who applied his Embrocation, and, to my great astonishment, I had no spasm that night, nor have I had one since. The next morning I came down stairs without my crutches, and was able to walk, the swelling of the limb soon subsided, and I am now rapidly recovering. Having for many years had an ex tensive medical practice in the county of Stafford, I know of no medicinal compound possessing such wonderful efficacy. In adding my testimony to l‘lr. Feaver's Embrocation, lam ac tuated by no othei motive than gratitude to him, and a sincere desire to make known his invaluable remedy to my fellow-suf ferers. Possessing, as I ever did, the strongest prejudice against everything in the shape of quackery, I should be the last man to uphold a system which, generally speaking, I know to be nothing but a nefarious traffic and humbug. " I am, your obedient servant, " TREVOR HOLLAND, Surgeon. " Cannock, near Wals;ll,Staffordshire. " P. S. At the various consultations held up3n my case, the Surgeons and physicians (including myself) were decidedly of opinion that the frequent violent attacks of spasms would ter inmate in lock-jaw, but, as I have before stated, I have not had the slightest symptoms of spasms since the first application of this extraordinary e mbrocation. —T. " This justly-celebrated remedy (which is equally' efficacious a any of the above afflictions) may be obtained of, or Through any respectable wholesale or retail Chemist in To.vn or Country, at the Depot, corner of Wellington-street, Strand ; or from the Preprtetor, Mr. Feaver, 16, Ludgate-hill, London. IN the Matter of the PETITION of THOMAS PRESTON, of No. 1, Lower GcArge-street, Sloane square, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer. Notice is hereby given, that JosiituA EVA NS, Esq., the Commissioner act ing in the matter of this Petition, sill proceed to make a final order theresn at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, on the Ist day of February next, at Two o'clock in the afternoon precisely, unless cause be then and there shown to the contrary. AjATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR• 1.11 ANCE SOCIETY, THE PROTESTANT DISSENTERS'and GE NERAL LIFE and FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 3 Vic., c. 20.) 62, KING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, LONDON; 15, GEORGE-STREET, EDINBURGH; And 6, KING-STREET, QUEEN-SQUARE, BRISTOL. Capital, One Million. TRUSTEES (WITH A SEAT AT THE BOARD). Thomas Challis, Esq. I Thomas Piper, Esq. Thomas Wilson, Esq. DIRECTORS. George Bousfield, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. Sir John Easthope, Bart.,M.P. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. Peter Ellis, Esq. Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. Richard bonier, Esq. Edward Wilson, Esq. On the return of the Christmas Quarter, the'Directors beg leave to remind their Friends and the Public, that in the Fire Department they receive Risks of all descriptions, including Chapels, School-rooms, Mills, Goods, and Shipping in Decks, Farming Stock, &c., at the same reduced rates as other re spectable Companies. And in the Life Department thi con tinue to transact all business relating to Life Assurances, An nuities, and Family Endowments, upon the most liberal terms, consistent with sound principles and public security. No charge made for Fire Policies transferred front other Offices. . . ~.—. The usual allowanch made to Solicitors, Surveyors, and others. By order of the Directors, :THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. COUGHS, COLDS, INFLUENZA, HOARSENESS, ASTHMA, AND INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION. 4IMCO'S ESSENCE OF LINSEED is an in valuable remedy. Price Is. lid. and 2s. 91 per Bottle. From time immemor;al Linseed has been proverbial for its virtues in the cure of Coughs and Colds ; but previous to the discovery of the present Chemical Essence, it was merely used in the form of tea, and its benefit comparatively limited. This Essence contains all the medicinal properties of Linseed in a highly concentrated form, combined with other medicinals and herbs, producing the most certain and efficacious remedy for Coughs which has yet been discovered. Children's Coughs, as recent ones in Adults, will be 're moved by a few doses of Simco's Essence of Linseed (frequently by the first) ; old standing Chronic Coughs may require per severance, but they ultimately yield to its curative powers. Asthmatic persons, who previously had not been able to lie down in bed, have received the utmost benefit, and others suf fering from Influenza have been speedily cured by this valuable medicine. Sold by all respectable Medicine Vendors. THE FORGERY CASE.—The four brothers, Hoidens, from Everingdale, who are at present prisoners in this town, were brought before the Magistrates, on Monday, along with their sister, who has been, since they were apprehended, taken into custody. The four brothers were committed to York, for using a false Government stamp, or die, resembling that used by the Commissioners of Stamps. They were not sent off, as there are other charges to be brought against them. Their sister and four more were re manded till Monday next. The names of the other prisoners are—Parker, Royal, Burns, and Barrett, the latter of whom, it is said; signed the notes, and the former made the plate and published the notes. The plate was an imitation of the Wirkswork bank notes. —Leads Times. COST OF LOCAL ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—Surprise has been expressed that the cost of procuring the Leeds Improvement Act and the Leeds Burial Ground Acts should amount to the sum of 7,026/. ; this, how. ever, will not be thought extraordinary when it is stated that the cost of the Leeds Water Works Act alone amounted to 9,oool.—Leeds Mercury. SINGULAR BEQUESTS.—The Princess Jaditne rowski, who died some time back in Russia, has left considerable legacies to two actors, one for having made her laugh, and the other weep. The following words are found in her will, in allusion to this matter Having frequented the theatre for three years, and havin g felt there the only real emotions of my life, I think myself bound to recompense those persons who caused me so much gratification. I, therefore, bequeath to Karatiguin, who has so often made me shed such delicious tears, the sum of 50,000 roubles (about 8,0001.) I also bequeath to a young ac tor, whose name has slipped my memory, but whom it will be easy, I imagine, to discover in France, as being the person who used to play the Gamin de Paris at the Theatre-Michel, the sum of 30,000 roubles, for having so well amused Inc." The actor, Karatiguin, mentioned above, is the Talma of Russia, and the other is Laferriere, of the Vaudeville. The testa , mentary executor, in announcing to him this intelli gence, has stated that the heirs-at-law intend con testing the legacy ; but that, as the wishes of a tes tator are more scrupulously observed in Russia than perhaps any other country in the world, it is to be presumed they would fail in their opposition.—Le Globe (Paris paper). LORD AnINGER AND AN UNPAID JURY.—At the conclusion of the recent sittings of the Court of Ex chequer at the Guildhall, City, the following incident occurred :—At the conclusion of each trial the Jury is allowed Bs., which Garland, one of the overseers of the Court, pays. On Saturday last the cause was rather late, and when the Jury made the usual de mand the solicitor of the fortunate party had de parted, and the Jury were compelled to go without their fees. On Monday they again attended, but his Lordship having got through every Cause which had been entered for trial during the sittings, their at tendance was not required ; but they were " not to he done out of their Bs. ;" accordingly they renewed their application to Garland, who declared his inability to settle the demand. As Lord Abinger was in the act of passing through the hall, five persons ran to wards his Lordship, whom they instantly surrounded, and before they gave the Learned Judge time to re cover from his surprise, demanded the Bs. Lord Abinger remarked that be was not aware of being indebted in the sum of Bs. to the gentlemen, hinting at the same time in all probability they had mistaken him for some other person. "We are perfectly satis fied as to whom we are asking—it is Lord Abinger," was the reply ; "and upon Saturday night your Lordship left the Court without paying us our fee of Bs." His Lordship replied that he had nothing to do with the payment of the fee; but the pertinacious jurymen again declared that they would " not be done out of their Bs. each : the Special Jury wore paid, and why not they ?" His Lordship again pointed out that he was not the party to whom they were to apply; but the eloquence of the Chief Baron was never so ineffective, and he found his free egress from the hall, where he had just before been "most potent," impeded. His Lordship sent for Garland to know why he had not paid the Jury. The plea that the money had not been received was put in ; but his Lordship held it to be ha l, and directed Garland.to pay the Jury, who then permitted his Lordship to leave the hall. MR. ACLAND, M.P., AND THE CORN-LAWS. Killerton, Dec. 22, 1842. _ _ _ My Dear Lord,—lt was not till yesterday that I saw in the Standard of Tuesday an account of an agricultural meeting at Barnstaple, in which it is stated that your Lordship read an extract from the re port of a speech of mine at Yeovil, anal expresSed " your satisfaction that those sound and just principles which you had always advocated were supported by a gentleman, who, not twelve months ago, was of a dif ferent opinion ;" and further, that your lordship asked when you saw such " --- "persons throwing aside their former opinions, whether you might not safely argue the probability that greater alterations world take place in the introduction of foreign produce." I have hitherto not thought it necessary to notice the various criticisms which have been made on the speeches at the Yeovil meeting, because I felt that a very undue importance was given to what passed there. But as your Lordship has brought my name so prominently forward in the county adjoining that of which I have the honour to be one of the representa tives, it seems incumbent on me to show whether have "thrown aside my former opinions ;" and I, therefore take the liberty of addressing your Lordship,. as the means of publicly disclaiming the construction which has been set upon my expressions. It is the more necessary that I should allude to your Lordship's remarks, because the report of your Lordship's speech contains what .appears to he one continuous extract from my owii, whereas, in fact, the words are taken from two distinct passages—the one relating to agriculture, and the other to the glove trade. I believe that my only direct allusion to legi slative question., affecting the agricultural interest, was confined almost to a single sentence, in which I stated that I had nothing to regret in having support ed measures which I believed to have been dictated by fairness and moderation, and by a due consideration of the various interests of the country. I then ex pressed my satisfaction that just protection had been secured to the glove trade, in which Yeovil is so deeply interested, and ventured to advise the glove manufacturers not to place so much reliance on pro tection, as to relax their exertions for the improve ment of their manufacture; and I added that the best security, alike for agriculture and manufactures, is to be found in the direction of increased intelligence to the object of producing the best article "at as low a cost as possible ;" not, as I am reported to have said— " at the lowest price," in reference to the price in other countries, but at as low a cost as possible, in reference to the circumstances of England. This, I believe to be the substance of what I stated at Yeovil, and it does not appear to me to justify the charge of a change of opinion. To cheapen the cost, as well as to increase the quantity of production by encouraging improvements in agriculture, appears to me one of the main objects of agricultural associations; and the more completely they succeed in promoting this object, the more unan swerable, in my opinion, is the claim of the British farmer to fair protection ; of such protection I am now, as I ever have been, the decided advocate. In the pre sent circumstances of this country, protection to agri culture is not, as far as I can judge, too high ; I ear nestly hope that it may not prove too low. I never sought to obtain favour by professing to advocate exclusively, or to an extreme length, the claims of any one interest; and, therefore, I am not open to the charge of inconsistency, for speak ing now in a tone of moderation, which I have maintained under other circumstances. I tending to d tr is u t s u t r that s a e l t l u p e r m og en n t os s t o ica r t e i c o e n n s tly of m ch a a d n e r, will prove as ill-grounded as those which have no better founda ,tion than the proceedings at the Yeovil meeting . At that meeting (I may be permitted to add), had I thought it the proper occasion for making these ex planations, and repelling the charge of a change of opinion, an ample opportunity was afforded me ; but I have so strong a sense of the inexpedien c y o f di verting such meetings from their proper object, by m i sa pprehensi on t o w hi c h giving them a p o liti ca l c h a racter, that I th en re frained ; an d I am very g l a d t o have now a fitt er op portunity for correcti ng any my expressions ha ve g i ven r i se —l have th e h onour to be, my dear Lord, you rs , ver y faithfully, THOMAS DYKE ACbA.ND, To the Right lion. Earl Fort,cscue• The Madrid journals of the 16th inst. contain the official account of the loss sustained by the troops in the insurrection of Barcelona on the lith, 16th, and 17th ult. This lops is much smaller than it wasstated to have been even in the lowest accounts given by the. Madrid and I3arcelona,journals. It is as follows : Killed-2 commandants, 9 other officers of various grades, and 31 privates. Wounded-6 commandants, 29 officers, and 147 privates. Two horses were killed and 16 wounded. NON-INTRUSION CANT.—The most abominable feature of the Non-Intrusion agitation is the cant of its leaders and promoters. Not content with assert ing their honesty and their faith in the soundness of their principles, they blasphem ous l y ass ume that they are fighting God's battles, and that all who are op posed to them are in league with the powers of dark ness. Dr. Candlish told a large meeting that Satan was in the Convocation, and was like to have caused some disturbance, but that the Lord had defeated him • other parties, who have since g i v en explanations of the proceedings, have adopted the same style.— Aberdeen Herald. FREE-TRADE BANQUET.—The preparations for the great demonstration in this city on the 11th of next month in favour of the principles of free-trade, are, we understand, in a state of considerable forward ness. In addition to Mr. Cobden, we learn that Col. Thompson, Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. P. M. Stewart, Sir Gilbert Stirling, Mr. Wallace, of Kelly, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. George Duncan (Member of Parliament for Dundee), and other distinguished friends of the cause, have intimated their intention of being present. This augurs well for the display of talent on the occa.. sion, and we have no doubt from the demand which has already been made for tickets that the meeting will be equally important as regards numbers. The decorations for the spacious hall in which the banquet is to take place have been entrusted to Mr. D. R. Hay, of Edinburgh—a guarantee that they will be charac terised by perfect elegance and taste.—Glasgow Citizen. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury are passing the season at Heron Court, near Christchurch. The Noble Earl and a party of gentlemen were out shoot ing on Tuesday, when his Lordship killed with his own gun no less than thirteen woodcocks. TILE UNEmpLovEn,—Large numbers of operatives in want of employment still w an d er a bout the streets. Yesterday a party, consisting of u pwards of a hun dred, held a meeting in Albion -street, in the open air, to discuss their grievances. Prevented as they are from soliciting charity, what can those famished creatures do ? They are at present literally starving, with no prospects of relief.—Glasgow Citizen. The typhus fever continues its ravages, turning many once happy homes into houses of mourning. Many families have been severely visited—more than one gap having been made in some.— Dundee Herald. He is a wise Proteus that is holy with the holy, learned with the learned, serious with the serious, and have l ately occurred in jovial with the merry. That is the way to gain all hearts, The for terriblesimilitude failures is the which bon d of r o d- w ill. this town, have tended to cause a feeli ng o f di s t rus t in the of trade i doeshecoinnercial not worl d,seem whichth present depressed state likelye to ; a ...ssipate. We trust, however, that the reports which have been in d circulation are greatly exaggerated, an d th a t the Y subside. The tariff does not seem to haveinfluenced panic now existing will gradually the price of h pr u o t v eh is e ir s s m h ea e t re, expected, and other towns. — in com parison Somerse t County Gazette. still m m a l . t h t t ain h' s lv a e high been price, with the reduction effected in SUPPOSED SUICIDE THROUGH POV ERTY.— O n Sa turday Mr. Baker held an inquest at th e R e d Li on , Church-street, female. eet, The Stoke Newington, evidenceewington, on the body of an unknown showed that on Fri dwaayndleasritngdeacheeasuetd s w te askoebsNwinte er e vedbayseveral individuals Newington. Her manner, person, and dress were indicative of ext reme penur y. In the evening a domestic of the R ev. Mr. Clipbold surface discovered of the the New body River,o f th e deceased near par a d i s e -row. The floating on the banks of the river about that spot being fenced with high palings, it appeared evident that d ecease d h a d not slipped in accidentally , but probably had drowned herself. She was about forty years of age, of squalid appearance, and nothing of the slightest va l ue , or that i could lead to her being dentifie I, was found on her person. Verdict—" Found drow n ed." THE CIIEPSTOW MURDER .— W e understand that murder near Chepstow, has, since his committal to Edward Rees, who stands charged with the late wilfu gaol, evinced a demeanour becoming his awful situation He has been respectful ; and has discarded ltha low-spirited, t bravadeweh bu h t e evinced during the Coroner's inquest. His wife and other members of his family visited him on Wednesday seinnight.— Cambrian. HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. It appears from a statement put forth in thc, local newspapers that a deputation, composed of the most influential gentlemen connected with Dublin, having waited upon the Lord Lieutenant " for the purpose of conveying to him the resolutions adopted at a public meeting of the citizens of Dublin, which was held a short time since (on the subject of railway communication through North Wales between London and Dublin), and of calling his Excellency's attention to the vast importance in all points of view of this great national object, and upon the considera tions of which a Select Committee of the House of Commons had been for some months engaged, during the course of the session," his Excellency received them roost courteously, and expressed a strong in terest in the undertaking. We sincerely trust that no further delay will take place in bringing to a practical result this very im portant matter. So much has it been discussed, that little remains to be done on that head. Action, not deliberation, ought now to be the motto , of all in terested in the question. Very truly does the Dublin Evening Mail remark, that " the proposed railway communication should not be viewed as mainly tending to the advantages of the citizens and merchants of Dublin, nor the expense necessary to effect the same be thrown or looked upon as a charge exclusively falling upon the Post-office re venues, but in the same manner that the Holyhead-road —one of the first roads in England, but now in a great degree rendered useless by the invention of railways —was made and maintained at the expense of the State generally. * * * Any plan which tends so closely to unite the capitals of the two countries, and to make them better known to each other, must afford the best and strongest arguments and means of putting down for ever the mad project of repealing the Union. On this ground (adds our Contemporary) we hail with pleasure the lively inte rest with which his Excellency was pleased to enter into the views of the deputation ' • and hope, through his powerful influence, to succeed in impressing upon the Government in England the vast importance of this communication."—Railway Times. DISTRESS IN OUR MANUFAC TURING TOWNS. The following profoundly affecting statement of the moral condition of certain parts of Leeds, too cur rently pourtray the destitution and irreligion of which our large towns are now the scene :—" The state of our population was never, perhaps, more appalling. In one street in Leeds (writes a missionary) I lately found 49 families, and 197 individuals, and amongst these were 30 sceptics, and a large majority opposed to everything good. One aged woman, seventy-two years old, made the things of God the subjects of ri baldry and jest. She professed to have instructed her nine sons in everything proper and necessary to be known, rejoiced that they had imbibed her principles, and hoped they would live and die the same. Another street contained 50 fannies, comprising 196 indi viduals ; of these there are 28 adults who cannot read ; 28 children who attend no school whatever ; 14 persons who openly despised the Scriptures ; 34 who are undecided as to their divine authority ; and 119 who profess to believe them; but pay no re gard for their commands; leaving only three per sons who love and obey the word of God. There are at leasty nine houses of ill-fame. The poverty and wretchedness of this street are very great. Another court, inhabited by 50 families, contain no fewer than 20 houses of ill fame. Twelve families in the court are destitute of the Scriptures ; 118 persons attend no place of worship ; 47 adults cannot read ; 46 children receive no school instruction ; 25 persons openly despise the Holy Scriptures, while 39 question their divine authority, and 51 profess to receive them as the Word of God, but pay no particular regard to their precepts. The visiting missionary says—Many of the inhabitants have been long unemployed, and suffer much from want of food, while the furniture and bedding in some of the damp cellars is scarcely worth picking up in the street. One family of six persons till recently were quite destitute of bed ding ; through the benevolence of a kind lady they. are now supplied with one. The husband appeared patient under trials, and thankful for what little they have—saying he would be con tent with a good meal once a day, but often coud not get that. Calling one day about noon, I found the six persons taking for their only meal that day one penny worth of bread. They were very thankful for a trifle which I gave them in addition. Taken altogether, these fifty dwellings present an ap palling scene. I speak with confidence when I say that but one solitary soul is to be found amongst them all who is truly converted to God. 'While hunger pre vails ignorance frequently becomes the parent of crime, and the sufferer is ready to catch at anything that offers present relief. With such a state of mo. rals and religion amongst us, who can wonder that the poor are unsettled and turbulent, the easy prey of wicked and designing men—that they are blinded by superstition, or ensnared by infidelity ? The recent extraordinary outbreak, though it did not extensively spread amongst our population, should teach all who desire to lead quiet and peaceable lives the duty of endeavouring to improve the condition of the poor. Lancaster Guardian. SUBSCRIPTIONS IN CASES OF DISTRESS. The state of the poor in Paisley was again brought before a meeting of the county of Renfrew on Tues day. It will be seen, from our abstract of the pro ceedings, that the distress continues without abate ment. A faint hope is held out that trade may revive in January, but on grounds which seem to us very questionable. Sir James Graham, in reply to an ap plication for assistance from Government, referred to the money which had been already remitted, and stated that the gentlemen of the district had not yet done all that they ought to do. This assertion will scarcely be controverted, if it be true, as Mr. Sharpe stated, that the sum 'supplied by the county only amounted to one and a fraction per cent. upon the as sessable rent—one and a fraction, to keep a fourth Wat of the inhabitants of the place from starvation ! hat will the heavily taxed (gentlemen of England, where the ordinary average poor's-rate is 2s. per pound, or ten per cent., think of the measure here furnished of Scottish philanthropy ? The absence of a legal provision for the poor in this country seems to have almost obliterated the great truth so beautifully enunciated by Captain Drummond—that "property has its duties as well as its rights." Whatever call such great and sudden distress may make upon the country at large, it is clear that the obligation is strongest upon the neighbouring district. It may be safely said, that a town like Paisley, with 60,000 in• habitants, adds five or six per cent. to the value of all the lands within many miles of it. The money raised under the Queen's letters en joining collections in all the churches, amounts to 90,0001., and it has been handed over, it seems, to a Manufacturers' Relief Committee in London. Of this fund 12,0001. had gone to Paisley, and it has re ceived 6,0001. from other sources, making, in all, 18,000/. This is a large sum ; but if the number of the destitute amounts to 11,000, as stated at the meet ing, it would scarcely supply them with bread and water for six months, while the distress has already endUred for eighteen. The Provost said that 100,000/. would be required to give effectual relief; and both he and the Sheriff spoke in ominous terms as to the future peace of the district, if the sufferings of the people were not speedily alleviated. Greenock, too, is in a very depressed condition, and the state of matters in Renfrewshire altogether seems to be gloomy in the extreme. In these circumstances we cannot help thinking that the case of Paisley forms an exception to the ordinary rule, that the relief of local distress should be thrown upon local funds, or upon voluntary con tributions procured from the benevolent elsewhere. That special aid has been given by Government in similar cases is well known, and we are able to cite examples in abundance from a Parliamentary paper now before us. In 1831 and 1832, the sum of 40,000/. was voted by Parliament for the relief of the poor in Ireland. 5,000/. of this went to Dublin, and the rest to Mayo, Galway, and other districts in the west. It was a gift, not a loan, and 17,000/. of the money was expended for labour on public works. 2,816/. was granted, in 1835, in aid of local funds to relieve distress, arising from a failure in the po tatoe crop in the same district. 5,0631. for the like purpose in 1836-7. 6,749/. for the Highlands and *Western Isles in April, May, and June, 1837. This and the two pre ceding stand under the head of "Civil Contingencies." 100,0001. was granted, in 1832, to relieve distress occasioned by a hurricane in the West Indies. 15,7921. was granted to fever hospitals in Ireland during an epidemic in 1827. 5,529/. for the same purpose in 1837. 4,000/. was granted for the relief of the sufferers by an earthquake in Zante in 1840. 16,960/. was expended at a period of depression in 1826-7, in grants of 5001. or 1,0001., to particular manufacturing towns, for the relief of the distressed workmen. We have thus ample evidence to show, that Go vernment has put forth its hand on many occasions to relieve local suffering. We admit that the practice is liable to great objections, but there are emergencies in which all other resources fail, and the present seems to be one.—Scotsman. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. THE QUEEN V. SMITH AND SHIELDS. SlR—The report of the:proceedings on the trial of this indictment, as presented by your paper of the 14th inst., is most unjust towards Mr. Boast, the prosecu tor. It is only just presented to my notice, and in justice to Mr. Boast, I trust you will remove the im pressions created by your report, so far as the facts will enable you to do so. That Mr. Boast had been bankrupt and taken the benefit of the Insolvent Deb tors' Act, and in certain disputes between himself and a disappointed partner, had been indicted on a charge of perjury, were circumstances sufficient to prejudice the minds of any Jury sitti ng u p on a cr i m i na l c h arge against convicting upon the evidence of a prosecutor compelled to make such admissions ; and with that conviction Mr. Clarkson opaned the case for the pro secution as not depending upon the testimony of the prosecutor; yet no sooner had the prosecutor been examined and such facts admitted, than it was sug gested that the prosecution should be abandoned. A very little experience, of the Common Sergeant at the Criminal Court will be sufficient to induce the opinion that first impressions have great effect upon his mind, and to that is to be attributed the result of the above prosecution. However, as to the charge of perjury above referred to, it should have appeared in your re port, as was stated in Court, that the defendant (Mr. Boast) was acquitted upon the examination of the pro secutor, and his acquittal was accompanied with the expression of the regret of Lord Denman, who pre sided at the trial, that matters of a purely civil cha racter should be so readily made the subject of crimi nal charges. The newspaper containing the report of the trial with such remark of Lord Denman, was in Court, and referred to in the examination of Mr. Boast. With reference to the charge of forgery referred to in your report (although the name is mis-stated), no criminal charge was ever made against Mr. Boast; and the fact that the holders of all the supposed forge ries were admitted to prove the bills against the estate of the person whose name was alleged to have been forged under the fiat of bankruptcy issued against such party, and prosecuted at the Court of Bank ruptcy in Basinghall-street, is sufficient evidence to controvert the charge of a criminal act. The alleged connexion with the lady, and which is to be inferred from your report, was positively denied by Mr. Boast on his examination. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. STAFFORD, Solicitor for Mr. Boast in the above prosecution. Buckingham-street, Strand, Dec. 24, 1842. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. CASTLE HOWARD.—The Earl and Countess of Carlisle are entertaining a distinguished party at their princely seat in Yorkshire. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Invetness arrived on a visit to the Earl and Countess, on Tuesday last, from a lengthened visit to Mr. Mark and Lady Augusta Milbank, at Thorpe Perrow, near Bedale, where the Royal Duke has been staying since his departure from liornby Castle, the hospit able mansion of the Duke and Duchess of Leeds. The Earl of Burlington and his youthful family arrived on Thursday from Holkar Hall, near Milne thorpe. Viscount Morpeth, and other branches, are assembled to join in the festivities. The Marquis of Northampton has a select family party ut Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, for the holidays. The Dowager Marchioness of Northamp ton, Viscount and Lady Marianne Alford, Earl , ' Compton, Mr. C. and Lady Elizabeth Dickens, &c., are among the guests at the castle. The Duke of Devonshire will shortly receive com pany at Chatsworth. Mrs. Wm. Cavendish, with the Hon. R. Cavendish, and Mr. and Lady Fanny Howard, are expected this week from a visit to the llon. George Cavendish, M.P., and Lady Louisa, at Ashford Hull, where they arrived on Thursdiy from Holkar Hall, the seat of the Earl of Burlington, near Milnethorpe. FESTIVITIES AT HATFIELD HOUSE.—The Marquis of Salisbury has, during the past week, been giving a succession of splendid entertainments at the above fine old Elizabethan mansion. A brilliant circle have been staying with the Noble Marquis, among whom may be named the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Sir George and Lady Seymour and Miss Seymour, Lord Gifford, &c. On Tuesday a magnificent ball was given by his Lord • ship, when above 300'of the Nobility and Gentry of the count, of Her is were present. The grand gallery was ap propriated for the dance, and in the dining-room a delicious supper was laid out for the company. Among the more distinguished of the visitors were the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Earl and Countess of Uxbridge and the Ladies Eleanor and Constance Paget, Earl and Countess of Verulam and Lady Jane Grimsten, Earl and Countess of Essex, 'Lord Gifford, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Baron and Baroness Dimsdale, Viscount Grimston, Lord Paget, Lord and Lady Seymour, Lady Sarah Saville, Col. Cavendish, Lord Glamis, Lady Dacre and Miss Sullivan, Sir George and Lady Seymour, and Miss Seymour, Hon. Wm. Cowper, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Paget, Hon. P. and Lady dust, Misses Cast, Sir Simon Clarke, Sir A. and Lady Cooper, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Brand, Hon. A. Saville, Sir W. and Lady Horne, Ron. Mr. Beauclerk, Hon. F. Grimston &c. Earl Talbot has a small party at Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire. Viscount and Lady Sarah Ingestre are there ; and the Hon. J. C. and Mrs. Talbot arrived on Tuesday, from a visit to the Earl of Burlington, at Holkar Hall. HISILEY-.HALL.—The succession of gaieties attend ant on the coming of age of the Hon. Dudley Ward, brother of Lord Ward, during the last week, have been brought to a close. The Duke of Richmond and Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox, Lord Grey of Groby, Lord and Lady Hatherton and Hon. Miss Lyttelton, Lord,and Lady Lyttelton, Lord and Lady 'Wrottesley, and a distinguished party, have been visiting at the Hall. Earl Fitzwilliam has a large party at present visit ing at Milton Park, near Peterborough. GORIIAMDURY, HERTS,..-The Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Earl and Countess Craven, and a se lect party, have met to partake of the festivities of the season with the Earl and Countess of Verulam. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge has for several days, since Tuesday last, been the guest of the Archbishop of York, at Bishopthorpe, near York. His Gr ace , who is enjoying a most ex cellent state of h ea lth, h as a family circle passing the Christmas with hi m . The Dowager Countess.of Pembroke is surrounded by a family party at Wilton House, near Salisbury, the Earl and countess of Clanwilliam, Earl and Countess of Dunmore, Earl and Countess Bruce, and the Hon. Sydney Herbert, being at present assembled there. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster's party at Eaton Hall comprise the Earl and Countess Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Parker, &c. The lion. 11. C. Lowther, M.P., for Westmorland, who is now at Cottesmore, is shortly expected at Lowther Castle, in the county of Westmorland, the seat of his father, the Venerable Earl of Lonsdale, to enjoy the pleasures of the wood and field, in pursuing the recreation of pheasant and partridge shooting in the ample preserves surrounding the locality of Lowther. ETAL HOUSE, NEAR BERWICRI..UPON-TWEED.— Lord Frederick Fitzclarence's birth-day was cele brated by the inhabitants of Etal with every demon stration of respect, on Friday, but the customary bon fire and other rejoicings were dispensed with, in consequence of the death of the Countess of Munster There is a young woman at Abergavenny, who, sixteen years ago, had the misfortune to have a darning needle, and a piece of thread in it, thrust into her arm, and a few weeks since it came out at the ankle, the thread still in it ; the needle was much smaller than when it went in, and considerably bent. During its passage from her arm to her ankle, she never ex perienced any pain from it, but the leg is now very painful, being considerably inflamed. Monmouth Merlin. The number of butchers' shops in Brig hton wa ascertained the other day, for the purpose of deciding a bet. It seems that the bet offered was, that the number was nearer 100 than 60, a position which turned out to be correct, the number proving to be 81. BRIDPORT.—As a proof of, the mildness of the season, there is now to be seen in the garden of Mr. James Trevis, of Biddlelake Farm, near this town, a robin's nest, with four young ones ; they appear quite healthy and strong.—Salisbury Herald. LISBON. DEC. 19.—Lord Howard de Walden has ins& communication from the Earl of Aberdeen to Al „ Portuguese Government, the purport of_ which Is to make it a sine qua non to all further negotiation on the subject of the tariff, that the maximum of import duties levied here on English goods should not exceed 20 per cent. ad valorem. This new proposal has since been laid before the Government, whom it appears to have taken completely by surprise, as the utmost they were prepared to expect was that- - Lord Aberdeen would continue to hold out for his first maximum of 25 per cent. What answer they will return to it cannot of course be known as yet; but, at all events, it is evident that they are anxious to come to some de cisibn before the Cortes meet (on the 28th instant), as the Minister of Foreign Affairs has assured Lord Howard that the answer will be sent by next pocket. It is only after the 'Portuguese see a ' treat actually concluded between Great Britain and Spain, and here a taste of its injurious effects upon their commerc e*, that they will be brought to" their senses. Lord Aberdeen, it appears, now offers to fix the duties on Portuguese wines in England at 3s. per gallon, in, stead of 2s. 6d. and 20 per cent. ad valorem, as first proposed. In order to enable the Board •of Public Credit to continue for a little while longer the payment of the Treasury Debentures, the Government has raised the sum of one hundred contos on the following terms—viz., by mortgaging- 125 contos in deben tures, and receiving in return 100 contos in cash," and 25 contos in titulos of the inactive classes, which, bearing no interest, are valueless in the market. Thus, for the use of 100 contos the Government will have to pay interest at 7 3-10 on 125 contos for a year ; reals, 9,125,000, besides 25 contos in cash in return for the corresponding nominal amount in waste paper titulos ;—total, 34 contos 125 milreis, or 34 125-1000 per cent. The English residents here are now beginning to feel in a very sensible manner the loss of those privi leges which they so long enjoyed, but which the last treaty gave up "in consideration of the improved system of law and justice in Portugal." One of those privileges was that of exemption from the " Decima Industrial" tax, to which they are now subject. If they were not called upon to pay in a higher propor tion than the natives they might have no great reason to complain; bat far from its being so, they have been in every case taxed at a much higher rate than the Portuguese. For instance, an English clerk in the employ of Mr. Sugrue, a British merchant, has been taxed at the rate of 40 milreis per annum, while a Portuguese clerk in the same establishment, who receives a higher salary, is taxed only five milreis. It is the same with the merchants themselves, all of whom have been taxed at least four times as much as their Portuguese neighbours who do twice as much business. It was stipulated in the treaty that the assessment of the rates to be paid by us should be made by a mixed committee of Portuguese and Bri tish merchants ; but this arrangement will only come into effect in July, 1843, and until then we must submit to whatever extortion the Portuguese may please to practise upon us. Meanwhile the French continue to demand, and what is more, actually to enforce for themselves a total exemption from that tax. Some time ago the collector called upon a French cabinet-maker, of the name of Dejean, and as the latter refused to pay seized his goods. The Frenchman lost no time in making the facts known to his Minister, who immediately de manded that the property seized should be given up, and his demand was promply complied with. Dejean, however, refuses to take it back, on the plea that it may have been deteriorated by removal, and insists upon being paid its full value in hard cash, Treasury debentures being a commodity in the soundness of which he declares he has no great faith. This pretension, too, has been taken up and backed by the French Minister. Last week an action was brought at the instance of M. Cabral against the Nacional for the slanderous printed proclamation lately circulated respecting M. Diet; the King Con sort's private Secretary. The editor stated that he had actually in his possession, and was ready to pro duce sen required, the rough draught of that pro clamation in Silva Cabral's handwriting, yet, though the defendant could neither produce the rough draught in question, nor adduce any evidence to sub stantiate his charge and affix the authorship of that document upon Silva Cabral—although the charge it self was one involving the imputation of malignity, treachery, and cowardice, and as such was of a nature most injurious to the character of the plaintiff—the jury, sworn to give a conscientious verdict, unani mously declared that it was not a libel, but merely an erroneous statement. On Sunday week, no less than eighty-eight banns of marriage were published at the parish church, Blackburn, making the goodly number of 176 indi viduals.—Glasgow Citizen. SINGULAR SENTENCE.-At the Royal Court Guernsey, on the 10th instant, James Lydford, of Blandford, Dorset, labourer, was convicted of having broken into two houses, and was sentenced to receive fifty lashes at the hands of the common hangman, and to be banished from Guernsey for six years. SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS.—A strange and unac countable circumstance took place on the premises of a brewer of Sidmouth, a few days since, whereby several men at work in the brewery at the time were very much terrified. On perceiving a very large plat form, on which the mash tun is erected, vibrate in a most extraordinary manner for a considerable time, and at intervals of about half a minute, causing several things around to be displaced, more especially two iron bars, which had several alternate clanking col lisions, as if caused by some invisible agency, the men ran terrified into the yard, under the impression that it was the incipient indication of an approaching earthquake, as something similar, but not near so violent, took place on the same spot about a month before ; there is no machinery or strong motive power at work anywhere adjacent. The occurrence has afforded matter of much speculative conjecture to per sons of a philosophic, as well as those of a superstiti. ous turn of mind.—TVestßriton. SUSPICIOUS.—We have just been informed, upon authority on which we can place the most implicit reliance, that there are at the present moment being built at Blackwall five large steam frigates for the Russian Government, which are intended to be used in the Black Sea, for the prosecution of the war against the Circassian. One of these steam frigates is just completed. Is the British Government aware of this most important fact ? We repeat, that A ve place implicit confidence in the truth, of the above statement, which we hasten, as in duty boom',, to lay before the public. Comment at present, y;, ou ld be su perfluous.--John Bull. NOVEL MODE OF ROBBING A lIEN-ROOST.—Fanner Budd, of North Fareham, had his fowl-house robbed a few nights since, in the following novel manner, of nine fowls :—The thieves having found a hole in the house large enough for their purpose, sent in a ferret, secured by a string, which, on seizing a fowl, was drawn to the hole, the bird taken, and the trick re peated. The tenth experiment failed by the string breaking, leaving the ferret behind to disclose the manner of a robbery, which otherwise would have been unaccountable. Many fowl-houses in the neigh bourhood have lately been robbed in this ingenious w ar.—Hampshire Arkertiser. EIYUCATION OF A GERMAN LADT.—The education of a German lady is, to us, a very singular one. It is composed of the two extremes of household useful. ness and social ornament. Accomplishments are carefully taught. All that tends to give the ladies eclat in the ball-room and in large companies, they are more regularly drilled into even than ours. Music and dancing are indispensable. The French lan guage has long been universal, and English is now becoming so. Their greater intercourse , with fo reigners keeps in use their French. Music is so much a national enjoyment, that not only all young wo men, but almost all young men, play on the piano and sing. This is not only a great relief to the mo notony of private life, and an elegant and refining enjoyment for the evening circle—especially to weary men, harassed or exhausted by the daily tug of their affairs—but is conducive to the pleasure of those agreeable little parties which abound so much among the Germans : where singing, a dance, and simple games pass away rapidly the hours.—HowitesGermany. THE CHINESE PROMOTIONS.—We feel sincere gra tification at the tolerably liberal brevet promotions which were gazetted yesterday in commemoration of our late brilliant successes in China and Affghanistan. It is not usual to bestow a higher rank than that of full colonel in brevets of this peculiar description ; but we are disappointed that an exception has not been made, in the present instance, in favour of Sir Robert Sale. If there be any officer belonging to the Indian or Chinese establishment who possesses superior claims to extra reward, that officer is, most assuredly, Sir Robert Sale. His heroic bravery is worthy of the best days of chivalry. The noble stand which he made at Jellalabad saved, in all probability, not only a consi derable body of his fellow-comrades from apparently inevitable defeat and death, but, moreover, turned the temporary reverses of our arms into a series of vic tories which will form a bright and inspiriting page in our national records. For such a man no dis tinction can be too high. We therefore anticipated that he would not only have been created a Major- General, but would also have been elevated by his Sovere in special testimony of her approval intrepid g and important services. H e ig n o f t to hisa ee ra e, has fought the battles of his country for the long period of 47 years, and is covered with many a deep and honourable scar. His harassing and continuous hard duty in the field can have scarcely failed to render change of climate and secession from toil re quisite for the restoration of impaired health. He ought to have been enabled to sheathe his trusty sword, and to return a general officer and Peer of the realm to his native shores, to repose upon his well earned laurels.— United Service Gazette. PUBLICATIONS. In 2 vols. 12m0., bound, 1,000 pages, price One Guinea, illustrated by Twenty-four Steel Engravings from the most authentic Portraits of the British Admirals, and numerous Diagrams of Naval Actions, THE BATTLES OF THE BRITISH NAVY. 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