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

1 were at 231 ussian escrip• i casks a, and .r oft ock, of nary r , a nd les Beld, a t the Wil- York ; Kings' Lei 4s nd ends. carpet" one, i t Isiguier 27, an d official D udsll' ;leboot :hr eoll, Ali • file l " at tire' e. t b. D, at et, A t * %a° iettin levelli il Ang• ficiol t 001" Cbr i ,t Afe a t t t' ;ig ne.- ft 1 4, ir rficw, .pt, 6 ' $1 3 0 5• ide° 3 o , u. o ,y p rig t ep t, to, 30 , lg. 3 0 , nter!,leh • hot 41 f e el': • the 1111 ./ Lo tter too' 1% :be °obi I ins oo Ac lt j. 01." te 110 . . 0 s e ,„ C 1. ..,/ Jii °es ~ wet, 29. le Sef. 6 Leo , of 10° •*. f A 0 ;. 11 0 , ( Lett LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK. The DIRECTORS hereby give Notice, that a DIVIDEND of Three per Cent. upon the paid-up capital of the Company, being r the rate of Six per Cent. per Annum, will be PAYABLE on • after the 10th day of SErntmusa next, at - the Bank, Lothbury, Ithoutdeducti on f or Income-tax, which will be paid by 111‘; Ban k . Ike Transfer Book. will bclosede from the 19th of August to the 10th of Sniteinber. oi - order of the Board, Lothbury a JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, General Manager. , July 2f 1844 . RAVESEND STAR PACKETS. FURTHER REDUC TION OF FARES. SLEPENCE A.ND NINEV/DNCE, Boat and Blackwell Railway Inzluded. From the Brunswick 'Wharf, Blackwail, Dan ,' Bandage included) at Ten, Eleven Twelve, Three, Four, Six. and Half-past Seen At From the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, S "en. nalf-past Niue, Half-past Twelve, Two,*Four, Six, Seven, aad Eight. • Cm Sundays at Five instead of Two. raze — Fore Cabin and Secori-elass Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and First-class Carriage, Ninepence. Star °Mee, Grave end, July 10, 1844. • "JERUSALEM and the HOLY .LAND. S TEAM ExcursioN TO and FROM ENGLAND and the _." A‘N - T, visiti ng J erusalem and the Land, also Athens, Con o.Mutinople and the B os ph orus, Smyrna, Rho d es, C yprus, B eyrou t , ezt andria and oth er ce l e b rated and i nterest i ng places. T o start in Blackwell on SATURDAY, 24th August, stay at Athens two days, at Constantinople tight days, at Joffo (within twelve hours' journey am gerusalem) e i ght days, at Xexanaria about ten days (allowing ple ti me to visit Cairo, the Pyramids, Be. Rates of Passage reduced. thrrogrammes of the route, rates of passage, Be., may be obtained at st„. " 2mPanY's °Slices, 51, St. Mary-Axe, London ; and 57, High t, Soutliampton ; also at 33 Regent-circus, Piccadilly. , ._. . LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY. 11-44; SUNDAY TRAINS at HALF FARES to BRIGHTON and at . 58. - -"muon at a g t e' p t n Bun thlYs, 'the 11th, 19th, and 25th of August, and the Ist of ,Truber an EXCURSION THIRD-CLASS TRAIN will leave to return Quarter-past Seven in the Morning, leaving Brighton, , at Half-past Seven in the Evening. Lond on . ___________e_rmuts, August 5, 1644. r ________ L 0 ON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY. v„,.., A t a MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the LONDON . and —.,IGIITON RAILWAY COMPANY, held at the London Terminus, ou Friday, the 9th day of August, 1844 ; WILLIAM NASH, Esq., in the Chair; The advertisement convening the meeting was read, as well as the me Mvertisent snaking the meeting special for certain purposes. by Th R egister of Proprietors having been produced thereto by the tarY the c ommon seal of the Company was affixedC'hairm a the Secre t The Report of the. Directors was then read by the Secretary, and fellovring Resolutions were passed : d d by the Honourable _ Resolved, That the Report now read be received and adopted. It was m oved by 1 ,, 0wN, Esq. ; secon de d That Captain HOTHAM : s be appointed a Director. It -Pe n _cer C°° P er ' d seconded by B. GASELEE, was Moven by WEssrrit, Esq., au Esq., .... That dames Home be appointed a Director. 1 in ZWilcit a show of hands was taken, which waa declared to )e rour of Mr. C ' ooper ; whereupon Mr. Home demanded a poll, the r eattlt of which was as follows : Mr. Cooper ...... Present • [Proxies •-•-• : .... 1,018 3,156 Mr. Horne •••• • • • Present ........ 216 • 1 p roxi es ._ , . . Mr. Cooper was them declar e d dui 1,284 y elected. Resolvexl—That the Lond on and Brighton Railway Company be authorised by the Proprietors present at this general meeting to , purchase an interest in the Brighton , L ewes , 'Company to an extent not e xceeding 3,503 shares, and in the Brighton and Chichester Railway Companyand Hastings Railway to an extent not exceed- Brighton Railwavy Company ing 1,195 shares. That, in order to complete these purchases, the New Shares, I 1 Al Ughtlis, at each a sum not exceeding 234,750/. be authorised to raise, by the creation of and Ilruieghl ttluiares be offered to the pres ' e . nt Proprietors of the London - Railway pany share for every' • ' ar, and if Y u o ' That a cop f orvinal in of the Company. e shin registered the books in the proportion of one-eighth these r esolutions be sent forthwith to each Proprie- N_ _ a.} Proprietor shall fail to accept the shares offered to ._i_mon or before the Ist of September next (except such Proprietors 45 may now be out of the United Kingdom, in respect of whom the 'itime shall be extended to the Ist of October next), the same, to se_t_hcr with any other surplus, shall be distributed among the .(--eoprietors who shall apply . for a larger allotment, in proportion to l_h That of Bri.eliten Shares held by each of them respectively. after t 21. shall be paid upon each such Eighth Shares within ten days . t the allotment, when a scrip receipt shall he given for the same o the subscriber ; and any Proprietor who shall not have paid such deposit within the prescribed time, shall forfeit all right to the shares anali4otted to him. The f uture calls not to exceed 1/. ss. each, .i, to be Made at intervals of not less than three months. Il t no subscrib er for or holder of, any such Eighth shall be re gistered as a Proprietor in the book s f the Company, or be entitled to any dividend or interest, or other privilege, in respect of any less rather than eight such Eighths. That the Proprietors of , such _ ightlis shall be entitled to be registered in the books of the Com- PlaY's Proprietors of one integral share in the said Company in re relY:pect of every entire number of eight such Eighths•they may respec subscribe for, or procure, and shall receive a certificate of such '!'..!egral share in xchange for the receipts for the first call paid on 4`,`,!!'y ?entire number of eight such Eighths, That the new s i l l t u a u r m e i s , f ;: 4 1 . 1 M . Cr a dividend of not less than five per cent. per shares, 3ears, with a right to participate equally with the a old . v , , when the annual dividends on them shall exceed that rate , provided' however, that such interest or dividend be reckoned only front t he Ist of January, 1846, and that it be proportioned to the 4"tnalooununtt,osfatyliseoclalls paid On cad share, as compared with the whole A_R•9%o !areet lved,—Th a t a dividend of 12s. per share be, and it is hereby 7 , e_ , PaYable, on and after tlie 26th stant. - .aiv ed, That a vote of t h an k s be given to John M. Parsons, "q . for his able and efficient services while Chairman of the Coin mar. .ReSoi WILLIAM NASH, Chairman. /ht. tb -vedThat the thanks of this meeting be given to the Directors tail _ eir zeal and energy In promoting the interests of th.e r.a. u rlag the past half-year. C. R. MACKENZIE, Sec. `""Lan Terminus, Aug. 9, 1844. 1 , ___________ . JO HN WATSON, a t p resen t, an d f o r the "sera months put, residing at No. 21, Brudenell-place, in a' hosier -°r tattier?, of Saint Leonard's, Shoreditch, and county •f Mid the last three months carrying on the business of street : hi partnership with William Perry, at 17j,. Addle sietan't t ondon s for twelve months immediately previous as ts twee t n . a hosiery warehouse, do hereby give notice that I intend Lend on 4 ‘ a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, litasinghall-street, 441 effe,trVhig to be examined touching my debts, estate, i dh e i o. _ . and to be protected from all process upon makin t g fa my kat itibr_and surrender of such estate and effects for paymes o t4%glen ti,: l ' ir ful debts; and I hereby further give notice,. that the d t N im er e . en in7thitatter of the said petition shall be heard is to be a e tnouth t the der Gazette and In the Morning Sun Newspaper t o i l I Ith de: . s least after the date hereof; •,- --, si J U I Y, 1 the of Lord, n e year our 1844, as witness my hand, Witt, ..JOHN WATSON. . e ' joint j. Spiller, 35, Camomile-street, London, attorney ~.._,....____i_tt_Le said John Watson. ......- E AS, a PETITION of JAMES ;,.."Yieho t - e — ,ITHFUL, of No. I, Grove-end-road, Saint John's-wood, Profrile P... rt .11 the countyof : Middlesex, gardener, having been tiled o ce „ T Bankruptcy, and the interim order for protection f rom 1 111 Ont ~7 lug been given to the said James Faithful, under the p ro• an Act of Parliament passal in the Parliament holden Lltule4 n She "",` 0 and Gth years ef the reign of her prert Majesty, f - ttithm, %An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, ' the said James nlang,,-": is hereby required to appear in Court before J. S. M. Fon -341.., the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said on the 15th day of August, inst., at two o'clock in the ta, Precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, 'IV to 1 1 .) t the purpose of being then and there examined touch tardln.ta, estate, and effects and to be further dealt with ac said j . the provisions of the sit ' id Act. All persons indebted to the dativ" Fa ithful, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay x e t: the same but to M r. - Belcher, the official assignee,. *1 %4 Artlis-yard, nominated in that behalf by the Commis tke matter atter of the said petition. 81 R en R i ; EA SI PETITION of ABRAHAM torinerlay and now of No. 1, Princes-street, Ratcliffe Moil the co „agent,. unty of Middlesex, dealer in jewellery and commis tiittrini oijg f b een filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, and 341 d Ahrah °r Protection from process having been given th l inent eft am Jacobs under the provisions of an Act of or e gig,. of hes:edpin,ethetParlia,ment holden in the sth and 6th years of !Etta:: itY' to a i r n .... ive nt bebtov e l L intltuled "An Act for the Relief , Ulsafoi r ,; in Court h t e ': e said Abraham Jacobs is hereby required Aegun in in the e Edward Holroyd, Esq., the Corn tankrupjetarll, at tw o , Of the said petition, on the 20th day of . 0 egi e k . 40 d here in ghal s t hi the afternoon precisely, at the . Court of " f urther T"'„" l ed ton jeet, London, for the purpose of being then Person,. vrith archingc his debts, estate, and effects, and to his ofk,,"uebted tr‘ the to the provisions of the said Act. All th e 'is, are not ".te said Abraham Jacobs, or that have any of „ °thew to p„ ASSlgn ee or deliver the same but to Mr. Groom, "'the Mkt in that b„,,,,,? 4 0. 12, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, Petition, by the Commissioner acting in the matter ... • 1n,.......8 COSINS, formerly JAMES JOHNSTONE, of Messenger. eet, Lincoln's N i t 7 11 R E AS, a PETITION tt,," n a o e f l 1,4„ then of X*. anteat Queen-street, Water-street, Arunde - litre,i, - ` l ° ~,t • 261, Strand, late of No. 8 , , and furniture of No. 9, Portsmouth -street, and tot ierim bfoii,„„T and, in the county °I'M iddlesex, cabinet makere , . • or der 'eating been Med in the Court of Bankru . p ? - c e o t l r n's Inn-neld i s, 14 __l• protection from In iii‘Ye bl7o3lns, under the provisions of an Act o process having bcel f l years of the reign Of h,,, '4lltatnent bolden in the fifth and sixth ,e_ rof Insolvent bebt"ol,Przsent Majesty, intituled " An Act for the . Relt required to aP- Dear la i c - the Said Henry Cosine is hereby P it ygil r ' l en me n the li a said ni. i ourt, before Edward Holroyd, Esquire, the d e e e y m e m f l A ss e i g o e n s e t r urn ' " the Matter of the said petition, on the 20t iip i e , s t two o'clock in the afternoon of being then kid. ,liaainghall-street, London, for the 'PurNse and to be • larther-;,e eaanlined touching his debts, estate, and All effects, it Act. precisely, i‘t the Court of Bank hrsons 'ltit 'With accordiag to the provns of t I at have any of 4„,_lndebted to the said Henry Cosins, nominated that b4i„„ltssignee, No 7, Frederick's-place, Old mater of the said be e 01; 1 4 ' i a re 4ot to pay or deliver the same e h r y t t_ l to wr ll 3 lr. Edwards, !Petition, 7` f by the Co MMissioner acting in the ' • . . - --- A MBROSE JAMES JOHNSTONE, irlif li t. , - , 11 . - EA S, a PETITION of --- too - ~,--PYI•ow,'"I"AY, late of N. 2, Haberdashers- Messenger. Pl ' " l e' i E n a t s h t e ll e e o - u x n county "' altd d i ", al the parish of Saint Leonard's, Shoreditc r e , Court of Bank etivi,,,_ , est; perfumer, hair - dresser, stationer : and k eper of a re -4,4eZ1•14,,Z notise for post letters having been filed in the , and the interim ord Act of Parlia !bent 117.4%4,14 Arnbrese Brea under P the provisions elan ; for rotection from process ars of the Tieign of he ur the Parliamin't holden M the sth and 6th tb y e Relief of ''lsolv,iii et PreSent Majesty, intltuled "An Act for having been o issioner bee r it Debtors," the said Ambrose Bray Is hereby requ re ir m ed to aP- Iteting t4C°4rt. before Edward Holroyd, Esq., the C Mit th e in . eo ant, , t, 4 , atter of the said petition, en precisely, at the b ei ‘ t e n t of il.b4,...._lfleket two o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose o the 20th off L,,.1 tit ri "'„ ''oPtcy B inghall-street, London , 1 t estate, and day of August th,;``a, 4 4 ~,,'•"d the ;e eas•tned touching bis de . or that li-aeald Act:" Allerther dealt with according to thr t e i e s p ri , r r o a v y is , ions ef tO ,M a ny or 4 Persons indebted to the sai r d k Jevrry r'dwerth, ttitreete, are not . to pal_oo_, 7 Frederick's-plac t e, the 4it. , noniiiiiii,,„ ,e official assignee, N • missioner acting n ( or of th e a " 4 111 that behalf by the Com d . e u liver the same () bu l l &id Petit' JAMES JOll IVIItREAs of SAMUEL " NSTONE, Messenger. PETITION 14 1 t r ,WIIITaii '. a and for eettnivesichng at ,X, „I't MORRIS, at present Liberty of the Rolls and tin, ,Of kid s , "* 00. C arey -street, in the and during part of the e :trot seeeex, and being a Jaw writer, the fi tactic! ea fall under 25 months last Ala,- "a of N 14 Serle's , trying on business with James Henry I , - -v, art, el and Morri law-writers, late of ,o. efterws,""Nords of Il 1 s' h .1 ' th don, 4 ,;.0s of ~ ern ock-court, Lot i in the city of o ..,‘" rwarii!, Wine Oft ice-court, Fleet-street, str,,i. .• of Middlesex, wi n' oad in the said s ' u lt e lltv -- ° f 3 2. Great Ca b idge-street, Hackney r 'Carey le county of Middles L e u x_, go4 o "" the e ou . 's-eceirt tle-street, )11%,..t.11. i ns nY ° ' f Idlddlesexa and afterwards of 19, as C the Court of k_ - " , rept e ,„ e said city of L ondon, having been filed In ft r erwards of Took l gis.,„ . 7, and the interim circler for protection from process having ct in the sth 1 ; 4 4 .6th ~,nalliatirent passed In the Parliament holden ied " en .A . t ° the said Samuel Whitshaw Morris, under the provisions 'ket Cr ":gr' or the reign of her p sent Majesty' "An 1 Whit ebait It ( t ) ' l ,l`„gellef of Insolvent Li re bt rs " the said Sam ue Edward hoirom` r t „al el hereby reo irt e e ' in Court, before he Petition, o'4o, Lath o mien o appear in the matter of t bald a fterri,,, the ner acting MUM the singliall-street, iirmol . ,,_ A -,.. Dr.,,,,,thef August instant, at two o'clock in n, fir tii"e`4Y, at Court of BankruptcY, Ba- • accord , t debts, est., kr Pose of being then and there examined touching '4 to ta e ' -"Le, nand effects, and to be further dealt %id s,r4rovisions of the said Act. All persons inde w btrd o t ar he tied t,5 p ii Irllitshaw Morris, or that have any of his effects,. e„ tie j, or deliver the same but to Mr. Groom, the official as, in Lac behia b 'o• 12, Abchu ch-lane, Lor abird-street, nominated h t•he Celtinsissironer acting in the matter of the said petition. JAMES JOIINSTONE, Messenger. Nvii„RLAS, a PETITION of THOMAS -, R 44,, -t1240-NO, at present. and for Nix months past, residing seX,l4o',.L.road, hf the parish of Paddington, and county of Midd e In me •"arlOr fifteen mouths previously residing at Porchester-gardens ...,sers ber,,,,11 thataddington, and county ef Middlesex, and for four eaint ‘,"Le period residing at Portman-place. Edgeware-Na , havin.7L'iTiebone, and county of Middlesex, and being a builder, for T„.,:te'een ffled !Tillie Court of Bankruptcy, and the interim order Its ''' °h olt ff•om process having been give!' to the said Thomas ifloorld, Under t . ornarnent he provlstons cot' an Act of Parliament passed - sen t ~,,_, holden in the sth and 6th the reign of her pre , lent ii:,°JestY, intituled " An Act for the Reliefof Insolvent Debtors, ' In the before-i Thornaa mat _ Raytnond is hereby required to appear in Court et the said notreYd, Esq., the Commissioner acting in the matter in th e Ift_sao ion, on the 20th day of August instant, at two o'clock atr.-, ;•ornoOrl Precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, ton,7lllol.4ridon, for the purpose of Icing then and there examined Baeingh . all liecomi 11_1' debts, estate, and effects, and to be further dealt with the ii iici tt Fc r "0 the provisions of the said Act. All persons indebted to 0. 1. i .,,, ver ..t,he pa said Or A 27*P148 RoYiriond, or that have any of his effects, are not to labia hat to- Mr. Edwards, the official assigtim, e ' 6 lllr n i Z eil er 1 'll 2 $1 la ce, Old Jewry, s he ainated in that behalf by the ""°"ef ' t oting in the matter of t said petition. • • -.c.-ti z,..._ ~. .. J AMES SCIELST ONE, 114!eWttgeT• , - ______ .... . - is ~ti t • Si .6 4 • .////* ; „ .-4.• .< . at; I • b. -0 I • 1 t 11- . 4 A riir '4l *MIL 114 1111111 11.... Itn Ar or -Ls- tr t o% • - _ ORC : - T e Kai/ 71 11 k? 14. li No. 16,220. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING SUN, AUGUST io, 1844. 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 057; iontaining PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that noun MAG NAY, MAYOR, A N ESPECIAL COURT of LORD MAYOR and ALDERMEN, held in the Inner Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Friday, the 9th • day of August, 1544, 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 dutiful Address be presented to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, upon her de and happy Delivery, and the !firth of another Prince. 'SYRIAN PRIZE GRANT. 'SECRETARY'S OFFICE, ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA, Auousx 2, 1844. The LORDS COMMISSIONERS of her MAJESTY'S TREASURY haying authorised the issue to this Hospital of 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 Robert Stopford (1.C.8. 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 °Mee on each succeeding day (Sundays excepted) between the hours of Ten and TWo. RICHARD NEAVE, Secretary and Registrar. FA MPLOYMENT.—Persons h av i ng a li tt l e t i me to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in Loudon, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but little trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only 118. per annum, and many during the last nineteea years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss. Application to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above. ISLINGTON. VALUABLE LEASEHOLD ESTATES, near CANONBURY. 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 " 'ram 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 pitt. out In wood. At theli SQUARE. MR. MASON (of 13ucklersbury) has received instructions from tl e Assignees of Mr. H. Lancefield, to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on WIIDNISDAY, 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 frcrt.ts, iron balconies, and gardens, situate in Spencer. street ; 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 0201. per annum, and held on lease from 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, nerrly 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. Veuning, Naylor, and Robins, Token-house 3ard ; T. M. Alsager, Esq., Birchin-lane; at the Mart; and of Mr. Mason, 33, Buck leisbury. MEREWETTIEIt. MAGN AY, MAYOR. . ACOMMON COUNCIL holden in the Chamber of the Guilhall of the'dity of London, on Friday, the 9th day of August, 1844, 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. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. CAPTAIN WARNER'S EXPERIMENT. In consequence of the DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION elf BRIGII TON, the Directors of the ROYAL POLYTECHIC INSTITUTION yield to the generally expressed wish that Dr. RYAN should adapt one of his Lectures to the subject of EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS. This Lecture,!illustrated by interesting Experiments, eo far as tkey can be shown with perfect safety, will be delivered daily at half-past Three o'cloCk, except on Mondays and Saturdays, and in the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock. On Mondays and Saturdays, at Four o'clock, Dr. POTT'S PNEUMA TIC MODE of forming SUBMARINE FOUNDATIONS in DEEP WATER, with various interesting Experiments. Professor BACM HOFFNER'S Lectures, and all the other sahjects of interest in the Institution. Fish Cross, the flag ot GAL/I.IIGU, 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 wares, where rises " stupendous Ails!' full in view, O'erlooking, many a league, the ocean round." 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 embryothei r t father's ho u an impetus to the thought; oncecoungatevnea need 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 tion, however, convinced Mr. Auld, and those who were taking an interest in themmatter, 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 publi c . F rom 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 eats are arranged in parallelograms from the head to the foot of the apartment, rising with a gentle in lination from the middle on both sides. The com pany, seated as in a church, have a fdll view of the chairman and croupier. On each side there is an abut ment—one for the band, and the other for the press. It was deemed better by the Building Committee to make provision in this way for the gentlemen 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 Ja mes Mi ller, Esq., of th i s town, an d h e certainlydeserves the utmost credit for the design, which is elegant, substantial, and economical. Mr. M‘Nab and Mr. Pickle, the contractors, also merits very con siderable praise for the efficient and expeditious man lier in which the work has been executed; while, in the ornamental department, the Messrs. Wilson, upholsterers, have shown equal taste and neat ness" of handi cra f t. 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" EviAently the work of a learned and accurate mathematician, and a decided improveinent. on:;all our pre-existing algebraical text books."—Spectator. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. 4. - Ae spring brought aff her master hale, But left behind her ain g re 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 s This waly boy will be nae coot; I think we'll ea' 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 which the Poet no doubt had in his eye when he composed the poem of " Tam o'Shanter," can be traced. 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Be particular in asking for " COCKS'S READING SAUCE," warranted to keep twenty years in any climate.—All others are Counterfeits.—Observe the name " J. at C. COCKS," on the Seal and Label •f each Bottle. ~ Whore n the snow the chapman smoor'd;" len - -- - - the past the birks and meikl e stane whichW st h o e n r e e disruwckiethniCnhaarslhieobrtradkisL nneckee o bane,"f ' public road. From thence " through the whins and by the cairn Where hunters fend the murder'd bairn," west of Greenfield-house, and onwards to the thorn aboon the well, Where Mango's wither hang'd horsey;" till at length " -•••••••• when glimmering through the trees, Kirk Alloway seemed in a bleeze." All these objects are near at hand, and can b e po i n t e d oft by any one acquainted with the locality. The sons of Burns, accompanied by a large party of friends, arrived early at the Crown Inn here, from Dumfries. Yesterday they spent the greater part of the day with their aunt, Mrs. Begg, at Bridgehouse, where the two younger brothers remained last night —the eldest and his friends returning to the Crown in the evening. Lord Eglinton reached Eglinton Castle yesterday, and Professor Wilson arrived here in the evening. He spent the night at Castle. hill. Many other distinguished individuals 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 numbers came with the trains on Saturday and yesterday. All the accommo dation of the inns and private lodgings were speedily secured, and high prices were obtained for very indifferent apartments. Woinbwell's caravans of 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. 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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 Coils. 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 panorama. 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 Bard 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 Kilwinning, the Odd-Fellows of Glasgow, the Yeomen of Cumnock, the Burn's Club of Dalrymple, the Shepherds of Straiton, with their piper, &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 the 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 assethbled by the chivalrous, but foolish monarch, prior to the unfortunate, though well-fought field of Flndden.. 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. Thwaites, 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 bad a very imposing effect. After leaving the Town-head the procession 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 hoar in passing from the new bridge into the field, on entering which the band played " Duncan Gray," followed by " The Birks of Aberfeldy." A large circle was then formed round the platform for the musicians in the field, and the whole company. led by professional vocalists, joined in singing, " Ye hanks and braes o' bonny Doon," and " Auld Lang Syne." 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 pliying at a distance from the pavilion. There were two enclosures for dancing ; one towards the head of the field, and the other at the brow overlooking the water of Doon. 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 were of oak, made of the rafters of Alloway Kirk; and several splendid silver vases decorated their tables. The Chairman, the Right lion. the Earl of Eglintoun, was supported on the right by Mr. Robert Burns, late of the Stamps. and Taxes, Somerset-house, London._ eldest son of the poet ; Major Burns, youngest son of ti ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED i n 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. 11. 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 I). 11. Blair, Bart., of Blairquhar. The croupier, Professor Wilson, of Edin 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 .1. Campbell, Glasgow; Provost Miller, Ayr; Mr. J. Bal lantine, of Castlehill; Mr. J. Campbell, of Craigie. The Rev. Mr. CUTHILL, 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; and 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.77-(Cheers.). - The CuintmAithen 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 particularly 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 t. I rlare tarra o e Onerol 4 :l 9-" ilibio --- gia on ti t's fyiiiirlit as y io ot n, 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 admiring and repentant people have raised to him—(Great applause) —we meet, after the lapse of years, to pay our homage 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 Wblllngton, 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 toe n 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 bonnie 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' Montgomerie" 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.—(Loud cheering.) How little the pious old man who dwelt in yonder cottage— with his " lyart haffets " o'erspreading his venerable brow—when he read the " big ha' Bible "—could hal e 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 ! 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 Mosagiel—might hare 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 for 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 hraes 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 differently applied, the sons of Burns could say, that to obtain a living testimony to 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 tic 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, tis 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—(Cheersl—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 pre founder, yet a more tender sentiment ; for it is to wel -1 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 affections.—(Cheers.) It was customary, a t t oo p , ne ta ts s . tedo n f gr he e , s y u o c u h k o n v o a w tfon in ho fo n r o m u e re r d tim ou e r s, b t s o rd cr ; own yet human applause—he 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 cam t doubt that he would have preferred the posthumous, be cause the finer incense.—(Cbeers.) The honour and its object aro thus seen in their just proportions ; for death gives an elevation which the candid soul of the poet 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 the day when they for whom his soul was often sorely troubled, should, after many years of separation, return to the hut where himself was es born, and near it, within the sh a d ow of his own monu ment, be welcomed for his s a k e b y the lordsand ladi of the land ; and dearer still, far d earer to hi s manly breast, by the children and children's children of peop e of his own degree, whose hearts he sought to thrill by the voice of his own inspirations, then surely would such a vision have been sweeter to his soul even than that immortal one in which the genius of the l and dbound holly round his for e h ea d —the lilac-leaved crown n that shall flourish for e ver. — (Cheers.) Of his three sons now sit ting here, one only, I believe, can remember his father's face —can remember those large lustrous eyes of his, so full of meaning, so full of melting in melancholy, or j LEATHERRHEAD. TO BE LET, appropriately FURNISHED, for a term, to be agreed upon (but 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 family, 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, eoach-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 Park, the Yale of Mickleham, 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 samB property, may be rented, in addition, if required. Cards to view, with terms and full particulars, niay be obtained of George Brace, Esq., solicitor, No. 24, Surrey-street, Strand ; and also of Mr. James White, auctioneer, Dorking. URSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH • COURT of CHANCERY, 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, 1434), are on or before the 2(1 day of November next, to come in and prove their I)ehts before Sir Carrix.WitsoN, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Loudon ; in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded the benettt o f or, the said Decree. JOHNSON, SON, and WEATHERALL, Inner Temple, London. PURSUANT to an ORDER of. the man COURT of CHANCERY, made in certain causes, JAMES against SMITH, JAMES against PRICE, and JAMES against LUMLEY, all persons claiming to be Nephews and Nieces, and Children of Nephews and Nieces of MARY KRANEN, late of Rich mond, in the county of Surrey, widow, who died in the month of Oc tober, 1791, living at the time of her death, and the personal Repre sentative, or Representatives, of any such Nephews, or Nieces, or Children, as have since died, are forthwith to come in and make out their Claims and prove their Kindred before Sir GIFFIN WILsoN, one of the Masters of the said. Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane,.London ; or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said Order. Mrs. Kranen was the widow of Lambert Kranen, who resided In the parish of SC Mary, Islington, in the county of Middtesex, and subsequently at Richmond, in the county of Surrey, and died, it is believed, in or about the year 1761. Dated 2d August, 1844. PUBLICATIONS. 'MO the CLERGY, promoters of Church and all others connected with Architecture.—No. 79 of " TIIE BUILDER," published this day, price 3d., contains :—The Sins of the Cambridge Camden Society, No. I.—Destructive Fire at Manchester—London as it was in 1800, and as it is in 1844—Timber, its Treatment and Uses—Retrospective Architectural Literature — The Elements of Architecture, by Sir 11. Wotton—A Glance at the Interior of the Churches in the Deanery of Sparham, in Norfolk, No. IL—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. BOYD'S ANTIION'S GREEK READER. In a very large volume duodecimo, price 7s. 6d. roan, AGREEK READER, seleCied principally from the Work of Professor Frederic Jacobs. With English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, a Metrical Index to Hooter and Anacreon, and a Copious Lexicon, by CHARLES ANTHON, LL.D. A New Edition, Revised and Corrected, by Rev. J MES BOYD, LL.D., one of the Masters of the High School, Edinburgh. London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside, where may be had all the other Works of Professor Anthon. PROLAPSUS, PILES, FISTULA, &c. Just published, bound in cloth, price ss. • by post lc 6d. extra. ON the CURE of the EISEASES of the RECTUM and ANUS ; particularly Prolapsus, Piles, Fistula, Hamorrhoidal Tumours, Excrescences, Ulcers, and Strictures, WITHOUT CUTTING or CONFINEMENT; illustrat.ng the origin and progress of these diseases, and the success of the Author's mode of treatment in numerous cases, The whole embellished with Plates from Nature. By Dr. SILVER, Physician Acconcheur, N 0,70, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury-square, London. Sold by Sherwood and Co., 137, Strand ; J. 011ivier, 59, Pall-mall ; Maclachlan, Stewart, and Co., Edinburgh; Fannin and Co., Dublin ; and also by the Author at his residence. SHEFFIELD PLATE, MESSRS. HORTON and CO., Silversmiths and Jewellers, 36, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's, opposite Messrs. Everington's, offer to their Friends and the Public, at considerably reduced prices, their STOCK of GENUINE PLATED UCODS, which they warrant to be the manufacture of the first Sheffield . Houses, and are of the most tasteful and modern designs, comprising Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, Walters, Ice Pails, Cake Baskets, Coffee and Tea Sets, Candlesticks, and every other article useful and orna mental. No common Birmingham ware kept. A large Stock of Jewellery and Watches, Fancy Silver and other articles, at prices well worthy the notice of Visitors to, as well as Residents of London. SALES BY AUk.;TION. IN BUCKS, NEAR TO BOXMOOR-STATIOW. A CAPITAL MANOR FARM, NEARLY 300 ACRES, in the OCCUPATION of a FIRST.R ATE TENANT. LOTS of GOOD SHOOTING, and in a HIGH and HEALTHY POSITION. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is directed to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, in London, on TftvitsDAY, 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 milts of the pleasant market-town of Berkhvmpstead, and the two stations. It is called YEW TREE HOUSE, WHELPLEY HILL, surrounded by good roads, within twenty eight miles of London, and an easy distance of the best markets. Chesham Is three miles off, and Hensel Hempstead within five, so that the produce Ands a ready vent at a trifling expense. The land is of a quality that may always be depended on under a healthy course of eultiva_ tion, and the abundant crops this s year after being subject to a severe discipline for the Is Ave years, arising out of nand forgetfulness ofmanure, stil nd exhibits fourorlive quartirs of capital wheat and barley, and the crops of clover are most abundant. The farm-house, u 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 tour hundred pounds. THE WORTHY TENANT, BASSILL, who, with his family, have sojourned here near half a century, will be but too happy to have a lease, and continue the tenancy; but his present rent is a very inadequate one. The estate numbers near ' THREE HUNDRED ACRES, and with the exception of less than two, is entirely within a ring fence. There are about 50 acres in thriving woods and planta. tions ; it will be in accordance with good judgment to have diem by degrees grubbed up, and good crops of corn become their substitute—a farmer does not need the luxury of wood. land scenery, to interfere with his more important avo cations. The outgoings are not high, and the tithe has been commuted at less than 4s. per acre—such is a faint outline of the property which is committed for positive sale, and offers an exceedingly eligible and secure Investment for small capitalists. Particulars, fourteen days prior to the sale, at the George, Ches. ham; King's Arms, Berkhempstead and Hemel Hempstead; also the station at Boxmoor; of Messrs. Nicholas and Pardoe, solici tors, Bewdiey ; Mr. Wm. Allen, solicitor, Worcester; Mr. Hod son, solicitor, Lichfield ; Mr. Benbow, solicitor, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn; the Auction Mart, and in Covent.garden ; with plans to accompany the printed particulars. 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 TnuftanaY Nair, August it, at Twelve, A FREEHOLD VILLA RESIDENCE, possessing snore of attraction to those who delight in a country life than can easily be imagined. It is replete with all the agremene so essential to the comfort of a family, situate at and known as VP LODERS, NEAR TO BRIDPORT AND BEAMINSTER, 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 offices, 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, form 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 ether by the road to Up Loders. The Villa may be ♦iewed 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 ; -ot 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 PERFECTLY SECURE INVESTMENT. To .he DISPOSED OF, the EXTENSIVE YY SLATE QUARRIES, upon which a considerable eapiial 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 lesSe 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 ,pportunity to purchase the fee-simple on very advantageous terns, is amongst the most prominent of its numberless advantages. This quarry (in Merionet hshire, close to Carnarvonshire) is identi. rally 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 en being made the largest quarry in Merionethshire; and, after Bangor and Llanberria, the largest Slate Quarry in Wale , . A disagreement in the partnership. arising out of a difference of opinion as to the best mode of working the quarry, was terminated by the common consent of all the parties, and this is the sole reason why this valuable property is now to be disposed of. The present tenants hold under a forty years' lease, dated 20th Nerdy, 1842, which in all its conditions is more favourable to the capitalist undertaking to work the quarry, than those of any of their com petitors in the market. But the fee-simple can be bought upon terms which would enable the purchaser to secure large profits, where the quarries paying heavy royalties merely enrich the land lords; independently of being able to work the quarries wholly without interference, and to such extent, and in such manner, as to obtain the greatest possible profit from a property which, properly managed, increases in value the longer it is worked, since more Slate is continually opened, and which will not be ex hausted in many generations. The present openings are so made as to be capable of indefinite extension—a small outlay would bring an immediate return of Slate, which might be increased at the discretion of the proprietor. The metal is of the purest Port. madoc blue Slate, easily worked, durable, and free from spot, stain, or blemish. Though the rein is barely opened in the top (as shewn in the plan), above eight hundred tons of Slates have already been made, of a quality in every way satisfactory, and it continues to improve, the deeper the rock is gone into. An extensive farm, with about two hundred acres of land, available for various pur poses, is included in the property—it will be of great value to the party working the quarry. A fall of water gives all the power needed for machinery to saw and plane slate; the use of which in articles of furniture and in house building is rapidly and daily ex tending. There is cheap and easy carriage by the Ffestiniog Railway to Portmadoc. And when the increasing demand at home and on the continent for Portmadoc blue Slate, the extensive pro gress of buildings throughout the kingdom, and the peculiar ad. vantages offered by the Cwmorthin Quarry are considered, it will be found that a more favourable opportunity is seldom met with for the investment of capital, with large immediate profit, and con tinued accumulation of the value of the principal in perspective. . . - There are many admirable sites in the ♦icinity for the erection of an abode suited to the proprietor of these works. The situation is well known to be one of the most beautiful in North Wales, with capital sporting and the best salmon and trout fishing in the country. Principals only will make application at Mr. George Robins's Offices, Covent-garden, who takes this opportunity to eall the atten. tion of the moneyed world to this valuable undertaking. IMPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS. TO be SOLD by PRIVATE TREATY, by Mr. GEORGE ROBINS, A VERY PROMISING INVESTMENT AND SLATE QUARRY, situate in Carnarvenshire, North Wales. The Slate is of excellent quality, of a rich grey.blue colour, and can be had in abundance under but a very thin cover. The work is already about 40 yards wide, and Is capable of being extended to upwards of ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY YARDS, where a large number of men may be employed most advanta. geously, and without the slightest risk. This is an Investment af. fording a rare opportunity to any party with moderate capital to accumulate A LARGE FORTUNE. The observations which follow are extracted from a Welsh Paper:--" 1 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 vein 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, wherein there is sufficient quantity of that useful material TO SUPPLY THE WHOLE WORLD FOR CENTURIES; and with good management the profits would—could not be less than from 100 to 150 per cent. upon the outlay, after it is put in proper order. Another desirable thing belonging to this concern is, that the cover of earth on the surbce is only two or three yards deep, whereas most of the quarries are Wider 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 2,0001. The distance to a tatpital ship. ping wharf is only seven miles, and but nine to the intendee) CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD GREAT RAILWAY. The name of the concern is the Cedryn Quarry,' situate abett ten miles from Banger, and the same distance from Conway and Llanrwst, in the centre between the three town.. " 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 Qua rr y oug ht t o pro . duce a considerable sum, u 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 23th day of August, it will be Sold by Auction by Mr. George Robins., at the Ctstle Inn, Conway. Worth Wales, on the 16th October. 1844. I n the rocantizas, full particulars may ba had on application to Kr. Z. Omen, Auctioneer. Ruthin ; or to Mr. ikons Robins, London Admission, Is.; Schosis, HaLf-prico. RICHMOND and WEST-END JUNCTION RAI LIVAY. The Prospectus of the above Rail . having its terminus on either side of Hungerford• bridge, and con e ted with Rungerford-market, with the means of bringing in the ent South-Western traffic to the best terminus in London, willhowabliahed .lit a 'few days, with a highly Influential Provhdolud Committee.. - -4,., The p9tut selected- . {bein g the Aguasctif t tite - Weat,extd). Writs no ? doubt In the minds of the prOdtoteie-of - its ouperioritf ...ran btlwrs, ' and the Prospectus will show the various Interests combined to carry out the undertaking. W.M. CHAPMAN, Solicitor, Richmond. August 9, 1844. /-Z . tl; ~ ' " . ee.) kindling in mirth, but never turned on his children, .3 110, the mother of his children, but with one expression Pf 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 a sacred duty ; and, however inadequately I may discharge it, I at least shall in no degree militate either the spirit of humanity or truth.— (Cheers.) In speaking of the character of Burns in the presence of his sons I must speak reverently ; but oven in their presence I must not refuse 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 tieing, had his failts, great faults, in the eyes of men, and grievous in the eyes of Heaven above us. There is a t m i oonr imperfectly peevrefreye-hhioswlnaimffebclteisntgeoinsdiit when we read confessions wrung out by remorse from tlaiyallnDsdelrifset'ood; evenanind 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 eaor is error is to extenuate its blame. Then we rnai“e an attack upon sacred truth ; but to forget that it exists, or, if that may not be wholly, so to think of it as to regard it with that melancholy emotion that still accempanies 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 who should in this be dead to the voice of Nature crying From the tomb.—(Cheers.) And in its music bow eracieusly 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 oonsolatory 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 cha ritable to tho died, and desires to repair the wrong lay some protOundest 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 excellencies ; for far better do their vir,tues instruct us by the love which they inspire thin ever could their vices injure us. To dwell on the goodness of the great shoos 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 en v y, w hi c h, grown i n t o a habit, becomes malice, at once hardening and embitteing the mind.—, (Cheers.) Stub, in th e case o f our great poet, b eyon d all doubt, was the source of many a malignant truth and lie, fondly mitten down, caref u lly recor d e d , b y a c l ass o f 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 stilt.—(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 pt4ty, 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 pervertell by gross misapplication into pernicious falsehoods. Thby did not seek to elevate nature ; they sought to degrade genius.—(Cheers.) And never in any other instance 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 see 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 foreead of the muses' sons by a people's gratitbde. —(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 eeeeral 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 w:orst of anxi: ties—the anxiety of providing the means of subsistence to those of his own household and his own hearth—was notwithstanding no less faithful to that sacred gift with which by heaven he had been en dowed. Obedient to the holy inspiration, be ever sought to strew in the paths of poverty that love which is in deed from heaven. From his inexhaustible fancy, w armed 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 arc familiar to tears—they looked as if they were flowers dripped from heaven. But in a more humafte— in a more Christian spirit, men have now consented to judge of time 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 had completed so great an achievement. But they have still sought to wake manifest the honour they intended him, to make manifest if possible lin some degree 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 expressionof a whole people's triumph, and a whole people s . grief, for the death of some king, sageepriest, 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. Ilia passions or ideas are as fatal as those that torment 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 sins were buried with his body, and all over the land, not only in his day, but in aftee,generations, 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 free. 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 Master, and for the sake of them who were sitting in darkness and the shadow of death ; tht refore shall his name be blessed, and all Christendom pint 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 pow ers of thought. After some other eloquent remarks, Professor Wilson concluded amidst applause. Mr. H. BURNS replied in the following terms :—My Lord, my Lady, and Ladies and gentlemen, we are sure the sons of Burrs feel all that they ought to feel on an occasion so gratifying, and on account of so nobly gener ckis a welcome to the banks of noon. 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 time 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., is not hereditary, and in this case the mantle of Elijah has not descended upon Elisha.- 1 — (Ay.plause.) The sons of Burns have grateful hearts, and will remember, so long as they live, the honour hich has this day been conferred upon them by the noble aisl 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 out most heartfelt thanks to this numerous and highly re spectable company, for the honour which has b een d one w i : l h i i s eli Seataal continuedid,t theußtsuortfisaprpelsautmiseed, for sonic time.) iunsostitlidsedaafeYn.—ine(.ASElrio. SirJ J. M H ' e N s E a z i L d i_. r im os y e, Lanurdd7aLade srec i e s i , ved with loud ap plause.and Gentlemen, we have now accomplished the main purpose of this-as sembly. We have done honour to the memory of Burns, and we have welcomed his sons to the land of their fi thers.—(llear, hear.) After the address—which I may be permitted to call the address of manly eloquence—. which you have heard from our Noble Chairman—after the oration, which I may be permitted to designate ati 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 mush habitual veneration, that I feel great diffidence and dif. 'Acuity in addressing you on a subject on which my opi7 nions can have little weight, and my judgment is no au thority ; but to you, whose minds have been stirred with the lofty thoughts of the poets of England, and familiar with their beauties, nothing is needed to stimulate you to admire that which I am sure has been the object of your continual admiration, and the silbject of your failing delight.—(Loud applause.) We have been sometimes accused of a nationality, which is too nar row and exclusive ; but I hope and believe that the ac cusation is founded OR misapprehensiOn of our grin.. 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 ti truth a part ; but while we have these feelings we glory in the might and the maje,ty of that great country with 4 .which, for the .happinessand the conit'of: of both, we have long been united into one nation.—(Applause.) We are as proud of the victories of Cressy, of Agincourt, and of Poictifire, ''NMa ^ :tOll. gshil+