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S 1 the oth er St. Cloud , 0 take LI • in th e in, A , v to IP man was 300 caslci I of so /I clock, 31 ' o f cold u' I IN ith the I of sn oft o'clock, destroyed the Ye l i : a ply itsvbh ic ' N s ui, tbsi th' hich 01 : ca d f r oN lered 0101 rais ° the third Al )anus , at A le GOP' ch )11 the F 9 ' •ks of I Lir o-oPerste >jecol• „ .r,cal 6 " ate of the was don" but "' III ' battle t (l ‘ c o of th ish e ir slot s that 08 . e rtaini f i arro lv " it be J. , r of th° labou rer ; , cecut ie „, c ' ;.,, co.; from co bs I ` ,A asl-1 fv)OTP; ,he re s 00 child ont prii °ll , e , e 10}. clay v ice .; rtah ,lli ) the f° 4' 1 ; ben id ,' $ O - 3, y W00 '. 4 rare' 1, j; isaulty , e woo° tio p gj tabu i 4 rj i • a "pi ny ; bat i ocer, filA Isoto UP tlY : n jell rtV 5 ' - g;th C°lll' TV Ith. • o nerP crig hter, au,% o f vo. fi:ootiPP od-tecicl th e rt t° i place d )061P ° 3 ° f o r Erte nt re' Duke l i • her it ghoo r ° 9 -B q u t he h,re froo r ho of t •-r" I to l''''' d to e ri ; , ss, 11° In it. t he 11 ' f cci° u e ip 0 ‘ C C°ll gos c r i e' r e Igo] A l , "• • iond tlll " 1 / r ec . de lei ° n b i •: lett- t o ot hold e:° er ;ter. Glov er , of P " 60,111° ,PORTSMOUTH EXTENSION of the BRIGH TON and CHICHESTER RAILWAY. kiiRECTORS of the BRIGHTON and CHICHESTER '"VAY COMPANY hereby give notice, that APPLICA 'S f or SHARES may be made at their Office, 4, Dean-street, 'et-street, London. By order of the Board, FRED. OTLEY, Sec. For s. &C., may be obtained by applying to the Secretary. ee. 3 , 1844 . (PEAT NORTH of ENGLAND RAILWAY. TENDER FOR IRON RAILS. th , Th e DIRECTORS are prepared to RECEIVE TENDERS for auPply of 6,000 tons of IRON RAILS, each rail to be 16 feet t ti_ e Nith, and weighing 651bs. per yard ; the quality of the iron in w rail t o be The to sta te in detail the equal to No. 3. tender j h of manufacture which it is proposed to follow to produce te 2 4ll itY• No tender will be attended to without this statement, ko thehe Company will stipulate with the party whose tender may to pled that the C om p an y ma y, a t an y ti me , sen d an inspector :the works to satisfy themselves that the specified process of !ahafacture is fully adopted. To be delivered on the quay of rts of Hull, or Stockton, or Middlesbrough-on-Tees, free of il t ePoh4 rte. or at Darlington, and the deliveries to be extended over teen months. No imperfect rails will be rec( ived. 51 T eaders'to be delivered on or before the 23d day of December, the Company's office, in Darlington. tt Zhs sect ion of the rails to be in accordance with a drawing or P l ate, which may b e s een a t the Company's office at Dar „l,,l", Where also a m o d e l o f th e ra il m a y be seen, and further -9.anation obtained. By order, Arlington, Nev. 12. 1844 H. PARKER, Secretary. - Itl NORTIIERN RAILWAY of FRANCE. Xra tloe is hereby given, that NO FURTHER APPLICATIONS mr. t “, th _ e "ARES in this undertaking can be received after SATUILDAN, lith instant. 6, l : he Prospectus, containing the Terms of the Subscription, will -:?rwarsted with each Letter of Allotment. ' I Y order of the English Members of the Provisional Committee, ED. AIME. 62' Kroll William -street, City, Dec. 10, 1844. land I3OULOGNE RAILWAY. li r , EN GLISH PROPRIETORS in the above undertaking, de. of takin FRANCE, must g Share; in t make he GtheirßEA application T NORTHERN See —WA Y of ret, the 1 , 4 Y.f the English Section of the Provisional Committee of %rid °r thern Railway, at 62, King William.street, London on or before SATURDAY NE XT, the 14th instant. C ovnmittee cannot pledge themselves to make allotments in rt,, d eas es, and no application will be entertained without ti'ction of the receipts of the Amiens and Boulogne Railway. 'cernber 10, 1844. THE ROBBERY at Messrs. ROGERS and CO.'S, the Bankers, Tits p ie _ CAUTION. th ellc are reepectfully requested to pay particular attention 11 51 INttobers and — Dates of all SL, 101., 211.,401., 501., that 2" 4 , 3001., 5001., and 1,0001. Bank of England Notes tt itt 7 l l be offer ed in payment ; and before changing them to X bt Pb, same, and compare them with the Lists of the Bank 44 ," sto len from Messrs. Rogers and Co., and which have been several times successively in the Daily and Weekly several t. t et L 'of the St o l en N o t es may b e h a d a t a ll the Banking.houses, Of Op mo or slra Rogers and Co., 29, Clemenes-lane, Lombard.street Daniel Forrester, at the Mansion House ; and at all I "ta,;l t Y and Metropolitan Police Station-houses; and of Mr. Lol l Nobler, Solicitor, 24, Bucklersbury, Mansion House, Afr,WINTER OVER-COATS, WRAPPERS, &c. t r4 SSRS. BURCH and LUCAS (late J. f Albert) respectfully invite gentlemen to view their new lit..., 4} nonable assortment of PATENT and BEAUFORT `ges " 0 , FANCY VESTINGS, TROUSERINGS, &c., for tuk;Pproaching season ; 'he style and cut of every garment are Pti c "te e 4 equal to any of the first houses at the West-end, at the , 'n Unison with the economy of the times, feeling confident w i• l , nt lernen who may do them the honour will be perfectly satin. krt z , th a ny garment that leaves their establishment. A large • st ' t sf Great Coats kept ready made in all the different and kelierlPProved forms agreeable to the prevailing taste ; being made ii , e 4 the s uperintendence •f the proprietors, they are enabled to lisc r i2 li ndently as to their superiority over all garments of a slop s 2 '` i on, the which are entirely excluded from this establishment. tosi t ., ha ING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, op- T• ilt CATTLE SHOW.—The attention of visi lktion t ors from th e country i s earnes tl y di rec t e d t o a var i e d col prsPcfsPlendid and magnificent novelties in FURS, which the of the HUDSON'S BAY FUR ESTABLISHMENT, sh e hi:l,°°lTh', O. 246 Regent-street, have just introduced, under the , '" e, t patronage, ' among which the "POLKA PELISSE," nCZA -t1 -- -.INA," the " MARQUISE PELERINE MUFF .Louv .I.lrt "CE,'' the "SPANISH MANTILLA," and the L is ° LAT, COAT," especially deserve attention. OF PRICES FOR THE . SEASON, 1644-1845. 4,01-IND BOAS. SPANISH CARDINALS. s. d. Hudson's Bay sable German sable French sable 3l Siberian squirrel l5 0 Real ermine German ermine 3O 0 Missouri sable MUFFS. ' e. d. ter t .; ns Bay sable ... 31 $ a n sabl e .. 24 0 4 c Frer'ch 'able .... • • . . ... . 18 0 Reai squirrel c h . "'tine . 20 0 101,,.4 ........... ••• "1 Itu4k, PLAT BOAS. ItaY sable ° able ... 24 0 tit r i mans able Real .arn irrel ........... 111 0 ............ , ,ntiuctsoto:l)lNT, AL 80A5 3 . 5 French sa blebl CerMan Bab e l; .. 1 1! 9 0 S iberi a p squirrel ...... ••• ...cal ermin e .. ...... l5 0 ........... u ret.zy ar reed if tic le purch ase d o f th e or t k e not approved of. 141 country. 4° N • S BAY FUR WAIt 246, REGE/ , 1 T follows from the recent investigations of the 14 4° hw 1 h Association for the Advancement of Science, as ' in the Atbenseum of October 19, that the quantity of t~pitlr r nished by one pound of PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES t ) is 41 for Its production four pounds of ordin ary tallow ones ; and, °Xit,lficle, that the farmer, if at two shillings per lb.,wouldbe all economical as the latter at sixpence per I b. Now, l h s e— ' 3 PATENT CANDLES are not sold at two shillings per • T ha t at or u n d er O ne Shilli ng per lb. r eal be had of respectable slealers throughout the t he if ear* be taken t o p reven t an y imitations being passed o[' a ho t , b. 'te et Candles ; and the T ra de may obtain them wholesale 'elkird Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, and Palmer and Clerkenwell. Hudson's Bay sable 31 0 German sable 2l 0 I French sable l6 0 Siberian squirrel Real ermine German ermine... l2 6 Chinchilla 2l 0 Ladies' fur travelling cloaks Muffs cleanest ... 3 0 Boas Capes and cardinals Company is warranted, and may Furs sent for approval to all parts EHOUSE, ARGYLL-ROOMS, IT-STREET. Alt ssris. SH o E it F , F r I O E N LD P an L a ATE C . o., Silversmiths IN 4r , _4441 Jewellers, Si, Luagate.street, St. Paul's, opposite t;v erisigton's, offer to their Friends and the Public, at im. 45 4 re llueed prices, their STOCK of GENUINE PLATED t 4h 'illoi!", W hich they warrant t• be the manufacture of the fir s t tr q /louses an are of the most tasteful and modern designs, I t ; g 1)411 Covers, Corner Dishes, Waiters, Ice Pails, Cake and Tea Sets, Candlesticks, and eveu ether article A or nainental. No common Birmingham ware kept . ' 4 ,, 4 sth. ge 'tock of JEWELLERY and WATCHES, Fancy Sited' th,4pu'brla.rticle*, t such prices as must be well worthy the notice LooMo r i O —YMENT.—Persons having a little time ttt) 4 ,,,„Tars are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in gr El jouutry towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, 11:4, Their celebrated teas. ) 1 ` , 4 1 , t1 Y sr ". Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgatc-street. i.*lth l3 ,, a eked in showy leaden canisters, frons one ounce to a ~ t o price and weight marked en each packet, and but 144 L, occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per ' l4 r4 any during the last nineteen years have realised con 4 1 1 0, n aell by the agency without one shilling let or loss. ' 4llO ll to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above. U 1/6„ t l6l. Pot 4 ~ S S'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur -N)c,4, tltir;,::"ing gained such great approbation, and the demand if,"ftili, to g to increase, JOIIN BURGESS and SON beg most 74 - 1 1 11 ' lik e "tier thus thir best acknowledgments to the Public ,"tei," 4116' Patronage of the same its utility mo s t reat.conyen ` l o4 . •' l e,,,, 4 'mates have recommended P., to the distinguished !t it : eti ons, who have all spoken highly in its recominenda qtl4 to favrepareb them only and for preventing disappoint !' tit,,, t), lng -n L ib es, all possible care has been resorted to, by each Baled on the cork with their firm and address, as well having their signature, without which it cannot be th e a ESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed 4-INCROVIE' SON'S long-established to be prepared by them after -- `ntr that has given the greatest satisfaction for many krtl, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. L , s an d PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE fsh‘' qr'Pared A. SAUCE. ry t ,eat w , i - 0111 the recipe of a Nobleman in the county. f,, , P,eist e ,.„ eB ,tern Steam-ship, June 6, 1844.—The cabin of the nas been regularly supplied ever ' Lea and Perrins' t 'e Sauce ' which N is adapted for y variety of dish, f ' 2 4 reii ° .,_ b eer—ft ' orn salmon to steaks—to all of which it gives I have great pleasure in recommending this excel a ° e aPtains and passengers for its capital flavour, and as "i Ak t Parilinent of its kind for a voyage. i7t tr .*li t ,l e (Signed) " JAMES lIOSKEN." hY the prop rietors, Messrs. Lea and l'errins, W?r `tiki 4,,,` 8 . Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; and the prin- Italian warehousemen in London ; and retail by the or sauces. oTHE BEST ENGLISH WATCHES. N • 2 . ' 3 A:VORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No c.r ta c V t „o 4 ,,, ...id, London, opposite the Bank, request the atten a "-,, 4 5, 5 e-rs to their Stock of London-made PATENT h*"„ 4 k-I - lES which are manufactured by themselves in t i4 lll,:tlied "?se• In ' Slyer Cases , with the Detached Escapement s No ; the prices are Four uineas and a Half, Six, and Eight lity4 4 each , in geld caws, Ten, Twelve, Fourteen, and S xteen net; e4 l4 eripti on f he very large stock offered for selection includes f\Prly act , enabling a customer to select that which is more It 4Pted to his own use. U T+ It jEumATismi, AND RHEUM ATIC GOUT ale 're a ' 3 GOUT AND RHEUMA TI C PIL LS 'lain and Rafe remedy : they restore tranquillity to k' 4 ,a. No" ' tone to the stt mach, and strcngth to the whole t Zt C the y either medicine can bo compared to the exellent to r ; v B tke di d r from attacking the Stom a che r Head, is it(Ntl s etor thousands from pain and try to health and ghby and Co. 111, Bishopsgate Without, and ins Venders. at Is. or 2s. Ud. per box. Ratt'tt, P TON'S PILL OF HEALTH panifeld advanta to the heads of families fr om the known es efficacy, that may be resorted to 11;441hiki,ilerrint in utz mu ed with succ ies mere or ,„ every ess of temporary wk. da., are so obvious to 411.1,", 1.4. Ue 1,i0n can portance to every heuse "'t is r ` 'lngdorn. be raises „-aaptettUlly submitted : among numerous testimonials, the 4 1 '14 1° Ilk TROSIAS !ROUT, M 9, STRAND, LONDON. hp L O til t hay " , Cooper -street Manchester March 12, 1842. much satisfaction in communicating to you the r, P AtIPV-ienee, afte r repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S Csttin d -Y and I fed it but juqice to state, that in the 'o Years' trial of various Apertent Mt dimes, I have , fp 41 sult - *ln rtti gat once salutary and efficient in the relief !af the . ktl tsh; therefor Utidant bile, &c. &e., with so little inconvenience , 11, 4 etZt wa n Zf warranted in ' declaring that they sttpply t me a ri.""f a ‘ht . of being able to recommend to famtlies, s c hool 4, , naht. efcantile men, whether at the desk er on the road, .a t , 2 ;,obrce 1,1 an occasional medicine. And I shall take 14111.0',,',:nsiying this testimony, I ana the means of.mals „!tn, s ir , " s PILLS more generally known and appreciated. ''',7ra,;,'Ao~the,7lsrieceopse..e,sPectfully yours, '.. WILLIAM Ve t lf ,e sa m le of these Pills, arising h f a r v o e m d t e h n e earnest re_ lengthens comm h ved benefit forth „; 41 1der any comment unnecessary, they are 4. 4 fid Ca elate for all diieasesto which mankind is liable, but for b i t t i fliO 4 , a:er Fomplaints with the , r many well-known attend ,t)i;.l b.ek Ileada'che Pain and Oppression after meas, 4, 4 . ty o I. o „„ z 'net l t, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness, 4,!eto . tin.; APpetite, 'Wind, Spasms, &c. 5t,„.." ° &e, 2 will convince the aftlict,d of their salutary st,'' th e e 4 en will speedily regain i s strength ; a healthy d mise r . Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place ; at t4 lie t t ectivi ty ` n effnes., heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, 11' r es ul t . and renewed health, extending to good . old age, rof taking this medicine, according to the directions ~4 4: " box, a git,l4lid ' 4 29, Strand, London, Price Is. IN,d. and `2s. 9d. 10 11 / 4 T e Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the (1., 4 44 FRA A , "TU.:4 arrows PILL of HEALTH, and observe the "'Oink:4l°f.* TbornsaProut,=, Strand, Londoo,"• the ~~~~~ No. 16,325, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SU Ny DECEMBER 12, 1844. • • ..... . .. . . .. , • 1 , ,--, - ' / , ] i'M . ,'• .. .. 411 k 1• • 7.0 .f. ~ ‘ .. t . aux . 21 „. .. . , ... : „ . ,... ,.. 7 1 ,.. -:- • 7 " 4.' r - ~F•~ ,t 4, \i - fi, - ,P 7 ,' --. ~..,..,0 0 )14v. -:b ...4...* : ,:i „,...„: ~, - ......,..... ~. „.„,,.....,,,„„,,, ~.. ~. ...., .., `7 - . •••-' .1,,,,,, . t4,01* ( 1.. - : .. • .. li • -.. • • ~ .. , . I ...'''' . . ! ti,l, I :A, • -,. , . • !! , ".. • • ........" r',, i..,.. ,;' , ...air, L , • • , ':-. I -4 ,- ,- _ #, ,_ •e!? . _. ( ,1P 4 45 4 ''.' "-- - "ix i , :- - , i 7 ,31 1 ,- ' i ' 4 ".•.:,, : ''.-•- ,'-. .1.•,,Ct.;.•:‘!, '-'-- •% ' j I `*-, ~ ~. ',, •:. ;, , —• ,- -...- . 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A daily organ of " public opinion " s , li' ; ',stru_g- ~- i"-;' gles on, hoping against hope ; an d anot h er oe 'ago' ally '''''. .1 ' `' ( exhausts its capacity in el a b orat i ng a snee hit the _ ' , - '' - i-' League ; but, with these exceptions, the advocacy, of the ~ 4 restrictive system is abandoned by everyman w h dav i s h ee ' -i,a----:-''''C-, to escape the imputation of imbecility, either atspApi , 44 -.;;;A : if i i use of his reasoning powers or his c a pa c ity t o &mkt ' the progress of public events. The question is not now what is free trade, but when and how will it be attained ? The Anti Corn-law League propose to answer this question; and the deep interest which was evinced by auditory in the seemingly dry details of the regis tration, as narrated by the chairman, show that this is now the turning point in the movements of the League. Between it and Sir R. Peel there is now something like reciprocity. In exchange for " buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest market," the League have adopted his famous policy of "Register, register, register," and are likely to work it out with far more effect than he has done his avowed free-trade principles. We offer at present no opinion on Mr. Cobden's bold and ingenious scheme for invading the counties, by means of his forty shilling freeholds ; we merely notice the fact of the deep interest manifested by the meeting in electoral operations and plans which have already be, n taken up with great zeal and activity in Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Anti-Corn-law League, almost in spite of itself, is becoming a great normal school of political agitation, and interesting thousands in the possession and the use iif the franchise who, otherwise, might have remained in a state of entire quiescence. This is ever the fruit of continued injustice, the fatal consevenee of selfish pro crastination in the settlement of great national questions. In 1841 the corn-law controversy might have been closed for a century by the prompt adoption of a moderate fixed duty and a free trade tariff ; in 1842 compromise was not impossible, when Sir Robert Peel wa.; disturbing, without settling, the whole of our commercial affairs ; ,in 1844, nothing short of the total repeal of the corn-laws would extinguish the Anti-Corn-jaw League ; and when the corn-laws are repealed, there appears to be now a strong probability that the bulk of those who fur years would have been satisfied with commercial reforms, will neither be contented nor put dow n w i t h ou t the ac companiment of political changes, affecting the structure of the electoral body, and consequently the re-distribution of the balance of political power. The perfect apprecia tion by the auditory of the question of free trade was drawn out by Mr. Cobden in his usual happy way, Al luding to the dinner to Sir Henry Pottinger then taking place in Merchant Tailors' Hall, he asked what was the crowning service of that distinguished man, • in ac knowledgment of which merchants subscribed to tes timonials, and were swelling by their voices the acclamations with which he was greeted ? Why, the imposition of a perfectly free-trade tariff on the Chinese ; a universal, not a one-sided tariff ; one open to all the world, and wholly irrespective of conditions of reciprocity--a tariff which freely admitted the main articles of human food, repudiated duties for protection, and laid down moderate ones, solely for revenue This told upon the audience with great effect, which was increased when the speaker declared, that if the landowners would permit China to send over a Chinese Sir Henry Pottinger, to do as much for England as Sir Henry had accomplished for the Celestial Empire, he would willingly subscribe his quota in acknowledg ment of the services of so great a benefactor. Striking contrasts like these sink at once into the mind of an audience, Bald render superfluous a world of argument. On the whole, the meeting of last night in Co vent-gaaden Theatre, demonstrated that the Anti- Corn-law League is as strong, if not stronger, than ever ; and that continu e d re f usa l s on t h e part of the Legislature to deal with and settle this great ques tion, may lead to political changes far more perilous than hesitating statesmen imagine. Let the middle classes lend effectual aid, in order to rescue the land owners from the effects of their selfishness and obstinacy, and though some mischiefs are now all but irreparable, the next general election, not very Jar distant, may com pensate for the infatuation of the last, and save the country in time from undergoing, in the next series of scarce and dear years, evils similar to those which dark ened the disastrous cycle of 1837-1842. ra- ` ATROCIOUS MURDER AND HIGH WAY ROBBERY, NEAR TRECASTLE, BRE CONSHIRE. This neighbourhood was aroused by the intelligenee of the above murder (recorded in The Sea of Monday), and on the constables proceeding to the spot they found the body lying on its back, at the top of a short hill, with the hat drawn over its face, and two small pools of blood, which had issued from a bullet wound two inches behind the right ear, the ball being afterwards discovered, on post mortem examination, to have penetrated the brain, and to have flattened against the skull, where it lodged on .the opposite side. His waistcoat had been torn open with such violence as to break several buttons, and all his cash had been abstracted from the money pocket ; his watch and several articles in other pockets w ere untouched. From all appearances it was evident that the fiend-like assassin had fired the fatal shot.vrhile walking up the ascent of the road, at the side of his unsuspecting victim, who must have fallen forward on his right knee and forehead, and have been turned over on his back by the murderer, for the purpose of plunder. Messengers were immediately forwarded to Brecon. On the intelligence reaching Mr. D. Rosser, landlord of the Bridgent Inn, where the deceased (wh ose name was David Lewis) had been in the habit of putting up, the suspicion flashed across his mind that the deed had been done by a man named Thomas Thomas, of Llansowel, Carmarthen shire, who had called at his house in a drab mackintosh, and had inquired for butter carts going to the vicinity of his home, about two hours before Lewis and his boy started, He accordingly caused a letter to be sent per mail to a i•e spectable innkeeper in the neighbourhood of Llansowel, immediately forwarded descriptions to the rural police of the county, several of whom were stationed near. In the meantime inquiries had been made by the Brecon police, which strengthened the suspicion, and Mr. Super intendent Stephens, accompanied by the late superin tendent, who knew Thomas from having had him in custody on a previous occasion, started off for Carmarthenshire, while printed descriptions were forwarded to all the adjacent districts and seaports. Having been detained making in quiries on the way, the Brecon police did not reach Llan sowel until after one o'clock on Sunday morning, when they found Thomas in the custody of the rural police, who had taken him under the following circum stances .—Acting on the information they had received, they had proceeded to his father's house, and found that he had reached home at half-past eleven o'clock ; they also ascertained that he had been seen in the village, and deeming it likely that he would come home at night, tha superintendent stationed his men on the look-oat, lying in wait himself with one of his men in a lane near hie father's house. Soon after eight o'clock they heard hint coming down the lane, and passing one on each side of him, collared him at once. Being a very powerful young man, he succeeded in throwing them both down, and after a severe struggle on the ground, they were compelled to draw their cutlasses before lie would surrender. During the struggle 'he dropped a brace of pocket-pistols, which, fortunately, were not loaded, and in his pocket were found twelve bullets, caps, and some powder. H av i ng been surrendered to the Brecon police, lie was brought on Sunday to the station-house in that town, and on Monday was taken to an adjourned in quest held before Thomas Batt, Esq., at the Camden Arms, Trecastle. From the evidence here adduced, it ap peared that he had nine days previously bought the pistols at an ironmonger's shop in Brecon, and that on Friday night he rode in a farmer's waggon a short way out of town until overtaken by Lewis and his cart, when he made the bargain for conveyance to Trecastle. The boy who had charge of the waggon, and Mr. Lewis's little boy, swore most positively to his identity; and such a chain of circumstantial evidence was made apparent, that the jury without hesitation re turned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Thos. Thomas," who was therefore remoTed to the county goal, to take his trial at the March assizes. His appearance was more that of the careless, cheerful, country boy than that of a designing boy ; and he kept hie composure to the last, maintaining that the two boys were mistaken as to his identity. THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR NOTTINGHAM. INQUEST ON MR. JAMES BOLESTRIDGE. NOrrINGUAM, DEC. 11.—Shortly after six o'clock, last night, Mr. Browne, coroner, and a very respectable jury, assembled at the house of the deceased, for the purpose of inquiring into the cause of his death. The CORONER addressed the jury at some length. He be sought them to cast from their minds any impressions that the verdicts in the other two investigations might have given rise to, and trusted they would arrive at such a conclusion as the evidence which might be brought before them would jus tify. He considered it would be totally unnecessary to go over the whole of the ground again •, and as he was most anxious that the present inquiry should terminate before the assizes, which take place on Saturday next, he would pro pose to them what he thought the best mode of facilitating the business—namely, to produce before them the several witnesses, read over to each his depositions as given on the former occasion, the jury, at the same time, reserving the right of putting any further questions which might suggest themselves to their minds. This w ou ld answer all legal purposes, and save a great deal of time. Should the jury not agree to this, it was impossible that their labours could terminate this week, for in the case of Mr. Deane, he (the Coroner) took down no less than 148 closely-written pages of evidence ; and to go through the same task again would be the work of four days. He repeated, that it was highly necessary, on Mr. Lightfoot's account, that this investigation should close before the assizes, as that gentleman would then be arraigned for the crime of manslaughter. The jury unanimously expressed themselves perfectly sa tisfied with the Coroner's proposition, and thought with him. that it was necessary they should conclude their labours be fore Mr. Lightfoot took his trial. The Coroner and jury then proceeded to an adjoining room for the purpose of viewing the body. The deceased did not present any remarkable appearance. It was ultimately decided by the jury, on a show of hands. that they should meet at three o'clock this afternoon, and. if necessity required it, continue their deliberations eachday to a late hour. As a matter of form, a witness was called who knew the deceased, and was present at his death. The jury then adjourned, shortly after seven o'cleck, tin this day. ADVERTISEMENT.—An astonishing cure of an in ward cancer in the lower part of the stonaach.—M ri . Quinn, residing at No. 4, Back-lane, St. George's-in. the-East, had been in three hospitals for about eighteen months, and was discharged from them as incurat,le. She was in this state when the ointment was rubbed in all over the regions of the diseased parts, as salt Is forced into meat, which effected a cure as speedily as though the inward part had been palpable to the eye. Any internal sores, tumours, aches, or pains may be cured in the like manner. Sold at Professor Holloway's .establishment, 244, Strand (whore advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendera of medicine throughout, the civilised world. COLOSSAL Hoksx.—A very splendid colossal he m, of 19 bands high, the property of Mr. Thomas Hebbert, of Itellingdon, bred by Mr. J. Bayes, of Draughton, in North. amptonshire, is to be seen in the stables adjoining the Priztt Cattle Show. It is a beautiful animal, and combinis with its colossal figure the pure English breed. with per f ect symmetry. The colour is jet Meek, exceedingly good. 14114 is W 9 ll w9rthi i Me l iti 9u " e. all interested in stec.k. ~' ~ l Inc/ --~- "' ~~~~ "Lee PRIOR sd. THE SUN is Publis'ked EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK , i n Ti me f or the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the :AFTERNOON TRAINA and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, contai n i ng PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS ix LONDON tcp io that flour. R j OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The PROTEOSCO?E, a new apparatus for exhibiting OPAQUE OBJECTS in Nature and Art, showing continued novelties. The PHYSIOSCOPE, HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, DIVING BELL and DIVER, DISSOLVING ♦IEWS, &c., &c. Dr. RYAN'S LECTURE daily, and in the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. Professor BACHISOFFNER'S varied Lectures abound In Vateresting experiments. Adatission, is.: Schools, Half-price. PUBLICATIONS. station-house, and detained until he procured bail to appear to answer the charge, when he was allowed to depart, app aren tl y w i t h out having suffered any injury through the occurrence. In the course of Tuesday morning Inspector Penny, G, intimated to Mr. Combe that Mr. Sewell had not appeared to answer the charge pursuant to the recognisance, and the charge was delayed u n til i nqu i r i es were ma d e, an d to give his bail an opportunity to produce Mr. Sewell. In the course of the day Inspector Penny stated to Mr. Combe that the officer who brought Mr. Sewell in charge to the station-house had been to his residence at Dalston, and on inquiry he discovered that Mr. Sewell returned home in a cab, and shortly afterwards retired to rest, and on Tuesday morning, about six o'clock, he was discovered dead in his bed. Medical aid was resorted to without effect. Mr. Granger, the proprieter of the cab, the driver, and some other wit nesses, were present to give their evidence, but Mr. Combe said he must leave the case in the hands of the police until a coroner's inquest was held upon the body. The deceased was about forty years of age, and has left a family. We have all shown our sincere respect for Louis Philippe, yet we believe that the public would be a little surprised to hear the Park and Tower guns fired on the 6th of next October in cele bration even of that good and great Prince's birth day. The question of feeling (which, however, we should be sorry to see excluded from the breasts of British officers) put on one side, Mr. Hunt might have some apprehension of committing his Govern ment, or committing himself with his superiors, by any proceeding not strictly warranted by established usage or his written orders. There has been a great deal of negotiation about the protectorate of Otaheite, and we, though so much nearer the scene of the nego tiation, and professional observers of political events, are at this moment unable to say in what position the question stands. The French may have an acknowledged right to occupy Otaheite with an armed force, or they may have renounced that right ; but however this may be, it is plain that half a year ago Mr. Hunt could know nothing upon the point beyond this, that the matter was in dispute, and, therefore, when challenged by a display which, under the circumstances, was suspicious, because it was unprecedented, he merely acted with prudence in quietly declining to answer the challenge. If his disposition had been hostile he would not lose the opportunity of showing that it was so by some prac tical protest. After all that the war journals can say of such prudent reserve, they will scarcely succeed in inflaming it into a ground of quarrel. MR. DICKF.NS'S YEW CHRISTMAS BOOK. On the 16th inst., in foolscap Bro., price 55.. TUE CHIMES: a GOBLIN STORY of some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year in. By CHARLES DICKENS. The Illustrations by Daniel 3faclise, R.A.; Clarkson Stanfield, R.A. ; John Leech ; and Richard Doyle. London : Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. A New Edition of the UATAT,OtIUE, containing - Three Hundred alditienal Works of Art, &e., since the last revisal, is just published price Is. GENERA L TOM TIIUbZ B. The AMERICAN MAN in MINIATURE will return to London and hold his PUBLIC LEVEES at the Gallery, in Suffolk.street, Pall-mall, commencing Monday, December 23, and continuing through the holidays, after which he leaves for the Continent. The General has been visiting the principal towns in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and has met with unprecedented success. Whilst in Edinburgh the General was presented with a beautiful Highland dress, of the Royal Stuart Tartan, manufac. Lured by Messrs. 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Asam (or Assam) is regarded with a considerable degree of in. terest on account of a highly.flavoured species of Tea growing in this important province of India, and possessing such strength that when steeped one pound yields, at a moderate computation, at the rate of two pounds of the Chinese leaf. This Tea is furnished in an original and pure state at the Head office, 11, Crooked-lane, King William.street, City. One Agent is required for most large towns and cities. The Establishment's sole authorised Agent (at present) for the West-end, J. G. WATSON, confectioner, 11, Upper Seymour street, Portman-square. LONDON ELOCUTION SOCIETY.-OPENING OF THE RICH- MOND MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. THE INSTITUTE, of SATURDAY NEXT, De cember 14, will report the proceedings of the atiove Associa tion., and renewal of the Metropolitan and Provincial Institutions. 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The amount of capital sums insured since the commencement ef the Society is nearly 6,500,000/. sterling. The next periodical investigation takes place on December 31, 1845. ASSURANCES COMPLETED BEFORE THE BOOKS ARE CLOSED for the CURRENT YEAR have the IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE of A FULL YEAR'S STANDING over those delayed till after that period. The Directors are now empowered to grant assurancee for fixed sums, without any claim on the part of those in right of the policies to participate in the surplus fund or profit of the Society. Forms of proposals and every necessary information may be ob tained at the head office, Edinburgh, 5, St. ♦ndrew-square; or at any of the Society's agencies.— October, 1844. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. OFFICE IN LONDON, 7, PALL-MALL. HUGH M'KEAN, Agent. S COTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, IncorpOrated by Royal Charter. Established 1831. Head Office, 26, St. Andrew's-square, Edinburgh ; London Office, 61 A, Moorgate-street. PRISIDENT. ins Grace the Duke of BUCCLELTCH and QI.TEENSBERRY. VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Right Hon. Lord Gray. • Sir Neil Menzies, Bart., of Menzies. David M. M. Chrichtoun, Esq., of Rankeilour. ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager. The leading principle of this Mutual Assurance Society is, that the whole Profits are divisible among the Policy Holders every three years. In illustration of the eminent success which has attended the Society, it may be stated that the additions made to Policies have been at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured and on the vested bonus. Thus the holder of a Policy for 1,0001. effected on the Ist of March, 1832, will, if it become a claim during the present year, be entitled to 1,2971.; or, if effected on or before the Ist March, 1833, to 1,2751., and so on as regards other Policies. The Accumulated Fund exceeds 260,0001., and the Annual Revenue is above 70,0001., the whole being in a course • steady and increas ing prosperity. No other Life Assurance Institution whatever can warrantably hold out greater advantages to parties Assuring than this Society does. WILLIAM COOK, Agent for London. 61 ti 11 oorgate-str eet L ONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte- ow, Mansion-house, and 18, Chancery-lane, London. DIRECTORS. KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman. BENJAMIN !FILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. ♦lexander Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. John 111 . (lufhe, Esq. James Bidden, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq. Captain F. Brandreth. J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq. 11. 11. Cannan, Esq. ArDITORS. Robert E. Alison, Esq, MEDICAL ADVlSEE—Marshall Hall, M.D., L. and I. SECRETARY—John Emerson, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. To PREVENT ALL FUTURE QUESTIONS AS ro THE VALIDITY OF POLI CIES, this Company are prohibited by their deed of constitution from disputing any claim, unless they take upon themselves to prove that the policy upon which the claim arises was obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation. The Company are further bound to give effect to every policy, although the debt for which it may have been originally procured, or at any time held, may have been paid off before the claim arises. And that the value of policies may not be lessened or destroyed by parties going beyond the limits usually prescribed, the Company grant, upon payment of a small extra premium, general or whole world leave, which subsists during the currency of the policy. By these means the policies of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company have come to be considered as forming secu rities more complete and more easily negotiable than any other similar documents. 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Just published, price 2s. 64., an Price 3s. 64., THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the baneful effects .f excessive indulgence and infection, illustrated by engravings, with observations en Marriage, and directions for the removal of certain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and CO. Published Isy the Authors, aid sold at their Residence, 19, Berners street, Oxford-street ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho; Nob l e , 109, Chancery-lane Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford - street; J. Gordon, 146, Leadenhl-street, Lon don; by all Booksellers in Town and Country. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " We regard the work before us,' The Silent Friend,' as a. work ebracin most clear and practical views of a series of com plaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by the majority of the Medical profession, for what reason we are at a losst o kaow. 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Officers whose destinations are not known, covered to all parts of the world at a small but fixed extra ra e of premium. GEO. FA it REN Resident Director. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.—Capital 5,000,0001., In )00,000 Shares of 501. each ; Deposit V. 10s. per Share.—From the applications which continue to be made daily at this office for Shares, and from • ether cir. cumstances, the Committee •f Direction have reason to know that there is abroad the erroneous impression that there still remain Shares unappropriated and to be placed, and that a further distribution of Shares is yet to be made. To correct such erroneous impression the Committee thus inform the Share holders and the public that every Share has been allotted and the deposit paid on the whole number of 100,000 Shares, amounting t 3 9.50,0001, and of that amount the suns 0(200,0001. has been for some time past temporarily invested at interest for the benefit of the Company till required for the purpose of being deposited on presenting to Parliament the petition for the Bill to incorporate the Company. J. R. 110 WATT, Secretary. Office 7, Lothbury, Lonion, Dec. 10, 1844. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. ARRIVAL OF THE AVON, AND LOSS OF THE ACTiEON. DIRECT NORTHERN RAIL WAY, FROM LONDON TO YORK BY LINCOLN. Capital, 4,000,000/. The Committee beg to submit for the information of their Share holders and the public, the following comparative table of distances, taken from the sections deposited with the clerks of the peace, which they think satisfactorily establishes the soundness of the direct principle SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 12.—The Royal Mail Com pany's steam-ship Avon, Captain Strutt, arrived here at ten o'clock this day, bringing all the West Indian, &c., mails—those from the following places up to the dates expressed against them, viz. :—Tampico, to Oct. 26 ; Vera Cruz, to Nov. 2 ; Havannah, to the 10th ; Demerara, to the 3d ; Trinidad, to the sth ; Grenada, to the 10th ; St. Thomas, to the 15th ; and Bermuda, to the 23d, being the day of the Avon's departure thence. She has brought on freight, it is believed, the largest amount of specie ever shipped from the east ern coast of Mexico in one bottom, viz., 2,078,739} dollars (268,067 of which are on account of the Mexicara dividends); 600 k ounces of gold dust, &c. ; 2,679 ounces silver in masses ; 991 b. 4oz. platina and Plata Bruta ; 108 serons cochineal ; 23 serons purga, de jalapa ; 3 serons gum copal. Also seventeen passengers, fire Government ditto, two wrecked seamen, one invalid, together with the crew of the late steamer Actaeon, belonging to this company. The Avon was four days overdue, but it was partly occasioned by some unavoidable delay and head winds. The mails left for London by the eleven o'clock train, and no doubt will be delivered this afternoon. The railway authorities at Southampton delayed the eleven o'clock train upwards of ten minutes, to enable the mails to be dispatched by it. We are sorry to record the total loss of the Ac twon steam-ship, belonging to the Royal Mail Company, which took place on the morning of the 20th of October, under the following circum stances :—She was rounding the Punta Canoa, at eight in the morning, the Popa or high land within the city being S.S.E. The Actaeon steering south, struck at 8.40, upon a sunken rock, supposed to be the Negrillo, but which, according to the chart, should have been nearer the land than the ship then was. Immediately she struck, the captain, with the view of lightening her, ordered the boilers to be blown off, but without effect till about 30 minutes afterwards. A swell of the sea then lifted her off, when it soon became evident that, in spite of every exertion, she could not be kept long afloat. Sail was then made to force her on shore, or into shallow water. Precisely, however, at 20 minutes past 11 she went down in 6i fathoms. The captain, officers, and crew, on this trying emergency, behaved with the most praiseworthy courage. Every one was calm and collected, and the orders of the captain were obeyed with readiness and punctuality. He was the last to leave the ill fated vessel. All hands were safely got into the boats, and steered for Carthagena, from which they were about nine miles distant. They landed in safety, and were hospitably received by the autho rities. As soon as danger was apparent, the mails were taken out, and duly placed in one of the boats in charge of the mail officer. That gentleman, in his anxiety to do his duty, lost the whole of his wardrobe and other effects. A small quantity of stores was also secured. There were only three passengers on board at the time of the disaster. It was ♦ery fortunate that at the moment of the wreck taking place the weather was moderate. An hour previously, however, it had been blowing a gale. Direct London Existing Northern. and York. Lines. 1761, 186 219 122 138 No Lino. 134 153:- 1631 1721 ,lAM AM r's Offices, 11,1844 From London to the City of York From London to Lincoln From London to Gainsborough . From London to Selby By order of the WIL] Direct Northern Railway Compan: 64, Moorgate-street, London, Dee, lINCK, ;retary. IMERICK AND ENNIS RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that no further applications for Shares in this undertaking will be received after SATURDAY, the 14th inst. The list will then be closed and the Shares immediately allotted. EDMOND MOORE, Esq., Provincial Secretary. Office, 8, Middle Gardiner-street, Dublin, Dec. 9. CABINET UPHOLSTERY, Carpet, Blanket, and Redding Manufactory, at the LONDON FRIENDLY UNION, No. 16, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket, late Dr. Hunter's Museum. Saving of 30 t• 50 per cent., no other profit being required than sufficient to defray the expenses. Established for the sole purpose of giving employment. The Committee beg to acquaint the Subscribers and the public, that they are determined to do their duty in getting up good and substantial work, and as they have had every facility in procuring the driest and best wood London can produce, the Cabinet Furni. ture is made of the most seasoned materials ; and all goods disposed of at this Establishment will be warranted. They therefore, being the real manufacturers, earnestly solicit a trial, as the only criterion by which the merits and decided advantages of purchasing of them can be fairly estimated. The Establishment is likewise a depot for all kinds of Fancy And Ornamental Work, which will be re ceived of poor families from all parts of the kingdom. London Friendly Union, No. 16, Great Windmill-street, Hay market, late Dr. Hunter's Museum. W. CROFTON, Secretary. QPLENDID - FIGURED SATIN and SILK KJ DAMASKS; rich Figured and Plain Silk Taberets for Window -curtains ; Gentlemen's Velvet, Satin, and Fancy Silk Waistcoat.piecee ; Ladies' Silk Handkerchiefs and Scarfs, of every description, ef Spitalfields and other British manu. facture, at a saving of from 30 to SO per cent., no other profit being required than is sufficient to defray the ex penses. Also a depot for the sale of all kinds of Fancy and Orna mental Work, which is received from poor families, at the LONDON FRIENDLY UNION, Ns. 16, Great Windmill street, Haymarket, late Dr. Hunter's Museum. Established for the sole purpose of giving employment. The Committee beg to acquaint the Subscribers and public that every article disposed of at this Establishment will be warranted of the best manufacture and the finest materials; they also re spectfully inform the Subscribers that artisans recommended by them will have the preference. London Friendly Union, No. 16, Great Windmill.street, Hay market, late Dr. Hunter's Museum. W. CROFTON, Secretary. SINGULAR DEATH. On Monday evening last Mr. Sewell, a gentleman of independent property, residing at 20, Holles-street, Dalston, visited Sadler's Wells Theatre, and entered the wine-room attached to the theatre, where he drunk freely of wine, and conducted himself in rather an extraordinary manner. Eventually be left the wine room, and proceeded to the ground at the back part of the establishment, where he saw a cab waiting for a fare. He called for the cabman, but receiving no answer, he got upon the box and drove off to the Clown public-house, in St. John-street-road, and made inquiries for the driver of the vehicle, but he could not be found anywhere, on which Mr. Sewell again got on the box and drove back again to the back of the theatre at a furious rate. On his arrival at a short distance from the stage door, the wheel of the cab came in contact with a post, and he was precipitated from his seat, and the cab was overturned and dashed to pieces. The alarm excited considerable sensation, and a crowd immediately came to his assistance, when he was sup ported into the wine -room; but he seemed to be, or affected not to be, much hurt by the accident, and remained there for some short time. The driver of the cab at length made his appearance, and insisted on giving Mr. Sewell into custody for causing da mage to his cab, and he was taken to Bagnigge-wells The Actaeon makes the fourth vessel lost since the establishment of the Royal Mail Steam Company, being a quarter of the number of steam-ships it has afloat. They are—the Medina, the Isis, the Solway (in which so many lives were sacrificed), and now this unfortunate ship completes the number. The Action, however, was the smallest of the four, being only 600 tons burthen. Her value, exclusive of stores, &c., was about 25,0001. She plied between the various islands for the intercolonial mails. This unfortunate disaster has caused the greatest sympathy to be felt for the company in the town of Southampton, and no doubt it will be generally re ciprocated elsewhere. The loss of the three other vessels was a great pecuniary blow to this spirited company, and now that all the vessels are in good working trim, makes their voyage with the greatest punctuality, and everything has been going on smoothly for some time, this calamity falls upon them with additional force. The Avon passed the City of Aberdeen on the Bth instant, at 8 A.M., being then in lat. 47 14 N., lon. 18 W. The Spartan frigata was at Vera Cruz, and the Illustrious (with the flag of Sir C. Adam) and the Hyacinth at Bermuda. The John Renwick had arrived at Bermuda, having on board the lantern and machinery for the Lighthouse in course of erection at Wreck Hill, which it is supposed will be in operation at the com mencement of the new year, or soon afterwards. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. Manchester is the centre of the Anti-Corn-law, as Birmingham is of the Universal Suffrage, agitation. At Manchester are held the general meetings of the Anti. Corn-law League, and here it is that the Com mittee of the League constantly sits. The kindness of a friend procured me admission to the great esta blishmeut of the League at Manchester, where I had the satisfaction of seeing and hearing much that sur prised and interested me. George Wilson and other well-known leaders of the League, who were as sembled in the Committee-room, received me as a stranger, with much kindness and hospitality, readily answering all my questions, and making me acquainted with the details of their operations. I could not help asking myself whether in Germany, men, who at tacked, with such talent and energy, the fundamental laws of the State, would not have been long ago shut up in some gloomy prison as conspirators and traitors, instead of being permitted to carry on their operations thus freely and boldly in the broad light of day ; and, secondly, whether in Germany such men would ever have ventured to admit a stranger into all their secrets with such frank and open cordiality. I was astonished to observe how the Leaguers, all private persons, mostly merchants, manufacturers, and men of letters, conducted political business, like statesmen and ministers. A talent for public business seems an innate faculty in the English. 'Whilst I was in the Committee-room immense numbers of letters were brought in, opened, read, and answered, without a moment's delay. These letters, pouring in from all parts of the United Kingdom, were of the most various contents, some trivial, some important, but all connected with the objects of the party. Some brought news of the movements of eminent Leaguers, or of their opponents ; for the eye of the League is ever fi;ed urn the don 1;$0t). of friend and enemi. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED i n ALL THE THREE pApERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE Others contained pecuniary contributions from well wishers of the cause ; for each of whom the president immediately dictated an appropriate letter of thanks. Other letters related anecdotes, showing the progress of the cause, and th e g r a dual defection of the farmers, the most resolute supporters of Peel.—Kohl's Travels in England. BRISTOL, DEC. 11.—The Great Britain steamer is released from her captivity; she passed through the locks this evening, and is now lying outside. She will pro ceed to the river's mouth to-morrow morning. An at tempt was made to take her out by_ this morning's tide, which did not succeed, in consequence of theprevalence of easterly winds, the tide did not reach its expected height, and she was obliged to be put back. In the course of the day, a much larger portion of the side-wall of the lock has been removed ; everything was done to render her draft of water as light as possible. Tier directors intend sending her to Londun, where she will not fail to prove an astonishment to the thousands who will flock to view her. SUPERSTITION, ENTHUSIASM, AND DEATH.—On Saturday, November 23, Mr. Roots, of Biddenden, hav ing a daughter very unwell, and efforts by charm to re store her proving ineffectual, he determined to take her to the notorious enthusiast, Mr. Couchman, near Smar den, of whom Mr. Roots is a disciple. 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Haring visited the provinces, and aided in " fighting the battle of the Constitu tion in tie Registration Courts," its leaders have returned to, and resumed their position in, the metropolis. They last evening commenced their " monster meetings" in Covent-Garden Theatre ; which they have hired for the season, and where various modes of carrying out the objects of the Association, and of aiding its funds, will be put in execution. A condensed report of the proceed ings will be found in another part of our paper. Although we think it inexpedient full ex i pedie e n x t te t n o t ptuoshwhthicehprtiinle ciple of abolition to the League is pledged, considerable benefits cannot fail to accrue to the cause of free trade from constantly keep ing before the public mind the mischiefs inflicted on the manufactures and commerce of the country by the existing syteni of protective duties. The light which the League has cast upon this important subject has penetrated many of the dark places of the kingdom. Public opinion on the subject has been influenced to a degree which must in the end prove fatal to restrictions upon the importation of human food. Opposition to monopoly is no longer a passion ; it has become a principl e w ith t h e great body of the people. It is not affected by a temporary suspension of the conse quences which result from the artificial restrictions under which our statesmen, with a lamentable " blindness to the future," place the means of em ploying and sustaining the great mass of the popula tion. The people have been taught to look to the natural results of a p ern i c i o us s y s t em . Thousands, wiser than their fathers, are now able to distinguish between the natural opera tions of that system, and its accidental interruptions, by circumstances which intervene to stay, for a time, its baneful progress. Hence though the dis tress, which for several successive years had grown and spread in the manufacturing districts, has been greatly mitigated by the late good harvests, and the openings for our manufactures which the recent events in China have produced, it is plain that through the existing system of high duties this impulse . to trade w ill p rove but tempo rary. The drain of Chinese s il ver t o pay the amount of compensation to this country for the expenses of the war ; and the necessity which compels the payment in specie for the opium—which, though prohibited by the Chinese Government is still smuggled into the country in large quantities —necessarily limit the means of purchase of British commodities by the Chinese. Were it not for our heavy import duties upon tea, and other articles, the produce of the country, the Chinese would exchange their goods for the fabrics of this country ; and trade, upon the principle of reci procity, would flow without impediment in the natural channels. Foreigners are availing themselves of the errors of our commercial code. The last ac counts from China state that while the trade in many descriptions of British goods was declining, the manu factures of America —the representative of which had concluded a treaty with the Chinese Government—were in increased demand. Had some demon been employed to preside in the councils of this country, and to prompt her rulers to measures for obscuring her glory and crippling her energies, the end could not have been more securely effected than by the system which, as in mockery of the mischievous results it works, is designated " Protection to British interests." No wonder that Covent-gardan Theatre—capacious as that building is—was last night crowded to the ceiling by an attentive and highly respectable audi ence. It was not the attraction of mere novelty which brought the multitude together. Many of them had heard the same speakers expound the same doctrines, and demonstrate the same results, again and again. It was a public testimony against the system of monopoly ; an embodiment of the abiding conviction which pervades the public mind, that the commercial policy of our Legisla ture is a false and ruinous policy, pregnant with folly, and fraught with eventual ruin to every interest in the country, and with inhumanity and misery to the most dependent and numerous classes of the popula tion. The statements made by the Chairman of the meeting as to what the League had effected in the Registration Courts, and the prospects thus opened to the cause of free trade at the next election, will be a significant warning to the party in power to " set their houses in order." STANDARD.—The neglect of the commander of the Basilisk to answer the salutes .offered by the French authorities in Otaheite upon the Queen's birth-day, cannot be explained with certainty until we are in possession of the gallant officer's own ac count of his motives. It is, however, surely unneces sary to assume that any offence was intended by the simple quiescence ascribed to Mr, Hunt. Many good reasons, wholly unconnected with unfriendly feeling to France, might have determined that gentleman to pursue the line that he did pursue ; some of them so cogent that we think the presumption would be against him, h a d h e t a k en a different course. Queen Pomare was, we believe, on board the Basilisk—a deposed Sovereign, a fugitive from her enemies ; we will not say persecutors—certainly an unfortu nate exile, almost a prisoner. Now, as a mere question of feeling, it was hardly free to the officer with whom the fugitive had sought and found an asylum to ostentatiously exchange compliments, from the ship that carried her Majesty, with the enemies from whom she was flying —more especially as their compliments were commenced in a manner altogether unusual, for it is not, as we are aware, the practice in the French or any other service—it cer tainly is not the practice of our own service—to cele brate, by salutes, the birthday of a foreign Sovereign. FROM TUX MORNING PIPERS OF THIS DAT. ADVERTISER.—What say the Standard and Herald now ? Is the League dead ? Any indications of its extinction in Covent-garden Theatre last night ? Any symptoms of decrepitude ? Any premonitions of im pending dissolution ? The indications and symptoms were all the opposite way. The summer and autumn vacation has done the League infinite service. It comes before us more robust and more full of spirits than ever. Never before did it show such signs of vitality and vigour. It re-appears on the stage—on the stage, in a double sense--like a giant refreshed. The blows it ;gave monopoly last night will make the mono polists feel, if there be no other mode of con vincing them, that the League is alive, and in a far better condition for doing the work it has proposed o accomplish, than at any previous period of its history. Often as we have had to record the enthusiasm with which the meetings in Covent-garden have greeted the speeches of Messrs. Cobden and Bright, nothing ever equalled the cordiality of the reception they met with last night. They must have felt that in that re ception they were amply rewarded for all their exertions, extraordinary and untiring as they have been, in the cause of corn-law repeal. Mr. Wilson, the Chairman, in re-introducing the League to the metropolitan public, adverted at considerable length to the way in which the League had been employed since they quitted Lon don and took up their location in the provinces. And nothing could be more cheering than the statements which the Chairman made. The League, though they had been comparatively silent during the interval, had not been idle. On the contrary, they had never worked so hard, nor had they ever laboured with so much effect. Their success has far exceeded their most san guine expectations. Several important counties have been, through the exertions of the League, rescued from the fell grasp of the landocracy ; and by the same means, namely, attention to the registrations, it is con fidently expected, that among other counties which are destined to be won, are the important counties of Middlesex and the West Riding of Yorkshire. Should the expectations of the League be realised in reference to Middlesex and the West Riding of Yorkshire, the moral effect of their victory will be of infinite importance to the anti-corn-law cause. The wresting of these two places out of monopolist hands would overwhelms the oligarchy with despair. Their other strongholds would be taken possession of with the greatest ease. The monopolists would hardly attempt their defence. The importance of an immediate atten tion to the registries, wherever parties are in a condition to acquire a freehold, was emphatically dwelt on at the meeting of last: night. It will be impossible to qualify for the remaining twelve months,- after the end of the ensuing month. Those, therefore, who mean to enfranchise themselves for counties, in any part of the country, must purchase their qualificatton within a few weeks. The way to obtain this qualification, as our readers are aware, is by purchasing a freehold of the estimated yearly value of forty shillings. The money requisite to make this purchase need not in any instance exceed 70L, while in many instances from 501. to 601. will suffice. Now, there can be no doubt—the thing, indeed, is an absolute certainty—that in all counties where there are populous towns, there is a sufficient number of persons holding free-trade principles, and pos sessing the requisite purchase-money, to turn the scale against the monopolists, were they only induced to lay out their little money in the purchase of a forty-shilling freehold. Let all such as are in circumstances to ac quire a county qualification in this way, remember the im portant fact—that in thus entitling themselves to be put on the franchise, they are not only thereby acquiring a political status in the community they did not possess before, but are making a more profitable investment of their scanty savings than it would be possible in any other way to make. The interest would in no case be less than five per cent., while in some cases it would be as high as seven per cent., being double the interest allowed by the savings' banks. We cannot, therefore entertain a doubt that every free trader and every liberal in politics, who is in the possession of the means, will forthwith enfranchise himself for the counties, by ac quiring a forty-shilling freehold. CIIRONICLE—The Anti-Corn-law League has once more transferred the scene of its public operations from the provinces to the metropolis; and the vast assemblage of auditors which Covent-garden Theatre contained last night was a curious commentary upon the assurances we have lately heard, that " the League was dead." There was apparently nothing in the announEed arrangements for this opening meeting calculated to attract a London audience. The old subject—the " familiar faces "—the customary topics—free trade ; Messrs. Wilson, Villiers, Cobden, and Bright—these were the only inducements. Yet, long before the appointed hour, every avenue to the building was all but blocked up by an eagerly impatient throng, who greeted their old friends with a hearty and unabated enthusiasm; listened with interested patience to details ; caught up and cheered as lustily as ever all the points of each speaker, and displayed an ardour for the cause which had gathered them together, to gainsay which would be ludicrous folly, and to despise it infatu ation. The great complaint of the League against the citizens of London, when it first came among them, was their apathy with regard to a question which so deeply interested and excited the manufacturing districts. Va rious explanations were given to account for this some what mortifying circumstance. London, it was said, was a mere aggregate of separate interests ; it was difficult to move public opinion in it ; the general distress which swept like a flood over the manufacturing districts, was here dissipated, and carried off in different streams ; and even if the metropolis could be effectually roused, there was an inertness in its enormous mass, a distraction in the infinite variety of its occupations and amusements, which would defeat all efforts to sustain continued inte rest. But if last night's meeting is to be taken as a cri terion, the citizens of London are farirom being charge able with fickleness. Once convinced of their concern in the question of free trade, their attachment is perma nently secured. It has survived Sir Robert Peel's juggling with the corn-law ;it outlasts two good har vests, and the impetus which China and guano have given to manufactnres and shipping ; and in the face of cheaper corn and an accumulating revenue, shows itself as earnest, and more calm and determined, than when begging boxes, by virtue of the Queen's letters, went round the country to relieve the national distress, and there was daily danger of insurrections amongst the starving masses of the provinces. We are wrong, how ever, in supposing that the five thousand people who flocked to hear Messrs. Wilson, Villiers, Cobden, and Bright, last night, went to Covent-garden Theatre with the certainty of hearing tho same topics dilated upon by the same speakers. The free-trade debate is now all but over. The intellectual part of the process is consummated. There is now no fallacy to expose, no fiction to lay bare, no valiant agricultural protec tionist to combat. Figures of fact and figures of speech have alike done their work. The mind of the nation — of that body of the people who read, listen, think, and reason—is thoroughly satisfied that the . protective sys tem, in a commercial country especially, is a folly of the first magnitude. This is the reason why the election of Mr. Polk to the Presidency of the United States has created less interest in this country than it would have done two or three years ago, We seem generally to have reached the conviction that it ought to be so, and should excite no surprise. True, in this country, a very rural gentleman will occasionalli be found yen . I, 0' „ref !Ir Ater 4 6e .`,14 • l•the [1 1/ , o °- [ ll ' [tot oe , ev• I. 1. , P" jslll ei illi Ajil 0 1 ' 3 1:1'4 of f °