The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-12 00:00:00

RDAY ) scriptions of ry moderate ige quality. trriage, and ice were by vas far from r of buyers as far from mostly Bis on Monday )f condition he firmness fine foreign it in prices tantities ota L extremely under lock 2inal. The oreign tole ed previous e very dull. article met Lions. The ling chiefly encies ob supported. ranee of Is transacted, hich a good 'as, on the There was rich caused vious rates. L. et to and ... Ins to 95s to .. 1 7S to les /Ds to Ks 211 to 23s 30s to 35s 33s to 31$ S 2. to 33s Ws to 33s 371 to Ms 37s to SYs 44a to 40, 34. to Ms olk 33s to Sts ND. .... Ws to 964 .... 23s to fro ..... 23s to 250 ..... 22i to :490 T last, the et it proved lidered. As quality of ; indeed, a she attend ' somewhat cleared of to-day was period, and last week's Scots rea arance was under the nsisted, for its and 160 we bad on lition. The s, form the lead rised about bik, Essex, from the rds, runts, tOO of vari )ll ed Scots; Sheep arse steady, and 7 instance. the sale for depression which was i. d. to s. dl 3 - i - 1 a . 3 e :10 a 3 10 4 9 .$0 36 .3 • 6 0 tl6 0 20 0 .0 0 0 0 Pip. 457 tilled Meat it, we hare mice of the metropolis. e, in some ether kinds !aresses of s rates. 1. C. to I. d. .R 4 .410 3 . 3 4 3 26 3 4 3 6 310 K. 1. Pigs. •0 1,160 ry winds, um which have ob s. About law, and 'ork Beds, 1), vont, ey Blues, ; to 55s ; 159 to active in .s, further declared, The show 'ry small. 71 5s to SI 01 to 121; )s to 131. of Kent, [2l; East Os. been un -200 bale& arket are seriptions s are not ht be ex ilic+ have !ither has was anti rnstances, 41s 3(1- - r writing , Dwards uI ie ad vice* they Are —Adair's Hastings ; W. E., 's Stone, , aturdayt acerning B. Char lady of A• ane, 3104 the led/ (the Reif' the WI N a ylr , c l ' of Elul" tO of , J• 3t daugb' Wand• oleo' Isaacson, oe , GNI! .eChor" Shells}'' Tufrne ll ' le late B• rederleig yOUliges !. th Jain° 54. :be !lac' Usex, ,n -street► ,„ 131 sup ) f Ur. J. UNG ,(f pos go. 112, tY cf QTARPA C K E T S and • Loodor, by way of the Elackwal! Railway, avoiding the olangers of• the and saving one hour in true. ONE PAY , !.E NT THROUGHOUT, , 'INPEN( E and NINEPE SCE Boat and Rail Included. Terrace Pier, Gravesend., nalf-np.st Nthe. Two, four. aad lialf-piist Five. • Sundays, Seven, 11,d1n,t yine, F. in', and lialf-pt.st Five. Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, Ter, Elever, and Six, Banda r, Ten, Elevcn, and Three. The Tullis s' art one quarter of ini hour before each of these times. Passengers' luggage conveyed to and from the Trains at ack w without charge. Roff's Wharf, Woolwich, Quarter-past Ten, and Quarter -past Twelve, returning from the Terrace-pier every Evening at Half past t ive. Twelve, SLx, or Three Months' Tickets, available in all the Packets of the Star and Blackwall Companies, at the undermentioned rates, to be had at the Star Offices and of the Captains on hoard the Packets :---To or from BI ckwall, Twelve Months, 5/. ss. Six Months, 3/. 3s. ; Three Months, 21. 2s. Star Mee, Gravesend, Oct. 4, 1844. SOW E for the DISCHARGE and RELIEF of PERSONS IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS through out ENGLAND and WALES. Established 1772. PRESIDENT. The EARL of ROMNEY. VICE PRESIDENTS. Lord Kennon I Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, But., V iscount Mash= M.P. TREASURER—Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., F.R.S. Aunrroas—John Pepys, Esq., and Capel Cure, Esq. At a MEETING of the GOVERNORS, held in Craven-street, en Wednesday. the 6th day of November, 1844, the case of 1 Peti tioner was considered and approved. Since the Meeting held on the 2d of October, ONE HUNDRED a " TEN DEBI ORS, of whom 91 had Wives and 261 Children, have been discharged from the Prisons of England and Wales ; the ex pense of whose liberation, including every charge connected with the Society, was 467/. 9s. Bd. Resolved—That in consequence of the few applications for relief since the passing of the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, abolishing Imprison 'tent for Debts not exceeding Twenty Pounds, the Governors of the Prisons throughout England and Wa'es be requested to call the attention of all Debtors in their custs dy to the Rules of the sc. eI eSY, namely, that relief is afforded— „• By COMPOSITION to every Person whose single debt does not exceed SIXTY POUNDS. 2 . By the INSOLVENT ACT, to every Person whose debts do no: exceed TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, and the balance of vr hose debts and credits does not exceed ONE HUNDRED i ) WINDS, provided that no single debt exceeds SIXTY POUNDS; Subject, as usual, to good characters, to be produced to the Go vernors of the Society, who meet on the first Wednesday in every ta "th, at their House, No. 7, Craven.street, Strand. p , RENEPACTIONS RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST REPORT : h alf -}ear's Dividend on 86/. 10s. Three.and-a-Half per _ Cent. Reduced Annuities, per Treasurer..... el 13 9 111'j . Martin, Esq., per Messrs. Hoare (A.) 3 3 0 Jor Charles Marriott, per ditto B enefactions are received by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., the reasurer, No. 1, Brick.court, Temple ; also by the fallowing Bankers :—Messrs. Cocks, Curries, Drummonds, Herries, Hoares, t vere, Veres, and by the Secretary, No. 7, Craven-street, Strand, whgot h Ch e 8°°1 " miY be seen by those who are inclined to support tho and where the Society meet on the first Wednesday in e ve rnenth. JOSEPH LUNN, Sec. LARGE AND IMPORTANT SALE OF DAMAGED GOODS• tie entire and TFor the benefit of whom it may concern. o 13- E SOLD, by AUCTION, on THURSDAY, the !he 21st instant, at the Depot, north end of Prince's Dock, CARGO of the Brenda, bound from this port to Mon. Put back with damage, consisting of a great variety of Rardw a factu Te, Earthenware, China, Gass, Bales and Boxes of Manu. : ed Goods, Woollens, Cottons, &c., Bar and Sh"et Iron, chin: 4 Br an ` l ' Na ils, Chains, Castings, Canada Plates, Cutlery, Indigo, Stationer Hab erda shery, Wearing Apparel, Vi. hips, Farming Ma. .vhole may :''' Pal m O il, Loaf Sugar, Boxes of Blue, Combs, Shot, Wire, The riePot, be seen four days previous to the sale, at the Fo r further p art i culars, apply to M essrs. Ch a p m an, Bowman, and Co., Agents for Lloyd's; or to __Liverpool, November 6, 1844 _ J. H. RAYNER, Broker. Fr G OOD FURNITURE AT MODERATE PRICES. lIOUAS FOX, 93, Bishopsgate-street, Within, re spectfully invites the Public to inspect the stock of CABINET and UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE and BEDDING, 7 5 ( his e stablishment, consisting of every requisite for the Mansion r Cottage, of a quality, fashion, material, and workmanship , not • be surpassed, and offered at prices scarcely exceeding those commonly charged for showy but unsubstantial furniture. Also and , a most complete an d beautiful collection of Chimney, Pier, other e° &enable n ri so ric le es. Glasses, Decorative Painting, Paper hangings, and °r •areental Embelli.hments, at the most moderate and rea- Parties requiring really good articles, will find at Thomas Fox's ._ art°e k so extensive and various as to afford every facility for advan '•geous selection, at prices as low as aro possibly compatible with etst-rate quality. 93 . Bishopsgate-street Within. SCIIWEPPE and Co.,' Wine-merchants, are now bottling PORTS of the highest character, at 305., 323., 345., And 2 65. r dozen, to which they respectfully invite the attention of their friends and the public. Fine old crusted wines, from two to Eight years in bottle, at 425., 455., 485., 505., and 545. per dozen; very Superior Sherries, pale, brown, and gold coloured, from 305., 345., 36 5., 405., and upwards; also a curious Amontillado Sherry at 50s. A large stock of all description of wines constantly on hand, in cluding a rare selection of Hocks and Moselies, received direct from their own agent on the Rhine. • J. S. and Co. beg respectfully to observe that their principle of business is not to sell a low priced article at the expense of quality, but to supply their friends with the finest wines that are imported, at as low a price for cash as may be commensurate with a fair and mo derate profit. Lists of wines and prices sent on application, and country orders immediately attended to on receiving a cash remittance or a re ference.—Office, 51, Berner's•street ; cellars, 27, Marshall-street, Regent-street. LH YAM, PANTECHNETHECA, 36, Grace . church.street, Tailoring, Woollen-Drapery, and Out. fitting Establishment. If clothing you want, your attention now plant, And the best of advice we will tender ; Hyam's great name, we will clearly explain, And our services freely we render. In each populous town L. Hyam 'tis known, Has gained an immense reputation ; In truth we confess, he is cheapest in dress, And he clothes just one.half of the nation I Now if we reveal, what appears to your zeal, A bona.fidc saving unbounded ; We think you will own, he deserves his renown, And his enterprise should be resounded I Eight shillings you find—very clear to your mind— In each sovereign is sav'd past disputing ; Now this is a fact—whilst his talents and tact,. ' Are evinc'd past the power of confuting! 3,000 Waterproof Wrappers, of the most fashionable materials, Preen 9,. 6d. each. Observe. —Ali garments at this establishment are marked the price in plain figures, from which no abatement is made. Any article exchanged, which is not approved of, or the money returned. L. HYAM, T a i lor i ng and Outfitting Establishment, Pantech netheca, 36, Gracechurch_street. Taglioni or Chesterfield _Gle e nl READY-MADE f E rom DEPARTMENT. £0 9 6 Yon or Waterford Riding ditto, from b nlbert 0 12 0 ••••••• • Walking Coat, from Om J'll. Parisian Envelope, from 1 1 0 Zns:_a_nd Youths' Taglionis, or Chesterfields, from 0 8 6 Ditto im gout • ditto, ditto, from . b itt : s u u ress Coats, any colour, from ... Dittol 1 0 t dittoTrousers,uaeckvei nst.r, frron in from Ditto 0 8 6 0 4 6 0 ° l'weed Trousers, from 0 7 6 Ditto p users, from anc9 Vest, from Tunic.._ns suit from Ditto 0 18 0 I - 1 assay s u i t, offic ditto men.. mni , from ..... , e skin Trousers from , very beg quality, rule pocket, from .... 0 6 6 ' ,- ts, f rom ....... . 0 5 0 ioni or Chestel3rflEeSldP°Col<aEts, Ta l' • 0 15 0 Glen! D iro E m PARTMENT. ' 1 0 0 ~,,. Yon or Waterford Riding ditto, from Th e Parisian Envelope, from ... 1 I 0 0 Alb ert W a lki ng Coat, from toy.. 0 P 2 0 i . ' and Youths' Taglionis and Chesterfields, from men's Dress Coats, any colour Ditto urtouts ditto, from .. 1 10 0 Ditto Doeskin Trousers, any • pattern, from ... Ditto Black dress Trousers from 0 18 0 7 0 Ditto Fashionable Vtsts, in ' endless variety, from .....• 0 A New Book, entitled " The Age of Wonders." containing a detailed List of Prices, Fashions, and Description of material for !he present season, can be had by applying to Mr. L. HYAM, ____ntechetheca, 36, Gr acechurch.street, London. _______________ AIRSJCONVULSIONS IN TEETHING . OHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP. This efficacious Remedy bas beer in general use for Upwards of Thirty Years , and has preserved numerous Children When suffixing from Convulsions arising from inful Dentition. As s thln as the Syrup is rubbed on the Gums, the Child will be relieved, the Gums cooled, ► and the inflammation reduced. It is as innocent as rfficacious, tending to produce the Teeth with cue ; and so pleasant, that no Child will refuse to let its Gums be rubbed with it. Parents `hit be very particular to ask for JOHNSON'S AMERICAN sooTH LNG SYRUP, and to notice that the names of Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street London (to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold the recipe), are on the Stamp affixed to ach Bottle. Price 2s. lid. per Pottle PU nue NOTIcE 434, OXFORD STREET, TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. Copies of Testimonials Gratis. by all Agents, CIREMSTONITS EYE SNUFF. —Under the NN Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, ansl the Lords of the Treasury, is universally re commended by the Faculty for its e ffi cacy in removing disorders iacident to the Eyes and Head. SIGHT RESTORED: —NERVOUS HEADACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! serfslts mode of application is fraught with pleasure; many thousand have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling expense, yet certain in its operation. It testimonies be necessary to induce the *titterer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Commons have used it. tstierhe Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Ma s, the Duchess of giant the most eminent Oculists, Medical 'ractitioners- -with that c balance, the Press—have eulogised Grirnstone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, knovin as " Grim 'tone's Eye Snuff," for its efficacy In removing all diseases incident to the Eves and Head. G. J. Guthrie ,Vlsq., F.A.S. B. Lech fields ESq 's Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it a national blessing —see his Reports touching its utility. The late Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grimstone's Eye ufts and call it " Man's best Friend," and the "Student's Vade alecum.s, Ur, Andrews also recommends its use as a p r eventive. See his re ports in Nov. 1631. He st a t es t h at the tenacious sympathy of the 'nen i b rane, within th e nostr i ls, with the nervous system, that Grim. !toines Eye Snuff, when freq uent l y taken, must be of the greatest neaefit to the consumer ; and, further, recommends its universal adoption as a preventative. headachet homas, of Hatfield, having witnessed many cases both of and ophthalmia, has kindly Riven his testimony thereof. .. A few of the many th , usand Testimonials of Sight restored and L ' e afraesscured by Gill hIST'ONE'S EYE SNUFF : " To W. Grimstone, F ' s " April 20th, 1844. the" Dear Sir,-1 feel bound by a sense of justice to inform you of miraculous cure effected on myself by taking a few pinches of far celebrated Grimstone's Esc Snuff , which, Li my case, ought rather to be called . Ear Snuff,' it basing effi'ctually relieved me from is deafness from which I have been suffering for many years. You are tliberty to make any use you please of this Communication, since I shoultimuch regret if the extraordinary qualities of your Eye Snuff Were uot universally known. " I am, dear Sir, your obedient servant, ;Granton, Scotland. `• M A RGARET MACGREGOR. . r I can vou c h ter the truth of the fore go i ng facts and statemen ',.,M . !sy 8, .844. " JAMHS SHUTER, Kentbury, flerks." ,• M. Reynolds, editor of Chambers' London Journal, &c.. &c., ."cyed of excruciating pains, and can now write without spectacles 2(.1, S tamford -aL eet. Blacittriar's4 oad. ...madame F. Lespis , facing the church, Park-street, Wiadsor; cured "' dimness of sight and headache.-9th S•ptember, £B3B, and lan 1- 1 .1., fi. 1 achfield, Esq. ; cured of Ophthalmia. Whitehall and e 'thed House Tavern —See his letters, 1838 and 1812. Observe the Caution—W. GRI MS CONE is the sole Inventor, and th e only Ronuine is prep,ed by him. This Odoriferous Herbacetus Compound of Herbs is sold In canisters, at 83 Id., 4s. 4d.,and 15e. 6d. each, by the Ptolirieter, ' GW..RTMSTUNE, at No. 434, Oxford-street, Totten t: ''''s`ri-ceurt-road end 'late of No. P 9, Broad-etreet, Bloomsbury), . t ,t the Herbary, HighgAte; and can also be outamed in all the —ne.nal Towns and Cities. A liberal allowance to Shippers Owners, Captains, and all Vendors of Grimatone's Eye Snuff This celebrated Snuff is shipped to all quarters of the globe, and retains n ' s beaten qualities in every climate All Snuffs and Cigars shipped tin the 'hones. t n ti , ":.)y quantity can be forwarded through the General P st by ist"g Money orders. A 2s. 4d. canister, with post g ill cost and so on sn like proportion HaItBABY RlCtlio-A 11. I :`1 .14 ,i 7/ I 7t -% • „4:?fNg'›ert, No. 16,299. LONDON, TUESDAY, EVENING S r e l Ny NOVEMBER 12, 1844. PRICE sd, THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE a (MOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the 'AFTERNOON TRAIN 3 and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL Ti ,E THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuri , s , a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The TRANSFORMATIONS of PROTEUS will be illustrated by the PROTECis'COPE for the first ihne on Monday, Nov. 11, and continued with other novelties during the week. The PHYSI(WCOPE, OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, IYD LECTRIC MACHINE, DIVING-BELL and DIVER, DISSOLVING VIEWS, Dr. RYAN'S LECTURES on ACID POISONS and their ANTIDOTES daily, and in the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. Professor BACHEOFFNER'S varied Lectures abound in interesting experi ments. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. The revised CATALOGUE, with the addition of Three Hundred Works of Art recently deposited in the Museum. Price Is. PUBLICATIONS. SUPPLEMENT TO URE'S DICTIONARY. This day, Svo., with numerous Wood EngraNin:„s, 14s. cloth, RECENT INI ttO VEME NITS in Alt MANUFACTURES, and MINES; being . a Supplement to his Dictionary. By ANDREW URE, M.D., F.R.S., /cc. By the same Author, lately published, A DICTIONARY of ARTS, MANUFACTURES, and MINES. Third Edition, corrected, Bvo., 1,240 Woodcuts, 2/. 10s. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. F. MPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in London, 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 ittle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only l ls. per annum, and many during the last nineteen 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. NE W WORK BY PROFESSOR LOW. P11'11 , 3110,1 this day, ivo., with numerous Engravings on Wood, 2h., ON LANDED PROPERTY, and the Economy of Estates : comprehending the relation of Landlord and Te nant, and the Principles and Forms of Leases; Farm Buildings, In closures, Drains, Embankments, goads, and other Rural Works ; Minerals ; and Woods. By DAVID LOW, Esq., F.R.S.E., Professor of Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh, &c. &c. By the same Author, 57, STRAND'!! WELLINGTON BOOTS, the very best, to measure, ONE GUINEA. E. STUNT- NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investiation declare a second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts inv on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. Bonne Bonus in added. Cash. Premium. X s. d. I .£ a. d 1837 170 9 3 74 E 4 1838 144 2 2 1839 116 16 0 Z a. d. 77 5 1 64 5 6 51 5 11 gro 00.:04. &6 - zs 40' X s. d. 12 3 9 9 16 4 1711 9 X s. ds 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. _ _ Thie institution offers many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Soc. LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITIES. The following are Specimens of the LOW RATES of PRE MIUM charged by the AUSTRALASIAN COLONIAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY. Age• • . . Annual Prem. £1 10 3 £2 0 7 „i 2 15 3 ..£1 1 8f L 6 3 9 and of these Premiums one-third may remain unpaid in the hands of the Assured, at interest to be deducted from the sums assured, when they become claims. Peculiar facilities are afforded for the assurance of the lives of per sons proceeding to or residing in Australasia and the East Indies. Immediate and Deferred Annuities are granted by the Company, on very favourable terms, and it is a peculiar feature in its constitu tion, that Annuitants participate in the profits. DIRECTORS. • E. Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhonn, Esq. Robert Brooks, Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. SECRETARY—E. Ryley, Esq. For prospectuses and other partii Illshopgate-street, corner of C.rnhi iculars, apply at the offices, N 0.126 PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE and AN NUITY COMPANY, 9, CHATHAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established in 1826. This Society is supported by an ample subscribed Capital, and by a considerable accumulated premium fund. Assurances are effected at a low rate of premium, without profits, or at an increased premium, with participation in the profits of tho Office. ELEMENTS of PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE. Fourth Edition, Bvo., 215., . , The BREEDS of the DOMESTICATED ANIMALS of GREAT BRITAIN. 2 vols. 4t0., with 56 Coloured Plates, 161. 16S. An ENQUIRY into the NATURE of the SIMPLE BODIES of CHEMISTRY. flvo., Gs. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman& SIR BAPTIST HICKES'S CHIMNEY-PIECE. A Double Number of THE BUILDER, consisting of 32 closely printed pages, for Saturday, Nov. 9, contains—A Cycloptedia of the Now Building Act, arranged Alphabetically, with References and Counter-references, to the several sections of the Act, by A. Bar tholomew, Esq., F.S.A., Architect ; with Engravings of Sir B. Hickes's Chimney-piece in the Middlesex County Sessions House, and of Inigo Jones's Staircase at Amesbury, Wilts ; Architectural Planning, with references to celebrated existing examples by Sir C. Wren and Sir J. Soane ; notices of Contract Tenders, and other interesting matter. Office, 2, York-street, Covent-garden ; and all Booksellers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY. The quotations quoted below are made up to the close of the room, but as they vary in some respects from the betting in the early part of the afternoon, it will be as weli to give a list of the principal transactions :-1,100 to 100 agst Alarm ; 1,700 to 100, twice, agst the Irish lot; 800 to 50 and 900 to 50 agst hedger, 25 to 1 agst the Cobweb colt—the takers willing, but, fur want of layers, unable to go on ; 35 to 1 several times, and in one bet 1,000 to 25 agst Young Eclipse ; 2,000 to 45 agst Clear the-way ; 1,000 to 25, taken freely, agst The Laird o' Cockpen ; 1,000 to 20, several times, agst Cabin Boy ; 1,000 to 20 agst Twig ; 2,000 to 30, twice, agst Dust ; and 1,500 to 15 agst Seaman. The Rebecca colt and Newsmonger were not priced, and Fitzallen, al though backed once at 28 to 1, declined several points, and left off without friends. The final averages were as follows : DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken 16 to 1 agst The Irish lot 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 16 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger 22 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam (Bro to E. 0.) 25 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Ides 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England 33 to 1 agst Mr. Ilesseltine's Fitzallen 35 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse 35 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit 40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen—t 40 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt 45 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-way—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Twig—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy 50 to 1 agst General Yates's Seaman 50 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Devil's Dust 2000 to 35 agst Colonel Cradock's Jinglepot—taken 1500 to 100 agst Old England and Weatherbit. A match for 100/. was run on Liverpool 'la-NJ-course on Saturday last, between Deerslayer, ridden by Mr. Bretherton, and Jack, ridden by Mr. Wilde, and won in a canter by the former. The distance was two miles. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following has been received at Lloyd's, from the Hydrographic-office _ A Bonus in ready money, at the rate of 15 per cent. on the pre miums received (equivalent to a reversionary bonus of about 30 per cent.) was declared in May, 1842, on all beneficial policies on which three annual premiums had been paid in the December previous A division of the profits takes place every five years, and the hold ers of beneficial policies can receive their bonuses In ready money, or have them applied in augmentation of their policies, or in reduction of their future premiums Assurers may contract to pay their Premiums either in one sum, in a given number of payments, in annual, half-yearly, or quarterly pay ments, or on the ascending or descending scale. Officers of the Army and Navy, on active service, Persons afflicted with chronic and other diseases, and such as are going beyond the .mits of Europe, are also Assured at moderate rates. Prospectuses and all necessary information may be obtained at the Office. MICHAEL SAIVARD, Secretary. Admiralty, Oct. 25, 1844. REVOLVING LIGHT ON THE ROCK OF COGAN and GILLO'S NOVARGENT, or SILVER SOLUTION, re-silvers worn-out Plated Articles, by immediately depositing a Coating of Pure Silver, and Preserves and cleanses Silver, Plated ware, and German Silver. It is used with less trouble than the ordinary process of cleaning, and is war ranted not to contain Mercury or anything injurious. It has been highly approved by Dr. Ryan, Professor of Chemistry to the R.yal Polytechnic Institution ,and other eminent Chemists and Silversmiths. Sold wholesale by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London ; and by Joseph Rodgers and Sons, 6, Norfolk-street, Sheffield ; and to he had in bottles, with full directions, at Is. and 3s. each, of all the flincipal Chemists, Silversmiths, and Purn4shing Ironmongers in the Kingdom. Beware of Imitation.—The genuine are all signed on the wrapper, oy I. D. COGAN and R. GILLO. HORIZONTAL WATCHES, VERY FLAT. B. SAVORY and SONS, 11'atchmakers, 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the rank. Price, in Silver Cases, Three and a-Half Guineas elch ; or, in Gold Cases, Six Guineas each. lhese Watches are accurate and durable, the Hori. zontal Escapement being peculiarly suited to combine those im portant requisites. They are jewelled in four holes, and continne going whi e being wound. A twelvemonth's warranty is given with each. PUBLICATIONS. TIIE BEST ALMASACK FOR 1845. NOW ready, 64 pages, handsome quarto, gilt edges (no advertisements), with Eighty Engravings, price only la., the ILLUSTRATED LONDON ALMANACK, AND PICTURESQUE CALENDAR, FOR 1845. With a Frontispiece, and 12 Allegorical Illustrations of the Months, &signed by KENNY MEADOWS, and engraved by LINTO.N ; 12 Sporting Scenes of the Months ; Natural' History of the Months, 12 Engravings ; 30 Illustrations of the Astronomica Phenomena of each Month of the coming year ; the Time-Ball at Greenwich (8 Illustra tions) ; Two New Comets, &c. With the most copious Calendarial Anniversaries ; original Explanation of Phenomena ; Sports and Na tural History ; New Domestic Inventions; Lists, Tables, and a greater variety of information and seasonab'e entertainment than is to be found in any other Almanack. The wrapper is beautifully printed in colours ; and the artistical execution of the entire Almanack entitles it to a place upon every drawing-room table in the empire. Published at the Office of the Illustrated London News, 195, Strand. VIE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body, what improve ; Truths as refined as Athens even heard." The Fiftieth Thousand. Forty Engravings, price is., by post, 15. 6d. N CHASTITY—its Abuses and isesses—On tJ nttrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—On Infelicitoos and Unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experience—Law o Divorce, &c. By It. J. CULVEItWELL, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Licentiate of the Hall, and twenty-three years Resideat Practitioner in London. human ills and frailties I discourse, Those taught by nature and by art acquir'd. Of griefs conceal'd, and disappointments keen, Which young and gentle—the matured and sage— The lonely and the mated—all sustain ; In kindly spirit herein coups:Ts given,iness How health, how hope, how happ to gain." Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street , Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand.—A home daily till Two : Evenings, Seven till Nine. LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c. " He who its pleasure's downy arms Ne'er lost his health or yeuthfu lcharms, A here lives, and justly can Exclaim, In me behold a man I" Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2s. 6c1., or sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. 6d.. SELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on those concealed disorders originating in youthful excesses, and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and all those Sinkinga, Anxieties ~.and Tremors, which afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Deliente. With Practical Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for their perfect Restoration By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon, 9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD.SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecary's Hall, London,&c. " Thr various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in herent Privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented throne the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among others, this Essay addresses itself ; and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even to the most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette. "Long experienee in the treatment of s class of diseases hitherto neglected and most imperfectly understood by the great bulk of the medical profession, has enabled the writer to prove that there are conceale I causes of Nervous Debility in exi tence, where the mere routine practitioner would never dream of finding them ; trace .ole to certain habits. forming the most secret, yet deadly, and f al springs of domestic misery, and premature mortality."—Wakefield Journal. Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and 52, Paternoster-rew • Starie, 23, Tichberae.street, Quadrant, Regent street; Hannay and Co., 63. Oxford-street; Noble, 114, Chancery lane; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; and by all Booksellers. At home ever y day till 'l'hree. and from live till Eight. ON MILITARY PUNISIIMENTS. (Abridged from an article on:Military Hygiene, in the London Medical Gazette for o;:tober.) To maintain due control in the British army, to check military delinquencies, and enforce obedience, it has been deemed expedient to employ terror- striking punishments of various kinds. When we look at the returns of punishments in flicted, it can hardly be concluded that the means hitherto adopted to promote discipline in the army have been very successful. On an average, about 20 per cent. of the troops serving in the colonies and foreign dependencies are annually convicted by the sentence of a court •martial, and punished. " Habitual drunkenness" constitutes about two-fifths of the whole number of convictions. " Desertion," and "absence without leave," are the most prevalent crimes among troops employed in Great Britain and Ireland. In 1839 no fewer than 2,110, being nearly equal to one fifth of the number of recruits annually raised, were convicted and punished for these two offences. The frequency of delinquencies in the army has been commonly attributed to the circumstance, that it is recruited from an inferior class of the population, by which means uneducated and low-born persons are admitted into the ranks. How far this surmise is well founded, it is difficult either to prove or to disprove. Considering, however, the unfavourable opinion entertained by the public in regard to the army, the onerous duties and thraldom of soldiers, and limited remuneration thes_r_cceive. for long ancl:ardw - - - °us services,l46:riallin a k more prudent and better class of men are likely to beCOme soldiers. The British army consists of two very distinct classes, namely, officcers and soldiers. One class is trained to command, and the other to obey—obedience being the most essential elements in military dis cipline. _ _ The crimes of soldiers chiefly arise from the con stitution of their profession. To disregard the verbal order of a commissioned officer, or even of a non commissioned officer—a corporal, for example—is in subordination, and renders a man as liable to be tried by a court-martial, and punished, as if he were to commit a breach of the Mutiny Act or the articles of war. Soldiers are also liable to be punished for con structive offences, such as alleged disrespect to a su perior officer. It is difficult, therefore, to escape from the net of military law, its meshes being closed against the exit of the minutest fry of delinquencies. A court-martial may sentence a soldier to suffer cor poral punishment, not extending, however, to " life or limb, for immorality, misbehaviour, and neglect of duty." The vague generalities of this article literally annul the benefits of a written code. `Well-educated persons, individuals whose parents belong to a respectable class of society, and who have undergone careful moral training, find the thraldom and usages of the service as , i , rksome, and are as li a bl e to military " misbehaviour, as the uneducated and low-born class of soldiers; perhaps they are, indeed, more liable to fail in respect to their immediate su periors, whose conduct they may consider arrogant or oppressive. When so much is left to the arbitrary will of officers, in regard to the delinquencies of soldiers, it will appear that the welfare and happiness, and I may add the efficiency, of a body of troops, will be greatly influenced by the discretion, good sense, humane dis position, and experience, of a commanding officer. Every one admits that the poor ought to be educated ; but it is of more importance that the rich—in other words, those in high station—should be well in structed; for if their principles were right, and their practice wisely conducted, the institutions and cus toms of society would eventually be somewhat puri fied and improved. The doctrine of expediency, and the plea of custom, regulate weak minds ; and how ever well-intentioned routine commanding officers may be, they are liable greatly to abuse the power with which they are invested. Experience seems to prove, that crime is more effectually prevented in civil life by the diffusion of information, good moral trai n i ng , kind treatment, and an easier mode of gaining a livelihood, than by the most severe punishments. May we not therefore presume, that offences may be prevented in the army much more effectually, by raising the character of soldiers, ani by meliorating their condition—by making them, in fact, prefer the public service to the situation of labourers, or artisans in civil life—than by either corporal or mental punishments ? It has been often observed, that extremely severe sentences, such as capital punishments, defeat their own object ; they certainly fail to prevent desertion. During the American war of 1813 desertions from our army to the United States were frequent; and to prevent this, men who were caught in attempting to cross the boundary line were executed : six were shot in one day, but without any beneficial effect. In order to show with what indifference individuals met death, and by inference how little influence this punishment h a d i n preventing crime, t h e part i cu l ar circumstances w hi c h attended the execut i on o f one man may be s t a t e d . " A private, " says C o l one l Campbell, th en Brigade -Major of De Meuron's regi ment, " was t o b e executed. The troops were f orme d in three sid es o f a square ; at the other s id e, towar d s the forest, th e grave was dug, and the coffin for the criminal t o kneel upon upon such was placed, as usual occasions, beside it. The provost, with the firing party, escorting the prisoner, and with the band of the regiment at their head, playing the Dead March, entered the square—when, to my surprise, there proudly marched the prisoner, coolly smoking a cigar. Seeing the bad effects likely to result from such evident contempt of death, painful as it was to me, I called the provost, and ordered him to take away the cigar from him. On approaching the grave, the prisoner walked quietly but steadily forward, looked into it, and turning round to me, said in French, 'lt will do.' He then walked up to his coffin ; and before I was aware of what he was about, with his middle finger and thumb he measured its length, and turning round to me, he said in French, which his corps generally spoke, It will do also.' He refused to permit his eyes to be covered, pushing the provost aside, and exclaiming in French, I am a brave soldier, and have often looked death in the face, and shall not shrink from it now.' The , p b r u o t v o h s t e made replied,si g to prefer him to kneel upon his coffin anti n in i l a u n s t i r n a s t t i a o n n t of he t h c e e a s s t r e i d e t n to e s e s x o i s f t m ."— i t ( a ` r ` y A la ß w ri a ti n sh Army as it was," &c., p. 95 d standing, and shall d o so firmly. ' The party fired, .) I military usages, when compared with the laws which regulate civil society, I have subjoined an account of the execution of a very remarkable man. Private Flanagan, regiment, was a fine-look ing soldier, about six feet one inch in height. He had excellent natural talents, and had received a tolerably good education. lie had acquired a know ledge of Latin, and could speak the French language. When the regiment went to India, he was in a short time able to communicate with the natives in several of the languages of the country. Although Flanagan was a smart clever soldier, he was liable to commit slight breaches of military discipline, and his name was consequently sometimes entered in the defaulter boas. Being a man of high spirit and violent temper, c is otf-m for off er i ng his arm. Fl anagan he could ill bear the reproaches of the pushedhea djutan th t, who ad jutant repeatedly censured him for his ir regu l ar i t i es. On one occasion he became so irritated with the reb u k e h v v e , a s w a f o s receiving, frrtuhhim thtried that violence to the adjutant , and sentenced to suffer d ea th. When the sentence was co mm unicated to him, he simply observed that he thought the award o f the with b t y the e he a impatiently backour court was severe. On the day of the execution he preserved the most remarkable firmness, and con ducted himself with the strictest decorum. The square having been formed, he, by permission, ad dressed the company to which he belonged. Having reached the fatal spot, the fort-adjutant commenced to read the proceedings of the court-martial ; but having lost self-possession, his tongue faltered, which being observed by Flanagan, he addressed him by saying, " I see, sir, that you are agitated ; pray allow me to read the proceedings for you." No notice was, of course, taken of this offer. He then begged that he should not be blindfolded, and that he might be permitted to give the word of command to the exe cution party; both of which requests were granted. He finally gave the word of command, with as firm 41 voice as a sergeant-major is accustomed to do on a drill parade. Flanagan s untimely fate took place in June, 1828, at Trichinopoly. Another example, which occurred lately, on a foreign station, m ay be given for a similar purpose, namely, to illustrate the rigs ur and practice of military law. Private ll—, 1 elongi ng to the regiment, was brought before the captain of hi s com pany for having been drunk, and ordered the trifling punishment of two or three days' drill, when he gently struck this officer's shoulder, exclaiming at th e same time, " There is no a , death for me. The man in question was of highly respectable extraction, and a graduate of one of the English Universities. He drew up what he inteoated as a defence, but was dis suaded from the avowal of the sentiments and dis closures it contained, by some benevolent persons, who thought it might operate against him. The purport THE LATE STORM. EXiiIBITION OF FALSE LIGHTS. (From the Berwick Advertiser.) Since our last we have had very boisterous weather. The wind which blew freshly from the east on Wed nesday last week, continued for several days increas ing in fury, and at intervals was accompanied by heavy rains. The sea became more and more agitated with the continuance of the high winds, and, from Thursday last week until yesterday, our harbour was all but inaccessible. With the exception of a foreign galliott ►which entered on Tuesday and encountered very great risk, there were neither arrivals nor de. partures at our port within the period mentioned. The Manchester steamer, which left London on Thursday morning, arrived in the bay at two o'clock on Saturday morning, but the state of the sea on the bar prevented her from entering the harbour, and the violent gale rendered it dangerous for her to remain in the bay, so that after firing a signal, she ran for shelter to the Frith, and came to a safe anchorage op posite Charleston, where she remained until this day, and is at present hourly expected here. .On Wednes day afternoon the Tweed showed symptoms of flood ing, and the several vessels in the harbour increased their warpage, a precaution the necessity of which was proved next morning, when the river was swollen and rolled along with great impetuosity, strewed with pieces of timber, bushes, and other articles, showing that the water in its course to the sea had risen above the usual limits of the river. On Wednesday night the wind seemed to have exhausted its fury; it was then succeeded by a very heavy rain, and next morn ing was exceedingly mild. The wind veered slightly to the south, and the storm on the coast gradually abated. No serious disaster is ascertained to have occurred. On Sunday there was picked up by some fishermen on the Magdalen fields shore a piece of the stern bulwarks of a vessel, having the name " Era" on it ; and on Wednesday night a similar plank was also there picked up with " Harvest" painted on it. This latter appeared very old, and as if it had been long in the water: and we trust they are not indica tions of any recent shipwreck. We have in another paragraph noticed a vessel dismasted in the Fair-way, opposite the Fern islands. Besides that loss, the brig Iris of Whitby with grain from Dantzic suffered ship wreck at Boulmer at 5 P.M., of the 2d instant. The crew were saved by means of the life-boat through the exertions of Lieutenant Brunton, of the Alnmouth coast-guard station. The schooner Graham, of Perth, Sweeny master, bound to Blythe from Rouen in bal last, came on shore north of Wark worth at 8 P.M., of the 3d instant, crew saved. Portions of wreck and a boat came on shore at the Craster station, and are supposed to have belonged to the Elizabeth, of Moulden, W. Cole, master. The materials found are very old. At the caves near Emanuel Head, at Holy Island, portions of wreck and a boat have come on shore. They have no name nor mark on them, but are supposed to have belonged to a foreign vessel. Rumours of other wrecks have been current, but the above comprise all that have been communicated by the authorities at the coast-guard stations, and we are disposed to conclude they are all that have occurred on our coast. We have heard that on Saturday, Sunday, and again on Wednesday night, two lights were observed on shore near Hudshead, which were calculated to mislead persons in charge of vessels at sea, and give rise to serious consequences. We therefore hope the circumstance will be inquired into, and that the parties showing these lights, through inadvertence it may be presumed, will be made aware of the fault they have committed, and the necessity of guarding against it in future. of what he intended to express was this: that he had been suspected of writing a letter in a newspaper, re specting the state of the regi:nent, some two or three years ago, and that he had ever since undergone such unremitting persecution, as rendered life intolerable, and he therefore, by the commission of this crime, hoped for death, as a termination to his sufferings. He did not name any one as his persecutor, but in tended merely to remind the court, that rational beings were not in the habit of acting as he and others had done, without some cause. This man was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment with hard labour, and a month's solitary confinement every four months. Had private H-- committed suicide, instead of making a show of striking his captain for the purpose of being put to death, a coroner's inquest would, I think, have returned a verdict of temporary insanity. It is notorious that this man sought death as a release from continued suffering. Flogging has been long the principal secondary punishment in the British army. In the early part of the last century it was inflicted by means of rods, and by hired executioners ; but that mode having fallen into disuse, the present system was adopted, namely, by drummer with the cat-of-nine-tails. During the rebellion in Scotland in 1745, the cat was much em ployed by the army, to extort evidence, as well as to punish soldiers. We learn by the Jacobite memoirs, that a sentry, who had been convicted of allowing a prisoner ‘ to escape,..repeived 500 lashes with it. The -punishment '6f flogging has Nen employed and defended, apparently as if it were calculated to expiate or atone for crimes. Flagellation was no doubt approved by public opinion, so long as it was in accordance with the prevalent religious ideas. The Church pointed out corporal inflictions as a means of salvation ; and the repentant sinner believed, that by penance and bodily suffering, he should recover peace of conscience. LISBON. The Portuguese Government has given notice that the light on the Cape la Roca, or the Rock of Lisbon, has been altered from a fixed to a revolving light, each re volution being completed in two minutes. During the first minute it will present a red light, the greatest in tensity of which will tontine thirty seconds ; and during the sbcond minute it w ill p resen t a bright light, the greatest brilliancy:of which will also continue thirty-one seconds. Corporal inflictions were not then disgraceful, they being considered to possess an expiatory character. But this belief in the efficacy of flagellation and se vere fasts has long disappeared. Public opinion in our day brands the punished criminal with an almost indelible disgrace ; and perhaps the degrading cha racter of corporal punishment is more sensibly felt in the army than in civil life, owing to the circumstance that it is exclusively inflicted on private soldiers. Even those who defend the suitableness of flogging as a punishment, practically admit the degrading cha racter of the infliction, by refusing to take a whipped offender into the public service ; he is also liable to be refused employment in civil life. By this means, Prince Oscar inquires, "Is there not thus formed aclass of Pariahs, or modern outlaws, who are obliged to consider themselves as being in a continued state of warfare with society ?" For a long time the cat-of-nine-tails has not been used in the British army except by the sentence of a court-martial, and in the presence of a medical officer. At what particular date the formality of a court-mar tial became essentially necessary, I have not learned. In a general order, which was issued in Canada on the 14th of November, 1759, it was announced that "any soldier that is found drunk will receive twenty lashes per day, until he owns where he got the liquor; and his allowance of rum will be stopped for six weeks."—(" Historical Journal of the Campaign in North America," by Capt. Knox, vol. ii., p. 206.) No court-martial seems to have been required in carrying the above punishment into effect; and it is obvious that the cat was to be used as an instrument of torture, with the view of extracting evidence. Until 1837, there was no limitation to the extent of the sentence of a general court-martial; "bounds were not set to show the maximum of punishment ;" everything, in this respect, was left to the discretion of the court. The following is the largest amount of punishment which I have known inflicted upon a man for one and the same crime : In 1813 or 1814, when a wing of the Bengal Eu ropean regiment was stationed in the island of Am boyna, three men belonging to the corps were tried by a court-martial for marauding and ill-treating the natives. Each of the three men was sentenced to receive fifteen hundred lashes. A punishment parade being formed, and immediately after the reading of the sentence, one of the prisoners sprung forward, seized the drum-major's sword, and called upon the men in the ranks to come forward in his favour—a request to which they did not respond. He was forth with secured ; and having been lashed to the triangles, he received the whole amount of his sentence, fifteen hundred lashes well applied. The other two prisoners received each the same number, equally well inflicted. In the framing of laws rigor is necessary, but in exe cuting them mercy is essentially required. The converse appears to have obtained is the above cases, the punishment having been more severe than was warranted by either former usage or express regu lation. The light is in lat. 38 deg. 46 min. 5 sec. N., and lon. 9 deg. 29 min. W., being 498 feet above the level of the sea, and may be seen in very clear weather at the distance ofeight or nine leagues. Hydrographic-office, Admiralty, Oct. 25, 1844. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEY MOUTH RAILWAY. The attention of our fellow. citizens is now, we are glad to say, fully awakened to the injurious conse quences that must arise to the trade and commerce of Bristol, and of Bath also, should the scheme set on foot by the Great Western Railway Company, for lines of railway from Salisbury, Bridport, and Wey mouth, to Trowbridge, and thence by way of Melk sham to Chippenham, be carried out agreeably to the proposed plan. Fortunately for the public, the Legislature is exercising , greater care and watchfulness, previously to giving its sanction to any new railway specula tion than was the case a few years ago ; and the Board of Trade is also exercising a whole some scrutiny into the merits of the several schemes which have to seek the sanction of Parliament ; so that a reasonable hope may be entertained that, by making these authorities fully acquainted with the injustice that would be done to Bath and Bristol LIGHTS IN THE BELTS. The Danish Government has published the following notices : Great Belt—A fixed light has been established on the westernmost point of Zealand, called Reefs Nie, at the western entrance of the Great Belt. The light stands on a tower to the height of 76 feet above the level of the sea, and is visible to the distance of three leagues on all bearings, excepting those between W. N., and N.N.W. Sprogoe's Island light revolves four times in a minute, and in future will appear every night. Little Belt—The fixed light on the island of Bargo has been elevated to the height of 30 feet above the leve of the sea, and is now visible on all bearings except tha of S.W. by W., where it is concealed by the town o, Bargol. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Stratford, Tuit, from Mauritius, sailed 25th August ; her Majesty's ship Nimrod, Glasse, from Bombay, at Plymouth, sailed August 10, Cape Sept. 19, Ascension October 8 ; Herculean, Gibson, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed July 24 ; Symmetry, Butler, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed July 15 ; Hope, Crawford, from China, at Dublin, sailed June 5, St. Helena Sep tember 18 ; William Mitchell, M‘Lachlan, from China, at Liverpool, sailed May 23, Anger July 16, St. Helena Sept. 6 ; Indus, Taylor, from Portugal, at Liverpool, sailed May 17, Mauritius August 5, St. Helena Sept. 6. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—City of London, previous to 18th September, from London, and sailed 14th to Simon's Bay ; Phlox, from Liverpool, and sailed 17th to Mauritius ; Brilliant, Cowan, from —, and sailed 17th to Ichaboe ; Owen Glendower, Sept. 3, from Portsmouth ; Repulse, from Algoa Bay ; Maid stone, from Portsmouth ; Guardian, from London ; Frederick Huth, from ; Mary Ann, from Madras ; Sussex, from Java; Robert Ingham, from London ; Isa bella, from —; Sibelia, from Liverpool; Martha Jane and Spy, from ; Emma, Sept. 15, from Marseilles; Vigilant, from Mossell Bay ; Lord John Russell, 17th, from Liverpool. Departures from Table Bay— Harmony, Sept. 9, to St. Helena ; Agile, 19th, to London. Arrivals in Simon's Bay—Mobile, from Penang, and sailed 15th Sept. to London ; her Majesty's ships Ves tal and Bittern, and her *Majesty's steamer Thunderbolt, Sept. 13, from Algoa Bay; Agincourt, Neatby, from London. The prisoner who was first punished was subse quently tried for his mutinous conduct in the square of the corps, and having been condemned to death, the sentence was inflicted by his being shot with musketry USE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS Mr. Joseph Sturge has published the following letter in justification of the firm of Joseph and Charles Sturge, corn-factors, Birmingham, not to sell barley for malting : To C. D., Corn Exchange, London. Birmingham, 11th Month, sth, 1844. Esteemed Friend,—Thy letter of the 4th ultimo has the following remark on the notice contained in our last Monthly Circular:—" The singular resolu tion you have come to, as to not selling malting bar ley, has been much canvassed here to-day. I regret it much, and the more so as I can discover no good and sound reason for it." This observation, and some other circumstances, induce me to give a further ex planation why this resolution was adopted, believing that thyself, and many other of our friends, though differing in opinion, will not condemn a course which results from a conviction of duty. Intemperance produces such an incalculable amount of vice and misery, that I consider it right to use my influence to promote the principles of total abstinence. This I feel the more bound to do, as nearly twenty years' personal experience, and much observation in this and other parts of the world, has convinced me that fermented liquors are not necessary to health, and that those who refrain even from what is termed the moderate use of them, are in consequence capable of more bodily and mental exertion, and exempt from many maladies which afflict others. In accordance with these views, our firm has alto gether declined the sale of malt, or the supply of any grain to distilleries, and converted to other uses cellars which many years ago we let to wine and spirit-merchants. Our continuing to take commis sions for the sale and purchase of barley for the pur pose of malting, has for same years caused me much uneasiness; and I have recently been so fully con vinced that it is wrong to do so, that I must have withdrawn from our concern had it not been relin quished. The belief that we are responsible for the means of acquiring, as well as for the use we make of our property, and that we cannot exercise too rigid watchfulness over our own conduct, is compatible with perfect charity towards those who differ with us in opinion.—l am respectfully, JOSEPH STURGE. —by - the proposed circuitous route to Trowbridge and Bradford, and by diverting the northern traffic from its legitimate course—the Great Western Rail way Company will be induced to reconsider its pro ject, and, looking not solely to its own interests, adopt a line more in accordance with the requirements of the public. By the proposed scheme, the distance of Bristol and Bath from Bradford will be increased, by rail, no less than twelve miles ; and passengers from the latter town, from Trowbridge, and indeed from all the other towns on the proposed branches, going to Bristol or Bath, will have to he carried by a cir cuitous route this additional distance. After arriving almost at their place of destination, instead of finally reaching it by a direct course through the valley of the Avon, they will have to proceed out of their way to Melksham and Chippenham, and then return through the Box tunnel! And for what purpose? Simply that the northern traffic may be diverted from the Bristol and Glouces ter line to the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, the latter being the property of the Great Western Railway Company. To show that this is the object, axd to show, also, its injurious tendency as regards Bristol, nothing more is required than a glance at the plan of the intended railway : it will be seen that the aim has been to fix the point of junction so near to Swindon as that the traffic thence to the midland and northern counties shall be exclusively carried on the Great Western lines as far as Gloucester. Arrivals at Mauritius—Maggie, Aug. 21, from Mus cat, and loading for London ; Hope, 21st, from the Cape ; Zuleika, 23d, fi om Calcutta ; Java, 24th, from London. Loading at Mauritius for London—Ann, Fal con, Pauline, Houghton, Tar, Maria, and Briton. Arrivals at Batavia—Mona and Gunga, from Liverpool. If the public advantage and accommodation lay in this direction, however much we might regret the diversion of the traffic from our own locality, Bristol would have but a weak case to present to the Board of Trade, and one that we could scarcely hope would be attended to, inasmuch as, now-a-days, in dividual and local interests cannot be expected to have much weight in retarding any great undertak ing. But we have hopes that the present movement, if followed up with spirit, will, by bringing out the facts of the case—by showing that the line as laid down, while it will damage Bath and Bristol, will afford no additional facilities to the public—that, on the contrary, many of the public, as passengers merely, will be inconvenienced by it, while the only party sought to be benefited is the Great Western Railway Company : we have hopes, if these matters be laid fairly and fully before the proper authorities, that the plan, as far as the circuitous route from Trowbridge is concerned (and to that, in particular, our opposition goes), will have to be abandoned.— Bristol Mercury. PROPOSED RAILWAY TO SUD- THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS.—We are re quested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marl borough-street, has this day published " THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS ; OR, ROMANCE AND REALITIES OF EASTERN TRAVEL," by ELIOT B. G. WARBURTON, Esq., in 2 vols. small Bvo., with illustrations, price 255. bound, which can now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just published :-2. Vol L of the Nelson Dispatches and Letters, 15s. bound.-3. Major and Mrs. G. Darby Griffiths' Journey across the Desert, 2 vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations, 21s. bound.-4. The Third Part of Mr. Burke's Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, 10s. 6d.-5. A new and cheaper edition of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis in China, &c., containing the only complete account of the late war, &c., 1 vol. with Maps and Plates, 18s. bound.-6. Reve lations of Russia, 2 vols. small 8 vo.-7. A Winter in Italy, by Mrs. Ashton Yates, 2 vols. small 8 vo.--- .8. A Third Edi tion of Coningsby, by B. D'lsraeli, Esq., M.P., 3 vols.- 9. A Second Edition of Historic Fancies, by the Hon. G. S. Smythe, M.P., 1 vol Bvo., 12s. bound. BURY. MEETING OF LANDOWNERS. A NEW AND IMPORTANT EDITION OF THE SILENT' FRIEND ON HUMAN FRAILTY. Just published, price 2s. 6d., and free by post (in a sealed envelope), Price 3s. 6d., THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the baneful effects of excessive indulgence and infection, illustrated by engravings, with observations on Marriage, and directions for the removal of certain disqualifications. By R. and L PERRY and CO. Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Berner.. street, Oxford-street ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster row ; Purkis, C om pton-street, Soho; Noble, III), Chancery-lane • Hannay and Co., fi3, Oxford-street ; J. Gordon , 146 . Leadenhan-street, Lon. don; and by all Booksellers In Town and Country. OPINIONS OF THE Pang. 4 ‘ We regard the work before us,' The Silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of com plaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by the majority of the Medical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. Wemust, however, confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or stiffer ing from indiscretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages." —Age and Argus. The Authors of s The Silent Friend,' seem to be thoroughly conversant with the treatment of a class of complaints which are, we fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style in which this book is written, and the valuable tants it conveys to those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot fall to recommend it to a careful perusai."—Era. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed for the cure of nervous and muscular debility, Impuissance, Ste. Price Ils. and 235. per bottle. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, of whom mabe had the Silent Friend." The Five Pound Case s may be haws usual. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS are the most ellt.ctua cure for syphilis and secondary symptoms in both sexes, price 2s. 9d. AL 6d., and Ils. per box. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute detail of cases is ne cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Londcn, from Eleven till Two, and Five till Eight, and on Sundays from Tee till Twelve. One personal visit only is necessary $s effect apermanent cure GENEROSITY OF CORNISH FISHERMEN.—In the early part of last month the French sloop St. Louis, of Cherbourg. Louis Basin, master, having been dismasted off the Wolf Rock, was driven on shore near Porth leven, where she became a total wreck. The few stores saved, with the hull, were subsequently sold for pay ment of salvage. Our object in reverting to this sub ject is to record the praiseworthy and disinterested act of the salvors, fishermen of Porthleven, who, after the sum awarded them for their services had been paid to them, finding the property belonged solely to the cap tain, and it was not insured, generously took to Mr. Cudlip, merchant, the full amount they had received, with the exception of ten men's shares out of 103, but which was made up by other persons, and requested him to present it in full to the captain, expressing their re gret for his misfortune. The poor Frenchman begged Mr. Cudlip gratefully to acknowledge for him the generous act. We hope the example set by these poor fishermen will be extensively followed, and thus, in some measure, alleviate the miseries of shipwreck.— Western Luminary. YestA rd %y a meeting of the landowners of the north eastern division of the county of Essex was held in support of the proposed railway to Sudbury. The meet ing was o tiled by requisition, which was as follows: " We, the undersigned, being of opinion that the 1 ro• posed nil ,vay from Sudbury through Halsted to Brain tree and Witham will confer a great benefit upon the town of H tlsted and its neighbourhood, do hereby re quest that all parties interested in the success of the undertaking to attend a public meeting at the Concert hall, in the town of Halsted, on Monday, November 11, for the purpose of considering the best means of co operating with the originators of this important work." The following magistrates and landowners affixed their names to the requisition:—George de Vaizey, N. N. Browston, Renjawin Gilson, John Sudbury, D. Sewell, Esqs., and several others. George de Vaizey, Esq., took the chair. N. MARTIN, Esq., a magistrate, in proposing the first resolution, " That, in the opinion of this meeting, the proposed railway would confer a great benefit on the town of Halsted, said the inhabitants of Witham were very anxious to have a railway to Braintree, and the inhabitants of Sudbury were also anxious to have a railway line of communication to London. At a meeting held in Sudbury, it was proposed to have a line to join the Eastern Counties line at Kelvedon. It would be apparent, however, to every body that two lines of that description, one from Kelvedon and the other from Witham, would never be allowed by the Legislature ; and a deputation from the Eastern Counties Company had attended on Thursday last at Sudbury, to endeavour to induce the inhabitants of that town to have their line to join the Eastern Counties line at Witham, instead of Kelvedon. In this they succeeded, and the people of Sudbury had come to the determination to join their line with the one from Witham to Braintree. The resolution vas unanimously adopted. Mr. ARDEN proposed that a committee should be formed, consisting of the requisitionists, with power to add to their number, to co-operate with the promoters of MEDICAL TESTIMONIAL-SIGHT AND HEARING. From T. J. Pettigrew, Surgeon, F.R.S. to Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly,—Gentlemen, I have no hesitation in replying to your inquiry as to the results obtained by the use of your Improved Spectacles ; being in the constant habit of reading and writing for many hours together by lamp light, it is but justice to say that your newly invented Spectacle Lenses have afforded me the greatest comfort. When I employed the ordinary pebbles, I never failed to experience in the morning a great irritation i n th e eyes . Since I have used your admirable glasses I suffer from no inconvenience of the kind, and my vision is much im proved. I shall ever feel grateful to my good friend, Dr. Blundell for having drawn my attention to the sub ject.—Believe me to be yours, very respectfully. T. J. PErrionEw, 8, Saville row. Also, newly invented Acromatic Waistcoat-pocket Telescopes and Opera glasses of the same kind of LenseS.—Every kind of Te lescope of larger size and increasing powers for shooting, sea purposes, and upon stand for astronomical observa tions the powers are so great and the lenses so bright and brilliant that minute objects at an extraordinary dis tance is brought completely under the eyes. Sportsmen tourists, and sea-side visitors will indeed here have a groat treat. Acoustic instrumeats of every description for deafness. Caution.—Messrs. S. Sc B. Solomons, opti cians and aurists, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbour hood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mis • takes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York hotel. [ADVERIISEMENT.]—A POOR MAN'S LIFE SAVED BY HOLLOWAY'S Pii.ns.—Jeremiah Laughlin, a porter about the quays of Dublin, was afflicted for years with shortness of breath, spitting of phlegm, night perspi rations, and general weakness of body, a want of appe tite, sick headaches, besides suffering much from the liver. This man was in the second stage of consump tion, and not expected to live three months, when he commenced the use of Holloway's wonderful pills, and by their means alone he is now as strong, as hale, and as well as ever he was in his life.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment.) at the establishment of Professor Holloway, .224, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. No FOG INIVALES.—A Welshman has almost as little idea of a fog as a Japanese or torrid-zone man has of ice. While London has been enveloped in fog, we have had here a clear blue sky, a bright sun, and alto gether weather such as would convert the coldest utili tarian into a worshipper of nature, amidst the scenery of South Wales.— Welshman. "mkt. 7!e-tt 'e -e . • • "..4 . - • I 41 , 4cp. /11, , , 10 _ aut. • it, 4, Vt. . • -4 `" if. •-• , - , ( 41 , 41 c ): ..„ komea; Ilk. 9, 4.4 "t. - the proposed railway. Ile said that there were varinta opinions as to the advantages of a railway to Halsted, but the railway was sure to be brought there, and there fore he thought it would be policy in those rho did object to it to support it. The CHAIRMAN said he believed that the majority t f the inhabitants of Halsted ivere in favour of the railway. The resolution was adopted, as were others, embody ing the sentiments of .the meeting with respect to the proposed line of railway, after which the meeting sepa rated. IRELAND. THE LATE STATE PROSECUTION. --- DUBLIN, Nov. 10.—On the part of the traversers in the late State prosecution, a motion is to be submitt e d to the Court of Queen's Ben c h ; it w ill probably be made to-morrow by Sir Colman O'Loghlen—to the effect that the recognizances, in which Mr. O'Connell and the seve ral other tra‘ersers gave bail for their attendanoe in Court, from term to term, until discharged by the Attorney-General, shall be returned to the solicitors in the cause. The affidavit of Mr. Forde, the solicitor of Mr. O'Con nell, upon which this application will be grounded, sets forth, in chronological order, the various uroceedings adopted—the binding over of the traversers at the house of Judge Burton, personally and by sereti, s, to attend to answer such charges as might be pre, rred by the Attorney-General—the finding of the bills of indict ment—the trial and the conviction—the sending of Air. O'Connell and the other traversers, in close custody, from the Court to the prison of Grangegorman—the lodging of the appeal to the House of Lords ; and, finally, the result of that appeal, quashing the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench, and releasing the traverers from im prisonment. suffered under an illegal sentence. But al though the traversers have been restored to liberty, they are still formally bound, and their sureties, on their te. half, for their continued attendance, until discharged by the Court. To obtain this dis;charge, and the return of the recognizances, is the object of the motion to be made by Sir Colman O'Loghlen to-morrow. It is said the Crown will resist the application in this form, on the ground that the recognizances, being re gistered in th Crown-office, cannot be returned, but the Attorney-General will consent that a discharge should be entered on the recognizances. This motion will operate as a curious reminiscence of the State prosecution before the Court wbosejudginent has been quashed. It is not at all likely that Chief Justice Pennefather, who is still indisposed, will be in attendance to-morrow. PROSECUTION AGAINST THE " PILOT" NEWSPAPER. Mr. Long, the Vice-regal coachmaker, has filed a de claration in the Court of Common Pleas against Mr. Barrett, proprietor of the Pilot, one of the traversers in the late State prosecution, for a publication in that journal charged as libellous and defamatory. Although the paragraph which forms the subject of action was a mere political squib, Mr. Long has laid his damages at 2,000/. ! The obnoxious publication was a commentary upon a statement in a Tory paper, friendly to Mr. Long, describing the visit of Lord Heytesbury, the Lord- Lieutenant, to the coach factory of the plaintiff, in Mary street, in this city. The Pilot suggested that the politics of Mr. Long might procure for tim the patronage of the Viceroy, in preference to other manufacturers of less decided political opinions. Thf case is to be tried in the sittings after the present term, in the Common Pleas, before Chief Justice Do herty and a special jury. APPOINTMENT OF MR. ERLE—TORY DISCONTENT. The Irish Tory organs of all shades appear unani mous in condemnation of the late appointment of Mr. Erle to the bench. The Londonderry Sentinel,• the principal organ of the ultra-Tories, winds up a long article by saying " The Conservatives of Ireland have been more disheartened by the cold and contumelious manner in which they have been treated since the pre• sent Adm . nistration came into office than they were by the rampant insolence of Whig-Radicalism while it dis• pensed its favours in Ireland at the beck of Mr. O'Con nell, and endeavoured to prostrate the time-honoured institutions of the empire.' MUNSTER DINNER TO MR. O'CONNELL. _ _ __ Mr. Smith O'Brien, M.P., is to preside at the dinner to be given to Mr. O'Connell, in Limerick, on the 20th inst. The Limerick Reporter of yesterday says—" No thing can equal the enthusiasm that prevails throughout the entire province for the forthcoming demonstration. The mayors and corporations of Limerick, Cork, Clon mel, Waterford, Cashel, and Kilkenny will appear in their robes ; and the town commissioners of Ennis, Mallow, Nenagh, and Galway will be also in attendance. The procession on the occasion will be the grandest and most imposing imaginable." THE ORDER OF ST. PATRICK. The Evening Packet (Government organ) of last ni g ht says—" We have reason to believe that the vacant ribbon of St. Patrick, worn by the late Marquis of Donegal, has been conferred upon that eminent scholar the Earl of Rosse." THE BANK OF ENGLAND. We mentioned last Thursday, as the result of the meeting of the Court of Directors held on that day, that the Bank of England was about to charge a commission on the sums remitted to various parts of the country by means of the branches. We are now enabled to give a detailed account of the system of charge which will be adopted, and which is based on the principle that parties keeping an account with the Bank, or its branches, should have a preference over strangers. First, with respect to remittances.—All sums advised for the credit of a person having a drawing account at :the Bank, or a branch, are to be subject to a charge of Gd. per cent., the minimum charge to be Is., and every 'fraction of 100/. to be considered as an entire 1001. Thus '2OO/. will pay Is., and 3001. will pay is. Gd., 4001. will pay 25., and so on. _ • Secondly, with respect to payments.—Where neither the party lodging the money nor the party receiving has an account, the charge will be i per cent. on sums not ,exceeding 5001, the minimum charge being 2s. 6d. On sums exceeding 5001., but not exceeding 3,000/., the charge will be 4 per cent. on the first 5004 and f per cent. on the remainder. When the sums exceed 3,000/. there will be the above charge fer 3,0004, and Is. 6d. on the excess. If, on the other hand, the party lodging the money have an account, the commission on sums under 100/. will be 2s. 6d. per cent., the minimum charge being Is. On sums of 1001., and under 300/, the charge will be 4s. 6d. per cent.; on sums of 300/., and not exceeding 3,0001., it will be Is. 6d. per cent. ; and on sums exceed ing 3,000/., it will be is. per cent. . . The measure will, it is understood, come into opera ion on Monlay next.—Times. TIIE WEATHER IN SCOILAND.—The weather has hitherto been most favourable for farming operations. The fields are now clear of their last season's crops, with the exception of turnips, which are still growing as if it was the month of January. The autumn-sown wheat is in most instances beautifully brairded ; " And ploughmen, oure weel-furroved fields, At auld Scottish ditties sing cheerly. Ploughing and farming are in rapid progress, and well forward for the season. These remarks will apply not only to the country around Paisley, but also to the neigh bouring parishes, through which we have passed within these few days.—Glasgow National. WHALES.—On Monday morning a whale was found near the shore at Rosneath, and towed in by a fisherman. On the opposite shore another made its ap pearance, and, being sickly like i a fellow, was soon caught. The fishermen, being afraid of the claim made by the landlords in the whale eases, prudently anchored the fish, to prevent the landlord claiming anything of the prize. This monster of the deep was no sooner secured than a gentleman offered to buy it, and whether the bar gain was eventually concluded or not we cannot say, as our informant left ere the parties could agree. The whales were from twenty-five to thirty feet in length.— Glasgow paper. LONDON FRIENDLY INSTITUTION.—Last evening this Society, which has for its objects the providing of the industrious classes of the metropolis with a weekly payment and medical attendance and medicine free in case of illness, upon their contributing a sum in time of health, held its annual meeting at the George Hall, Al dermanbury, City. It was formed in 1824, and enrolled agreeably to Act of Parliament, its main object being to carry into effect the principle of benefit societies upon a solid and permanent basis, by means of an improved plan of management. The twenty years which have elapsed since the formation of the Institntion have fully established the justice of its claims. Since its establish ment to the close of last year, above 14,5001 had been paid to its afflicted members, besides providing medical attendance and medicines free ; and it has now a re served surplus invested in Government securities, and a floating capital (s, I,ly the property of the members, and not liable to any claims of annuitants) which amounts to more than 6,0004 John Masterman, Esq., M.P. for the .City, took the chair, supported by Dr. Blackmore, S. Elison, Esq., C. Brady, Esq., Dr. Bainbridge, and a great number of other gentlemen. The report, which was read by Mr. Joseph Palmer, stated that the Socit ty was going on most pt.(' ,erously; had received dui n; the year, no less a arm than 8,4421 Bs. 4d., and ht d a balance in hand, fies of all charges, of 6,2931 lia. sd. The ninth( rof members now was 1,409 ; there being 710 members for sickness and death benefits united, 622 for sickness, 70 for death, and 7 for endowments. The report was carried unanimously. Eight new Directors were appointed by ballot. The chair was taken by Al derman Challis during the latter part of the evening, in consequence of Mr. Masterman being obliged to leave ; and votes of thanks wera then passed to both chairmen, an 1 to the medical officers, which was responded to by all present. Arrangements being made for the members di , iing together during the ensuing year, the meeting closed. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATII.—The Rev. Rowland Hill, who has been residing at Bowness, Windermere, for the last three months, was suddenly taken ill in the shop of Mrs. R. Barrow, draper and grocer of that place, about half-past twelve on Thursday, wh en w i t h great difficulty he was carried into an adj o i n i ng room, and he d a attended n a d b e o d u t ha l f immediatelyahnriohthto eeal doOtewwnnnocees medical Fridaysb before toaarnkeme i nquestnen m en, but Wh b e u i tljsueorx wasny ex pired held sq a c t or t o h n e e r l . l oy A al fte returned a verdict that the deceased died from some in ward fit. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A sad accident occurred two days ago in the Faubourg St. Antoine. One of the apprentices of a turner in wood having brought to the shop a fowling-piece which had been given him, was amusing himself by snapping the lock with the heads of chemical matches instead of capsules, at the same time pointing the piece at his companions. No accident ec. curred until the master himself took the gun, and did the same thing, pointing it at the apprentice to whom it be longed. The gun, which happened unfortunately to be loaded with large shot, this time went off, and the youth fell dead.—Galignani. C