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THE SECOND GENERAL MEE T I NG of the MEMBERS of the ORIENTAL CLUB will be held at the CLUB HOUSE, 16, LOWER GROS VENOR-STREET, on MONDAY, the 21st inst. The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. 16, Lower Grosvenor -street. J. CORNISH, Sec. IWESSRS. BROOKS very respect f u ll y have "-s- the honour to notify to the Nobility and Gentry, that Ott TUESDAY, May 22, they have instructions to SELL BY AUCTION, AT THEIR ROOMS, 28, OLD BOND-STREET, A TRULY MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF SIXTY PICTURES OF THE HIGHEST CLASS, Comprising an Entombment, a very rare gallery specimen of K. Du Jardin—Holy Family, Vandyck—Christ taking down from the Cross, Vandyck—Europa, G. Thys— Shepherd Boy, Rembrandt—St. Rosa, from the Abbey of St. Gertrude, at Louvain—Judas Betraying Christ, A. Car racei—Magdalen at the Foot of the Cross, Velasquez—Ex terior and a Flemish Kitchen, by Teniers—Grand Land scapes, by Ruysdael and Hobbima—and very exquisitely finished Cabinet Pictures, by Cuyp, De Wit, Tcnicrs, B racklencamp, Zeciel, Bremberg, Rembrandt, Le Duc, Breughel, Storck, Metza, Berchem, Poelemberg, and J. Steen, the whole just imported from Holland, and forming the greater portion of a celebrated and superb collection. Likewise by direction of a Gentleman, by whom they have been purchased in Germany, Italy, and England, with the best judgment, and at a truly liberal expense : David with the Head of Goliah, Guido—triumph of Bacchus, P. Laura —Church Piece, De Wit—St. Catherine, bominichino—Battle Pieces, by S. Rosa—Holy Family, Sehed°lll --Engrav e d Views of Venice, Canaletti—Land -B"Pes, by Claude, Rubens, Ruysdael, Both, Morland— Holy milt', L. da Vinci—Crucifixion, Vandyck. Also, by Holy Family, by Raphael—and the Virgin and Infant, C°rreggio, inestimable specimens, with ‘varrantries the genuine property of a French Nobleman, to whom they were presented by the Princess Eliza Bonaparte, GRAND DUCHESS OF TUSCANY; Likewise the celebrated Chef-dlEuvre of MURILLO, The San Antonio de Padua, the grand Altar Piece from the alluchio Convent, at Cadiz, which was last Year exhi ited at th e E gyptian Hall, Piccadilly. i !lay be viewed until the Sale, by Catalogues at Is. each, to be had of Messrs. Brooks, Estate Agents, and Land ourveyors, 28, Old Bond-street. IPORTABLE WATER CLOSETS. 11-1 1. decided Superiority of HAWKINS' h, PATENT over any other being now fuy esta -sued) the Public are respectfu;:y cautioned again ll st spu iMitations, and are requested to observe that none are irLthe original self-acting principle, which have not " S. 'QwkINS, PATENT, 167, Fleet-street" —printed in the %sin, ( „A large assortment in the shape of Pedestals, Chairs, rmode Bedsteps, &c. To be seen at the Manufactory,'67, FLEET-STREET, Price 50s. and upwards. CREASE'S WASHABLE PAPER it„__ HANGINGS, No. 7, Great Newport-street, Long -Thefac'el superiority of these papers consists in the cur liable g impervious to moisture, which renders them not t o i n j ury •from accidental stains, which so frequently LdP_cur rooms that are much used. When the Washable Per b ecomes dirty, th e or i g i nal freshness of i ts colour betand r estored, by mere l y wash i ng the surface with soap vverfac..—The manufacturers can give the most - satis toturY pro o f t h at their Papers possess all the advantages 121 which they are recommended. The prices are as fol ' -- -Bed- room Papers from 4d. to 7d. per yard ; Par ditto, 7d. to 10c1. ; Satin ditto, 1 Id. to 14d. ; and r case Papers, 6d, p er yar d an d u p war ds. Cesv T SOLA TION TO THE TREMULOUS WRITER. HE Public may look to this most singular le a bi e a nd unique inv en ti on w ith confidence, as an inesti ,uitiess o urce of com f ort to t h ose w h o exper i ence any diffi mn un in the command of th e p en , occasioned . by tremor exee;ry°,lB affections, heat of climate, agitation of spirits, thiutb°r °v er exertion, wea k ness f rom age , i n j ur y o f th e of °r fingers by s p ra i n or ot h erw i se, even to t h e l oss A tt '; l cart, This happy relief exists in a little INSTRU ricb3eeecirva;iothe appearance of which, when in use, escapes n, is capable of giving firmness, confidence, and 004 ° ,, E° _ , and cannot fail to assist the declining powers of a an te Pcclunan, and would materially improve the perform ree„, °` a bad one. It is honoured by the patronage and rninendation of Sir Astley Cooper and other highly P e r V a T ab le Professional Gentlemen. A few minutes' Ober all will prove its efficacy, and it has this advantage pr,,.411 Medieine its power increases by use, and one will last i for life. Made in elastic gold, price s• each. Sold f ur the Patent ee , by T. TUCKER , N o. 269, 'l", v of the Strand, opposite the Crown and Anchor r if i l ------- E LONDON AND WESTMINS STRA,TER WINE and SPIRIT COMPANY, No. 16, Ot t B,l4'fe'D, opposite St. Martin's Church, have constantly P ert, v Per Dozen. Dit to, ~,i n. t a g. e 1820 ,I age Ditt o, 4 ei , fi " to eight years in mottle... 32 6 7 e s .. t t o o 3 4 2 0 s s .. 48s. to 56e. 1 ) ,,, Y, Pale and Brown t''°, din ntill,d T „P e '. from ...... ° .. : 1.,,e11'a, West India — 36 s. 42e. 1',140, East India 485. to 60s. t e i , "-i ffe, Lisbo rd nia and Mountain 3os. to 365. fl'tills xi ' '° ' ..... ar et " ..................... ............. ~,t t , Julien 42s. to 48s. i l), ' 0, Lafitt e Irkii and Margaux... Di tto, ng_chain; '72s. to 84s. Apagne ~,A .... 635. to 725. N. per—.., t..4eaming, of the first quality 9os. to 965. C'habliaY, dry and sparkling Ilierni.' ..................... 1/„,,„ It ao ) Red` and White ................ zoautern & rn, Jamaica Rum,Cognac proem : F . Le r tt ß n oo - o t B t 6 o t °4 l e b ss :i I)" imperial measure, at reduced prices. tltout, Cider, P erry,Burton, and Edinburgh Ales. C etc _ . All goods must st be paid for on or before delivery. t sad ,l'ers (post paid) to be addressed ‘-'O., No. 16, Strand. o William Godfree tilLi°tJB, NERVOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. bit' SYDENHAM'S ANTIBILIOUS Family Pills ;—These Pills (entirely Vegetable) ar, ,4urivalled in BILIOUS and LIVER COMPLAINTS, iNDICESTION, F LATULENCIES, HABITUAL COSTIVPNT ACHES--ESS, SPASMS, NERVOUS HEAD -84. -it.- "ld, yet effectual in their operation, without inercury or mineral, an diet cr confinement during theird requi r i ng no res t ra i nt i n estin use, possessing the power offensiv e ly t o them, at th to clear the int es of the bil e which may be acting e same time correcting and im proving the secretion, without increasing the quantity titcreted, Females find the occasional use. of them materially b eneficial to their general health, as th e i r purely Vegetable co mposition is not likely to disagree with the most deli cately constituted stomach. Nothing can show their supe . riority muse than the approval of Families of dstinction, " Well as the Public and Medical Men in. present prac ti". (See the opinion of an eminent Physican Practising LViextensively at Clifton and Bristol, on the wrapper sur ndving each uox of Pills.) And tha increasing sale of ,-1,:-"'NR.AllI'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS, prove them ..,,e 1,,,,,. . p `" ' Valuable, Safe, and Effectual Medicine extant.— eisons of either sex going to or residing in hot climates, those leading sedentary lives, and Connnerciai Centleien, `)based‘vil.ll them a certain assistant to repel the attacks of arising from neglect, intemperance, the want of el'(oreise, or the effects of climate. One Pill taken at the I°lll ' of dinner, is admirably calculated to assist digestion, cv()rrect excesses of the table, and give a healthy action to l'e Ktomach. on sold by the Proprietor, J. REES, (whose signature i" t heir ,tige Government Stamp, affixed to each Box, will prove ,e'r genuineness) IVine-street, Bristol ; in Boxes at "., Is. 6d., 2s. 9d., and Is. lid. On the large boxes Purchasers will find A considerable savin, C. Butler, 4., Cheapside ; Savery, Moo s ; and Co., Bond street and Regent -street ; Richards, Chemist, St. Jam's_street; Johnson, Greek -street, Soho, and Cornhill ; Sanger, Oxfo rd -street ; Barclays, Flect-market ; Newberry and Edwards, St. Paul's Church -yard; Sutton and Co., Bow Church-yard ; Evans, Long-lane, Smithfield ;and may be had of the moat respectable Medicine Yendere ila the tzlitti Kingdom. BRITISH FIRE OFFICE, MAT, 1827, TVOTICE is hereby given that a G ENE RAL 1 COURT of PROPRIETORS of this Concern will be holden at their OFFICE in the STRAND, on WED NESDAY, the 30th day of May, inst., at 12 o'clock at noon, when a Dividend will be declared. JOHN HELPS, Sec. N.B. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. CAPITAL COLLECTION OF PICTURES, GOLDEN-SQUARE, The Genuine Property of a Gentleman going Abroad. mR. Vv IL LI AMS respectfully announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that he has received instructions to SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, in Golden-square,"on WEDNESDAY, May 30, at Twelve &Clock, a small but highly valuable COLLEC TION of PAINTINGS, undoubted specimens of the fol lowing eminent Masters, viz. : A. Carracci I J. Ruysdael Guido I Schidone Titian Salvator Rosa P. Wouvermuls Polcmberg Gerard Hontorst Jacques Bassano Giu - so Carpioni Mauro Te;i, &c. To be viewed privately, by tickets only, on Friday and Saturday previous to the Sale, and publicly on Monday and Tuesday ; and Catalogues had on the Premises, at the Auction Mart, and of Mr. Williams, Throgmorton-street. SPLENDID CABINET PICTURES. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. WILLIAMS, At the Auction Mart, on THURSDAY, May 31, at Twelve o'Clock, A VERY Choice and Interesting COLLEC -11- TION of PAINTINGS, chiefly of the Cabinet size, in the highest state of preservation, the property of a Gentleman ; among which will be found, several rare specimens of the Flemish, Dutch, and English Schools by the following esteemed Masters, viz. : t';o- Wouvermans Vanderwerf F. Hals Both Teniers Mieris Berghem Ostade Schalken Ruysdale Van Gool Wynauts Linglebach Gerard Douw Swaneveldt, Jordaens &C. &C. Also a few original Drawings, fine Proof Engravings, &c To be viewed on Wednesday previous to the Sale, and Catalogues had at the Mart; and of Mr. Williams, Throgmorton-street. OXFORDSHIRE. Valuable Freehold Estate, Land Tax Redeemed; Free Warren, Manor abounding with Game, Fines, Quit Rents, &c. Capital Family Mansion, with Offices, Lawn, Pleasure Grounds, Sheets of Water, Farms, Cottages, Woods, &c. upwards of Seven Hundred Acres, and Two Public Houses. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By ➢lr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street), . _ At Garraway's Coffee House, 'Change-alley, Cornhill, on FRIDAY, the 25th May, 1927 at Twelve o'clock, in Lots, unless an acceptable.offer should be made for the whole Estate, prior to the Sale, THE valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, LAND TAX REDEEMED, ASTON ROWANT ; situate at the foot of Stokenchurch Hill, in the county of Oxford. Lot 1. Comprises -the Manor of ASTON ROWANT, abounding with Game, with the Fines, Quit Rents, &c. Free Warren, the capital Mansion, Aston House, substan tially built, erected on a handsome elevation, conveniently planned, and adapted for the accommodation and residence of a Family of Distinction, with a suitable range of do mestic Offices, attached and detached; spacious Coach yard, with a double and two single Coach-houses ; Stables for Eight Horses, Saddle Room, and other Outbuildings ; an excellent Kitchen Garden, partly enclosed with a lofty Brick wail, clothed with the choicest Fruit Trees, well stocked, cropped, and planted; watered by a Stream; an excellent Orchard, well planted with Fruit Trees. The Pleasure Grounds are tastefully laid out in extensive gravelled Walks, Plantations, and Shrubberies, with a beautiful stream of water flowing through, stored with Fish; an Island and Roman Bath; Green House, with Lawn, Grotto Work, and Cascade ; rustic Cottage in an Orchard, and Flower Garden, with sundry enclosUres of excellent Meadow, Pasture, Arable, and 'Wood Land around the Mansion, and containing upwards of Four Hundred Acres, with sundry Cottages, in the occupation of respect able Tenantry. Lot 2. ASTON GREEN FARM-HOUSE, a com fortable Dwelling House, with good Garden, Orchard, and Outbuildings, and upwards of Sixty-six Acres, in the open Field, of excellent Arable Land, in the occupation of Mr. Loader. Lot 3. The DRUM and PLOUGH FARM, at the foot of Stokenchurch Hill, with a neat Farm House, recently repaired, and sundry enclosures of Meadow, Pasture, and Arabia Land, containing One Hundred and Fifty-two Acres, in the occupation of Mr. Dorrell, on Lease. Lot 4. The UPHILL PARM, at Stokenchurch Hill, with a Cottage, Farm House, Garden, Barn, Cattle Sheds, and Outbuildings, and sundry enclosures:of Arable Land, containing Seventy-nine Acres, in the occupation of Mr. Hester, on Lease. Lot 5. The DRUINI and PLOUGH PUBLIC HOUSE, most advantageously situate on the road side, newly erected, and a capital and commanding site for the public trade. Lot 6. The CHECQUERS PUBLIC HOUSE, at Aston Green. The Mansion to be viewed by Tickets; the Lands on application to Mr. Jones, Bailiff, and the respective Tenants, of whom particulars may be had ; at the Drum and Plough ; Swan, Tetworth ; Mr. Adams, and at the Star, and Angel, Oxford ; White Hart, H en l ey ; George, Aylesbury ; Sun, Maidenhead ; Castle, and 'Wind mill, Salt Hill ; Red Lion, Wycombe; of Mr. Church, Solicitor, Spital-square; at Garraway's ; and of Mr. Robins, No. 170, Regent-street, of whom Tickets for viewing may be had, and where a Plan of the Estate may be seen. ABBOTT'S LANGLEY, HERTS. Valuable Freehold and Copyhold Estates, desirable pleasant Residence, seated on a Lawn, with attached and detached Offices, Gardens, Pleasure Ground, and Land; also, a small compact FARM, with Farm House and Buildings, in the Vicinity of the Hunts. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street,) At Garraway's Coffee-house, Change Alley, Cornhill, on FRIDAY, the 25th May, 1827, at Twelve o'clock, in Two Lots, by Order of the Executors of John Dixon, Esq., deceased, LOT I. A VALUABLE FREEHOLD ES TATE, comprising CECIL LODGE, in the Parish of Abbott's Langley, in the County of Hefts, adapted for the accommodation of a Gentleman's Family; pleasantly situated in a fine healthy part of the country, commanding delightful views in various directions. The House is seated upon a Lawn, with Carriage Sweep in Front ; double Entrance Gates, containing a handsome Entrance Hall, Paved, with a Portico in Front'; an ex,fel lent Dining Parlour, with bowed end ; an elegant Drawing Room, Library, opening to a beautiful Conservatory, Stuuy, &c. all fitted up in a tasteful manner ; French win dows, opening to the Lawn ; a commodious Staircase to the First Floor, on which there are Six Bedchambers, with two Dressing-rooms, Water Closet, &c. four secon dary Bed-chambers, and two smaller ones on the upper floor, with a roomy Landing and Store Closets, &e. The offices are well arranged, and suitable to the Establish ment, with commodious out offices, stable, and coach houses ; pleasure grounds tastefully laid out with shrubs and flowers ; extensive gravelled walks, &c. kitchen garden and land, in all about Eleven Acres. Lot 2. A COPYHOLD ESTATE, nearly equal to FREEHOLD, comprising a SMALL COMPACT FARM, at a short distance from Lot One, with Farm House, and Out-buildings, and Eleven Acres of Grass and Arable Laud. The Lodge to be viewed by Tickets. The Farm, on application to Mr. Connor, at the Lodge, of whom Parti culars may be had ; at the Essex Arms, Watford ; Cranes, Edgware ; King's Arms, Berkhampstcad ; Woolpack, St. Alban's; Salisbury Arms, Hatfield ; Swan, Rickmans worth ; White Horse, Uxbridge ; of Messrs. Williams, Whitmore, and Co. New-square, Lincoln's-inn ;at Garra way's ; and of Mr. Robins, No. 170, Regent-street, of whom Ticket§ for viewing way IN had. PUBLICATIONS. In 2 vols. Bvo. with a fine portrait, engraved by Turner, from a Picture by Sir Thomas Lawrence, price 28s. MEMOIRS of the LIFE of Mrs. SID DONS.—By JAMES BOADEN, Esq. inter spersed with Anecdctes of Authors and Actors, and in tended as a Companion to the Author's Life of her Brother, Mr. Kemble. Printed for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street. In 3 vols. post Bvo, 28s. 6d. RICHMOND ; or, SCENES in the LIFE of a BOW-STREET OFFICER ; drawn up from his private Memoranda. " Some be'th of war and some of woe, And some of fun and fudge also ; Some of escapes, and guile and death ; Also of Love forsooth there be'th." Printed for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street. This day was published, in 3 vols. post Svo. 28s. 61 T RUCKLEBOROUGH HALL; A Satirical Novel. " This is an extremely piquant and ingenious satire—a book much to our tastes, as we infinitely prefer laughing at the extravaganeies of the world, to bewailing them."— London Magazine. Printed for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington -street. This day was published, in 3 vol 6=ll 8vo.; price Q4l. French, 18s. T HE NATCHEZ:-AN INDIAN TALE. By the VISCOUNT DE CHATEAUBRIAND, Author of " Atala," &c. " There are scenes and Portraits in this Romance which the pencil of genius has exquisitely touched,!and which will insure it fame and favour of no trivial description."—Lite rary Chronicle. Printed for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street. On the 31st inst. will be published, HISTORY of the COMMONWEALTH of ENGLAND. Volume the Third. Ba WILLIAM GODWIN. Printing for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street. Just published, THE GUARDS. A Novel, in Three Vo lumes, post Bvo. " Anna Virumque Cano."—VraciL. Printed for P. C. Smith, Naval and Military Magazine Office, 36, St. James's-street. This day was published, in two Bvo. vols., price 245. Containing Thirty Copper-plates, and other Embellish- Inents, by R. Dagley ; with numerous Illustrations in Verse and Prose, by the most popular Writers of the D a y, D EATH'S DOINGS !! ! Second Edition, greatly enlarged. So universal has b;eu the praise which the public arbi ters of Literary and Graphic merit have given to " Death's Doings," that its popularity is now fully established ; and it is rapidly finding its way into every well-selected Library in the Kingdom. J. Andrews, 167, New Bond-street. ADVOWSON. WANTED to PURCHASE, the PER PETUAL ADVOWSON of a LIVING of the Annual Value of about Ha—There must be a good Par sonage-House, and it will be preferred that the Incum bent should be a young life. There will, however, be no objection, in case an Advowson with the prospect of early presentation is offered to purchase it subject to the next presentation of a young life, by another person. Particulars to be sent (post-paid) to Messrs. Pemberton, Fiske, and Hayward, Cambridge. NATIONAL SILK WEAVERS' SOCIE Established for the sole purpose of ; jiving constant Em ployment to the poor Weavers and their Families of Spitalfields. THEIR PATRONS, and the NOBILITY and Public, are most respectfully informed, that they have commenced Selling at their Warehouse, No. 15, De vonshire-square, Bishopsgate-street, opposite the Church, previous to opening their Retail House, at No. 59, Oxford street. They cut at their Warehouse any quantity of Silk from the piece, at one penny per yard on the cost price, where they always keep ready manufactured rich Ducape, plain and figured Gros de Naples, stout Lustring and Sarsuet, Black and coloured Levantines, and Satins of every de scription and quality, and a most extensive assortment of rich Silk Damasks, including, among a variety of others, Thirty new Patterns of elegant Taberets, the designs of which are perfectly Original, and executed exclusively for the Society, consequently will be found the greatest no velty ever submitted to public inspection. Ladies are most respectfully informed that it is not profit they seek, but only sufficient to cover expellees, and keep the men in constant employment. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who will honour the Society by becoming yearly Subscribers of Ten Shillings, will be waited upon at their respective dwellings by one of the members of the Com mittee, with every new Pattern of Silk previous to their being submitted to public sale. The Subscriptions will go to the Fund of the Society, to provide for the benevolent purposes for which it has been established, viz.—at each member's death, 121. A member's wife's death, 61. If any member sick, 12s. p er week, and if out of employment, 10s. The purchasers, if they wish, may see rich Silks in the progress of being manufactured. Due notice will be given to the Patrons and Nobility, and Public, the day on which they open in Oxford-street. Carpe diem Be promptly wise. WHEN Science began to explore the com plicated machinery of Man, she was speedily entangled iu a labyrinth of mysterious confusion, from which intellectual perseverance alone emancipated her. Ignorance and empyricism, however, still oppose their veno mous hostility, and the prejudice of weak minds, in some measure, enoourages their audacity. As Truth is to False hood—so may our 'public statements be compared with their unqualified pretensions, and to expose their fallacies, we have not hesitated to avow ourselves as practitioners in a class of Diseases which endanger the mystic evolutions of Nature. To be brief : we are Members of the London College of Surgeons, can establish the integrity of our Character upon the success of Twenty Years' practical experience, and announce the grateful testimony of those in whom long suffering had nearly extinguished every hope of relief. We pledge ourselves to the removal of Syphilus, from its incipient symptoms to the remotest stages, characterised by every doubt, and whatever malignancy. The intricate and much neglected diseases of the Urethra have been carefully and studiously considered, as have also those delicate and important sympathies which refer to the Fe male Sex. The infirmities of virility have been especially noticed, whether as arising from the debilitating tyranny of a tropical atmosphere or the natural bias of consti tution—the imprudence of gaiety —or the more alarming results of a propensity to practices " which shun the light ;" the progress of which is marked by a gradual dereliction of the animal powers. To all who are thus circumstanced, and more especially to such as are aspirants for connubial pleasures, we earnestly recommend our Com mentaries, Ist, " The lEgis of Life," for the one Sex; or, 2d, " Hygeiana," exclusively addressed to the Females; the perusal of which must prove beneficial to their moral happiness. These Books may be had of Sherwood and Co. 20, Paternoster-row ; Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper ; and Chapple, 59, Pall Mall, London ; Matchett and Ste venson, Burk and Kinnebrook, Norwich ; R. Deck, Ips wich ; Dutton, Bury St. Edmunds ; Sheppard, Corn street Bristol ; Barratt and Duffield, Bath ; Hatt, Cam bridge ; Tood, Briggate, Leeds ; Wrighton, Birmingham ; Trewinan, Exeter ; Wolstenholine, York ; Gore, Liver pool ; Harrop, Manchester ; M'Phun, 155, Trongate, Glasgow ; Sutherland, No. 9, Calton-street, Edinburgh ; Porter, 72, Grafton-street, Dublin ; and by all Booksellers. --(Price ss. Remedies can be forwarded to any part of the world ; Patients writing for the same, will please to enclose a Bank Note. Attendance at home for sonsultation as usual. uOSS and Co. M.R.C. Surgeons, No. 11, Botwene ztrogt, Fleet-street, Loutloa, MR. WILLIAM CLARK. THE FRIENDS of Mr. WM. CLARK aro desirous of testifying in the strongest manner the;r approbation of his indefatigable and disinterested exertions in investigating and exposing the extensive FRAUDS which have been lately practised on the Public in the formation of JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. The good effects resulting from his manly and persever ing conduct are so universally felt and acknowledged, as to warrant the conclusion that the Public at large partici pate in the same feelings towards that individual. It may readily be supposed that the unravelling of such intricate and fraudulent schemes, could not have been ac complished without a considerable sacrifice of time on the part of Mr. Clark, and to the detriment of his private affairs. It is therefore for to raise, by Public Subscription, a Sum of Money to! the benefit of Mr. Clark, which may serve in some degree to remunerate him for the losses which his exertions in the service of the. Public have brought upon him; and a Committee has been formed accordingly to carry those intentions into effect, and will sit daily from II to 4, at the King's Head Tavern, in the Poultry, to receive Subscriptions, and to whom it is requested that all communications on the subject may be addressed. Subscriptions received £139 ss. • King's Head Tavern, Poultry, May 18, 1827. ACCIDENT AT THE THAMES TUNNEL. Last evening, about seven o'clock, the water of the Thames forced its way through that part of the work which the labourers had been employed on during the day in excavating, and in a short time the whole of the Tun nel, to the mouth of the shaft, was completely filled. About 160 men were engaged in cutting the tunnel, when the alarm was raised that the river had broken in. Tallatt, the under engineer, and :Messrs. Brunel, jun. and Gravatt, the principal engineers, remained, for several minutes, using every endeavour, at the imminent peril of their lives, to stop up the cavity through which the water oozed ; but all their efforts proving unavailing against the increasing rush of the water; they were forced to retreat towards the shaft. The instant the accident occurred, a general consternation prevailed amongst the workmen, and they simultaneously rushed towards the shaft—sauve qui peut was the uni versal sentiment, and in their hurry several ludicrous accidents took place. It is with pleasure we announce, that no life was lust on the occasion, though the engi neers, and particularly Tallatt, narrowly escaped drown ing. It appears that at a quarter before 7 o'clock, the 12 shields, ur frame-works, were in the act of being pro pelled forward at the end of the tunnel, to enable the work men to excavate more securely ; and at that time, the tun nel extended SSO feet under the Thames. The workmen employed in propelling No. 11 and 12 Shields, observed the soil to give way between these shields, and in a few seconds afterwards, the water poured in through an aper ture about six inches in diameter. Tallatt, the engineer, screwed up three door-ways as he retreated towards the shaft, and he was obliged to swim a considerabl ,, distance. A workman named Gutis was also in the water for some time. Tal lot t being a good swimmer, remained at the top of the water, about ten feet below the top of the shaft, till Messrs. Brunel, jun. ana Gravatt, came to his assistance. Mr. Brunel, junior, plunged into the water and affixed a Tope round Tallatt, and he was drawn up in a state of exhaustion to the top of the shaft. From the time the water first broke in, till the Tunnel and shaft were filled to the level of the River, twelve minutes elapsed. —The Engineers are quite confident that they shall be able to repair the injury, and that the only consequence which will arise from it, will be the retarding the work for about a fortnight. We wish they may not be disappointed in their sanguine expectations ; but we cannot help recollecting that a former attempt to make a subaqueous tunnel by Mr. Dodd, failed in con sequence of a similar accident. A diving bell has been sent for, and this (lay Mr. Brunel will descend in it, to ascertain the extent of the injury, and to adopt means of stopping the aperture caused by the influx of the crater. Should the means proposed to be used be successful, the water in the Tunnel will be drawn up by means of steam engines in a few days. It must, however, be recollected, that the former Tunnel projected by the engineer, Mr. Dodd, succeeded to the point of working to the commence ment of a sandy stratum of the bed of the river, when the water burst in, and no effort of art could devise a means of overcoming the difficulty. Should the present evil be the result of design, unless it be materially aided by the nature of the soil, it can easily be overcome. Since writing the above account, we have received the following letter from Mr. Brunel:--- Mr. EDITOR.--.d feel it a duty incumbent upon me to make known to the public an accident which occurred this evening to the Tunnel, by the water from the river over powering the exertions which at the time could be opposed to it. Although this circumstance will retard our progress, I am confident that the accident will be soon overcome, and the works resumed. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, M. J. BRUNEL. Bridge-street, Blackfriars, May IS, 1527. AIfOTHER Accourr.—The consternation and alarm ex cited in the neighbourhood of Rotherhithe, by the rumour of the bursting in of the Thames, can be easier imagined firm described, and the screams and hysteric sobbings of persons whose friends were engaged in the works were of the most pitiable nature. At first, the cause from whence they proceeded was quite a mystery ; but when the confu sion incident to the crowds collected on such occasions had partially subsided, it was ascertained that the warning given but a few days since, on the strike of the workmen, was but too well founded, and that the prophetic assertion, subsequently officially contradicted by the Secretary, had boen Cassandra-like, though true, uncredited, and now un happily realized. The following are the facts :—lt was said that several of the miners lead been drowned, and that the sacrifice of life had been incalculable. Not a single life has been lost, and, generally speaking, the main fea tures of the business, as indeed might have been expected, have been grossly exaggerated and much distortd. The first intimation of the catastrophe was given, as nearly as possible, at six o'clock, Ivhen the excavators—only thirty five of whom, not above one-third of t 172 number generally employed, were occupied in the shaft, the remainder hav ing gone to their tea—at that time working in a light porous soil, the water burst in with the greatest rapidity ; and notwithstanding the steam-engines were kept at their highcat powe - f, and discharged at tile rate of 300 gallons a minute, the influx was so overpowering that its executions, if we may use the expression, were negative, and the work men, with some difficulty, effected their escape. A few mi nu t es b e f ore the increase of the leakage, a party consisting of a gentleman and two ladies, had been visiting the works, and were actually in the shaft at the time when the great body of water rushed in—it is unnecessary to say, that their retreat was most rapid. For the last two or three days the water had been oozing into the Tunnel, but not to so great an extent as to cause any apprehension. Mr. Brunel, jun. was on the spot, and has been most active in applying every remedy. He seems to think that the work will be only temporarily impeded; and at a late hour last night he had secured several barges of clay to remedy the defects, and sent for the diving bell and Harbour-master. In about a quarter of an hour after the inundation was perceived, the entire of the shaft or works were filled to the extent of high-water mark. The Direc tors, who were specially summoned on the occasion, sat at their rooms, in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, until a late hour last night, and received from time to time reports from Mr. Brunel, jun. On Wednesday Colonel Strutt and Lady Rayleigh had a large dinner party ; amongst whom were— the Marquis and Marchioness of Ormond, Lord and Lady Gage, Mr. Hamilton, Lord Downe, Col. Trench ; Sir Henry and Lady Lambert, Alr, Beauclerk, and others. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, illmr Is. The Lord Chancellor took hia seat on the Woolsack iv a quarter-past five o'clock. _ Mr. Ti/orysoll and other Members of the lower house brought up the Spring Guns bill, which the Commons had passed, with only - one amendment. The messengers also brought up thirteen private bills. Lord TEYNHAM presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of land in the neighbourhood of the City of Lincoln, againit the importation of foreign wool. The Noble Lord presented petitions against the proposed altera tion in the Corn Laws from a llundred in Sussex ; from Ashford, and several other parts of Kent. In moving that they be raid on the table, he expressed his earnest hope that the numerous petitions presented on this subject would make a proper impression on their Lordships. Lord ARBUTHNOT presented a similar petition from Kincardine. Petitions to the like effect were presented by Lord YAR BOROUGIT, and by the 'Marquis of CAMDEN, from Rochester, Dartford, and other places in Kent. The Petitions were laid on the table. THE CORN BILL. The Marquis of SALISBURY said, that he had a peti tion to present to their Lordships upon the important qnestion which was to come on that evening, but before he presented it, he was anxious to know 'from the Noble Lord opposite whether he would have any objection that the Bill should be read a second time to-night without a discussion, upon the understanding that the Noble Lords who were opposed to it would not 4e preclu ded from urging their objections to the Bill at some future stage. The Noble Lord was anxious for this postpone ment, in consequence of the unavoidable absence of a Noble Baron (Lord Lauderdale, we believe) who had de voted much time and attention to the consideration of the question and whose views must therefore render great assist ance to the House in coming to a decision. He would, therefore, suggest that the second reading should pass without a discussion, and that a sufficiently distant day should he fixed for going into the Committee, so as that the Noble Baron might have the opportunity of attending when the preamble of the Bill was considered ; perhaps that day week would be a convenient day for that purpose. The Noble Lord, at the same time, expressly de clared that he was not to be understood as giving up his objections to the Bill, in making the request for the post ponement. Lord GODERICH regretted as much as any person could that cirzumstances'should have prevented the Noble Lord (Lauderdale's) attendance this day, and he would do great injustice to his own feelings, and to the individual in question, if he did not yield to the Noble Baron's con venience as far as his duty would allow him. The ques tion had already been postponed, and he was sa tisfied to put it off still further, provided it did not materially interfere with its progress in the House. After some conversation, in which the Marquis of Salis bury, the Earl of Rosslyn, the Earl of Malinesbury, and Earl Stanhope took a part, it was agreed that the Bill should then be read a second time, and the discussion should take place on the motion for going into the Committee. The Marquis of SALISBURY then presented the peti tion on which the discussion arose, which was from the Hundred of Hertford, in the County of Hertford, praying that no further alteration might be made in the Corn Laws. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from the eastern part of the County of Cornwall, against any altera tion of the Corn Laws. On the motion of Viscount GODERICH, the Corn Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday next.—Their Lordships were ordered to be sum moned on that day. BEAVER HATS. TIEING particularly subject to Head- ac he from any pressure or constraint of the Forehead and Temples, I have been far from inattentive to all professed improvements of the HAT ; but I have never yet met with the equal of COVINTON'S SHORT NAPPED BEAVER. Its durability is without precedent, it retains its shape to the last in spite of weather, and is waterproof.—lt is as light as a feather, and so elastic as to adapt itself most com fortably to the wearer's herd.—Vide Stockdale's Budget, No. 21. These Hats are to be obtained in every verity of Shape and Fashion of the Manufacturer, Covinton, 132, Cheap side, two doors from Gutter-lane. PORTUGAL. Lord ELLENBOROUGH begged to call the attention of the House to a subject not at all connected with the Corn Laws, or any thing they had been occupied with in the course of the evening—it was the answer that had been. given to him by his Noble Friend on the other side (Lord Dudley) to the questions he had put to him. That answer had put him and the whole House under great difficulty. He now felt extreme difficulty in calling upon his Majesty to order the production of the papers respecting Foreign Affairs, he had not called for them, at this time, though he felt satisfied he had a Parliamentary ground for doing so ; but in not pressing fur that production now, he desired - to be most dis tinctly understood as not relinquishing his claim of right to have it one iota. From the total ignorance in which the House was kept regarding any negotiation with respect to Spain and Portugal, it was perfectly im possible for the House to say whether that negotia tion was right or wrong. At the same time, if he at all understood the negotiation, he certainly considered it a most important one, and he was not prepared to say that the most important step was not to withdraw the troops at once. He understood the purpose for which our troops had been sent to Portugal had now ceased, and that the troops were retained there for some other purpose. If that were the case, his Majesty's Ministers were placing themselves in a most awful situation. It was, however, impossible for the British toops to be there without taking a part in the civil con duct of the nation, and if they did, the very first shot they fired would commence the war of opinions. The troops bad been sent there for the purpose of main taining and supporting a Government, and that Govern ment had now ceased. If the troops were to re main there, Spain and France both might have good grounds for going to war, and there was not a step to be taken that might not plunge this country, as well as all Europe, into war. It was impossible, therefore, to view this subject except under great apprehensions. The Noble Lord concluded by hoping, though he did not now press his Noble Friend for the production of the papers he had called for, that the House might he in possession of the information to which they were en titled, and that before the House broke up his Noble Friend would produce those papers ; but if he saw no prospect of that, he should feel it his bounden duty again to press for them. Lord DUDLEY begged leave still to abstain from giving his reasons for not complying with the request of the Noble Lord. With respect to Portugal, undoubtedly his Majesty's Ministers were acting upon their own re sponsibility—they were acting according to the best of their judgment ; and when the proper time came the House would see whether that judgment was well or ill founded. He would not contradict nor acquiesce in any statements that had been made by the Noble Lord,—all he begged was that the Noble Lord would not indulge in ob servations upon the subject until the question came fairly and truly before the Meuse. SPRING GUNS. The Marquis of LANSDOWN moved that Amendments to the Spring Gun Bill made by the House of Commons might be agreed to.—Motion agreed to. The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a petition from the inhabit an t s o f D un d ee aga i ns t a ny alteration in the Corn Laws. The Duke of LEINSTER presented a petition from a Catholic Clergyman of Killala, praying to be relieved from the disabilities under which the Roman Catholics laboured. TURNER'S DIVORCE. T It e Report of the Committee appointed to consider Mr. Turner's petition was read and received, and a Bill for an nulling the Marriage of Miss Turner with E. Gibbon Wake field brought in, and read a first time. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Bill was ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday next. —Ad journed till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, MAY 15. The SPEAKER took the Chair this evening, precisely at Four o'clock. Mr. PORTMAN presented a petition from Blandford, for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Mr. SYKES presented a petition from the Seamen of Hull, against the system of impressing men to serve in his Majesty's Navy. The Honourable Gentleman said that he had resided for many years in the neighbourhood of a sea-port town, which was a constant scene of riot, in con sequence of affrays between the press gangs and the seamen in the merchant service. When persons were attacked as the petitioners constantly were, they were likely, of course, to resist, and the consequence was constant riots and even murders. The petitioners took occasion to ex press their gratification on the appointment of a Prince of the Blood to the command of the Navy, and as he was Di that the persons, . _mg to extend the relief for which they prayed to all classes of Dissenting Christians. Having said so much, he thought it his duty to add, that he did not conceive that the claims of the peti tioners were so urgent as those of other classes who felt their disqualification more deeply.—(Hear, hear.) Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a petition from two places in Kent, against the Alehouse Licensing Bill. He also presented a petition from the wool-growers of Kent, complaining of the depression in the wool trade. The Hon. Baronet said, that as notice bad been given of a dis cussion on this subject, he would reserve any observations he intended to make, but he hoped the President of the Board of Trade had determined on proposing some altera tion in the duty on foreign wool. Mr. HUSICISSON said that he knew the situation of the wool-growers was very distressing, in consequence of the low price of wool, but he could not pledge hiinself to propose any alteration in the duty on foreign wool. Sir C. BURRELL did not ]mow that the low price of wool had done good to any class of the community. Wool was now selling for 9d., which had sold for avarying price of from Is. 9d. to 2s. per lb. With such a depression, how could the wool-growers pay- their rents ? In his opinion there should be some additional tax on foreign wool. Mr. HUME wished to know whether the Hon. Bart. Sir C. Bu►rell, could ensure the manufacturer that he could sell his cloth if the duty on wool was increased (Hear, hear. ) Sir T. LETHBRIDGE did not see the policy of the manufacturer being employed in working up foreign wool, when the wool grown at home was lying in granaries un sold and unsaleable at any thing like a remunerating price. After a few words from Mr. WARBURTON, Sir E. KNArcusuLL, and Mr. MABERLY, the petition was re ceived and ordered to be printed. Lord STANLEY presented aßetition from certain la bourers, complaining of tie practice of paying in goods instead of money. Mr. Alderman THOAIPSON moved for a return of 'the number of chaldrons of coal imported into the Port of London since the year 1800, specifying the quantity in each year.—Ordered. THE ADMINISTRATION. Mr. I3EAUMONT (who took his seat at the opposition side of the House for the first time this evening) rose to state, that in consequence of circumstances which had recently taken place, and which were known to the public, he begged leave to withdraw the motion on the state of the Administration, of which he had given notice for Tuesday next.—Leave was given to withdraw the motion. PENRYN ELECTION BILL. On the motion of Mr. LEGH KECK, the order of the day was read for the second reading of the Penryn Election Bill. Mr. D. BARCLAY said, that he felt it a duty he owed to his constituents to oppose the motion. The second reading of the Bill had been urged forward with great and unbecoming haste. He could not believe the House would sanction such a course, with regard to a measure which involved the privileges of five hundred people. Lord ALTHORP having asiserted to a statement made by the Hon. Gentleman who had just addressed the House— that though Mr. Grenfell had published an advertisement, stating that he had retired from the Representation of Penryn, on account of the corrupt practices of the elec tors, the true reason why that Gentleman had withdrawn was, because he had lost his interest in the borough—said, that in consequence of this statement, Mr. Grenfell had addressed a letter to him (Lord Althorp), accompanied with a request that it might be read to the House. Mr. Grsn fell was very desirous to have the statement of the firm. Gentleman (Mr. Barclay) corrected, the mistakes of which he ascribed entirely to that Hon. Gentleman's misinforma tion. The Noble Lord then read the letter of Mr. Gress fell which was to the following effect : " My dear Lord—On perusing the report of what passed in the House of Commons, on Tuesday last, when the evi dence from the Penryn Committee was under the conside ration of the House, Mr. Barclay is represented (how cor rectly I know not) to have stated that I had withdrawn as a candidate from Penryn, not in consequence of any opi nions entertained by me injurious to the character of the borough, but because I had lost the confidence of the elec tars ;' and, as it might be inferred from this supposed as sertion of Mr.• Barclay, if not contradicted by me, that I had done something to justify the electors in withdrawing their confidence from me, I should be much obliged if you could avail yourself of some opportunity of stating, on my behalf, that although I am satisfied that this assertion by Mr. Barclay can only have been the result of erroneous in formation, conveyed to him by others, I must, in justice to myself, declare, that nothing can be more incorrect than the assertion itself : for the truth is, that I withdrew from Pcnryn, not because I had any reason to believe that I had lost the confidence of the electors, but because I felt that the electors had forfeited the confidence I had placed in them. I had confided in the sincerity of the assurances which they made to me, both before and after my election in 1820, that they would continue to support me upon the princi ples which I most distinctly told them were the only prin ciples upon which I would accept their suffrages. I had adhered strictly, on my part, to those principles. I had never deceived them, but I had reason fur believing that the electors were preparing to break their compact with me. As soon, therefor 6, as I had satisfied myself, by re presentations made to me from various quarters, that I had no chance of being elected a second time, without a recur rence to those illegal practices which had formerly pre vailed in the Borough, I determined at once to withdtaw from it. " It has, indeed, been stated, that the two Gentlemen who now represent Penryn were elected without any par ticipation, either directly or indirectly, in those acts of bribery and treating, which, in the Report now before the House, are proved to have been practised at the elec tion in June last; but whatever means they may have possessed for thus recommending themselves to the pure and unbiassed choice of the electors, I am satisfied that no such means were within my reach, and that I had no chance at Penryn without lending myself to those acts of corruption which ere now proved to have occurred at the last election, although without the knowledge or partici pation of the two Honourable Members who at present re present this borough. " I cannot conclude without concurring in the opinion which has been expressed by others, as to the respectability of many individuals who are electors of Penryn, and who are not only incapable of being parties to, but who re probate, in the strongest manner, the corrupt practices re ferred to. I have the. honour to be, my dear Lord, very faithfully yours, " PASCOE GRENFELL. Charles-street, St. James's, Friday, May 11." This was the letter which he (Lord Althorp) bad re ceived. He thought it best to read it at once to the House, as a more easy and certain mode of making known . its contents than by giving the substancein any words of would not his own. the House by going the discharged this act of privateduty,he general question before it. Mr. D. BARCLAY begged to b e a ll owe d t o ma k e a f ew Havingdetain observations on what had fallen from the Noble Lord. The SPEAKER suggested, that it would be more or derly for the Hon. Member to take another opportunity in the progress of the Bill. 111 r. FERGUSSON said it was absolutely necessary for Parliament to interfere in defence of the purity of elec tion, against the practices that had prevailed in the bo rough. On the report that had been presented witn re spect to the late election, he would have had very consi derable difficulty in making up his mind as to the course to be followed ; but when he perused the reports of the two several Committees in 1807, and in 1819, both disclosing, in the evidence on which they were founded, the grossest and most shameful cases of bribery and corruption that had ever come before Parliament, he bad no doubt whatever as 1807 it si t N ay e peared, agreementby ir Christopher Haw he he f C t had of the Borongli, kht t be Report yr wasl shouldatsir:regularly :a p ex ndedermftooibrt between eb n t the het n l eh n ar and a Committee of the Burgesses, by which it was settled that each elector should receive twenty-four guineas for his vote. There was every reason to believe that the money had been paid in pursuance of this agreement._. The Report also stated that proof had been given of various other acts of bribery. The result was, that Sir Christopher Hawkins was, by the returning officer, declared duly elec ted. On a petition against his return, a Committee of the House resolved that Sir , Christopher Hawkins had been guilty of bribery and corruption. He was, of course, un seated by the Report, and a prosecution followed in the Court of King's Bench. What were the facts in 1819, with regard to Mr. Swan and another Gentleman, who was then a candidate for this borough ? It was stated in the Report on that election, that that Gentleman, whim lie (Mr. Fergtnson) would not name, in the public and open day, went from house to house, and paid 5/. to each eli , .!tor for his vote. Yet this Gentleman was, by the returning office, declared duly elected. A petition was afterwards presented against his return, and he was unseated, as guilty of bribery and corruption, There could be uo doubt,