The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-10 00:00:00

NPWw7t -d, r FY"' LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK. of The DIRECTORS hereby give Notice, that a DIVIDEND Three Per Cent. upon th e paid-up c a pital of the Company, being e rate of Six per Cent. per Annum, will be PAYABLE on after the 10th day of SEVIZMBEIL next, at the Bank, Lothhury, ,tithout deditetion for Income-tax, which will be paid by the Bank. e ' ll Tran am of -.OOLa will be closed from the 19th of August to the 10th SOPtomber. • By order of the Board, JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, General Manager. -• July 26, 1844. _ (RAVESEND STAR PACKETS. FURTHER REDUCTION OF FARES. • SIXPENCE AND NINEPENCE, Boat and Blackwell Railway included. Front the Brunswick Wharf, Black - wail, be y g rnidaYs included) at Ten, Eleven Twelve, Three, Four, SU, and Half-past Seven At From the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, Sept nalf-paat Niue, Half-past Twelve, Two,* Four, Six, Seven, and Eight. • Cat Sundays at Five instead of Two. —Fore Cub and Second-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and Y ter Om.. First-close Carriage, Ninepence. Gravegend, July 10, 1844. i t IERUSALEM and the HOLY LAND. STEAM EXCURSION TO and FROM ENGLAND and the i-NT, visiting Jer usa l em an d t h e H o l y L an d, a l s o Athens, Con ..,!tntinople and the B osp h orus, Smyrna, Rh o d es , Cyprus, Beyrout, g i o eica ndria and oth er ce l e b rated an d i n t erest i ng pl ac es. To start at lc? b lackwall on SATU RDAY , 24th A ugu st, stay at Athens two days, ..Onstantinople eight days, at Jon (within twelve hours' journey ample win e) eight days, at Alexandria about ten days (allowing Utile to visit Cairo, the Pyramids, &c. ;.' , tes of passage reduced. MiTogramm es of the route, rates of passage, &c.,may be obtained at r ,C ompany's Offices, 51, St. Mary-Axe, London; and 57, High et,Southampton; also at 23, Itegent-circus, LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY. SUNDAY TRAINS at HALF FARES to BRIGHTON and ACK, at s s . g e O P Su mlaYB, the 11th, 18th, and 25th of August, and the Ist of ~o.prn.deomilbe at r, an EXCURSION THIRD-CLASS TRAIN will leave to Ltotnuaron, n aTtearlQaiiiifit.a Terminus, August Seven in the Morning, leaving Brighton, SeN-e 5, nin l t B h 4 e 4 - . Evening. ' LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY At a 11 COMPANY. lEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the LONDON and oa i r "TON RAILWAY COMPANY, held at the London Terminus, riday, the 9th day of August, 1844 ; WILLIAn :NASH, Esq., in the Chair The advertisement convening the meeting was read, as well as the -,,srtiseinent making the meeting special for certain purposes. elairm on se 'lYthe — a : The o gi ni st m erofP a r l oprietors having been produced by the Seers of the Company was axed thereto by the there Report of the Directors was then read by the Secretary, and follo wing Resolutions were passed : It iletrniv ed. That the Report now read be reoelved and adopted. W ." moved by BitowN,": Esq. ; seconded by the Honourable Captain Honiara : It That izt ,„ -Pencer Cooper, Esq., be appointed a Director. 7 4 3 Moved by WassrEa, Esq., and seconded by B. GABELEE, Esq., ... Th at James Horne be appointed a Director. I,l•When a show othands was taken, which was declared to be in r e : °4 r of 3lr. Cooper ; whereupon Mr. Horne demanded a poll, the alt of which was as follows : Mr. Cooper C Present •••• • • • • 2,138 "" " /Proxies ••••• • • • Lel S - 3,156 r Present •••• • • • • 216 Mr. Hom e • • /Proxies •••• • • • • 1,068 .:.-- 1,284 If r . Cooper was then declared duly elected. Resolved —That the London and Brighton Railway Company be authorised by the Proprietors present at this general meeting to cPuronThchaasney Ch in a t n ere e s l t i e n a th l e ,o l3 t ri e g x li c t e o e n d , i, L , :wes, and Hastings Railwa y Briglaton and Chichester Ban - lug 1,195 shares Th • . A•aY Company to a ~ 3,500. extent i s i hares , and no o t ee tl d ie - Brighton Railwa . v r Icew That such Shares --.. : Shares, in Eighths, at 6/, 5 at, M order to complete these purchases, the oni PanY be authorised to raise, b . y e t e ly ht e g re 2 a 3 t 4 i , o 7 l s l o o l f . and .Bright n Ss• each, a sum not exceeding :o be offered to the present Proprietors of the London share for Railway Coßtpany in the proportion of one-eighth Aat a original share registered in the books of the Company. tor, and efir of. these resolutions he sent- forthwith to each Proprieo any 'Aim on Proprietor shall fail to accept the shares offered t ~ ~_ .or the Ist ot• September next (except such Proprietors .„ na may now be out of the United Kingdom, in respect of whom the gtternthe,srha,l,.lttbhe extended to the Ist of October next), the same, it o a t i li t e a r n) ; to- Proprietors wh e y s That 21. shall Plus, shall be distributed among the the number of Brighton Shares held by each of them respectively. for a larger allotment, in proportion to t the subscriber after the allotment, within ten days be paid upon. each such Eighth Shares ..Poidt within the ; and any Proprietor who shall not have paid such prescribed time shall forfeit all right to, the shares Zuln .t ed to him. The future calls not to exceed 11. ss. each, _ , to be made at intervalS of not less than three months. : 4 11 :it no subscriber for, or holder of, any such Eighth shall be re :Pled as a Proprietor in the books of the Company, or be entitled :,-,_. Yerdivideml or interest, or other privilege, in respect of any 'Zinn') than eight less such Eighths. That the Proprietors of such Llghtahsp:h_ all . be entitled to be.reg ' istered in the books oftl ,... Co_rn .- - " ect of . 7prietorS- of one integral share in the said Company' m s e . , , ,, .. %m y 8 eN ery entire number of eight such Eighths they may re p such int,— n b B eribe for, or procure, and shall receive a certificate of . every tithe share in exchange for the receipts for the first call paid on !hall 72 bear de number of eight such Eighths, That the new stun' . fi Z ten a dividend of not less' than five per cent. per annu m Years, with a right to participate equally with the o . ;tots. When the annual dividends on them shall exceed that rate , fte,.7ded, however, that such interest or dividend be reckoned only itn .,77 t he. Ist of January, 1846, and that it be proportioned to the I ° tint of the calls paid on each share, as compared with the whole I: n t , gay 50/. , d eo L'ol vecl , — .That a dividend of I2s. per share be, and it is hereby 11,,, '"1 , PaYable, on and after the 2Gth instant. E&1•, a vote of thanks be given to John M. Parsons, Pang.. for Ids able and efficient services while Chairman of the Corn .. Itel o i.,_, WILLIAM NASH, Chairman. for t h '' ,--- That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Directors tv. , eh. zeal and energy in promoting - the interests of the ,Mg dury under- London ng the past half.year. C• R. MACKENZIE, Sec. Te rminus, Aug. 9, 1844. -1 , J ,PRN WATSON, at present, and for t h - --cell Month s past, iesiaing at (o. 21, Brudenell-place, in ftle e ,... Pari , tb of Saint Leonard's,. Slioreditch, and county of Mid i • i t C... Tor the last three Months carrying on the business of str e o:"i , ill partnership with William Perry, at lit, Addle slalom ;,, nac l,efl, for twelve months immediately previous mi -to. presen t a hosiery warehouse, do hereby give notice that I intend: tet Lond or i:‘ a Petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, It asinghall-s re , and effe et r a Ying to be examined touching my debts, estate, w disele gure , and to Ault and '''"-' Protected from all process upon making a 11 surrender of such estate and effects for payment of i my writ' debts ; and I hereby further give notice, that thedt,mte tteedhrthrne atter of the said petition shall he heard is to be al o c ile Month at London Gazette and in the Morning Sun Newspaper lith ~,1/ ofJ ti l y, in the year the least after th ar of e to her oed,f ; 1844, as witness my hand, ' 4 our Lor this What John,' JOHN WATSON. for ". .r. Spiller, 3ii, Camomile-street, London, attorney • the said John Watson. . . 11 , E REAS, a PETITION of JAMES wtax 3l , bo .6-ITTIF ta of No. 1, Grove -end-road, Saint John's-wood, in the Cadetae, in the court ' ty of Middlesex, gardener, having been filed pr of Bankruptcy, and the interim — pnleyor protection Pro: . ',Wont; of ya ng been given to the said JameS:Faithful, under t the o p ieit i n th A - :, an Act of Parliament passed in the Parlian . lin . . h . - tltt l i e( ; ) `'l and ath years of the reign of her Pr .. estlj te m s a a J t eri a , m il es Falinf hi 'll Act for the Relief of Insolvent D . e t b b to , 1 ' fo s' re J. S. M. Fon- • bliNue hereby required to appear . in Cout Petitto a 4 1., the Commissioner acting . in the • metter , of the said o'clock Ono',aftereb.: on the 15th day of August, inst., at two ,., in the "ndo' -n Precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, basun : hall-street, iii,. a, for the purpose of being then and there examined ... touch- Com,' debts, estate and effects, and to he further dealt v%•ith ac the asid j i f„ t :' the provisions of the said Act. All persons indebted to . or dec_.es Faithful, or that have anv of his effects, are not to .1 Ice, 9, i e i r !he same but to Mr:Belcher, the official assignee, nmis li aller a et n i ! a :Aryls -yard, nominated in that behalf by the Col - .."--"--- —llthe matter of the said petition. IT V V i 11 4 E co R n A S; a PETITION of ABRAHAM 11i.0114 i - -,-.) formerly and now of No. 1, Princes-street, Ratcliffe on ageii ' t utt,oe. county of Middlesex, dealer in jeWellery and commis to ite r i n % av 'ng been pled in the Court of - Bankruptcy, .and "' the is • cities for prot • ss having been given Perh am sai d Abraham J- protection Nom preee,... th e r pa ssed in thel arliament holden in the sth and 6th y . Z Insolvent becaer;t Majesty, intituled " An Act for the Relict rniss e lt Pear in C ourt '' the 'aid Abraham Jacobs is hereby require_d Atigu.ner acting in the bti fi)re Edward Holroyd, ESQ, the C I om oi. .... an. t instant, at two coti atter of the said petition, on the 20th c ay .t. f land i'tcY, 11"111114.11 clock hi the afternoon precisely, at the . Com o be ihrth exaal i4ed t - r st s . e a, London for the purpose of being then fl_ non er dealt with °— " i ng his debt ' s, estate, and effects' and to ifs ems in to t according to the provisions of the said Act. All the ts ,' a re not toile lord braham Jacobs, or that have any of iu,ni--.vial aSsign e PaY deliver the Caine but to Mr. Groom, Of the d pe ti t ion, e ' No. 12, Abcliurch-lane, :LoMbard-street, said behalf by the Commissioner acting in the matter .._ , JAMES J . ' AV 1.1 ,, E RE AS, PETITION oHNsTONE,. of HENRY Messenger. l on -fiel ds Cosh S' forineraly of No. 9, Portsmouth-sle t, c a , t, L t l t n -q co el i as, the n or ~,,,, ( nen of Ns. 44, 'Great Queen-street, Limo I stret, '`:_°' 261 Strand, and late of No. and furniture hrok4 , 7 ia a , tl i d, in the county of Mi ddlesex, cabinet 71, interim and the order for N og been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, to the said 8, Water-street, Arundel lienri,, , yroteetion. from process having been given In - t h g p'05105 Under the reign „bar ornament holden in the fifth mid sixth years o insolvent provisions of an Act of Parliame f u t t he passed bi:bterParentthMaiestY, intittiled " All Act for the Reli e f of to aP -4'111•C --.° said Henry Cosins is hereby requirei Commissioner acti n , , °n, before Edward Holrovd, Esquire, the ,f.uigust 10 3t 7 .?1 the matter of the said petition, on the 20th then roPie2,.4_t3wo o'loCk in the afternoon precisely, at the C d 'c ay i i r:t loa'fgitank kin tYbeite asingball-street, London, for the Pur 111rther .I.,'''nl°, Po e se ' of t :and to tie !tied touching his debts, estate, end persoos'T.Lte_,lseith according to the provis t t lr e tt have any of 111 S sol e , 8 7 1 _ 1 tcl to the said Henry Cosms, or . Mr Edwards, the ornoi iurenot to pay or deliver the same but to ~.. . nominated ions of h fle s c ai s d Act. All' ' n thAt 4.„",gtlee, N 0.7 Erederick's-place, the said lPention ". oy the Co mmissioner acting in the matter of :Messenger_ JAMES JOHNSTONE, Old Jewry , NWH I .,, „Rt AS, a PETITION of AMBROSE --w Torti.,—""AY, ' late of "co p ellyh"-' I diddi - 2" , tlie parish of S ' aintLeonard's, Shoreditch, in tin. county a3._ N house,t, perfumer, h air - dresser, stationer, and keenpretr of of Bank ,lloxtoii rll,_ty, and li f°l. East Post letters, having been filed in the oe C a o a having been F entothe .3_e_ interini Order for protection from process n Act of Portia ibctiti,,,..o_,° In Ambrose liray under the provisions o a ears or the rel it , or her u 111 the Parliamen't holden in the sth and 6th y _ o _ Pearlrtsoh-th, , Present Majesty, • 1 1 "An Act for the . Belief 1 4..-'' ..ffiebto,,, ~ the intitu et is hereby required to ap ~_ in Q.,, 0 ,.. , .?, _ Said Ambrose Bray_ the Commissioner %vlg hi The',.._?el re said Hoiroyi , E n the 20th day of August (2,t.atit, at t,.::,uttter of the said petition, o . noon precisely, at the Q , rt of uit"ol,.4_-_Past two o'cl oc k Da the Witt' don for the purpose of art, then `, 'PteY, B asinghall-street, Lon l is , de . s, bt estate, and hi"' , end to there examined touching 1 to the provisions of h av l l4.,k e c be further dealt with according B -or that v• Oy ill b e to 1 1 ," Of , roOns indebted to the said kmbrose ray, leliver the same but denl..), .Istlyvard,,eets, are not to pay ,a or 7, • ( Frederick's-place, Old tattej,?,?"oated Zan official assignee, N . trissiouer acting in the -. the , , - 1 1 that behalf by the Com . . • 44 Petition. Messenger. J.AMES JOI-INSTONE, - AirlititEAs, N of SAMUEL ton rt,idilviirrsiin.w. aMO R P R E IS TI qt T p I re O se i nt and for 25 months last id l'i'in",,t7 Of7Hadtao• 63, Carey-street, in the Liberty of the Rol a ls f ai le tii,_462.resaid "' es ex, and being a law writer, and during part n ti under bi - g rit ~r J ar rYilig on bus's with James Henry Ila , _ , s.. ~.I. ' L ail and M reignes • *ters, late of No. 14, Serie Ititeri, 4 ..a. w ards of Ile ' 1 ir' law-''rl • ' the county of 3liddlt a x 3 , lion 1., 18 of 1„„ In 0c...-court, both in afte r ,„. r, il ine Office -court, Fleet-street, in the city of n „e -411 e o „ —, ards of 32 Great V 1 'cl- , • street Hackney-road, i , 1 . ~ _ i tLY Of Middl'eseN am ' of Took's-conrt, Carey - 11,11 th e county 0 f - 3.-fidand afterward . s ar _ s d of 19, Castle-street, bativail,,!ilthe said citY Tesexo'nand afte g rw been filed in the Court of been it,4leY, and the inte°ri and r ' having been flied in the Court of a i Order for protprotection from process hating or an.44.e.t0 to the said SaMitniel'l4it7 , A fon.s, i under the. provisions sth 144 4 tbi - i qf l'4llainent passed In the ''s Parliament - holden in theo An 4 ' - 't kir ' 4413 of the rek f I t Majesty, intituled ~. mumv ~... 11.0 Relief of ier presen.. „ - • id Samuel 1% hit- Ifol ro A d +orli, i t , ,_ or Invent Debtors, the said before Edward Petitlin-,' ooktil.. lehreby required to appear in Court, tter of the said afternoon n t4° 20etherinnf'' Commis, acting in th t e t lll w a o o'clock In the Minden, ro,. ,eit,ttel7, at ajieo August ins ant, +CY Basingliall-street, :us deb -.47lk.Porpose of being then and tlnPre - examined touching 'ot to the `,ttei,and effects and to be further dealt with accor- Said o_ Provislohs of the s ' aid Act. All ersons indebted to the b ot to,;;;QUel te, Linee, '.oitshaw :Morris or ' ghat have an of his effects, are , l i ,:' or deriver the sam , e but to Mr e Groom, y the official as hy"' th.",,2, Abelliirch-lane, Loi nbard-street nominated hi that —'' ,4011inuseinner acting iu the matter of the said petition. JAMES JOHNSTONE, Messenger. Wii...ltEAS, a PETITION of THOMAS at /14 11. _, ,itAYMOND, at presenb, and for six months past, residing St), _":l,f3-road, in the parisli of P addington, and county of Middle in t ' ll 7 o _ . O or fifteen months previously residine• at Poreliester-garens, Year, ,n r ish of Paddingthil, and county of Middlesex, and for d four Saint Zore that period residin,- at Portman-place, Ecigeware-road, Iflavh,,;Ylebene, and county' of Middlesex, and being a builder, Ictir pri;teueSin_fllVoian pthroeeCoosaurtof Bankruptcy, and the interim order I,4lrorld, ~ 1 1, , , . having been given to the said T ... n r i t - under the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the „ tot. ;,t..rna!nt holden in the 5-th turd Gth years of the reign of her pre the 4destY iutituled An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," before ~...ATll°n,tlB IttlYniond is hereby required to ap?ear in Court or the -..•-•tvao uolroyd E, ' , • i 'e sold petitl r , sq., the C ommissioner acting in the matte n th, .ft_ on, on the 20th day of August instant, at two o'clock stree t, 7,,3n00n precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basingliall toneid'_',n_uen, for the purpose of being then and there examined tteeorz lux debts, estate, and effects, and to be further dealt with the tial d ' i t l '2 the provisions of the said Act. All persons indebted to IpY or dou fl'utltitYrnolid, or that have any of his effects, are not to 0. 7 r_ ht the same but to Mr. Edwards, the official assignee, Corm,r,ederlek's lace, hellcat is r v nominated in that behalf by the -`,olle.r acting lu.t ter`Of the said petitioin JA-AIES JOLL)I6TONE, Messenger. % No. 16,220. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING SUN, AUGUST 10, 1844. ~.-11. ) £i s 1 ....----t, Z/ / - )..- - y - 1//---/ ) / r 4 C, k h reVAl) , ,z ., 4 . 0. - i; r . 4 , 5 .., :. _ ..,._., ,U ell --1 • 111 1 11. 111 - ' i • • i -- - ,se. . . ' .. 4t . ~.• "+•:, 41. ti" . ., ( .:;: ' . , , o • s';` '? , , ii . * 4l ''': \ . , ~ ~ , x •,,, ls.thgt , `•= 4 " _..., 'c- 4 , 2 ' - -,,-; , '') 1 _ ~„ _ •r , _,,,, .._ . ......0 , ,Jr , '‘. . ' , • • A At p .. , .1.4,, , ,m6 0 , , ~. •,. _ r.,..,; • - ". IP ~....\ i:?4,.... ,_,' I . l:__ 1 ; ~ ,t* ...4 1 . , - v •• ,\1 11 ', C* :-I f y za.,,.:it 0,..i.5 ii4t 0 . :t.ir ' 1 11111111L Dz to s . r ", • :1' '... ''.!,,,;*.? \ 'll'4 ' - v. ..,- ,A:: ~.:,./..;" .1.• , . + ''ti rffife, , ''' ' ••• . 'ii z,`.:, DIA. ••••• , ` , •14,..,, , 10 411 • 1 / F :, - , 4,-- - '‘,,, t . ..; , ,,, ,• . \.., _I N ' ( i ii ZN, .... , - , • _ K .' - \ _ _ PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for. P 0,3 7; containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. MAGNAY, MAYOR. AN ESPECIAL COURT of LORD MAYOR and ALDERMEN, held in the Inner Chamber of tho Guildhall of the City of London, ou Friday, the 9th day of August, 1844, and the eighth year of the Reign of Victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Resolved unanimously,—That a humble, loyal, and dutiffil Address be presented to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, upon her ssfe and happy Delivery, and the Birth of another Prince. MEREWETIIER. SYRIAN PRIZE GRANT. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA, AUGUST 2, 1844. The LORDS COMMISSIONERS of her MAJESTY'S TREASURY having authorised the issue to this Hospital oT the amount of the ARMY PORTION of the GRANT to the SEA and LAND FORCES employed in SYRIA in the year 1840, tinder the command of Admiral the lionourablee Sir Robext Stopford, G.C.B. Notice is hereby given, that PAYMENT of the SHARES of the ARMY PORTION of the GRANT to the TROOPS entitled thereto, viz., Artillery and Engineers, will commence on the 2d day of SEP TEMBER next, and be continued at this 0,111 e on each succeeding day (Sundays excepted) between the hours of Ten and Two. RICHARD NEAVE, Secretary and Registrar. ISLINGTON. 1 VALUABLE LEASEHOLD ESTATES, near CANONBURY. SQUARE. MR. MASON ( o f D uc kl ers b ury ) h as re c e iv e d instructions from the Assignees of Mr. H. Lancefield, to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th of August, at Twelve, in THREE LOTS, A desirable LEASEHOLD ESTATE, comprising fifteen newly and substantially brick-built Houses, of uniform elevation, with stuccoed fronts, iron balconies, and gardens, situate in Spencer stieet ; and Two Houses in Sebbon-street, near Canonbury-square, Islington, a genteel and improving neighbourhood, which will al. ways command respectable - tenants, of the estimated value of 8201. per annum, and held on lease ftom the Marquis of North ampton for seventy-four years, at a trifling ground-rent. Also, a vacant piece of ground, with a frontage . of 200 feet,• in Spencer. street, nearly equal to freehold, being held for the same term at a peppercorn, and adapted for ten houses. The houses and land may be viewed ten days previous to the sale, and particulars obtained at No. 15, Spencer.street, on the Es tate; of Messrs. Veiming, Naylor, and Robins, Token-house- Aft. Mason, 33, Buck lersbury. 3ard ; T. M. Alsager, Esq., Bi rch i n.lane; at t h e M ar t ; an d of casion, tended, no doubt, to moderate the flow of public feeling. The restraint, however, had the effect of rendering the outburst this morning all the more exuberant. The unsettled state of the weather for some time previously had cre ated fears that the day might prove bois terous ; but, fortunately, yesterday continued dry, and though now very blowy and threat ening, we trust no great fall of rain will be experienced. At earliest dawn the union jack was floating from Wallace Tower, and the ships in the harbour and building-yard were decorated with their colours in the gaudiest manner. The banners of the various masonic bodies were also exhibited from their respective lodges, and the hum of a constantly increas ing crowd moving along" the streets, indicated, in a manner not to be mistaken, the important character of the day. On the New Bridge, the main entrance from the north, a splendid Gothic triumphal arch was erected, beautifully ornamented with shrubs, and surmounted with a model of the arms of the burgh. On the " Auld Brig," now only used by foot-passengers, an elegant gateway was constructed, having a tasteful decoration of boughs, but without any device. With the " Hermit Ayr" rolling peace fully beneath, the classic " Twa Brigs," as they sported their gala-day bravery, seemed to have for gotten their ancient bickerings in the jubilee about to be held in honour of the bard whose muse had given tonge to their feuds. At the Townhead, oppO site the " Tam o'Shanter" Inn, believed to be the veritable house referred to in that inimitable tale, the landlord of which was a person of the name of Shearer, a magnificent Gothic structure, spanned the causeway. The whole, exquisitely interwoven with branches of trees and evergreens, was surmounted with the appropriate device of " Tam o' Shanter" and "Souter Johnnie," seated at their "reaming swats that drank divinely," cut out in wood. At the Fish Cross, the flag of the fishermen was exhibited, having a sign-board portrait of Burns attached. With these preparations, " auld Ayr" was in ex cellent mood to welcome the thousands of visitors expected to honour her by their presence ; while Coila, proud of her Bard, unfurled, like Fergus of Morven, her " banner from the standard on high," and, delighted, surveyed the boundaries of her ancient province spreading wide around the ancient capital. Hill and dale, sea and isle, smiling in the luxury of approaching autumn— " Now, from the summit to the plain, Waves all the hill with yellow grain; And o'er the landscape as I look, Nought do I see unchanged remain, Save the rude cliffs and chiming brook." The change, however, is not the change of desolation, but of improvement, and therefore calculated to heighten rather than depress remembrance. Towards the west, over the dancing waves, where rises " stupendous Ailsa full in view, O'erlooking, many a league, the ocean round." _ _ MAGNAY, MAYOR. ACOMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber of the Guilhall of the City of London, on Friday, the 9th day of August, 184.1, Resolved unanimously,—That a loyal and dutiful Address be pre sented to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, on the auspicious occasion of the Birth of another Prince. MEREWETHER LEATHERRHEAD. TO BE LET, appropriately FURNISHED, for a term, to he agreed upon (lut not less than seven years), a most desirable FAMILY RESIDENCE, replete with every personal comfort and required domestic arrangements, for the abode of a gen tleman's faintly, in perfect order and condition for immediate occu pation, surrounded, by delightful lawns, pleasure-grounds, shaded walks, orchard, paddock, fish-pond, walled gardens, grapery, superior stables, soach-houses; and all requisite buildings ; and all or any portion, not exceeding seventy acres, of the exceedingly rich and fertile meadow land (bounded in part by the River Mole, in which there is famous fishing), by which this enviable retreat is surrounded. The neighbourhood stands unrivalled, close to the village, and com manding those rich-and extensive prospects for which it, is so cele brated. The enjoyments of shooting, racing, hunting (as a pack of hounds are kennelled within a mile), near to Box-hill, Norbury I'ark, the Vale of Micklehain, Claremont, and Epsom Downs. The line of railway from Epsom, via Croydon, will afford unusual facilities of quick and cheap communication with the metropolis. A pleasure farm of about 100 acres, belonging to the same property, may be rented, in addition, if required. Cards to view, with terms and full particulars, may he obtained of George Brace, Esq., solicitor, No. 24, Surrey-street, Strand; and also of Mr. James White, auctioneer, Dorking. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CIL made in a cause HILL against SANDERS, the creditors of THOMAS WOOD the elder, late of Nottingham, confectioner, (who died in the month of October, 1834). 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The point selected (being the heart of the West-end) leaves no donbt in the minds-of the promoters of Its superiority over all others, and the Prospectus will show the various interests combined to carry out the undertaking. Will. CIIAPMAN, Solicitor, Richmond. August'9, 1844. what gallant prows are these, steaming along, with crowded decks ? They come from the shores of " merry England ;" and eke from the "Green Isle," which though unhappily disturbed by faction, has ne vertheless a keen relish for minstrelsy : they come, the warm-hearted admirers of " Scotia s Bard," not, like their ancestors of old, with spears in their hands, to combat with Lochlin on Morven's or yet on Coila's plains. But there are other barques breasting the wave not less swiftly under the beetling cliffs of Carrick. These are the men of Galloway and the adjacent coasts, whose ancestors were always ready for the fray ; they come, not with weapons in their hands, and headed by a Black Douglas, but hastening onward to pay their peaceful allegiance to the genius of Coila. Now do we turn to the north, by Arran's mist-clad summits, and behold other steam-driven galleys emerge from the horizon, cleaving the surgy bosom of Clyde as if proud of the living cargoes which they bear. These are some of the rich burghers of St. Mungo and St. Marion, forsaking their counting-houses and their factories for the time, -to worship at the shrine of genius, and to show that in the laudable enterprises of commerce they have not forgotton what belongs to their country. Turn we again eastward and south, what a panoraml meets the view ! There lengthened trains of railway carriages shoot onward with the speed of lightning, bearing thousands upon thousands from Dunedin, " Scotia's darling seat," the " Metropolis of the West," and from every other conceivable quarter of the country, as well as the intermediate districts through which they pass. Here, at all points round to the west, gay masses approach from every defile, many of them in marching array, with music and " banners bravely spread." Cunninghame, Kyle, and Carrick are pouring forth their bands of stalwart men ; but not, as of yore, to repel invasion at Laight Alpin, Largs, or Loudoun, or to assert their civil rights at Pentland or Drumclog, but to rally round the poetic standard of the Bird who has added to the escutcheon of Ayrshire a name well worthy of being associated with those of Wallace and of Bruce. The streams converge to a point—now they meet—now the tide rolls densely through the streets, where King Cris pin and his gallant train, the Masonic bodies, the burghers and the trades—all are busily preparing for the business of the day. Men, women, horses, car riages, flags, bands of music, all are borne onwards, amidst the ringing of the bells, to the place of ren dezvous. Long before the hour of meeting, the Low Green Was thronged with people, numerous bodies having arrived at an early hour. Amongst these were the Foresters of 'winning, the Odd-Fellows of Glasgow, the Yeomen of Cumnock, the Burn's Club of Dalrymple, the Shepherds of Straiton, with their pip: r, &c. By ten o'clock, or shortly after wards, it was literally crowded ; while the sands adjacent were thronged with carriages ' and the masses who were taking no part in th e demonstra tion. As the procession was in progress Of formation it required no great stretch of fancy to convert the rendezvous into another Borough-moor of Edinburgh —where, as Tytler so beautifully describes the gather ing, the whole feudal array of Scotland was assembled by the chivalrous, but foolish monarch, prior to the unfortunate, though well-fought field of Flodden. The number of banners—the military and picturesque garb of many—with the kingly and warlike display of Crispin and his followers—imparted to the whole an aspect highly interesting and imposing. It wanted . but little to realise the description of Marmion's view of the Scottish camp : " Nor marked they less, where in the air A thousand streamers flaunted fair ; Various in shape, device, and hue, Green, sanguine, purple, red, and blue, Broad, narrow, swallow-tailed, and square, Scroll, pennon, pensil, bandrol, there O'er the pavilion flew." After the lapse of more than an hour, during which Mr. Thwaitos, and the members of the Committee ex erted themselves with great activity in arranging the procession, the immense body was at length mar shalled, and began to move off at half-past 11 o'clock. At a given signal the various bands struck up in spiriting tunes, and the magnificent pageant commenced its progress to the monument, through the principal streets of Ayr. The procession was extremely nume rous, while the crowd surrounding it was so dense that the road was completely choked up. Perhaps the most pleasing feature in the whole procession was the vast assemblage of ploughmen and shepherds, who, dressed in their plaids and broad blue bonnets, afforded a noble representation of that humble but independent and industrious class from which the poet sprang. During the formation of the procession the pipers played round the field, greatly enhancing the scene by their music. • When fully marshalled the immense body moved onwards, the 'bands striking up the well-known air of " A man's a' man for a' that" along the south side of Wellington-square. The procession was formed three deep, and extended to nearly a mile in length. It had a very imposing effect. After leaving the Town-head the proceasion moved on at a quicker pace. The road all along was greatly crowded ; so much so, that it was with difficulty the mass could keep moving. The walls, houses, and gates, were everywhere lined with anxious observers ; and various platforms were constructed for the accommodation of ladies. The procession occupied at least an hour in passing from the new bridge into the field, on entering which the band played " Duncan Gray," followed by " The Birks of Aberfcldy." A large circle was then formed round the platform for . the musicians in the tield, and the whole company, led by professional vocalists, joined in singing, " Ye banks and braes o' bonny noon," and " Auld Lang Sync." The bands were afterwards stationed in various quarters throughout the field—the Regimental and Glas gow St. Andrew's bands in the centre of the field, and the Kilwinning and Cumnock bands at the cottage— the bagpipers playing at a distance from the pavilion. There were two enclosures for dancing ; one towards the bead of the field, and the other at the brow overlooking the water of noon. The company began to enter the pavilion almost immediately after the close of the procession, and the chair was taken shortly after. The pavilion, when all were seated, had a splendid ap pearance—more like a banquet in fairy land than a . thing of real life. The chairman's and croupier's seats wereof oak, made of the rafters of Alloway Kirk; and severa splendid silver vases decorated their tables. The Chairman, the Right Hon. the Earl ofEglint lateoun, was supported on the right . by Mr. -Robert Burns, of' the Stamps and -Taxes, .Somerset-bouse, London, eldest son of the poet ; Major Dios, youngest son of ADVERTLSE2IIENT2 INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. the poet ; Miss Begg, niece of the poet ; Mr. H. G. Bell, Sheriff-substitute of Lanarkshire ; the Rev. Mr. Cuthill, Ayr ; Mr. R. Burns Begg, teacher, Kinross, nephew of the poet ; Miss Begg, the younger niece of the poet; Mr. and Mrs. Thomson, of Dumfries (the Jessie Lewars of the bard) ; on the left, by . Colonel Burns, se cond son of the poet ; Mrs. Begg, sister of the poet ; Sir J. M'Neill, Bart., late Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia ; the Right Hon. Lord Justice General; the Countess of Eglintoun; and Sir D. 11. Blair, Bart., of Blairquhar. The croupier, P ro f essor Wil son, o f Ein burgh, was supported on the right by Mr. A. Alison, Sheriff of Lanarkshire; Colonel Mure, of Caldwell; Mr. W. Aytoun, Advocate; Mr. A. Hastie, M.P. for Paisley; Mr. J. Oswald, M.P. for Glasgow; on the left by Sir J. Campbell, Glasgow; Provost Miller, Ayr; Mr. J. Bal lantine, of Castlehill; Mr.J. Campbell, of Craigie. The Rev. Mr. Curl - IM', of Ayr, asked the blessing in language brief, impressive, and appropriate. The Rev. Gentleman also returned thanks. Lord EGLINTOUN said—There is one toast which never can be omitted, more especially at an assembly such as this, consisting of loyal Scotchmen; end it is a toast which I am sure will be received here, as it is else where, with respect and joy. " The health of the Queen.' ,7 -' (Cheers.) . The CdintntAN then rose and said—We will drink "Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family." The CHAIRMAN then rose amidst the most enthu siastic applause. He said—Ladies and Gentlemen, the subject of the toast which I am now going to bring be fore you is one of such paramount importance on this occasion, and is so deeply interesting, not only to those whom I have now the honour to address, but to all whom genius is dear, that I could have wished it com mitted to more worthy hands; more particu'arly when I see the enormous assemblage collected here—the distin guished persons which grace our board to-day.— (Cheers.) It is only because I conceive that my official position renders me the most formal and fitting, though most inefficient, mouthpiece of the inhabitants of this county—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—that I have ven tured to intrude myself before you on this occasion, and to undertake the onerous, though gratifying duty of proposing in such an assemblage the thrilling toast, " The Memory of Burns."—(Great applause, the company rising to testify their approbation by the waving of handkerchiefs.) This is not a meeting for the pur pose of recreation and amusement ; it is not a banquet at which a certain number of toasts printed on paper are to be proposed and responded to, which to-day marks our preparations ; it is the enthusiastic desire of a whole people to pay honour to their countryman ; it is the spontaneous offering of a nation's feelings towards the illustrious dead, and, added to this, the desire to extend a hand of welcome and friendship to those whom he has left behind.—(Tremendous applause.) Here on the very spot where he first drew breath, on the very ground which his genius has hallowed, beside the Old Kirk of Alloway, which his verse has immortalised, beneath the monument which an admirineand repentant people have raised to him—(Great applause)—we meet, after the lapse of years, to pay our hothage to the man of genius. —(Loud cheers.) The master-mind who has sung the " Isle of Palms "—who has revelled in the immortal " Noctes"—who has already done that justice to the me mory of the bard which a brother poet can alone do— Christopher himself is here—(Great applause)—anxious to pay his tribute of admiration to a kindred spirit. The historian who has depicted the most eventful period of the French empire, the glorious triumphs of Wbilington, is here—(Cheers) . ---Clio, as it were, offering up a gar land to Erato.—(Cheers.) The distinguished head of the Scottish bar is here—(Cheers)—in short, every town and every district, every class, and every sex, and every age, has come forward to pay homage to their poet. The honest lads whom he so praised, and whose greatest boast is to belong to the land of Burns, are here. —(Cheers.) The bonnio lasses whom he so praised — those whom he loved and sung—are here ; they have followed hither to justify, by their loveliness, the poet's worth.—(Great applause)—while the descendant of those who dwelt in the " Castle o' Montgomerio" feels himself only too highly honoured in being permitted to propose the memory of him who then wandered there unknown on the banks of Fail.-e-(Loud cheering.) How little the pious old man who dwelt in yonder cottage — with his " lyart haffets " o'crspreading his venerable brow—when he read the " big ha' Bible "—could have guessed that the infant prattling on his knee was to be the pride of his nation—the chief among the poetic band—was to be one of the brightest planets that glows around the mighty sun of the Bard of Avon—(Cheers) —in knowledge and originality ; second to none in the fervent expression of deep feeling, in the genuine per ception of the beauties of nature, and equal to any who revels in the fairy-land of poesy.—(Cheers.) Well may we rejoice that Burns is our own—that no other spot can claim to be the birth-place of our Homer, ex cept the spot on which we stand.—(Great cheering.) Oh 1 that he could have foreseen the futurity of fame created for him this day, when the poet and the his torian, the peer and the peasant, vie with each other in paying the tribute of their admiration to the humble but mighty genius of him whom we hail as the first of Scottish poets.—(Cheers.) Such a fore sight might have alleviated the dreary hours of his sojourn at Mossgiel—might have lightened the dark days of his pilgrimage on earth.—(Cheers.) Well does he deserve our homage who has pourtrayed the " Cotter's Saturday Night"—not in strains of inconsiderate mirth, but in solemnity and truth—who breathed the patriotic words that tell of the glories of our Wallace, immortal ising alike the poet and the hero ; he who could draw inspiration from the humble daisy, breathed forth the heroic words of " The Song of Death"—strains the in carnation of poetry and love, and yet of the bitterest shafts of satire and ridicule—obeying but the hand of nature, despising all the rules of art, yet trampling over the very rules he set at nought.—(Cheers.) At his name every Scottish heart beats high. He has become a household word alike in the palace and the cottage. Of whom should we be proud—of whom should we pay homage, if not to our own immortal Burns ?—(Cheers.) But I feel I am detaining you too long in the presence of a Wilson and an Alison.—(Cries of " No, no," and applause.) In such a presence as these, I feel that lam not a fit person to dilate upon the genius of Burns. I am but an admirer like yourselves. There are others present, who are brother poets, kindred geniuses— men who, like Burns, have created a glorious immor tality fur themselves—to them will I commit the agree able task of more fully displaying before you, decked out with their eloquence, the excellence of the poet and the genius of the man, and to extend and welcome his sons to the land of their father—(Cheers)—and I will now ask you in their presence, on the ground his genius has rendered sacred—on the " banks and braes o' bonny Doon"—to join with me in drinking one overflowing bumper, and in joining to it every expression of enthu siasm which you can, to " The Memory of Burns." (The toast was received with the most rapturous and enthusiastic bursts of applause.) Mr. Templeton sang with admirable effect, " Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon," which elicited the warmest plaudits of the meeting. Mr. ROBERT BURNS, on rising to return thanks, was, with his brothers, received with enthusiastic cheering. He said—My Lord, Ladies, and Gentlemen, of course it cannot be expected, at a meeting such as the present, that the sons of Burns should expatiate on the merits and genius of their deceased father. Around them were an immense number of admirers, who, by their presence there that day, bore a sufficient testimony to the opinion in which they held his memory, and the high esteem in which they held his genius. In the lan guage of the late Sir Christopher Wren, though very diffeNitly applied, the sons of Burns could say , . that to obtain a living testimony tb their father's genius they had only to look around them.—(Cheers.) He begged, in the name of his sister, brothers, and himself, to re turn their heartfelt and grateful thanks for the honour that had that day been paid to their father's memory. Professor WILSON, who was received with enthusias- tie cheering, spoke as follows : —Were this festival to commemorate the genius of Burns, and it were asked what need of such commemoratives since his fame is co extensive with the heroes of our land, and inherent in every soul, I must answer that, though admiration of the poet be indeed wide as the world, yet we, as compatriots to whom it is more especially dear, rejoice to see that universal sentiment concentrated in the voice of a great assembly of his own people—(Cheers' —that we rejoice to meet in thousands to honour him who has delighted each single one of us all at his own hearth.—(Cheers.) But this commemoration expresses, too, if not a pro, founder, yet a more tender sentiment ; for it is to wel come his sons to the land which their father illustrated —it is to indulge our national pride in a great name, while, at the same time, we gratify in full hearts the most pious of atfections.—(Cheers.). It was customary, you know, in former times, to crown great poets. No such ovation honoured our bard ; yet he, too, tasted of human applause—be enjoyed its delights, and he saw the trials that attend it. Which, think you, would he himself have preferred ? Such a celebration as this in his lifetime, or fifty years after his death ? I cannot doubt - that he would have preferred the posthumous, be cause the finer incense.—(Cheers.) The honour and its object arc thus seen in their just proportions ; f or d eat h 1 g ives an elevation which the candid soul of the poet I would himself have considered, and that honour he would have reserved rather for his manes, than encoun tered it with. his living infirmities. -- (Cheers.) And yet, could he have foreseen thetdlelaayhduowltyhy:o,hnrethrheieshyoiwinfonsrelwr monu ment, v was soul was often sorely troubled, should, after many 3 b -e or anrs, and d se i p le a a r r at i i t o , n ;vi r t e h t i u n rn to h the .s be welcomed for his sake by the lord s and lath( s of the land ; and dearer still, far- dearer to his manly breast, by the children and children's children of ownpeople of ihis degree, nn nwhoseinspirations, hearts he sought surely w ou ld suc h e sought to th ri ll by o th f e h v is oiee of f a vision have been sweeter to his soul even than that immortal one in which the geniuslilac-leaved of the land bound holly forehead —the his fohead—thn iiac-leaved crown that shall flourish for ever. (CI leers.) Of his three sons now sit ting here, one Drily , I believe, can remember his father's face—can remember those of large lustrous eyes of his, so meaning,full so full of melting in melancholy, or PUBLICATIONS. -- F 0 the CLERGY, promoters of Church Building, and all others connected with Architecture.—No. 79 of " THE BUILDER," published this day, price 3d., contains:—The Sins of the Cambridge Camden Society; No. 1..,-4)estructive Fire at Manchester—London as it was in 1800, and as ft is in IB44—Timber, its Treatment and Uses—Retrospective Architictural Literature — The Elements of Architecture, by Sir 11. IrottonA Glance at the Interior of the Churches in the Deanery of Sparbam, in Norfolk, No. ll.—The late - Dr. Dalton—Rockhampton Church, with Illustra tions—Lectures on Architecture and Antiquities—Church-building Intelligence—The Nature of Design—Railway Intelligence—Patents relating to Architecture, Engineering, &c.—And all the passing Archi tectural News of the day.. Office, 2, York-street, Covent-garden, and of all Booksellers. SALES BY AUtiTION. IN BUCKS, NEAR TO BOXMIOR.STATION. A CAPITAL MANOR FARM,,NEARLY 300 ACRES, in the OCCUPATION of a FIRST-RATE TENANT. LOTS of GOOD SHOOTING, and in a HIGH and HEALTHY POS ITION. • MR. GEORGE ROBINS is directed to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, in London, so THURSDAY, the 29th of August, at Twelve o'Clock, in One Lot, An exceedingly desirable FREEHOLD FARM, pleasantly situate, within four miles of Boxmoor, and less than three miles of the pleasant market-town of Berkbempstead, and the two stations. It is called YEW TREE HOUSE, WHELPLEY HILL, surrounded by good roads, within twenty eight miles of London, and an easy distance of the best markets. Chesham Is three miles off, and Hensel Hempstead within Ave, so that the produce ends a ready vent at a trifling expense. The land is of a quality that may always be depended on under a healthy course of cultiva tion, and the abundant crops this year, after being subject to a severe discipline for the last four , or Ave years, arising out of a sad forgetfulness of manure, still the land exhibits four or five quarters of capital wheat and barley, and the crops of clover are most abundant. The farm.house, as well as the buildings, are of ancient date, and, in candonr, it must be proclaimed, will be greatly benefited by a judicious outlay of three or four hundred pounds. THE WORTHY TENANT, BASSILL, who, with his family, have sojourned here near half a century, will be but too happy to have a lease, and continue the tenancy; but his present rent is a very inadequate one. The estate numbers near THItEE HUNDRED ACRES, and with the exception of less than two, is entirely within , a ring fence. There are about 50 acres in thriving woods and planta. Cons; it will be in accordance with good judgment to have them by degrees grubbed up, and good crops of corn become their substitute—a farmer does not need the luxury of wood. land scenery, to interfere with his more important avo. cations. The outgoings are not high, and the tithe has been commuted at less than 4s. per acre—such is a faint outline of the property which is committed for positive sale, and offers an exceedingly eligible arid secure investment for .oreralltiPitalias. Particulars, fourteen days prior to the sale, at the George, Ches. ham; King's Arms, Berkhempstead add Hemel Hempstead; also the station at Boxmoor; of Messrs. Nicholas and Pardoe, solici tors, Bewdley ; Mr. WrA.,Allen, solicitor, Worcester; Mr. Hod. son, solicitor, Lichfield; Mr. Benbow, solicitor, Stone.buildings, Lincoln's Inn; the Auction Mart, and in Covent:garden; with plans to accompany the printed particulars. UP LODERS, DORSET, CONTIGUOUS TO THE SEA AND THE BEST BATHING. A delightful VILLA RESIDENCE, with PLEASURE GROUNDS extending to FOUR ACRES and a HALF, a TROUT STREAM forming the boundary, and immediate possession. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed to submit to PUBLIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, opposite the Bank, on THURSDAY NEXT, August 11, at Twelve, A FREEHOLD VILLA RESIDENCE, possessing more of attraction to those who delight in a country life than can easily be imagined. it is replete with all the agremena so essential to the comfort of a family, situate at and known as UP LODERS, NEAR TO BRIDPORT AND REAMINSTEt, IN A BEAUTIFUL PART OF DORSET, AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE BEST SEA.BATHING ON THIS COAST. The Villa is of modern erection, adorned by a verandah, and covered approach, contains drawing, dining, and breakfast-rooms, six best bed-chambers, and excellent daces, detached coach. house and stable. THE LAWN AND PLEASURE GROUNDS are delightfully disposed around the house, decorated with a pro fusion of choice shrubs, ornamental parterres and alcoves, a capital and very productive walled kitchen garden, with greenhouse and a close of land planted as an orchard, term the domain, and extend . to four acres and a half of rich land, BOUNDED ON ONE SIDE BY A TROUT STREAM, with a cascade where constant amusement may be obtained, and on the other by the road to Up Loders. The Villa may be viewed by applying to Mr. Charles Salisbury, at the premises, and Particulars, with a drawing, had of him; also of Mr. Baruch Fox, solicitor, Beaminster, near Bridport ; of Mr. Danger, solicitor, Bristol ; at the Auction Mart ; and' at Mr. George Robins's offices, Covent-garden. VALUABLE AND EXTENSIVE SLATE QUARRIES IN MERIONETHSHIRE, NORTH WALES. A CAPITAL AND PEREECTLY SECURE INVESTMENT. • , TO be DISPOSED OF, the EXTENSIVE t SLATE QUARRIES, upon which a conaiderable capital has been expended in arriving at the present favourable state. This Property has capability to carry it out to an extent almost indefinite. The royalty is very low, and the terms of the lease are unusually favourable. It will afford to a company or a few , capitalists an opportunity of investing FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS, with a prospective view most encouraging, and the opportunity to purchase the fee-simple on very advantageous terms, is amongst the most prominent of its numberless advantages. This quarry (in Merionet hshire, close to Carnarvonshire) is identi cally the same vein of slate as the three large quarries on Mrs. Oakeley's property, which are the most extensive slate quarries now worked in Merionethshire. It is situated upon the opposite side of the same hill, the summit of which is the boundary between the Cwmorthin and Oakeley properties ; and the vein. which in the latter estate is divided into three extensive quarries, has an extent on the Cwmorthin side equal to all three together, and capable of being made the largest quarry in Merionethshire; and, after Bangor and Llanberris, the largest Slate Quarry in Wales. A disagreement in the partnership, arising out of a difference of opinion as to the best mode of working the quarry, was terminated by the common consent of all the parties, and this is the sole reason why this valuable, property is pow to be disposed of. The present tenants hold under a linty years' lease, dated 20th March, 1842, which in all its conditimis is more favourable to the capitalist undertaking to work thequarry, than those of any of their corn petitprs in the market. But the, fee-simple can be bought upon terms which would enable the purchaser to secure large profits, where the quarries paying heal j royalties merely enrich the land lords; independently of being able to work the quarries wholly without interference, and to such extent, and in such manner, as to obtain the greatest possible profit from a property which, properly managed, increases in value the longer it is worked, since more Slate is continually opened, and which will not be ex hausted in many generations. The present openings are so made as to be capable of indefinite extension—a small outlay would bring an immediate return of Slate, which might he increased at the discretion of the proprietor. The metal is of the purest Port madec blue Slate, easily worked, durable, and free• from spot, stain, or blemish. Though the vein is barely opened in the top (as sbewn in the plan), above eight hundred tons of Slates have already been made, of a quality in every way satisfactory, and it continues to "improve, the deeper the rock is gone into. An extensive farm, with about two hundred acres of land, available for various pur poses, is included in the property—it will be of great value to the party working the quarry. A fall of water gives all the power needed for machinery to saw and plane slate; the use of which in articles of furniture and in house building is rapidly and daily ex tending. There is cheap and easy carriage by the Ffestiniog Railway to Portmadoe. And when the increasing demand at home and on the continent for Portmadoc blue Slate, the extensive pro. gress of buildings throughout the kingdom, and the peculiar ad vantages ofibred by the Cwmorthin Quarry are considered, it will be found that a more favourable opportunity is seldom met with for the investment of capital, with large immediate profit, and con , tinned accumulation of the value of the principal in perspective. There are many admirable sites in the vicinity for, the erection of an abode suited to the proprietor of these works. The situation is well known to be ow; of the most beautiful in North Wales, with capital sporting and the best salmon and trout fishing in the country. Principals only will make application at Mr. George Robins's Offices, Covent-garden, who tikes this opportunity to call the atten. tion of the moneyed world to this valuable undertaking. IMPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS. TO be SOLD by PRIVATE TREATY, by Mr. GEORGE ROBINS, A VERY PROMISING INVESTMENT AND SLATE QUARRY, situate in Carnarvenehire, North Waled. The Slate is of excellent quality, of a rich grey-blue colour, and can be had in abundance under but a very thin cover. —..-..... The work is already about 40 yards wide, and is capable of being extended to upwards of ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY YARDS, where a large number of men may be employed most advanta. geously, and without the slightest 'risk. This is an investment af. fording a rare opportunity to any party with moderate capital to accumulate A LARGE FORTUNE. The observations which follow are' extracted from a • Welsb Paper:—" I have been in Carnarvonshire, to see the Quarry, and my opinion is, that there is something extraordinary in it; it can be made, with a few thousands outlay,•. THE MOST EXTENSIVE' CONCERN OF THIS SOIL IN THE WORLD.'` The rein of pure slates is ascertained to be 'no less than 180 yards wide, and at least half a mile in length, without any ob. struction, and as deep as any parties may feel inclined to go, whereivhere is sufficient quantity of that useful material TO SUPPLY THE WHOLE WORLD FOR CENTURIES; and with good Management the profits would—could not.bo less than Tihtn 100 to 150 per cent. upon the outlay, after it is put in proper order. Another desirable thing belonging to this concern is, that the cover t of earth on the surface is only two or three yards deep, whereas most of the quarries are under ten or fifteen yards cover. The workshops; waggons, and working utensils are in good repair, as also the road, three miles of which has been made at the expense of nearly 2,000/. The distance to a capital ship. ping wharf is only seven miles, and but nine to the intended CHESTER. AND HOLYHEAD GREAT RAILWAY. The name of the concern is the Cedryn Quarry,' situate about ten miles from Banger, and the same distance from Conway and Llanrwst, in the centre between the three towns. " It is held under the Right Hon. Lord Newborough for an un expired term of twenty.eight years, which can be extended at any time. " In conclusion, we can only add that the Quarry ought to pro, duce a considerable sum, as it is A SURE FORTUNE FOR ANY SPIRITED PARTY who may be lucky enough to get it." If not disposed of by Private contract before the 28th day of August, it will be Sold'by Auction .by Mr. George Robins, at the Castle Inn, Conway, North Wales, on the 16th October, 1844. In the meantime, full parttculars may be had on application •to Mr. E. Owen, Auctioneer, Ruthin ; or to Mr. George Robins, London THE BURNS' FESTIVAL. The first idea of a Festival on the Banks of the Doon in honour of the memory of Burns was sug gested, we believe, by the entertainment given in September last year to Mr. Mainzer on that classic ground. It was upon a small scale, no doubt, but it showed how effective a larger demonstration would he. The visit of Colonel Burns to Ayrshire about the same period naturally prompted the feeling that some mark of respect should be paid him while so journing in the land of his father. Cogitations to this effect were going on amongst individuals, when a letter from a gentleman in Edinburgh, with whom Mr. Auld had been in correspondence, recommending that the three sons of Burns, all of whom were then in the country, should be invited to an entertain ment-of welcome on the ground rendered classic by their father's muse, at once gave an impetus to the embryo thought ; and countenanced by the ready acquiescence of the Earl of Eglinton and Winton to preside on the occasion, it was immediately resolved to put the suggestion into practice. A little reflec t*, however, convinced Mr. Auld, and those who were taking an interest in the matter, that the season was too far advanced to overtake it upon a proper scale. The idea was consequently abandoned for the time, but with a full determination to realise it next year. The first meeting called with the view of forming a committee, took place in Ayr on the 17th of May last. The subsequent progress of the ar rangements we need not repeat. They have been regularly chronicled in the Ayr Observer, and other journals, and are well known to the public. From the enthusiasm with which the announcement of the festival was everywhere greeted, and the interest taken in it by so many persons of rank and talent, the Committee found it necessary greatly to extend their original plan, and the result has been the ample accommodation provided for the largest assem blage _ever witnessed—not even excepting the tourna ment-itself—in the west of Scotland. The pavilion, erected in a field of twenty-two acres, adjoining to the monument, is a magnificent building. It measures not less than 120 feet by 110, forming nearly a perfect square. It has three roofs ; the centre one—with two ventilators—rises proportionally higher than the others; and, surmounted with numerous flags waving in the wind, presents a picturesque and im posing object. The roof, supported by two rows of pillars, is covered with waterproof felt, and the building inside is lined with white cloth, variegated with crimson ; and, while wreaths of flowers taste fully adorn the walls, and the daises of the chairman and croupier, the centre of the roof is beautifully wrought in imitation of the sun dispensing his rays over the expansive area beneath. The tables and seats are arranged in parallelograms from the head to the foot of the apartment, rising with a gentle in clination from the middle on both sides. The corn chairman and croupi er . pany, seated as in a c h urc h , have a full view of the On each side there is an abut ment—one for the b an d , and the ot h er f or the press. It. was deemed better by th e B u il d i ng C om mittee to make prOvision in this way f or t h e gent l eme n of the broad sheet, than that they should be scattered throughout the body of the meeting, where they could not have the same facilities for writing : and it was also con sidered they would hear the better for being elevated. Immediately under the reporters' gallery, a platform is erected for Mr. Blewitt, the conductor of the vocal music, and the glee singers. The architect of the building was James Miller, Esq., of this town, and he ceitainlideserves the utmost credit for the design, which is elegant, substantial, and economical. Mr. A4Nab and Mr. Dickie, the contractors, also merits very con siderable praise for the efficient and expeditious man ner in which the work has been executed ; while, in the ornamental department, the Messrs. 'Wilson, upholsterers, have shown e Pavilion taste and neat fleas of handicraft. The Pavilion is connected with the " Auld B r i g " of .boon by two rustic bridges. In the centre of the field an erec tion has been made for the band of the 87th Regiment, and in other parts of it four tents for refreshments are put up at proper distances. A " splendid Gothic arch i s erecte d over the New bridge at the monument. A not h er span s the para pets of the Auld Brig," with a painting of "Ta m o Shanter," well m oun t e d on his " no bl e Maggie," gaining the at the critical moment of his kev -stone of the arch, when. " Ae spring brought aff her master hale, But left behind her ain gr e y tail." Another arch of evergreens 'and flowers marks the cottage of the Poet's birth, where " The gossip keekit in his loof, Quo' she, wha lives will see the proof, This waly boy will be nae coof, I think We'll Ca' him Robin." The line of march for the procession by the High-road was well chosen. To the right the line of the old road from Ayr through the borough moor, which was then unenclosed, and whi c h t h e P oet no übt had in his eye when he composed the poem of " Tam o'Shanter," can be traced. It must have passed, on the west of the farm of Slaphouse, by St. Leonard's Chapel, now entirely demolished, throught the ford of the Curtecun, Whare n the snaw the chapman smoor'd;" which Wsthoenree disruNc‘kiethniCn haarslhieoibtradkis'Lnneceekobfantieie," then past the birks and meikle s t ave public road. From thence 6t through the whins and by the cairn Where hunters fand the murder'd bairn," west of Greenfield-house, and onwards to the thorn aboon the well, Where Mungo's mither hang'd hersel';" till at length when glimmering through the. trees, Kirk Alloway seemed in a bleeze." All these objects are near at hand, and can be pointed out by any one acquainted with the locality. The sons of Burns, accompanied by a large party of friends, arrived ear l y at the Crow n Inn here, from Durnfiiii. Yesterday the y spent the great er p ar t o f —the h e t eh d ree a day eldest ei twotshand theiryounger uhtil a sg u enfrrt brotherse nfirs.ds returning tgr g eined last night a ßridgehouse, to the Crown in the evening. Lord Eglinton reached Eglinton i at Castle- Castle yesterday, and Professor Wilson arrived hill. inmtahneyevoetnhienrg. di l s l ti e ng s u pe is n h t ed ndthienig ht viduals arrived in the course of yesterday. Ayr, indeed, has been somewhat in a bustle for a day or two, stran gers dropping in daily during the whole of the past week; and great nu mbers came,with the trains on Saturday and yeste rda y . All the accommo dationd ift.e re nd a of n at the inns hi : and i ipe apartments.reis were v v private lodgings_ om b v.oetiari were speedily scarivans ofoed for very secured, in wild animals have been exhibiting since Friday, so' that, with various other minor amusements, the noise of preparation, and wandering minstrels innu merable, a continued buzz has been kept up. The celebration of the sacrament on Sabbath, with the usual services on Saturday and yesterday, which, notwithstanding the prevailing excitement, was ob served with all the solemnity dlie to so sacred an oc- ,L~Zi ~~~~fi`- f --~~* • kindling in mirth, but never turned on his childt e ow the mother of his children, but with one expression of tenderest, or most intense affection.—(Cheers.) Even at this day, he, too, may remember his father 's head with its dark clusters, not unmixed with grey, and those eyes closed for ever, lying upon the bed of death ; nor , should such solemn image arise, would it be unsuitable to this festival ; for while I bid welcome to the sons of . Burns to their father's land, I feel, I cannot but feel, that while you have conferred upon me a high honour, you have also imposed upon me - stsacred duty ; and, however inadequately I may discharge it, I , at least shall in no degree militate either the spirit of humanity or trash. — (Cheers.) In speaking of the character of Burns in the presence of his sons I must speak reverently ; but even in their presence I must not refeke to speak the truth.—(Cheers.) I must speak according to the esta blished and everlasting judgment of what is right. Burns had his faults ; Burns, like every other mortal, had his faults ; Burns, like every other mortal being, had his favlts, great faults, in the eyes of men, and grievous in'the eyes of Heaven above us. There is a moral in every man's life, even in his humblest condi; tion, imperfectly underst ood ; and how affecting is it when we read confessions wrung out by remorse from the souls of the greatly gifted and the gloriously en dowed !—(Loud cheers.) But it is not his faults that are remembered here—surely it is not to honour these that we meet together. To deny that error is error is to extenuate its blame. Then we make an attack, upon sacred truth ; but to forget that it exists, or, if that niay not be wholly, so to think of it as to regard it with that melancholy emotion that still accompanies all our meditations on the mixed character of men—that is not only allowable, • but it is ordered—it is a privilege dear to humanity. And well, indeed, might we tremble for him 1 who should in this he dead to the voice of Nature crying _ from the tomb.—(Cheers.) And in its music how graciously time aids the inclination •of charity. Its shadows soften what they may not hide ; and the dis tant discords that might have grated too painfully on our ears are now undistinguishably lost in that music, sweet and solemn, that comes from afar with the sound' of a great man's name.—(Cheers.) It is consolatory to see how the faults of those people, however, grew favour ites, and favourites in the national memory, while their virtues grew brighter and still more bright ; and if in this injustice we have done them—and who shall dare to deny that cruellest injustice was once done to Burns ? the succeeding generations become more and more elm. ritable to the dead, and desires to repair the wrong by some profoundest homage. It may be truly said, the good which men do lives after them. All that is ethereal in their being alone seems to remain ; and, therefore, with all our cherished memories of our best men, Burns was among our best, to be invested with all consistent exoellencies ; for far better do their vir,tues instruct us by the love which they inspire than ever could their vices injure us. To dwell on the goodness of the great shows that we ourselves are not only lovers of nature, but that we may be aspiring to reach its serene abodes; but to dwell upon the faults of greatness, and, still worse, to ransack in order that we may create them, that is the low industry of envy, which, grown into a habit, becomes malice, at once hardening and embitter t ing the mind.— (Cheers.) Such, in the case of our great poet, beyond' all doubt, was the source of many a malignant truth and lie, fondly written down, carefully recorded, by a class of calumniators that never may become extinct. And for many years we were forced to hear souls ignoble, formed to be forgot, dragging forth some puny phantasm of their own heated fancy, as if it were the majestic shade of Burns evoked from his mausoleum for contumely and in sult.—(Cheers.) We have thus been told, by some who rather presumptuously presume the office of our instructors, to beware how we allow our ad miration of genius to seduce us from reverence of truth. We have been told how far moral is superior to intellectual worth ; nay, that in nature they are not allied. But akin in nature they are, and sacred to riCty, and cease if ever they should be disunited. But mark in what a hypocritical spirit such counsels as these were often preferred, till salutary truths were perverted by gross misapplication into pernicious falsehoods. They did not seek to elevate nature ; they sought to degrade genius. —( C heers.) And never in any other instance I did such men stand forth so glaringly self-contradicted of wretched ignorance of the nature of both than by this ' wilful perversion of many of the noblest attributes of hu manity in the character of Robert Burns.—(Loud - cheers.) Yes ; virtue and genius are both alike from heaven, and both alike they tend; heavenward. :There fore, we lament to sere a single stain assoiling the divine gift of genius—therefore we lament to see virtue, where no genius is, fall before the tempter.—(Cheers.) But let us never listen' to those who, by the very breath of morning, would seek to blight the wreath bound round the forehead of the muses' sons by a people's gratittde. —(Cheers.) Let us beware of those who, under affected zeal for religion, have as often violated the sprit of both by gross misrepresentations and exaggerations, and de nunciations of the common frailties of our nature in illustrious men—in men who, in spite of their aberra tions, more or less deplorable, from the right line of duty, were nevertheless, like Burns, in their prevail ing moods, devoted worshippers of virtue in the general tenor of their lives, and noble examples to all of their brethren. Burns, who, while sorely op pressed, in his own generous breast by the vi;orst of anxieties—the anxiety of providing the means of subsistence to those of his own household and his own hearth—was rmtwithstanding no less faithful to that sacred gift with which by Heaven he had been en dowed. Obedient to the holy inspiration, he ever sought to strew in the paths of poverty that love vs hich is in deed from heaven. From his inexhaustible fancy, warmed by the sunshine of his heart, even in the thickest gloom, he strewed along the weary ways of the world flowers so beautiful, that even to eyes that weep-,-- that are familiar to tears—they looked as if they were flowers dropped from heaven. But in a more humaae— in a more Christian spirit, men have now consented to judge of the• character of their great benefactor; there fore at a hazard I may call them sacred scenes, the anni versary of the birth or death of one who hid completed so great an achievement. But theytbave still sought -to make manifest the honour they intended him, tomake manifest if possible Lin somed egree the demands made upon them by the imagination and the heart. In what other way than that could genius ever have dared to seek to perpetuate in elegies and hymns the expression of a whole people's triumph, and a whole people's grief, for the death of some king, sage, l priest, or poet ?—. (Loud applause.) What king from the infirmities of his meanest subject ever was free? We know that there are throbs which come from a king's heart, and up to the brow which is mounted by a kingly crown. Hi s passions or ideas are as fatal as those that torraent the heart of the meanest kind on his pallet of straw. But then the king with all his sins had been a guardian, a,: restorer, a deliverer. Thus his sine were buried with his body, and all over the land, not only in his day, but in aftergenerations, the cry was, " 0, King live for ever !"—(Cheers.) The sage has seen how liberty rests upon law ; how rights are obligations ; how the passions of man must be controlled in order that he may be fres. See, too, how often has he struggled in vain with his own passions—with the powers of evil that beset him in that seclusion in which reverend admiration would fondly believe that wisdom for ever severely dwells ? The servant of God, has he always kept his breath pure from the earth, nor ever lifted prayer with spotless hands ? The humbled confession of his own unworthiness would be his reply, alike to the scoffer and to him that believed. But the one tried by plague or pestilence, he had carried comfort into the house de serted by all, except the son of despair ; he had sallied forth from-the quiet home of the Christian, where he had long in peace hovered, and for the sake of his Divine Muster, and for the sake of them who were sitting in darkness and the shadow of death ; therefore shall his name be blessed, and all Christendom point to him as a chosen servant of God. This must show that there is a debt due to these benefactors of our race—a deep debt of gratitude to those who have done true service to man kind by exerting their powers of fancy and of imagina tion, and by means of the great powers of thought. After some other eloquent remarks, Professor Wilson . concluded amidst applause. Mr. R. BURNS replied in the following terms :—My Lord, my Lady, and ladies and gentlemen, we are sure the sons of Burns feel all that they ought to feel on an occasion so gratifying, and on account of so nobly gener ous a welcome to the banks of Doon. Wherever they have gone they have found a reception prepared for them by the genius and fame of their father, and under the providence of God, they owe to the admirers of his genius all that they have, and what competencies they now enjoy. We have no claim to attention individually —we are all aware that genius, and more particularly poetic genius, js not hereditary, and in this case the mantle of Elijah has not descended upon Elisha.—. (Applause.) The sons of Burns have grateful hearts, and will remember, so long as they live, the honour which has this day been conferred upon them by the noble and the illustrious of our own land, and many ge nerous and kind spirits from other lands—some from the far west, a country composed of the great and the free, and altogether a kindred people. We beg to return o* most heartfelt thanks to this numerous and highly re spectable company, for the honour which has been done us this day.—(Mr. Burns resumed his seat amicht the Most deafening shouts of applause, which continued for some time.) Z 2 7 Sir J. M'NEILL rose, and was received With loud ap plause. lie said—My Lord, Ladies, and Gentlemen, we have now accomplished the main purpose of this as sembly. We have done honour to the memory of Burns, fe A r o f am t e d r d ! lei h rs e s N a oo d rb d lm r e e a s en s h — l ya w ielrin h o i liq c n h ul l nac m fet a_ e y r and we have welcomed hi s sons to t h e land of their fa thers.—(Hear, pi r e s ei . F: ( 01 t l ut i e e idl a a r och heard the oration, which I may be permitted to designate as solemn and beautiful, which you have heard from our worthy Vice-Chairman—it would be inexcusable were I to detain you long with the subject which has been in trusted to me. The range of English poetry is so vast —it is profuse in se many beauties and excellencies, and many of its great names are appreciated with so much habitual veneration, that I feel great diffidence and dif ficulty in addressing you on a subject on which my opi nions can have little weight, and my judgment is no se- . . thority ; but to you, whose minds have been stirred with the lofty thoughts of the poets of England, and fautiliar with their beauties, nothing is needed to stimulate you to admire that which I am sure has been tho-object of your continual admiration, and the sAject of your un,-, failing delight.—(Loud applause.) We have been sometimes accused of a nationality, which is too nar row and exclusive ; but I hope snd believe that the ac cusation is founded on misapprehenFlon of our prin ciples. It is true ,that as Scotsmen we love Scotland above any other spot on earth—it is true that we love it as our early home, and our father's house. We cherish our feelings of nationality as we cherish our domestic affections, of which they are in truth a part ; but while we have these feelings we glory in the mig ht and the majesty of that great country with which, for tbe, happiness and the comfort of both, we have long been • united into one nation.—(Applause.) We are as proud of the victories of Cressy, of Agincourt, and of Poiotiers, ~~~ 0 4 °e'rc bri ght' "/' , sr)C . , l ;' , golif ; •