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,:frA • .' • , - ) , • I =Aiw mo d/ l 4) „c. ox • •r , . • Ki• • • 4 1 / 4 ••I . ' r . ,; , 42 4 . • • , . ' . ~. • • \-" . - 1 ./ - • rf'; -- $ 4 • . - )„,,„ • - "z" D 0 / T EVENING EDITION. EVENING OMITMN. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, Nov. 28, 1839. ON and after the sth of December next, the Rates on Letters passing through the Twopenny Post w ill be ld., provided such Letters do not exceed half-an-ounce inveight, and the postage on them, is paid in advance. If not Paid in advance they will be subject to the present Rates. ..., General P es t L e tt ers when passing through the Twopenny Post will be subject to no other rate than that levied for the General Post, with the exception of Franks, which will still be liable to the Twopenny Post rate as at present. 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Should the call remain unpaid after the appointed day, the Bankers have been severally required to demand interest thereon, after the rate of five per cent. per annum, from the 9th day of December to the day on which the payment shall be actually made. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. N A HON AL PROVIDENT INSTITU. TION. The FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING of the MEM BERS of this INSTITUTION, will be held at the Office, 18, Nicholas-lane, King William-street, on SATURDAY, the Fourteenth Instant, at One o'clock precisely. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, No. 21, Lombard-street. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the ROYAL EX CHANGE INSURANCE do hereby give Notice that the it TRANSFER-BOOKS will be SHUT from TUESDAY, the 3d of December next to TUESDAY, the 7th of January follow ; that the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT, appointed by their Charter, will be hoiden at their Office, No. 21, Lom bard -street, on WEDNESDAY, the 18th of December next, at Twelve o'Clock in the Forenoon, precisely ; and that a Divi dend will be considered of at the said Court. Nov. 20, 1839. SAMUEL FENNING, Secretary. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AS SURANCE AND DEFERRED ANNUITY SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. EASTERN BRANCH.-5, Castle-street, St. Mary Axe. Capital, 500,0001. EMPOWERED ET ACT OF PARLIAMENT. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Col. Sir Barges Camac, K. C. S. Robert Hollond, Esq., M.P. john Elliotson, M. D. F.R. S. George Langley, Esq. 11 . Gordon, Esq. John Rawson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Dr. Olinthus Gregory, F.R. A. S. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. ACTUARY--W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq. , F. R. A. S. B 7 the new principles of Life Assurance and Deferred An nuities, founded by this Society, the moral obligation of all classes of making a provision for a family or for old age is largely enhanced, by the immediate advantages secured to the Assur e d themselves. Th.! details of the principles of the Society, its improvement ►a the system of Assurance, its economical arrangements in favour of the Assured, its extensive Tables, &c., will be found in its Prospectus, which may be obtained at the Offices of the Society, 26, Cornhili, London, or at any of its Bra.i.ches throughout the Country. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. FREEMASONS' and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE, LOAN, ANNUITY, and REVER SIONARY INTEREST COMPANY. Among the many advantages to the assured in this Company are---the option of taking the profits in cash; adding to the policy ; reducing th e premium ; of receiving an annuity ; of effecting assurances upon increasing or decreaving premiums, and, without participation of profits, at reduced premiums, and of credit for half of the first five years' premiums ; policies not forfeited if the premium remain unpaid at the time of be coming due ; no error, but only fraud, to vitiate a policy ; lives below the ordinary standard of health insured at a mode -1 I VA increase of rate ; facilities for effecting loans. The business of the Company not confined to the masonic nly. Commission allowed to solicitors and agents. A Direc tor i n attendance daily. JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary. 11, Waterloo-place, Pail-mall, 1829. RATES FEft CENT. Age next Birth-day. Without Profits. With Profits. £ s. d. 1 10 6 1 13 6 1 17 6 £. 8. d. 1 14 8 1 17 9 2 2 0 2 2 8 2 7 5 i 2 9 2 2 14 3 Oal 1 2 40 45 1 3 50 I 4 711 I 3 13 11 264 9 3 1 2 5 911 17 5 _ 55 5 6 8 3 1 60 65 8 2 3 I 711 , 10 11 9 1 2 10 6 17 4 8 14 6 11 6 6 93 , CHEAPSIDE, AND 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET , PICCADILLY. SIGHT AND HEARING.—TESTIMO NIALS en the Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS newly invente i SPEC I'ACLE LENSES and INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR for Deaf Persons. Front James Blundell, Esq, M.D.:— " I have now tried for souse time the Nlessis. Solom o n s ' .iewl y invented Spectacle Lenses, and have exp erienced much benefit ,• they are far preferable to my vision than any other Lens ; the relief is very great, in particular by candle light, and in course of use for a length of time the clearness of the transparency brings every object very distinct; they can be fully appreciated only by those who, like Myself, may stand in need of them. " JAMES BLUNDELL, M.D. " No I, Great George-street, Wt staninster." " We, the undersigned, have been fur some time making use of Messrs. Solomons' newly invented Spectacle Lenses ; the astonishing relief they afford to imperfect vision gives them the decided prefer. _once to every other kind of Lens—the clearness of the transparency 'rings every object very.distinct, and enables individuals to view the moat minute particle with p erfect accuracy. They particularly Pleasant by candle light, as they appear cooling to the sight, and 'often bright and brilliant lights : G eorge G.Sigmond, Esq 31. D , 24 Dover-street. , T.J. Pettigrew, Esq., F.R.S., M.D., Saville-row. . 1 . Ramsbotliam, Esq., M.D., Broad.stree tldi Ke ng nningbon. s 11.CnIburn, Esq.. M.D., 29, Harleyford.place, C. Shillito, Esq. 31. D., Brighton. S. D.Robinson,'Esq.' M.D., Cheltenham. E. H. Animal, Esq., 111 '5., Wallingford. R. H. Luca, Esq., M D , Exeter. Alexander Farquhar, Esq., Surgeon, '79, CadoBan-plaC ', BelgraYe square. A. White, Esq., Surgeon, 3 Parliament-street. , John Hooper, Esq., Surgeon, 9, th. N ew ington.place, Kenning ton W. Day, E. Surgeon, urge n, W. English, Esq. S urge o n , Denmark-hill. R.• Noble Elwyn, 'Esq., Surgeon, 36, Albemarle -street P. Daldy, Esq., Surgeon, :,3, New Broad-street. Me‘ars Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenball-street. N. M‘Cann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Parliament-street. A. Barklemore, Esq., Surgeon, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury, ra C. Hi g h a t Esq., Surgeon, 49, Davies-street, Berke ey-square E. Stoddart, Esq., Surgeon , 32, Golden-square. R. In g h a m. Esq., SurgeonCn, amde ße n T Golden-square. R. treet C. Tunally, Es(l, Surgeo, . W. Jones, Esq., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brno's-street, Grosvenor-square John Cornell!, Esq., Surgeon, 46, Great Alie-street R. J. Poll ,ck, Esq., Surgeon, Kensington. Edward Nason, E.q., Surgeon, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. T. Brown, Esq., Surgeon, Be rkham p stead. Henry Hamilton, Esq., Surgeon, Langharne, Carmarthenshir. In placing the above List of Testimonials before the Public, the hiessrs.Solomons O p ti c i a ns and Aurist s, state that their INVISIBLE OPERATIVEVOICE CON DU C I Olt, hi which thousands of Deal pPieecrse and when been greatly benefited is not larger t han a seven-shilling not more in its place. heard with distinctness. These important new . in the King and into the cavity of the ear is soft and easy, and By its use nor perceptible than having a . piece of wool use the faintest whisper at a public assembly is Queen or in ventions are patronised by their Majesties Princesses Augusta and Sophia, and their Royal Highnesses the gstenhazy,the Princsse. Mary .and her Serene Highness the Princess of Devonshir, and Manchester gross oruposit r ro e i t t'in the Country it Is neces sary Rosa, and their Graces the Jukes :O p Cheapside. and 39. Alheinarl'o-acstc. In consequence of the tic 'tate that no Travellers are employed ' -------------___ by the above Estab iishmen t effectual preservative FOGS AND DAMP AIR. BARCLAY'S ASTHMATic CANDY years, been proved an lv for mariY as, from tne ill effects of the Fogs and Dam!) Air, which, Preservative Season, are so prevalent in this Climate. Its efrecs in the Winter Wind, to preserve the Stomach from the admission or a lj e _ to expel to relieve those who sOdef from Difficulty Of Breathing. '"'1 ), and Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London and S"ld Retail, by their appointment, by Sanger,Oxford 1 H. Burfield, ISO, Strand ; garch, 3.6, Holborn ; Johnston, 68-Stce- ; Is hill; G ifford, it 4, strand ; Hallows, Druggist, 9, High-street orn ington ; Heudebourck,•Drug,glst, Church-street, Hackney ; andl - respectable Medicine Venders in Town and Country. by Observe on can be genuine, t oless the names of “Batclay arid Sons" are on the Stamp affixed to eacb Box. FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA. Within a period of Two Months upwards of Three Hundred Patients were successfully treated at the Metropolitan Hospitals with FItANK,'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION of COPAIBA. By Joseph Henry Green, Esq., F.R.S., one of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and Professor of Surgery in the King's College, London. " I have mane trial of Ur. Frank's Solution of Copaiba, at St. Thomas's Hospital, in a variety of cases of dischargs in theeffica- male and female, and the re sults warrant my stating, that i e t is an cious remedy, and one Inch does not produce the usual unpleasant effects of Copaiba. (Signed) "JOSEPH HENRY GREEN. 46, Lincoln's-Inn - fie lds, April 15, 1835. By Bransby Cooper, Esq., F.R.S., Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and Lecturer on Anatomy, &c &c., and others most eminent in the Medical Profession.' •' Mr. Bransby CooPerpresent f his compliments to Mr. Gm. Franks and has great pleasure in hearing testimony of the efficacy of his So.. fun,' of Copaiba in Gonorrhoea, for which disease Mr. Coop cess. er ha prescribed the Solution in ten or twelve cases with perfect suc Ncw.street,Spring-gardens, Aprill3, 1835." invaluable Medicine is confidently recommended in all case of tionorrhcea, Gleets, Urethral Discharges, Spasmodic Strictures, Irritaticti of the Kidneys, Bladder U re thra, and Prosta te Gland; Its purifying effects upon the gent ral health render it particularly ap tdicable iu all cases of relaxed fibre and nervous debility. Prepared only by George Franks, Surgeon, 90, iilackfriars-road, L.lndon, and may be had of all Medicine-venders in the United King don't, In Bottles at 25. Psi., 4s. lid., and I Is. earn. CA I,IICIPI. --Unless " George Frani:s, lila *friars road," is engrav -tl on the Government Stump it cannot be genuine. Kr Dir. Franks may tie consulted notif Two o'clock daily. SIR JAMES MURRAY'S RECLAMA TION. TO THE EDITORS OF THE MEDICO-CHIRUR. REVIEW. 33, Piccadilly, Aug. 24, 1839. GENTLEMEN—Last winter I apprised you that in future you could obtain no Solution of Magnesia from a THEN agent of our's in London ; that person has since set up for himself, and has garbled the eulogium which you wrote in your Medico- Chirur. Review, and has applied your testimonial to an imita tion of his own, not in existence when you published your fa vourable opinion of the genuine article. If characters, intended for one person or thing, can be thus transferred to the purposes of others, then all confidence would be at an end, particularly in matters connected with Medicine, Health, and Life, and the merit and credit of all discoveries and improvements would to f be a lienated in open day. A s f r iends of fair dealing I beg of y ou a our me with your opinion of such conduct.—l remain, Sirs, yours sincerely. JAMES MURRAY. N. B. We have continued to use and prescribe Sir Jas. lied to the ori inal —Editors M Mur ray's Solution of Magnesia, and the character given of it in our journal was, e course, app g . , e. dieo Chirur. Review. The great advantages of this elegant p r eparation are , that , possessing all the properti es of the magnesia in general use, it pleasing aperient, is not liabl e to form concre tions in the bowels, it corrects acidity e ff ectua ll y w ithout injuring the coats of the stomach, as carbonate o f so d a of the bladder, and in all case s i t acts as a is known to do, i:; prevents the food of infants turning 'our, it is very useful in comp laints i t peculiarly adapted for females. s o t r x e c e t ; Gifford's Murray's Genuine Solution may he obtained wholesale, at the Depot, 33. Piccadilly; Savory's, Bond-street, and Regent .ord-street ; S' Complin and Co. and p g L a i, e h_ s tf r o e ot a: Johnston-,i 1 m O4 on , Strand; .a C olk' 1, Fl eet r -st r eet; and of all respectable each.—Please to o ask ' for houses, in bottles at Is., ~ t 2s. 6d. and 3s. Gd. s m ' u t rray t ,s esto-lu.tio-n.' Cornhill ; --- No. 14.741. EXCISE OFFICE, OLD BROAD•STREET Nov. 29, 1839. _ . FOR SALE, by Order of the Honourable the COMAIISSIONERS of her MAJESTY's EXCISE REVENUE, in a spacious room, at the Chief Office, Old Broad-street, on THURSDAY, the 12th of December, 1839, at One o'Clock in the afternoon precisely, About 16,000 Gallons of FOREIGN BRANDY, which have been regularly condemned and re-distilled, now in vats at the Excise Distillery, St. Catherine's. Catalogues may be had and Samples seen at the Excise Warehouse Keeper's Office, Old Broad-street, three days preceding, from Ten till Two o'Clock ; and on the morning of Sale, from Ten till Twelve o'Clock. 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S., and Surgeon to the Institution. Nisbet, Berners'-street ; Churchill, Princes-street, Soho; and at the Institution. SCRAPS FROM " THE STATES." A TWO-HEADED SNAER.—The following very extra ordinary statement we find in the " Leavensworth, la., Arena :"—" A very singular looking snake was killed on the farm of Mr. James Van Winkle. It was about two feet long, uncommonly large in proportion, with a perfect head on each end of the body. It could crawl both ways, but it did not appear to curl, twist, and straighten, as much as snakes are accustomed to do, because its double head afforded an extra advantage over all other snakes—if it wishes to go a different di rection it need not turn round, it only had to crawl with the other head forward. We believe this is the only snake of the kind ever known in America." THE BIGGEST PUSIPILIN YET.—The down east" folks have been exulting this season, and taking great pride to themselves for having raised the most enormous squashes and pumpkins. Our neighbouring state (New Jersey), however, takes the feather from their caps in raising pumpkins. Mr. Samuel Rainer, of Mansfield township, Burlington county, has raised one this season weighing 2341b5. good weight, and measuring nine feet seven inches in circumference. On the same vine there are six others remaining, the smallest of which weighs over 1001hs. This monster, "we guess," is the biggest " notion" the " down casters" ever heard of. It even exceeds the notion of the Boston Times by half an acre. —Phil. Ledger. A BIG STORY, BUT A TRUE 'UN.—Mr. J. Warren Wells, of this town, has raised, the past season, upon one vine, the product of one seed, four squashes, the largest of which weighs 90 pounds, and measures four feet two inches in circumference ; the second weighs 851b5., and measures four feet five inches ; the third weighs 54165., and measures three feet eight and a half inches; and the fourth weighs 381b5., and measures three feet. Weight of the four, 2601b5. ; their circumference 15 feet 3} inches ; in length they measure 19 feet 8 inches. The seed was taken from a squash exhibited at the cattle show and fair at Northampton, last fall. Mr. Wells is a young farmer, and if he succeeds in every thing as well as his squashes, he will never want in the good things of this warld.—Greenfield (Mass). Courier. AN EDITOR ROBBED.—John N. Humes, Esq., Editor of the People's Friend, Abingdon (Va.) was robbed of no less a sum than 2,000 dollars at the City Hall, New York, on the 27th ult. " The people" seemed to have treated their " Friend" rather scurvily. LARGE RATS.—In Tennessee they have rats so large that they think nothing of seizing children by the legs and dragging them into their holes. A NEW STATE or MIND.—The following toast given at a dinner down east, must have been the effect ofstriped :—" Our country is a dwelling—the East is the kitchen—the middle States the drawing room—the West the dining room—the South the parlour—Florida is a detached slaughter house, and Texas aint nothing at all !" -- - CHEERING INTELLIGENCE.—" Think there's any danger, mister meanageeryman, from that Boy Con tractor ?"—" Oh, no," said the man, " the sarpent don't bite, he swallows his wittals whole." SHAKING THEM OFF.—The worst bills that we hear of are those of the Maumee (Ohio) Insurance Com pany, which are so bad that an individual at Cleveland proposes that if the physicians at Maumee will receive them for curing the fever and ague, he will make a trip up that way, and take a few shakes in order to get rid of the notes. GOOD ADVICE.—" A littl e mo re strength in your t e a and not so much in your b u t ter ," as the lady boarder said to her landlady. IMPORTANT TO HABERDASHERS.--It is easier to make a shift than a shirt. MAGAZINES-CONTINUED. THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRI- CULTURE. About ten years ago a Society was formed in Scot land for improving the condition of the working classes, which we are happy to find, from a Report published in this Number, has had the best re sults. Their object is to encourage useful educa tion, both mental and manual, among the chil dren of the lower classes, to improve their habitations, and hold out encouragement to industry, sobriety, and cleanly habits—objects of the first importance, and which the vast change produced in Scotland within three quarters of a century, proves what may be accomplished. Much has been done by agricultural societies in Scot land, and the English are now laudably following the example. They would do well to follow the example of the Glenkens Society also. It is almost an universal complaint that the backwardness of agriculture in many parts of England arises not so much from the apathy of the landlord or the tenant as from the ignorance of the peasant, and that great bar to all improvement, a disposition " not given to change." Were they to begin with reforming the tools, they would find the remainder a compa ratively easy task. The Scotch peasants were ,at no very early period as awkward and indolent, and as averse to improvement in agriculture as any people on the face of the earth. As farm-labourers they are now unequalled, and for this they are in a great measure indebted to the education instilled into them by these useful Societies. Up to the middle of last century, farm-servants, even in the crack farming county of East Lothian, were " poorly paid and scantily fed, and, with the feeble cattle and ineffectual implements of husbandry, were ill fitted in any portion of time to perform a reasonable portio►, of labour." The cow, owing to poverty, was often scarcely worth milking ; potatoes were hardly known ; and in every hamlet and village, in the spring, the ague made its appearance in almost every family. Panniers were the only means of carriage in all parts of the country. Even in the memory of one of the Wigtonshire reporters, manure carried in creels in that county, and " the people sometimes carried the creels on their own backs." " Fifty years ago, one-half of the road between Dirleton and North Berwick was repaired every spring by the very primitive method of ploughing, rolling, and harrowing." In Fife, "70 years have not elapsed since the best farmers had but a thin partition between their bed-roo:ns and bestial." And, ir: the southern part of Dumfriesshire, at the date of the former statistical report, " most of the farm-houses were built with low mud walls, covered with straw, which had scarcely a frame of glass in their windows." 'What is the case now ? Since 1791 the wages of agricultural labour has under gone a rise from 50 to 100 per cent ; the whole of the industrious classes are receiving much greater wages than their predecessors in 1791 ; the land rentals have in many cases tripled and quadrupled ; the population has increased nearly one million ; and Scotland, in the words of the Report, " stands at this moment without a single parallel in Europe." By these arts, agriculture and commerce are alike promoted, and to these, as the Marquis of Tweedale justly said, the landed interest should look, and not to the desperate expedient of Corn-laws. There are several other useful articles in the Number, which our agricultural readers might consult with advantage. THE CHRISTIAN REFORMER. Smagfield and Son, Newgate street. " Beddgelert and its neighbourhood," the arti cle with which the Number before us commences, is an interesting description of a very romantic dis trict in Wales, in which both the lover of the pic turesque and the antiquary will find gratification for their tastes. In the " Lines occasioned by the receipt of a munificent gift from an unknown Ame rican friend," there is a good deal of true poetic feeling expressed in correct and pleasing versifica tiun. The Author has been more fortunate than his tuneful brethren generally are. For many years he has furnished " The Christian Refoimer" with a monthly contribution in the shape of a copy of verses on some subject of a moral and serious kind. These verses have, it seems, made so favourable an im r ression on an American reader, that a " muni ficent gift" has been the result. We quote the fol lowing lines as a specimen of this grateful effusion " Does this sound like presumption ? 'Tis not meant Or felt presumptuously. I slid but mean To say that by-past times seem to myself Dark scrolls writ o'er with glory ; for that still, When human aids were farthest, bureau hopes Least hopeful, and the visioned future press'd Hard on the prophet-present—evermore, Light sprang for me from darkness, and young joy Murmur'd from de,olotion, like the stream From the cleft rock in Sinai's waste forlorn. Often I think, with dear astonishment, On providences past—nor least of such I deem this Voice o'er the broad waters sent To glad my home, to smooth my children's way, And, it may be, to pass a breeze of youth O'er heart and harp, the poet and the song." " The Present State of Psalmody in England" deserves the attention of all who regard music as a useful accessory to public worship. " Ecclesiasti cal Forgeries, No. VIII.," treats of the career of Scripture, and discusses the authenticity of the cele brated passage in Josephus supposed to relate to Jesus Christ. This paper displays no inconsider able degree of learning and research. Our limits do not allow us to notice any of the other articles, of which, however, we may remark that they will well repay perusal. THE CATHOLIC MAGAZINE. Simphin and Marshall. Periodicals addressing themselves to particular religious sects are not, properly speaking, fit objects of newspaper criticism, so long as they confine their remarks to religious subjects. We have nothing to do with the religion of our neighbours if they be honest, and temperate, and unob trusive in the expression of their religious convictions. We therefore pass over a multi plicity of articles upon doctrinal points in the Ca tholic Magazine, and content ourselves with quoting the following very sensible remarks upon the recent Catholic appointments in the State, which have raised such a clamour among the anti-Papist bigots THE RECENT CATHOLIC APPOINTMENTS. For the last three months the anti-Catholic press has teemed with the most dreadful anticipations —the face of ultra-Protestantism has been overcast with a pale and deadly hue, and, in the opinion of the Duke of Newcastle, and Lord Winchelsea, that par nobile fratrum, the sun of Protestantism is about to set for ever ! And why ? Because Richard Lalor Shiel, ex- Commissioner of Greenwi c h H osp i ta l , has been ap pointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and a Privy-Councillor ; Thomas Wyse, the indefatigable promoter of public education, a Lord of the Treasury ; and Richard More O'Ferral, formerly', a Lord of the Treasury, Secretary to the Admiralty ! ! Really, doings like these are quite intolerable in this Protestant land. What! to appoint three Papists to offices of trust, under our Most Gracious Queen, and such Papists. Here we have Mr. Stile], who has rendered himself quite unworthy of office from the share which he took in obtaining Catholic emancipation, and from the inte rest which he still takes in the land of his birth there is Mr. Wyse, a repealer too (by the way, Mr. Wyse never was a repealer, and even lost his seat, oa one occasion, for refusing to take the Ropeal pledge) ; a man, who has done everything in his power to pro mote the education of the people ; and lastly, we have Mr. OTerral—the big 0 in whose name at once de notes his Milesiao origin, and identifies him with all the sayings and doings of the Great Agitator, Daniel O'Connell. Such is the sum and substance of the tirades which have appeared in the columns of the Times, Morning H e _ rald, ilfornaig Post, et id genus mane, for the last three months, and such is the theme, which, for the same period, has furnished food for many a frantic harangue at Conservative dinners. As long as Catholic eman cipation remained a dead letter all was very well,_ but no sooner is a Catholic promoted to a subordi nate situation in the State, than a mighty shout is raised, to frighten all true Protestants from their pro priety, as if the very existence of Protestantism, said. by its supporters, to be founded on the Bible, was in danger ! Really , if such absurditi es are persevered in, we shall, instead of being as we are told, the envy of sur rounding nations, and the admiratiNl of the world, be come the laughing stock of eve,i,y- civilized nation. The pretence set up by t dines, that it does not object to the appointiAlevtis in question, on religious grounds— that is not because Messrs. Shed, Wyse, and O'Ferral, are Catholics, but because theyare political partisans—agi tators—that they sbould 1:),e excluded from office, is too PRICE sd. gross to deceive any one. Would the writers in the Times exclude Protestant statesmen from office on such a ground ? We think not ; and we can tell the Times, that there would be strong and cogent reasons for keep ing such men as Lord Roden and Messrs. Jackson, Shaw, and Percival, out of office, which do not exist in the case of Mr. Sheil, for the charge does not apply to the two other gentlemen, who we think have been too abstinent, o f l ate years, i n t h e st i rr i ng po li tics o f t h e times. Mr. Sheil only echoes the voice of a nation, still struggling against the injustice of a domineering faction ; and the appointment of such a man to office, holds out a promise to the people that every just grievance of which they complain, will be redressed—at least, that the Government, with tvhichr e he is connected, will do every thing in its power to do justice to Ireland. But the calling of such men as the Lefroys, the Jack sons, and Shays to power, would be a recognition of the faction which they repres en t, an d wou l d b e a n i nsult to the overwhelming majority of the Irish nation. From the representations made by the anti-Catholic press, a stranger would imagine that not only many im portant offices of the State were held by Catholics, but that numerous minor situations were monopolised by them. But how stands the case ? Nearly eleven years have elapsed since the Emancipation Act was passed, and how many appointments of Catholics, to places of honour, profit, or trust, have taken place ? Few indeed. We were about to draw up some details on the subject, but we have been saved this trouble by J. A. Cooke, Esq. Barrister at Law, who, at a meeting of the Branch of the Catholic Institute for Lincoln's-Inn- Fields, held on 4th Nov. last, thus expressed himself : He said that, for the last three months, the walls of this metropolis had clearly shown that bigotry was still alive and active—for those walls had been placarded in all directions with inflammatory notices about what their opponents were pleased to call The late Popish Ap pointments'.—(Hear.) This had taken place, though emancipation had been carried for ten years, and though her Majesty found her Catholic subjects as loyal and as peaceable as any other portion of her people. To show the absurdity of much that has been recently said about Popish ascendancy in places of trust and emolument in England, Mr. Cooke made the following statement -- The 6 Ministers' of the Crown are all Protestants ex cept the three minor appointments. The Privy Council' consists of 217 members ; the Protestants are 214, and the Catholics are 3, one of whom (the Duke of Norfolk ) holds his office in virtue of his hereditary right, as Earl Marshal of England. The House of Peers' consists of 450 members, about 438 of whom are Protestants, and 12 Catholics. The Catholic proportion, consisting of about twelve, is composed of Peers of ancient creations, or of those whose titles under old creations have been restored. In the House of Commons' there are 658 members ; 103 of whom are returned from Ireland, a Catholic country, and yet of the entire 630 members, not more than 50 are Catholics. Amongst the 18 Judges' in the superior courts of Law and Equity, there is not one Catholic. The Law Offices' of the Crown, such as the At torney-Generalship, &c., are filled exclusively by Pro testants. The number of ' Queen's Counsel' is GO, and there is not one Catholic amongst them. The Serjeants at Law,' 20 in number, are all Pro testants. Amongst the 120 ‘Benchers' of the four Inns of Court, there is not one Catholic. The Masters in Channery,' to the number of 11, including the Accomptant- General, are all Protestants except (at last) one, who is a Catholic, A. H. Lynch, Esq., M.P. for Galway. Out of about lOU Colonial Judges and Law Officers, Mr. Cooke said, he scarcely knew one Catholic. The various appointments in the Public Boards, the almost innumerable Commissioners, Registrars, and other functionaries connected with the various depart ments of the State, and the Courts of Judicature, are, I believe, said the Learned Gentleman, exclusively filled by Protestants. There are about 38 Police Magistrates' in the Metropolis, and Mr. Cooke said he was not aware of a single Catholic holding any of those appointments. There are Coroners,' and Clerks of the Peace who receive their appointments, mostly through the country gentry, and I believe, said Mr. Cooke, that those offices also, are exclusively filled by Protestants. To the information communicated by Mr. Cooke, we may add that we are not aware that a single appoint ment of a Catholic to office has taken place in Scotland. But we do not complain of this. No Catholic can, or ought to expect any appointment from the mere cir cumstance of his being a Catholic ; but on the other hand, he should not be excluded on the ground of his religion, if duly qualified to discharge the duties of any office, to which, i❑ common with his Protestant fellow citizens, he aspires. EDINBURGH. GALLERY of COMICALITIES. PART VII. Also the previous Six Parts, to b. had together or separate, at Three Pence each, of Mr. Sutherland, No. 12, Calton-street, Edinburgh, who is Agent for BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, and all other London Newspapers. DUBLIN. MESSRS. MACHEN and Co., 8, Dolier street, Dublin, have just received a large supply of the Seventh Part of THE GALLERY OF CONHCAI.I - which, with the six back numbers, can be had, together or separate, at Three Pence each. CORK. 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FALMOUTH.—On Saturday last the Mayor of Fal mouth received a letter from Captain Plumridge, de clining the invitation to come forward as a candidate. In consequence of the above communication, a meeting of the Liberal constituency was held on Friday. Mr. Read, of Penryn, moved that Captain Sir Thomas Usher, R.N., a friend of Sir H. Vivian, by whom he was represented as a good Reformer, and anxious to serve his country in Parliament, should be invited to meet the constituency, and make a declaration of his political principles. This resolution, after considerable discussion, Mr. Brown having named Dr. Bowring as willing to offer himself as a candidate, was unanimously adopted.—Falmouth Packet. GRZENWICH.—The Tories talk of setting up two Tories, if Captain Dundas dare to offer himself as co representative with Mr. Barnard. DARKNESS AT QUEBEC.—SINGULAR PHE NOMENON.—The Quebec Canadian states that on the forenoon of the 18th of October, a darkness settled upon that city, which rendered the use of candles neces sary for several hours in the forenoon. The wind blew from the east, but the darkened clouds came from the west. The same phenomenon occurred on the 17th October, 1834, and on the 14th of October, 1835. American Paper. A POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION OBJECTED To.—An inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Midlesex Hospital, on the body of Anne Wood, aged forty-five, one of the night nurses of the institu tion. It appeared from the evidence of Jane Black burn and Harriet Jones, both nurses, that deceased was subject to pains in the chest, yet consulted none of the medical officers of the institution. They saw her in her usual state of health at dinner on Sunday afternoon, and when they were retiring to rest, at about half past nine the same evening, they heard a gurgling noise in deceased's room. One of them went in and found the deceased in a dying state. Mr. George Code, the house apothecary, said that he attended im mediately and bled deceased in the jugular vein, from which he obtained six ounces of blood, but she was too far gone for recovery. From the extremely livid ap pearance of her countenance he should say she died of some disease of the heart. The Coroner—You applied to me for permission to open the body ? Mr. Conic— Yes, and obtained it ; but in consequence of objections raised by deceased's relations against a post mortem exa mination of the body I did not make one. Here is a letter containing the objections. The Coroner took the letter, read it in silence, and banded it back to witness, who said, " I am of opinion deceased died a natural death. but I cannot state the cause of it." Verdict—" Natural death." THE FLOODS. ---In consequence of the long continued and heavy rains, the rivers in the valleys have over-flowed their banks, and laid the adjacent country for a considerable dista nce under water . Hartham and the meads to Ware prese nt the a ppearance of an ex pansive stream ; and all the lowlands i n the neighbour.. hood of H e rtford are flo oded. Th e waters rush from the hill s i n t o rrents, deepening and wideni ng t h e cur rents, and in many insta nces p rovin g i nconvenient and rushthed intot whenthe gigs and carts body p art . Th e inju r i ous . Th e main street in Tottenham was on passed Thursday n l ng, floodedthe waters mucho ruhe coaches appeared as if they were swimming, the water being level with the boots.—Hertford Reformer. A RIVAL FOR COLONEL PA SLEY.—Captain Guerin is continuing his efforts to recover property which has been lost in the roads and basins at Cher bourg. He has recently taken out of the harbour a large piece of timber, which was lost a few years since, and two cases of bar steel, from the wreck of the Pauline, near the port. As these cases were imbedded in the sand, he employed a sort of plough, which was guided by a man under water, and moved by a capstan, and whi c h p en etrates to a depth of two feet in the sand. Captain Guerin intends, with the first fine weather, to make an eff or t to recover a vessel laden with iron which went down off the breakers near Cosqueqie. THE MEDICAL MISCELLANY. In this Number there is a " Review of Mr. Wakley's Conduct as Coroner for Middlesex ;" and we are glad to find from it that even the medical profession are beginning to complain of the fre quency of inquests in Middlesex, and to inveigh against the frequency of post-mortem examinations recommended by the Coroner for the Western Divi sion of the County. Mr. Waklev has exerted his inquisitorial power beyond due bounds. He has attempted (we are ready to admit, with good inten tions) to have a post-mortem examination in cases where the public are averse to such unnecessary mutilation of the bodies of their friends, and he has thereby raised a prejudice against the very office itself. One declaration of his is sufficient to mark the dangerous tendency of the practice. He has declared his intention to hold inquests on all cases of women dying during labour, within a few hours after delivery. Rather than allow such a system to be carried into effect, we believe not only women, and men and women midwives, but the whole community, would see the office abolished, and England placed on a footing with Scotland, where there are no domestic inquisitions, and where life is as secure, and the profession as effi cient, as in any part of the world. Doctors dis agree ; and the following, from the pen of an author accustomed to the use of the dissecting• knife, is a proof :—" The sacred sympathies of husbands, of fathers, and of brothers will rally round the death-bed of the departed relative, and interpose between her inviolate remains and the Coroner's warrant, the constable's staff, or the knife of the surgeon." There is truth in this, though it may be written by a medical enemy of Mr. Wakley. CAMPBELL'S POETICAL WORXS. Moron, London, 183 g. This is the cheapest edition of Campbell's Poems that has yet made its appearance. It is but a thin octavo pamphlet, yet contains the " Pleasures of Hope," " Gertrude of Wyoming„" and all the author's minor pieces I And the price of the whole is only half-a-crown ! Further comment is su perfluous. RURAL LIBRARY. Gilmour, Winchegter, 1839. A tasteful, well-written duodecimo, on the sub ject of domesticated animals, from the pen of Mr. Mudie, to whom the lovers of nature are already indebted for an eloquent volume on the " Sea." THE CITIZEN.—No. A new monthly Journal, devoted to politics, literature, and arts. So far as it has vet proceeded, we incline to think favourably of it, for the articles are written with tact, and show skill in the choice of subject. AUSTRALIAN MISCELLANY. A cheap and useful monthly Miscellany, con taining, as its title implies, much practical informa tion, partly original, and partly compiled from various sources, respecting the present condition and prospects of the new colonies in Southern Australia and New Zealand. REPTON'S LANDSCAPE GARDENING. No. VI. This is a republication, in monthly numbers, of the late Mr. Repton's well-known work on Land scape Gardening; which, of its sort, has always been considered a production of first-rate authority. The editor of the republication before us, which is illustrated with numerous clever engravings, is Mr. Loudon. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. There was a time—some two or three years ag0..... when this Magazine was little better than a mere record of naval and military battles roared, and broad-swords flashed, ;in when cannons every p age and the reader, after laying down the book, felt his brain quite in a whirl, as if he had just come out of action. Of late, however, we have seen few of these combustible articles, and we are not sorry for it, for a battle is well enough in its way, but we soon get tired of the smell of gunpowder, when we are constantly sniffing at it. The present Number contains but one description of a sea•engagetnent, and that occurs in an able criticism on Mr. Cooper's " Naval History of the United States," where the Reviewer gives the true versio❑ of the severe action that took place, during the last American war, be tween the English frigate Java, and the United States frigate—which was of the largest size—the Consti tution. " England's Wooden Walls," gives an in teresting account of the various cruises and actions in which Nelson's favourite ship, the _Agamem non, has Leen engaged. We know not what has become of this veteran vessel, but we sup pose she has long since retired from active life. In the " Records of an Expedition up the Quorra with Lander," occur some curious details of the domestic habits of some of the least known African tribes who dwell near the banks of this river. Had we space, we would ex tract a description of the execution, by poison, of two women for petty larceny ; but our limits are res:ricted, and we must refrain. " Education of the Prussian Army" is an article drawn up with evident care, and which will be read with avidity by all military men. NEW PORT. COURT MARTIAL. This morning (Monday), in obedience to the orders of Colonel Considine, K.H., Commander of the Forces in South Wales, a district Court-martial assembled at the office of the Brigade Major (Major Cook, of the 45th Regiment), for the purpose of trying such offenders as should be brought before the Court. The Court was composed of the following officers : President—Major Philip Sandilands, R.H.A. Members—Captain G. L. L. Shawe, 10th Rsyal Hussars ; C Iptain Richard Stack, 45th Regiment ; Captain W. H. Butler, 45th Regiment ; Lieutenant Poulden, R.H.A. ; Lieutenant H. J. Shawe, 40th Re giment, and Lieutenant Edward L. Tickell, 45th Re giment. The first prisoner, private Samuel Murden, No. 924 of the 45th Regiment, was then marched into the Court under the guard of an escort of the 45th Regiment. The President, addressing the prisoner, said, " Sa muel Murden, have you any objection to any of the officers present sitting on your Court-martial ?" The prisoner.—No, Sir. The members of the court arid the President were then duly sworn in the presence of the prisoner and of all the witnesses against him, after which the witnesses were ordered to withdraw. The President then read the following charges against prisoner. 1. For having absented himself without leave from the barracks on Saturday, the •'3d of November, and not returning until brought back a prisoner under escort on the evening- of the 24th of November. 2. For threatening to strike corporal John Anderson on the 24th of November, the above being in breach of the Articles of War. The prisoner having then, upon being asked, pleaded " Not guilty," the Court proceeded to his trial. Corporal John Anderson, of the 45th Regiment, being sworn said—" I was ordered by Sergeant Wright of the 45th Regiment, to take a file of men and go in search of the prisoner, Samuel Murden. I went to a house in the town where I expected to find the pri soner. He was not, however, there at that time, and I stopped there about twenty minutes, expecting that the prisoner would come there, which he did. When he came I told hi m my b us i ness, an d t h at h e was m y prisoner. He objected to be taken prisoner. I again told hire that he was my prisoner, and that if he at tempted to make his escape I would leave either him or myself a corpse. The p r i soner sa id "If I wou ld say that again he would knock me down with the poker," and be took the poker in his hand to do so. I then ordered the escort to draw their bayonets, and I told him again if he attempted any violence to me or the escort, I would leave him a corpse on the spot. The prisoner then seeing the way in which he was going to be treated, laid down the poker, and attempted to make his escape out of the back-door. I followed him and still kept him a prisoner : but at length he made his escape, while I was engaged in looking after another prisoner, during which time the prisoner now before the Court, Samuel Murden, made his escape from the escort. 1 then left the house in search of him, and saw him walking up the street towards Stowe-hill. I noticed the direction he took, and hurried on toward the West gate Hotel, where I got a file of the guard, and took him prisoner as he passed the Westgate. I then left him in charge of the guard. This took place on the 24th of November. The prisoner being asked if he had any questions to put, declined doing so, By the Court—The prisoner was sober at the time when the file of the guard took him opposite the West gate Hotel. We rushed out upon the prisoner, but he ran as far as the Mover's house before he was taken. Private William Gerrish. of the 45th sworn, said— On Sunday, the 24th of November, corporal Anderson warned me to proceed with hint down the town, in search of the prisoner. We went into a public-house called the Glamorganshire House, and when we had been there about twenty minutes the prisoner came in. The corporal told him that be was his prisoner ; upon which the prisoner said that he would not be taken by any man in the regiment. Corporal Anderson then drew his bayonet, and ordered me and another man of the escort to take the prisoner home. The prisoner imme diately said, if the corporal said that again he would knock him down with the poker, which he took in his hand, but afterwards put it down and ran into the hack kitchen, the escort following him. There was at the same time another prisoner there of the name of Ross, who went out of the front door. Corporal Anderson ordered me to fetch him back, which I accordingly did, and upon my return I found the prisoner, Samuel Murden, was gone, and I saw no more of him. Sergeant James Wright of the 45th Regiment sworn —I was orderly sergeant for the light, or Captain Ers kine's, company of the 45th" Regiment of Foot. On Saturday, the 23d of November last, upon calling the roll after tattoo had done beating, I found the prisoner, Samuel Murden, was absent, and I did not see him after until he was brought back a prisoner by an escort of the 45th, on the evening of the 24 t h of November. The prosecution having been closed, the prisoner was put upon his defence. The prisoner being called upon said, that although he was not drunk at the time, yet, that he had been so that morning, and was still stupid from the effects when the corporal came to take him, so that he had no recollection of having threatened to strike the corporal. The Court was then cleared, and upon being re opened, Lieutenant and Adjutant John Hine of the 45th Regiment being duly sworn, was questioned by the Court. The PRESIDENT—Ha s the prisoner been warned that his former convictions NT:ill be read against him? Witness—The prisoner has no former convictions. The PRESIDENT---State what you know of the pri soner's general character, age, and length of service. Witness—For the last year and a half his character has been indifferent, but previous to that it was good ; his age is about_ twenty-three years and a half, and he has served five years and a half. The Court was then cleared, and upon being re opened and re-sworn, duly proceeded to the trial of No. 1,653, John Brough, private in N 0.3, or Captain James Stowell's company of the 45th Regiment, upon the following charge, viz.:— " For having deserted from the 45th Regiment, at Windsor, on or about the 24th of March, 1839, and not returning until brought back under escort, on the :26th of November, 1839, at Newport, the above being in breach of the Articles of IVar." The prisoner baring been asked the necessary ques tions, and th e charge having been read to him, pleaded " Not guilty." Sergeant W. Reed of the 45th Regiment being sworn, said—l was transferred from the company to which the prisoner belongs two days before his desertion, but I know the prisoner deserted about the 24th of March last. I think it was in the , morning of that day, and I have not seen him since that time until I saw him in the guard-room at Pillgwerdly, Newport, about the 27th of November last. Ima quite sure the prisoner is the man ; he belonged to the same room with me. I shoedd know him among a thousand men. George Taylor, private of the 45th, corroborated the last witness as to the identity of the prisoner. Terence Hanaway, private of the 4.5 th Regiment, sworn—l belong to the same company with the prisoner, and stopped in the same room with him. I marched with him from Canterbury to Windsor. The prisoner was at Vindsr,r about six days, during which time he was an orderly-man. there being no drills. 1 heard him sa y he wouVi try some other means of getting off such a job as that. I recollect his going off one morning, be tween eight and nine o'clock, from Wi n d sor . Ido not recollect the month, b u t we h a d only been art Windsor a few days then. He was dressed in the tuldrcss uni font, of the the regiment. I saw him leave the barrack room to take the guard's breakfast, And I never saw him since until this morning at Newport. Cross-examin e d by the prisoner—There were others present when you used the words I have mentioned, but I do not think they paid any attention to what you said. Lieutenant and Adjutant John Hine, •of the 45th Regiment, being sworn, produced the ro cords of the regiment and the attestation of the prisor ier, by which it appeared that the prisoner deserted ors the 24th of March, 1839, and that he did not return until brought back a prisoner under an escort of t'tk e Monmouth Militia Staff, on the 26th of November, 1839. The prosecution here closed, and the prisoner bein ,, put upon his defence, denied being the i nun, or that he had ever enlisted in the regiment. The President then caused the prise lICT'S description to be read, in which it was stated that the recruit, with John Brough, had an anchor and star on tb .e left hand, and a two rings pricked on the middle and f . 0 re fingers, diamond on the right hand. The prisoner, being examined, w as found to bear all these marks. 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