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NATIONAL LOAN PUND LICE AMUR ;•:ACE SOCIETY, • J Lipt, FOR GRANTING •••• ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORM-TILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Tillotson. M. D., F. It S. John awson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. I John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Ranter Gordon, Esq. 1 Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. I Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. Professor Graves, A F.R. S A c-ruA aY—W. S. B. Woo'house, Esq. , F. R. A. S. PHYSICIAN—J. Elliot%on, M. 1.) :1 , F. R. S. SuaGaorr—E. S. Symes, Esq. B° llerroßs--Alessrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewers, and Ommanney. llANxxas—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. jhe most rational motives to Lsfe Assurance are found in Ze plan adopted by this Society ; viz. joined to a secure trisio n at death for inheritors of the Asszred, the Society ,I: l °rds succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre ;'"lts payments) is the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. I kOYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1720.) 21, LOMBARD•STREET, LONDON. FIRE INSURANCES. O OTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of imiums falling due-at Christmas will expire en the 9th day of Interry next. ALTERATIONS 1N LIFE INSURANCES. der of the PROFIT on Policies dated on or r the Ist day of Janu a ry, 1842, will be apportioned at the of every seven years, among those effected for the whole 0 of life, on which Three Annual Premiums shall have ' ll Paid— By ADDITION to the SUM ASSURED ; or, 44 , By a REDUCTION in the PREMIUM, voi l 4 e option of the Party effecting the Insurance, without in h'ing them in any liability of Partnership, or charge for Irantee of Capital. THOMAS TOOKE, Esq., Governor. * WILLIAM SAMPSON, Esq., Sub-Governor. B ARTHOLOMEW JEFFERY, Esq., Deputy-Governor. ij DI RreTeßs. (4 1 : 1 1 Bainbridge, Esq. Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Pearkes Barclay, Esq. Charles. John Manning, Esq. t 4 Brown, Esq. The Hon J. 1. L. Melville. ,4vod S. P. Calvert, Esq. Henry Nelson, .sq.k 42a to Davidson, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. lbeacon, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq. t3ibson, Esq. Abraham Gorge Robarts, Esq. Ilysd ale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. 4, tr! Tetlow Hibbert Esq. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. i;elot Holland, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. •G. de Hochepied Larpent, Robert Thorley, Esq. 1 54 } 1. t.,. IC P. Octavius Wigram, Esq. ' Christopher Lochner, Esq. _,_ ALEXANDER GREEN, Secretary. 2i , Lombard-street, London, December, 1842. ttr.ROPEAINT LIFE INSURANCE COM PANY. No. 10, Chatham-plaeo, Blackfriars, London. Established January, 1819. t'l t:tslDENT—Sir JAMES RIVETT CARNAC, Bart., Rook Cliff, Lvmington. PRESIDENT.—GEORGE *FORBES, Esq., 9, Fitzroy square. With Twelve Directors. th, ti_ities are oered b this long-established Soul& to suit kr e ! Ns and th e y means of every class,/ irisurer3. Piemiums i rel t ?ectived early, half-yearly, or quarteinly—sr upon an in- I s k i n°" or decreasing scale. re k re Ensured for life participate septennially in the profits Ped. '` liberal commission is allosed to solicitors and agents. N DAVID FOGGO, Sec. L, N ; -A gents are wanted in towns whero none have yet appointed. rSTERN E LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Office, 49, Parliament-street, Westminster. , DIRECTORS. HENRY EDGEWORTH BICKNELL, Esq. WILLIAM CABELL, Esq. THOMAS SOMERS COCKS, jun., Esq, GEORGE I tENRY DREW, Esq. WILLIAM ETANS, Esq. WILLIAM FREEMAN, Esq. FRANCIS FULLER, Esq. JAMES HUNT, Esq. JOHN ARSCOTT LETHBRIDGE, Esq. EDMUND LUCAS, Esq. GEORGE HENRY POLLOCK, Esq. JOHN BAZLEY WHITE, Esq. J. CARTER WOOD, Esq. HENRY WRENCH, Esq. BANKERS. /f essrs. COCKS, BIDDULPH, and CO., Charing-cross. SOLICITORS. 1311 . BICKNELL and LETHBRIDGE, Abingdon-street, 1 1 „ Westminster. T fect security combined with moderate rates. Q 0 assurance of a CERTAIN BONUS. allowance of HALF the ANNUAL PREMIUM to 1,6 41 4 unpaid for' SEVEN YEARS. and TEMPORARY 'INS to the ASSURED on isailable security. EDWARD T. RICHARDSON, Secretary. t . iITITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, t o , 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. h vISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. 1 4 . 4i, Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords to e most perfect security in an ample paid-up Capital, and in great success which has attended it, since its commence tin 4. ~ 1,i1 184 11 8 the Company declared an addition to the Share r' of one-half of their Stock, and also added a per 'P,. per Annum, from the date of the policies to those par t had insured with Profits. e Premiutis nevertheless are on the most moderate scales a moiety need be paid for the first five years, where the ce is for life. 1, 1 0 amount of bonus added to policies since the commence lq of the Company in March 1834, to the 31st December It,„ , is as follows : -.„Assured. Time Assured. Sums added to Policy. 6 Years 10 Months £136 13 4 1 ,000 4 Years BO 0 0 1 ,000 3 Years 6O 0 0 1 ,000 1 Year fi ery information will be afforded on application to the 'tent Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, 11" of No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. tt,erick Hale Thomson, Esq., Surgeon, 46, Berners-street, at the Office daily, about 'Half-past Two o'clock. TATCHES by WEBSTER AND SON, Chronometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty, W atches l 3 years, 3, Birchin-lane. The finest description q t C haracter at the lowest prices, consistent with maintaining t haracter for superiority of workmanship which has dis i`,.,4:lshed th e i r es t a blishment (lining so long a period. The Ntsated Duplex Watch, upon the principle of their Chro- Vters, to which Government awarded the prizes three suc ko years, combines perfect accuracy with the utmost ele kki and is not surpassed by the Pocket Chronometer. We k t , 4 Son have devoted considerable time and attention to the 41 1 44 .Aure of the Patent Lever Watch, and considerably ved the price ; likewise the small Horizontal, for ladies. 'l4 3 ' can offer a large selection of Second-hand Watches, at 'above h a ve the original cost. The utmost value allowed ke ll Watches, in exchange. The most experienced work col4 the repairing departnient are employed on the premises, Igelgn and English manufacture. \,!_tBSTER and SON, 3, Ilirchin-lane, Cornhill, London. PATENT LEVER WATCHES. 11 E SSRS. HORTO:S and CO., Watchmakers % • and Jewellers, 36, Ladgate-street (opposite Messrs. th ti 'ington and Co.'s), offer to their friends and the public (•tleb t d PATENT LEVER WATCHES, of work ra e kk i „"ip of the highest class of excellence, capped and jewelled, Clinln,,7 power, &c., at the s and pri to iVies' Lever Watches, Gold Cages, Gold Dials, 121. 12s. gra `• 16s. ; Gentlemen's Lever Watches, Gold Cases, and ty l jnelle c l. Dia, 14/. 14s. to IS/. 13s. • Gentlemen's Leve P lt o el le; Silver Cases, and Enamelled Dials, 6/. 65. ; the Ho r th,t,tal Mov e ment, in Flat Gold Cases, Si. Bs. to 12/. 12s. ; ' ti ,:toriz on t a l M ovemen t, i n Flat Silver Cases, 4/. 10s. ; the Val Movement, in Gold 61. 6s. to /• 105. ; the 141 s.tovement, in Silver Cases Cases, 2/. 12s. 6d. 1 t o o . 4/, 4s. 1 1 - A warranty for twelve Dam:tbs. .8 Alt large stock of new and tasteful Jewellery, Ladies' ki,A, Card Cases and Vinegarets, Gentlemen's Snuff Boxes, 1 111`,Rreat variety of other Fancy Articles, at prices consider ' below the. usual London charges. GOLD WATCHES. LONDON-MADE.-T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, No. 47, Cornhill, Lon kt ' 3 e , en doors from Gracechurch-street, submits forselection 144 large STOCK of GOLD WATCHES, the whole of lit tk . are carefully examined by experienced workmen on the 'sea, and each is warranted for correct performance. SIZE FOR LADIES. ,Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turned 1i, ° , 14 cases, and gold dials, warranted £lO - .0 t • Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-backed Nne-turned gold eases and gold dials, warranted 12 12 h`„, t deta c h e d Lever Watches, jewelled in four ,:teg with double-backed gold cases and gold dials, "Oranted SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. 'Cat deta c h e d L ever Watches; jewelled in four °lea seconds, and double-backed gold cases, war- I t tat e 'd Itt, n t detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in holes seconds, double-backed gold cases and at e el dials, warranted ot detached Lever Watch* capped, jewelled in hole s seconds, double-hacked gold case.; and a•gold A. ether L- *ialE xvarranted of the Gentlemen's Watches may be had in gold hunting cases, for 3L 3s. each : extra. N•B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchanzp. OLLIS' LADIES' BREAST OINTMENT k to , Thi s Ointment is now confidently oftrecommeded to the as an infallible remedy for all diseases the Breast, ► ( 7'oned by Cold, or the Milk coring in the Breast. It is f4 t tain cure for Whitlows, Abcess, Scalds, Burns, Bad Legs, k re all cutaneous diseases; and in consequence of the now 1 4 ;, demand for the Ointment , the Proprietor is induced to ll to i tbefore the public—not as a cure for " all the ills that alert is heir to," but in cases as above mentioned it is with the confidence recommended to the public. ld wholesale and retail by R. Johnston, 68, 4i l ,;",''n, in pots 2s. 9d. each, duty included ; and most Medi *%,:eudors in the country. Sb NO PUFF' NOR IMPOSITION. 'ENCER'S CELEBRATED CHINESE gi,„ LIQUID HAIR DYE—The thousands of individuals who 1 , t0,' had the pleasure Musing Spencer's Chinese Liquid Hair Dye, h 4 ;?‘'neti it to be the only Dve extant which will effectually change, kt i CA" , reitrutes, red or grey 'hair to a oark bi own or black, and it e w Proved incontestibly that it is the safest dye in its use that 7 4,, 4 s prepared . Red or grey hair, whiskers, eyebrows, MOW- Nchanged without trouble, by simply using a comb ~ 4 p e L d Witt; the liquid ; orr... application will produce a leasing and qis t i'la,. anent change. The colour it imparts to the hair can never he 1, 114 ,",ered to have been effected by dye, it being so perfectly natural, oral washing, perspiration, or anything will in the least fade t , 4 4 , h e t the colour produced. Hundreds of ladies who wore false no ti ,:fecause their own became grey, wear now their own. Also, l'e 4 C lll . ,(ls of gentlemen who had grey or red whiskers which was a Pt.,u 4 figurement, have become quite . dark from the use of En„ 21r 1 ,„ S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. Any lady or gen -7 'nay dye their Hair with ease and secrecy in a few minutes ro u t trouble . Price 3s. Gd.. 6s. and 10s. per bottle. e ....ad of the sole Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate ,l7, 4, 5 Whitechapel-road; also of Mr. Johnstone, GS, Cornhill ; But- Chpside; Prout 229, ...trand • Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; '' 4 l - Y. 95. Partin n'qre • Atkinson" 24 Old Bond street • Wo r ,_gd? t•- 9 - i;.r9 1 ,,`,,`.9 t 7, St. Pfeil s herch-yard ; Connell, ( amberwell.green; Brothers, 10, Westmoreland-buildings, Aldersgate.street; i t kih ß tn. 30Milsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, 31, Bull-street, itir ~4 4 1er . 'n1 Shirleyh, 40, George-street, Hastings ; and of m. st Per.' 4l l 0 - f ln Medicine Vendors in Town and Country. Sent to any k _Pl e „..tue kingdom by sendin;7 a remittance, post-paid. 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THE SUN i s p u bli s h e d EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTER7,-00N TRAIT'S an d a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POS7', containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COM- A MANY.—The DIRECTORS are ready to receive TENDERS for LOANS of MONEY, to be secured by the Loan Notes of the Company, bearing interest at Five per Cent. per Annum.payable half-yearly. The Tenders to be for sums of not less than 5001., and for periods not exceeding three years.—By order of the Board, A. BULKELEY, Secretary. Offices, Shoreditch Station, Dec. 7, 1842. mniE GRAND MODEL of the BAZILICA of ST. PETER'S, at Rome; under the patronage of her most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and likewise all the Crowned Heads of Europe. Executed by ANDREA GAMBOSSINI, of Tuscany. The Model is 21 feet in length and 12 feet in height, carved in oriental woods, with Statues elegantly executed in ivory, it being reduced to one hundredth part of its original size. By its construction the internal parts are exhibited to the spectator, the execution of which occupied the aforesaid artist 14 years. Open daily, at 121, Pall-Mall, from tO to 4 o'clock. Admission Two Shillings. N.B. A splendid assortment of Alabaster Vases and Models to be sold at moderate prices. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Cary's NEW MICROSCOPE, estimated by Micro scopists to magnify to SEVENTY-FOUR MILLION TIMES the Natural Size. New DISSOLVING VIEWS in Affghanistan, including the BOLAN PASS and View of GHUZNEE, the Hall of Waters in CONSTANTINOPLE, and Scenes in the HOLY LAND, from the beautiful Sketches by D. ROBERTS, R.A. The COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE, with brilliant Experiments, is exhibited at a Quarter to Three in the Day, and at Eight in the Evening. Napier's Printing Press, Double Cylinder Steam Engine, and other interesting Machinery, are in practical operation in the Hall of Manufactures. DAILY LECTURES on CIIEMISTRY and NATURAL PHI LOSOPHY. by Dr. RYAN,--M.D., LL.D., aud_Professox., BACHHOFFNER. Admission, One Shilling ; Schools, Half-price. N.B. An Elementary Class on Chemistry and Natural Philosophy is arranged to take place during the Vacation, for the convenience of Youth, the Pupils of which have Free Access to the Institution. Terms, One Gaines to the Course. Prospectus to be had of the Secretary. LITERATURE. MEMOIRS of the QUEENS qf FRANCE. 2 Vols. 0 burn, London, 1842. To that numerous- class of readers who hurry through a work at railroad pace, for the mere purpose of amusement, these volumes will be very acceptable, for they are lightly and pleasantly written, and such information as they contain, may—with perhaps one or two unimportant ex ceptions—be relied on. The student, however, who reads with a view to increase his stock of knowledge, will find himself somewhat disap pointed on perusing them, for, notwithstanding the authoress's assurance that her " pages are the result of much labour and research," they are, in truth, at best but shallow, skimming the surface only of historical character. This is par ticularly the case with the Memoir of the famouS —or rather infamous--Catherine de Medicis, Queen and Regent of France, the leading events of whose sanguinary career are just slightly glanced at, with scarce a word of comment; while, as regards Catherine herself, there is at best but a ' meagre attempt made at minuteness and indivi duality of portraiture, notwithstanding- that the materials are so abundant ; and we are told little more than that she was crafty and unprincipled, and that her ruling passions were ambition and a lust of power. This is perfectly true, so far as it goes, but the remark is not sufficiently characteristic, but applies also with more or less force to Queen Elizabeth of England—Ma ria Theresa of Austria—Catherine the Second of Russia—and, in fact, to almost every female - sovereign who has won historical renown; Now the ambition of Catherine De Medicis developed itself in a manner peculiar to herselr, and such as gives us a vivid insight into her idiosyncrasy. For years it lay apparently dormant. For years it wa; unsuspected, even by those who were m habits of familiar communion with her. Treach- ery and dissimulation,unbounded in their extent, were the agents by which this master-passion worked. There was nothing straightforward in its character. It was wily and circuitous to a degree never known before or since. Even when the frankest and boldest course of action appeared the most • likely to ensure success, Catherine, from a perverse impulse which she could not control, would adopt the most secret and jesui tical. Though a stranger to fear, she invariably acted as if sheer timidity dictated her move ments. A thorough Italian in mind and man with the history of the period. This celebrated woman was of low origin, by her mother's side ; ambitious to excess; , jealous and domineering; and extravagant to a degree only equalled by her successor, Madame Dubarri. Her figure was gracefid; her countenance expressed mingled cunning and melancholy ; her complexion was fair; and her arms and hands were eminently beautiful. She was first seen by the King while hunting in the forest of Senart; and he was so struck by her elegant horsemanship, as at once to avow his attachment. The period of her as cendancy was one specially disastrous to France, for she was the distributor of all Government employments, and cared little for the worth or talent of those whom she preferred to important offices in the State, provided they sufficiently flattered her vanity. As Goldsmith observes of Garrick, " Whoe'er peppered highest was surest to please." For many years of her life this haughty favourite exercised the most despotic authority. The church—the law— the army—all the statesmen—. All the courtiers — all the aspiring wits of the day—vied with each other in their. adulation of the de Pompadour. The business of the State was conducted in her boudoir. She .was the last - and highest court of appeal. from whose award there was no dissent ing. In a word, she was King, Queen, and Mi nistry, for Louis was a mere cyphera media nical puppet, who only moved when she pulled the strings. She died in the palace of (rizernwitanseiii Versailles, in her - forty-second year, and her Royal lover, when he beheKher corpse pass be --rrentir,frili-'wiridow, on its wii3'* - , t ... . : looked up at the sky, which was dark. and lowering, and coolly observed, "Madame de Pompadour will have bad weather for her voy age !" Justly has Solomon remarked, -" put not .thy trust in Princes !" In concluding our hasty notice of these inter esting volumes, we cannot but observe that— notwithstanding the splendid .female triumphs they record—the impression that they must leave on the reader's mind can scarcely be otherwise than 'a melancholy one. How few of all the Queens and Royal Favourites who occupy for centuries together the foreground of French domestic history, ever knew what it was to enjoy—what Pope has •so beautifully called— " eternal sunshine of the cloudless . mind !" Some, smitten with remorse, retired into the gloomy shades of a convent ; others, haunted with apprehensions of a fall, even while basking in the broad sunshine of prosperity, sighed for the happiness which they had once known, but which could never again be theirs ; and others drooped day by day under the ,slow bu t sure corroding influence of a breaking heart. Queen Margaret de Valois—the far-descended—the in tellectual—the beautiful—became hypondriacal in age, and died in convulsions of terror, occa sion ed by the recollection of her dissolute con duct, and the trying scenes through which she had passed; Queen Mary de Medicis, persecu ted by Richelieu, passed years in obscure exile, and expired at last in indigence and misery; Anne of Austria, after experiencing the most cruel vicissitudes, discovered too late that the crown of France, which she had looked forward to with such pleasure, was little better than "a crown of thorns;" Queen Maria Theresa dropped into the grave the victim of hopeless melancholy; Madame - de Naintenon, notwithstanding that she had achieved the grand object of her ambition by her marriage with . Louis th e F our - . teenth, confessed in a letter to Ninon de PEnclos independence;" Queen she " envied her peaceable Queen Marie Leazinsky expressed herself im patient for the approach of death, declaring that she was weary , of existence; Madame D u b arr i fell under the axe of the guillotine; Marie An scaffoldtoinette, t oo , exp i re d on the scaotd ; and th e Empress Josephine, after being compelled to descend from the proudest throne in the world, died of a broken heart, on hearing of Napoleon's exile to Elba ! The moral we would deduce from these striking instances of mutability of fortune is, that for women th e materials of happiness are only to be found in the calm retirement of pri vate ; this is the sphere in which nature designed them to shin e; an d they never quit it, but at the risk of en counter i n g every species of disappointment and disaster! m&m.uA. The less you'll heed, love, should he scold, The less he'll hear against you uttered! DAUGHTER. Then terribly his lordship halts ; Besides, he's very blind indeed I MAMMA. Blind will he be—but to your faults, And quick to follow where you lead! Bethink you how a coronet Would grace that brow surpassing fair! DAUGHTER. But should I join the Alinacks' set ? And have a house in Belgrave-square ? MAMMA. All, all, my love, if you'll engage, And pledge the earl in sober truth. DAUGHTER. Ah! must I then unite with are ! Why should I cut my coz ? MAMMA. nerd, she had a honied smile and a soft word ever ready to lull the distrust of those on whose de struction she was bent. Thus for years she op pressed with her courtesies her husband's cele brated mistress, Diana of Poitiers, whom she ut ter:v detested, and let pass many an opportunity of obtaining revenge, in order that the blowswhen she struck it, might be the more secure and de cisive. in the character of most ambitious wo men, stained though they may be with crime, something of frankness and niagnaminity may at times be detected. Even the Russian Semiramis was not without her redeeming qualities. But Catherine de Medicis had positively none. She was licentious in her conduct without the excuse of passion ; though any thing bu t a bigot in religion, she projected and carried in to execution the St. Ba rtholomew massacres, on the plea of upholding the Catholic faith; and even her loftiest ambitious views had reference to no earthly interests but her own. Above all, she seems to have been wholly devoid of that sense of right which Providence, for wise purposes, has implanted in the breasts or even the most unscrupulous and abandoned. Thus she sedulously corrupted the morals of her own children, apparently without any adequate motive, or without the slightest idea that she was thereby outraging one of the great primary laws of nature ; and committed murders by wholesale, less from. absolute cruelty than from an innate indifference to human suffering. Having stated this, we need scarcely add that remorse was an utter stranger to her breast. In fact, it may ad mit of aSquestion whether, in the tortuous and supremely depraved course she pursued, she really believed that she was deviating from the brold path of virtue. Our authoress, we per ceive, seems doubtful as to whether Catherine poisoned her son Charles the Ninth. Unfortu nately this does not admit of a doubt, for more than one chronicle of the period is decisive on the point. The Memoir of "Anne of Austria," Queen and Regent of France, is written with more skill and opisit than any other in the work. This Princess wsis t.!se wife of Louis the Thirteenth, and not withstmAing the "joy she experienced at the prospect of her marriage," she passed but a miserable life: with her husband, chiefly in con sequence of the intrigues of Richelieu, whose advances she had i'ppulsed, and who took every opportunity of sowing . dissensions between the Royal couple. Alluasig incidentally to the Queen's intercourse with 5h,6 Duke of Bucking ham, our authoress says Oho is accused of j having favoured the advances of his (race, who was sent to Paris in 1625, by Charles the First, as Ambassador." This accusation is well founded, for Siadame , de Moteville, who was in all Anne's secrets, has told us in her Memoirs, that, after the Duke's return to England, Ole Queen sent him her own gar ter, which, We conceive, is tolerably conclusive evidence that her attachment was something more than platonic ! " The Duke of Buckingham," adds our authoress, "when recalled by Charles the First, instead of taking leave of Anne of Aus tria in the ordinary form, wentinto her apartment, tell on his knees by her bed-side, and gave way to the most extravagant expressions of grief; so that s h,s. was obliged to reprove him, and inform him that it was a great innovation on the rules of etiq„,ste to address the Queen of France in that way ." would appear from this slight account of a remarkilbW love passage in Anne's life, that the Duke ent,lred . • the Duchess de Chevreuse her apartment uninvited; but such was not the case . ; her for his visit, so it is had previously prepa ren ' 'save taken her by impossible that it c ou ld -es of this inter surprise. As the cir cumstan , ' view are curious, we will give then. to do. On than our authoress has th oug h t iore ?n i g if h. d a e m ta — ii entering her Majesty's chamber, Buck. hand who, we should premise, was one of the s e _ somest and most courtly gallants of the at ; knelt down by her bedside, and kissed her shes. with every si g n of the d ee p est emot i on . As she took not the slightest notice of of salutation, au old d ame o f h onour w h o , fortu nately for Anne, w as i n t h e room, wishing—as, she significantly phrased it—t o prevent " other liberties," seated herself in the Royal a rm-chair, and putting on her most virtuous dci neanour, ordered the Duke to rise, observing that such behaviour was not tolerated in France. His Grace immediately began to argue the o int like a statesman, maint a i ning w i t h con s um: n ate im pudence that, as h e was not a Fre a dman, he was not b oun d b y t h e l aws of th coun try ! He then again addressed himself to the the ardent passio n w ith . Queen ; confes se s w h h e 9 had d h o inspired n t he ym of; and, sen in fact , we nt confessed the ISVIOCh pretended to be ex cee di ng l y Ole ti'menft.Ann t indignantatb as' n .1 pro...`" sumptiOn, and or d ere d hint to leave the :room, him public which he did, b ut as she received in • - the next day, it is very evi dent that her s vrath was by no means of an implacable nature. As the mention of this Queen immediately silts' rests the recollection of C ar di na l Mazarin with "-s; hose chequeredfortunes her own , during th ' e last twenty years of her life, were so closely linked , we think our authoress should have Ha lted ai chile in her narrative to say a few words ' • respes Aing this wily statesman, and given a brief co a tune also of the wars of the Fronde, in which sisnne cut so conspicuous—and at times so grotesq tte—a figure. This is the only fault we find s% 'ith a Memoir which is penned in ail easy, fl °win; ;, un pretending style, and abounds in varlet of inte resting matter. Y DAUGHTER. Poor youth ! Mamma, you've quite convinced your girl ; Harry, adieu! I'll wed the earl. DAY DREAMS. 011ivier, London, 1842. This collection of poems is from the pen of Mr. Charles Knox, author of the Rittmeister's Budget. The poems evince much skill and sweetness of versification, more especially the first one in the volume, which is entitled the " Minstrel Warrior," and contains many bold and animated ima g es. The embellishments, Nflirdli are upwards or - rre'nty in • number, are, sonic of them, of superior merit, and the work is splendidly bound in a sort of bright blue cloth. It is every way calculated fora Christmas present. PO OR-L AW, IRELAND. WAVERLEY NOVELS—Abbotsford Edition--• Part 18. Cadell, Edinburgh, 1842. This Part contains a spirited likeness of the celebrated Graham of Claverhouse, Lord Dun dee, together with several other clever and appropriate embellishments.' This edition is by tar the handsomest and completest that has yet appeared of these novels. DISEASES OF THE SKIN. A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of the Diseases of the Shin, 6 , •c. By Erasmus Wilson, Consulting Snigeon of the St. Pancras In firinary4c. London, Churchill, 1842. We know no more striking illustration of the great advantages of division of labour, than the numerous discoveries which are made almost every day in electricity, in chemistry, in mecha nics, in anatomy, and in medicine, by indi viduals confining their attention exclusively' to some one branch, or even minute twig, of one particular science. It is necessary for them to be acquainted with principles, and to keep up a knowledge of general progress, but that being accomplished they select some minute brand► of the whole, watch it, inspect it, investigate it with microscopic attention. To this circumstance we are indebted to all the discoveries concerning photogenic drawing, and the creation of the whole art of electrotype printing. Not many years have elapsed since every chemist felt him self bound to embrace in his investigation the whole phenomena of light, heat, electricity, all possible affinities of bodies, and ail possible com pounds; and no work was complete which did not include the whole. Not very long since every phy sician or surgeon was a general practitioner, and the former was expected to prescribe for every pos sible ailment, and the latter to perform every ope ration from drawing a tooth to taking the thigh off at the socket. It was even considered to he a kind of quackery for medical men to confine their practice to:particular branches of the pro ' fession ; but, as individual diseases became nume rous, and afforded an honourable professional living by attending to one or two only, and as medical men multiplied, jostling against one an other, many of them who practice amidst a large and dense population, devoted them selves to the study of some one disease, or class of diseases. If they have perhaps caused some terror by discovering many befbre unknown, they have conferred a more than commensurate benefit on the public, by finding out remedies for them, and fbr diseases previously known. Of this minute subdivision of medical labour, the work before us is a pro duct; and, like other products of the same prin ciple, teems with valuable information. It is beyond our province, indeed, to enter into its professional merits, but we can see at every page marks of a careful and close inquirer, who has verified the discoveries of others, and added several of his own. We can say, too, that the work is neatly and well written, and worthy of the reputation which Mr. Wilson has acquired as a searching and skilful anatomist. Certainly we are startled by an octavo of 400 closely printed pages CM the diseases merely of the covering of the body, which, being designed to be its pro tection, we might anticipate should itself be liable to few diseases. It would, at first, seem as if zeal and partiality had much overdone the subject, but when we recollect that to this class of • diseases belong both the cow pox and the small pox, and which .have given occasion to many ponderous volumes,—when we know, too, that one of the largest hospitals in Paris—St. Louis—is devoted exclu sively to persons afflicted with diseases of the skin, that they are extremely numerous, and their appearance often times very disgusting, or even hideous—that these diseases in the main chiefly affect the lower and working classes, and constitute some of the most loathsome and trou blesome maladies to which the human hody is subject,—we are sensible that they are worthy of all the care and the skill which Mr. Wilson, and even gentlemen of much higher reputation, have devoted to the subject. They deserve, indeed, great commendation for their efforts to elucidate the sources, and find out remedies, for these very troublesome disorders. Much of their success has been owing to minute microscopic and anato mical investigations of all tissues which com pose the covering of the body, a branch of science which, though not new, has been carried to a great extent in our time. Mr. Wilson has been successful in prosecuting such investigations, and the result, combined with the labours of others, is a very com plete work on the diseases of the skin. If care and diligence can make it worthy of the profes sion of which the author is a member, this book must attain high honour. Mr. O'Connell has addressed a letter to the Poor law Guardians of the county of Cork, of which the following are extracts : Every body must admit that some dangers will ensue in the working out of the present system. Blood, alas! has been already shed; and, taking for granted that the slayers on the recent occasion were as guiltless as the circumstances would admit; yet that very fact may, perhaps, give to every thinking mind a stronger impression of impending perils. At all events, it is a great deal mor e sa f e to apprehend too much a future and contingent danger,than to have that danger come on us unexpectedly, and without preparation to meet the evil day. The first proposition which I wish you to consider, is this :—That there is not a single Irish person, either in or out of the workhouse—either rate-payer or pauper, who does not find fault with the present system. The Irish people are for once unanimous. The second proposition to which I solicit, my Lords and Gentlemen, your attention, is this :—That the present Poor-laws were introduced into Ireland most inconsiderately, most incautiously —nay, in open defi ance of an emphatic caution the other way—there is even something inexpressibly ludicrous in the history of the transaction. There mixes the melancholy with the absurd , in this matter, to an e x t en t w hi c h could occur only in Ireland. The history of the transaction is short. The Whig Government bethought themselves of giving Poor laws to this country, and, very properly, commenced with appointing " Commissioners of Poor-law In quiry." These persons were empowered to examine upon oath into the state of poverty did destitalWEl Ireland—that was the first step. These Commis sioners were occupied betwe©n two and three years in the inquiry. They were persons of the highest re spectability. They at length published voluminous reports of evidence and inferences. Their conclusion was a strong recommendation that a great increase should be made in medical and other charitis ; but they distinctly pointed out the total unfitness of the condition of Ireland for any general system of Poor laws. CURTIS'S TREATISE on the DISEIASES of the EAR, with Cases and Plates, 6th Edition, price 7s. 6d. Curtis's Essay on the Deaf and Dumb, 2d edition, price 10s. 6d. Curtis's Map of Anatomy of the Ear, ss. Curtis's Chart of the Diseases of the Ear, 25.6 d., small 3s. Curtis's Lecture on the Physiology of the Ear, ss. Curtis's Report o f the Royal Ear Dispensary, Is. Curtis's Map of the Blood Vessels of the Head, 59. Curtis's Plate of the Great Sympathetic Nerve, ls. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. IN THE PRESS. The PRESENT STATE of AURAL SURGERY, with REMARKS on CATHETERIS3I, &c., 3d edition, price I s. This report much displeased the Whig authorities. Lord John Russell, of sourse, deemed himself wiser than any combination of Irish Commissioners. He determined to have a new inquiry. He, accordingly, selected an adviser of his own—a man whose name is but too familiar in Ireland—Mr. Nichol'. He made him sole arbiter of the fate of Ireland. Judge of the fitness of this appointment. This Mr. Nicholl had been brought up in the naval ser vice of the East India Company. lie, for many years, commanded, with,' I believe, integrity and skill, a large ship engaged in traffic between England and tha East Indies. Mark this! A sea Skipper to regulate Poor-laws for Ireland ! ! If we were not divided among ourselves—but no matter. Thus qualified, Mr. Nicholl was dispatched to Ire land. He spent, in inveStigating the state of the country, an enormous length of time—" to wit," as we, lawyers say—about nine weeks!—rather less. The dates are these—Nicholl received in London his sail ing orders for Ireland from Lord John Russell on the 22d of August, 1836. He visited Ireland, re turned to England, and drew up, prepared, and gave in his full report before the 15th of November in the same year. Was the like of it ever heard ? Alas! it could happen only in Ireland—save only in Ireland. He was whirled in a post-chaise, at the public expense, from Dublin to Cork, from Cork to Sligo, from Sligo to Belfast, and thence, I believe, by a short sea, to Glasgow ; but, to be sure, " his eye in a fine frenzy rolling" passed over all. Ireland. He calculated the number of poor houses, the number of paupers, the amount of ex pense, the quantity of rates ; in short he calculated everything, and was accurate in nothing. But his report was adopted—acted on—and our Poor-laws are the legitimate, the natural consequence. How I pity and despise the man who does not feel the force of this statement. Armed with this most potent and convincing in formation, 'Lord John broug!t in, and carried his Poor-law ?or Ireland. He had 'against Poor-laws a most deliberate and painfully minute Report by his own Commissioners—men of the highest respecta bility. He flung that Report to the winds, and adop ted the result of that self-intuition with which any Englishman, whether he be seaman or landsman, un derstands everything Irish better than the Irish them selves. Of course, my Lords and Gentlemen, you submit to this superiority. Before I quit this topic, let it not be supposed that I court favour from any of you by my bitter blame of the Whigs. lam bound by truth to say that Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington, and the entire of the Tory party, supported and sustained the Whig Government in the full extent of their Poor law measure for Ireland. The third proposition to which I claim your atten tion, my Lords and Gentlemen, is this :—T hat a Poor law cannot possibly increase the property of any coun try. It has no positive or augmenting qyality, such as have manufactures, or agriculture, or commerce. It is merely a new distribution of property already in the country. For example—the Poor-law does not bring an additional shilling into Ireland; it only changes the person who is to have the shillings or their value ; that is, it shifts the money from the rate payer to the pauper, and I think it changes it disad vantageously. Before the Poor-law, the rate-payer was in the enjoyment of all his property, which he had, either by hereditary descent from the earnings of his ancestor, or by means of his own earnings; in short, it was his own by the most just title—that is, l 7 sonic industrious acquisition, or wise economy. 'lhePoor-law does this—it takes away property, thus honestly earned, from . the rate-payer who earned it, and gives it, to the extent of the rate, to the pauper who did not earn it at all. Thus it is quite clear that, in point of fact a Poor law, instead of promoting industry, does, in its na ture, retard the progress of individual wealth. I say this, of course, quite independently of charity to the poor, to which I shall call your attention presently. The fourth proposition to which I beg to call your attention is this :—That there is scarcely any country in the world with such a Poor-law as that in Ireland. i i t s hhol purelyd. discretionary Secondly, re. The experiment made on us is new. To this I be g your particular attention. There are, three featur es that distinguish, unfavourably, the Irish P oor -l aw from almost all others. First, no pauper h as , i n Ire land, nrelief;iv e o ßeliefr w lief is strictly confined to the pr ec i ncts of the poor- t d h , e aright guardia to n s to g poor house; no relief can be given outside of its walls. The Irish Poor-law accompanies relief with • • Imprisonment. It proclaims, " starve or go to gaol ;" and, thirdly, the assessment on property is • pulsory. _ _ TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, for JANUARY, Price One Shilling, will contain : Public Affairs—Peratilt ; or, Slaves and their Masters—The Minor French Poets— Howitt's Rural and Domestic Life of Germany—Apostolic Christianity ; or, The People's Antidote against Romanism and Puseyism—Wilson's Voyage round Scot land and the Isles—Midsummer Eve; a Tale—Specimens of Modern Romance; No. V. ; the Legal Technical—The Ruined Writer; a Tale of Personal Diligence—Poetry—Lite rary Register. William Tait, Edinburgh ; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London. The - fifth proposition to which I beg attention is this : -- -That our Poor-l aw i s not calculated or intended to do any g oo d t o t h e mere pau per. It is calculated and intend e d t o g i ve re lief to the destitute alone. It re lieve poverty does not, th ere f or e, until it amounts to actual destitution; and, even then, it gives no assist ance, except in a place of confinement, and to the ex tent of merely sustaining existence. Besides, it separates the husband from the wife, and the mother from her children above the age of infancy. It utterly refuses to give relief to any part of a family, unless the entire submit to confinement. The son is tempted to desert his mother—the brother to desert his sister— the father to desert his family, who, in his absence, are receivable into the workhouse. It is not, perhaps, easy to conjecture the extent of criminality to which the unhappy husband may be thus exposed ; hut that law cannot be a good one which creates and presses such temptation on sons, brothers, husbands. The boast of those who knew a n d l ove d the Irish character, was the sanctity of their domestic affections. The Poor-law is calculated to extinguish this loving and loveable virtue. 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In the Memoir of " Marie Leckzinsky," w ife of Louis the Fifteenth, we have a passing sleet( h of the Regent Orleans, whose character is draw ix in too favourable colours, for surely to Say met:ely that he " was a man of licentious habits, but; not criminal," is to stat e on l y h a lf the truth c , f a Prince who was addicted to every species or; ro fligacy and vice, short of absolute murder; v 'ho corrupted society to its very heart's core ; ; Ind whose reckless extravagance brought his con') try to the verge of ru i n ! P ope ' s famous &um i‘cia tion of the general corruption that marked the habits, tastes, and feelings of the higher classes in England during the reign of Anne, apt dies with tenfold force to France during the Orle ans Regency. Of Madame de Pompadour, the r nis tress of Louis the Fifteenth, our authoress gil res, not so much a portrait, as the outline of o Nevertheless, the lineaments are correct, and • will be readily recognised by all who Pre acquaint SINGurAn PI ircomsNos.—On Friday morning, last week, between the hours of four and five, a most remarkable phenomenon was observed by all the car riers approaching Perth by the north and west roads. The phenomenon was that of the whole surrounding country in the districts of Dunkeld, Crietf, Blair gowrie, &c., being suddenly illuminated by a blaze of light, which rendered objects for several miles around more distinctly visible than on the clearest noon day. Sheep, cattle, trees, and bushes, were beheld with an accuracy, at six and seven miles' distance, equal to what would be produced by the finest telescope, so vivid and intensely brilliant was the light. This curious phenomenon lasted nearly a minute, and, as is described by those who wit nessed it, had a kind of unsteady motion, resembling, in the impression it created on their minds, the roll of the waves of the sea after the subsidence of a storm. The light was dazzlingly white, and, from u' 14t vro learn, appeared like the " white light" dis played by pyroteehnista, but, of course, on a much grander and more extensive scale, Robert APDonald, the Dunkeld carrier, alleges that he felt distinctly a n e at produced by it, similar to what would be ex perienced in passing the door of premises in which there was a powerful furnace-blast working. H e was in the neighbourhood of Birnam at the time, and distinctly saw the colour and plumage of several chaf finches perched upon a trey at the road-side. From his account, compared with the acoounts of the other carriers, he appears to have been in the very focus of the meteoric phenomenon, as, while they felt no heat, they concur in stating that the centre of its brilliancy seined t, 4 I* a little below Dunkeld. The morning was otherwise very 40'14 with a thick, raw, rhymy atmosphere.—Pera Courier. I NT ERESTING TO LADIES.—PerSOnS of delicate compleNion are susceptible of the influence of the atmos phere 4t this peculiar season and Ladies, whether fre quenting the crowded saloon, the close assembly, the rural ride or drive, the summer promenade, or the aquatic excursion, should invariably have recourse to that invaluable diSOQVery, ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, whi c h is found to be the most gentle yet effieacious preparation that science has discovered fur the preservation of female beauty and Bram Throughout season, time and climate, • '" faithful auxiliary arrays the neck and arms in I *--;iliancy and perpetuates the vivid bloom of t radiant •••1 juvenile attraction. . Robert Loosemore, of Tiverton, appeared before Mr. Sergeant Goulburn, the local Judge of Bank • ruptcy, at the Castle of Exeter, on Monday. The termination of the case was hardly more satisfactory than the opening was astounding. The bankrupt, after four attempts, succeeded in giving no satisfac tory explanation. His certificate was, therefore, with held, by the proceedings being adjourned sine die.— Western Times. There is nothing so revolting in our Poor-law, as the absolute, indeed despotic, authority of the Com missioners. The tendency of irresistible power always is to abuse; and I believe no proposition will be more universally assented to than this—that our Poor-law Commissioners have wantonly, foolishly, and perversely abused their authority. They have even stained themselves by acts which are naturally attributed, and, I very much fear, justly attributed, to motives of religious bigotry and political partiality. If ever there was a country which required, in making the experiment of a Po"or-law, great urbanity of manner and language, quiet firmness, the total ab sence of all irritation, entire patience and forbearance, even NN here the guardians were wrong, and, above all, the total absence of party spirit and religious bigotry—if ever there was an experiment requiring all those qualities and such conduct on the part of the Poor-law Commissioners, that experiment was the introduction of the Poor-law into Ireland. Yet, I believe it will be admitted on all hands, and by all parties, that our Poor-law Commissioners have totally failed in all these qualities. They have thus erected a house for the accommo dation of 2,000 persons, without a sewer ! Is it possible to give a stronger proof of wasteful bunder ing ? Ought such men to continue Commissioners THE COMIC ALBUM. Orr, London, 1842. The "Comic Album,'' like its prototype, the " Comic Almanac," is exce ll en tly well adapted for Christmas fire-side r ea di ng , for, in the first place, it is lavishly embelli s h e d with a variety of the most humnurous engravings; and, secondly, it contains numerous lively articles, in verse as well as prose, not a few of which—such as the hits at the Income-tax and the Chinese war— will he sure to create infinite diversion, if only by reason of their apt and seasonable character. Among the Plates, we may single out for special praise one which is intended to illustrate the folly, not to say, the danger, of a man supping off toasted cheese. An unhappy wight who has thus indulged himself, is roused at midnight by an abrupt visit from two enormous black rats, one of whom is perched upon his nightcap, while the other is peeping inquisitively into his open mouth, both being attracted by the savoury per fume of the sleeper's breath. The animals look wondrously curious and determined, and the one who is squatted on the gentleman's nightcap, seems strongly disposed to lean forward, and snatch a hasty mouthful from his nose. " A Great Card" represents a Professor of Dental Surgery modes.. lo drawing his patient's teeth, in a es. In one engraving, he has got fast hold of a inan's tooth with a bit variety busied comicalii of tough whipcord, and with his leg planted [ firmly against the sufferer's breast, is tugging away with all the force he can muster. In an other plate, he is punching a fat little gentleman's tooth down his throat with a boot-jack, evidently more to his own than his victim's satisfaction. This series of illustration abounds in extravagant humour. "Dressing a Duck" is another whim• sical conceit, and shows us an angry father giving his infant child a smart slap or two, infinitely to the annoyance and dismay of the fond mother, who has no notion of having her " duck dressed" after that fashion. We have instanced a few of the best among the Plates, but there are many others which exhibit much of the grotesque • amour of Thomas Hood's designs. Of the and verse, we may say—as is generally the Pros' though the quiz on the Income-tax case—t. *sat the prose, on the whole, is the most g' -is amiss, and the 6, Life and Adven no mea. Cru-o " on e contain one or two tares of Robiu not unworthy of Ingoldsby. We ludicrous imaged e is n b te y rtaim..7 amusing noem, entitled " A Modern quote an ll. Morning Conversation' D AUGHTER. My dear mamma ! ' tis most unkin d ! Why teaze me thus to wed the earl ? Who is so very lame and blind— Besides, too old for a n y g irl ! MAM MA. Remember, love , fe w g irls can choose pron . ,r 1 Rank, title, wealth, and power, Become a countess , ne'er refuse Your hand to him , bu t take his offer. DAUGHTER. I're I'd relinquis h Ca p tain Gra y , Olt ! ra prefer a mai den's g rave ! I'd rather plunge beneath yOn wav e . MAMMA. That - ere to " throw y oursel f aw ay!" Come, be a good obedient girl, And say that :ron'll accept the earl. DAUGHTER. Can I subdue my fond regrets, And leave dear coftin,l l l lP : rry lonely ? Whose income, like hi many debt s , Is limited to half-pay only. To hear you talk in such a way Excites my pity and derision. DAUGHTER. I'd rather starve with llarry Gray, Than I'd enjoy the earl's—provision ! You'll oven the captain is not lame, - We wa n ,! , no carriages, 'tis clear ; I'df.%)//ow hict through scorn and shame.- MA MMA. A constant mt..rch t hrou g hout the year t DArcitiamt. Harry's not blind, nl/4.11. (leaf; nor yet Will I prove false, wba t4ier befall! MAMMA. - He very blindly ran in debt; He's very deaf when tradesf6; l lc call! Consider, love! my own dear girl For him would you reject an ear 1? DA UG lITER. Why, he's so monstrous deaf aui 1 old, I scarce made out a word he n ',uttered ! PUBLICATIONS. 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I have never yet been able to obtain from anybody a satisfactory explanation of what is meant by the "principle of a Poor-law," unless it be that which will always be found to be practically mischievous— namely, the support by the State of the indigent, no matter how that indigence has been produced, whether by dissipation, drunkenness, and extravagance —or by mere misfortune. That is, in other words, an indis criminate support of all the indigent, accompanied (as it must be) with all the vexatious and most expensive machinery for the, administration of such relief. I believe that I understand the principle of Chris tian charity, for it is, alas! easier to understand than to practice it. Christian charity requires of each and every one of us, to the full extent of his means, " to free the prisoner," to "feed the hungry," to " clothe the naked," to "soothe, comfort, and solace the sick," the " unhappy," the " in short, to succour distress, and assuage misery, in all their complicated forms. We are commanded to do this to the extent of our means, under the penalty of eternal woe. lam one of those who believe that to the faith ful who perform these acts of mercy, there is pro mised, and therefore merited, an eternal recompense. These truths give to the poor a right, in morals and in conscience, to succour and relief But this is not the principle of the Poor-law. The principle of our Poor-law, instead of " making free the prisoner," gives relief only on the terms of the pauper submitting to imprisomnent. It extorts from those, who themselves really require relief, a portion of their own scanty means of subsistence; and it ex torts from those of a wealthier class the means that should be used to employ labourers and to pay wages. And these means, which should be expended in wages, are, by the " prinCiple of our Poor-law" employed to feed the idle inmates of a place of confinement. I want you, my Lords and Gentlemen, to attend not only to my observations but to my prophecy. I do prophecy that the people of Ireland will not con tinue long to pay the poor-rates. Whilst the opposi tion is confined to particular localities it will be put down—the payment will be enforced, and blood will be shed, again and again. But if the resistance ex tends from parish to parish, from barony to barony, from county to county, how will it be possible to over come that resistance ? Is there any man so insane as to imagine that a national resistance of that kind could be put down ? • It might he forced into actual iiitrj dri yen i rebellion us all in one common ruin ; but I 'con fess I think the man insensible to the state of the country, and to the disposition of the Irish people, who imagines that such an universal resistance could be suppressed. It L flippantly presumed that because the laws of landlord - - and tenant are nearly the same in Eng land as in Ireland, therefore the relations of landlord and 'tenant must be the; same. Yet, there are no two things more essentially different. In England the tenant deals with his landlord as for an article of commerce. He pays his rent and lays out his capital with the expectation of deriving profit and adVan tage, and accumulating property for the benefit of himself and his family. 'ln Ireland, on the contrary, the tenant anxiously seeks, in his dealings with his landlord, for the bare means of subsistence. He cannot live unless he gets land. A livelihood, and not profits, constitutes the Irish tenant's great object. He is in the power of the landlord, who, in fact, has authority of life or death over him. I must not mince the matter. The great mass of the' Irish landlords, consisting of all the Tory proprie ' tors, have ever bsen the natural enemies of the Irish peasantry. Religious animosity mixes itself up with national antipathies. And what is most strange is, that amongst those Tory landlords are to be found not a few Catholic proprietors !! ! who although they have not the religious sti mu l an t t o dislike the people, yet make full compensation for its absence by the: excess of their Tory vir u l ence . Lik e all other de serters, they not only augment the hostile ranks, but they rival their unnatural allies in the excess of their animosity to the people. Those who recollect—(and who can forget it?) — the acrimonious virulence of the Irish landlords towards the late lamented Mr. Drummond, for his having simply said that "property had its duties as Well as its rights," ought to perceive how intense must have been the contemptuous hate entertained by that land lord class towards their tenants, when they exhibited! such indignation at the mere assertion of their having any duties at all to perform towards their tenantry— or anything else save rights over them ! This viru lence does indeed bespeak a foregone conclusion. I repeat, my Lords and Gentlemen, that my object is, to arouse you to a salutary alarm. Ido not know anything that has created more apprehension in ray mind than the facts that appeared at the recent meet ing of the inhabitants of -the Catholic united parishes of Dunkerrin, parishes which are partly hi the county Tipperary and partly in the King's County. The meeting was presided over by a most reTected and respectable clergyman—the Rev. Mr. Nola n , th e Catholic Rector of th e Union. No man, whether, clergyman or layman, ever displayed a more ardelalt zeal for preserving the public peace and preventing tumults and crimes. That spirit which animate. the rest of the Catholic Clergy of Ireland— (and it is well for you, my. Lords and Gentlemen, that it does ani mate them !)—has found opportunities for displaying itself in the person of this Reverent] Gentleman, which could not have happened to many others. lle: has availed himself of those opportunities, and obtained the respect and esteem of every class and persuasion.. There are two facts which appeared in the speech he, on that occasion made, in recommending the re turn of peace and order. One of these facts was, that his parish had to pay no 'less than 7201. Poor-rate, though there were butfincr paupers from that district in the workhouse! ! !—That i s at th e ra t e o f one hundred and eighty pounds for each pauper!!! The other fact is, in my udgment, of tremendous im-. portance. It is this--:that notices had been posted ill the extensive district, including his parish, forbidding the payment of rent! and it was upon this subject especially that the Rev. Gentleman exerted his in fluence and his powerful eloquence to put a stop to such practices. My Lords and Gentlemen, I do demand your at tention to this awful fact. A new scheme of White boyism thus obtrudes itself upon us. It has been. crushed, I hope and believe in the locality where it first showed itself. It has, however, had a beginning. When ? Where ? and How shall it have an end? Alas, the adverse forces appear to be as it were in the presence of each other—the occupiers of the land, and the landlords. You do not like to hear talk of your duties, but I tell you, loudly and firmly, that it is. your duty to make peace with the people, by taking part with them agginst every oppression. And I now tell you solemnly that it is not only your first duty so to do, but also your own highest interest. (The remainder of the letter, which consists chiefly ofgood advice to the landlords, we shall give hereafter.) LICENTIOUS DEPRAVITY IN THE SORYLI SEA.. IsLANDs.—The triumph of the gospel in Polynesia. has been more conspicuous in regard to that leading virtue which is the pledge and safeguard of domestic comfort: l /the foundation of all regular society, and the source of all the endearing relationships of life. No one can read the descriptions of the early votager* without a mixture of compassion and disgust at the licentious scenes introduced into their narratives ; and: though the writers in general may not have been dis posed to darken beyond necessity the shades of the picture, some of them w ere cons t ra i ne d to d ec l are t h at the "excesses were incredible." To the first mis sionaries, accordingly, m.) bar appeared so insuperable as the loose notions which everywhere prevailed in regard to the requisitions of the seventh command ment. The effect 'was the same on the minds of the early converts themselves, and clouded their antici pations as to the success of the new religion. " You may," saki one of the more intelligent among them, " induce the people to discontinue murdering their infants, offering human sacrifices, and practising demon worship. You ma y induce iem to burn their idols, embrace your faith, attend your prayers, learn your books, and possibly even refrain from drunken ness.and theft; but the preservation of fen - .ale virtue, union in marriage according to Christian precepts, and conjugal fidelity, will never be obtained." On this impoAant point, however, where reformation was the most hopeless, success has been the most corn- Iplete. No sooner was the authority of the Redeemer • recognised, even through the somewl.at obscure me dium in which his character and offices were con veyed, than the more offensive of the abominations disappeared; the virtue of chastity was inculcated and maintained Christian marriage was instituted, and the inviolable obligations of the bond piously acknow ledged. This change, it is added, has been, under the Divine blessing, effected entirely by the exertions of Christian missionaries, not only without any external assistance, but in the face of the determined opposi tion of many from whom they might have expected both countenance and aid.—Edinburgh cabinet Library, No. XXXIII. Polynesia. We have seldom had to record an instance of heavier bereavement than the following, with which Mr, George Smith, gardener, at Hirsel, has been visited :—On the 6th of November, his eldest dejigh ter Margaret, aged six years, was cut off by typhus fever , r; oii Margaret Brown, his wee, aged the 29th, thirty-four; and on the Ist of December, James, his only son, aged two and a half; and on the 14th, Elizabeth, his second dauwhter, aged four, all by the same disease.—Kelso paper. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Monday, at Gloucester House. The Duchess of Cambridge after wards returned to her residence, at Kew. The Duke of Cambridg e p a id a visit to her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Glouces ter House. - single day day longer ? If make were done, th le employed for the rest of their lives in . This day was published, bound in red, 45., OLIVER AND BOYD'S TEW EDINI3URGH ALMANAC AND NATIONAL REPOSITORY FOR 1843. This work,:besides a more copious General Register for Eng land, Ireland, and the British Empire in general, than will be found in most English Almanacs, contains a Scottish Peerage and Baronetage—a complete Ecclesiastical Register, with the Population of every Parish in Scotland according to the Census of 1841—Lists of the Judges, Law Officers and Practitioners, County and Burgh?Megistrates—Accounts of the Educational, Charitable, Literary, and Scientific Institutions. 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