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Wie!! 111, '" ' _ - . 411111.Hr.s ' N .. 111. t i 4 4 Ni••• . - - 1 .0 I - , 3e • , CI \ • n 4 .2 AC c A -43 A . , 44741 1. # , - ib d 116-1 0 • „ro, r - 41°. ni(464 — ", , , cl. 7 • I / - 7 • 4 ••-• • 4 ^ 4.- - v - r 4 - A ff .0?;14 . ` : 4 " . 0 9 ‘141! -2; ••••' v 6 _ _ ;//‘_/-6L-- /7 v ~` 1E C.AIII 24, 1844. ith, fur the the Affai r ! tish Conga'addition No. 16,260, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING SUN, SEPTEMBER 27, 1844. PRICE sd. OW. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIFE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAIN'S DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY from LONDON to YORE, by LINCOLN. Capital 4,000,0001., in 80,000 shares of 501. each. Deposit, 2f. 10s. per share. The Hon. William Ashley Colonel COMMITTEE. Colonel William Gravatt, R.E. J. H. Brackenbury, Esq. Major Thomas George Harriott, John Brightman, Esq, I H. P., R. C. S. Robert Walter Carden, Esq. 'Willi - .m Morley, Esq. Edward Turst Carver, Esq. William Mountford Nurse, Esq. The Chisholm John Pickersgill, Esq. Lieut. - Colonel James Nisbet Col. Thomas Raikes, Esq. quhoun. R.A. Edward Sherman, Esq. James Farquhar, Esq. Edward Winslow, Esq. William Gambier, Esq. (With power to add to their numbers.) Esti:unarms—Sir John Rennie, F.R. S. ; Wm. Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. BA/semis—The Union Bank of London. So Llctraits-e•Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, Moorgate. street, London. PARLIAMENTARY ACENTs—Messrs. G. and T. W. Webster, Old Palace-yard, Westminster. SECRETARY—Major William Amsinck. The formation of a Direct Main-Trunk Railway, for the im. Portion purpose of connecting the north of England and Scotland, by York and Lincoln, with the metropolis, has been decided upon, after mature investigation and conviction of the public advantages of such a line of communication. The line will commence near King's.cross, in the New.road, the *lost central situation in the metropolis, both as regards the West_ end and the City ; it proceeds by Chipping Barnet, Biggleswade, St Neots, Huntingdon, near Peterborough and Market Deeping by Stamford, to the west of Bourn, east of Grantham, west of Sleaford, and east of Newark, to Liecoln, and thence by Gainsborough, Thorne, Snaith, and Selby, to York. The distance by it between London and York will be 180 miles. It will be about 20 miles shorter than by any other proposed line. It will reduce by 39 miles the present distance between London and York, and will consequently by the same distance bring New castle and Edinburgh nearer to the metropolis, while the distance laved between London and Hull will be no less than 43 miles. It will farm the nearest route to Leeds, Selby, Hull, Halifax, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Pontefract, and Sheffield ; thus commanding the traffic of the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire, as Well as the traffic from the north of England, Scotland, Lincoln. shire, and the other agricultural districts through which it passes. Taking its course through a highly productive country, it em braces all the market towns of importance, and connects all Lin. eolnikire with the manufacturing districts and the metropolis. It opens an easy communication between Norfolk anti Suffolk, and the West and North of England. The line, as will be seen by the map, does not interfere with the drainage of the fen country, whilst it embraces the most important Markets and towns of that district. The inclinations are extremely favourable, and are obtained at a moderate expense, there not being any engineering work of great magnitude on the line. The guage will be the same as the exist. ing lines through the manufacturing districts, and all loss of time in travelling will be avoided, as the line will be an integral trunk line under one management. The expense of construction being moderate, and the distance se Muth reduced, the fares will be proportionately less, and an ample profit is sufficiently shown by the annexed abstract of the traffic tables, which are the result of a most rigid investigation, and are Prepared as evidence for Parliament. The capital proposed to be raised, namely, 4,000,0001., is a sum exceeding the engineers' estimate. It has, however, been thought advisable to allow an ample margin for any increase of prices above those of the present time. The surveys were commenced in October last, and in March last, the Direct Northern Line, and its advantages (together with Many other trial lines, and their disadvantages), were carefully brought to the consideration of many gentlemen well qualified to forrn an opinion on such matters, and finally the:prospectus, accom. Partied by a map on a sufficient scale, was published on the 4th of April, 1844. This prospectus and map show the London terminus at King's.cross. At this date there was not before the public any other project for a direct line of railway from London to York; but when more than a month had elapsed from the time of the publication of the Pro.pectus and Map of the Direct Northern Railway, the Cam. bridge and York via Lincoln Railway Company (who had up to that time adhered to an indirect line by Cambridge to York) changed their title to that of the London and York Railway Corn. Parry, and their stated capital, which previously had varied from 2 ,500,000/. to 1,000,000/., was then, for the first time, named at 4 ,000,000/. In their new prospectus the London and York Com. Pithy also adopted King's-cross for their London terminus. Of the sense entertained of these encroachments by the pro. ?voters of the Direct Northern Railway, the York and London Company were duly apprised by a circular addressed to each mem ber of their Committee on the 18th of May last, and signed by the Secretary, Major Amsinck. A map of the London and York Railway was, however, pub. }fished in the latter part of August last, which, to the surprise of the promoters of the Direct Northern Line, showe I an attempt to appropriate upwards of 70 miles from London of the published line of the Direct Northern Railway. Still the project of the London and York Railway Company falls very far short of a direct tine from London to the north, as will be seen from the following data From London to York the distance by the present lines of rail- Way is 219 miles; by the proposed London and York line,'stated to be 200 miles; by the proposed Direct Northern Railway, le() kites. During the progress of this undertaking, a very large proportion of the landowners on the line have been communicated with, and c onsulted in reference to it, and the full concurrence of that im. Portant interest is, with very few exceptions, confidently relied on. Public attention having been lately drawn to the atmospheric Principle, the Committee wish to observe that they are in a con. dition to take advantage of that principle, should it eventually be s hown to be for the benefit of the undertaking. The sections of the country through which the line passes from London to York can be seen at the offices of the Company, 64, koorgate-street. Every explanation, also, will be afforded with regard to the traffic and other matters. The Parliamentary plans, &c., are in course of preparation, and application will he made for an Act of Incorporation in the ensuing session of Parliament. The deposit of 5 per cent., or V. 10s. per share, is necessary to 'fleet the requirement of the Parliamentary standing orders, but the Preliminary expenses will in no event exceed 10s. per share. Interest at the rate of V. per cent. per annum will be allowed on all calls evade after the passing of the Act till the opening of the railway. The subscribers' agreement and Parliamentary contract will be ready for signature on the payment of the deposit. A large proportion of the shares having been already applied for, 14 : application for shares can be received after the Sth of October t, Up to which period they may be addrensed to the Secretary, at !offices of the Company, 64, Moorgate-street, London, where b r e lAectusies and plans may be obtained ; or to Messrs. Johrk Rail. ° n and son an d Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, sharebrokers, Man -Inester ; Thomas: Kelly, Esq., sharebroker, Birmingham ; Me ssrs. Henry Davies and Co., sharebrokers, Liverpool; Robert Allan, Esq,, sharebroker, Edinburgh ; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, or J. Watson Esq., sharebrokers, Glasgow; or to William GordoniEsq., Sha rebroker, Aberdeen. Estimated income, calculated on the usual Parliamentary data, and based on the actual returns, which are printed, and may be ten at the office :- 4 ) Passengers £359,180 0 0 Parcels 49,565 0 0 Merchandise Conveyance of live stock ... 50,715 0 0 Ditto of private carriages, horses, and dogs 24,579 0 0 Mineral and agricultural produce ......... 12,000 0 0 632,666 0 0 Deduct for maintenance ofthe line and working expenses 40 per cent 25:1,066 0 0 379,600 0 0 b eing about 9i per cent. on the capital of 4,000,0001. Form of Application for Shares. To the Committee of the Direct Northern Railway. Oesitlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 801 . each in the proposed " Direct Northern Railway," and / tindertake to pay the deposit and sign the necessary deeds. Dated this d ay of 1844. Name Residence %rade or Profession FIPTY POUNDS REWARD. THE hard substance obtained by pressure from the R.r t , ; Crude Cocoa-Nut Oil, is an essential ingredient In the PA r, T COMPOSITE CANDLES ; and, as EDWARD PRICE and „ hold the Patents for this process, and grant no licenses under it follows, either, that the imitation Composite Candles are ~ nt 1, 1 ; 1l' elY different from the Patent ones, or, that the imitators are t h ' r inging the Patents : the first is generally the case, but to protect 'lnselvel against the possibility of the other, EDWARD PRICE CO. hereby engages to pay a reward of Fifty Pounds to any c ' r kman or other person, who may give such information respecting !ernes pressing Cocoa-Nut Oil, as shall lead to their conviction. The Ze of th e informant will be kept strictly secret , and he need not 2 Prominent part In the proceedings, as all tat E. P. and Co. :9 1 dre is the firsts lue to the discovery of the infr h ingers, which they i i t l then f o ll ow up for themselves. This advertisement is being pub shed in every newspaper of any circulation in the United Kingdom. 14 wa Candles are low so wellknown to the Puitlic, that it is hardly se to state here that they burn more brilliantly than the best and give so large an amount of light, as to be cheaper, taking 16 : 4 .a into account, than the commonest Tallow Candles. They may kt h li a (l . „ of most of the respectable Tallow Chandlers throughout the *.iton't ; but purchasers must insist on being supplied with ' II OE'S PATENT CANDLES," otherwise they are liable to he 11,r 1, ed with some of the imitations, all called, like the real ones, k .p 2rfiPostte." Those parties, really in the trade, who do not yet ter 7 i P them for sale, are informed that they can purchase, of the Pa ct t ea, or of Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, any quan lijei large or anal], at the wholesale price ; and that allowances are ip iu In an increasing ratio, to parties taking to the amount of 501., 15 01., or 2001., at a time; and a very large allowance indeed to st iyes taking so large a quantity as to eaable them to become whole agents for an entire district. Tauxhall, 24th July, 1844. PUBLIC NOTICE. at, OXFORD-STREE'T. To SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. .RIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—UndQr the Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the D u chess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally re_ iiV h ended by the Faculty for its efficacy In removing disorders .dent to the Eye. and Head. Q IGHT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEADACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! ity the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound: e t c,' Made •f application is fraught with pleasure; many thousand Is have accomplished by its use, at a triding expense, yet b k rt . ll o in m ope ration. If testimonies be necessary to induce the 1.17.rer to nuke trial, Kings, Lords, and Commons have used it. 14 Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Ma ; 'e. the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical ct itioners--with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised atr,'Thitone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grim t"n.., Eye Snuff," for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident fle e l:es and Head. G. J. Guthrie , Esq., F. 11.5. See J. B. Lach eml.'44 Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it 14hational blessing g--eee his Reports touching its utility. The late Z:,:a.Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grimstone's Eye and call it " Man's best Friend," and the "Student's Vade Andrews also recammends its use as a preventive_ See his ,14-hibr4l4 In Nev. 1831. He states that the tenacious sympathy of the e„oane, within the nostrils, with the nervous system, that Grim berlne'' E 7 Sn u ff, when frequently taken, must be of the greatest mop ep to the consumer ; and, further, recommends its universal 13 1 . 1° 4'ft preventative. head' a ornaa, of Hatfield, having witnessed ma ny cases both of headache and ophthalmia, has kindly given his testimony thereof. be h e'''' of the many th , usand Testimonials of Sight restored and •..eured by GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUf F Grimstone, Esq. " April 20th, 1844. the __ear Sir,-1 f ee l b oun d by a sense o f Justice t o i n f orm you o f • th e 74"rtaculous cure effected en myself by taking . a few pinches of tlther Celeb rated Gnmstone's ETC Snuff, which, in my case, ought deaf,'" be ealled Ear Snuff,' it ha , ing effectually relieved me fom *tbe...eft from whi c h I h ave been suffering for many years. Tou r sre pho w ey te Make any use you please of q ualities , since I thuoh regret if the extraordinary of your Eye Snuff not u niversally known. "w or dear Sir, MARGARET obedient servant, I ant ", Scotland. " MACGREGOR. si m ean vouch for the truth of the foregoing facts and staternen 0 a IH4. " JAMES Sit UTER, Kentbury, Berks." reli c Reynolds, editor sf Chambers' London Journal, &c.. &c., ••••:• - i excruciating pains, and *an now write without spectacles m;.7.‘ainfOrd-steet, Blaccfriar's-rosol. W I.,.espis, taring the church, Park-street, Windsor; cured - „"(4.1 of sight and headache.—Nth B , ptember, 1838, and 18-11 T144,1.k Lachfield, Esq. ; cured of Ophthalmia. Whitehall and ot ei ," , hd House Tavern —See his letters, 1836 and 1842. Ind th e I ,. e ,the Caution —W. (HUMS TONE is the sole inventor, "n'Y genuine is prepared by him. Sanic_Octoriferoui Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in kl Pro i , r W r .. _t SI, Is. 3 d.,44., be., and6d. r o tten.. the GRIMSTONE at No. 434, Oxford-street, the road end (late of ' No. de, Broad-street, Bloomsbury), ?e Herbary, Highgate • and Can also be obtained in all the 0•41;.?, Towns and Cities. I A liberal allowance to Shippers its lebea*t,.(arains, and all Vendors of Grimstone ' s Eye Snuff. This eq h t :nig n gu n a L gr ies , s ii l l ihipped to all quarters of the globe, and retains every climate . All Snuffs and Cigars shipped A nd °h onest noti ce.t itY Can ie for r 4 d tL ed through ahtster the, with G p e o n st e a r g a e l P w e d s i t, by cast 14211qUa inoiley ordes A t . n sO 'min like r • , or 41tIARY IIEARTBURN, &c.—Certain and immediate relief in the hours of business, by night, or on a journey, is given by the Pure Alkaline Preparations - of 81-CAIDIONATE of SODA end POTASS, compressed into Pills by Ilrockedon's Patent Process. They furnish an ever ready and instant remedy t• those painful diseases of the digestive organs, Heartburn, Sick-headache, Indigestion, &c, produced by Acidity. SOld wholesale by Barclay •and Sons, Farringdon-streot and by every Chemist and Druggist in the United Kingdom. Price One Shilling per Box, or in Family Boxes, Half-a-Crown. CURE OF NERVOUS DEAFNESS.-D r . CRONIN may he consulted daily from Two to Four, on the USE of ARNICA MONTANA, in the successful treatment of NER VOUS DEAFNESS. The following extreme cases have been cured by this medicine :—Mr. Ryan, jun., 13, Holland-street, Soho-square ; Mr. J. IV. Vogel, Morning Advertiser-office, Fleet-street ; Miss Moun-, sey, Oxford-road, Manchester ; Mr. Price, Adelphi Shellflsh-house; Strand ; Miss Bleneoe, Pittvillc, Cheltenham ; Mrs. Fowler, 1, Ileatheote-place, Strand; 11. Woodburn, Esq., St. Martin's-lane ; Mr. Connor (the firm of Maney and Connor), Holborn ; Mrs. Richard-. son, Gresford, Cheshire ; Miss Willott, Aldermanbury ; Signor Do nato, 8, Lodge-street, Bristol; Master Jones, Lydia Ann-street, Liverpool ; Lewis, Esq., Curling, Esq., —Dupre, Esq., Jersey ; Mr. Lowe, jeweller, Chester, Are. Dr. Cronin's Treatise, price 2s. 6d., may he had at the Dispensary, 113, Strand; or at the cuthor't residence, 6, CraTou-street, Strand. L 2, I 8 4 4• lit to Y O , lll. f a notice Trade lit :flown tbs C wen At t he be out du' d away by as circus" KITPEIL from thg ome time :!h lies in :ill W. b 1 Steeple, !e brooms,. 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THE COMMITTEE for CONDUCTING the ELECTION of ALDERMAN WOOD earnestly en rent their fellow-citizens to be present in Guildhall, on Saturday, the 28th instant, to support his nornb•a• ion for Lord Mayor, and to proceed to vote in the event of a poll being demanded. The C mntit ee sit constantly at the Swan-with-Two-Neck., Lad lane, where the Friends of Aldorman Wood are requested to make any Commun cations which may be us Pal to promote the election of the Alderman. WILLIAM COATES, Chairman. Committee -loom, 26th Si?.pternbcr, 1844. ALTER4TION OF TIME. GRATESEND STAR PACKETS YURTIIER REDUCTION OF FARES. ' sible conduct, unhappily terminate in an adverse decision against that officer—on those who have re fused to listen to the suggestions of what is due to the office and to the public, for whose interests it exists, will the odium rest. If Mr. Alderman Gibbs can induce the Livery to return, and the Court of Aldermen to select, him for the Mayoralty on Sa turday next, he cannot be blamed. The blame will rest on those who have so low an opinion of what are essential requisites in the Chief Magistrate of London, as to place in that office an individual who has managed to render himself conspicuous by conduct that has gratuitously involved his administration of a public trust in suspicion, and subjected him to general reproach. We really wonder that some shrewd fellow, charged before Mr.. Alderman Gibbs with embezzling moneys belonging to his employers, has not set up a kind of argumentum ad hominem defence. He might, with at least some show of propriety, question the right of his prosecutors to claim an investigation of his accounts, or to demand the books and vouchers by which they might be elucidated. The legality of their partnership might be questioned—the form of the deed, if any were in existence, might be impugned ; or the absence of a deed might be adduced, to show that no partnership existed ; and that the parties claiming the moneys the prisoner was charged with illegally detaining, had really no claim to either the right of the accounts, or the moneys. We do not say that the case we have imagined is, pari passu, that of Mr. Alderman Gibbs. But should such a defence be set up in a case of disputed accounts, in which malversation was charged against a party on the ground that no proper account current had been rendered, it is likely that the persons in court would be remindeed of Alderman Gibbs, and some of his reasons for refusing to produce and verify his accounts, when called upon to do so by the pa rishioners of St. Stephen's, Walbrook. The Times of this morning, in an article on the subject which is worthy of the serious consideration of the Li very and Aldermen, remarks—" The characters of the chief men of a city, such as London, ought to be worthy of the high reputation of the body over whom they preside. The character of men in office is the test of the soundness of the system which puts them there." There is much which requires reform in the existing constitution of the Corporation of Landon. Recent circumstances have not tended to enhance its claim to respect or confidence. We should be glad to see a determined effort made to raise its character, and retrieve its reputation. The proceedings of Saturday next will have a beneficial or injurious tendency. '['he effect of the choice that will be then made—or should there be a contest, which we do not anticipate, the result of the poll, and the selection by the Aldermen—will either evince a criminal indifference to the qualities which are requisite to render the Mayoralty really respect. able and efficient; or it will be seen that those who aspire to that office must not only be men of in tegrity and worth, but men who are held to be such by the universal consent of all who have had dealings with them. nager, or other like officer ; a list of those who have ceased to be members, and of those who have become members since the date of the previous return. In consequence of this alteration the joint-stock banks within 65 miles of London will discontinue the practice I of requiring their customers to sign a special contract when they open an account. All business will he carried on in the name and title of the bank. Bills will be proved under bankrupts' estate as the property of the bank, not as: heretofore as the property of the trustees. And suits may be commenced against all parties in debt to the bank, though they may have signed no special contract. On the other hand, the public will know against whom to bring their legal actions for debts due by the bank ; and when judgment is obtained against the public officer, execution may be issued against all the funds of the Bank, and if they should not be suffi cient, against the private property of all the share holders. No system of banking can afford greater se curity to the community, and Sir Robert Peel was quite right when he said that the privileges we have men tioned are as necessary to the public as to the banks. The act to regulate joint-stock banks received in the later stages of its progress through Parliament, two important additions. One limited the duration of any charter granted to a joint-stock bank to twenty years. This must operate as an objection against existing banks applying for a charter, as in that case they must wind up their affairs at the end of twenty years, unless they have the good fortune to procure a renewal of their char ter. Few banks, we apprehend, would be willing to put a termination to their existence at so short a period. The other important addition is clause 48, which en acts " that every company of more than six persons, car rying on the trade or business of bankers in England, shall be deemed a trading company within the provisions of an Act passed in this session of Parliament, intituled An Act for facilitating the winding up the Aftlairs of Joint-stock Companies unable to meet their pecuniary engagements.' " SLXPENCE AND NINEPENCE, Boat and Blackwall Railway Included. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, osily Sundays included) at Ten, Eleven. Twelve, Three, Four, Six, and Seven Frcva the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, At Seven, Ealf-past Nine, Two, Four, Five, Six, and Seven. On Sundays at Eight and One instead of Two. rare—Fore Cabin and Second-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and First-class Carriage, Ninepence. Star Office, Gravesend, Aug. 28, 1844. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The PROTEOSCOPE, an original Optical Instrument, unli mited in its appliances to Nature and Art, a highly valuable addition to LONGBOTTOM'S OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The Pictorial Il lustration of the Passions, from Collins's Ode, with Vocal mid Instru mental Music, is the first subject exhibited by the PHYSIOSCOPE, at a Quarter to Five o'clock in the Afternoon, and at a Quarter to Ten in the Evening. Dr. RYAN'S present daily Lecture is on POISONS and their ANTIDOTES, at half-past Three, and on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at a Quarter to Nine. Professor BACHHOFFNER Lectures on the alternate Eve nings. The Lectures abound in Interesting Experiments. The HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, DIVING-BELL and DIVER, &c.—The Music is Composed and Conducted by T. WALLIS, Mus. Doe. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. T HE MEDICAL LIBERTY of the SUBJECT, MR. CAMPBELL'S CASE. flow much longer are juries to be bamboozled by the interested Doctors? The fourteen men who held out in Mr. Campbell's case deserve the thanks of the nation. A HYGEIST. London, September 26, 1544 THE LANCET AGAIN ENLARGED. The First Number of the New Volume of the Lancet (the STUDENTS' NUMBER) will contain a full accounts of the Universi tieS, Hospitals, and Medical Schools, as also original articles by Dr. Turnbull, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Rigg, &c., with Reviews, hospital Re ports, Iteports of Public • Meetings, &c. It will appear To-Morrow, Sept. 28th, price Sixpence; stamped, Sevenpence. Published by John Churchill, 46, Princes-street, Leicester-square; and to he had of all Booksellers and Newsvenders. LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, ANL) ALL DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c. " lie who in ple2sure's downy arms Ne'er lost his health or youthfu Icharms, A hers lives, and justly can Exclaim, in me behold a man l" ust published On a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price Rs. 6d., or sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. 6d., QELF-PRESERVATION : a P o p u l ar E ssa y on those concealed disorders originating in youthful excesses, and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and all those Sinking*, Anxieties, and Tremors, which afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. 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, LO.NDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospita l Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecary's Hall, London,&c. .4 1 ARSPITE CORRESPONDENCE. (From the Times.) We are informed that the writer' of the first e, the three letters which found their way into our columns last month from the Warspite, in Tangiers Bay, has, in consequence of the " inquiries," the in stitution of which we noticed on Monday, disco vered himself to the " authorities," and been " severely reprimanded" accordingly by the Admiral in com mand at Gibraltar. On what pretence, or on what conceivable principle, this gentleman, who turns out to be the chaplain of the ship, has been " severely reprimanded" by the Admiral of the station, or any other Admiral, merely for expressing his own private opinion about the manoeuvring of a couple of French line-of-battle ships, of which he happened to be an unconcerned spectator, we are really at a loss to conceive. We should have thought that the Bishop, if any one, was the authority to which this gentleman was responsible for his opinions ; and to have an Admiral catechising the chaplains of his fleet with a view to limit their freedom of speech and opinion about things indifferent, certainly appears to us pretty nearly as great an incongruity as would be exhibited by that well-known naval wonder, the service of the horse-marines. We are really surprised that an "in quiry" has not been instituted into our own esta blishment, with a view to a naval court-martial, or perhaps an Episcopal Synod being held, for the satis faction of the French Opposition, upon the guilty printers and publishers of these wonderfully ac curate epistles. But in any case, and overlooking the absurdity of such an exercise of jurisdiction by a sailor over an ecclesiastic, we put it to any one whether it is—we do not say just or decent, or in accordance with our English notions of freedom of speech and opinion, but—whether it is compatible with the plainest rights and liberties of the meanest subject of the realm—whether it is not, in short, a downright act of oppression and tyranny thus to punish a man for freely saying what he thinks and believes about a matter on which he has as good and undoubted a right to form and express an opinion as has the Admiral who reprimanded him, or the Lords of the Admiralty, or King Louis Philippe himself. We remember to have heard of a tyrant who was grievously angry, and indeed threatened war, against a neighbouring free State, which pleaded the freedom of her institutions as a reason why such summary and irregular proceedings as the oppressor himself de sired and could in his own dominions have put in execution, could not, nevertheless, be taken by the neighbouring State against one of her subjects who was the object of his resentment. It was rightly held that the formality of a trial, and the free and regular course of justice, were not to be waved or impeded at the request or instance of any foreign power whatever, merely because that power was unable itself to comprehend the reason or admit the justice of any such formality and delay. But it seems to us as if, in order to please our French neighbours, or rather to please the worst and least worthy part of them, our own Admiralty had con sented, in a spirit directly the reverse of that which we have instanced, to wave for this once the ordi nary maxims and forms of English justice and Eng lish freedom, and to punish men actually for exer cising their undoubted right of forming and expressing opinions about matters open and accessible to all. The lay officers of the Warspite, we are told, have resisted this most inquisitorial and un-English in trusion upon the free exercise of their hitherto un doubted right of speech and opinion, and have re fused to discover the authors of the remaining two letters. We are heartily glad of it. A plainer case of tyranny—of vexatious, truckling, and most un profitable tyranny—could not occur; and there can be no breach of discipline involved in resisting, or rather baffling, it. If a military or naval officer takes upon himself to have an opinion about any thing concerned with the due administration and order of the service in which he is engaged, and expresses that opinion in a way calculated to impede or injure it, he is then, indeed, amenable to the authorities who direct it, and is guilty undoubtedly of a breach of discipline. But in this case the matter about which the opinion was expressed had nothing whatever to do with the British service. It would have been just as reason able to have punished an officer who wrote home word that the weather was, in his opinion, indifferent, or the Moor's deficient in personal appearance, or the rock of Gibraltar a picturesque object from the sea. What is it to the Admiralty even if all the officers in the British navy think, as indeed is not unlikely, that the appearance of his French Majesty's ships Suffren, Je mappes, Triton, and Belle Poule, is not altogether un exceptionable in the eyes of a practised critic, or that their crews do not handle them quite as crack and ex perienced as seamen should ? Is it a crime to enter thin such an opinion ? Or is it a breach of discipline to express it? It would appear that the French Government in requiring (if they do require), or even accepting, such measures as these, are, in truth, con fessing that they have no other or better answer than this to give to the letters in question. To suppress the free exercise and expression of opinion on any given matter of fact, is tantamount to a confession that the subject will not bear discussion or scrutiny. We should like to know whether any British officer would be afraid of any criticisms that the most ill-natured Frenchman, or set of Frenchmen, could pass upon any ship or ships under his command; or whether he would ask that the naughty boys who pointed out his mistakes should be whipped for their impertinence. But before this spirit of punishment comes over our ruler=, we would suggest whether it would not be as well to inquire if it is likely, after all, to answer its object. It is done, of course, to please the French, and for no other reason. We would put it to the - Lords of the Admiralty, whether they seriously believe that anything, short of hanging all the letter writers at the yard-arm, and formally proclaiming, in the most bombastic language which can be com manded, that the French are the first maritime and naval people in the universe, would be likely to please our very implacable neighbours. 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If we do not griev ously mistake, the statement, which is headed " from a Correspondent," is from the pen of the worthy functionary himself. The circumstance of the Alderman being likely to have his suc cession to the Mayoralty postponed, un til the prejudices, which his conduct as Churchwarden of St. Stephen's, Walbrook has accu mulated around him are removed, has called forth this wordy and involved composition. In a recent ar ticle in our columns on the anomalous position in which Mr. Alderman Churchwarden Gibbs has placed himself (and to which the statement in the Herald professes to reply), we suggested the neces sity which circumstances seems to impose both on the Livery and the Court of Aldermen, to hesitate ere they take a step by which the dignity of the office of Chief Magistrate may be compromised, or its efficiency impaired. Without imputing dis honesty to Mr. Alderman Churchwarden Gibbs in the application of the parish funds, we confidently submitted that sound policy requires that his election. to the Mayoralty be postponed for the present year. While the proceedings to which the parish has been driven to obtain from him a verified account are pen. dente lite, it would be premature and censurable to anti cipate the result. But we adhere to the position which in our former article we assumed—it remains unshaken by anything adduced by the Herald's " Correspondent," or in the Herald's remarks upon the case. Where a public officer, being in the receipt and having the control and application of public funds, allows his accounts to remain unaudited for a period of nearly twenty years, and, when required to produce his accounts by the pa rish whose trustee he is, with the vouchers by which their integrity may be ascertained, refuses to do so— meets reiterated applications with quibblings—im pugns the legal competency of the parishioners to ask for such accounts—and interposes every obstacle in his power to prevent them from obtaining such satisfac tion—we say, such a man makes out a prima facie case against himself. He has himself to blame for any inconvenience he sustains—for any injury to fame or feeling which he incurs. We do, therefore, in sober earnestness, ask whether such a functionary, having placed himself in such a position, can, with any reasonable hope of ha v i ng hi s claim allowed, look to his fellow-citizens to place him in the highest post of the Corporation ; and confer upon him the honours, and invest him with the functions of Chief Magistrate of their city ? To comply with his request would be to adopt the responsibility of a possible result to the investigation by the Court of Chancery of his suspiciously. withheld accounts. If the award be against their validity, his administration of_ the trust he held would be impugned, and his integrity seriously damaged, if not irretrievably ruined. Nor would this be the extent of the evil. The high office of Mayor of the Metropolitan City would be exposed to no small portion of the odium and disgrace. Can the postponement for one year of Mr. Alderman Gibbs' election to the office to which, it seems, he still aspires, in the influences such a postponement would exercise upon his position, be comparable to the mischiefs which would inevitably be inflicted on the Corporation, should the chair of its Chief Magistrate be filled by an indi vidual whose claims to public respect and confidence are of a doubtful kind ? The reputation and influence of the Corporation would be lowered in the estimation of the city and the nation; the administration of jus tice would be deprived of respect ; and the office be denuded of efficiency. After the controversy that has been raised—after the painful interest that has been excited by the extraordinary conduct of the Lord Mayor expectant, and the appeals which have been made to the Livery and Court of Aldermen to pass Mr. Alderman Gibbs by for the present year, and choose the Alderman next in succession— they raise him to the Mayoralty ; and the result of the suit in Chancery, to which the parishioners hare been driven by his inveterately obstinate and indefen- STANDARD.—The occasion for reviving the profitless discussion of whether or not we have ob tained the degree of reparation from the French for the unauthorised conduct of a subordinate officer at Otaheite—conduct which was reproved and punished long before the Governments of either country could have had an opportunity of expressing any opinion on the subject—is one which ought to have produced a very different result. We allude to the " Jubilee," as it is called, of the London Missionary Society, celebrated yesterday (its 50th anniversary,) at Exeter Hall. We are far from insensible to the praiseworthy efforts which have been made by this Institution during its long and useful career; but over-much zeal is often as prejudicial to a good cause as its very reverse ; and some of the speeches at a recent meeting of this society were of a character but little reconcileable with the pre sumed sentiments of a body whose professed object is to preach " peace and good will," and not to minister to the evil passions of those who fall within its influence. Meetings destined to afford an excuse for mere manifestos of opinion, can be productive of no possible ad vantage, and when such expositions of sentiment have reference, as is often the case, to secular, and more especially political topics, they are likely to be mischievous to an extent which can hardly have been contemplated by their authors. The speeches deli vered at a late meeting of the London Missionary Society on the subject of Mr. Pritchard's treatment by the French authorities at Otaheite (whilst his Government was earnestly occupied in securing for him whatever reparation was his due), for example, was calculated to increase embarrassment without the slightest chance of benefit to the object of its sym pathy—not to mention a violence of manner as well as of language, on the part of one or two of the speakers, which was clearly inconsistent with the principles for which their authors claim credit, and on the faith of which the society to which they belong has hitherto been so warmly supported. The senti ments evolved at yesterday's meeting were more moderate ; but why convert an occasion destined to celebrate the, good serv i ce which the society h as rendered, during a period of half a century, to Chris tianity, into an excuse for a political manifestation on a subject which has already given occasion for the greatest irritation ; and which, but for the moderation and good sense of the respective Go vernments of England and France, might have even tuated in a war which would effectually have arrested the efforts of the society in many of the most promis ing arenas of their labours ? We have already seen that a fair and reasonable reparation has been exacted for the treatment of Mr. Pritchard—a reparation which, whilst it cannot fail of having proved satisfactory to his feelings, repays him for any pecuniary injury he may have sustained. What need was there, we ask, after such an arrangement for a long resolution expressive of the " fixed determina tion of the society that Otaheite shall be free." Does the London Missionary Society propose to supersede the Government in its functi ons ? Or has it the intention to carry on a " little war" of its own, for the expulsion of the French authorities from that island ? If the latter, its labour is likely to be lost; for it has already been confessed by more than one influential French journal that Otaheite is not worth the expense and trouble which it will cost the French nation to retain it. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. lIRALD.—The progressive decrease in the value of money, and the consequent advance in the value of Public Securities, have rendered it necessary for the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to enlarge the tables for the conversion of stock into annuities for lives and terms of years. The tables con structed in 1828 did not contemplate the Three per Cents. rising above par, and, consequently, the terms co which annuities were to be granted being governed by the current price of Consols above par, there was no standard of conversion. The range to which the tables are now extended is to when Consols, minus the dividend, are from 100/. 165.10 d. and under 102/. I Is. 3d., and from 102/. I Is. 3d. and under 1041. 6s. I Id. This, it would appear, the Com missioners consider a sufficient extension to embrace the practical limit to which it is likely Three per Cent. Stock will advance. The new tables may be procured gratis at the National Debt Office, by any person who may choose to call for them. As to the future range of the price of stock, no in ference whatever can be drawn f rom t hi s mea sure. It is merely a provision made in the event of an ad vance above par, but has no connection whatever with actual prices. We understand the joint-stock banks in the City are preparing to register their public officers, with a view of availing themselves of the privileges conferred by the Act (7 and 8 Victoria, C. 113) to regulate joint-stock banks in England. By the 47th section it is enacted that any joint-stock bank within the distance of 65 miles from same powers of suing and being Lgsouncdl s y their hall phaubvlieofficersthe as are granted to joint stock banks beyond 65 miles from L on d on , b y th e Act 7 Geo. IV., c. 46, and shall deliver to the commissioners of taxes the same returns, By the Act 7 Geo. IV., c- 46, any joint-stock bank may register its public officers at the Stamp-office. The number of officers may be two or more, but a suit is brought or defended only in the name of one. These officers must be shareholders in the bank, but they need not bo bank officers in the business sense of the word. They may be trustees, di rectors, or simply shareholders, but they must be resident in England. The board of directors may at any time recal the name of a party who has been re gistered as a public officer, or supply his place in case of death or other contingency. One of the public officers must swear to the accuracy of the returns required by the Act. The returns required include thb firm or name of the banking company, names and places of abode of all the members of the company, names and places of the bank or banks established by such company, names and places of abode of the directors, managers, and other like officers of the said banking company, names of the several towns and places where the business of the said company is carried on. These returns are to be made to the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes annually, between the 28th of Feb ruary and the 25th of March ; and every return must contain a list of every new or additional director, ma- This is the reception which the late order of Admi ral Owen on the subject of these letters meets. Let our readers mark the last words of the paragraph we have quoted:—" You have given us official disclaimers of the offenders" (such seems to be the language of French sensitiveness), " and you have punished and reprimanded them—but disclaimers and punishments are not what we want. We want, to be plain, some flummery about la grande nation, some glorification of France and her arms, especially her naval great ness, and then WC shall be content, but not before." Such is the reception with which any step, even of humiliation and abasement, however low, on the part of England, would be met by the French war party, and such the gratitude which we should get from those wl.om we thus sought to please and conciliate, ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. for subjecting our own officers to an oppressive inqui sition and an unjust punishment. 'We recommend the paragraph we have quoted to the attentive consi deration of Lord Haddington and his colleagues. JUBILEE OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The fiftieth anniversary of the Lor don Missionary Society was celebrated at Exeter-hall on Wednesday, when every part of the spacious building was crowded by a respectable auditory. Sir Culling Eardley Smith, Bart., took the chair at eleven o'clock, and the platform was filled with ministers of various denominations. The Rev. Dr. VAucua..N opened the meeting by prayer, after which The CHAIRMAN commented on the operations of the Society in various parts of the world, and dwelt at some length on the efforts which had been made by the Pope and his emissaries to counteract the exer tions, not only of the London Missionary Society, but of all similar institutions, the objects of which were to disseminate the Gospel in its truth and purity amongst the heathen, an exemplificati on o f which had recently b een afforded by the devastating influence of that insidious and anti-Christian system upon the peaceful missions of the Society in the South Seas, and which had brought to the verge of war two of the greatest and noblest nations of the world. Popery was still the same superstitious, perse cuting, Anti-Bible system which it ever had been. In proof of its wretched superstition, shameful impositions, and miserable cupidity, he need only state that in 1842 the Pope had received upwards of 10,0001. from the King of Naples to make a certain woman a saint. Some priests in Italy were exhibiting a letter which they sai I had been written by the Devil in Messina. The priests pretended to have a letter which they said was written by the Virgin Mary in Paradise, accept ing the patronage of that city. The Pope had re cently received an enormous sum of money to say a single mass for the soul of an English Catholic. A physician had been imprisoned in Rome for recom mending his patients not to fast; and certain students had been similarly punished for haying Protestant books in their possession. The honourable baronet cited other instances of the baneful influence of Romish imposition, and concluded an able address amidst much cheering. The Rev. EDWARD BICKERSTETH, Rector of Wot ton, then moved the following resolution in an ap propriate address :—" That this meeting, in com mencing the fiftieth year in the history of the London Missionary Society, humbly presents its grateful praise to God fur the decisive and abundant proofi of his favour with which he has vouchsafed, during that period, to crown its varied interests and operations: it glorifies the riches of his grace in those holy and devoted men whose memory it holds in affectionate vemeration as the fathers of the institution : it ascribei to the animating power of his love the spirit of seal and benevolence which has been excited and sustained among the Society's ardent and long-tried friends : it recognises his wise and gracious provi dence in the wide fields for missionary effort, once inaccessible, but now open to the labours of the Christian church : it attributes to his power and grace the sanctified gifts and arduous achievements which have characterised the men sent forth by this Society as messengers of mercy to the heathen ; and, above all, this meeting, reviewing the vast amount and the inestimable value of the society's success in the actual conversion of the heathen to the faith of Christ, would devoutly adore and bless the God of Israel who only doeth wondrous things, and would cherish, from past success, an assurance of the still more glorious extension of his kingdom, with which the future labours of his church will be rewarded." The Rev. Dr. BUNTING, President of the Wesleyan Conference, seconded the resolution. The Rev. Gen tleman having remarked that the formation of the Society was an act of noble, daring, and undaunted faith in the promises of God, proceeded to eulogise its operations, and added that it would be almost pre sumption for him to attempt to condole with such Society upon the recent events in the South Seas. They had nothing to fear from what had occurred in Otaheite : the truth of the Gospel must prevail and overcome all the anti-Christian assaults of Popery. Greater obstacles had been surmounted by the Lon don Missionary Society in various parts of the world, and nothing had happened to them in the affair of Otaheite which was not common to missionary enter prise; moreover, they had once before been driven away from that island when they first endeavoured to plant the standard of the cross there, and they would yet see the religion of the Gospel triumph over all its foes. The Rev. Dr. LIEPCHILD, in moving the next reso lution, took a brief review of the operations of the Society. The dozen missionaries which it had at first sent out had been multiplied to 400, and with native teachers, to 700. It had eighty-five stations in the world, each station having several outposts ; it had caused to be translated and published sixteen versions of the Scriptures in the various languages of the earth, and since its establishment the Society had expended more than a million-and-a-half of money in furthering its mighty object, and they might fairly conclude that more than a million of individuals had been taught the Christian faith by the efforts of the Society. These circumstances were sufficient to cause thanksgiving and to make them rejoice; but theirky had been tempered by the recent events in Otaheite, which, however, were not to be attributed to any want of exertion, insufficient performance of duty, or improper conduct on the part of the Society or its agents, but solely to the aggression of a foreign power.—(Hear, hear.) When the time came for the calumniated persons to speak out and tell the whole of what they could reveal, he was certain that the pUblic would be satisfied with their proceedings. The direCtors of the Society had been placed in a difficult position by this circumstance—their difficulty arising from the complication of the affair with politics and the civil interests of two great countries. He had seen the directors abused on the one hand for pusillanimity and truckling to the Government, and on the other for rebelling against the Government, and inciting the nations to war. But they had pursued the middle course—they had laid a fair account of the matter before the country, and called upon all communities of Christians to re monstrate with the Government—to appeal to it to take such prompt and vigorous measures as should put a stop to the outrages of France, and procure redress for the wrongs which had been inflicted — (Cheers)—and he believed the directors meant to continue their appeals to the public, in order that the Government might not be permitted to go to sleep upon the matter.—(Cheers.) In inspecting the false assertions which had been made, the directors hail done what they ought to have done, and nothing more: that was his conviction, and it was well that the approval of the conduct of the Scciety should be expressed by so great and intelligent an assembly.— (Loud cheers.) Should truth be silent because folly frowned? He offered them his thanks and approba tion for the wisdom and firmness of the measures which they had pursued.—(Cheers.) But the affair at Otaheite, and the melancholy events in Mogadore, did not impress him with alarm. He did not despair, for he had too firm a faith in the prophecies of the final triumphs of Christianity over the whole earth. —(Cheers,) These events would but direct greater attention to their operations, and excite sympathy on their behalf; and although they now beheld the lour ing cloud, he could see a brighter scene beyond, when the triumphs of the Gospel should be complete; then the chances of war would cease, the contentions of nations would be hushed, the disorders of society would be at an end, and the vast brotherhood of man kind would be of one heart and of one soul.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded by moving the fol lowing resolution :—" That this meeting bows before the righteous though mysterious providence of God, which has permitted the power of persecution and oppression to fall upon the Christians of Madagascar and Otaheite ; and humbly acknowledges that the imperfections and evils of the best services offered to his sacred cause, might justly provoke his holy clans- tisements towards its suffering Christian brethren in those islands, the meeting cherishes the most afr ee s tionate smpathy and prayerful solicitude ; an d i n relation to Otaheite, it cannot withhold the expression of its severest reprobation at the perfidy and cruelty perpetrated by the agents of France on the defence less Queen and her oppressed people ; and the meet ing hereby expresses its strongest desire and assurance that the Directors of the London Missionary Society will not fail to employ, as opportunity may be afforded, all means consonant with the spirit of Christianity, for effecting the . complete d e li verance o f Otaheite from the deep injury and galling oppression u nder which it is now suffering." The Rev. J. Haattr..Tox, of the Scotch National Church in Regent-square, seconded the resolution in a forcible address, in which he vindicated the conduct I of the missionaries in Otaheite, and in the course of his speech read the following address by them to Captain Bruat "Mission-house, Papeete, March 19, 1841. " Sir,--.We, the undersigned body of Protestant NOTICE.-THE LAST WEEK: THE GREAT DRAWING for Mrs. PARKES' lIEPTAPRIEMION PRIZES will take place at the THEATIIIi ROYAL COVENT GARDEN, on MONDAY ❑ext, tho 30th inst. The Subscription Lists will be closed on Saturday, the 28th, at Six o'clock. Apply for TICKETS at the BOWYER GALLERY, 22, Golden square, where the Prizes are exhibited free ; or at Mrs. Parkes'e City Office, 104, Leadonhall-street. 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GOOD FURNITURE AT MODERATE PRICES. 111110 MAS FOX, 93, Bishopsgate-street, Within, J, respectfully invites the Public to inspect the stock of CABINET and UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE and BEDDING, at his estaklishment, consisting of every requisite for the Mansion or Cottage, of a quality, fashion, material, and workmanship , not to be surpassed, and offered at prices scarcely exceeding those commonly charged for showy but unsubstantial furniture. Also, a most complete and beautifial collection of Chimney, Pier, and Console Glasses, Decorative Painting, Paper.hangings, and other Ornamental Embelli.hments, at the most moderate and . res,- sonable prices. Parties requiring really good articles, will find at Thomas Fox's a stock so extensive and various as to afford every facility for advan. tageous selection, at prices as low as are possibly compatible with first-rate quality. 93, Bishopsgate-street Within. / 2 .0 missionaries, in committee assembled, at Papeef e, Otalleite, feeling a deep conviction that it is our duty as ministers of the Gospel of peace, to attempt collec tively that which has partially failed by individual effort, to induce the natives now collected together on the cast side of the island, to return peaceably to their dwellings. Knowing, however, the vast, influence of the chiefs now outlawed have over the people, we be lieve that even this attempt would prove nugatory unless we have authority from hie Excellency the Governor to present to them terms of amity on their peaceable dispersion. "The missionaries will feel obliged by an early re ply from his Excellency. (Signed by all the brethren present.) " To his Excellency the Governor of the French possessions in Oceania." This offer having been virtually refused, the missiona ries, in a memorial read before the Governor and his Council on the following day, thus stated the prin ciples and motives by which they were actuated ia addressing him : " To prevent ali misconception relative to our inter course with the people, we wish your Excellency dis tinctly to understand that we, whose avocations are strictly religious, disclaim all interference with the polities of any country where we may be located, and that all that we require is the free exercise of our spiritual functions, the right to which your Excel lency has already recognised. " In accordance with these views, above expressed, your Excellency will perceive that we desire to carry with us nothing to the people, but such authority as strictly belongs to our office as their teachers; and that the request we had the honour to present to your Excellency related simply to the terms which your Excellency might think right to offer them on their peaceful dispersion. " In conclusion, sir, finding that some evil conse quences may arise from the state of the people on the eastern coast of the island, as ministers of the Gospel we feel deeply solicitons to use all means within our power to prevent the loss of human life." The Rev. J. A. JAMES, of Birmingham, moved the third resolution, as follows :—" That this meeting, consisting of ministers, members of churches, and other friends of the London Missionary Society, willingly embraces the occasion of its jubilee to renew the pledge of ardent attachment and practical de votedness to the sacred object of all its labours—the diffusion of the Gospel throughout the world, and cordially approving of the special objects proposed to be accomplished by the jubilee fund, the meeting will cheerfully co-operate with the directors in all practi cable measures for augmenting its amount. He enforced, in eloluent terms, the essential necessity of adding largely to the funds of the Society. An im mense field—a world in itself—China, was now opened to their Christian exertions ; and if Protestants did not do their duty, that enormous empire would be taken possession of by a power which regarded no object as too vast for its ambition, too minute for its cupidity—Rome. The Rev. J. ANGUS seconded the resolution, which was then put and agreed to. The Rev. W. LINDSAY ALEXANDER, of Edinburgh, moved the fourth resolution, as follows :—" That this meeting most cordially rejoices in the manifold and indubitable marks of the Divine benediction which has been granted to the labours of all evangelical missionary institutions of the various Protestant com munions of Britain, Europe, and America, and most" earnestly prays that, through the enlarged communi cations of the Holy Spirit, their labours may be greatly extended, and their success increased a hundred fold." The Rev. Dr. Dixon seconded the resolution, which was put and carried unanimously. The Rev. Dr. llA.Rnas then moved the following resolution :—" That this meeting present Sir Cullen Eardley Smith, Bart., the assurance of its Christian regard, with its best thanks for his kindness in pre siding on the present occasion. The meeting gladly embraces the opportunity to express its most earnest desire that he may be spared for many years to sus tain with efficiency the duties of the important office he has recently undertaken as the treasurer of the Society, and that, like his departed predecessors, he may go down to the grave, as the servant of God, full of years, full of faith, and full of honour." The Rev. ARTUUR TIDMAN (ene of the Secretaries of the Society), in seconding the resolution, said that the "sages of Exeter-hall" were not held in very high repute by certain persons out of doors ; but, nevertheless, they had already effected much, and they intended by the same moral power to accom plish all they wished with reference to Otaheite. There was a time when India was shut against the operations of Christian missions. The "sagts of Exeter-hall," however, said that access should be obtained to the heathen of that benighted land, and they succeeded in their object.—(Cheers.) There was a period when negro slavery existed in our colo nies : but the " sages of Exeter-hall" said they should be free, and their fetters had been broken.— (Loud cheers.) These same sages would now say that Otaheite should, by the same moral power, be free—(Cheers)—and not by the power of the cannon, or of the Government, which the Society had never sought ; and they would hare deemed war between Britain and France, as the result of the Otaheite mission, not only to have been a curse to the civilised world, but the greatest evil their cause could have avffered.—(Hear, hear.) All that they had ever sought from the Government itself was consistent with reason, justice, and religion.—(Bear, hear.) In the object which they sought they should now in voke (and he knew it would not be ilk vain) the whole Protestant community of the churcii of Christ, throughout the world, to join with them in their fixed determination that Otaheite should be free. The CHAIRMAN having returned thanks, the meet ing separated. PARIS CORRECTIONAL POLICE. A young and pretty woman, named Warren, whose manners and language indicated that she belonged to a respvctable station in society, and who indeed is the daughter of a Lieutenant-General, appeared on Sa turday before the Correctional Police, to enter oppo sition to a judgment passed on her by default, in 1840, fur swindling. She was also under a charge of having thrown vitriol on a person named Lombard, through motives of revenge. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had received a good educa tion, but had, by her irregular life, been reduced to distress. She afterwards contrived to interest some influential persons in her behalf; and opened a school in the Rue d'Astorg. She again became irregular in her conduct, and, being forced to lease France, went over to England, where she became governess in a family of rank, and about eleven months back married in that country a person of the name of 'Warren. She returned some months back to Pais, and again commenced a life of dissipation. It was during this period that she formed the acquaintance of M. Lom bard, and on his breaking off the intercourse existing between them, threw the vitriol in his face. This latter person deposed that he had gone to the resi dence of M. Poultier, the singer, who is one or his friends, and whilst there, being called out, he found the prisoner at the door waiting for him. He had, he said, certainly known her before, but not suffi ciently to lead him to suppose that she could ever think of revenging his breaking off his acquaintance with her. She, however, after reproaching him with his conduct, endeavoured to inundate him with the vitriol, but he fortunately per ceived her intention in sufficient time toin a great measure avoid the liquid. In answer to this charge, the prisoner declared that she had purchased the vitriol to clean the floor of her lodging, and that, having it in her hand when speaking to M. Lombard, the bottle by chance flew out of her hand, was dashed against the wall, and some drop s of the liquid fell on his clothes and face. This was, however, positively proved not to be the case. The case of swindling • -r called at his shop in 1839, and asked to see prisoner was practised on a watchma k er named L egris. The some watches for her inother, who was unwel l. Three were set aside, which she desired the watch maker to carry to a house in the Rue de Miromesnil, where her mother would decide which she would take. He did so, and, delivering up the watches to the prisoner to show to ,the . invalid, was left in the grow uneasy, and, room by himself. Some tune having elapsed, and the lady not appearing, he began to v going er e d thatt th door,e had found been tr tricked, locked. He a l t ie la t s h t en er : l d y isc g o o - t out by calling to the porter from the window. A year after he had some propositions made him by the prisoner to repay him the value of the goods which he had lost, but nothing came of it, as she had only some china of of r flittle value was ue r togive him to make up his loss. c A charge also brought against her, but the evidence appeared inconclusive. During the time the Court was deliberating, the prisoner ap peared i n th e greatest d es pair, and, throwing herself , on her knees, exclaimed, in piteous accents, " Oh, s I neTe a r re hear me my. go o ver to England, a n d The Court con demned her to two years' imprisonment, and .50f. fine. PROPERTY TAX ON DIVIDENDS.---By an Act which was passed on the 19th July last, the dividends payable on the 10th October next, are exempted from the pay ment of the Property-tax. The title of the statute ex plains its object, and has reference to the transfer of the Three per Cents:—" An Act to exempt from the payment of Property Tax, the dividends on certain annuities of three pounds ten shillings per centum per annum, payable for the quarter of the year ending the 10th October, 1844." It is declared that no deduction shall be made on the payment of the dividends mentioned on the three pounds ten shillings per cent., under the Act for the transfer of the dividends into the three pounds five shillings and the new Three per Cents., to such parties holding the same, as shall not have notified, or shall not notify within the period prescribed by the Aet, their dissent to the conversion, and in case of any sub sequent di.:ent within the period allowed, a deduction shall be made for the Property-tax whenever such priit• cipal shall be paid to them. cabl e pub sr. v ot (lest Mr• it A st A, r of in' ling 110