The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-24 00:00:00

C-11A-VESEND STAR PACKET Si FURTHER REDUCTIOV OF FARES. SIXPENCE AND NINEPENCE, Boat and Blackwall Railway Included. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, Nl] Bunaaln included) at Ten, Eleven Twelve, Three, Four, Six, and Half-past Seven At • From the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, —MN Half-put Nine, Half-past Twelve, Two,* Four, Six, Seven, and Eight. • On Sundays at Five instead of Two. Par•--Fote Cabi n and Seconi-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and First-class Carriage, Ninepenee. Star Cllike, OnlYeleild. July 10, 1844. EXCURSIONS to DUNKIRK and BACK. The NEW COMMERCIAL COMPANY h ave a pp o i n t e d th e uNDARF nder_ mcntioned days for EXCURSIONS from LONDON-BRIDGE to the above PORT, in one of their fast and superior Steam- Z, e ssells, weather permitti ng , a t suc h M o d era t e F ares as mus t a tt rac t Ile attention of Tourists seeking renovated Health, or desirous of ilsiting a locality which presents such a diversity of interesting and pleasurable objects as the far-famed town and vicinity of Dunkirk— " Magnificent views from Cassel being likewise within easy reach of the pla ce . ', Pe rsons taking Tick e ts may ha v e the opti on o f re t urn i ng on e ith er vay. IrArln PROM LONDON. PROM DUNKIRK. Way, Aug. 28, 10 Morning. Friday. .. .. Aug. 30, 1 Morning. Saturday.•• Aug. 31, 10 Monday .. Sept. 2, 2 Saloon .. • • 17s. 6d. there and back, or 10s. either way. Fore -cabin 12s. Or 7s. Fish-street-hill ; Chaplin's Universal Office, Regent circus ; and at Mr. Harris's No. 8, Water-lane, Tharnes-street. LETTERS OF CREDIT ON INDIA. The UNION BANE OF LONDON, as Agents for the BANK ;r wE STERN INDIA, are authorised to issue LETTERS of CRE DIT for any Moneys paid to them, to be re-paid in Rupees, at the, nlrrent rate of Exchange en the day of presentation, at the offices of We Bank of Western India, in Bombay, Calcutta. and Colombo. Similar Letters of Credit may be obtained at any of the branches 2f . _ the National Bank of Scoland, and of the Provincial Bank or 4relerici. Ily order ofthe Directors, W. W. SCRIMGEOUft, Manager. 'Union 131.nk of London, No. 8, Moorgate-street. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.. Addition to Acceleration of, and Alterations in, Trains, on 7 ,1 9 after Monday, the 26th inst. c yotice i s h ereby given, that TWO SECOND-CLASS ENCLOSED aI RL.GES will be attached to the undermentioned Trains, via.:— From Londoa.• • • • • 10 30 a.m. and 2 P.M. From Brighton •• • • 11 30 A.M. and 3 30 P.M. Fares by the same, 10s. Gd. dam,nletie 9be that the 4 45 P.M. Train from London will be altered to 4 4 0,. A.M: Train from Brighton will altered to 8 45, both h Trains will perform the journey in an hour and a half_ "ie Accelerated Trains will stop only at Reigate, and day ticketg Will not be available thereby. c ;34 ADDITIONAL TRAIN, consisting of First and Second-class „ages, will leave Brighton at 5 rat., and the 6 30 Train from --ahton will be altered to leave at 7 P.M. The 8 A.m. Train from Brighton to Shoreham will be altered to 43 . and the 6 25 A.M. Train from Shoreham to Brighton will be al l'ere4 10 8 10. By order, C. B. MACKENZIE, Secretary. London Terminus, August 20, 1844. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. IXCURSION from LONDON to BATH, BRISTOL , I.4II NTON. and EXETER, and back, on MoNnss, September it, 11144, and following days. The Directors of the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY have determined to afford to persons desirous of visiting BATH s , b Y means of BRISTOL, TA UNTON , or EXETER, an opportunity of no at Itdoingtduced Fares day, 2d s e ,,, the following " EXCURSION TRAINS," 3 P e e'al Trains will leave London for Bath and Bristol on Mon.. ber g , at 3 o ; e et n ioe be t r, at 7 o'clock, A.M., and on Friday, 6th Septum. eturain. nesdi k y i the " f roth Bristol and Bath to London either on Weil- Saturday H. September, at half past 7 o'clock, A.M., or on Spee(i..." 7 th September, at 4 o'clock, P.M. at 4: 1 , Irains "rill leave Bath, for Taunton and Exeter, calling s epte ;;% and starting thence half an hour later on Tuesday, 3d eit:`' e r. at 8 o ' c l ock, a.m., and on Saturday, 7th September, at e ; ftic . 16 . X. Returnin g f rom E xe ter to Bri s t o l an d B a th S e eth " Tt iticlaY, 3d September, at 4 o'clock, P. ,or on Friday, ptember, at half past 7 o'clock, A.M. The Reduced Fares will be, for these Excursion Trains, Lo Ist Class. 2d Class, 'Rion to Bath and Back nth to 1 28s. 19s. London and Back.. ••• ........ - ndor 11 _ , an to /3 rletol and Back rut ° l to L ondon and Back .. ...... • • 30s. 30s. __ Bri stol to E xeter and Back to Bri s t o l and Back ... ...... b eter 4'n to Exeter an d B ack Exeter to Bath and Back Th e Tickets w ill enable Passengers to travel by any of the Ex . eursion Trains Up or Down. BY this m eans, parties may travel from London to Exeter or i l atinton, ". LI taking the 7 A.M. Train from London, on the Mon. ~% to 13risto l ; p roceeding thence to Exeter or Taunton, on Tues. .47 toorning. to TheY can remain a t th ese p l aces un til F r id ay morn i ng, w h en ... _.. x ;•., will return to Brist o l, an d reac h L on d on by th e S a t ur d a y eni ng Train, from Bristol. d;.. Urth er Particulars may be obtained by application at the Pad are I to " 11 , Exeter, T aun t on, B ath, or Br i stol Stations, where T ic k ets bbe obtained ; and for an number exceeding twenty, taken 7005 In dividual, an alThwance y of Is. per Ticket will be made. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH 8 4 „, nst 0'(.711T of CHANCERY, made in a Cause of LEN I N It AR H. D . BuzabILORGE HENRY ROPER CURZON (now i 4, LORD TEYNHAM) and OTHERS, all persons claiming under Apo, lie S hares of the Honourable Thomas Roper Curzon, deceased (fo rnieerlrY Thomas Curzoi2' ), the Honourable Julia Roper De Chevigny Band b e lY „ J ulla Curzon)fthe wife of Joseph Marie Camille Elie Bres tueriy c '" e vtBny, the Honourable Caroline Roper des Palliers (for pallier arollue Curzon), the wife of Jean Mario Asige Martin des the Right Honourable George Henry Roper Lord Teynham _Orzor i ~`'e o rge Henry Curzon), the Honourable John Henry Roper Alen, b ,or nterlY John Henry Curzon), the Honourable Edward able 6 Roo Curzon (formerly Edward Henry Curzon), the Honour tlekretru rerey Roper Curzon (formerly Gertrude Percy Cur- Remo, R 4.o noitrable Algernon Henry Roper Curzon, (formerly Al ltepor Cu' C urzon), and the Honourable Sidney Campbell Henry eng er . :,-„on (formerly Sidney Campbell Henry Curzon), the nine nem ( r Zuldren of the Right Honourable Henry Roper Lord Teyn laotin4".orlY Henry Roper Curzon, the elder), and the Right Ho either'4tliridget Lady Teynham, his wife, both deceased, or any or l 'oPrese nti l te nt. of and in certain Trust Stocks, Funds, and Securities, residue e rg Et Certain sum of 15,0001., and a certain sum of 4001. (the n>aljenry it o ,t, eu r of 1 ,6001 ) over which said sums repectively the said 7,_rd Teynlim , had a power of appointment amongst Ind thei ehlorlur. by the said Bridget Lady Teynham, his wife, dentere b gu oft e i -- ' ll ' ll Younger children, under and by virtue of an In l'Ado -r ‘ng date the 12th day of June, 1813, expressed to be n Pf ml the said Henry Roper Lord Teynham, therein called dest, ( ;:urzon, of the first part, Henry Curzon, the younger, the el tee, ne rOf the said Henry Curzon, of the second part, Charles But rjoi` Laneoln's George. in the counof Middlesex, Esquire, and John D i , 4 'er, of Great-street, Westminster, Esquire, of the third 15 — ',n,,an, (1 which said power of Appointment over the said sums of o vg . , and 4001., the said Henry Roper Teynham exercised in fa -1118 younger children, or some of them ; and all persons claim torr, Ver any Assignment and Appointment of the said Henry Roper eYnharn, to, or in favour of, Francis Hooper, formerly of the City son s ter, Esqui re , or to, or in favour of, any other person or per- Triut° tes l tile Interest, if any, of his Lordship, in the before-mentioned t o : te e, ks. Funds,' and Securities, are forthwith, by their solicitors, corn n and establish their claims before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one 1110 4 o%.4asters of the Court on ~ at his Chambers, in Soutbampton-bu - e hicle ( raneerY-lane, Lond or, in default thereof, they will be ex the benefit of the said Decree. batihd NORRIS and SON, 2, Bedford-row. —tigust 15, 1844. INT4TIONA'L LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR- AWE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital4soo,oo.. , Vimpowered by Act of Parliament. Th% sw a t,__ I'llaibi„ DIVISION OF PROFITS. lieeo 4 , l — ` b the p:etess and increasing prosperity of the Society has ?Olio; ' O ll4 .."tors, at the last animal investigation, to declare a elfec"'kraging 60 per oent. on the amounts invested on each - "m OA the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. k 1 ----- - - - - - 1. P relniu tn. .' Bemis Bonus in ii a.O g ) al ) 4 added. Cash. —3 ; = 2 ,rg I g ...„ i• . 4 , 4 .4 , • p.jt ‘• d ..--------- —7 1 t . , -. I u• 74 . . 4 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 " 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 916 4 296 13 4 tn. 1839 116 16 0 51 111 711 9 247 4 6 '''tis,,, of proms is annual, and the next will be nude in D0t...N1 t... N I present year. ft, in% _ tu tion offers many important and substantial advan hZ_Aistua,elPect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. (.:IM or (,6, on all occasions, the pdwer to borrow, without ex ot7tarde;4.4elture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, s44ls to meet ' Ate, ' also the option of selecting beneits, and the conversion of other conveniences or necessity. Assurances Pis are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CLHROUX, Sec. - " 4 S A I AN'S and GENERAL MUTUAL p it etre ASS URANCE and NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY. or:f4PrZ r e Peculiar advantages attendant on this Office. The pr,„,e re all DIVIDED AMONG the ASSURED. TWO-THIRDS th, paid may, after a certain period, BE BORROW ED ItA...usiirer on the it of his policy alone. HALF the t rrjmnsecurity tt lt : t e itppe REMAIN UNI AID for the first five years. ht,Zrac, e atloll of the principle of the BENEFIT CLUB, so as to , l 't.Y. ' t it l e MIDDLE CLASSES, is an original feature in this c orm;,:„ eeki _, Y Payments of from I/. to 5/. per week during sick 'ea on ""eu With life assurance and deferred annuity, may be be Da! sa ns the mo s t b ene fi c i a l an d lib era l, an d the premiums hr u . exe lieel en d monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or yearly. Insurances d th,; , ste ttd ?‘ ALID and SICK LIVES, or on those below the or 1- 1'2, 4 'top, of health. WHOLE WORLD POLICIES granted on or ins beral terms, Officers in the Army and Navy, Merchant for r esid 4 :', 4 Seamen and persons about to undertake long voyages, pi ri stir kt ,„'n unhealthy climates, will find this Office most eligible the , e 'Peer,L es, Azinuities and the ordinary business of a Life-office.. 'file" "'es, andother inf ormation, may be had on application to N rti ti, e 'lr f i1;1° l'r-Ti e c rfo r "Peetability, influence, rind energy, living . in any part t 4 44 tripiL °l -is or the suburbs, or in the maritime or Inland . tol . sns with i,;` , are required as Agents, and will, on application, ' er Y eOnslderation. THOMAS MUSGRAVE, Secretary. " 1 tSSio SHEFFIELD PLATE. ►noicroN and CO„ Silversmiths and 4, l''ttor,; ' e uers, 36, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's, opposite Messrs. Of fer to th e i r F r i ends and the Public, at considerably ti,) l ,~ hiecea 4 th e `,„'_cs, thei r STOCK of GENLTINE PLATED GOODS, Lichees, and vrarr ant to be th e manu f ac t ure o f th e fi rs t Sh eff i eld lex vot ars of th e most tasteful l and modern designs, comprising ttle,:ree e?ruer Dishes, Waiters, Ice Pails, Cake Baskets, Coffee een nn ' 1,r„ " ' 'andlesticks and every other article useful and oma- • Sr oc , _en Birmingham Watch are ke. pri l ea ci Jewellery- end es, Fancy Silver and other , oncion. well worthy the notice of Visitors to, as well as MPL 1 4° 4 t „ 08P Y MENT.—Persons having a little time 15r th o ' ° end e l . e „ ar ° apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in rhiet.3ssie or stir towns, by the EAST INDIA. TEA COMPA.NT, .rb Celebrated teas. I3et, The k z . • Great St Helen's-charchyard, Eishopsgate-street. it Pack e d • tl t With th n showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a -41 tie,... 4 °Ubl e e P r ice and 'weight marked on eack packet, and but S iclei, t "t h i find igia°:,.!ar2loned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per incer ne ',"uring tke last nineteen years have realised con- F-)Dit eat ,47_ the agency without one shilling let or loss. it), "' nigAig (if by letter post-paid) as above. "1-I TA. Ur --" NT to FAMILIES FURNISHING. c "siderabi fs ohniong : saving can be effected in the purchase of we TY, by visiting the PANKLIBANON IRON ag ' Ilaker. ntr i , l ost ' s'reet, Portman-square, where may be in , kr, Pion, x,ousive z, of STOK IRNMONERY GOODS in ccmalstin of kitc C h en cooking utensil G s, German silver sh e zarden g S toves, shower and vapour baths, ornamental leek pito_ "Plernents, Japanned water cans and toilette pails, _nEtt,:ai wir_6.o,raltchea ranges, fenders and fire-irons, tea trays, kedi:,_.k, lower stands, table cutlery, &c. Every article ~tle, Daro i .', l l l . i . n ngures, at the lowest possible price, will ffilly ~dOkpLtr tt , oth 7% . at tNis establishment of the great advantage re k,,,7,l__PsYreants,a.s the proprietors warrant every article 1,1, FAT ,'TlO_Usfactrire, at a sav Baker- at least 30 per cent.— eraiwad ,oaind Co., 58, treet, Portman-square. t nerchants and captains. roR Fign GIREADING SAUCE, tAVIES, HASHES, STEAKS, &c. bKvi Nr an COCKS, the Sole Proprietors and ufacturer it' t pomti o nctfk i n s , to s u of the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg ..„ e rttig t o t t s PreLetw o T tion the Public against the daily frauds and h‘ale 0 " 37 litany London and Country Oilmen who are kin icl et is Patrol Furious compositions as Reading , Sauce. e nd lsed and recommended by most Families in ned o rtk by all r . 3 . 4 Sauce for general use it stands unrivalled. It es Pectable 0 . 1 .41 „ coe i ni ng ei f i or and Fish Sauce Vendors in the e Part icular i A ir-- t. , sl ' terTo keep. two ' n , t h READING SAUCE," the Years in any climate.-4.111 others aro ,Botue. name r" J. & C. COCKS," on the Seal and 7 7 7 y - -7/ :THE SUN is Published .EVERY MORNING at FIVE O ' CLOCK, in Time for t h e EARLY TRAINAS' and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for posz, containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up lo that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED i n ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, an d Ni g h t , th ere by in,nering a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. SALES BY AUCTION. INVENTORS and other GENTLEMEN in the possession of INTERESTING MODELS or WORKS of ART, who intend to deposit them at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI TUTION, aro respectfully requested to forward them on 'or before the 31st inst., in order that they may be inserted in the REVISED CATALOGUE. All such works are received gratuitously, and the depositor has free admission to tho Institution. Working Models are Daily Explained, and, where the subject admits, are described in a Lecture. R. J. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary. N.B. The Institution is open Daily, as usual. The date of the commission of Ensign Jamos Buchanan, of the 94th Regiment of Foot, is 20th August, 1844, and not 21st August, 1844, as formerly stated. The Christian names of Lieutenant Manse!, who re tired upon half-pay of 16th Foot, on 9th June, 1843, aro William Herbert, not Herbert only, as previously stated. The Christian names of Ensign Bace, of the 61st Foot, are George Alexander, not George Alfred, as previously stated. The commis! ions of Major John Griffin and Major John Peter Rip2ey, of the Bengal Army, as Majors by Brevet in the East Indies, have been antedated to the 23d December, 1842. The commission of Lieutenant Charles Cratto Trott, of Roll's Regiment, has been cancelled from 23(1 August, 1844, inclusive, he having accepted a commutation for his military allowance. ADMIRALTY, Auto. 16. Corps of Royal Marines.—First Lieutenant G. Elliot to be Captain, vice Captain R. 0. Bridge, to half-pay ; Second Lieutenant NV. Hutchinson to be First Lieutenant, vice Elliot, promoted. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause BATTEN v. PARIITT, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, ono of the Masters of the said Court, at the Commercial 'Booms, in Corn-street Bristol, on WENDESDAT, the 28th day of August, 1844, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, in Lots, Two DWELLING-HOUSES, with warehouses, stables, and count ing-houses, in Honiton-street, Bristol, in the occupation of Messrs. ranter and Co., and used as a vinegar manufactory ; a Dwelling house, No. 4, Portland-square, Bristol, occupier: by Mr. Rocks ; a Dwelling-house in St. James's-street, Bristol, occupied by Mr. Howell ; a Dwelling-house in St. James's-court, occupied by Mr. Day; and a Dwelling-house on Lawrence-hill, Bristol, occupied by Mr. Fresher. Embleton, Cumberland. 'Sept. 17, at eleven, at the New castle-upon-Tyne Pl./strict Court—W. M. Potts, grocer, Newcastle-upon-T:rne, Sept. 26, at eleven, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court—R. P. Bell, fruiterer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sept. 16, at twelve, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court—G. Harwood, draper, Chester, Sept. 14, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court —E. Hipkins, coal dealer, Egremont, Chester, Sept. 14, at one, at the Liverpool District Court—N. Procter, tanner, Leeds, Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court --J. N. Balme, woolstapler, Leeds, Oct. 2, at lens-ele at the L ee d s Di str i ct C ourt —J. K na pt on and W. ay, stuff manufacturers, Bradford, York shire, 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court— G. Re:oinson and M. Farrand, dealers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Oct. 10, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—R. Howe, corn factor, Howden, Yorkshire, Oct. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W. Walker and J. Gray, woolstaplers, Leeds, Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—C. H. Webb, corn dealer, Fordbridge, Staffordshire, Sept. 14, at one, at the Bir mingham District Court. STATE of the INSOLVENCY LAWS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) " It is very possible for a man to act dishonestly every day, and yet never to defraud another of a shilling ; a merchant who co n d ucts hi s b us i ness partly or wholy with borrowed capital, is not honest if he endangers the loss of an amount of property, which, if lost, would dis able him from paying his debts ; he who possesses a thou sand pounds of his own, and borrows a thousand of some one else, cannot virtuously speculate so extensively as that, if his prospects should be disappointed, he would lose one thousand two hundred pounds. The speculation is dishonest, whether it succeeds or not: it is risking other men's property without their consent; under similar cir cumstances, it is unjust net to insure. Perhaps the ma jority of uninsured traders, if their houses and goods were burned, would be unable to pay their creditors ; the injustice consists, not in the actual loss which may be inflicted, for whether a fire happens or not, the in justice is the same, but in endangering the infliction of the loss. There are but two ways in which, under such circumstances, the claims of rectitude can be satisfied; one is by not endangering the property, the other, by telling its actual owner that it will be endangered, and leaving him t 3 incur the risk or not, as he pleases; those who hold the property of others, are not warranted, on the principles of justice, in neglecting to inform them selves, from time to tinle, of the real situation of their affairs."—Dymond's Essays on the Principles qf Morality. It will only be when intelligence and ability to reason and judge are qualities possessed in a greater degree by the commercial classes, that the com mercial code of this country will be based on sound philosophical principles, and the public mind disabused of the prevailing fallacies. The bankruptcy laws somewhat, and the insolvency laws altogether, by the late Act, are ruinous and demoralising in their prac tice ; based as they have been on false assumptions, they appear to have no other consistent or rational object in view, but, through the calamity of a parcel of creditors, to take occasion, under pretence o f seiz ing the d e bt or ' s wrec k of property, to put the whole, or nearly so, into the pockets of lawyers. Our bankruptcy courts, whose function it is to collect the miserable remnants of a shipwrecked for tune, charge some hundreds for the service, and then distribute the few remaining farthings among the claimants--the oyster is devoted by the lawyers, the shell, with what few filaments of flesh may adhere to it, fairly enough divided among the litigants. These courts have encouraged and protected the offence"of insolvency, but they should have had the same object in view as other courts of law—viz., the prevention of the evil concerning which they had jurisdiction, by inflicting salutary punishments. In the early times, when feudal lords ruled the land with iron sway, there were not many creditors but themselves, and almost the only debtors were their own stewards and bailiffs. The practice on those who did not pay their debts was then sharp enough (there was no false humanity then abroad), although it might be a little contrary to the principles of the Constitution to throw a steward whose accounts were in disorder into prison, without judge or jury, and there to let him die. Successive regulations were made to modify this practice. For a long series of years bankrupts were liable to he hanged. In accordance with the severe spirit of the times those wrong-doers were treated with a wild and thoughtless severity, to meliorate which has been the object of successive Acts of Parliament, until the law, as now left, is di vested of its penal character almost entirely. Lord Brougham has regarded the insolvent as an unfortunate man, whom it is desir able to rescue from the persecutions of his creditors. Availing himself abundantly of this kind of sophistry, plausible but false—" That except on rarest occasions the effects and not the person of the debtor were needed ; greater power over the property (of course only when it could be got at) being given to the creditor, his position was apparently improved, and thus has he been wheedled into the surrender, now complete, of all power over the d e bt or ' s person ; and so well has this feint succeeded, that when the meshes of the most complex and extended trading relations permeate the whole of British society, and ' when, after a long depression of trade and manu facturing calamity, affords all sorts of people who are in money -trouble a plausible pretence to break their faith, and crowd themselves among the few really unfortunate insolvents—at such a time has the Legislature removed nearly all the penal sanctions, and left the creditor class, usually the virtuous class, by the fact of their having capital to lend, almost at the entire mercy of the debtor class, usually the non virtuous class, by the fact of their wanting to borrow. By virtuous is meant, of course, the practice of in dustry to pr o d uce wea l t h , and self-denial to abstain from entirely consuming it in sensual pleasures, or from the risking it in gambling (or in the deceptive language of commerce) adventures. This is the moral training of the middle classes. An attorney lately in a country town declared his inability to pay one farthing on his debts of 14,0001., contracted with all classes of the inhabitants, from the humble mechanic to the neighbouring gentleman of fortune. The law has protected his person, and his effects are all dissipated (or are made to appear so) in genteel living. Another Bromley in a small way. For him there is no punishment. The law deems him an unfortunate man. A London factor has a correspondent at Bury, from whom he had just received and executed an order, when he received information that the man was meditating to sell off and leave the kingdom. He sent a person instantly to Bury, found the man pre paring for a sale by auction, and in the act of un packing the parcel above referred to. He was asked to pay—to give some account of his proceedings—to return the parcel he was then opening, all of which he refused, saying that the fresh goods would help the sale. The creditor then applied to Judge Tindal for a Judge's order, on the plea that he believed the debtor was about leaving the kingdom. This the Judge refused, and long, long before the period ar rived when by writ of summons the debtor could be captured, he had sold off, not his own, but his creditor's property, pocketed the proceeds, and was on his way to America. The rogue escapes justice on the speed of steam ships ; the law comes limping after him at the speed of a spavined pack-horse, and stops at the sea-shore. There is a certain Baronet whose friends allow him 500/. a year, who owes various sums, aggregating a heavy amount—his person is protected, his effects are none, and his income cannot be touched. There is a man living at Kennington who owed a heavy doctor's bill, which he was liquidating by pay• ing 10s. a week until the 9th current, when he snapped his fingers at his creditor, and said he should pay no more. In one short week, thousands of trea sure have been confiscated by the new Act. The late insolvency law affords a most striking ex ample of the injustice of class legislation. Governed by a landed aristocracy—directly in the Lords, and indirectly in the Commons—these laws have been adjusted to favour that class so wealthy and powerful. Except in the matter of tithe and rent, the recovery of which is assured by special laws, these men and their connexions are usually in the condition of debtors ; they of course desire that the condition of debtor—one who can't or won't pay his debts—should be as little invonvenient a s possible. The law-lords are parvenus, ready to do anything for the patronis ing pat and smile of the ancient nobility; they have connived at this object; the mercantile men in the Commons, not of direct aristocratic connexions, have been quieted by an improved Bankruptcy Act. In fact and appearance being rich, and conducting only large operations, they have not known the relations of, nor have they had much sympathy with, the very numerous and comparatively little wealthy merchants, factors, traders, and the like, whose transactions coun. in cludes still the larger share of the capital of t - try, are affected solely by the insolvency laws, and the result has been a state of the law which surren ders all healthy control over debtors' persons, and by their persons an efficient control over -their effects; the social marks of dishonour have been obliterated, the foundations of commercial_ morality still more undermined, and a " a nation of shopkeepers" encou raged to become a nation of rogues , sharpers, and cheats. Chancellor Onenstein . might well exclaim, " With how little understand ing is this i world go verned I" While mankind find it to theirinterest to be honest ; and while some are living under the sanc tions of a religion which teaches " to owe no man any thing;" or while others have enjoyed a virtuous edu cation and habits, or the still greater happi ness of a mind of primitive virtuous texture, let the laws be even more vice-encouraging than they are, there will be no reason to fear that our commercial confidence in one another will be dissolved, or that people in ge neral will not continue to be honourable, and keep their promises, however much they may be disheart ened by the success of rogues, or insulted by the pro tection given to the comparatively few whose flagi tious delinquencies are caused by their own idleness and extravagance. But the national capital will con tinue to be deteriorated by the evil perversion, or by the wasteful destruction, of many hundreds of thou sands of pounds annually ; and as long as these laws dishonour the statute-book, the nation will be less rich, and the citizens less virtuous, and the condition , of the middle classes of society be rendered more and TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. - AB SCONDED, on Saturday night last, taking with him about Two Hundred Pounds, in Notes, Gold, and Silver, GEORGE SCOTT, aged about twenty-three years, rather sallow complexion, grey eyes, dark curly hair, sharp features, of somewhat muscular and propor tionate frame, high cheek-bones projecting under forehead, and pro minent mouth ; has a slight mark on the chin, and is about five feet nine inches in height; usually wears dark clothes. Whovever will give information to Mr. Wood, "Weekly - Dlspatch" office, Fleet-street, that may lead to the apprehension of the said George Scott, shall receive the above reward. Wednesday, August 14, 1844. The above premises ara of Freehold tenure, and were late the pro-. perty of James Itocka, Esq., deceased, and may be viewed on appli cation to the tenants, • • Particulars and conditions of sale may be had (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Clowee and Wedlake, 10, King's Bench-walk, Temple, solicitor ; of Messrs. Wiglesworth, Ridsdale, and Craddock, No. 5, Gray's Inn-square, solicitors ; of Messrs. Clarke, Medcalf, and Gray, No. 20, Lincoln's Inn-fields, solicitors ; of Mr. Short, solicitor, Bristol ; of Messrs. Cooke, and Sons, solicitors, Bristol ; of Mr. John Batten, jun., solicitor, Yeovil ; of Mr. Pratt, solicitor, Glastonbury ; and at the place of sale. CLOWES and WEDLAKE, Temple, Plaintiff's Agent. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to TWO DECREES of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in Two Causes of KYNASTON v. JONES, and KYNASTON v. JONES, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of tho Masters of the Court, at the Lion Inn, in Shrewsbury, on WEDNESDAY, the 4th day of September, 1844, between the hours of Two and Three in the after noon, iu Lots : BANKRUPTS. EDWARD MARK GOOD, Oct Peckham, to surrender, Aug. 30, at one, and Oct. 1, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin lane, Cornhill; Wright, London -street, Fenchurch-street. THURSTAN COOK, silver cutler, Kirby-street, Hatton-garden, Sept. 2, at half-past twelve,. and Oct. 3, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Taylor, Castle street, Holborn. EDWARD PETERS, brewer, Godstone, Surrey, Sept. 2, at twelve, and Oct. 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Woods, Epsom; Dimmock and Burbey, Sise lane, Bucklersbury. RICHARD BEESLEY, wine-cooper, Oxford-street, Sept. 2, at one, and Oct. 3, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Shute, Millbank-street, Westminster. GEORGE and WILLIAM NOEL, shoemakers. Jer myn-street, St. James's, Aug. 30, at eleven, and O c t. 3, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard ; Bennett and Bolden, Scot's-yard, Bush-lane, City. THOMAS and ROBERT BARRS, tobacco-manu facturers, Worcester, Sept. 5 and 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assig nee, Birmingham ; Smith, Birmingham. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. G. Fryer, grocer, Alfred-street, City-rotd, Sept. 13— E. Foster, tailor, Dover, S e pt. 14—W. R . W ood, dentist, Brighton, Sept, 13—T. W. Baker, builder, Woolwich, Sept. 16—J. Lark, boot maker, Seymour street, Euston-square, Sept. 13—J. W. Martin, chemist, Newmarket, Sept. 13—H. Wood, woollen factor, Ba singhall-street, Sept. 13—W. Stewart, silk manufac turer, Fort-street, Spitalfields, Sept. 13—G. Jenkinson, butcher, Wolverhampton, Sept. 13—J. Baker, grocer, Romsey, Hampshire, Sept. 13—T. Carline, builder, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Sept. 13—J. Arnold, jun., cheese factors, Derby, Sept. 13—D. Baseley, cheese monger, High-street, Southwark, Sept. 13. A DWELLING-HOUSE, WAREHOUSE, and BUILDINGS, in Mardol, Shrewsbury, in the occupation of Messrs. Bell and Co , to bacco manufacturers ; several Gardens at Kingsland, near Shrews bury ; Cottages, Malt-house, and Ground at Welchpool, occupied by John Newell, and others ; a House and Land in Landrinio, occupied by Richard Williams ; and a Piece of Land, containing 3a. Ir. 36p., at Varchoel, in Guildsfleld, occupied by Mary Williams, all in the county of Montgomery ; a Parcel of Land and Cottage at Fontsford hill, Pontsbury ; a House and Land called Newhouse Farm, in Bet , tws ; another House and Land, called Sunny Bank, in Bettws ; seve ral Pieces of Land on Rhos Goch, and the Ale Oak Bank, contain ing together 131 a. Or. 23p., lately part of the common lands of the lordship and forest of Clun, but now inclosed ; and a House and Gar den at Ford, all in the county of Salop. The above premises were late the property of Mr. William Jones, late of Shrewsbury, banker, deceased, and are of freehold tenure, ex cept the House and Garden at Ford, which are of copyhold tenure. Particulars and conditions of sale may shortly be had (gratis), at the Chambers of the said Master, in Southampton-buildings, Chan cery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Weymouth and Green, of Angel court, Throgmorton-street, solicitors ; and of Mr. Robert Wilson, Copthall-buildings, London, solicitors ; at the place of sale ; and at the principal Inns in the neighbourhood of the property offered fbr sale. . . PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. and D. Guthrie, dye wood manufacturers, Liver pool—P. K. Holder and S. Garland, linen drapers, Ex mouth-street, Clerkenwell—l. Neild and D. Bancroft, fustian dealers, Manchester—G. Hardy and J. Barber, cloth workers, City—J. Pitcairn and L. Spicer, common brewers, Maldon, Essex—R. Griffith, W. Brough, and T. Gardner, ale brewers, Liverpool—W. Brougb, J. M. Brough, and T. Gardner, ale brewers, Liverpool (so far as regards T. Gardner)—W. Willey, C. Willey, and H. Willey, cutlers, Sheffield—J. Gwinne and H. Heathorn, wharfingers, Shad Thames, Southwark—S. Butler and J. Turner, grocers, Calverley, Yorkshire—Dewhurst, Hartley, and Co., lime burners, Pimlico (so far as re gards A. and J. Cook)—J. Carr, S. Carr, and J. Carr, archill makers, Leeds—B. Massey, jun., and E. Massey, wine merchants, St. Mien's-place Bishopsgate-street— C. Nightingale and J. Y. R oo d, bedding warehousemen, Old Compton -street—M. and A. Wooliven, linen drapers, Andover—E. and W. Jones, iron founders, Bury, Lan cashire--R. Philips, G. W. Wood, M. Philips, and W. R. Wood, merchants, Manchester. T. Snashall, jun., grocer, Penshurst, Kent. S. Harris, carpenter, Stalbridge, Dorsetshire. E. Bray, corn dealer, Solihull, Warwickshire. T. Heskin, jun., horse dealer, Bishop's Stortford. R. Knight, farmer, Byfleet, Surrey. SECOND NOTICES. J. Taylor, printer, Birmingham, Sept. 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. W. Stringer, baker, Manchester, Sept. 10, at twelve, at the Mancheaer District Court. Hobson, official assignee. J. Reece, labourer, Ty-ny-Wern Aberkenfig, Glamor ganshire, Sept. 6, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. C. Vickers, baker, Manchester, Sept. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. W. and J. Pollard, tailors, Manchester, Sept. 10, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. H. Harris, plasterer, East Teignmouth, Devonshire, Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. A, Clarence, seedsman, Romford, Essex, Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Burgess, jun„ shoemaker, Southwold, Suffolk, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Morris, tinman, Highgate, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. W. Smith, auctioneer, Wellington-street, Clerkenwell, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of bankruptcy. Al sager, official assignee. E. Brown, private governess, Clarence-place, Brighton, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Al sager, official assignee. P. Clark, fancy trimming manufacturer, Elder-street, Norton Folgate, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. W. Fearn, clerk, Lyon's Inn, Strand, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Sherwood, stationer, Wood-street, Cheapside, Aug. 29, at eluven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official n sein,m J. Fairall, stamper in the Stamp-office, Sussex-place, Camberwell, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. R. Smith, Bowling-green-buildings, Marylebone, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrupcy. Alsager, official assignee. A. Longland, butcher, Northampton, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. G. Woodley, artist, Howland-street, Fitzroy-square, Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. T. J. Robotham, chemist, Burslem, Staffordshire, Aug. 29, at one, at the B official assignee. irmingham District Court. Christie, 11/IrU SAR D'S POLKA QUADRILLES Piano, 3s. ; ditto Orchestra. -LY In presenting to the musical woria — ih7;bove charming Polka Quadrilles, whiclieverybocly may dance, by that emperor of Quadrille Composers, Musard, It. COCKS and CO. respectfully beg to warn the public against the many humble imitations to undermine those gems of the ball-room by putting forth ephemeral compositions. Messrs. Cocks and Co. are proud to acknowledge that at all the Courts in Europe where the dance Is known, these Polka Quadrilles are the favourites of the evening, and in many instances they have been known to bp encored several times. The best English masters have pronounced the above Quadrilles as the prettiest tunes for dancing, and that they will become as popular as the well-known Lancers, the Polichinelle, the Krakoviack, and La Ellie du Regiment Quadrilles. Observe, order Musard's Polka Quadrilles. London, 20, Princes-street, Hanover-square.—Aug. 20, 1844. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. _ WAR-OFFICE, Aua. 23. 1844. Ist Dragoon Guards—S. R. Brise, Gent„ to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bence, promoted, Aug. 23. 7th Dragoon Guards—R. Johnston, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Robinson, appointed to the 72d Foot, Aug. 23. Bth Light Dragoons—Captain F. G. Shewell to be Major, by purchase, vice Cholmeley, who retires. Lieut. C. J. Longmore to be Captain, by purchase, vice Showell. Lieut. H. S. Pakenham, from the 72d Foot, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Longmore, August 23. Ist (the Royal) Regiment of Foot—A. R. Mowbray, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice B. Mein, whose appointment has been cancelled, Aug. 23. 7th Foot—Lieutenant the Hon. C. L. Hare to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice the Hon. T. H. H. Thurlow, who retires, Aug. 23 ; Lieutenant H. A. Porter, from the 44th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Floyd, appointed to the 54th Foot, Aug. 22 ; Ensign J. D. Verner, from the 47th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hare. Aug. _23. W. Chubb, accountant, Bristol, Aug. 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee. G. W. Ward, licensed 'victualler, Melton, Suffolk, Aug. 30, at two, at the Cou r t o f Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. Harris, blacksmith, Woodham Mortimer, Essex, Aug. 30, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assign ee . A. Hutchison, St. George's -terrace, Walworth, 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. 22d Foot—Lieutenant R. C. Jones, from the 26th Foot, to be Lieutenaat, vice Andrews, who exchanges, Aug. 23. _ 24th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant G. E. L. Williams. to have the rank of Lieutenant, Aug. 22 ; Lieutenant F. C. Skurray, from half-pay 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant; vice T. Hodgetts, who exchanges, Aug. 23. 25th Foot—Captain J. Impett, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Captain, vice S. P. Peacocke, who ex changes, Aug. 23. _ . J. Pim, carpenter, cross, Aug. 30. at() Pennell, official assignee. at eleven, at tho Court f White Hart-place, Kennington- Aug. a tß a n t the u p C t c o y u r . t of Bankruptcy. Belcher,offi ei al J. Capon, wire -draw er , Farringdon-stroet, Aug. 29, assignee. T. Bunney, s ilk and cotton dealer, Anchor-street, J. Whinier, baker, official assignee. 30,the at Court ohuarlft-opfaßstaonnker,uapttetyh.e Pennell, official Bethnal-green,J. Friend, boot maker, Bankruptcy. past two, at the Court andport, Southampton, Aug. , of G B raona v 22, at half-past F tw en o , n a e t n official assignee. C. Bampton, collar m at the llythe, Kent, Aug. 22, at half 'of Bankruptcy. Follett, official F. J. Twysden, Bear assignee. at the Court of Bankr uptcy. ak°-r' Woolwich, Aug. 26, at two, half-past twelve, at thesteadGreen, official assignee. -green, Kent, Aug. 28, at Court coort of of B B a a n n k k r r u u p p t t c e )3: Green, J. W. Barlow, coal Bankruptcy. , a t c d 3 , ,. Liverpool, Bir (i,Mile-endofficAi O aul l g d a. 8 s T 2i g(B:, w e a n e t. , twelve, Aofficialßev.lofficialg.26a a at i s:s t iia h lggVt e nni eeti Court leewilao7 s R. lliggitt, hatter, Il half-past twelve, at tuigeleY, Staffordshire, Aug. 2 7, at ho Birmingham District • Court. Valpy, official assign ee . J. Cherry, Hyde, Cheshi M a nchester District Cour re, Aug. 29, at twelve, at the J. R. Miller, agent, t.Stanway, official assignee. Liverpool Aug. 27, at half-past eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. R. Dawber, tailor, Liverpool, A ug . 27, a t h a lf- past eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. J. Henderson, major on half-pay, Neston, Cheshire, Sept. 11, at half - past twel ve Court. Bird, official assi gnee. , at the Liverpool District J. Reynolds, joiner, Liverpool, the Liverpool District Court. Turner, Aug. 28, at eleven, at J. Rason, blacksmith , Liverpool, Aug, official assignee. the Liverpool District Court. Turner, 27, at eleven, at J. Oakes, grocer , Liverpool, Aug. official assignee. Liverpool District Court. Turner, ()me , at eleven, at the W. Wagstaff, cabinet maker, Liverpool,ial assignee. twelve, at the Liverpool District Court, Turner, official assignee. R. Shaw, shipwright, Gatcombo, Gloucestershire, Aug. 28, at eleven, at the Bris tol District Court. Miller, official assignee. A. Mozoomdar, Bristol, Aug. 30, at eleven, Bristol District Court. Acraman, Official at the assignee. R. Peters, labourer , West Dean, Glo ucestershire, Aug. 29, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. J. Brown, hackney-coach driver, Liverpool, Aug.at half-past twelve , at the Liver pool District Court. Turner, official assign ee. 1 G. Attock, grocer, Liverpool, Aug, 29, at half-past twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. J. Breden, boot maker, Liverpool, A ug , . - 8, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. W. Rowland, farmer's assistant, Llannilan, Anglesea, Aug. 28, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee. J. Pray, quarry man, West Dean, Gloucestershir A z 29, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. e ' u —' J. Tyler, linen draper's assistant, Wallcot, Somerset shire, Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Bristol Distri' • ct Court. Hutton, official assignee. J. Orton, racing judge, York, Sept. 2, at eleven, the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee.' at J. Wilon, joiner, York, Aug. 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. G. Livesey, ale dealer, Chorley, Lancashire, Aug. 28, at eleven, at the Blanche ster Distric t Court. Robs on, official assignee. J. Barraclough, wool sorter, Rochdale, Aug. 30, at twelve, at the Blanchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. D. O'Bryan, joiner, Blcckburn, Aug. 29, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, as off • l • .cia assignee, DIVIDENDS. 26th Foot—Lieutenant T. Andrews, from the 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Jones, who exchanges, August 23. 36th Foot—Captain 11. Pratt, from half• pay 58th Foot, to be Captain, vice William Mauleverer, who exchanges ; Lieutenant E. C. Butler to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pratt, who retires ; Ensign J. M. Pochin to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Butler ; G. Birney, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pochin, August 23. 42d Foot—Captain T. White, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Captain, vice Lord C. L. Kerr, who ex changes, Aug. 23. 44th Foot—Lieut. C. H. M. Smith to be Captain, by purchase, vice Puleston, who retires, Aug. 23 ; Lieut. F. S. Daubeney, from the 55th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Porter, appointed to the 7th Foot, Aug. 22 ; Ensign W. Faussett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith; C. Chamberlain, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Faussett ; Lieut. J. A. L. Philipps to be Adjutant, vice Smith, promoted, Aug. 23. 47th Foot—W. F. A. Hooke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Verner, promoted in the 7th Foot, August 23. _ . 49th Foot—Ensign J. H. Biggs to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Shakespear, deceased, August 13 ; Ensign M. M'Creagh, from the 53d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Biggs, August 23. 53d Foot—W. G. Spiller, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice M'Creagh, appointed to the 49th Foot, Aug. 23. 59th Foot—Ensign E. G. Byam to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Perrott, who retires; T. B. Williams, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Byam, Aug. 23. 61st Foot—Lieut. J. F. Brickdalo to be Adjutant, vice Deacon, promoted ; Ensign A. Grant to be Lieutenant, without purchase; R. G. Brackenbury, Gent., to be En sign, vice Grant, Aug. 23. 64th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon W. Purdon, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Brownson, who exchanges, Aug. 23. 72d Foot—Ensign J. Mackenzie, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pakenham appointed to the Bth Light Dragoons; Cornet D. Robinson, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Ensign, vice Mackenzie, Aug. 23. 79th Foot—Lieutenant R. C. H. Taylor, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Butler, who retires ; Ensign W. T. W. Wood to be Lieutenaat, by purchase, vice Taylor ; T. Maitland, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wood, Aug. 23. Rifle Brigade—C. V. Oxenden, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, v i ce Hildyar, who retires ; Lieut. J. Newbury, from the 89th Foot, to be Pay master, vice Middleton, appointed to a recruiting district, Aug. 23. West India Regiments—Assistant-Surgeon W. Ro.. binson, M.D., from the Staff, to be Regimental Surgeon to be attached to the Ist, 2d, or 3d West India Regi ments, as the exigencies of the service may require, Aug. 23. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign T. B. Tuite to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maxwell, who retires ; G. G. Griffith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tuite, Aug. 23. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieut. A. Deane to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colley, whose promotion has been cancelled; Lieut. J. Gillespie, from half-pay sth Garrison Battalion, to bo Lieutenant, vice Phelan, promoted; Second Lieut. J. A. Layard to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gillespie, who re tires; D. D. Graham, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Layard, Aug. 23; G. S. Dwyer, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dean, promoted, Aug. 24. HOSPITAL STMT. — Assistant-Surgeon W. H. Brown son, M.D., from the 64th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Purdon, who exchanges, August 23. BREVET. — Captain H. Pratt, of the 36th Foot, to be Major in the Army, July 22, 1830. MEMORANDUM. The date of the commission of Ensign Archibald Alexander Cross, of the 62d Regiment of Foot, is 20th August, 1844, and not 20th April, 1844, as stated in the Gazette of the 20th instant, E. and J. Rains, carpet ra t t m on an e, u . f a ac t tu th re e rs r , e ß w ar ca n st a l r e d . Castle, Durham, Sept. 6 upon-Tyne District Court — R. inapaort, innkeeper, ,e4.,g t#i 0 ... . z. .,t ...... ...e/, ~,,L 4 / / -- , - Ez - ,_,,,,e fr . 7„ , . , , / ,_, ~. ,• ~.,, ... .... _.:. k. 'T ') 4 , - . i , • • . . , more precarious —the taw rich becoming Ili . 4s , Y .. ,t+ ~----- , , f - ........ , 7_, ~. the many poor becoming poorer. - - ~.p, v .% -., ..,.,._ , i , , : - i , „, 0 8- it t e. ,1:42 - 7 - ! - -- v .4 ,..; "4,.` , ~ 1 ) ' . 1, !;d- -.AV N. ' -- , , L .._ .. ----7: - i'''") nll 4 it is probable, however that Oils as the • -\ r 4 ~- „ ,il/4 1 . 1 111c, ' - : ~, , i!o', l , ~ .r . are will soon be felt unendurable;an" a the .. - ' . 4. 4 r. ' '' 1.,.e —/ • ~; . ''' i l''' ' .. j , j ' ' --i1g' ti4 , 10 , 00,,. ~,, „.. , .___, ,4.,,,,,, ~... ~\ ' ek- -_ --...... ~ A. , - - , ' ' " "4' ''' 4 lg , :t, 4 'o Of + l/ 4, , and mercantile people will rouseithenmehres . '''' ' ',,,. -:-., ' ~ , 4„,if .-----= „ ..,,.,Zi' 1 ° if, s o/' ' 1 4, i4 ‘ l kk, - `'."*---- L.- ,• ~./ . .-- ' ''''' -- .`"Wig - D I - ' '' s7 St = "/Jl7 ) , 74', lON 14 - - , ;: ,1)2 t0 T:: ,'' ` \ the nation. An association., Niritir _ &ire ...1 , --,•,.- 7 ..• , members in all the provincial tovrli.vsbOld- be ' "'. . ' _ . with formed, and, by the collectiotha faPts, cially of statistical tables, establish th vi kriterthl, ' _. LONDON, SATURDAY E V E N I N G SU I NI AUGUST 24, 1844. PRICE sd, of insolvent legislation, by which th 1 1 Jr? SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. The meeting of the South-Western Railway Propric... tors yesterday was very numerously attended. A very lengthy report was laid before the Proprietors. It show-#4 a progressive increase in the traffic. The total carnitlgA during the first six months of 1843 were 142,973/. 105.3 d.„ while those for the six months ending 30th June las', amounted to 150,469/. 4s. Bd., exhibiting an increase oe 7,495/. 14s. sd. The aggregate expenditure daring the latter period is 84,076/. 16s. 5d., and the amount avail able for division amongst the Proprietors, 75,174/. O. out of which the Directors recommended the payment, if a dividend greater by 2s. 6d. a share than that paid h 5 September last, making the present dividend at the rate, of 325. 6d. a share, subject to the income -tar. This dividend absorbs 74,607 Z, leaving a balance of 567/.05.2d.. The Directors have recently completed a revision of the. rates for carriage of goods. The chief object of this: would appear to be to render the classification of the various descriptions of merchandise more simple *TA more convenient to individuals sending or receiving nott's by the railway, combined also with a reduction of charAe. amounting on the average to 20 per cent. The rejec tion of the Epsom, and the passing of the Salisbury line,. is to result in the amalgamation into 6,000 shares, of 40/. each, of the Scrip Eighths, created in pursuance o' the resolution of the special meeting of the 30th December last. This Scrip will be ;forthwith called in. The. Directors intend immediately to act upon the pouters of the Bill recently passed for improving the /snap.- elms station, and possess themselves of the neces sary land for this purpose. To effect this they in tend to create and dispose of 250 shares of 50/. each, that number and amount of shares being equivalent to the 2,000 , Scrip Eighths reserved for issue by the Lirectors at. their discretion. The Directors were empowered to take the necessary steps for procuring Parliamotar:s power for the Company, solely or jointly to constet e! branch railway to Epsom, and to establish a connecrtati between the South-Western, the Brighton, and South- Eastern lines ; to borrow on mortgage or bond 20,0001,, under the powers of the Salisbury Branch Act ; to take. the necessary steps to obtain Parliamentary authority to make a railway from Basingstoke to Nowbury,land to. I effect a connection between the South-Western and. Great Western lines ; and to obtain further Parldft mentary power for the Company solely or jointly to ex.- tend the Gosport line from Fareham to Portsmouth and: Chichester. The Directors were also authorised to take into consideration the projected Dorsetshire lines, to adopt such measures in reference thereto as they might deem expedient, and to examine whether a terminus near- Waterloo-bridge would not be advantageous, and to• carry out such a measure if their examination should be favourable. The report of the Directors was very fa vourably received by the Proprietors. The Directors have entered into an agreement with Messrs. Cooke and Wheatstone, the patentees of the electric telegraph, for working it on this ling. The pa tentees are to receive 1,5001. a-year from Government for working it between Portsmouth and the Admiralty. The agreement between the patentees and the Directors binds down the former to throw in their patent right, and to divide both the 1,5001. a-year and the profits arising from working the patent with the Directprs, who are to grant the use of the line. The Directors propose, besides the Admiralty line of telegraph, to work one, for the use of the Company, and another for commercial purposes. TRADE WITH PORTUGAL. 60, Mark-lane, London, Aug. 14, 1844. My Lord,—We are induced to take the liberty of ad dressing your Lordship on the following subject . The wine trade, in which we are engaged as Oporto merchants, has but recently recovered from a long and severe:depression, caused by the protracted negotiations with Portugal respecting a mutual reduction of duties, and your Lordship will be aware that the revenue sus tained considerable injury in consequence of that de pression. We are now threatened with a return cf this inju rious suspension of our trade, and apparently without. that valid reason for it which existed in the former instance. For some time past, the Lisbon correspondents of the press have weekly assured their readers, that a re duction of duties between Great Britain and Portugal may now be looked on as certain. We cannot but feel the injury which has been, and may again be inflicted on our trade, by statements of this nature, and we, there fore, request your Lordship to excuse our taking th© li berty of inquiring, whether or not a renewal of the com mercial negotiations with Portugal may be considered probable. We have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient servants, (Signed) COCKBURN BROTHERS and CO. The Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Gentlemen,--I am dir E ec o t r e e d ign b - y offi th c e e 'E A arl o 2 2, to acknowledge th e receipt of your letter of th e ]4 t h Aberdeen lB44 . inst., in which you request to he informed whether commercial negotiations are likely to be re-opened with Portugal, and I am to state to you in reply, that his Lordship is not aware that there are any grounds fur supposing that such negotiations will be renewed. lam, gentlemen, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) CANNING. To Messrs. Cockburn Brothers and Co. EXTRAORDINARY SERIES OF CALAMITIES. —Mr. Higgs, yesterday, held an inquest at the George, George court, Strand, on the body of Joseph Marshn3an, tailor, of George-court, Strand, aged 53, who hanged himself on Thursday, while in a state of insanity produced by calamities that rarely fall to the lot of one man. It wa 4 stated that he had been affected iu his mind ever since the decease of his wife, who was accidentally burnt to death in St. Martin's workhouse about nine months ago. The day after that one of his sons, who was on board the Marine School ship, at Blackwall, fell from the mast head, and was killed on the spot. But a week or two following he sent another son with some work to Regent-street, and while he was on his way there he was run over by a cab, and carried home dead. A third child fell down the steps in George-court, and fractured its skull, from the effects of which it ultimately expired. There are seven children now living, several of whom have lately been suffering from rheumatic fever, caused by the dampness of the house in which they live. The unfortunate deceased, borne down by this accumulation of heavy afflictions, would wander for miles about the country, he knew not where nor why. On Friday he left home, and walked all that day and Saturday, and at night made a bed of some hay at Barnet. He then got into the town of Hertford, where he slept, and then walked home. Ho could give no reason for this, but said he knew he was out of his mind. It was said ho had not eaten three pounds of meat since his wife's death. The jury said there could be no doubt in the case, and returned a verdict of Insanity." MURDER OF A WIFE AT RICIINIOND.—Yester day morning information was received at the different metropolitan police-stations that a man, named William New, a shoemaker, residing in the Marsh-gate-road, Richmond, had murdered his wife, by stabbing her in the side with a carving knife. It appeared that, about seven on Thursday night, they quarrelled, when the husband seized a carving knife and plunged it into his wife's side, and immediately made his escape. She was found by the neighbours insensible from loss of blood, and died about half an hour afterwards. No trace of the wretched husband has as yet been discovered beyond the following fact :—About eight o'clock the same evening, as Mr. G. Morris, blacksmith, of Shepherd's-bush, was proceeding along the Uxbridge-road, at Notting-hill, on . his return home, he met a man who asked him what time it was; and on Mr. Morris telling nim it was eight o'clock, he said he had then come from Richmond in an hour; that the police had entered the house by the front door as he had left it by a back window; and that if he was found he should be transported. Mr. Morris thought the man was mad, and permitted him to pursue his course towards Paddington. The following is a copy of the description of William New, which has been circulated by the police:—He is about 27 years of age, sft. sin. or bin. high, dark brown hair, fair complexion, grey eyes, stout in person, dressed in cord trousers, old shoes, an old brown cloth waistcoat, brown cloth cap without a peak, and had no coat or jacket on; he is a shoemaker by trade. The police are making active exertions to secure him. PARSONS AND WIDOWS, BY THE AUTHOR Or " PETER PRIGGINS." THREE VOLS..—ThOSC who have read the former publications of the author of " Parson's supplied wi b t y h whthisichprietsaehnot uw,,,i•o:,rk.ah and The e d i e w li c n id e e a n ti t o s and Widows," mill be p repared for the rich treat which is character of evi dently derived from facts—fiction could not speak to the heart as these do—render the narratives of the severe/ clergymen, who are supposed to give the strange eventful histories of their progress through life, replete with varied interest. They cannot be read without creating sympathy for " the cares, the fears, the pains, the joys, which are experienced by the clergy of the National Church. Certain downy doctors and rubicund rectors also come in for a fair share of ridicule, and occasionally still severer reproof. There is a sufficiency of love pas sages to interest the fair sex; enough of caustic humour to gratify bachelors ; and of prudential m a x i ms t o pl e ase mamas and papas. The " widows" are hit off to perfec tion, and are sure to please every one.—Globe. ACCIDENT TO THE BATAVIER STEAM-sinr.---Tbe Dutch steam-vessel Batavier, Captain Dunlop, which was due from Rotterdam at the St. Katherine Steam packet-wharf at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, did not arrive, and no i n t e lli gence had be en received of since her up to Thursd a y even i ng . Information has _ reached the wharf that, shortly after the departure of the vessel from Rotterdam, she by some accident got aground off the Dutch coast, and it was ultimately found passengers a n d to be necessary to land the whole of her cargo, which co mprised a considerable number of horned cattle, in addition to a quantity of fruit and vegetables, of which articles a considerable quantity has been brought by her from Holland for several weeks past. The, immediate cause of the accident is at present unknown. The commander of the Batavier, Captain Dunlop, has been engaged in the Rotterdam trade for a considerable period, and the vessel has hitherto p er f orme d the royao with great regularity and safety, , c ier, and ley 11/ Pe trading alliorpr dln vi t espe ..qoireaW may undergo a due amotint of punishment, and Pm! really unfortunate insolvent be relieved from .'"ul7 punishment, to which none but a cruel and vindictii man would desire to impose upon him. IN BUCKS, NEAR TO BOXMOOR-STATION. A CAPITAL MANOR FARM, NEARLY 300 ACRES, in the OCCUPATION of a FIRST-RATE TENANT. LOTS of GOOD SHOOTING, and in a HIGH and HEALTHY POSITION. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is directed to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, in London, on THURSDAY, the 29th of August, at Twelve o'Clock, in One Lot, An exceedingly desirable FREEHOLD FARM, pleasantly situate, within four 'rifles of Boxtnoor, and less than three miles of the pleasant markettown of Berkhempstead, and the two stations. It is called YEW TREE HOUSE, WHELPLEY HILL, surrounded by good roads, within twenty.eight miles of London, and an easy distance of the best markets. Chesham is three miles off, and Hensel Hempstead within five, so that the produce finds a ready vent at a trifling expense. The land is of a quality that may always be depended on under a healthy course of cultiva tion, and the abundant crops this year, after being subject to a severe discipline for the last four or five years, arising out of a sad forgetfulness of manure, still the land exhibits four or five quarters of capital wheat and barley, and the crops of clover are most abundant. The farm.house, as well as the buildings, are of ancient date, and, in candonr, it must be proclaimed, will be greatly benefited by a judicious outlay of three or four hundred pounds. THE WORTHY TENANT, BASSILL, who, with his family, have sojourned here near half a century, will be but too happy to have a lease, and continue the tenancy; but his present rent is a very inadequate one. The estate numbers near THREE HUNDRED ACRES, and with the exception of less than two, is entirely within a ring fence. There are about 50 acres in thriving woods and planta tions; it will be in accordance with good judgment to have them by degrees grubbed up, and good crops of corn become their substitute—a farmer does not need the luxury of wood. land scenery, to interfere with his more important avo cations. The outgoings are not high, and the tithe has been commuted at less than 4s. per acre—such is a faint outline of the property which is committed for positive sale, and offers an exceedingly eligible and secure investment for small capitalists. Particulars, fourteen days prior to the sale, at the George, Ches. ham; King's Arms, Berkhempstead and Hemel Hempstead; also the station at Boxmoor; of Messrs. Nicholas and Pardoe, solici tors, Bewdley ; Mr. Wm. Allen, solicitor, Worcester; Mr. Hod. son, solicitor, Lichfield ; Mr. Benbow, solicitor, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn; the Auction Mart, and in Covent-garden; with plans to accompany the printed particulars. VALUABLE AND EXTENSIVE SLATE QUARRIES IN MERIONETHSHIRE, NORTH WALES. A CAPITAL AND PERFECTLY SECURE INVESTMENT. TO be DISPOSED OF, the EXTENSIVE SLATE QUARRIES, upon which a considerable capital has been expended in arriving at the present favourable state. This Property has capability to carry it out to an extent almost indefinite. The royalty is very low, and the terms of the lease are unusually favourable. It will afford to a company or a few capitalists an opportunity of investing FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS, with a prospective view most encouraging, and the opportunity to purchase the fee simple on very advantageous terms, is amongst the most prominent of its numberless advantages. This quarry (in Merionethshire, close to Carnarvonshire) is identi cally the same vein of slate as the three large quarries on Mrs. Oakeley's property, which are the most extensive slate quarries now worked in Merionethshire. It is situated upon the opposite side of the same hill, the summit of which is the boundary between the Cwmorthin and Oakeley properties ; and the vein, which in the latter estate is divided into three extensive quarries, has an extent on the Cwmorthin side equal to all three together, and capable of being made the largest quarry in Merionethshire; and, after Bangor and Llanberris, the largest Slate Quarry In Wales. A disagreement in the partnership, arising out of a difference of opinion as to the best mode of working the quarry, was terminated by the common consent of all the parties, and this is the sole reason why this valuable property is now to be disposed of. The present tenants hold under a forty years' lease, dated 20th March, 1842, which in all its conditions is more favourable to the capitalist undertaking to work the quarry, than those of any of their corn. petitors in the market. But the fee-simple can be bought upon terms which would enable the purchaser to secure large profits, where the quarries paying heavy royalties merely enrich the land lords; independently of being able to work the quarries wholly without interference, and to such extent, and in such manner, as to . obtain the greatest possible profit from a property which, properly managed, increases in value the longer it is worked, since more Slate is continually opened, and which will not be ex hausted in many generations. The present openings are so made as to be capable of indefinite extension—a small outlay would bring an immediate return of Slate, which might be increased at the discretion of the proprietor. The metal is of the purest Port madiric blue Sla!e, easily worked, durable, and free from spot, stain, or blemish. Though the vein is barely opened in the top (as shewn in the plan), above eight hundred tons of Slates have already been made, of a quality in every way satisfactory, and it continues to improve, the deeper the rock is gone into. An extensive farm, with about two hundred acres of land, available for various pur. poses, is included in the property—it will be of great value to the party working the quarry. A fall of water gives all the power needed for machinery to saw and plane slate; the use of which in articles of furniture and in house building is rapidly and daily ex. tending. There is cheap and easy carriage by the Ffestiniog Railway to Portmadoc. And when the increasing demand at home and on the continent for Portmadoc blue Slate, the extensive pro. gress of buildings throughout the kingdom, and the peculiar ad. vantages offered by the Cwmorthin Quarry are considered, it will be found that a more favourable opportunity is seldom met with for the investment of capital, with large immediate profit, and con. tinued accumulation of the value of the principal in perspective. There are many admirable sites in the vicinity for the erection of an abode suited to the proprietor of these works. The situation is well known to be one of the most beautiful in North Wales, with capital sporting and the best salmon and trout fishing in the country. Principals only will make application at Mr. George Robins's Offices, Covent.garden, who takes this opportunity to call the atten. tion of the moneyed world to this valuable undertaking. IMPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS. TO be SOLD by PRIVATE TREATY, by Mr. GEORGE ROBINS, A VERY PROMISING INVESTMENT AND SLATE QUARRY, situate in Carnarvenshire, North Wales. The Slate is of excellent quality, of a rich grey-blue colour, and can be had in abundance under but a very thin cover. The work is already about 40 yards wide, and is capable of being extended to upwards of ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY' YARDS, where a large number of men may be employed most advanta. geously, and without the slightest risk. This is an investment af. fording a rare opportunity to any party with moderate capital to accumulate A LARGE FORTUNE. The observations which follow are extracted from a Welsh Paper:—" I have been in Carnarvonshire, to see the Quarry, and my opinion is, that there is something extraordinary in it; it can be made, with a few thousands outlay, TIIE MOST EXTENSIVE CONCERN OF THIS SOIL IN THE WORLD. The vein of pure slates is ascertained to be no less than ISO yards wide, and at least half a mile in length, without any ob struction, and as deep as any parties may feel inclined to go, wherein there is sufficient quantity of that useful material TO SUPPLY THE WHOLE WORLD FOR CENTURIES; and with good management the profits would—could not be less than from 100 to 150 per cent. upon the outlay, after it is put in proper order. Another desirable thing belonging to this concern is, that the cover of earth on the surface is only two or three yards deep, whereas most of the quarries are under ten or fifteen yards cover. The workshops, waggons, and working utensils are in good repair, as also the road, three miles of which has been made at the expense of nearly 2,000/. The distance to a capital ship.. ping wharf is only seven miles, and but nine to the intended CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD GREAT RAILWAY. The name of the concern is the ' Cedryn Quarry,' situate about ten miles from Banger, and the same distance from Conway and Llanrwst, in the centre between the three towns. " It is held under the Right Hon. Lord Newborough for an un expired term of twenty.eight years, which can be extended at any time. " In conclusion, we can only add that the Quarry ought to pro. duce a considerable sum, as it is A SURE FORTUNE FOR ANY SPIRITED PARTY who may be lucky enough to get it." If not disposed of by Private contract before the 28th day of August, it will be Sold by Auction by Mr. George Robins, at the Castle Inn, Conway, North Wales, on the 16th October, 1844. In the meantime, full particulars may be had on application to Mr. E. Owen, Auctioneer, Ruthin ; or to Mr. George Robins , London AGRICULI URE, CO MMERCE, NAVI OATION, THE CHURCH. AB. SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, 14, • Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank, have finished a few splendid Pieces of PLATE, suitable for presentation to Gentlemen connected with either o f th e a b ove pursuits or professions, to w hi c h hey invite the attention of Commit who are in search of valuable testimonials for s_.#l °cordons. SCOTCII SEQUESTRATIONS. DAVID OGILVY, innkeeper, Blairgowrie, Sept. 2 and 30, at twelve, at D. Ogilvy's, Blairgowrie. ANDREW TAYLOR, grocer, Glasgow, Aug. 29 and Sept. 19, at twelve, at the Chambers of H. Smeaton, Glasgow. GEORGE COWAN, flesher, Edinburgh, Aug. 30 and Sept. 25, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee house, Edinburgh. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Aug. 20, 1844, is 325. 84d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. BANK ISSUES. The Gazette of last night contains the following re• urns under the new " Act to make further provision relative to the Returns to be made by Banks of the amount of their Notes in circulation." The period is twelve weeks prior to the 27th of April last, and the average amount in each case is certified by two of her Majesty's Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes : Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union £ Banking Company, at Burton and Uttoxeter... 60,701 Bradford Commercial Joint-Stock Bank, at Brad- ford 20,084 Bank of Whitehaven, at Whitehaven, and Wigton 32,681 Barnsley Banking Company, at Barnsley 9,563 Bradford Banking Company, at Bradford 49,292 County of Gloucester Banking Company, at Gloucester, Cheltenham, Burford, Cirencester, and other places 144,352 Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, at Cheltenham and Tewkesbury ... Coventry Union Banking Company, at Coventry 16,251 Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company at Coventry Cumberland Union Banking Company,_ at Work ington, Cockermouth, Maryport, Wigton, Pen rith, and Keswick Carlisle City and District Bank, at Carlisle and Cockermouth 19,972 Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, at Carlisle, Wigton, and Appleby Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, at Dudley and West Bromwich 17,696 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, at . __ _ _ Derby and Belper 20,093 East of England Bank, at Norwich, East Dere ham, Eye, Fakenham, and other places 25,025 Fakenham Bank, at Fakenham and Holt—Gur- ney and Co 24,293 Gloulestershire Banking Company, at Glou cester, Stroud, Newnham, Cheltenham, and other places 155,920 Herefordshire Banking Company, at Hereford, Leominster, Evesham, and Hay Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, at Halifax 18,534 Huddersfield Banking Company, at Huddersfield, Holmfirth, and Dewsbury 37,354 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Banking Company, at Kingsbridge Walsall Old Bank, at Walsall—C. S. and J Forster Worcester Bank, at Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co 15,463 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, at Yarmouth, Beccles, Lowestoft, Halesworth, and other places—Gurney and Co. 53,060 HIRING OUT NEWSPAPERS.—The penalty for this offence is 51., by the Act 29 Geo. 111., c. 50.—The above paragraph having appeared in several newspapers within the last few weeks, it is well to inform the public, and esrecially that part of it who, by pleading the above Act, have endeavoured to evade their just debts, that it is no longer in force, as may be seen by referring to Act 6 and 7 "Wm. IV., cap. 73, which repeals "so much of the 29th Geo. 111., cap. 50, as in any way relates to news papers." NEWLY-INVENTED SPECTACLES, TELESCOPES, OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, &c.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly, have succeeded in effecting a most scientific im provement in Spectacle and Telescope Lenses, &c., of the greatest transparent power. The extraordinary advantage derived from this invention is that vision becomes preserved and strengthened and very aged per: sons are enabled to employ their sight either by day or candle light at the most minute occupation, and can see with those Lenses of a much less magnifying power, nor will they require the frequent changes to further helps as the Spectacles now in common use. Also newly-in vented Achromatic Waiscoat-pocket Telescopes and Opera Glasses which are invaluable at the sea-side and on the race-course, as well as at the theatre, &c.—Every kind of Telescope for Shooting, Sea purposes, and upon stand for astronomical observations with the celebrated Lenses of the most clear transparent brilliancy ; the powers are so great and the Lenses so bright and bril liant that minute objects at an extraordinary distance are brought completely under the eyes.—Sportsmen, Tourists, and sea-side visitors will indeed here have a great treat. Their invisible Voice Conductor gives im mediate relief to old standing extreme cases of deafness. Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and observe.—Only to be had at 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. TILE ALDERSGATE-STREET NUlSANCE.—Yesterday at a vrardmote held in the ward of Aldersgate, at which after a severe contest between Mr. Sharwood and Mr. Smith, two very respectable inhabitants, for the office of Common Councilman, the former was declared to be the successful candidate, Mr. Godson called the attention of the meeting to the odious whalebone nuisance which has so long existed in Aldersgato-street, notwithstanding tho outcry which has been raised against it, and its pre sentment to the Court of Aldermen by the inquest jury. Sir Peter Laurie and other gentlemen present spoke strongly in support of the measures for its instant re moval, and at the termination of the discussion it was resolved, that the wardmote should send i❑ a memorial to the Court of Aldermen, praying that the Court would take steps, by instituting such proceedings as they might deem proper for the removal of the nuisance created by the whalebone manufactory of Messrs. Westall, in Al dersgate-street. It was also resolved, that in the event of the refusal of the Court of Aldermen to order pro ceedings to be instituted, the ward itself should imme diately pursue the necessary means to accomplish the object of the inhabitants. OVe understand that the Judges are expected to assemble on Monday to consider their opinions in the case of the Queen v. O'Connell and others. The judg ment, as has been alreadz announced, will be delivered on the Monday following, September 2. WIIIRLWIND.—The Indicaleur of Avignon states that, on the night of the 10th, a whirlwind passed over the commune of Monbouton, and produced various acci dents. The strangest circumstance connected with its progress was the overthrow of part of the church, and a falling in of some of the foundation, which laid bare a great portion of the tombs in the churchyard, and, raising up the remains of the bodies, dispersed them to a consi derable distance. No. 16,232. %/ " , ~~ ~- G'~ .~.:• -• " .w• FINCHLEY. TO BE LET, UNFURNISHED, at a very moderate rent, and entered upon immediately, a compact FAMILY HOUSE, with flower and kitchen gardens, small stable, chaise-house and harness-room, delightfully situated at Church-end. The house contains a dining-room and two parlours, entrance-hall, and handsome oak staircase ; frent and back drawing-rooms, com municating by folding-doors, and five bed-rooms on the upper floor ; large kitchen, scullery, and wash-house, and ample collaring. The premises are well supplied with excellent water from an hydraulic pump. An omnibus goes from iinchley and returns three times a day. Fair ffirther particulars, apply to Messrs. Adam Murray and Sons, surveyors and land agents, 47, Parliament-street. PUBLICATIONS. TO THE CLERGY, CHURCII-BUILDERS, AND TIIE BUILDING CLASS GENERALLY. THE BUILDER., of THIS DAY, price 3d., 11 contains Durandus on Symbolism, and the Founders of the Cambridge Camden Society—Beautiful Interior View of St. Olave' Church, Southwark—Timber, its Treatment and Uses—Prices of Wood and Metals—and all the News relating to Building. No. 82, to he published next Saturday, in a Double Number, will contain the New Metropolitan Building Act. Office, 2, York-street, Covent-garden ; and of all Booksellers. - ----- MURRAY'S lIO3tE AND COLONIAL LIBRARY. On August 31st, No. XII.. post Bvo., 2s. 6d., THE LIVES of OLIVER CROMWELL and JOHN BUNYAN. By ROBERT SOUTHEY, LL.D. John Murray, Albemarle-street. NEW WORK ON ST. LUCIA. Published this day, in Bvo., with Map, 12s. cloth, QT. LUCIA: HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL, and DESCRIPTIVE. By HENRY 11. BREEN, Esq. Thir teen Years a resident in the Island. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. MR. lIOARE'S NEW WORK ON THE VINE. This day is published, 12m0., ss. cloth, ADESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT of a NEW METHOD of PLANTING and MANAGING the ROOTS of GRAPE VINES. By CLEMENT HOARE, Author of "A. Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine on Open Walls." London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. REV. WILLIAM JAY'S WORKS. Just published, price 7s. 6d., THE NINTH VOLUME of the COMPLETE WORKS of the Rev. W. JAY, being Twenty-four Sermons preached at Argyle Chapel, Bath. CONTENTS :—Mistakes concerning the Number of the Righteous— The Nature of Genuine Religion—Vows called to Remembrance-- The Triumphs of Patience—The Sufferings of our Saviour Necessary —The Young Admonished—The Condemnation of Self-will—The Gospel Demands and Deserves Attention—On Progress in Religion— The Secure Alarmed—The Privileges of the Righteous—The Condition of Christians in the World—Concupiscence Punished—Hope—The Parable of the Two Sons—Christian Diligence--The Abuse of Divine Forbearance—Assurance—Domestic Happiness—Happiness in Death —Service done for God Rewarded—The Disappointments of Life— Neutrality in Religion Exposed—The Family of Our Lord. London : C. A. Bartlett, 66, Paternoster-row. THE PATENT COMPOSITE CANDLES. These Candles burn without snuffing more brilliantly than the best Wax, and are cheaper in proportion to the light given than the commonest Tallow Candles. The Patentees respectftilly beg all pur chasers to ask in the shops simply for " Price's Patent Candles," as many imitators have adopted the term "Composite." They are sold by most of the respectable Tallow Chandlers throughout the King dom, and are supplied wholesale to the trade by Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, and by Palmer and Co., Sutton street, Clerkenwell. of , 00 1 the ve- St 11 0 038