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//2 (2/ ■ I MORNING SUN. WEST INDIAN MAILS The Mail of the 13th inst,nt will be taken nit by the s team Packet Ship DEE, Captain OMAN. She will leave Southampton at One o'cl )ck, r. m. on the 14th instant, af,d Falmouth on the 17th instant, on the arrival of the Mails. On the Dee's -arrival at Barbadoes, the passengers for all Part s of the West Indies, the Hayannah, New Orleans, Mexico, and Honduras, will be forwarded by such other of the Com pany's Steamers as may be appointed to distribute the Mails. 4,11 the company's Packets carry Surgeons approved by Go v!rnment, and each passenger has a separate cabin. „ Berths may b e secure d b y app li cat i on at t hi s Office. stoyal Mail Steam Packet Company, 3, Winchester buildings, Broad-street, January 1, 14-12. OFFICE of the GOVERNOR and COM PANY OF COPPER-MINERS IN ENGLAND, OLD B ROAD -STREET, London, Jan. 3, 1842. _._ The COURT of ASSISTAN t S of the GOVER NOR an d UO MPANY of COPPER- MINERS in ENG LAND, hereby give ve nc'tice, that the HALF-YEAR'S INTEREST, due on 15 th inst., on the Debentures of the Company, will be Paid at this office. The Coupons, with an accompanying list, must be left for examination one clear day. OFFICE of the GOVERNOR and COM- A PANY of COPPER MINERS in ENGLAND, Y LT) B ROAD -STREET, London, December 23, 1841. „ The COURT of ASSISTA NT S of t h e G overnor an d C om - CY of Copper Miners in England, hereby give notice, that Y will SELL, on InCTICSDAT, the 21st day of January now n c rt ui at their Offices in Old Broad-street, THOUSAND TONS OF BRITISH. GRAIN RE- FINED and COMMON TIN, In Blocks, Ingots, and Bars, in Barrels ; Lots Of not less than Two Tons, deliverable in London, Li 1, Newport, and Bristol, or from their Smelting Works i nd ea talogues will be issued in dite time, containing particulars offi Conditions of Sarnlei which will be delivered either at this hi , e e , or by the Co , ,any's Brokers, Messrs. Short and Ma- N°N° t, Newman's-court, Cornhill. PAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 50s. the SET, of FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Supe-- nor London Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, 1i inch diameter, Is. 3 d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. Bd. per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet long, 9s. SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE CUTLERY WAR RANTED.—T ABLE KNIVES, with ivory Handles, 14s. ter dozen ; Dessert Knives, I Is. ; Carvers, 4s. 6d. per pair ; !able Knives, with white bone handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , "assert, 6s. Bsl. ; Carvers, 3s. per pair ; Globe-shape Tea- L e ns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new shapes, 395. ; Papier Mache Tea ais, gothi c shape, 50s ; the set o f full sizes. Catalogues, containing t enling the prices, with Engravings of every Ironmongery Articl e necessary to the furnishing of a house of any size, 25 Perc ent. under any other old established house, to be had gratis (post f ree ). I "PPON and BURTON, 12, Wells-stree Oxford-street. Established 1820. CONSUMPTION CURED BY PARR'S LIFE PILLS. " To the Proprietors of Parr's Life Pills. " G entlemen,—l feel it a duty I owe to you and to the reblic at la rge , to ac k nowledge the astonish i ng bene fi t I h ave received fro m taking Parr's Life Pills. I was for nearly nine mars a s o ldi er in the 52d Regiment of Foot, and was discharged October, 1839, in consequence of ill health (being deemed e !,'"ornpti7e), aft er having the best advice her Majesty's ser !ice afford e d . I returned' to my native town, feeling that my "Ys could not be long on earth. But by what almost appears an interposition o f P rov id ence, my attent i on was di re cted to Old Parr's Pills, and by takiir4 only two 2s. 9d. boxes, I was completely cured, and am thus a living monument to the good e.ffeeted by thi s most valuable Medicine. Within the last few days I have been on a visit to some of my friends in a neigh bouring village , where I was t o !d that "it was like seeing one lea fro m th dead, to see me walking through their streets." I have recommended them to my neighbours, and many of them have experienced very great benefit from their use. " I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, "JOHN OSBORNE. `l4Witness—Jamos Burgess, Bookseller, &c., Hinckley." doctoral r • ohn Osborne's case was pronounced by the regimental f_ to be incurable consumption. By the aid of this won • erful medicine he is now so hearty and active as to be enabled ° tr a v el on foot, since the date of his recovery, upwards of 1 1 2 00 miles. SONNET. To th e M emory of OLD PARR, written on the discovery of his last Will and Testament, in which is contained the method of preparing his infallible medicine, for conquering disease, and prolonging human life. 0, venerable Parr, 10, trumpet fame Again calls forth thy long• forgotten name ; Mortal of many years ! how blest the plan Thy mighty secret does reveal to man. From this auspicious hour shall evil cease, Mourning to joy shall turn,—discord to peace. Thy benign remedy to man gives power To lengthen out on earth his " little hour," Disease to conquer, anguish drive away, And sickly sorrow change to joyous day ; Despair to banish from the dying man, A God-like gift! odo not lightly scan A boon so great, nor wisdom's purpose mar ; God gave the power—his instrument was Parr. The above lines were written by a Lady near Nottingham, who had been cured of a grievous malady by Parr's Life Pills ; gratitude induced her to cause their insertion in the " Notting ham Review," and other newspapers. GRATIS.—The Life and Times of Thomas Parr, 32 pages, with Engravings, Anecdotes, &c., may be had, gratis, of all Agents. CAUTION. In order to protect the public from imitations, the Hon. Com inissioners of Stamps have ordered " Parr's Life Pills" to be engraved on the Government Stamp attached to each box, without which none are genuine. Price ls. lid., 2s. 9d and family boxes, Ils. each. Full shr_e_etions are given with each box. Paul's, Nledieine is sold by appointment by Edwards, 67, St. London; and by all respectable Venders in town and eount r y. 1 - I[ OO PING-COUGH cured without Inward Mcine, M a 1 . 1 ,7 the U se of ROCHE'S edi HERBAL EMBROCATION. th thousands of children are cured annually by this remedy; attack, an immediate application of the &NIB ROCA tion, a;1`,:11 Prevent the complaint taking any hold of the constitu. tie will „" 4 few times may completely cure. In most cases, one bot. cow ed 7, r oduce the desired effectremedy can be so nell cal. W.... or children as this, for it requires no medicine to betaken in. Tol' o Ivrapp er, c ,a,r can this medicine be genuine unless signed on the Sold b bd• R OCHE." ice 4s. 11. 2s. per Bottle. ford.st eet Edwards, 117, St. Paul's and Church.yard ; Sanger, 150, Ox : by nioltn(!alWerhsiitne,m24ed,Cico Price 4s. and 11. 2s. per Bottle. rds, 117, St. Paul's Church-yard; Sanger, 150, Ox , 24, Cornhill (opposite the Royal Exchange); and 1. -------- ----::::-- HE yEGIS OF LIFE. Otis. Hortibent pagina nostra sapit." A Non.m i :d; PP relates to man. of elf-abatinse'h' the au n f M 'ea' ~orrirrientary on the Indi cretions that catt•e_ ecs "—II A 117 IA L. with Pr • lntemperanc which the nature symptoms, and baneful eft t . non actical Obser t' Debilityand Mental Irrita , to whi ch is A. , va ions on Sexual e, Libert.iikm, &c. are fully developed , By G r , '''"ed a Series of Cases. " Omnib ' `' S S tu'd CO., Consulting Surgeons, London. ~ s; us esse dedit .: " Natura beatis . —cognoverit uti " CLAUDIAN. ' Heaven " It 8: quit . nto all the fund of bliss supplies, TH, UPI application marks the wise." t of re. by Sy D r- hI YP H I LIST, a Familiar Treatise on Diso•ders arising n 'arks oecu Gonaerrhsea, Stricture, &c , with a variety by c ases, ring in a most extensive practice, each section explained •neidetit I t , 3 . HYGE/ ANA • - --, a Non-medical Analysis of some 'Thiel) a e Females, as Leucorrhoea, Nervous Irritation, &c , h. Complair i i ii t lities at4re 9frered some important admonitions on the peculiar (.e 1- .., e, tending their circumstnces sympathies, and formation. port „ .ti.l e tof S terility is especially dwelt ion Interesting and import 'nit ases illustrate the subject I . Quo fugit Venus p Heu . ! quove colcr decent ?" llor. Lib 4, Od. PI. "The foundation flies tolve ? Ah ! where the charming bloom ?" „._ ,ne foundation of a flourishing maturity and healthful old age the tie easily laid ; and it does appe (r to us that the basis is den. , eilly e i .i.l_ province of the guardians and tutors of % an persons. proper fo4..?_styions of the causrs which create disease d shorten life, en. later h the judicious blending of such examples as are best c . alcu . vu to Imress ef the ~,. • the memory, awaken the ( ars, f • or excite the disgu , t changer • could nnt be otherwise than productive of a beneficial in the habits of the risin ctt Goss's Wsrks. g genera ion. The TESTIMONIALS. trtith se books can be safely recommended, as well for the moral s they contain a, for the extensive and successful result of the author's. experience.—London Morning Journal. ten:uPrrgeic3atspcerontained in this work are interesting and useful.— This c ..._ york (Hygeiana), is properly called an analysis of some fTnale ...7.9laints : it is written in a very peculiar style of moral admonition. gnblln Morning Journal. 0 Ane above may be had of Sherwood and Co., 23. Paterroster-row ; w n wilyn, 4, Catherine.,treet,Strandi 011ivier,q1,Pall-ma'l ; Churchill, anti t Princes-str et, Soho London• Porter, sentt, Dublin ; . 0 f all Booksellers. ' Price ss. ' each., or free by post for 6s. a,,T t SSRS GOSS and CO.. are to be consulted as usual, every day, -•••. Patients In the remotest parts of the country can be treated successfully en describing minutely the case, and if enclosing a fee t?! ~.." Guinea for Advice, an immediate answer will be sent. Medi. ,`Mori - lesn be forwarded to any part of the world ; no difficulty can as they will be securely packed, and carefully protected from ation. ',GOSS and CO , Consulting Surgeons, No. 7. Lancaster-place, ',rod. Waterloo-bridge, London. .................ILe Ar 1 rust published, the 11th Edition , price 45., and sent F ree to any part of the Kingdom on receiplofaPost-office Order, for 55., T HE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work, on the INFIRMITIES of the e GENERATIVE - ' STEM in both sexes ; bein an inquiry into the concealed cause that h destroys physical energ . y,. and the ability of manhood, ere v ‘ igor 't E :stablished hcr empire Infection bservations on the baneful effects ;,., !ltary Indulgence and ; and on the Loss of the Repro '4 'lye Powers; with Means of . Restoration. The consequences of neg n hcea gleet , stric ure, secondal symptoms, and the lecte d. , .gonorr , . nuence of mercury on the skin are pointed out and il'ustrted by engravings ; followed by observations on Marriage, with directionsfor coo the r emoval of disqualifications. By IL and L. PERRY and CO., - lULting Surgeons, Birmingham and Leeds, rliblished by the Authors, and sold by Strange, !l, Paternoster_ row Jack' V Vilson,l6, Bisho osga t e - street ; Purkis, Compton-street, Solis(); son ad Co l3O New BoJii-street, London ; and by tue t, St alla Birmingham ; bilnllse-lane; Buckton, 50, Briggate, Leeds; and by - ?_ n oksellers in Town and Country . ei," fearfully abused powers of the human Generative System . re •-n'e the most cautious proservation ; and the debility and disease re m b., th e - '"us from early indiscretion or venereal infection, demand, for Vi n c ure of those dreadful evils, that such medicines should be ern o..Yezi that are most certain to be successful. It is for these cases of icliprry_and Cn.particularly designed their COlt ei D so l n A s L w ittL l l , l y l an i rnmoc rai M, which is intended to relieve_ those stitutio erate indulgence of their passions , have t p uined ;heir con are ..„ 0 .. or in their way to the consummation of that deplorable .t state, pro;leetsid with any of those previous symptoms that betray i s ap ex„__'", as the various affections oft he nervous system, obstinate gleets, totaißses, iaregularitv, obstructions of certain evacuations, weakness, goatio'raPotency, barienness, inward wastings, loss . of appetite, indi. Li % .n, d epression of spirits, trembling or shaking of the . hands . or t,odrid.:lsr es coughs. shortness of breath, or consumptive habits, ~,,, ebilities arising from venereal excesses , in bottles, price lls. °as iii * quantity of four in one Family Bottle, for 335., by which 1 , , • Bottle is saved. Chavjtred only by Messrs. PERRY and CO., Surgeons, 4, Great oboe -street, Birmingham, and 44, Albion street, Leeds. ErtltZ, in are genuine without the signature of R. and L. Per, vs and 0., impressed in a stamp on the outside of each wrap eastiZlO‘itate which is felony of the deepest dye. The Five Pound Natay be as usual. TowZ ny all Bookellers, Druggists and Patent Medicine Venders in noftlriopern;l:(l,:drirlyAtreloyxetplriecircota7hout the ' United Kingdom, the Continent when consulted by letter, the usual fee of PERRIPS PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS. ‘`, } b ser ve tu Price 2s. 9d , Is. 6d., and I Is. per Box, c' t c ,., e ach •,,,r':, signature of R. and L. PERRY and CO on the outside st,"n the —PPer), are well known throughoutliurope " and America vry 7blteNtierst certain and effectual cure ever discovered for e ii,4'orrhZurptorn of the Venereal Disease, in both sexes,. including a.. tift!,`„.*clicc„'„`"lsets, Secondary Symptoms, Strictures, Seminal We_ li ss th, t. ~0;;CY and alldiseases of the Urinary Nliv -i nst ` l nelnent, or hindrance from business. They have effec ed lb sal• Pr ' - d evere cases but •eit . iv ati n cures, not only in recent an s Passages, without i t o . tiot ! Na ar , on a nd all other means have failed ; and are of theuut -1,4,:! oo ance to tbose afflicted with Scorbutic Affections, Er p-7 eou;: t slatV Dart of the body,Ulcerations, Scrofulous or Venereal Conettiejaet 4 1 / 4 01 Y calculated cleanse the from all foulness, 1 4.... Ut kil i t r Y Morbid affection, and restore weak and emaciated Grea-nt. ,to health and vigour. 44, Aparlisaand Co., Surgeons, may be consulted as usual at 4 , eigh t ri.sti,,,:tfeet (four doors from asy-rolv), Birmingham, q vers ono - t ... 1 !e ey,,,,,Leeds, punctually from eleven in the mor,ing until r, ""` 'mit lir' l 'B, and on Sundays from eleven to one. Only one p er j a and co. ,! e qUirrd trom a country patient, to enable Messrs ; feet3ane_ritancrjtve such advice as will be the means of effecting _ 1 4 . a • va actual cure, after all other means have proved ma raper.nry D . Pe Other Sh otsaeePar can be supplied with any quantity .of p at %N a l ~, nug Specific Pills, and Cordial Balm of S) nacum, with aft t AterYance to the Trade, by most of the principa Wholesale cure Houses in Londoo• UNITED KINGDOM LIFE OFFICE, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. —The HALF-YEARLY DIVIDENDS on the capital stock of this Company; due the Ist of January, will be PAYABLE HERE on and after MONDAY, the 17th instant, from Ten till Three o'Clock, Wednesdays and Thursdays excepted. No. 15,394. ORWICH UNION LIFE OFFICE. IN The "NORWICH MERCURY" of JANUARY 8, 1842, will contain INFORNIATION of the UTMOST IM PORTANCE to every INSURER in THIS OFFICE. The paper will be transmitted to any address sent post-free, and inclosing five penny stamps, to the, Mercury office, Nor wich, on or before Monday, January 11.... ' NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED. ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. L ANIIE MURRAY,Esq.; Chairman. J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R. S. I John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. A UDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F. R. S. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M.D., F. R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Syrnes, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Omman ney, 6, Basinghall-street. BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. LIFE ASSURANCE. ADVANTAGES. —Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense or forfeiture—and Profits annually divided. N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual rates. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of fered—E2 12s. per annum (Is. per week) at 20, will at 65 give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of £l7 16s. 6d., or £349 I ls. cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad vantages at 50, 55, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any time, and Two-thirds returned in case of premature death. The detailed Plans, and Last Annual Report to be had at the Office, at any of its Branches, or on application will be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CAM - ROUX. Secretary. VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE AND LOAN COMPANY. No. 18, King William-street, City. Sir JAMES DUKE. M.P., Chairman. BENJAAIIN HAWES, Esq.. Deputy Chairman.. William Allen, Esq. John KIWI, Esq. Benjamin Barnard, Esq. John Nolloth, Esq. Charles Baldwin, Esq. Ihomas Nesbitt, Esq: James Cockburn, Esq. Major-General Robertson Bryan Dankin, Esq., k R.S. Daniel Sutton, jun., Esq. ' Aaron Goldsmid, Esq O'Bryan Bellingham Woolsey, James Law Jones, Esq. Esq. EOLICITORS.— Messrs. Lake and Curtis, 'O, Basinghall-street. Assurances of every description may be effected by this Com pany, on a scale entitling parties to participate in profits, or on a low non-participating scale. Premiums, in any case, made payable to suit the convenience of Assurers. Loans, repayable by instalments, are granted to parties assured with the Com pany, on a liberal and advantageous plan, either on real or undoubted Personal Security. WILLIANI RATRAY, ACTUARY AND SECRETARY. ILLUSTRATED WORK S, Published by TILT and BOGUE, Fleet-street. I. BULWER'S PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE. With 27 Illustrations by Maclise, Roberts, &c., beautifully en graved, medium Bvo., 21s. 11. ELIZA COOKE'S' POEMS. Beautifully illustrated Edition, post Bvo., 16s. cloth ; 20s. morocco. THE ROMANCE OF NATURE ; Or, the Flower Seasons Illustrated. By L. A. TWAMLEY. Twenty-seven coloured Plates, 31s. 6d. morocco elegant. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSU RANCE COMPANY. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. Earl of Errol Earl of Stair Earl of Courtown Earl Somers Earl Leven and Melville Lord Viscount Falkland Earl of Norbury. Lord Elphinstone Lord Belhaven and Stenton DIREMORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. WM. PLASKET, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. H. B. Avarne, Esq. H. De Castro, Esq. Morton Balmanno, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. Edw. Boyd, Esq., Resident F. C. Maitland, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., As. John Ritchie, Esq. sistant Resident SURGEON.—F. H. Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street. This Joint Stock Company, established by Act of Parlia ment, without limited responsibility, affords the most perfect security in an ample paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it, since its commencement in 1834. and the large accumulation of Premiums which has taken place. On the Ist of July, 11=41, the Company, at their General Meeting declared an addition of one-half to the Sums paid by the Stockholders, and appropriated to those holding Assurances at the participating rate of 21. per Cent. per Annum, from the dates of their policies, so that the addition to a policy for 1,0001, in force for the previous 5 years, has been 1001., mak ing it in all 1,1001. The Premiums payable to the Company are nevertheless very moderate, and only one-half of them, when an Insurance is for life, need be paid for the first five years after the date of the Policy ; the other half, subject to the payment of interest at 5 per cent, annually, to be deducted at death, or paid off at convenience. By this arrangement it becomes easy for a person of moderate income to secure a provision for his family ; and the policy may be relinquished on the acquisition of a fortune, within the five years, the Assured having paid only one half the premiums, instead of the whole, according to the usual practice. Thus a person of 25 years old may, by an annual payment of 281. 16s. 3d. for the first five years, and afterwards of the full premium, 57!. 12s. 6d., secure to his widow and children at his death payment of no less than 3,0001., subject only to the deduction of 1441. 13s. 3d., being the amount of premiums un paid. A person requiring a temporary advance of money may also, in terms of this arrangement, should he within five years relinquish the policy of Assurance by means of which he has obtained the advance, give it up on payment merely of one half of the Premiums instead of the whole, according to the usage of most other Offices. The great facilities afforded by this Company, in these and other respects, are such that it really appears to be a moral duty in every parent who is not possessed of a fortune, but of an income, however moderate, to insure his life for a sum which may yield a comfortable provision for his family. RATES OF PREMIUM. Age. Without Profits. With Profits. 25 .... 30 ... 2 3 10 40 50 60 Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, Waterloo place, Pall Mall, London. FOGS AND DAMP AIR. 13 ARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for many years, been proved an effectual Preservative from the ill effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season, are so prevalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to preserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and to relieve those who suffer from Difficulty of Breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London; and Sold Retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gifford, 11 . 4, and H. Burfield, ISO, Strand; March, a‘26, Holborn ; Johnston, fig, Cornhill ,• Hallows, Druggist, 9, _High -street, Is lington ; Heudebourck, Druggist, Church street, Hackney ; and by all respectable Medicine Venders in Town and Country. Observe—None can be genuine, unless the names of "Barclay and Sons" are on the Stamp affixed to each Box. Just published, price 35., and sent free on receipt of a Post-office Order for 4t., MANLY VIGOUR; a Popular Inquiry into the CONCEALED CAUSES of its PREMATURE DE. CLINE ;• wit h Instructions for its COMPLETE RESTORATION, addressed to those suffering from the Destructive Consequences of Exce sive indulgence in Solitary and Delusive Habits, Youthful Imprudence, or Infection ; with Remarks on the Treatment of Go norrhcea, Gleet, Stricture, and Syphilis. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and CO., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors; and sold by Brittain ' It, Paternoster row; Effingham Wil.on, 18, Bishopsgate-street ; Field, 65, Quad rant, Regent-street; Burgess, 28, Coventry-street, Haymarket ; Huett, 141, High Holborn; and by all Booksellers in the United Kingdom. " l'he various forms of bodily and mental weakness, incapacity, suffering, and disease, faithfully delineated in this cautiously written and practical work, are almost unknown, generally misunderstood, and treated upon principles correspondingly erroneous and supe Octal, by the present race of medical practitioners. Hence the necessity for the publication of a timely safeguard, a silent yet friendly monitor, or where debility has made threatening inroad., the means of escape and the certainty of restoration. The evils to which this book adverts are ex'ensive and identical in their secret and hidden origin, and there are none to whom, as Parents, Guar. dians, Heads of Families, and especially of Publ c Schools, is con fidethe care of young people, who ought to remain for a moment devoid of that information and those salutary cautions this work is intended to convey. Not only are the most delicate forms of gene rative debility neglected by the family physician, but they require for their safe management the exclusive study of a life entirely ab stracted from the routine of general practice, and (as in other de. partments of the profession) attentively concentrated in the daily and long-continued observation requisite for the correct treatment of sexual infirmities. " If we consider the topics touched upon, either in a moral or social view, we find the interests and welfare of mankind seriously involved. The effects of licentious, indiscriminate, and secret in dulgence in cei lain practices, are described with an accuracy and force which display at once profound reflection and extensive prac tical experience."—Planet. " The best of all Friends is the Professional Friend; and in no shape can be consulted with greater safety and secresy than in "Lucas on Manly Vigour." The initiation into vicious indulgence —its progress—its results in both sexes, are given with faithful, but alas ! for human nature, with afflicting truth. However, the Authors have not exposed the evil without affording a remedy. It shows how " Manly Vigour" temporarily impaired, and mental and phy. sical emasculation, produced by uncontrolled indulgence of the pas sions, can be restored ; how the sufferer, who has pined in anguish from the consequences of early indivretion - afraid almost to en. counter his fellow man, can regain the vigour of health and moral courage. The work is written in a concise and perspicuous style, displaying how often fond parents are deceived by the outward phy sical appearance or their youthful offspring; how the attenuation of the frame, palpitation of the heart, derangement of the nervous system, cough, indigestion, and a train of symptoms indicative of consumption or general decay, are often ascribed to wrong causes, and instead of being the natural results cf congenital debility or disease, are the consequences of an alluring and pernicious practice, alike destructive to the mind and body."—New Bell's Weekly Mes. senger. " Although a newspaper is not the ordinary cha-nel for the ex pression of opin . on upon the merits of a medical work, this remark is open to exceptio in any instance where the public, anti not the isolated and exclusi e members of the profession are the parties ad dressed. Upon that which is directed to men indiscriminately, the world will form its own opinion, nd will demand that medical works for public study should be devoid of that mysterious techni cality in which the scie ice of medicine has hitherto shrouded its own ignorance. The work before i•s treats of subjects se believe go. nerallv, yet very strangely, neglected by the medical attendant, and requiring doubtlessly (as in operative midwifery and thesurgery of the eye) an entire devotedness to a deeply important blanch of study. Tlie tone o! this book is highly moral, and it abounds in well written, harrowing, yet correct displays of the suffering consequent upon un bridled sensualism. No human being can I , e the worse for its perusal. To multitudes it must prove a warning beacon, a well told appeal to reason, a permanent blessing. It is written in a clear, intelligent style; and is evidently the production of a mind long and practically conversant with the diseases of the most delicate division of the human organisation."— Magnet. The security of happiness in the marriage state is the chief anxiety of all; but many dread entering upon the wedded union, through a secret fear of unfitness for the discharge of matrimonial obligations. This essay inmost particularly addressed to all suffering under a de spondency of the character alluded to; and advice will be found ealculated to cheer the drooping heart, and point the way to reno vated health -.- Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be daily consulted from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight in the Evening, at their residence, No. 60, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London. Country Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases, as to the duration of the complaint, the symp toms, age, general habits of living, and occupation in life of the party. The communication must be accompanied by the usual con sultation tee of I/. ; without which no notice whatever can be taken of their application; and in all cases the most inviolable secrecy may be relied on. . . Now Ready, Price Half-a-Crown, COMIC ALMANAC for 1842, with Twenty four Etchings by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, and numerous other Illstrations; consisting of Sketches, Silhouettes, and ornamental Borders. The Literary portion includes—the Gaieties of Tom Gad (with Twelve Engravings) ; Humorous Reports of Various Learned Societies ; an Earnest Love-let ter ; Likelihoods ; High Treason ; Jemmy Wood's Will ; the Boy Jones • Birth of the Prinoe of Wales, &c. &e. 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Gd., MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suf fering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; follow.d by Observations on the Treatment of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeor.s, London. Published by the Authors, and sold by Bailiere, Medical Bookseller to the Royal College of Surgeons, 219, Regent street ; Strange, 21, Paternoster-row, London ; Guest, Bir mingham ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester ' • Philip, South Castle-street, Liverpool ; Fannin and Co., 41, Grafton street, Dublin; Dunean,ll4, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to be had of all Booksellers. This Work, a Seventh Edition of which is now presented to the public, ten thousand copies have been exhausted since its first appearance, has been very much improved and enlarged by the addition of a more extended and clear detail of general principles, as also by the insertion of several new and highly in teresting cases. The book, as has been already stated, is the result of very ample and daily increasing experience in a class of diseases, which, for some unaccountable reason, have been either altogether overlooked, or treated almost with indiffer ence, by the ordinary medical practitioner. The proverbial and well known rapacity of unqualified practitioners, who traffic on the health and credulity of patients, has been en couraged and aroused by this supineness, on the part of the regular surgeon. In order to obviate the pernicious effects sure to result from the practices of such pretenders, the authors have fur a considerable time devoted themselves ex clusively to a certain class of diseases; of the necessity of se doing, they were further convinced by feeling that tact in in vestigating the latent sources of many diseases, which arise from certain secret practices, can only be acquired by an ex clusive and undivided attention to this department of medical practice. The numberless instances daily occurring, wherein affections of the lungs, putting on all the outer appearances of consumption, which, however, when traced to their source, are found to result from certain baneful practices, fully proves that the principle of the division of labour, is nowhere more applicable than in medical practice. We feel no hesitation in saying that there is no member •f society by whom the book will not be found useful, whether such person hold the relation of a Parent, a Preceptor, or a Clergyman. The PARENT, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in conse quence of some disease, which, for want of careful investiga tion of its real cause, has been set down to the score of con sumption, will, en perusing this work, be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young persons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary consumption, heart disease, tapes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth much more frequently than it is at all suspected. Tbe PRECEPTOR, also, who holds (temporarily at least), the relation and responsibility of a parent, will, by perusing this work, be directe4 and very much assisted in investigating and detecting the too often con cealed practices so often introduced into schools, whereby the health and ultimately the lives of his pupils are sure to be com promised, unless the evil be arrested in proper time. He- will here find a clue to guide him through the intricate mazes of this moral labyrinth, and a standard whereby to judge, when delicacy of health should appear to attack any of his young charges, what the real causes of such attack may be, and thus he will be enabled to check the evil in its incipient state. The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character is at once concentrated the two-fold relation of parent and instructor, will here be directed as to the nature of those habits to which youth is addicted; he will also be enabled to point out the dis astrous consequences which are sure to follow from them if not relinquished. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their residence, No. 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. Country Patients are requested to be as minnte as possible in the detail of their cases—as to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, general habits of living, and occupation in life of the party • the communication must be accompanied by the usual Consultation Fee of 1/., without which no notice whatever can be taken of their application ; and in all cases, the inns'. secrecy May he relied on. FOR COUG EIS, COLDS, tsck:. - THE thirty-fifth testimonial in favour of HOL LAND'S BALSAM of SPRUCE, and second letter from Lynn : " Dear Sir—l am truly astonished at the effects I witnessed on a poor man to whom I gave in the first instance the remains of my last bottle of your most excellent Balsam of Spruce. He had caught a most violent cold, accompanied with a pain in the side, much fever, and shortness of breath ; indeed, so distressing was his situation, as to be extremely painful to all about him; his cough so incessant that it was expected he would burs'. a blood-vessel, and thus end his sufferings and his life. It was at this juncture I took him the last bottle I had of you, and directed them to give it a trial. I called to see him two days after, and found him so wonderfully better, that his family were exceedingly . anxious he should go on with it ; he was, in fact, comparatively comfortable ; the cough now only . came on twice or thrice a-day, and then without that dis tension of the blood-vessels of the forehead and other alarming symytoms ; the tightness of the chest was much relieved, and the pain in the side gone. He has continued the Balsam ever since (now a fortnight), is nearly well, and considers himself much indebted to you for his recovery, and requests me to write this.. . . _ find it is sold by my neighbour, Mr. Whittingham, as you wrote, from whom I shall . get it for the future; and remain, dear Sir, yours very truly, "J. MOORE. Lynn, March 18, 1841." This Case will he immediately followed by others, to the nu Tiber of nearly one hundred, already received ; its as tonishing power in subduing Coughs and Colds exceeds all belief, whilst its healing, balsamic, and soothing qualities in stantly relieve soreness and tightness of the chest, sense of suffocation, sore throat, &c. Sold by W. Hallett, 83, High Holborn, nearly opposite the George and Blue Boar Inn ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Johnstone, 68, Cornhill; and by all Medi cine Vendors in the I(ingdom. Price Is; 10. per bottle. TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAIN S. and OTHERS. :Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. .G R INS TONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the Patronage of his late Majesty, hrr Royal Highness thr Duchess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally recommended : by the Faculty for ' its efficacy in removing dis orders incident to the Eyes andifea.d. SIGHT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! Its mode of applicationis frastOrmalLidiaittre ; linuy thou sand cures have been accompli *veil by .43 use, at . ex pense, yet certain in its operation. — lfreiamenies be necessary toi nduce the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Com mons have used it. The Lords of tho Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the m os t eminent Oculists, Medical Practitioners—with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff," for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and Head. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F. R. S. See J. B. Laehfield, Esq.'s Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it a national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The late Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grim stone's Eye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the " Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters of Testimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with others of the first respectability. Nottingham, 28th Aug., 1841. This extraordinary cure is attested by Mr. James Wilcockson, Foreign Snuff and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham. To Mr. W. Grimstone, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, London. Si r,—l feel great pleasure in sending you the particulars of my case, and the miraculous cure performed on myself, by using your truly valuable Eye-Snuff. Sir, I am now in my 93d year, and a native of Holland, have been in this country 26 years. Whether from change of climate, or my advanced age, I cannot say, but for six years I have been deprived of sight, therefore unable to follow my business. I do most sincerely beliive I should have remained in darkness and pain but for the kind recommendation of a friend to use your invention. I purchased a 2a. 4d. canister of your agent, Mr. Wilcockson, to bacconist, who knows the above to be facts, and will bear wit ness to my extraordinary recovery of That most inestimable blessing of our life—" Perfect Sight"—l declare has proceeded from the use of your Eye Snuff. For the sake of those suffer ing, you may make what use you please of this letter, Mr. Wil cockson and many others will vouch for its truth. I refer the sufferers to this gentleman, being your Agent, and so well known in Nottingham. I am, Sir, your obliged servant, 28th Aug. 1841. ANNIS ZENIA AIAgSENIA. P. S.—Sir,—l should not do you justice without stating my relief was almost instantaneous. My eyes became clear and freed from humour, and by persevering in its use very fre quently I am enabled to read small print without the aid of Glasses, and continue to enjoy God's greatest blessing—Sight ! free from pain. I have reason to be grateful, and do recom mend your Eye Snuff to all I know. Nottingham. A. Z. M. 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Deceased bas left a wife and five children to deplore their melancholy loss. We under stand deceased was in the army many years, but had no retiring pension, and that latterly his health had given way very much. Though not in a state of absolute destitution, the family have suffered much from want of proper nourishment. At five o'clock on Satur lay eveniug an inquest was held at the Spread Eagle, before Mr. Hutchinson, Co roner. Elizabeth Gager sworn—My husband was OY-five years of age. He kept his bed for the last six weeks, owing to ID health, which was originally caused by palpitation of the heart. He dosel most on Saturday, and was quite still, but at dusk hour he became as if his brain was gone. He got up once or twice in the night, and walked about the chamber, pulling him self as if he would tear the flesh from his bones. He re peatedly said, .4 What a night this will be ! What a wearisome night this will be !" and added, " All this yard won't hold me, I know !" This was between eight and nine o'clock. Having some clothes to mangle (for I earned a few shillings occasionally by washing), I went out, leaving my eldest lad with him. During try ab sence he sent the lad down stairs to the youngest child, which was in the cradle. When I got home again, I said to my lad, " How comes thou to be down stairs ?" He said, "My father sent me down." I then went up stairs to see how he was going on, and found him beat ing his hands and jumping out of bed. I reasoned with him as well as I could ; his answer was, " It will be of no use ! it will be of no use !" He afterwards laid him self down, and seemed more tranquil. I asked him what he would have for his supper ? He said " No thing." I tried to persuade him to have a bit of something, and he then said, " Well, I think I will have a mouthful ;" and I fried him a bit of lean mut ton, which he ate very greedily. I went down stairs to st irch a few caps, and went up stairs again be tween eleven and twelve o'clock ; he was then quite raging mad, and on my entering the room he raised himself in bed, and ordered me to go out of the room and fetch somebody. I objected at first, saying I must not fetch Mrs. Camomile again, as she was up with him last night. He then got out of bed and went to the adjoin.. ing room to look at the three children who were in bed, and on finding them awake he said, " Oh, what you arc wakened,' I see." He then attempted to push me down stairs, saying I must fetch some one, for he could not live. I told him Mrs. Camomile was in bed ; but I went down stairs and pulled the fire together, think ing he would be more reconciled. This must be between twelve and one o'clock. After I bad put the fire to gether I heard a dreadful groan, but before I got to the foot of the stairs I heard my eldest boy (who was one of the three in bed) shout " Oh, my father is cutting bis throat, mother !" I could not go further, but ran out of the house and gave an alarm. Mrs. Camomile and others came. I have not been in the house since. My husband enjoyed poor health for the last twelve years, and could not earn much wages on that account. He has not had sufficient to eat. What little I earned was not enough to maintain us. I have had four loaves a week for, the. leactlivee weekkfrom the Union, and last week four loaves ar d ls. odvirr money: The town surgeon attended my husband. He kept his razors in a cupboard by the bed side. The Jury having no doubt that tLe deceased com mitted the deed whilst in a state of insanity, re turned a ve•dict accordingly. On Wednesday evening, about half-past five, an elderly gentleman was knocked down and - run over by a knacker's cart, which was p ro ceeding furiously in the direction of Pentonville ; when picked up, the unfortu nate gentleman was, after receiving temporary medical assistance, taken to Bartholomew's hospital. .--We are re , r. be Great Marlbo quelistliedEto N sta E te W tha P t tUhßeiLfoilCloAwTillig°iNnSteresting new works rough-street, and may now of all book se ll ers :____. 1. Madame de Sevigne and her Cont emporaries, 2 vols. small Bvo., 21s. 2. Hunter's Narrati ve of the late are just published by M Col i b la u d rn , of Ex pedition to Syria, under the command of Admiral Stop ford, 2 vols. small Bvo., with portraits and other illustra tions, 21s. 3. Memorials of the Great Civil 'War in withed numerous ill us t ra ti ons , 255. 6. Lieutenant. Colonel Maxwell's England from 1646 to 1652, edi ted by the Rev. H enr y Cary, M.A., 2 vols. B vo. , 28s. 4 . 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Her sad story has acquired a European reputation, and haS long been a favourite theme with poets and minstrels. Mrs. Thomson, already, favourably known as the author of " Constance," " The Life of Henry VIII.," and several other works indicating great talent and research, has, therefore, wisely made choice of this interesting Princess as the heroine of a new historical romance, to. bear her name as its title. The subject affords so much scope for the imagination, that in .sueli hands it-is easy to predict a highly . successful performance - . . PRICE 5d LUXURIES VERSUS NECESSARIES. TO THE EDITOR OF _THE SUN. Sra—ln The Sun of Saturday I observe a paragraph (copied from the Manchester Guardian) stating that venison is now being imported into this country from America. I have seen some dead deer 'also brought to this port from Hamburg. The law which admits veni son for the rich, excludes fresk mutton, beef, and pork for the poor, all which latter might be had abroad for 2d. a pound. Whilst these are prohibited, game, viz., blackcock, capercalizies, &c., from Norway, and venison, come in as " goods unmanufactured," paying a duty of 51., per cwt. ad valorem. This is of a piece with the whole. Preserved turtle is now admittdd at the same rate as fresh—namely, duty free, becauSe a long voyage deteriorates this article for the rich man's table ; but corned beef is excluded, and salted only 4s admitted at 12s. 7d. per cwt. ; hams pay 1/. 95..4d. the cwt. ; sau sages 4d. the pound ; butter 1/. ls. the ewt. By the way, another gross sin and iniquity arises with respect to the latter article. .Owing to the high duty imposed, the im porter often finds that it will not reach a remunerating price after it arrives here, and though it would serve many domestic purposes, such as "shortening" for crust, and even do to butter the poor man's bread, whoa he can get a loaf, our selfish legislators will not permit it, but order that, when it cannot pay the landlord's tax, tar shall be mixed with it, to reduce it to grease, and the Custom House officer who superintends this pleasant duty has to certify that it is rendered unfit for human food. Is not this a cruel and wilful destruction of the bounties of Providence, for which the present laws are, responsible - 7 in petitions wrainst- abOnfinabb Corn we should as well denounce the no less hateful exactions upon provisions. The effort to abrogate one should be applied to the whole ; nor as a mmsure of justice should we slacken our efforts until we have obtained indemnity from the landlords for the wrongs they have so many years ir.flieted upon the other classes of the community. I am quite of opinion with our good friend Col. Thomp son on this subject. As a Hull man, I blush that that veteran apostle of free trade does not now represent us ; but attribute it not to the apathy or indifference of the great body to the ocl!o is enactments on corn and pro visions, for at the election the middle classes, or those who have the 10/. franchise, gave the Colonel and Mr. Clay a majority of 300 over the Tories. The evil was perpetrated by the old freemen, who for lucre sold their country to the enemy ; many of whom, however, now find where the shoe pinches, and, deprived of labour con sequent upon loss of trade, deplore the evils they were seduced to inflict upon themselves. I rejoice to say that Hull is showing some signs of vitality on the Corn-law question. A requisition to the Mayor to call a public meeting for total repeal is being there andMagistrate is n a um g er o o o u d s ß ly ep si e g a i l l e e r d, as is our ltt worthy doubt of f Chief a successful meeting. As one of his o ld cons tit uen t s , I wou ld, how ever, urge on Colonel Thompson again to " come over and help us" against the Philistines. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Hull, Jan. 4, 1142. A FREE TRADER. LAND-TAX FRAUD EXPOSED. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR.—Tbe Constitution originally imposed on the So vereign the condition of defraying the ordinary expenses of Government out of the Crown rents, and the feu dal profits which accrued to the Crown by the common and statute 14w, in precisely the same manner as the expenses of local government had and have to be de frayed out of the land rent of the respective districts ; and it is in accordance with these constitutional prin ciples that the common law declares tithes, highway rates, county-rates, and poor-rates,' not to be in the nature of a tax on landholders, which they are most desirous should be believed, but as rent charges to be borne by them as the recognised conditional proprietors of the soil. During the Commonwealth knight's service, purvey ance, &c., were dispensed with, and in lieu'of these monthly assessments were imposed, which were an im proved method of raising the subsidies, or extraordi nary taxation, the State rents being equal to the ordi nary expenses of Government. Until the Restoration, the landocracy had no more right to withhold the pay ment of the feudal profits which accrued to the Crown, than copyholders in the present day the profits which arise to Lords of Manors. Neither could they refuse tha performance of knight's service, except at the peril of haling their lands escheated. But as subsidies really were taxes on the community, they had the constitu tional right to refuse to grant them, or only condition ally. Every reader of our history is familiar with the use and abuse which was made of this power. It was the instrument employed to limit the power of the Sovereign, and finally to bring them under the control of Parliament—for which the community have dearly paid. The principle of the monthly assessments of the Commonwealth is the fairest scheme of taxation which was ever acted upon, and is deserving of the serious consideration of the statesmen of the present time, and more particularly of the public. They were imposed on all " real and personal estate whatsoever, according to the annual value thereof," and whatever amount was required to be raised was levied rateably, twenty shil lings of rent, or yearly annual value of land or real estate, being rated the same as 20/. of personal estate. Nearly one-half of the revenue then required was raised in this manner, and a considerable portion of the re mainder was obtained by the profits of wardship, fines of alienation, and other feudal prerogatives payable by the tenants of the State, just as the payments to lords of manors at the present time. These assess ments varied, according to the necessities of the Go vernment, from 3.5,000/. to 120,0001. a month in Eng land ; in Scotland at 10,000/., 7,5001., 6,0001., and 5,0001. a month, and in the same proportions for Ire land. The rate of assessment for England or Ireland does not appear to be ascertainable, but, as a new valuation for Scotland was made for that, purpose, we are enabled to establish that it amounted to about 40, 30, 25, and 20 per cent. on the Lora fide land rental of the kingdom ; and, as the assessment was not co.n plained of as an excessive commutation for knight's service, &c., it may be presumed not to have been so considered. What will our modern landholders say to the above constitutional method of taxation ? Every Legislative enactment of the Commonwealth was declared illegal at the Itstoration, and the Mo narchy was restored as it existed previous to the Rebel lion against Charles I. ; and, until the administration of Government could be reconstructed on the ancient system, the monthly assessments, at 70,0001. a montb, were continued for six months by an ordinance, and two statutes, 12 Car. 11,, c. 20 and 21, which neces sity is therein stated to be occasioned " whilst your Majesty's revenue stands unsettled, and your just rights and prerogatives, in point of tenures and the use of the Court of Wards, are forborne and withheld." But the landholders determined to prevent the foun tain of the national treasury from beiog filled with the revenue which had flowed from their lands, and accord ingly the right of the Crown to require it was taken away by the third statute following the one above, re ferred to, or 12 Car. 11., c. 24, which abolished knight's service, wardship, marriage, purveyance, &c. ,It is, therefore, from this point inquirers must start in tracing the unconstitutional conduct and premeditated rapacity of the Parliamentary landocracy. Their conduct is a matter of history, and can be detailed with the greatest precision. Having seized the administration of Go vernment, and possessed themselves of exclusive Legis lative power, they were left by a careless and selfish Sovereign to do as they pleased. The Republican assessments were in the nature of a subsidy, or extraordinary tax levied on real and per sonal estate ; whilst in the reign of Charles 11. they were grants of a specified sum, to be levied only on real estate, the tenant paying the rate and deducting it from the rent due to the proprietor. See the various sta tutes, 12 Charles 11., c. 27 ; 13, c. 3 ; 16 and 17, c. I ; 17, c. 1 and 9 ; 18 and 19, c. 1 ; 19, c. 13 ; 25, c. 1 ; 29, c. 1 ; 30, c. 1 ; and 31, c. 1. These various grants were undoubtedly made on account of the aboli tion of the feudal profits, as that time they (the land holders) had not wholly and finally determined to exempt themselves from contributing, on account of their lands, towards the expenses of the Government ; that was de ferred till a more convenient time. In the reign of Charles 11. there were four grants in the nature of a subsidy, that of the six monthly assessments at the Restoration, by ordinance, in 1660, and 12th C. 11., 2, 28 ; 15, c. 9 ; and 22 and 23, c. 3. The subsidies only were in the nature of a tax, whilst the assessments in the reign of Charles 11. were grants in lieu of the feudal profits which, by the com mon and statute law, ought to have accrued to the Crown, just as manorial profits are now received by the Lords of Manors. At the Revolution, the Convention commenced by granting three aids, or subsides, or extraordinary tax on real and personal estate, for an immediate supply on account of the then state of the country, which to gether amounted to a rate for 1689.90 of 4s. in the pound on the rental of real estate, as manors, lands, mines, &c., and 245. for every 1001. of personal estate, without reference to the amount which might be ob tained, which was the principle of' all the ancient sub sidies. But in the following year, 1691, when the country had become settled, an aid of a fixed sum, 1,651,702/., was granted to be levied on real estate only, which is a statuable evidence that it was contemplated to follow the practice that had pre vailed in the reign of Charles the Second. But the ,men who voted to themselves a bounty of 5 5. , a quarter on the exportation of wheat determined other wise. They discontinued the assessments on themselves granted in lieu of the abolished feudal profits due to the Crown from the land, and resorted to the extraordinary principle of the subsidy, which was of the nature of a - property tax, whilst the assessments on real estate, in the reign of Charles IL, ens) in the previous year, were only P AND PEEL. An honour'd letter would we mention— P stands for Power—Place—and Pension ; P for Preferment and Promotion, The only aims of P--l's devotion. Describe we Purse—P must begin it, And eke Pecunia that should fill it 1' the Premier's name must lead— P Privy—Punish—Pardon—Plead, P purchase Parliaments or Pay— Postpone inquiry or delay. Ye rival Letters can ye see, This high distinction shown to P, And not your numbers bravely try To probe and find some reason why ? Push out the Pension and the Place-- Push out the present paltry Race— Poor-laws and Prisons—Parsons—Pride— Tamworth Petitions, and what not beside— Oust all the P's that give us Pain— But let poor PROBITY remain. NEW THEORY OF MESMERISM. At the Queen's Rooms, illanover-square, yesterday, Mr. Duncan delivered a lecture upon a new theory of Mesmerism, alleged to have been discovered by Mr. Baird, of Manchester, "an eminent surgeon." There were about sixty persons present, many of them ladies, and, to judge from their appearance, and the numerous equipages which awaited them at the doors, the corn panyvonsistedlor the most part of the: "higher class." Vl l oe-Y,FM4. l lAY4thAlAsPkitkofitikaiskalicuAtetadocLiir.- Duncan s previous lectures in London, it is certain that on this occasion not more than half-a-dozen entered the lecture-room without paying at the door. However ex traordinary therefore might appear the patience with which they sat out a dull lecture, and still duller illus trations, it could not be accounted for on the supposition that they were friendly visitors, who came, without curiosity, merely to support a favoured empiric. Indeed, there was a good deal in the bearing of the lecturer him self to impress any but the most ill-natured that he was not an imposter (as according to his statement he has been styled), and that though his theory may be of little ' worth, he considers it supremely grand and important. The first part of his discourse consisted chiefly of an apology for the Mesmerists, of whose views and mode of proceeding he showed the most profound ignorance. He gave a clear, but somewhat stale and tiresome account of the opposition which all new theories in science and inventions in art have met with, and the persecutions which their propounders have endured since the days of Copernicus, to Harvey and Fulton ; and he very reason ably claimed that the facts offered by the Mesmerists and his own instructor, Mr. Baird, should at least be investigated before they were rejected. He_read an ex position of Mr. Baird's theory, written by that gentle man himself ; from which we learned, that, looking steadfastly in a particular direction, and at one object, for some time, produces congestion of the brain, and a train of inexplicable derangements, in the condition and functions of the heart, &c., which, he affirms, constitute the mesmeric sleep ! The absurdity of this doctrine was not greater than that of the method which the lecturer employed for proving its infallibility. A very interest ing little girl, some twelve or thirteen years of age, who has frequently been the subject of the experiment, was placed in a chair. The lecturer then lifted up her right arm with the index finger erect, opposite to her face, and directed her to look at that finger. She sat for little more than four minutes in that position, when he declared her to be asleep. He then fixed her arms and legs in a straightened position, extended from her body, and, upon examination, we found the muscles tense, and the limbs in the rigid state sometimes observed in mesme rised persons. Mr. Duncan, after a time, called to her in a loud voice to stand up and come to him. It was not at all wonderful, and (what Mr. Duncan seems not to know) not at all like anything ever related of mesme rism, that she did stand up and go to him ; and more, that she knelt down when he loudly bade her to do so ; and clasped her hands together as if in prayer, when bidden in the same manner. Five gentlemen afterwards volunteered to subject themselves to experiment. They were placed in a row with their backs to the audience, and instructed to fix their eyes intently upon corks fastened to their foreheads. Thus they sat, nearly half an hour, squinting, for that is the mode of regarding the cork, or other object, enjoined by the new theory, natural squinters being, by Mr. Duncan's account, not susceptible ! but _they sat in vain, and arose at length not less awake, though more fatigued than when they sat down. If there be any truth in the theory, nothing was said or done at the Queen's Rooms yesterday that can, in the slightest degree, advance it. ADELAIDE GALLERY• DISSOLVING VIEWS.—Last evening the members of the Press were invited to witness Mr. E. M. Clarke's ex hibition of Dissolving Views, in which he considers the application of his new principles only now completed. We had already spoken of them in The Sun, with what we considered well-merited commendation, to which we have only to odd, that since our former visit, Mr. Clarke has made very great improvements, and has brought his adaptation of the Camera Lucida to the highest degree of perfection. The scenes last night exhibited were fif teen finely painted pictures by Acres, Ackerman, and Simpson, the exhibition of each being accompanied by characteristic music, selected and arranged by Mr. Louis Emanuel. The were selected from the richest scenery of Ireland; Nitzerland, and Italy, and three views of the Tower of London, by day, by moonlight, and on fire were greatly admired. The burning of the arsenal, the gradual spreading and varied intensity of the flames, together with the successive explosions which marked the several stages of the conflagration were managed with surprising dexterity and effect. The dis solving views were preceded by a very droll phantasma gorio of " diablerie," accompanied by appropriate music of great character andexpression, a la Freischutz, though altogether original, being entirely composed and arranged by Mr. Emanuel. It has at every exhibition elicited universal applause. In the course of the evening, Mr. Swift delivered an instructive lecture on combustion. The little harpist re peated her wonderful performance on her native--we might say, her natural instrument ; and Miss Lyons sang delightfully several Italian and other melodies, to the loudly expressed delight of the company, which, we are glad to perceive, continues nightly to be very numerous. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S STATUE, by SIR F. CHANTREY. Yesterday the Committee appointed to superintend the preparation of the erection of an equestrian statue to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, in the city of London, assembled at the Mansion-house. Sir Peter Laurie in the chair, There were present Mr. Master man, M.P., Mr. F. B. Simpson, Mr. Francis, Mr. Rainbow (the Honorary Secretary to the Committee), Mr. Child, Mr. Jordan, Alderman Lucas, Alderman Humphery, Mr. Edgington, Mr. Burbage, Mr. Bridges, and Mr. Jones and Mr. Turner, executors of the late Sir Francis Chantrey. The Sub-Committee appointed by the Committee to communicate with the executors of Sir Francis Cbantrey presented the following report to the meeting : " The Sub-Committee appointed to confer with the executors of the late Sir Francis Chantrey, and also to inspect the state of the work, and to inform themselves as to the progress made towards the completion of the equestrian statue to be erected in the city of London, in honour of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, beg to report that on Thursday last, Dec. 30, they visited the atelier of the late distinguished sculptor, there being present on the occasion Mr. Masterman, the Treasurer, &c. &c. On entering the studio they were shown a bust of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, cast in plaster, of the size of the head, intended to be com pleted in bronze, which bust the Committee were in formed had received the finishing touch of Sir Francis Chantrey but a few days before his lamented decease. Opposite to this was placed what was understood to be the quarter-sized model of the complete statue--the horse being in plaster, and the figure of the Duke still in clay. " At the end of the room was a model of the horse of the full size, and, as the Committee wereanstructed, in a state to receive the plaster which would form the mould in which the metal would be eventually cast. " The Committee further requested that the execu tors would also comply with the wish expressed by the last Committee, that they should report in writing to the Committee the exact state in which the work had been left by Sir Francis Chantrey. The Sub-Committee beg, in conclusion, to state that a letter has beeri sent, on behalf of the executors, signed by Mr. Weekes and Mr. Cunningham, to be presented to the Committee at their present meeting." The Report was unanimously agreed to, and the letter of Mr. Weekes and Mr. Cunningham, two very clever men, who had been for many years employed by Sir Francis Cbantrey, and had wrought at his most celebrated works, was read, and ordered to be entered on the minutes. Tile following resolution was, after some conversa tion amongst the members of the Committee, unani mously agreed to : " Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that from the Report of Sir Francis Chantry's execu tors, and the Sula. Committee appointed to inspect, the progress of the work is such as to lead to the convic tion that the executors are fully enabled, with the assistance of Messrs. Cunningham and Weekes, to complete the statute of the Duke of Wellington ; and that they be therefore empowered to pro ceed with the work, such endorsement being added to the original contract as the legal advisers of the trustees shall consider necessary to ensure the performance of its obligations."—The Committee then adjourned. It has been determined to place the statue in the space before the West-end of the Royal Exchange, now occupied by the clump of buildings which have been ordered to be taken down, and which are called Bank-buildings. MORNING SUN fluty in the nature of a rent charge due to the S.,ate ; hilst by the subsidy system the landholders were enabled . to shift a large part of their own burden on personal estate: This statute, 4 W. and M., c. I, 1692, granted goods,rea estate ; a a rate o f 4 1 . i n t h e poun d on the true annual value of and 245. in the 1001. on personal.- estate, as . without any limit a ti on of a m oun t t o b e raised ; and, as if it was t h e i ntent i on o f t h e Mi n i stry of that period to continue the same principle of taxation for the future, a "loose valuation" of the an n u a l v a l ue o f the lands of the kingdom was made, whilst house pro perty was taken at its rack rent, a l t h oug h i n t h e statute the assessors were directed " to inform themselves by all lawful means of the annual value of manor, leads, mines, tithes, &c." But as this was never acted upon, the future conduct of the Governm ent l ea d s us to sup ' pose that it was not considered necessary. The statute Of 1692 was re-enacted in the same word s in 1693, 4 and 5 ; but as if not su ffi ciently favourable to 'the landocracy, an iniquitous' alteration . wa's mad e i n that ( 8 William, c. 6) of the follow ing year, 1696. The assessment on the nominal valuation of land ' was reduced to 3s. in the pound, and, to make up the deficiency, a poll-tax of 4s. 41 a year was imposed on every *person above 16 years of age ; also is'. Id. in the pound of yearly wages (excepting day labourers) from 4/. to 81., and over and above a farther sum of 2s. 6(1. in the pound above 81., and not exceed ing 16/. ; and above that sum, or on any persons who had Gs. 2d. a we e k, 4s. 4d. a y ea r, in addition to his poll-tax of Is. Id., was imposed. At this distance of time one is amazed at the boldness of the Parlia mentary landocracy, and _at the submission of the bold ,peasantry of England. No wander the magnani mous William 111. was ashamed of the conduct of his Ministry and Parliament, and seriously entertained the idea of leaving the kingdom is disgust. Disgracefully selfish and unconstitutional as the conduct of the land holders may already have appeared to have been, the above statute was only a feeler to try the endurance of the people ; and as the people murmured, a modifica tion of a less offensive_ nature was resorted to. The poll-tax and wages clau,ei were omitted in the follow ing year, and the crafty plan adopted which has been continued with only one exception (I Anne, r. 2, c. 1), to the present time. The improvement effected to suit the selfish views of the landocracy, in the statute, 9 'Wit. 3, c. 10, 1697, consisted in blending together the prin ciple of the subsidy and the assessment on real estate. The total amount to be levied was fixed in the statute, as in that instance, at 1,484,015/. ls. 1 lid. and has continued to be fixed in all subsequent land tax Acts. It imposed a rate of 183. on 1001. of per sonal estate, and as no rate was fixed to be levied on real estate, an assessment was only required to be made on real property to make up the difference. From this explanation the public will at once perceive that the necessity for a true valuation of the annual value of real property was craftily got rid of ; for so long as the land contributed the deficiency, it was all right. But will the public be satisfied with a continuance of so Vagrant an iniquity ? The Land-tax Acts of 1698, 1699, and 1700, con tinued the fraudulent system ; but in 1702, on the ac cession of Queen Anne, an indication of a more honest system of administration was given, by granting a land-tax of 1,979,9311. 19s. Id., to• be assessed on real property only, and 4s. in the pound on the salaries of public servants. It will here again be observed that a return was made, not to the subsidy principle, but to the assessment on real property, as in the reign of Charles 11. ; but in the following year, 1703, Parlia ment returned to the fraudulent system of the previous reign, the same amount was voted, and personal estate was rendered liable to be rated at 245. for every 100/. At present it is impossible to estimate the rate at which the annual value of real property in England is assessed on account of the land-tax ; but the present writer, in his " Plea for the Total Repeal of the Corn-laws,"* has furnished eiidence to •show that the land-tax contri buted by Scotland does-not exceed five farthings in the pound of the annual value of real property. Will the 7imes consider this a state of things which ought to obtain its powerful advocacy ? To Mr. Cobden is due the high. honour of having brought so outrageous_ au abuse of legislative power udder the consideration of his countrymen ; and, as the Times foresees, " The consolidated faction which has considered themselves safe in their strength, in their numbers, and in their confederacy," will be unable to resist the exposure which will be made of the land tax fraud. Thus; good will arise out of evil ; and it is not improbable that the inquiry which Mr. Cobden has so happily stirred up may lead to a total change in the fiscal administration of this coun try. All experience has proved that political dis turbance is brought about by misgovernment, and its inevitable accompaniment, unequal taxation ; and he must be a dull observer of the signs of the times who can doubt that this feeling is rapidly taking hold of the public mind. Toe mere mention of the land-tax fraud by Mr. Cobden, at the Derby meeting, has hal an electric effect. on the country ; every individual of any standing in society is acquainted with it of his own knowledge. The present writer is rated at 2s. 2. d. in the pound on the Luna file rent paid by him to his landlord, whilst the lines of palaces in the western districts of London do not contribute one penny in the pound on the annual rental. In Glasgow the quota contributed to the State, according to Dr. Cle land, was raised in 1829, by a one penny rate on the nominal rental of the city ; and as the city has greatly increased since that time, the rate will be so much less, as the amount to be collected remains fixed, in ac cordance with the landholders' views of justice. It may be asked, can this system be continued ? THE AUTHOR 'OF THE PLEA FOR THE TOTAL AND IMMEDIATE REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS." London, Dec. 29, 1841. * Scott, Webster, and Geary, London. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE, Mrs. Inchbad's comedy of Wives as they Were, and Maids as they Are, was produced on Wednesday night at this theatre ; and its tardy production —years after the accomplished authoress has been consigned to her last home—is a proof how much justice those have to reckon on who turn their attention to the drama. Mrs. Inchbald was well-known and highly esteemed in her day, yet her first play, notwithstanding its acknowledged ability, was allowed to rest fur three years unnoticed on the Manager's shelves; and now, up wards of fourteen years after her death, it is discovered that her comedy of Wives as they Were, and Maids as they Are, is well worth a trial an the boards of Covent Garden. Such is theatrical caprice or prejudice, which, . aggravated by the star-system, has reduced the stage to its present state. of all but extinction.—Mrs. Inchbald's comedy was produced last evening with perhaps as strong a cast as could now be mustered from the corps drarnatique of this country. The severe, though some what lachrymose husband, Lord Priory, (in which character Mrs. Inchbald drew that of a very remarable man of her own day) was pourtrayed by Mr. Far ren; Bronzely was represented by Mr. C. Mathews ; Sir George Evelyn, by Mr. George Vandenhoff ; and the part of the respectable Sir William Dorrillon, was as sumed by Mr. Cooper. The ladies were equally well represented in the persons of Mrs. Nisbett (Miss Dor rillon), Miss Faucit (Lady Priory), and Mrs. Glover (Lady Mary Raffle), the latter of whom, by her spright liness, made us almost forget that she might have per ! formed the same character with the same effect, and the same youthful appearance, when the play originally came out. It is not necessary to detail the plot of a co ! medy which must be familiar to most of our play-goin2; readers. The incidents, as well as the language gene rally, are conceived in the sentimental style of that school of which the fair and amiable authoress was so eminent a prop ; and, notwithstanding that the school has long since given way before a more rugged, and per haps a more healthy state of feeling, still the elegance and real sensibility, as well as fun and humour, which pervade the whole performance, are such as to render this comedy, even now, a great and a deserved favourite with the public. We have seldom seen less of mannerism in Mr. Farren's acting than was observable last night in his representation of the rigid, confident Lord Priory. Mr. Charles Matthews elicited great and deserved appliluse by the happy ease and tact which he displayed in assuming the character of the fluttering fool, Bronzely. Mr. Vandenhoff deserves also a passing mention, as having made considerable pro gress in his performance of light comedy ; and it is no thing new for us to state that Mr. Meadows played old Oliver, the steward, with his accustomed care and pre cision both of dress and utterance. The respectable Cooper sustained with tolerable effect the equally re spectable part of Sir William Dorrillon, affording an other proof, if any were needed, that the old proverb, which says " Poeta nascitur, non fit," is not applicable to the stage, but that the very reverse is often observed— namely, that, -by dint of arduous study and long prac tice, an indifferent actor may at length become an en durable one. Mrs. Nisbett in the headlong, obstinate, extravagant, though tender-hearted and not unprincipled Miss Dorrillon, was all liveliness and grace ; and Miss Fancit (who appeared for the first time at this theatre) gave an expression anddignity to the character of the sub missive and virtuous Lady Priory, which few besides her self could have done. The house was well attended. 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