The Sun. — London, England, 1834-12-19 00:00:00

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Second Edition, in 3 vols. post Bvo., MAKANNA, THE PROPHET CHIEF TAIN. 10 to x 3 15 4 1 I o ) 5 4 1 " 15 5 ° 5 I 12 15 1 13 " One of the most interesting and graphic Romances that it has been our lot to read for many a year."—Athenaeum. " This work abounds in interest, and is written in a style of great vigour and elegance."—Sunday Times. London : Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria-lane ; and to be had at all Libraries. [Those intending to effect Assurances at this office are reminded of the advantage of doing so within the current year, as explained below.] SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE. • PORTUGUESE PRIZE MONEY. NOTICE is hereby given to the Officers, Sea men, Marines, and o th ers w h o were serv i ng i n th e fleet of ter Most Faithful Majesty the Queen of Portugal, under the corn- C Z . n ct Of Admir a l N ap i er at t h e t i me o f t h e capture o f t h e Mi gue- Nivadron, on the sth of July, 1833, off Cape St. Vincent, and 2 . did actually assist in such capture (excepting such as forfeited .141 M. thereto be desertion, or by leaving the service at their own 4 'N.lteSt), t o t h e l egal representatives of such as were slain in that I() ; or have since died, that the first payment on account of the t allowed by the Government of her most Faithful Majesty, wut 29t h be made in Loudon and Portsmouth on and after M on d a y, the inst. te In prev en t f rau d s or d ecept i on o f any ki nd, the late First Lieu itnaat Of " Her Most Faithful Majesty's ship Don Joao" will tend in London, and another officer in Portsmouth, to identify the ?tiles at each payment; it i s th ere f ore unnecessary f or any per- Pts to present powers of attorney or other orders, or for men to 7 without their certificates, as they will not be paid. let ters of administration, or probates of wills (as the case may be), m leave the same for examination seven days previously to the rat ,Payment. tal-aZinents will be made in London by Mr. Edmond, Navy Agent, Chambers, Leadenhall-street ; and in Portsmouth by 4e • Robinson (late Secretary to the Admiral), Broad-street, v: °r ding to the following regulations, which are requisite to pro `llt too many persons applying on the same day:--: C.D.E. every Monday, 11 to 64 . res of Officers, Seamen, F. G. H. I J Tuesday, 4 N Marines, whose stir- .K. L.lll. N. O. Wednesday names commence with P. Q. ft. S. T. ,U. V. W. Y. Z. Friday The amounts payable to the respective parties will be subject to ofueduction of only one and a half per cent. (in addition to the cost move-;a) t he stamp receipt), being one per cent. commission for the "e-mentioned Agents, and one-half per cent. for incidental mentioned J. - A. y MENDIZABAL, Prize Agent. 16th December, 1834. ONDON AND 'WESTMINSTER BANK, 38, THROGMORTON-STREET, and 9, WATER °°-PLACE, PALL-MALL :ORS. W k nuel Anderson, Esq. Henry Harvey, Esq. en rY er Bosanquet, Esq. James Holford, Esq. e diek Burmester, Esq. Jonathan Haworth Peel, Esq. fo nt. R. Keith Douglas, Esq. Matthew Bolton Rennie, Es R , 'kb Esdaile, Esq. Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Es q ., "ir 1 horns.* Fremantle, Bart., M.P. ~..Al. p . John Stewart, Esq., M.P. " l axio• Gibbet, Esq. David Salomons, Esq. Pearson Thompson, Esq. ti The B an k rece i ves current accounts on the same terms, as they r ,.._ now received by London Bankers ; or, instead of requiring a ih.. _""altorner to keep a balance, manages his accounts for a certain annually. 4 lt likewise receives on deposit, at interest, sums to any amount "I 1 01. upwards. By Order of the Board, JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, Manager. DIRP.O ORTH BRITISH LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, INCORPORATED BY ROYAL C-ARTER. CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. Established 1809. Offices, No. 4, Bank-buildings, Lothbury. London, and 1, Hanover-street, Edinburgh. PRESIDENT. His Grace the Duke of GORDON. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Earl of ABOYNE and Viscount MELVILLE. LONDON BOARD. PRESIDENT.—EarI of Camperdown. VICE-PRESIDENTS. [Trd, Viscount Strathallan Sir! Peter Laurie, Alderman, Lo rd Viscount Exmouth Chairman _ IF. Warden, Esq., Deputy Chair. The advantages offered to the public by this Corporation are— Ampl e secur ity, f r om their large capital. th'i• Rates o f premium nenrly FIVE PER CENT. LOWER p p " most other offices acting on the system of participation of ofi ts. 4 111 . Premiums may be made payable either in a single payment, "" ANNUAL, HALF-YEARLY, or QUARTERLY PAY EN TS. IV . The assured may either participate in the profits secured 041 st all respo ns ibility by the capital of the Corporation, or may 4k.a less p rem i um f or secur i ng a specific sum without periodical ( talons. ki„„ V • When policies effected by parties on their own lives are as th"ed to others for onerous causes, the holders are assured against e risk of th e or i g i na l assure d dying by suicide or duelling. b e v I- Every facility given on moderate terms to persons going 4 11 ). d the prescribed limits of the policy. IL Advances made on security of policies of more than three g to the extent of their value. 111. A liberal price given for policies to parties wishing to sur ender T,them. 4 - No entrance-money charged. *i t ,ersons in the country can effect Insurances by corresponding Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, the Resident Members of the Board, Bank-buildings, London. tbTO PEDESTRIANS, SPORTSMEN, &s. ATENT PEDOMETERS for the Waistcoat Pocket, at PAYNE'S, No. 163, Now Bond-street, op- I to Clifford-street. Pedometers for Ladies. iI B EST BEAVER HATS TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS. ATS of the most approved qualities, superior co lours, elegant shapes, which never spot with rain, and of un- Slled fi ne ness and durability, Wholesale and Retail, of the Ma 'mzacturers and Patentees , ROBERT FRANKS and CO., London, {l4O, Regent-street, 62, Red Cross-street, City. ......_ P OREIGN FRUITS for Dessert, &c.—Very fine Elema Figs, in small drums ; Imperial Plums, in small ?_ 4 ekages ; fine Muscatel Raisins, in bunches, in quarter, half, and r i Aole boxes Barbary Dates, new Jordan Almonds. Guimaraen tuns, Prunes Pistoles , new Normandy Pippins and Pears, Orange and Lemon Chi P', ,_ 1) , , Dried Cherries, Preserved Apricots, Green- T a g . ' It"' "e•; Composes in Jelly, Brandied Fruits, West °tendera; i--, bottles , Ginger, China Preserved Ginger, very fine and end other uuttles, 4s. d. and 9s. each ; Maraschino, Curacoa, Run's_ er Liqueurs ; Jams and Marmalades of Apricot, Quince, Botfiuerrl, Strawberry, Orange, Apple, Black Currant, &c. ; cn,,..m.sed, Tongues, es fo , r tarts, of superior quality ; also Sauces, Pickles, rjiT____2,l*ec 712,1etlbandek! great Maccarom , Vermacelli, Semolina, Polenta, variety of other articles, at Samuel Hickson's, IO LADIES Purchasing Articles of Dress for Winter Wea r , or Goods for Domestic Use, an opportunity t i i t Urcha se a d vantageous l y i s now presente d at " ALLISON an d WARDS," Regent House, 240, Regent-street. The Stock slas of the following, viz. : C LOAKS of the newest style of pattern in Cashmere, Silk, k _ 'lin Torque, &c. &c. SHAWLS, British and Foreign, many of which are prize sped ;"6/11 of the celebrated Lyons Manufacturers, Chapusot and Tarde ° V, and at surprisingly low prices. OERINOES, British and French, which, notwithstanding the Perm of wool, A. and E. are selling lower than at any former S ILKS of all kinds, from 9d. to Is. 6d. per yard less than the lill_sent wholesale prices; this reduction is owing to the late unpa ired dep ress i on i n th e mercantile world. IRISH LINENS, Sheetings, Table Linen, Huckabacks, &c. &e. equill/ cheap. 4, PI ,.,,tiURED VELVETS of the richest description ever made, at 44 per yard, being only one-third of the original cost price, and red for Cloaks, Dresses or Pelisses. f„,_4II.,LISON and EDWARDS beg to observe that their motive ,7141r0t quoting prices generally arises from a determination to pur lbto a Plan that shall by no means disappoint the most sanguine "Mist, feeling assured the quality and low prices of all their 4141 is a sufficient guarantee for a second visit. Address, Regent House, 240, Regent -street. ATODERN APPENDAGES TO BEAUTY. PEARS'S TRANSPARENT SOAP.—This Soap I ttn ' cr iL a t , ! unrivalled u a discovery of the highest importance for its er„ r mr excellence in cleansing the skin, preserving it from the It `,, e t 4 of the weather, sea air, &c., and improving its appearance. a4 l ; e tuves every blemish from its surface, and by due perseverance v er fails to render it delicately clear and beautiful. ti: e Pared by A. Pears, 55, Wells-street, Oxford-street, and sold 13 . 6d., and 2s. 6d. per square. Also Gentlemen's Shaving 1) .4, at Is. an d 2 s . 6d. r-ARS'S BOTANIC CREAM, particularly recommended th iti P a rents and guardians who wish to give their offspring, and to :e under their care, those delightful tints which are the true A,truitant s of beauty and health. 4,444.A.8AR DEN TIFRICE for beautifying the Te e th, and t,,,e.,r `4“.uig them a personal ornament to the decline of life. gi v i, s SlAN COTTON, or PORTABLE ROUGE, for ea ti :g a delicate rose-tint to the cheek. It is simple in its appli and so portable that it may be placed between the leaves titan pocket-book. Price 2s. t 4 RS'S LIQUID BLOOM of ROSES and WHITE IM- It,"IAL POWDER, which, by beautifully tinging the cheek and Vestows a delicacy to the female countenance. ARS'S ROSE-COLOURED and PINK SAUCERS for tia i , - „lng in water-colours, painting on velvet, tinging the counte "e, and dying silk, lace, muslin, feathers, artificial flowers, &c. _Warehou se , 55, Wells-street, Oxford-street, London. OODHOUSE'S /ETHERIAL ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER. .1 % PATRONS. A rti l l Johnson, Physician Extraordinary to his Majesty. Th is lir T. H o l ro yd, Phy s i c i an t o the St. Mary-le-bone Dispensary. Chlas Hodgkin, M.D., Physician to Guy's Hospital. saes James Fox, M.D., 23, Billiter-square. li. AO wley, M.D , Physician to the Aldersgate-street Dispensary. -a rhybell, M.D., Queen-street, Cheapside. C'6 ° , s Middleton, Senior Physician to the Leamington Hospital. J oi i` r t,es Loudon Physician to the Leamington Bathing Institution. P, at uari Pereira , F.L. S., Lecturer on Materia Medico. jYrrell, 17New Bridge-street, Surgeon to St. Thomas's Q, o °Vital. F,5 Pilcher, M. R. C. S. L., Lecturer on Anatomy. Jttr i .,,T r n,en, 12, Old Broad-street, Surgeon to St. John 's Hospital. Surgeon to the Royal Humane Institution. Joh illard, Demonstrator of Anatomy at the School of Webb-street. W. i i , l „, i tehman, Surgeon to the Leamington Bathing Institution. .1, .It" , -tdleton, Surgeon to the Leamington Hospital. gatarrison Curtis M. R. 1., M. R. C. S. L. , 2, Soho-square. e above eminent Medical Gentlemen have given the most 110.1 1 3 : 1 °g Certificates of the great value and superiority of WOOD 2ETHERIAL ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER, !Led - 4 is Particularly recommended to all Cold, Phlegmatic, Weak, ervou Constitutions. It is certain in affording instant relief b„ Cholera Morbus, spasms, cramps, flatulence, hysterics, heart si% _hiccup, loss of appetite, sensation of fulness, pain and oppres kris:t.ter meals ; also those pains of the stomach and bowels which 4 re ; , ' . ° , "n gouty flatulencies ; digestion, however much impaired, tiro: f7ed to its p r i s ti ne s t a t e by the use of this essence for a short !or r l ' taken in t ea , coffee, ale, beer, porter, cider, or wine ; i t 4 11 , 8 1 — their flatulent tendency. To eulogise the merits of this tial,ancable article would be superfluous, when the Faculty are its Thi Ch e ,,! Essence is prepared only by Deeimus Woodhouse, operative bYlii -43t, 18 , King William-street, New London-bridge; and sold 40 1 41 , whol esa l e an d retail, in bottles 2s. 6d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. liem ers sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; and all respectable Medicine l tom and country. 15 t £ 4 ° 0 5 5 j 5 10 5 5 0 5 (s) a • •I ° to -C 1 3 0 4 lV 10 jlO s. J. 9 ........... 2 , 3 .......... 2 . 2 6 . ......... b .......... 3 t'on'e.. . 2 6 ....... .. ‘ , 2 ..... a,„ ........... Hain 6 IS , ; . n . :1 . %70 .. IS T, ......... a ....... 0 .............. 20 a Imaged I) 9 ' WEEK . P to = _ - - --.. . . . - -. .. . . , -* , -- , - 4i - , k. d. to`' 0 " 0 j, I•housa d. te ~... 6 7 61 6 0 404 44. 24 ' 24 ' S. 323 VSe. '" --S 30 6 . ...s. 321. COUl ti, W. )I ; ti t t•A 11 ......... ......... g ........• g jj ........ ......... g ...... ........ I ........ reet ........ , ... • nfP fej 15 .... _ t ,•enio ::este ° ish eV ? t i ney 0' lfi )ntainca A uP ng -stand o that oe )eL , n , Giog c y the 3 n! e q ue ere ctlons h have er s al l i ger , 0,, 1. per ~/ c n iitb , cif° les Fen° dau ght f : a cf the fie Vesey , c o l 8,),,,,ne sroasi i‘eo t ; the ladt e itec.ll. the , Fir „co', sheld ral° ---. af o" Tar° Ote r dau 01 0 " 11' 4' f Tor t Xl9 0 1 Y,' t e g Laug" Kati Of fSV LieuS o o Drib . 700 115 0 I. 405 Pit 1303-`1 1 0 0., o it 4 11, ,idatf $54.' t er, °I Pri° S. dsug liter' l' sl ,:esf ; soY of ; ,vorf , 4469' or tO W ot) - -car . e • of. ate B'l' . 50 ,,, , ,,,, ~, got' e L Ufa . b" fit . l d Cr 59 01 / j Founded, A.D. 1815, on the model of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE, LONDON. HEAD OFFICE, EDINBURGH, No. 5, ST. ANDREW-SQUARE. PRESIDENT. Right Hon. Earl of Roseberry. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Sir F. W. Drummond, of Hawthornden, Bart. The Hon. Lord Moncreiff. Right Hon. Charles Hope, Lord President. His Grace, the Duke of Buccleuch, K. T. TRUSTEES. Sir James Gibson Craig, of Riccarton, Bart. William Scott Moncrieff, Esq., of Kirkton. Patrick Cockburn, Esq., Accountant, Edinburgh. William Mitchell, E•q., of Parsonsgreen. James Balfour, Esq., of Pilrig. The President, Vice-Presidents, Trustees, and whole body of ordinary and extraordinary Directors, are, and must, in terms of the laws, have been Members of, and personally connected with the Society, by assurances of a determinate number of years' standing. This office is the oldest, and, in point of business, the most ex tensive in Scotland. It is founded on the original principles of the Equitable Life Office of London, securing the whole profits to the assured. The great value of the principle of mutual contributionship, or, as it is generally termed, mutual assurance, on which this Society is founded, is now well known. By the operation of this principle, taken in connection with the careful selection of lives, and an economical management of the Society's business, it is evident that, the advantages of Life Assurance are secured to their utmost possi ble extent. Indeed, they only require to be known and under stood in order to be fully appreciated ; and so rapid accordingly has been the growth of this Society, that, during the last sixteen years, the annual revenue has increased from 2,300/. to upwards of 80,0001. sterling per annum, and the accumulated Fund from 3,0001. to upwards of 400,0001. sterling; and both are in a state of steady and rapid increase. The ordinary benefits of Life Assurance, indeed, without any special references to the peculiar advantages afforded by this Insti tution, are of themselves amply sufficient to induce those who have relatives or families dependent on them, and who are duly im pressed by the uncertainty of life to have recourse to it, no less as a matter of duty than of interest. In illustration of this, a few actual cases are here quoted from the Society's books, which will be found to place in a very strong view the benefits of Life Assurance, particularly as they may be secured through the medium of a con nexion with this Society, viz. : Interval Ori- Amount Age Date Date between ginal of Total at of of Assur nce Sum Additions S,.m Entry. Assurance, Decease. and As. by way of paid. Decease. sured. Bonus. Yrs. Mths. £ X. s. d. X. ad. 47 1815, Jan. 1827, Feb. 12 1 1000 316 14 0 1316 14 0 34 1813, Jan. 1833, July 18 6 10e0 4:?1, 1 4 1434 1 4 48 1816, Dec. 183:3, June 16 6 300 123 19 1 423 19 1 51 18)7, Nov. 1831, April 1:3 5 500 186 14 0 vB6 14 0 65 1818, June 1832, April 13 10 800 313 16 0.1113 16 0 33 18'21, Dee. 18:30, Nov. 8 11 2000 270 0 0 2270 0 86 1822, April 1832, Oct. 10 6 1500 251 17 6 1750 17 0 25 1823, Dec. 18:32, Dec. 9 '.500 380 1 3 2880 1 6 54 1824, Dec. 1832, Sept. 7 9 3000 360 0 0 : 360 0 3 34 1326, March 1833, June 7 2 500 61 7 0 561 7 0 40 1830, May 1830, Dcc. 7+ 500 33 18.52, March 1832, April 1000 I Those assurances marked thus f were not entitled to any addi- Those assurances marked thus f were not entitled to any addi tions ; but the extremely short period of their endurance shows the benefit of Life Assurance in a very striking manner. Many other instances might be adduced to the same effect; but the above are quite sufficient for the purpose. It may, however, tend to convey a clearer view of the advan tages arising from the principle on which this Institution is founded, to show in detail the additions progressively made in the Equitable Society to a Policy opened in 1796—that is, after the additions (which had previously been irregular) began to be declared at re gular periodical intervals. Taking the original amount of the Po licy at £1,000., the additions stand as follows, viz. : Rate of Addition per Date of Declaration Cent, per Annum on Amount of of Addition. Sum Assured. Addition. Ist Jan. 1800 - 1810 lB2O lB3O Sum of Additions at ht of January, 1830 And original Sum Asssured Total £3,070 Had the sum originally assured been 5,0001. instead of 1,0001., then the total sum recoverable under the policy would have been 15,350/., and so on in proportion. This statement, while it shows the important advantages of the principle of mutual assurance, shows at the same time the utter fallacy of the opinion occasion ally stated, that it is only in the infancy of such institutions that the full advantage of the principle can be obtained ' • for the rate of addition declared by the Equitable goes on, it will be observed, in an increasing ratio. The immense benefit thus derived from assurances opened in the Equitable Office at length drew the public attention so strongly towards it, and so greatly increased the number of proposals of as surance, that, in order to prevent the business of the Society at taining an unmanageable magnitude, a resolution or bye-law was passed in 1816, excluding those assured subsequent to that date from any right to participate in the surplus funds or profits, until the policies entitled to this benefit were reduced to a given definite number ; so that a party now taking out a policy at the Equitable has not the slightest chance of entering on its peculiar advantages for a long period of years. This Institution was in existence two years prior to this import ant change in the constitution of the Equitable, and it has in con sequence received a great many proposals which, but for this mea sure, would have probably gone to the Equitable. The benefit which the parties have obtained by doing so will at once be evident from the fact that a policy opened in the Equitable in the course of the year 1817, if now emerging and becoming a claim, would be only entitled to an addition of about 9/. per cent., while a policy opened in this Office in the same year, and now becoming a claim, would be entitled to an addition of 451 per cent., which is yearly increasing. There can indeed be no doubt that this Office is now rapidly ap proaching the same position (making due'allowance for the compa ratively limited field of business which Scotland affords) that the Equitable held in England previously to the enactment of the law already explained. In proof of this no stronger fact can be stated than the large and rapid increase of the accumulated fund and an nual revenue already noticed. The Accounts produced at the Twentieth Annual General Court held in January last, showed that in the last year alone an addition was made to the previously large accumulated fund or capital of no less than Sixty Thousand Pounds sterling. Independently, therefore, of the great benefit arising to the parties interested, from assurances which may become claims from sudden and premature death, and of which the expe rience of this Society affords many very striking instances, it is also evident, from the principle of its constitution, and from the expe rience of the Equitable, that, even considered as an investment of money, without any particular reference to the benefit of assurance, a policy now opened in this office, and steadily kept up during the whole period of a prolonged life, may become a very valuable inhe ritance indeed. And this benefit is not operative only at death, but may, even during the lifetime of the assured, be made available to the most valuable purposes. It is also proper to state that in only one instance has this Society felt itself compelled to enter a court of, law in opposition to a claim made under its emerged policies; and in that instance the propriety of their procedure was fully evinced by the immediate abandonment of the claim. This occurred very soon after the Society commenced business ; and during the many years that have since elapsed, every claim brought against the funds, under emerged policies, has been at once discharged, and a great extent of good both to the public and individuals thus accomplished. TABULAR VIEW of the SUMS, including ADDITIONS, payable under POLICIES of 1,0001., and so in proportion for any higher or lower amount, if becoming claims during the re maining years of the current Septennial Period of the Society's Progress : AMOUNT OF NET BUMS PAYABLE, IF CLAIM EMERGE IN 1838. I 1837 . Year of Entry. I F 35. F. d. 14Th 16 9 1250 16 0 1234 18 0 1219 0 0 12 1 3 2 0 1187 4 0 1171 6 0 1155 8 0 11:A) 10 . 0 1123 12 0 1107 14 0 1 1 _91 16 0 s. d. 1496 14 5 121i8 10 0 1252 7 6 1236 5 0 1220 2 6 1204 0 0 1187 17 6 1171 15 0 1155 12 6 1139 10 0 1123 7 6 1107 5 0 s. d. 1517 12 2 1286 4 0 12(9 17 0 1253 19 0 1237 3 0 1220 In 1204 9 0 1188 2 0 1171 15 0 1155 8 0 1139 1 0 1122 14 1838. £. s. d. 1538 9 9 1341 18 0 1287 6 6 1270 15 0 1254 3 4 1237 12 0 1221 0 6 1214 9 0 1187 17 6 1171 6 0 1154 14 6 1138 3 0 This Table proceeds on the supposition that the Claim emerges after the Annual Contribution or Premium has been paid for the year in which it so emerges. If the Claim emerge before such payment, the sums payable will be those set down in the Table as applicable to the immediately preceding year. The ordinary Court of Directors meet weekly for the purpose of receiving and deciding on applications for Assurance, which are now granted to the extent of 5,0001., on approved single or joint lives. Assurances effected through the Head Office or Agencies before the books are shut for the current year will have the advantage, in the declaration of additions at next investigation, of a Full Year's standing over those assurances which may be delayed beyond that period. In consequence of this important advantage, there has been regularly for some years back a great pressure of business imme diately preceding the closing of the books. Last year no fewer than sixty-four proposals of assurance were under the consideration of the Court of Directors at their latest meeting in December ; and after all, various proposals were lodged too late to secure the expected advantage. It is therefore respectfully requested that parties intending assurances would lodge their proposals as early as possible in the month of December, which would be attended with much convenience to the Officers of the Society, and at the same time prevent the risk of disappointment to themselves. Every facility to the carrying through of Proposals of Assurance, so as to be completed within the current year, will be given, both at the Head Office in Edinburgh, and at the following AGENCIES. Liverpool.—Messrs. A. Oughterson and Co., 1, Dale-street. Manchester.—Wm. A. Cunningham, 28, George-street. Huddersfield.—Hugh Watt, Banker. HUGH 11PICEAN, Agent, 15, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, December 1. .. 4 .-,,,, 8 E.: E; F, 5. E. 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All orders from the country must be accompanied with money, or an order on some person in London for payment. *** Gentlemen addressing a line per post (paid), cau be waited upon with patterns, if within five miles. Rodgers's " Imperial Wool-dyed Black Cloths," for ministers and professional gentlemen, warranted not to wear white in the seams. Gentlemen requiring a single suit of clothes, and not disposed to contract by the year, can have them made at a trifling advance on the prices stated above in the " two suits per year " column. Rodgers, Tailor, City-road, near Finsbury-square, London. CT. BETTS and CO. feel that they are called • upon, in consequence of recent numerous applications, from the highest quarters, for explanations with reference to their PATENT FRENCH DISTILLED BRANDY, to urge upon public notice this further Caution. When attempts are industri ously made to foist upon the consumers of this article others bearing a title nearly similar, but wholly deficient in those essentials which distinguish BETT'S BRANDY, it is incumbent upon the Pa tentees to call the attention of their friends and the public to the dis tinctions which peculiarly apply to their production. The first point to which they would direct attention is, the fact, that the title or designation of their Brandy is, and from its origM, has ever been, unchanged. That title is, " BETTS'S PATENT FRENCH DISTILLED BRANDY." They next feel it necessary to guard all persons against a suppo sition that their Brandy is susceptible of improvement. From the first day that it was brought to public notice, it has remained the same--unimproved and unimprovable. The perfection of its qua lity has the sanction of the most eminent Chemists (whose Testi monials are already before the public), after minute analysis ; a.nd it has, EXCLUSIVELY, had the recommendation of numerous Medical men of the highest rank, resting upon a practical know ledge of its merits. And lastly, it is most essential to observe that the only Patent Right for making Brandy on French principles, is that obtained by themselves. To these several points, J. T. BETTS and Co. crave the atten tion of all those to whom the possession of a pure and perfect spirit is a consideration ; and if due regard be had to these matters, the numerous impositions brought forward must be speedily exploded since the success of the Impostors can only be in the ratio that they may succeed in misleading the public. J. T. BETTS and Co. feel it simply necessary to add to the foregoing Caution, and their ONLY ESTABLISHMENT is at No. 7, SMITHFIELD-BARS. PURE PALE BRANDY, Vintage 1808, 725. per dozen, in French Bottles, as imported.—Sample Bottles may be had at the Sample Room of the Establishment, at 6s. each. The Connoisseur of Brandies, of the highest class, and those parti cularly who require fine Brandy for Medical purposes, are respect fully invited to make trial of this article, which (except it be in private stocks) is unrivalled in London. Three dozen Cases (in cluding cases, bottles, &c. ), forwarded to any part of England, on a remittance of M. GEORGE ITENEKEY and CO, 23, High Holborn, London. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause of STYTH v. MONRO, the Next of Kin of JANE MONRO, late of Whitehaven, in the County of Cumberland, Spinster (who died in the month of May, 1833), living at her death, or the personal Representative or Re presentatives of any of them who may have since died, arc, on or before the 24th day of January, 1835, to come in an prove their kindred, and make out their claims, before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, Knight, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, in order that they may not be peremptorily excluded the be ne fit o f the said Decree. MICHAEL WALKER, Whitehaven, Cumberland, Plaintiff's Solicitor. GEO. and WM. HELDER, 17, Clement's Inn, London Agents. TO BE SOLD, • PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause of FOURDRIN v. GOWDEY, with the approbation of Sir Givvni WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, in the Public Sale Room of the Court, in South ampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, on Wednesday, the 21st J Anuary, 1835, between the hours of One and Two in the afternoon; in Two Lots ' • A FREEHOLD HOUSE and SHOP, No. 118, in Wardour street, Oxford-street, and TWO LEASEHOLD MESSUAGES, Numbered 71 and 72, in Harrow-road, Paddington. The Freehold Premises were late the property of Francis Joseph Fourdrin, and many years occupied by him as an Oil and Italian Warehouse, and are at present let on Lease to Mr. Homewood, at a Rent of 1301. a year ; and the Leasehold Premises are holden for an unexpil ed term of 31 years from Midsummer last. Printed particulars may shortly be had (gratis) at the said Mas ter's Chambers, in Southampton-buildings • of Messrs. Walton and Coles, solicitors, Girdlers' Hall , Basinghalf-street ; of Mr. Derby, Solicitor, No. 2, Harcourt-buildings, Temple ; and of Mr. John Hamilton, solicitor, Berners-street, Oxford -street, London. CAUTION. THE high reputation to which NORTON'S CA MOMILE PILLS have attained, and the great relief they have afforded to persons suffering from indigestion, &c. &c., has induced several unprincipled persons to prepare Pills in imitation, expecting to impose upon the public by assuming the name of Ca momile. That purchasers may not be deceived and disappointed, Thomas Norton begs to assure them that this preparation of Camo mile is peculiarly his own, and made known to no other persons than the present Proprietors, A. Willoughby and Co., successors to Benjamin Godfrey Windus, 61, Bishopsgate-street-Without. by whom they are now faithfully prepared, and sold in bottles at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 11s. each, and by nearly all respectable Me dicine vendors. Be particular to ask for Norton's Pills, and ob serve that the Government stamp is engraved Benjamin Godfrey Windus. All others are counterfeit. COCKLE'S CAMOMILE PILLS. 6 6 OF all the Tonic Medicines which have been offered to public notice, Mr. Cockle's preparation of Camomile in the form of Pills, is undoubtedly the best; and we feel great pleasure in asserting its pre-eminent virtues over every other Stomachic Medicine. In all cases of debility, but particularly of the stomach, it has never failed to produce the most beneficial results. Its happy effects also, in cold, listless, and debilitated habits, have been manifested in numerous cases, far beyond expec tation ; its action is that of a powerful Tonic and Stomachic, pro moting animation—liveliness—and desire for food. Indeed, so very popular has this Medicine now become, that there has been, we understand, an unprecedented demand for it from all parts of the Kingdom ; and it must be highly flattering to the feelings of Mr. Cockle, to receive such numerous attestations of its extraor dinary efficacy, and the cures performed by it, from families of the first distinction. The medical properties of the Camomile were never so powerfully and beneficially concentrated, and so judiciously applied, as in these highly applied Pills of Mr. Cockle. Standard. They may be had in bottles at Is 2s. 9d., and Us. each, of all vendors of - " Mr. COCKLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS." MESSRS. R. MUNNS and CO., Cabinet makers and Upholsterers, No. 33, Oxford-street, oppo site to Dean-street, Soho, beg respectfully to announce that, in consequence of their premises being about to be pulled down, they are now SELLING OFF the whole of their valuable and exten sive STOCK, consisting of every requisite for the drawing-room, dining-room, library, boudoir, and bedchamber, at a reduction of more than one-fourth from its original cost. Amongst this elegant and splendid assortment may be found several thousand pieces of the much-admired town-printed chintzes, and upwards of 30,000 yards of Brussels Carpet, warranted of the best manufacture ; and also some of the choicest bedding in the Metropolis. TO PRIVATE FAMILIES AND ECONOMISTS. CHEAP WINES and SPIRITS. WINES. PORTS. PER DOZ. Stout Wine, from the wood 24s. Fine old ditto, ditto Good crusted ditto Superior old ditto 348. Very curious of the most celebrated vintages 4os. and 465. Fine old crusted ditto in pints and half pints. cArxs. Good stout Wine Ditto Sherry flavour 173. Superior ditto, very fine Genuine Pontac, excellent SHER.RIES. Very Good 22s. Excellent ditto, pale or brown 2Bs. Fine old ditto, straw coloured 34s. Very superior ditto Marsala, first quality 24s. Fine old Rota Tent Old Lisbon and Mountain Bucellas, excellent West India Madeira 34s. Old East India ditto, very fine s2s. 583. Sparkling Champagne 6os. 70s. Clarets A Large Assortment of Wines always on Draught. SPIRITS. OALLON. English Gin, of the first quality 6s. Bd. to 84. Mouls's celebrated Old Tom The Best Old Jamaica Rum Very Good French Brandy The best Old Ditto, very excellent 26s. 6d. Irish and Scotch Whiskies, genuine from the Still l2s. 16s. Patent Brandy Fine Old Rum Shrub Highly Rectified Spirit of Wine Bottles, hampers, &c., to be paid for on delivery, and the amount allowed when returned. No Orders from the Country can be attended to without a Re mittance. W. MOULS, No. 8, HIGH-STREET, NEWINGTON-BUTTS. - - - ejH. WATCHORN'S Superior FOREIGN • WINES, NEW WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT, in NEW-CUT, FOUR DOORS FROM THE RETAIL ESTA BLISHMENT, MARSH-GATE, WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE ROAD, LAMBETH. The Spirit Trade attached to this Establishment has long been conducted on principles most beneficial and satisfactory to the pub lic, and the proprietor has been rewarded by a share of business, in that department, second to none in the Metropolis. Anxious to afford the same advantages to his friends, and the public generally, in the purchase of Wines as in Spirits, he has long awaited the opportunity of being enabled to place his Establishment, as a Wine Depot, upon the same proud footing as the other branches of his trade, and which the recent improvements in his immediate neigh bourhood have afforded him the means of carrying into effect, upon a scale unequalled in the Wine and Spirit Trade ; the result of which he begs to lay before a discerning public ; and in doing which, dis claims any intention to question the various pretensions put forth by the " thousand and one" wine-merchants of London, who lay claim to the public patronage, and is also fully aware of the strong feelings of prejudice entertained by many sensible persons to all advantages offered them in an advertisement, however self-evident they may be ; who cannot be made to believe that any pains-taking tradesman, of years' standing, by firmly relying at all times on the smallest profits, has been enabled to invest, in a Stock of some of the rarest Wines in Europe, or in existence, upwards of 30,0001. ; who cannot credit that by such means they can have their most favourite Wine, of whatever description, in its utmost excellence, at to them a surprisingly moderate price. And why? Because, for sooth, the fact is advertised. To remove such mischievous prejudices, and to meet the daily in creasing demand for his Wines, J. H. Watchorn has, in addition to his other cellars, opened his new Wine Department and spacious Vault, which from its extent has been (not inaptly) compared to that noble achievement of genius the Thames Tunnel, in which may be seen at once glance 200 pipes down in bottle of the most recherche classes of the Wines of the Rhine, France, Spain, and Portugal, possessing every variety of ago, quality, and flavour in their assortment, to view which he especially invites private fa milies and the public generally. To the connoisseur in particular he cannot resist naming a butt of Sherry, in pints, for which, from its singular excellence, he gave 300 guineas, shipped expressly for his establishment. Also a pipe of East India Madeira, 30 years in that country, which its high flavour will fully confirm. And while quality has been predominant in J. H. W.'s mind in providing a stock of the rich and rare worthy his cellars and his re putation, he has not neglected Wine of an economical character. And as the basis of his large Spirit Trade was formed on small pro fits anti large returns, so in his new Wine Department will he adopt his favourite maxim, by offering Wines of the very highest charac ter at comparatively low prices, thus making his own interest fall in with that of the consumer, and securing to himself an extensive and lasting connexion. Upon these solidgrounds he confidently sub mits his claims for general support. LIST OF PRICES : _ Port. .__ Per doz. The finest Champagne Wines, &c. Port from the wood 24s. Bur g und y per doz. Ditto ditto, superior 305., 32s ~345. Cote Rotie Ditto high character 36s. Hermitage, Red • Port, 3 years in bottle 36s. Hermitage, White Ditto, 5 years in bottle Ditto, 8 years in bottle Ditto, 12 years, rich and su- I Wines per imperial gallon :- perior Sherries, Gold Colour, Pale, and Port 10s. 6d. 12s. 14s. and 16s. Brown. Sherry 12s. I 4s. 16s. 17s.and 18s. Genuine Sherry... 21s. and 245. Lisbon l2s. and 15s. Verysuperi•• , ordo 30s 345. and36s. West India Madeira 16s. and 18s. Extremely Pale and high- IVidonia flavoured Sherry 42s. Marsala Rich old Brown ditto ...... ... 425. Red Cape Golden Sherry, strongly re- I Wines per Quarter Cask :- com mended Ditto, of rare quality 4Bs. I quality £7 7 East India Sherry (very old) 545. Ditto, older 8 8 Queen Sherry 6os. Ditto, the choicest imported 9 9 Very old Brown ditto, extra- ;Cape Burgundy, Red 9 9 ordinary high-flavoured (a Finest Marsalla or Bronti 11 11 liqueur Sherry) 6os. Choice East India Madeira 18 0 Hock, &c. Ditto West India ditto ... 16 0 Table H0ck...365., 425., and 48s. Gold coloured Sherry ... 16 10 Hock,very superior 6os. Straw coloured, old Rudesheimer Hock 90s. andloos. 'Very superior old ditto Graeffenberg Hock 1205.1 £23, £24, and £25 10 Johannesberger Hock Moselle 4'.2s. and 48s. Pore, very rich and superior, Exquisitely fine sparkling do. 605.1 £lB 10s. and £2O. ,lt . to, old, extremely rare, B uc ellas, Marsalla, &c. ,Ditto, Bucellas 24 5. and 30 s.' £22 and t72:t. Ditto, first quality, Sauterne Vidonia flavour 34s. and 365. The prices include casks, and Lisbon, rich and also every expense of delivery in dry 24s. and 28s. 'London. Highest quality ditto 3os.! Clarets, per dozen :- Mountain 3os. and 365. Clarets 36s. and 425. Carcavellas, old 3Bs. 'Fourth Growth Marsalla or Bronti 24s. 1 1825 vint.-- Third do. 48s. ands4s. Mazzara ditto 24s. 1825 vint.-Second ditto ... 60s. Wines of Madeira. 1825 vint.-The exquisitely per doz. fine Lafitte, old in bottle, Madeira (direct)... 365. and 425. strongly recommended 725.&865. Madeira, by way of Jamaica, Port and Sherry, in pints :- old in bottle, 425., 445., and 48s. Sherry lss. 18s. and 21s. Madeira, by way of Calcutta 60s. Very old choice ditto Ditto, very old and choice, Port lss. 18s. and 21s. 30 years in bottle at Cal- Ditto; very old cut ta 72s. Wines, per pipe, or butt, &c., Madeira, by way of Brazil 72s. duty and every expense in- Madeira, of vintage 1794, 5 guineas eluded :- Cape Wines. Port £6o and £65 Cape,White Wine... 12s. and 15s. Ditto, of high quality, fit for im- Cape, first quality, 2 years old 18s. mediate bottling, and strongly Cape, very superior, East recommended,£76,£Bo,& £B6 India, 6 years old 2os. Port, of the very highest class of Red Cape Pontac, first qua- old bottling wine £9O & £95 1i1y... The Finest Champagne Wines, &c. Ditto, per butt, gold colour £7O The White Sparkling 60s. and6ss Ditto, superior old, gold colour, The White Sparkling, highest £75,E80,X85,£90,1.:95&1:105 possible quality Ditto in pints 345., 425. unequalled Sherry, £99 & £lO5 The Pink Sparkling, ditto... 725. Marsalla £44 & £46 The White Creaming, ditto 725. Vidonia £4s, £5O, & £55 The Pink Creaming, ditto... 725. Capes 26, 28, 32, and 35 guineas. GENUINE FOREIGN and BRITISH SPIRITS. J. H. Watchorn's stock of British and Foreign Spirits is one of the largest in England, and of the highest quality. per gal. 1 . Genuine Cognac Brandy (new) 24s. Cognac Brandy (old) 265. 6d. Champagne Brandy (very old White Brandy (old) 285., 325., and 355. Jamaica Rum genuine and fine Wedderburn's superior ditto l3s. 4d. Wedderburn's ditto, very old, first marks W hiskey ••• 10s. Bd. and 12s. Old Malt ditto The Farintosh Note.-The residents of Kennington, Vauxhall, Clapham, Brixton, Camberwell, Dulwich, Peckham, and adjacent neighbour hoods (especially) will find advantages in purchasing wines at this establishment, by avoiding the additional expense incurred, either directly or indirectly, by purchases made in the city. Goods sent to any place within 6 miles of town by the carts of the establishmer it. The amount of purchase will be cheerfully returned to an y cor respondent she , u ld the wines or spirits not give more than satis faction. ..... ... 903. per doz. The Cork Whiskey, 25 per cent. over proof lBs. The Highland, 11 per cent. over proof 2ls. Hollands Rum Shrub los. 6d. Superior rich ditto l3s. 6d. West India ditto, very old choice English Gin, of the highest strength English gin, strong for mixing English Gin, various strengths ... Bs. and 6s. Bd. Terms, cas h on delivery. Taverlkt , el,)ers and the trade generally supplied. PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. HOUSE OF LORDS, DEC. 18. At two o'clock the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Ross lyn, and Earl Jersey, having taken their seats in the library as Lords Commissioners for the further prorogation of Par liament, Mr. Pulman, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, was directed to summon the Commons to hear the Commission for the further prorogation read. In the course of a few minutes Mr. Rickman, one of the Clerks of the Table, with Mr. Hughes Hughes, and Mr. Cripps, attended by the clerks and officers of the House, appeared at the bar, when the Commission was read, after which the Lord Chancellor said, " My Lords and Gentlemen, " By virtue of the Commission to us and other Lords rsrected, which has been now read, and in obedience to his m a j es ,:;'s commands, we hereby, in his Majesty's name, further prorogue this Parliament to Thursday, the 15th of Januar next, to be; then here holden ; and this Parliament y to Thursday, the 15th January." is accordingly proroguec: e of Commons and attendants The Members of the then retired from the bar, and the _Lords Commissioners quitted their seats. . . The only Peers present on the oceasit;.n, in addition to the Lords Commissioners, were the Marquu of Ormond and Lord Colville. The late Thomas Snodgrass, Esq., the wealthy Nabob of Chesterfield-street, May-fair, was a very eccentric character. Returning from India many years ago with an im mense fortune, he fitted up a mansion in Chesterfield-street with extraordinary splendour, but never received company II it more than once. He has left the enormous sum of 175,0001. to the daughter of a widow lady, named Russell, residing in Beaumont-street, Devonshire-place, solely because her father was kind to him when he first went to India. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday afternoon an in quest was held at the Red Lion Inn, Acton, before Mr. Stir ling, on view of the body of Mr. George Davis, aged 38, a re spectable tradesman, who destroyed himself under the follow ing melancholy circumstances :—John Elliot, a labouring man, residing at Chiswick, deposed that on Monday afternoon last he was returning from Harrow, and in passing a lane near Acton he discovered the body of the deceased in a pond. He obtained assistance, and it was conveyed to this inn. It ap peared to have been in the water some time. Witness did not observe any marks of violence on the body.—Mr. John Chalk, of the Broadway, Hammersmith, deposed that he had known the deceased for the last twenty years. He (deceased) car ried on the business of an extensive clothes salesman in Ham mersmith. Witness bad frequently of late been in the corn pany of the unfortunate man, and had observed that he was in a very low state of mind, and on inquiring the cause, the reply the deceased made was—" Oh, my dear friend, my family comes on me so fast that I am afraid I shall not be able to bring them up. I fear they will all be reduced to destitution and a workhouse." Th© deceased was the father of ten chil dren, the eldest of whom was only fourteen years of age. The last time witness saw the deceased alive was on Sunday morning last, when he appeared in the same dejected state, and it was on the same morning that he (deceased) absented himself from his family, and was not heard of until the sad in telligence of his body being found at Acton reached his friends. Two brothers of the deceased were examined, and spoke to the deceased's distressed state of mind of late, from the fear of his family coming to want, although his (de ceased's) circumstances were by no means bad. Some pieces of paper in the deceased's hand-writing, and which were found in his bed-room, aftef he left home, were produced, and from the incoherent style in which they were written, as well as ex pressions used indicating his intention of self-destruction, the jury were satisfied, and returned a verdict of " Insanity." Mr. HALE brought up, the moment the proceedings of the last Court were confirmed, the following report We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, your Com mittee for letting the City lands on the account of the Cham berlain of London, to whom on the 12th day of December in stant it was referred to confer with the Special Committee appointed in relation to a new street northward of Farringdon street, on the subject of the enlargement of Smithfield Mar ket, and to consider whether the enlarged site should be on the west or on the north side of the present market, and to report thereon, do certify that we have proceeded in the said reference, and conferred with the said Committee accordingly, when they suggested that a great advantage would arise by the purchase of property between King-street and West street, and that the same would promote the ultimate success of forming a new great notthern road from Farringdon-street, and that in the event of such northern road being effected, a onvenient way for cattle into the same would;be obtained from the market. We, therefore, directed the Clerk of the City's Works to estimate the expense of purchasing the property re ferred to, agreeably to a plan to be proposed for the purpose, and he has since reported to us that he had prepared a plan, and presented the same to the said Special Committee, who bad been pleased to express their approbation thereof, and he had estimated the expense of the pur chase of the property comprised therein at the sum of 79,000/. We, your Committee, beg leave also to report that although the adoption of such plan would afford equal space with that already recommended by us for the purchase of property on the north side of the market, it would occasion an extra ex pense of about 13,0001. beyond such last-mentioned plan ; and we, your Committee, having fully considered the subject, are of opinion that the site recommended by us will be the most advantageous for the enlargement of the market, from its con venient connection with the present market, and preferable to that recommended by the said Special Committee ; and as general satisfaction has been expressed to the plan already re commended by us, and the same having been submitted to and approved by a Committee of the House of Commons, and as considerable expense will in our opinion be saved thereby to the Corporation, we are of opinion that it should be. adopted in preference to any other, all of which we submit to the judg ment of this Honourable Court," &c. &c. Alderman HAaMrg moved as an amendment that the report should be sent back for reconsideration. 'Mr. GALLOWAY advocated the amendment. After a discussion the original motion was carried by a very large majority, and the work of enlarging will iurms diately commence. ALDERMANIC EXPENDITURE. A Report was brought up from the Committees of Coal and Corn and Finance, on the reference to consider the best mode of consolidating both Committees. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. In a conversation upon the necessity of an early applica tion to Parliament for the renewal of the Act for regulating the vend and delivery of coals, the report was agreed to. RODGERS' IMPROVED SYSTEM OF CONTRACTS, FOR UNITING ELEGANCE WITH CONVENIENCE, AND FASHION WITH ECONOMY. ir RODGERS, TAILOR, &c., No. 5, CITY ." • ROAD (a few doors from Finsbury-square), grateful for the liberal patronage and support he has received from the Nobi lity and Gentry, begs most respectfully to inform bis numerous friends and the public, that he has just published the sixth edition of his Contracts, newly revised and corrected, which he trusts will meet with the same success as the last. To dwell at any length upon the advantages " Rodgers' System offers generally in its application, would be to occupy the reader's time unnecessarily. It is surely enough to say, if the utmost preci sion and elegance of Cut on the most correct mathematical princi ples,—if first-rate Workmanship and Materials, together with the most economical Charges, and an unerring punctuality to orders, are to be considered as deserving of approbation and patronage, J. RODGERS humbly trusts he shall still have the pleasure of giving the same satisfaction in each and all of the above particulars. To Gentlemen residing in the Country, this system will be found, upon trial, to supply them with Dress in the Newest Fashion, which cannot be equalled in style, nor surpassed in economy or convenience. To 11 1 . men of I [erchants and Tradesman, therefore, as well as Gentle 7ashion, J. RODGERS respectfully submits to their notice oined Table of Contracts, believing the great advantages from it are self-evident. thpsubj , derivable This day was published, in 2 vole. Byo., T HREE YEARS IN THE PACIFIC ; Comprising Notices of BRAZIL, CHILI, BOLIVIA, PERU, &0., In 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834. By An OFFICER in the UNITED STATES' NAVY. Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to his Majesty. IMPROVED EDITION OF THE MODERN NOVELISTS. Uniform in size and price with the Waverley Novels. On the lit of January, 1835, will be published, to be continued Monthly, beautifully printed and embellished, price ss. per vol., neatly bound, Vol. I. (to be completed in 2 vols.) of E L H A M, I Or, THE ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN. By E. L. BULWER, Esq., 'Author of Eugene Aram, kc. Being the commencement of a new, revised, handsomely illus trated, and more select Collection of " COLBURN'S MODERN NOVELISTS." The embellishments, from designs by eminent artists, will be executed under the superintendance of the Messrs. Finden. Each Novel will be completed whenever possible in a single volame, with corrections and occasional notes by the several authors, expressly made for this edition. Published for Henry Colburn by R. Bentley. Sold by all Book sellers. FAMILY LIBRARY. In a few days, Vols. 48 and 49 of THE FAMILY LIBRARY ; being the HIS TORY of BRITISH INDIA, Vols. 11. and 111. The Fourth Volume which completes the Work, will be published on the Ist of February. 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Liquid, in Bottles, and Paste Blacking, in Pots, at 6d.-12d., a.id 18d. each. tar' Be particular to inquire for Warren's, 30, Strand : All others are counterfeit. OFFICE OF CLERK COMPTROLLER. A report was brought up from the Committee on Officers and Clerks, recommending that the office should be abo lished, and that the duties should be performed by the City Solicitor. Upon the motion of Mr, PRITCHARD, who intends to oppose the report, it was ordered to be printed.—Adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. A thin attendance and no betting on the Derby ; busi ness, in fact, is over till after Christmas. Two or three bets were made on the St. Leger ; but to such small amounts that we cannot venture to quote them as the market prices. - THE CAT BY THE FIRE. (From Leigh Hunt's London Journal.) A blazing fire, a warm rug, candles lit and curtains drawn, the kettle on for tea (if rich you may have a silver kettle and so partake the pleasures of the poor), and finally, the cat before you attracting your attention—it is a scene which every body likes, unless he has a morbid aversion to cats, which is not common. There are some nice inquirers, it is true, who are apt to make uneasy comparisons of cats with dogs—to say they are not so loving, that they prefer the house to the man, &c. But agreeably to the good old maxim, that " comparisons are odious," our readers, we hope, will continue to like what is likeable in anything for its own sake, without trying to render it unlikeable from its inferiority to something else—a process by which we might ingeniously contrive to put soot into every dish that is set before us, and to reject one thing after another till we were pleased with nothing. Here is a good fireside, and a cat to it ; and it would be our own fault, if, in removing to an other house and another fireside, we did not take that the cat removed with us. Cats cannot look to the moving of goods as men do. If we would have creatures considerate towards us, we must be so towards them. It is not to be expected of everybody, quadruped or biped, that they should stick to us in spite of our want of merit, like a dog or a be nevolent sage. Besides, stories have been told of cats very much to the credit of their benignity ; such as their follow ing a master about like a dog, waiting at a gentleman's door to thank him for some obligations over night, &c. And our readers may remember the history of the famous Godolphin Arabian, upon whose grave a cat that had lived with him in the stable, went and stretched itself, and died. Poor Pussy ! she looks up to us again, as if she thanked us for those indications of dinner ; and symbolically gives a twist of a yawn, and a lick to her whiskers. Now she pro ceeds to clean herself all over, having a just sense of the de mands of her elegant person—beginning judiciously with her paws, and fetching amazing tongues at her hind hips. Anon, she scratches her neck with a foot of rapid delight, leaning her head towards, and shutting her eyes, half to accommo date the action of her skin, and half to enjoy the luxury. She then rewards her paws with a few more touches ; look at the action of her head and neck, how plea Sing it is, the ears pointed forward, and the neck gently arching to and fro ! Finally she gives a sneeze, and another twist of mouth and whiskers, and then, curling her tail towards her front claws, settles herself on her hind quarters, in an attitude of bland meditation. What does she think of ? Of her saucer of milk at break fast ? or of the thump she got yesterday in the kitchen for stealing the meat ? or of her own meat, the Tartar's dish, noble horse-flesh ? or of her friend, the cat next door, the most impassioned of serenaders ? or of her little ones, some of whom are now large, and all of them gone ? Is that among her recollections when she looks pensive. Does she taste of the noble prerogative sorrows of man ? She is a sprightly cat, hardly past her youth ; so happen ing to move the fringe of the rug a little with our foot, she darts out a paw, and begins plucking it and inquiring into the matter, as if it were a challenge to play, or something lively enough to be eaten. What a graceful action of that foot of her's, between delicacy and petulence—combining something of a thrust out, a beat and a scratch. There seems even something of a little bit of fear in it, as if just enough to provoke her courage, and give her the excite ment of a sense of hazard. Cats at firesides live luxuriously, and are the picture of comfort ; but lest they should not bear their portion of trouble in this world, they have the drawbacks of being liable to be shut out of doors on cold nights, beatings from the "aggravated . ' cooks, over-pettings of children (how should we like to be squeezed and pulled about in that manner by some great patronising giants ?) and last, not least horrible, merciless tramples of unconscious human feet, and unfeeling legs of chairs. Elegance, comfort, and se curity, seem the order of the day on all sides, and you are going to sit dowa to dinner, or to music, or to take tea s when, all of a sudden, the cat gives a squall as if she was smashed ; and you are not sure that the fact is otherwise. Yet she gets in the way again, as before ; and dares all the feet and mahogany in the room. Beautiful present suf ficingness of a cat's imagination 1 Confined to the snug circle of her own sides, and the two next inches of rug or carpet. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, WEDNESDAY, p Ec . ba4 again had a dull market for cotton. The transactions to day, are confined to about 1,000 bags, chiefly American descriptions, at 9d. to 104 d. per lb. SUICIDE OF A YOUNG FEMALE. Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, the watermen plying at the stairs of Vauxhall Bridge observed a young female hastily throw herself from the bank into the river. Several of the water men immediately put off to endeavour to rescue her, and in the course of a short time the body was got out of the water and taken on shore, when she was taken to the Swan public house, in the immediate neighbourhood. Mr. Hastings, sur geon, in the Vauxhall-road, was sent for, and every thing possible was done to restore animation, but without success. The body has not yet been owned. The utmost exertions have been making at Broad way, to discover the guilty parties in the atrocious act of throwing gunpowder down the chimney of the room in which the parishioners were assembled in vestry, on the evening of the 2d inst, as mentioned in our last, and we rejoice to say, with some prospect of success. On Saturday two men named Smith and Jackson, were brought to the county gaol, charged on suspicion of being concerned in the diabolical deed, and warrants are out for the apprehension of others supposed to be implicated in it. We understand the gunpowder was thrown from the top of the chimney by means of a ladder raised against the building. There were about three quarters of a pound of it, and it is one of the circumstances suspicious against Smith that he had recently purchased that quantity of powder, and is unable to account for the disposal of it. Both prisoners live at Broadway. Smith is a working gardener, 37 years of ago, and Jackson a farming labourer, aged 36. They were com. mitted for trial upon the capital charge of attempting to "kill and destroy, 8.7 c." the overseer of the parish, Mr. Stephen Savage, being the prosecutor. We are still in the dark as to how the explosion of the gunpowder was prevented, but, we arc told by those conversant in such matters,- that if it had ignited, the room being very small, the destruction of all pre• sent would have been inevitable.— Worcester Herald.