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"' ,' ..,1,4 4 44. v 0...- ~ - ts- ~,ai,„,,---.l;;it - • i to ~.30, t v ...r.-- • -,1"•-... , ‘ , VI, ( /--\ '- ''-'""!',V''".''''...-'- IT. •., ''' • 'N, ---' 7 - • .1 .. • • e.. _ + • _____7.lo i-__ , _ -'. ''' '. T z i , /H .. 41 . . , .: _-- de have beel ❑bian, 14} t h ° •ales. Put c 1 i ; and F u'' EAST INDIA HOUSE, MAY 1, 1344. T HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST 1 1 1: INDIA MPANY do herebve Notice, ad a GENERAL C O OURT of the said COMPANY will be held t eir House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 15th Inst., on i 1 Nine o' c l oc k i n the Morning until Six In the Evening, for the filet ton of a Dir ec t or o f th e sa i d C ompany, i n the room.o f t h e H on . 4 ' 4 Li ndsaY, deceased. The Form of a Letter of Attorney - and of a Declaration for enabling f rt •Ptictors of East India . Stock to Vote by Proxy on this occasion, "LB, be obtained upon application at the Treasury in this House. .----......___ JAMES; C. 3IELVILL, Secretary. )or t geners lll 'CLOCK. 107 1904: 04 OSNN 0 4 %4 344 101%, i; 702% % 116 7. P 2 106 ' 295 d. - - - G RAVESEND and LONDON, by the BLACli up_‘-, WALL RAILWAY and the STAR PACKETS. Th u ED FARES, and only ONE PAYMENT THROUGHOUT. ? Public and the Friends of the STAR COMPANY are respect 'prAaiblernied that the DIRECTORS of the BLACKWALL RAIL- Wilt COMPANY have made arrangements by which Passengers o be co ce nveyed between GRAVESEND and LONDON, at the fol s: No. • 16,136. LONDON FRIDAY . Ay% tot , N • r7rl 4 ,frer 1 4 , e. - A • _,.5e • MAY 3 1844. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION .(Evening .Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. Foie-Catilit and Second-class Train—One Shilling. Saloon and First-cIaSS Train—One Shilling and Sixpence. , STAR PACKETS leave the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, inR, at a Quarter to Ten and Eleven; Afternoon, Four and Six. 113, e Terrace Pier, Gravesend, Morning, at Seven and Half-past Afternoon, Four and seven. .4 ft n S undaYa from Blackwall, Morning, a Quarter to Ten and Eleven; 'Moen, at Six. 2roln Gravesend, Morning, at Seven ; Afternoon, Four, Five, and g jlekets to be obtained for the Down-passagol at the Fenehurch th:"'2lßielies, Cannon-street, Shadwell, and Stepney Statious of 8 11 Wall Railway ; for the Up-passage on board the Packets. tar- Office. Gravesend, April 18, 1844. GUARANTEE SOCIETY. Established by Act of Parliament. SECURITY GIVEN for the FIDELITY of PERSONS in Psru, SITUATIONS of TRUST: ulars may he obtained daily, at the Society's Office, No. 28, 'Lry, between the hours of Nine and Fire o'clock. Actium. Messrs. G. Edwards and Son Bristol. Messrs. J. H. and G. Ridsdale .. Leeds. Messrs. Hughes and Ronald • • ..Lirerpool. Mr. Nathaniel Lea • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • •Birmingham. Mr. Samuel Taylor ,Mr. H. Callender ...... . ... —Edinburgh. By order, THOMAS DODGSON, Secretary. ARTNER WANTED, in a long-established nosiness in Lonon, who can advance from 7001. to 1,0001. He to 4 ,7 ~ be a mau of bu d siness and industrious habits, and capable of A o „ 4 ` e tillg the ordinary counting-house department, to which he ,:;" oe expect e d to attend. vviY for reference to Mr. James Ewins, Bookseller, 102, Cheapside. 14 ------2----- ISSOLIITION OF PARTNERSHIP. bitAppa.feat SELLING OFF of one of the largest LINEN 'grit7,.,' STOCKS in London to the Public, in moderate Lots e - , — " r families. N%"Ri t -Q-known Drapery Establishment of BROOKS and WIGHT h.,4,IIIg'I4 cShers , trading in London, Liverpool, Leamington, Rte., " whofr e 'd to ' aDissolution of Partnership by mutual consent, ? es , rv e . ' o °l the immense STOCKS will be SOLD OFF without any I ti n be, ~,t h t Public ; and a valuation having been made, the prices "tole f ''''`i accordingly, and such a reductiorl made as to clear the au ° u 4 feW weeks. The xemainiug portion to tit be to . A lzo on the respective premises. ticpi ep , n g the immense stocks will be found the following lots, par itisi.,-"T'T Worthy of attention :- 4Linen stout stout and warranted, worth Is. per yard, are x — eed to 26 yards f0r ........ . ' A s ,, l ine Colerain No. 32 Cloth, usual trade price being I i 0 , f 1 ••q• per yard, at 26 yards for „.""`" Servants' Sheeting, all linen, the paid ......... .... 0 3 6 4-,°o4ent full-hleaehed ditto, 21 yards wide, the pair• ••• • • 0 7 ,;°` °f 3 yardi wide, formerly matted 4s. per yard, re- Abl u eetl to, the'pair............................. .. . 0 12 6 --4 t 80 pieces of Horrock's Long Cloths, No. 2, trade t o is l i ce being 61,1. per yard, 40 yards for .................. 0_ 12 6 6 1. 1 ;' ,1 10n Long Cloths, 25 yards for ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 0 5 to ° Yards square splendid damask Tablecloths, reduced 1 1 C4Ch • - •••••• ••• • • • .. • * .. ••• • • • I r _ e e Yards long superb Damask, each •.•• • • e Yards long, a cloth suitable for a nobleman's table, re ,,,_tiecd from 455. to •• .. ;Tall T ablecloths, all linen, each • • • C 'nask Table Napkins, yard square, the dozen .. • .„,°_Hnon Table Napkinti, the dozen •••• • • • i.rst Covers, frimied, each • • l e P v e .. l " , lasau Dresles, patterns, two years old, will be sold, j . • It•ds for (cost 9d. per yard) •••• • • • • •• • -, lot of Prints, old patterns but good qualities, . have been vlalued at, the dress • • • • ..... • • • • • • . • • • • .. ****** * . 0 1 9 .4: 2 , roi : ett t asuo : f i i.d i u l th , co u e s i an to Dr . es . 5 . r . ,..u0 .. 1 . 0 . nge . r . fas .. hi . o . nable, that cost .. 0 5 0 Satin Turcs, originally marked 4s. Gd. per yard, .. -I,iarearn:lezar 'nes DresSes, that cost 12s. the dress .tovide Brown Holland, per yard ....................0 0 31 Draper, fine, per yard . •• • • AO 31 Dusters,dozen ........................ irled Towels, per dozen •• • •• • 0 2 6 v.„°._! Ilu ckaback for Towels, the dozen yards for.. 1 . 1 0 - ''nr.iture Dimity, yard wide, per yard • . •.. . " . 00 31 rned Muslin for Curtains, 12 yards for •• • • v r „,7",wes visiting this Sale must, after the first few days, excuse a st o — c 't of assortment, as nothlng sold out will be replaced, the entire Of M ay h aving to be cleared, either by sale or auction, by the end . 11 %H t .,. tis 7":vr•—The Sale has ust commenced e the o, 06 , High-street, Boro j ugh, facing Union-street London Ware if inples forwarded to any part of town by horse {tad cart, written for, or sent into the country. . : ... 0 15 6 ... 0 0 6 ... 0 7 6 0 2 6 0 0 6 ILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive Igail,and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver sup tLAVY tam Introduction of a new and perfectly matchless ALBATA C. 11 7 '' 0.4,,,;*.A.T50N, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON-FOL -1144,` 4 * aided by a person of science in the amalgamation of metals, ~ eL et, in eccedeol in bringing to public notice the most beautiful article •fferod; possessing all the richness of Silver in appearance 1 4 ;2 . ! 11 all its durability and hardness—with its perfect sweetness in na,": l srgoing, as it does, a chemical process, by which all that is n 3 7,7 a i in mixed metals is entirely extracted--resistlng all adds — th e " cleaned as silver, and Is manufactured into every article for Table and Sideboard. Fiddle. Threaded. King's. 1)."'s• S poons and Forks, per d . 16s. 3es. Od. • • 355. Od. ea rt ditto, or, d - 8 oz P'"eas, per doz. ss. Gd. • • 12s. Gd. •• 1 3 s. 64 . Bt a l * Tongs. each •••• • • • • Is. 3d. •. and Mustard Spoons, each •• • . 6s. Od. •• 13s. 6d. • • 13s. Gd. „ C. IVat, Communion Services, &c. 13- -03 begs the Public will understand that this metal is pecu- Llts r f i ,„ - ,.„,''' Owa, and that Silver is not more different from Gold, than Ito b e `-•.,, is froth all others ; on Its intrinsic merit alone he wishes it , onv 'r el, and from the daily increasing eulogiums he receives, he veraiti.wnecared that nothing can prevent its becoming an article of nni- C. Wat s . 1s j ust ea . handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current paklished. and families who regard economy and elegance, t ra il? Possess themselves of this useful book, which may be had • -, and post ffee, from the above address. ,—'erY , Tabl e -k n i ves, Ils. per dozen, Dessert, 9s. ; Carvers, 3s. 6d. e ' T Pair. TAILE. DESSERT. CARVERS. 41-ip },... „ doz. pair. 1.. i, • -..dsome balance handle.... Ms. Od. 14s. Od. G. 6d 1 balaneeltandle, largt , t and best Dit, •• • . :•. 0 with Wtason's AlLata Plate 20s. Od. 16s. Od. - tutildles, equal to silver .... ...... 225. 6d. 18S. Od. Bs. 6,1 is. 61. Forks half the above price. sealler Tea-trays, 353. the Set of Three; very richly °maraca:a the Set of Three. Qnart Lo , :clon made Bronze Tea-urn 355. up to 51. Ne a t " ar Six London made Dish Covers 18 s. Gd. ; Impe rial Raised 6 tl. the Set o: Six. T 1 41 and 42, ARBICAN, and Pi, NORTON FOLGATE. Cat ,' "" 44 as hav Filly Yeara rnkd pre-eminent foi. their 41!Yry, m ot 4 always exchanged, if noteappro‘A. Send for his Catalwite. A.PER ADERTISEMENTS. M iich Ms , " we find our V notice V) engage, e".. ell turning o'er the advert sing paste. lit there we read of newly-nubliOied tricike, iAnd country v alai, too, in pleaca t nooks, o r whatsoever we may feel inclin`d, A dvertisements i n pl en ty we moy find. But !hose which have the most attention won, Proceed, of course, from MOSES and his SON. No dry details of bu•'ness here we view, 4ut entertainment and instruction, toe 0 dull monotony—t,ut ev'ry week, Some change is seen, f r which the public seek, And while some novel humour we behold, 1 7.octs of importance aro at all times told. ' rig here we're told of costumes neat and smart, And all th' improvements of the Tailor's at. And here astoundbg pri..es are disp ay'd, Sixty per cent., a t least, below the trade. Hence thousands with an eager eye vertve The pleasing stsnz ts of the MOSES' muse. And when they've laid tl:e public journal down, Visit, at once the "G ORY of the TOWN." READY MADE. T 1,,,,.., £ a. d. biti — ", raßlioros Cash' superior quality, with silk csdlars, cuffs, and facings Ol6 0 An rtnerette coats in a variety of sh apes, hand.ornely trim= i l ) 2 t (i i f3Ne'nnlnlense stock of Holland and jean blouses ke ni summer vests from 0 2 6 en dless variety of cashmere and Persian vests, splendid Ni item s 'As. to 8 6 ClS`'ng satin v t warranted tr e 8 8, %is % 1 owsers from 0 9 0 it R * milled does from 0 11 6 rh,gerseat variety of summer trousers...... ... from 0 7 0 tr o 'Coats ed ge d from 1 il 0 eit ditto - Tw..., MADE TO M EASURE. ..' COlts, trimmed with silk, mad.! in any shape, water- Csmroofed from 0 18 0 n ' e ro. fine Sixonv and other light summer materials, I),n re ale m . the first style i of fashion from 1 5 0 ash s' quilting vests, 7s. each, or three for !m ita 'nere vests, in recherche patterns from 0 9 6 kb Mi er Trousers, in great variety of materials n Rle 5,,•, 0 115 0 ..,ftsi, mi l led Victoria, and plain doe trousers.... sir, e,,, ,u ,„alitY West of England z est . voat e ...... tfo u ,,,, M anufactured ..2 15 0 ._ ''" n& to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the _ sat „, following prices :-- 110f!S.iiits, dress coat, vest, and trouser. from 1 16 0 r ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers from 0 18 0 W, 4 4 . "s w ir.— Any article purchased or order- ', if not approved to_hanged, or the money returned. 071 B %e—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors Wholesale and Retail Adz Drapers, Outfitter., and General Wareli ousemen, 154, Mi , C,;',,,,'"d 66. Alrigate,City, opposite the Church. Paii, - „;‘ °3 .—E. Moses and Son are obliged to guard the public lals e h - ,,_ ,` imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike Zas ~'"o of heinz connected with them, or it's the same concern, 411,,,"ePts resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. kid nave no connexion whatever with any other establishment, 014,,;"05e who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to pi event on,PPointrnent, &c.) call or send to, 154, Minories, or Bd, Aldgate, site the Church. ahol.,:eral Cashiers and Assistants wanted for the latter. Non n eed '---&!steept such as have been use s to the Woollen-drapery Tra e. YU BLIC NOTICE. 431, OXFORD-STREET. S HIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. q, Copies of Testimonials, Gratis. b y all Agents. rtIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the ooibatil Jatmnage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the s a — '",„„,, ol. Kent, and the Lords or the Treasury, is universally re • - ""td by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing disorders tn the Eyes and He. ' , GIRT RE S TORED ! _ NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEARNESS CURED! lt s the most simple, delightful, and fra .rant Compound tfir es Tode of spplicatton , is fraught with pleasu re ; man y thousand te s▪ t at ,:oee been accomplished by its use, at a trifling expense, yet Mlle," in its operatio. If testimonies be necessary to induce the lh e P , : to snake trial , Kings, Lords, and . Commons have used it. a _%ti t Z u rds nf the 7 reasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Ma., Waetil. t he Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical nie s .,_"°ners--with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised :tott a ,.`",„ne's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grim th.",,r-Ye Snuff'," for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident otl t t , `,.Yes and Head. J. Guthrie , Esq., F.I.S. See .1. B. Lech tole; 'l's Letter , Whitehall. Dr, Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it • - . .°?_a blessing see his Reports touching its utility. The late r„,tisr u ernethy. with many others, recommend TlStOne'S Eye L'lee t l a t tn d call it " Man's best Friend." and the "Students Vade —4 dated - "" *" 2i ee the many thousand lette rs of Testimonies, of un • Medical authority, with others of the first respectability. Nottingham, Aug.2o. 1841 'A extraordinary cure is attested by Mr- Jame: Wilcocksot, Foreign Snuff and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham. s • Mr. W. Grirnstone. 'eel great pleasure in sending you the particulars of my cable miraculous cure performed on myself, by using your , Zod „v Eye-Snuff. Sir, lam now in my innety-third year, Tea ts : native of Holland, have been in this country twenty-six ,P - ona ct Whether from change of climate, or my advanced age, I utY, but for six years I have been deprived of sight, lhere ohealuire rem ained ollow iny business. Ido most sincerely believe I bl eodat• "e in clarKuess and pain but for the kind recom ' !on, b li .:on of a friend to use your invention. I purchased a 2s. 4d. :o ab,:_ n r Your Agent, Mr. Wilcockson, tobacconist, wh• knows to be facts, and w,ll bear witness to my extraordinary FortY o l . t h . ol. hat most inestimable bleasing of our life —" Perfect . declare has I roc s eeded From the use of your Eye Snuff: Of th e i seke of th ose su ff er i ng , you may make what use y ou p lease Nth! ' Lett er I the s Mr. Wileockson and many others will voLch tor its Oki refer ufferers to this gentleman, being your Agent, ell known in Nottingham. AU lam, Sir, A your obliged servant, NNNIS ZENIA MASSENIA. 274 should not do you justice without s tati s g m y relief `ilisaa„roollt instantaneous. My eyes became clear and free from 144t4 t t s 7d r 's o a r nd nY persevering in - its use very frequently, I . am eis, l _ ead small print without the aid of glasses, and continue troter a God's blessing—Sight! free from pain I have reason to bo Notti„a,nd do recommend your Eye Snuff to all 1 gnaw. "gnm iott "e h t A. Z. M. th e ,he Caution—W. GRIMSTONTE is the sole inventor, genuine is re ared b - ( "Jnist... G deriferous He p rbst p ce. , us Y Co l mpg . und of Herbs is sold in , r0b,7 01 . at 81 heri"eter v v •• le. 3d., ss. Id. , 4z. 84., and 15s. yid . each, by the ,G RI MSTON E, at No. 434, street, ,te L end Highgate; of No. 29, Broad Bloomsbury), 01. pn1 191 P own erba rYs Highgate; and can also be obtained in all the a „-ner s, 3 and Cities. A liberal allowance to Shippers organs, and all Vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. 'This t:rested , _ a t n qf: Is shipped to all quarters of tre globe, and retain s min every climate All . Snuffs and Cigars shipped "Ts Lie notice. 1140110 ATE, pm. )'CLOCK . topi 140 °' rg ""*. to ce I.—We pott' l , -day te s ; o Sou tirfir Lb gut vane., mhe ........... L ities uitics... c,4 , hd... 1•6 ..... r .......... „iti% Acct. ••• t......... Acct.... 70 ............... Cent 0"" t - ........... ••••• .. . ...... ...... ,r, !nt.. ..... Cent...“ 1004 61,11 ....... ....... 7511 ....... ....... 49 ...... ...... ...... ; ....... • ...... pd) IY% ...... 41 ....... ....... ....... . ...... gb ....... J .ii ....... o . ...... S. 0, 1 ,0° 1 $41 0 4 • thes o s s i▪ rS. I f Sjh"'- 91 0 0 51 0 01. g 51 31 i o°t 31 9 0 1 31 f i 4 s o , i t , is f.1 0 ..„ 51- P inf.. 0 ' . ..3 11 ' lee n 7 10' Or Ise •"*. ilS,„ PA Af tti' Eind pri °l/1" ' ` ci n AP I) . 0 611 Quebec' poky — c o to f rAil , e a d, tile ro ocre of t he ~ Te d 6 e wife a b os , th 13a r t}'+ 4 -f TO-- 11- , 0 ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Ni g ht, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY DIVIDENDS AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA contains Money Dividends of— 458 £7O 472 480 490 £lOO XllO £l2O £l5O £2OO £250 4300 £5OO £6OO £730 £l,OOO £1,200 £1,750 £4,000 & £21,000 Amounting together to £154,303 sterling. This Distribution contains as many Dividends as Bonds. Every Bond a Dividend! . ftutallost Dividend - - £6B Largest Dividend - - £21,000 Direct for Prospectus, with full particular., without delay to HEINE BROTHERS, at Hamburgh. Or to HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck. .• MU9IC OF GERMANY. Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the - - - - OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver A SERIES of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different NATIONS, The MUSIC of GERMANY commences on the 29th instant, and will be continued during the. week on Monday, Wednes day; aneFriday Evenings at Eight o'clock ; and on Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock, with VOCAL and INSTRU MENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the other Lectures and Exhibi tions as usual. LONGROTTOM'S PIIYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW DIS9OLVING VIEWS, ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, &e., &c. • -Admission, is.; Schools, Half-price. ESTABLISHED 1521. THE LONDON MARBLE AND STONE WORKING COMPANY, are enabled, with their PATENT MACHINERY, to execute Chimney Pieces, Monuments, Tablets, Slabs for Furniture, and every description of such Work, with an accuracy, rapidity of execution, beauty and durability of Polish, and reduction of cost, which cannot be obtained elsewhere. The Public are invited to inspect their extensive SHOW-ROOMS, containing the largest stock in this country. The Trade supplied with every description of Rough Slab Blocks, or Scantlings ; or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order. Ether-street, liolywell-street, Milbank, Westminster. Please to be accurate in copying the Address, to prevent impost • Hon, the Company having no connexion with any other Establish ment hut that in Esher-street. AWOOLLEN CLOTH MANUFACTURER, who has for many years carried on a very Extensive Export Business, and is well acquainted with the Fabrics adaptad to the Eastern Markets, can now offer a most desirable opening to a MONEYED PARTNER, who will have the option of taking an active part, or not, as may be convenient and satisfactory. ;Address J. L., at Mr. Wareing Webb's, Castle,street, Liverpool. THREE cuoupns, COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY HOTEL, YEOVIL, SOMERSET. ARIA MILLEN begs most respectfully to in form her Friends and the Public generally, that she has made the best possible arrangements in the adjoining Premises for the ac commodation of her Commercial and other customers during the re building of the old part of the Inn, which, when finished, will afford additional comfort and accommodation to all her kind supporters. M. B. cannot omit this opportunity of expressing her grateful ac knowledgments to all her Friends for the liberal patronage she has experienced in the above establishment for the past Thirty Years, a continuation and increase of which it will ever he her study to merit. N.B. A neat t Fly, Gigs, and Post Horses. Yeovil, May 1, 1844. IMPERIAL RUSSIAN- POLISH LOAN of 150,000,000 Florins (of 1835), IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN of 30,000,000 Florins (of le 39), guaranteed by their Majesties the Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Russia. GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS AT WARSAW AND VIENNA. In the Russian-Polish Loan the following Dividends :—One of 1,000,00011., one of 300,00011 , two of 150,00011., six of 25,00011, eight of 14,00011., &c., together 7,000 dividends, gaining 7,970,0005. Smallest dividend 75011., largest 1,000,00011. In the Austrian Loan 700 bonds will obtain 701,70011 , in lots of 230,00011., 50,00011., 15,00011., 10,00011., &c. Smallest dividend 50011. 10 florins are equal to 11. sterling, a trifle more or less, as per day's exchange. The prices are— . _ _ 1 Ru;slan-Pcillsh Scrip for £2 10 1 Austrian Scrip for £3 0 4 do. do. do. 10 0 6 do. do. 15 0 9 do. do. do. 20 0 13 do. do. 30 0 Payable by bank notes, remittances, or drafts. Dividends reim bursable at Frankfort, Paris, London, or New York, at the option of the holders. The undersigned general agent, in claiming the attention of the' imperial and foreign public to these most important Loan Dis tributions, begs to state that, agreeablyto the instructions with which he has been honoured, he is now receiving the orders of the public. To save postages, foreign subscribers may apply to his houses in Paris, New York, and at Mr. A. Schwarzschild's, 1, Plough-court, Lombard. street, London, by letter only. Prospectuses, with full particulars, and Lists of the Distribution, promptly forwarded to every share holder abroad. J. A. SCHWARZSCHILD, Banker and Receiver-General, Frankfort-on-Maine, April, 1844. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £-500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex pense or forfeiture--the great reduction of rates on short policies— the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on tho amount already invested; and this bonus, according to an equitable scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future premiums Pole Entry. toy ' Age' Sum. 1837 39 50 1,000 1838 l l4 56 3,000 Bonus I Cash Prem. I Added. I Bonus. Reduced, 5.d. £ s.d. s.d. 132 14 6 58 19 9 819 4 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 ,WORKMAN'S SINGING CLASS, on the Method of Wilhem, under the direction of Mr. JOHN HULLAII. CLASS No. 34, for WORKMEN, commenced on Tuesday last, and will receive the SECOND LESSON THIS EVENING, Friday, May 3, at Nine o'clock. Terms Ss. for the Course, or Is. Gd. per Month. Apply at the Apollonido oonts, 101, St. Martin's-lane. PUBLICATION S. THE RAILWAY • CHRONICLE, No. 111 will be out TO-MORROW. - . Office, 14, • Wellirigton:str eeilio-rt-11,-giiitn.cl,-London --- PO_S T-OFF ICE MEDAL. •An Engraving of this exquisite Work of Art will be given in next Saturday's Number of " PUNCH." Price 3d., or 4d. stamped. Volumes I. to V., price Bs. each, and all back Numbers and Parts, always on Sale.—Office, 194, Strand. On Monday, May 6, will be pubFshed, the First Number of p UCK, a Daily Jour na l o f Fun and Comic Satire, Illustrated with Caricatures and other Cuts. Price ONE PENNY. Office, 132, Fleet-street. 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Any man of sound judg ment, who has mastered the contents of Taylor's ' Medical Jurispru dence,' may go into a Court of Law with the most perfect confidence of being able to acquit himself creditably,"— Medlco-Chirurgical Review. London : John Churchill, Princes -street, Soho. Just published, Second Edition, 12m0., cloth, ss. ACOMPENDIUM of DOMESTIC MEDI CINE; comprising plain directions for the employment of Medicines, with their Properties and Doses, and brief descriptions of the Symptoms and Treatment of Diseases, and of the Disorders inci dental to Infants and Children ; with a selection of the most Wrlca cious Prescriptions. Intended as a source of easy reference for Cler gymen, and for Families residing at a distance from Professional assistance. By JOHN SAVORY, 3fember . of the Society of Apothecaries. London : John Churchill, Princes-street, 8-olio, PAULIAMENTARY DIV IsiOls 6. (Frcm the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) W EDNESDAY, MAY 1. MASTERS AND SERVANTS BILL. Order for Committee lead ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " Thee!, to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " This House will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :" The House divided : • MINORITY—AYES , 54. Adore. Lord Gladstone, W. E. Norreys.:Lord Ailderley, C. B. Glynne, Sir Stephen O'Brien, A. Stafford Ainsworth,Petor Goring, Charles • Packe, C. Wm. A 1 i ord, Viscount Goulburn, Henry Zichards, Richard Barclay, David Graham, Sir J. Shaw, F. broadwood, Henry Greer.e, T. Somerset, Lord G. Bruce. Lord E. Hayes, Sir E. Sotheron, T. H Bruges, W; H. L. Heathcote, G. J. Stanton,, W. Henry Cavendish, Hon. O. . Henley, J. W. Sutton, Henry M. Chute, W. L. Holmes, W. A'Cour t Taylor, Edward Clerk, Sir George Johnstone, Sir J. Taylor, J. A. Corry, Henry Knight, _Henry Gaily Tollemache, John Cripps, William Lawson, Andrew Trollope, Sir John Darby, George Mackh non. W. A. Trotter, J. Dickinson, F. H. Miliimay, H.: t. Jahn Wrightson, W. Dodd, George Miles, P. W. St, youglas, Sir C. Neeld, Joseph TELLERS. Flower, Sir James Newdegate, C. N Miles, W. Fremantle Sir a. Nicholl Rightilion Palmer, R. THE ANTI-STATE-CHURCH CONFERENCE. On Tuesday delegates from all parts of England, Ireland, and Scotland, met at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, forming a Convention for the purpose of considering the best means of obtaining the severance of °Church' and State, and to adopt measures for the furtherance of that object. Upwards of 1,200 delegates were present; amongst whom were Dr. Bow ring, M.P. ; Mr. Sharman Crawforsl, XP. ; Mr. J. S. Tre lawney, M.P. ; Mr. Joseph Sturge, Dr. Epps, Mr. St. D'Arcy Irvine, Rev. Dr. Pye Smith, Rev. Dr:Young, Rev. Dr. A. Thompson, Rev. Dr. Campbell, Rev. Dr. M•Farlane, Rev. Dr. Perry, Rev. Dr. Ritchie, Rev. Messrs. Carlile, Ackworth, Brake, Eckett, Mursell, Mirams, Overbury, &c. A large number of ladies were on the platform. At eleven o'clock the Rev. Dr. Cox proposed, and the Rev. Dr. Young seconded, that the chair should be taken by the Rev. John Burnet, of Camberwell. The Rev. Gentleman took his seat amid loud and continued cheering. The Rev. J. P. MUESELL, of Leicester, moved that the fol lowing gentlemen act as secretaries to the conference during its sittings :—Rev. Dr. Cox, Rev. John Kennedy, of Aber deen , • Mr. Edward Miall, and Mr. Josiah Condor. The Rev. Dr. CAMPBELL seconded .the motion, which was carried. Business and finance committees haVing been appointed, The Rev. Dr. Cox read a paper detailing the circumstances which had led to the convening of the conference, and jus tifying the movement which the Dissenters had considered it desirable to make. (At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Sharman Crawford, M.P., entered the room, and was received with applause.) Dr. Cox resumed—A blow was lately aimed at the inter ests of Protestant Nonconformity, in the shape (4 an edu cation scheme, which its author termed an olive branch, but which was soon discovered to be a rod.—(Laughter and cheers.) The spirit of the Dissenters was aroused, and that obnoxious Bill wassiguallz.liefeate4.l, In the inactivity and' carelessness of the Dissenters originated Sir James Graham's Bill. If they had been up and doing that attempt at crooked legislation would never have been made ; such an attempt to crush their liberties would never have been thought of. What was it such objectors would wait for? Was it until a clerical agency should be established, aided by the aristocracy, to put down Dissent ? Was it until servants were dismissed and tradesmen ruined on account of their religious principles ? Was it until fresh prosecutions were commenced for church rates, or until star-chambers and inquisitions were estab lished? Were they to wait for these? No, perish the idea. Now was the time to make an aggressive movement on the Church. The ineffectiveness of a mere defensive position was apparent.—(Hear, hear.) The Reformation, and even Christianity itself, had been obtained by aggressive measures The Church and State question was the great question of the day, and the stand-still policy would never do. The stream was too strong for them to remain inactive; if they did not resist it they would be borne down by the current. The Rev. Gentleman concluded by urging on the conference the necessity of decided steps being taken. With union on their flags, they would soon have to write victory on their records.—(Loud cheers.) Dr. Cox, having concluded his paper, stated that as far as Parliamentary grants (the Regium Donum) were concerned, he thought some steps should be taken. For some years he had been a distributor of those grants, but from that moment he declared he would have nothing more to do with them. This announcement was received with deafening cheers. Mr. SILtRITAN CRAWFORD ' M.P., then rose to address the meeting, and spoke at considerable length. Mr. CHILDs, of Bungay, moved that the paper read by the Rev. Dr. Cox should be entered upon the records of the con ference. The Rev. W. BROCK, of Norwich, having seconded the resolution, it was put to the meeting, and carried nem. dis. The Rev. Dr. 1 ouroa, of Perth, moved a resolution affirm ing that the conference was not intended to be a demonstra tion of Nonconformist strength, but that. its object was the disenthralment of religion from the influence of secular control. The resolution also affirmed that a mere defen sive policy would be unavailing in the present position of affairs. _ _ Mr. ROBINSON, of Kettering, seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. Dr. BOWRING, 111. P., felt it a duty and privilege to be pre sent that day to express his cordial concurrence in the ob jects of the conference, and to offer his co-operation.— (Cheers.) He hoped the convention would sow the good seed of religious liberty, and that they would see it grow up into universal religious emancipation, and that their children might rest under its shade—the shade produced by the nobi lity of religious truth. A paper on the efficiency of the voluntary principle, written by Dr. Wardlaw, of Glasgow, was read by the Rev. J. Car lile ; after which the Rev. Dr. Pye Smith, the Rev. John Jordan Davis ' and Griffith Evans, Esq., addressed the con ference, which then adjourned. DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. IWEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIFE 1. OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON. TRUSTEES. Charles Hopkinson, Esq., Regent-street. Sir Thomas Phillips, Temple. Alfred Waddilove, D.C.L., Doctors' Commons. DIRECTORS. Edward Doubleday, Esq., 249, C. Richardson, Esq., 19, Bru- Great Surrey-street. ton-street, Berkeley-square. George Gun Hay, Esq 127, Thomas Stevenson,Esq., F.S. A., Sloane street. I 37, Upper Grosvenor-street. J. Parkinson, Esq., F R.S., 80, Robert Bentley Todd, M.D., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde.park. F. 11.5., 2G Parliftmen Lstreet. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F. R. S, Alfred Waddilove, D.C. L. , 17, Wirnpole-street. Doctors' Commons. AUDITORS. John Pursord, Esq., 7, York- IJ. Stirling Taylor, Esq, terrace, Regent's-par!:. - 14, Upper Gloucester-place, Joseph Radford, Esq., '27, Dorsct.aquare. Cambridge. j terrace,_ Hyde- Martial L. Welch, Esq.. Wynd park. '" haro:placcirffittfitoil:scitutre: STANDING Cotarscl.--John Shapter, Esc., Lincoln's Inn. BANKERS—Messrs. C.HopkinFon and Co., Regent.street. SOLICITORS —Messrs. Richardson and Smith, 28, Gotden.square. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL STATISTICS—WiIIiam Farr, Esq., General Register Office. Acrusarc—F. G. P. Nelson, Esq. This Office is provided with very accurately constructed tables, by which it can assure unsound lives on equitable terms. Similar tables enable the Society to grant increased annuities on unsound lives, the amount varying with the particular disease. Members of consamptive fami:ies assured at equitable rates. Healthy lives are assured on lower terms than at most other offices. The first Life Assurance Society commenced business in 1705, and the principles of life contingencies, understood at that time to a very limited extent orily, have repeatedly undergone important changes and improvements; but till the establishment of this So ciety in 1841 no attempt had ever been made to assure the lives of persons who suffer from disease. The science of statistics has only within a recent period been successfully applied to the duration and mortality of disease, and hence tables on the probability of these results could not have been formed ; and it would evidently have been unsafe and hazardous for any society to have undertaken the risk of assuring the lives of persons afflicted with any particular malady. The statistical in. formation, however, now collected, and in possession of this office, is of so great an extent as fully to warrant the eX tension of life assurance to such cases, and, in fact, to place the application of life assurance on diseased lives on a more secure basis than even that on healthy lives. It is hoped that while kept clearly in view that this Society, in common with other offices, will assure the lives of healthy persons, it is as yet the only one established to assure the lives of persons labouring under disease ; and to this latter feature particular atten. tints is directed. In the first place, because it opens a larger field for business than all other offices can have unitedly; and in the Second place, because that branch of assurance must, from its own nature, be less hazardous, and its principles rest on a more permanent foundation. These are two highly important facts, and we shall enter into an explanation of each ; and fire*, as to the prevalence of disease. The period of life most important to an assurance office is that be tween 15-60 years of age, and in the following remarks we refer exclusively to this period of life. It will be found that the deaths in the metropolis for the two years preceding 842 were, from all causes, 30,518 ; and from consumption alone, 10,688 ; showing that more than one-third of the total deaths in that period of life takes place from the preva lence of a single disease ; and if the same inquiry were instituted with respect to other diseases, such as asthma; dropsy, diseases o f the head, heart, &c., it would be found that more than one-half of the whole population would, on medical examination, be refused admission into an assurance office. If the inquiry be carried to the principal towns in England, like facts are elicited—in Bir. mingham, Liverpool and Manchester, the deaths from all causes, per annum, are about 5,023, while those from consumption are 1,988, forming considerably more than one-third of the whole. The same thing will be found to hold good in the large towns in Scot land, in six of which the deaths in a given period, from all causes, amounted to 23,078, those from consumption alone to 6,359, and from six important diseases, 9,754 ; in the latter case forming more than 42 per cent, of the deaths from all causes. On reference to the returns from the city of Glasgow for 1836-1840 it will be found that the deaths in that period, from all causes, were 14,107, from consumption 4,087, and a list of five diseases, 6,423, being more than 45 per cent. of the deaths from all causes. The diseases here alluded to are such as exist in general in a chronic form, frequently for many years prior to death, but which, en a strict medical examination, would effectually exclude the persons so affected from the benefits of life assurance ; and since it thus appears that a majority of the population is included in this class, the value and importance of the new feature of this society cannot fail to be justly appreciated. The second point to be explained is the fact that there is much less risk in assuring diseased lives. This is a feature of paramount and vital importance to the interests of this society, and deserves to be carefully considered. The real risk incurred in all assurance transactions consists in the chance to which an office is liable of experiencing a different degree of mortality from that expected by the tabjes on which its caculations arc founded. This difference is termed the fluctuation of mortality, and will be found to be much less among diseased lives than over the general population, and among selected hers. The deaths from consumption in the metropolis per annum are sufficiently near the annual number which takes place in Glasgow, from all causes, to admit of a comparison, and by reducing the matter to figures it is found that while the fluctuation per annum is in the latter case is as high as 45 per c ent., in the former it only 9 per cent., or, in other words, the fluctuation of mortaliq in consumption was only one-fifth of the other; and in Manchester, Liverpool, and Birmingham, even wilt the disadvantage of smaller numbers, the fluctuation does not exceed 3 per cent., showing a remarkable uniformity in the law which determines the mortality of this disease, and that it is more positive and absolute in its results than that which regulates the general population. Consumption has here been selected, not because it was consi dered more favourable in its results, but simply on account of the larger numbers affording a more satisfactory proof of the question under consideration; but the same test has been applied to a great number of other diseases, and like results obtained. Among nine diseases in the metropolis, including asthma, drepsy, rheumatism, disease of the liver, of the heart, of the nervous system, &c.. the fluctuation was only 7i per cei.t., and in five diseases in a different district the fluctuation was about 7 per cent., while among eleven in another locality, and even with small numbers, the fluctuation did not exceed 6.2 per cent. ; and taking the principal towns in England, including Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, &c., the fluctuation over eleven of the more important diseases was 6 , 1 per cent. The remarkable uniformity in these results cannot fail to pro. duce a conviction of the positive character of the law of mortality in disease; indeed, there seems to be nothing within the whole range of the doctrine of probabilities so well defined as the mor. tality of diseased lives. The mortality of the general population has frequently been referred to by writers as an example of the cer. tainty of common events, but the preceding remarks must show with how much greater certainty the mortality of diseased lives can be depended on. It is perhaps right to state, that, in applying the test of fluctuation to disease, it has not been confined to one place or class of lives, but has been extended to the principal towns in England and Scotland, as well as to many rural districts in Eng land, and included the experience of one or two large societies of select lives. This has afforded an opportunity of judging of the effects of locality and its sanatory condition on the duraticn of life, and a remarkable fact has thus been developed, viz., that the value of life generally is much greater in the coun try districts than in large cities; but that of those persons who suffer from disease the value of life is nearly the same. As an example of this—the expectation at the age of 30 in the country districts is 36.7 years; in cities (viz., Glasgow) 27.6 years—diffe rence 83 per cent. nearly ; but take the case of persons of that age in whom the consumptive tendency is developed, and who will ultimately die of consumption, and their expectation of life in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, will be found to be 14 . 5, in cities (Glasgow) 14 , 1, and in the metropolis, Manchester, Bir mingham, 13'9 ; difference 017 per cent. (or 1.57 per cent.) It therefore appears that while the difference between country and town life in the former case is about 33 per cent., that in the latter instance (consumption) the difference is almost nothing, and the results nearly uniform. The same thing ho'cls good with some other diseases, which have been ir.vestigated in this manner. This fact, although not generally understood, is only what might have been expected by a careful consideration of the conclusion formerly arrived at—that the fluctuation of the law of mortality in disease is confined within a very narrow limit, and consequently little in. fluenced by external circumstances. ... It hence appears that the fluctuation in the mortality of diseased lives is much less than among select lives and the population gene rally, and therefore the risk of assuring diseased lives must also be To apply this conclusion to the affairs of an assurance office, it may be stated, that supposing the number of lives in a society, taking only select lives, was such that the tab'e of mortality would indicate 100 deaths per annum, it would be necessary to have always sufficient funds at immediate command to meet 145 deaths ; on the other band, an office assuring only diseased lives need not provide for more than 109 deaths per annum; that is to say, the risk of assuring diseased lives is to that of average lives as 9 to 45, or only one. fifth. This fact is highly important to the interests of this Society, and establishes beyond doubt the safety and correctness of the principles on which it is founded. For further information, reference is made to the prospectuses and other published docum-nts of the Society, which may be ob. tamped, on application at the Society's offices. F. G. I'. NEISON, Actuary. ECONOMY, ELEGANCE, AND DURABILITY. lIYAM, TAILOR, WOOLLEN-DRAPER, Au. and OUTFITTER, P ANTECHNETHECA, 26, Grace. church-street, City, having received his annual gut ply of Trouserings, superb designs in Waistcoatings, and superior West of Erwland Broad Cloths, from the mo,t approved makers, invites the public to call and inspect the immense vari ty of novelties offere.l at this far-famed and superb establishment, where they may obtain the best materials aad workmanship, with a fit equal to any house of West-end noto tie y, at a guaranteed saving of forty per ceLt.; and to enKure per ect satisfaction, the Proprietor allows any article to be returned that does not meet with full approval. Thousands have visited the ready-made department of this splendid emporium of fashion ; indeed the matchless and immense variety of garments constantly on hand, great diversity of patterns, combined with superiority of cut, neat. nos, and durability of workmanship, equal in every respect to gar ments made to order by the most noted houses, renders it to the em. nomist and heads of families of first-r. to importance. The stock now offered is replete with every novelty suitable for the season, r ealising to the purchaser a saving of at least six shillings in the pound to those who are buying. An early visit is requested, confident that o n inspection my stock will be found larger, cheaper, and better, than any in the kingdom. A book, containing a general description of garments and lists of prices, can be had oil application, or sent post - free to any part of the Uited Kingdom, by applying at the Pantechnetheca, 36, Grace church-street, City. Branch Establishments : Manchester - aI, Mai kTt.street ; Liver pool-113 and 65, 1 u d-street ; Birmingham -23 , New -street ;Glue. gnw— , Argyll-street ; Leeds-9, Briggate; Bristol-42, ihinc ' greet EXAMPLES, Annual Prem. t 9 B . d. , 175 15 0 DEPEERED ANNUITIES. Another Bonus will be declared in the present year. The best and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered— every 21. 12s. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty five, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. IGs. 6d., or 3491. I le. cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at Ifty, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment— two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re• presentatives in cases of premature death. _ F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Sec. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 34, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. ;Established 1814. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. . The li , ght Hon. THOMAS FRAN K LA ND LEWIS, Chairman. HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq, Deputy -Chairman. Ltncelot Baugh Allen Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. Stephen Nicolson Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Henry Barnett, Esq. Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. Robert Biddulph, Esl. John Mendham, b'sq. Robert Davies, Esq. Routli, Esq. AUDITORS. Francis Dumergue, Esq. I Charles Morris, Esq. Capt. Robert G rd on , tt.N. John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. PHYSICIAN— . olin Ayrton ' Paris, M. D., F.R.S., 27, Dover.strect, President of the R,yal College of Phricians. Suac EON— Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.S., 12, Bruton-street. Sotactme—Henry Young, Esq 12, Essex-street, Strand. BANKERS --Messrs. Hankey, Fenchurch,treet ACTUARY —James John Downes, Esq., F.R. A.S. n C g 1 t a E r T e l C among The fr,llowi E o — ng a rh p e i' adv i a j n im tag e e s s l3' off vinev ' eredb E y s t i tis Societi• LOWER RATES of Premium than those of any other '— which entitle the assured to participate in the _ Office, profits, and c siderably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. THE WHOLE OF THE PROFITS divided among th e A.s ted Three Bonuses have already been declared out of Three-four:bra the profits of The first, in Mt, averaged £lB per cent, on the Premiums paid. The second, 1839, ditto £3l ditto since theist div sio'''. The third, 1844, ditto £36 ditto since the 2d divi s i on In addit , n to which all Policies entitled to the absolute bonus will receive a contingent prospective bowie of X! per cent per annum, on the i.um assured, on becoming claims before 1849. Assurances effected on the equal scale Of premiums in the year 18:4, wi l participate in the t'onus to be declared in 1849. No extra charge for res . dence in an% part of Europe, ncr for pro ceeding (in a decked, sailing, or steam-vessel), from any one p o rt thereof to another during reac-, to Assurers not being sea f aring men by profession . Licenses are grante d to go to any part of the world upon terms proportionate: to the risks, l'olicies on the lives of persons dying by stro dde, ue ing, or b y the hands of justice, are not void as respects the interests of p arti es to whom they may, been legally ass.gned. Assurances may be effected Gil any and every day. By order of the Board of Directors, CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. p ORTS, SHERRIES, and other WINES, of first-rate shippers. The following unprecedented terms for genuine wines arc quoted only for cash on delivery, which will be found from 15 to 20 per cent. under usual credit prices :—Sherries, pale and brown, at 255., 275., 305., 365., 425., 485., 50s. ; Ports, from the wood, 265., 305., 34s ; crusted, in bottle, from 365. upwards ; ditto, very choice, highly flavoured, from five to ten years old, from 455. to 545. ; Clarets, 335., 405., 705.; Champagne, sparkling and creaming, 485., 605., 725. ; Hocks an 4 Moselles, 405., 505., 605., 705. ; Marsala, 235., 265. ; and all other wines equally moderate ; in quantities not less than one dozen ; delivered free in London. All country orders, accompanied with a remittance or a reference for payment, will meet with immediate attention from J. SCHWEPPE awl Co., 51, Bonier's-street, London, importers of German Seltzer Water, in quarts and pints. WHEREAS, a PETITION of ROBERT WELLS, of No. 12, Brewers-green, in the parish of St. Mar garet, Westminster, and county of Middlesex, journeyman carpenter, and occasionally doing business on his own account as a carpenter, having been filed in the Court ofßankruptcy, and the interim order for protection from process having been given to the said Robert Wells, under the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the Parliament holden in the sth and 6th years of the reign of her pre sent Majesty, intituled " An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," the said Robert Wells is hereby required to appear in Court before Edward Holroyd, Esq., the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said petition, on the 11th of May next, at eleven o'clock in the fare noon precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, Lon don, for the purpose of being then and there examined touching his debts, estate, and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the said Act. All persons indebted to the said Robert Wells, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. Groom, the official assignee, No. 12, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, nominated in that behalf by the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said petition. JAMES JOHNSTONE, Messenger. SUPERIOR CANDLES. DAVIES'S CANDLES, .5 d. per lb.; Wax Candles, Is. 2d. ; flue Wax Is. sd. ; Composite, Is.; extra fine Wax-wick Moulds, 7d.; Transparent Wax, 25.; genuine Sperm, 25.; genuine "Wax, 2s. 3d. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 525., and 58s. per I I2lbs. ; Mottled, 60s.,and 645. ; 'Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet; Palm, Is. 4d.; old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Bose, 25.; Camphor, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; superfine Sealing Wax, 4s. Gd. per lb.; genuine Sperm Oil, Gs. per gallon; Solar Oil, 3s. 6d. For cash. At DAVIES'S old-established warehouse, G 3, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. GILDING-FLY SPOTS-TARNISH. GOLD DETERGENT, 2s. 6d. per Bottle. 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Second Edition. Price 18s. PUBLIC WRONGS, and their Remedies, being Vol. 4, Second Edition. Price IBs. _ _ _ E. Spettigue, Law Bookseller and Publisher, 67, Chancery-lane, London. GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY. - _ The annual festival in aid of the funds of this institution took place yesterday evening, at the London Tavern, Bishop gate-street. At six o'clock the Marquis of Clanricape took the chair, when upwards of .two hundred gentlemenltit down to dinner. Over the chair was a well-executed transparency of her Majesty, with the following appropriate motto, "Our Royal Patron, she is the very soul of bounty." As soon as the cloth was removed, the usual loyal toasts were given. which were duly diSposed of. After which, The Noble CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of the evening, which was " P rosper i ty to the City of London General Pen sion Society, and may it flourish for ever." The Institution, lie said, 11114 received i n i ts very i n f an cy the sanction and support of the pa ren t s of our belove d Q ueen , the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and the - King of the Belgians, and they would be gratified to hear, that her Majesty had followed their good example, and taken the society under her protec tion. He then made a feeling appeal to those present in be half of a charity which had already conferred blessings upon many who were unable to help themselves, and which was also to be instrumental, if properly supported, in benefiting many snore who might become fitting objects of its benevo lent operations. _ . The Secretary, Mr. RICHARDSON, read the report, which was exceedingly voluminous, and included the names of a vast number of Noblemen of high rank, as subscribers to the In stitution. Before reading the report, the Secretary made some preliminary remarks, in which he stated that the So ciety was formed in 1818, or providing permanent relief to decayed artisans, mechanies, and tradesmen generally, and the widows of such persons above sixty years of age—that the male pensioners receive 225. per month, and the females 155.—ab Out thirty of the pensioners were above eighty years of age, and upwards of twenty above ninety. The subscriptions for the evening were exceedingly liberal, amounting, in all, to nearly 1,100/. Among the numerous donations announced were—the Queen, 100 guineas ; the ; J. Deacon, Esq., 10/. guineas annually ; the Queen Dowager, 101. annually ; the Earl of Aberdeen, 20/ ; Duchess of Cambridge, 10/. ; 1: u5 I /c. iss Coutts Burdett, 20/. ; Lord Beresford, 20/. ; Earl of Haddington, 10/. ; Luke James e of Shrewsbury, 10/. 10s. ; Hansard, Esq., 501.; Earl of Burlington, 30/. ; the Trustees e Earl the Duke of Buccleuch, in , 5 Mr. Thwaits, 501. ; Marquis of Cc o l‘i f or.oasu t .Bt l nt i ; het Countess I C assi l ir l rAao o Ifj l ti m:LvhooEenuoiseddgeEe: Leicester, s e e 3 s3 : citih C ...:,so h ilp..o. a ie li ßto i t2h e alei s . additionThotn as Btaorinngs,lE.,sq2.s,l. ; Bristol, 25/. The vocal arrangeme nts were en trusted to Mr. Bruton, assisted by Messrs. F. Martin, H. S mith , J. Perrin, Giffin, and Miss Steele, the last -named volu nteering her professional services for the occasion . airs iarrs, A y of militarydu theringd thea,,.. ban d evening in attendance, enli ven i ng the corn with many of th e most popular The dinner, wines, and attendance were excellent, and the manner altogether in which the entertainment was given did great credit to the proprietors, Messrs. Bathe and Breach. Yesterday an unusual degree of interest was ex cited on the Whitstable road, from a wager between two Canterbury gentlemen. The following are the particulars : —A wager for ten pounds was made by a gentleman that he would find a workman that siould sharpen in a workmanlike manner 1,900 hop poles in ten hours. Th e f eat o f strengt h commenced at six in the morning, and such was the interest that a large concourse of persons assembled to witness the re sult—all positive that it c)uld not be completed in the given time. Two thousand and forty-one poles were sharpened in seven hours and four minutes, to the surprise of the specta tors, and perfect satisfaction of the gentlemen ,appointed umpires.—Kentish Gazette. TRIAL BY JURY.—On Tuesday the friends of Mr. Davies, proprietor of the Cadogan Arms, King's-road, Chel sea, to the number of sixty—and comprising the most re spectable and independent gentlemen and tradesmen of that locality—met at dinner in the above tavern, to celebrate the acquittal of Mr. Davies in a recent prosecution at the Old Bailey, for an assault upon i an individual w ho had been guilty of provoking conduct n his coffee-room, to the great annoyance of his c ustomers. The chair was taken on this occasion by Mr. Todd, an opulent neighbour. The nature and character of the prosecution against Mr. Davies, having been described, the healtth of that gentleman was proposed with all the honours, and having been drunk with marked enthusiasm, the wor thylandlord, in a short speech, expressed his acknowledgments for the kindness and sympathy evinced towards him by his friends. " Trial by Jury," " The Liberty of the Press," and several other toasts characteristic of the occasion, were given and responded to during the evening. MAJORITY-NOES, 97. Aglionby, H. A. Forster, Matthew Pechell, Captain Aldan, Wil'Lan Gardner, J. D. Philips, M. Arkwright; George Gisborne, Thomas Plumridge, Captain itarnaru, E. G. Grimsditeh, Thomas Prot heroe, Edward Bo.llew, R. M. Hall, Sir B. Pryse, l'ryse ,g4i4piey.,,Hun. C. ...,„...Harris, E. A. J. Puts:Ord, it bert Bernal, Ralph Hatton Captain Ilashicigh, Wm. liernal, Captain Hawes, B. Ricardo, J. L. Borthwick, Peter Hervey. Lord A. Roebuck, J. A. Bowes, J. Hill, Lord Marcus Scholetield, Joshua ltewring, Dr. Hindley, Charles Scott, Robert Brothertou, J. Hodgson, R. Smith, Benjamin Buckley, Edmund Houldsworth. T. Smythe, Hon. G. Vulkeley, Sir R. B. Howard, J. K. Stansfield, WR. Byng, G. S. Howard, Lord Strickland, Sir G. Clay, Sir W. Howard. P. H. £hornely, Thomas Clive, E. B. Mune, Joseph Towneley, John Collett, John Hussey, Ambrose Trelawny, J. S. Colvile, C. H. Hutt, W. Tufnell Henry Copeland, Alderman Leader, J. T. Vane, Lord Harry Crawford, W. S. Liddel, H. T. Villigrs, Charles t. Denison, Jell, i:Evelyn Loch, James Wakley. - Thomas Dennistoun, J. M.Geachy, F. A. Wall, Charles B. Duncan, Viscount Maher, N. Ward, H. G. Duncan, George .Manners, Lord J. Watson, W. H. Duncannon, Lord Marshall, W. Wawn, J. T. Duncombe, A. Marsland, H, Williams, W. I..scott, Bichkam Martin, John Wilsbere, W. .vans, V. 141ilnes, R. M. Yorke, R. H. Ewzrt, William Mitcalfe, Henry : eilden, W. Morris, David TELLERS. Feilden, J. Napier, Sir Charles Duncombe, T. S. Ferguson, Colonel Norreys, Sir D. J. Granger, Thomas C. Ferrand, W. B. Pattison, James DETACHED PARTS OF COUNTIES BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) _ _ First Clause (Detached portions of Counties to be part of the County by which they are surrounded) :—Amendment proposed, page 1, line 9, to leave out from the word" That" to the end of the Clause, in order to add the words, " every part of any County in England or Wales which is detached from the main body of such County shall be considered, for all purposes, as farming part of that County, and of that Division or Riding, or those parts of which it is considered a part for the purposes of the Election of Members to serve in Parlia ment as Knights of the Shire, under the provisions of an Act passed in the third year of the reign of his late Majesty (3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 64), intituled, An Act to settle and describe the divisions of Counties and the limits of Cities and Boroughs in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Mem bers to serve in Parliament :' "—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause :" The Committee divided : MINORITY:--AYES, 15. A rkwright, Geot ge Douglas, Sir C. Sotheron, T. Ha Borthwick Peter Gladstone, W. E. Tnompson, Ald. Bruges, W. H. L. Goring, Charles Wrightson, W. F. Colvile, C. Rcbert Goulburn, Henry TELLERS. Copeland, W. Hayes, Sir E. Sutton, Hon. H. M. Cripps, W. Shaw, Frederick Hodgson, Richard MAJORITY-NOES, 19. Aglionby, H. A. Marsland H. Strickland, Pr G. Bellew, R. M. Mitcalfe, - Henry Thornely, T homas Butler, Colonel Morris, David Yorke, R. . Belden, J. Muntz, G. F. Ferguson, Colonel Norreys, Sir D. TELLERS. Hindley, Charles Protheroe, Edward Scott, Robert Hutt, W. Scholefield, J. Brotherton, Joseph Mackinnon, W. A. Smith, Fig OPENING OF THE BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. The opening of the entire line of this railway was cele brated on Monday. In Exeter all business was suspended, and thousands and tens of thousands flocked in from the coun try, and the streets, paraded by bands of music, were densely thronged with people in holiday attire. At nine o'clock the members of the Temperance Society assembled, accompanied by three bands and numerous ban ners and cars : having formed in order of procession, they proceeded through the different streets of the city, and thence to a field adjoining the terminus which occupies that space of land which lies betiveen the Red Cow turnpike-gate on the Cowley-bridge-road and Sandy-point, on the east side of the Exe. The site of the terminus is very beautiful, comnianding a very extensive view on each side of the road. At Cowley- bridge ,the line takes a sweep, which carries it to Rewe, through a .deep cutting. It then leaves the Valley of the Exe to pursue the Valley of Culm as far as Collumpton, where it leaves the river, and reaches the Tiverton-road station, about fourteen miles from Exeter and four from Tiverton. There is an intermediate station at Hele, about nine miles from Exeter. At the Tiverton-road station it takes the Vale of Holicombe to the White Ball Tunnel, join. ing the road, which has been for some time open, at Beam bridge. Every inch of the way from that place to Exeter is through the richest and most fertile part of the beautiful county of DeVon. By the opening of this line there is now an uninterrupted communication, westward from London, of 194 miles, 118 of which belong to the Great 'Western Com pany; the remaining 76 miles being the length of the Bristol and Exeter line. The whole line exhibits the usual charac teristics of Mr. Brunel's consummate skill—substantial works and first-class gradients. The principal engineering diffi culty encounted being in that part of the line opened yester day—the White Ball Tunnel. At about 1 o'clock the special train from Bristol, bringing the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, arrived at the terminus. It was propelled by two locomotives, deco rated with flags and banners, and almost immediately after the special train from London brought the directors of the Great Western Railway, Sir Thomas Acland, Sir J. Y. Bul ler, and Mr. Divett, M.P. for Exeter. They were received by the Mayor, High Sheriff, and a number of gentlemen who have acted as a committee for conducting the arrangements forlhe festival. The banquet was laid in the luggage-shed, a building 160 feet long and 60 feet broad, which was floored over and com modiously fitted up for the purpose. accommodation being provided for 861 persons. Five tables extended the length of the room, and a dais connected three of them at the head, in the centre of which the Mayor, Mr. H. H. Hooper, pre sided as chairman, supported on either side by the following noblemen and gentlemen :—Earl Fortesque (Lord-Lieutenant of the county), Lord . Courtenay, M.P., Sir John Y. Buller, Bart, M.P., Sir Thomas D. Acland, Bart., M.P., Mr. L. W. Buck, M.P., General Sir J. Dufton, Lord Clifford, Sir T. Drake, Bart., Sir R. W. Newman, Bart., Sir J. Kennaway, Bart., Sir J. T. B. Duckworth, Bart., Lord Exmouth, Colonel Fulford, Mr. S. T. Kekewich, Mr. C. Gordon, Major North cote, Mr. A. Stowey, Mr. M. E. N. Parker, Colonel Honey wood, Mr. H. J. Cartwright, High Sheriff of Devon, Sir W. Paterson, Knt., Sir W. H. Tonkin, Knt., General Hill, &c. By special invitation the Directors of the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways, the Mayor and Recorder of Bristol, and the Committee of the House of Commons on the South Devon Railway Bill, were also amongst the distin guished guests at the banquet. After the cloth had been removed, the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were given, which were followed by others in allusion to the progress and opening of a line of railway be tween Exeter and London. The evening was spent in the greatest harmony, and the meeting separated at a late hour, highly gratified with the proceedings of the day. The special train, which arrived at Exeter at one o'clock, left the Great Western terminus at Paddington at a quarter before seven. On its return it left Exeter at a quarter after five, and arrived at Paddington at ten minutes before ten, thus performing the journey, 198 miles. in little more than four hours and a half. Earl Howe gave a dinner on Wednesday at his residence in Curzon-street, to the Noble Directors of the Con cert of Anciant Music. His Lordship, accompanied by his distinguished guests, afterwards went to the performance of the concert in Hanover-square Rooms... His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by- the Marquis of Granby, Captain Francis Seymour, and Colonel Wylde •, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron linese-• beck, honoured the performance.of the concert with their presence. Mr. C. P. Villiers paired with Mr. Beckett in fa your of Mr. Maule's motion on the Scotch Universities question. PRAYER BOOK AND HOMILY SOCIETY.—The an- ' nual meeting •of this Society was 'held at twelve o'clock yesterday, at Exeter Hall. The attendance was by no means good. The Rev. JameO Wilson took the chair. The Secre tary read the report, which detailed the operations during the past year. The funds are very far from prosperous. The meeting was subsequently addressed by several clergymen. LINCOLN APRIL FAIR.—The weather during this fair has been extremely fine, and we have had in all a very large attendance of persons f all classes. The sheep fair was well filled with both buyers and sellers, and sheep improved very much in their price; the beast fair was also good, at better prices; good drapes made excellent pric es, as did also small steers.—Lincolnshire Herald. SIrGTJLAR COINCIDENCE.—An inquest was held on Monday, the 15th inst., before G. Hinchcliffe, Esq., coroner, at the house of Mr. Thomas Sower, Sun Inn, Brock-moor, on the body of Jane Webb, aged six years, who was found drowned in the canal on Friday last, near Mr. Firmstone'o, works, at the Ley Colliery. It appears she was sent with her sister's breakfast to the pit, about half-past eiptt in the morning, and on her return slipped into the water. Nothing more was heard of her until the afternoon-, 'when they began to drag the canal for the body, and wee about giving it up, when a young woman, who was standing by, stated that f they would get a loaf of brea d , and put some quicksiiv e „ , I it, it would float to the body , if it was in the w- • into proved the y ou ng woman insisting she had seen it tried 8,- . 4 ae r ed ,• fore, the loaf and quicksilver were procure-'• be the water. Much to the astonishment u, and thrown into to a certain spot, turned round sp- of all, the loaf floated . What is more extraordinary. ;- ~ e ral times, and rema i n ed. the loaf, the body of thP ,eneath the spot occupied by name of Westwood dr- child was found : a man of the came stationary, egged to the place where the l out b and was successful in bringing the poor unfortur .ate child. After the different evidence bad the jrry returned a verdict of " Found drowned." bee Bnta liar or d dshire fercury. SECOND DAY. Wednesday the sittings of the Convention were resumed at the Crown and Anchor, Strand. The room was filled with delegates, upwards of 1,000 being present. At eleven o'clock the Rev. Dr. YOUNG, of Perth, took the chair, and congratulated the delegates on the spirit which had been manifested on the preceding day. The Rev. Mr. SHOEBOTHAM, of Dundee, was then an nounced. A short time since he and his fellow countrymen thought that they were to have the battle all to themselves in the north, but now they had crossed the border to vitness the scene of conflict in England.—(Loud cheers.) As in Scotland, so in England, moral suasion and moral force must be employed; in moral measures there was enough of power to throw off the incubus which a national Establishment had placed on Christianity. They (the Dissenters) had been taunted by the charge of belonging to the movement party. lie, for one, did not deny it. Change was the law of the universe ; everything changed but Jehovah, and as to be longing to the movement party, he gloried in it, and forward they would proceed in their course until they succeeded in obtaining the full triumph of the Gospel.—(Loud cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman addressed the meeting at great length, and concluded by proposing the first resolution, which was a summary of a paper read on the preceding evening. It affirmed that in the judgment of the Conference the union of the Church with the State had been proved, by a long and varied course of experience, to be highly injurious and productive of the most deplorable results, both political and spiritual ; that all historical evidence led to the conclu sion that national establishments for securing the stated ob servance of Divine ordinances and the promulgation of reli gious truth, were maintained chiefly for political purposes, were essentially secular rather than religious institutions, and merged the spiritual interests of men in the attempt to further,the ends of civil rulers; that the endowment by the State of any class of clergy had never failed to render them tha abettors of oppression ; that State churches, wherever they existed, and under every variety of modification, tended to enhance the bitterness of political strife, to deepen feel ings of alienation between class and class, and to infuse into the discussion of all leading topics of national policy a spirit of intolerance and bigotry; that the claims which they set up and enforce restricted in every way the rights of citizen ship, rendered just, impartial, and comprehensive legislation an impracticability, checked the free action of political insti tutions, and clogged the whole machinery of civil govern ment, seriously retarded the progress of popular education, and threw a seemingly religious sanction over the most un righteous principles of State policy; that, great as were the political evils resulting from the union of Church and State, they sunk into insignificance when compared with the in juries inflicted by it upon the spiritual interests of mankind, and that Christianity had had to contend with no external and institutional impediment more formidable than State churches; that by establishments the amount of pious and benevolent zeal on the part of the people was repressed; and that the union of Church and State was the largest, the most specious, and the most fatal obstacle which Christianity in these realms had to encounter. The Rev. Mr. EDWARDS (of Nottingham) seconded the re solution. The resolution was put to the meeting, and carried nem. dis. The Rev. J. W. MASSIE (of Manchester) then read a paper reviewing the various forms and degrees in which the principles of the union of Church and State is carried out in the ecclesiastical arrangements of the British Govern ment, both in the United Kingdom and in the colonies and dependencies of the empire. On the motion of the Rev. J. E. Gluts, of Leeds, seconded by the Rev. Mr. KING, of Cork, a resolution embodying the facts of Mr. Massie's paper, was put to the meeting and car ried with but two dissentients. This cii cumstance was oc casioned by some reflections on the Unitarians, but the re marks objected to were eventually struck out by mutual agreement. - - It was resolved,—" That in contending for the separation of the Church from the State, this Conference contemplates an ultimate appeal to the Imperial Parliament for the fol lowing objects :—First, for the repeal of all those laws which render either the profession or the disavowal of any form of religious faith and worship, or the subscription, or recital, or adoption, in any way, of any declaration containing or im plying a pledge of a certain line of conduct towards any re ligious body or institution, a necessary qualification for the exercise of any public office or employment, or which confer on the ministers of any religion, in any of its forms, public office, the right, as such, to fill any Parliamentary station or exclude all ministers of religion, except ices of religion on omit office, or to perform any public ti f io u s n e c t a i t o t n a , c o h r ed w t h o ic a h specified sect, from conducting State of fe religious at n a l faithe e n u o e r , houses whether taken out of the Parlia mentary Parliament,nocca sions ef c and e em ootherny, anndatbileefienoasiTer‘beieltdhieers ofor theinstitutions, t Nvo or which, devote public nioney r tly, buildings, or or public property; w mentary taxes, or anyplhT:ertetil g round corfe:ini n; f o hot f irnom r fg e fg landsou reli gi ous faith or t from public paymen ts , create distinctions of Novtohrseli'plseo,rto which, t esolln ship, exemP any nature, honourable or otherwise. Se condly, f or the enactment of laws, entirely a bol ish i ng pu blic exactions in support of anv form of religious faith or worship, and re suming into the hands of Parliament (with due regard to the life interests of actual beneficiaries, and to the equitable claims of all other parties), for application to purposes strictly national, and purely secular, all lands, buildings, and other property, at any time granted by Parliament for the sup , - of religious faith or worsnip in any form, or for the use of men or bodies of mcn, professing or m tad; ita;wing any description of religious faith or worgb:- After the transacti on :ome routine lytsiness the Confer ence was adjounaP , ' i its deliberations P OPE/ill% OF THE BRICELLTERs i ARMS STATION OF TIIE C ROYDON R AILWAY. —O n W ednesday the brar.s line was opened, despite the lamentable accident which hap pened so recently. Everyffing greatest p a i ns is again restored, and the 'peen taken to render safety doubly scure by :.:ross braces and struts to the roofs, &c. The whole s- O f .one Platform, passages, and waiting-rooms, to the extent of at least 40,000 feet, have been laid by the Seyssel Asplaske Company, and present a remarkably even surface. ..nd is indeed so close a resemblance to a light colourP o until the spectator's attention is drawn s l a te, that . serted here and there in the asphalt p - the tablets in as to the manner in which so is left in surprise formlv laid down. There ...ge a surface could be so uni nade laid with the ste _As also the flat roof of the colon five thousand f ' -ne material in lieu of lead. It contains cessary to - _et, and is free from those rolls which are ne terini- secure the joints of that metal. The fi, Fade of the ..us is a very novel one, and reflects great credit upon -Jr. Lewis Cubitt, the architect; and the whole of the works, ' which have been entrusted to Messrs. Grissell and Pete, are finished in the best possible manner. The annual distribution of prizes awarded to the successfit competitors connected with the medical classes of this Insti tution, took place on - Wednesday, in the lecture-room of the Hospital. The room was crowded with students and visitors, the majority of the latter being ladies and contribu tors to the support of the Hospital. The Rev. Dr. Worth ington took the chair, and was supported by the odic,ers of the Institution and the professors of the different classes, who in succession declared the parties to whom the prizes were awarded. The great majority of the prizes were given for pre-eminence in the various branohes of the .profession, a few being distributed for general good conduct. IVe subjoin a list of the successful competitors : SUMMER SESSION, 1843. BOTANY—Silyer Medal—Mr. Alfred Clark, Twickenham —Certificate : 111 r. William Bainbridge, London. MIDWIFERY—Students of Three Sessions—Certificate, Mr. G. F. Burroughs, Shepton Mallet. Students of Two Sessions—First Prize, Mr. Elisha Novice, London ; Second Prize, Mr. John Terry, Bath.—Certificates, Mr. J. E. • Huxley, Ealing; Mr. R. R. Crucifix, London. Students of One Session—First Certificate, Mr. Alfred Clark ; Second Cer tificate, Mr. Frank Cooper. MEDICAL JURISPRUDMCCE—MT. R. R. Crucifix. . WINTER SESSION, 1843-4. EXHIBITION OF 151. PER ANNUM—Mr. Joseph Bennett, London. _ . MEnicntE—Senior Class—Prize, Mr. Thomas Weeden Cooke, London. Junior Class—Prize, Mr. R. R. Crucifix, London. SURGERY—Senior Class—First Prize, Mr. R. R. Crucifix ; Second Prize, Mr. George Chessman, Southampton. Junior Class—First Prize, Mr. Alfred Clark ; Second Prize, Mr. Frederick Nicolle, Jersey ; Third Prize Honorary Certificate, Mr. N. C. Hatherley. MinwtrEnr—Senior Class—First Prize, Mr. G. Chess man ; Second Prize, Mr. R. G. M. Norris. Junior Class, Mr. F. Nicolle. PnreaoLoGY—Senior Class—First Prize, Mr. Alfred Clark; Second Prize, Mr. Joseph Bennett. PRACTICAL ANATour—Senior Class—First Prize, Mr. Frederick Nicolle ; Second Prize, Mr. Alfred Clark. Junior Class—First Prize, Mr. Joseph Bennett; Second Prize, Mr. C. R. Durell, Jersey. CHEMISTRY PRIZE—Mr. Philip H. Harper, Walsall. MATERIA MEDICA—CIass Prize, Mr. Joseph Bennett ; Essay Prize, Mr. Joseph Bennett. DILIGENCE AND GOOD CoNnucr—Mr. Frederick Nicolle, Mr. George Chessman, Mr. R. R. Crucifix. GUYS HOSPITAL. I Wednesday the annual distribution of rewards to the stu dents of the above hospital who had distinguished themselves during the last session, took place in the large theatre of the museum. The whole of the medical and surgical lecturers of the various classes were present on the occasion, and the theatre was crowded with the medical students and their friends. The prizes and certificates of distinction were awarded as follows, viz. :— Medicine—Gold' tnedah - Mr. G. F. Wills, of Crewkerne ; silver medal, Mr. W. Pearce, Bradford, Yorkshire; certificate, Mr. G. J. Rose, of Swaff ham. Surgery—Gold medal, Mr. 11. A. Oldfield, Camberwell ; .certificate, Mr. W. Pearce. Opthalmic Surgery—Gold medal, Mr. G.F. Wills. Anatomy—Senior Division—Gold medal, Mr. J. B. Hicks, Lymington ; silver medal, Mr. F. Whitbaume, Godalming ; certificate, Mr. J. J. Cole, boaton, Pembrokeshire. Junior Division—Silver medal, Mr. M. Walling, Kendal. Practical Midwifery—Silver medal, Mr. R. B.Yeats, Kirkby Lonsdale. Pathological Anatomy—Silver medal, Mr. H. I. Fotherby, Louth. Materia Medica—Gold medal, Mr. R. Ffinch, Greenwich ; silver medal, Mr. Caparn, Newark ; silver medal, Mr. G. H. King, Southampton. Chemistry—First prize, Mr. Walter Johnson, London ' • second prize, Mr. Metcalf J o h nson , Wi s b eac h ; certificate, Mr. G. H. Ring. Practical Chemistry—Prize, Mr. Metcalf Johnson; certifi cate, Mr. R. Ffinch. Medical Jurisprudence—Prize, Mr4G. Ayton, Kenilworth ; certificate, Mr. H. I. Fotherby ; certificate, Mr. G. A. Lewis, Leominster. Botany—Prize, Mr. J. B. Hicks ; certificate, Mr. S. Rani skill, Clapham. Natural Philosophy—Silver medal, Mr. J. B. Hicks ; certi ficate, Mr. W. H. Greenwood, St. John's, Southwark ; certifi cate, Mr. H. I. Fotherby. The Clinical Society—Prize, Mr. H A. Oldfield ; certifi cates, Mr. E. Arnold, Mr. H. A. Ebden, Mr. J. C. Forster. BEER. An Account of the Quantity of Beer Exported, from the sth day of January, 1843, to the sth day of January, 1844. Year ended sth January 1844 :—Number of Barrels of Beer on which Drawback was paid 148,621 G. A. COTTRELL, Acct. Geni Excise-office, London, 20th April, 1844. VINEGAR. A Return of the Licensed Vinegar Makers in England, Scotland, and Ireland ; with an Account of the Num ber of Gallons brought to Charge and Duty paid, from the Ist day of January, 1843, to the Ist day of January, 1844. Year ended sth January, 1844. Number of Licenses issued to Vinegar Makers. Number of Gallons of Vinegar charged with Duty. Amount of Duty. England...l Scotland... Ireland ... Total .. G. A. Excise-office, London, 20' 2,922,706 18,560 51;795 2,993,061 COTTRELL, th April, 1844. AQUATICS. £25,573 13 5 162 8 0 453 4 1 1426,189 5 6 Acct. Gent The arrangements for the forthcoming season, of the seve ral clubs interested in aquatic sports, are now pretty well con cluded, and under circumstances that leave no doubt of a brilliant and delightful season, such indeed as has not been sustained for some time back ; this remark may particularly apply to the grand summer festival of the metropolitans— the Thames Regatta, which will take place under the usual management, about the middle of June ; the exact time, how ever, will be made known at the general meeting of the club. A large sum has been subscribed towards the funds, and amongst the contributors are the Vice-Chancellor of England, Lord Castlereagh, and several other noblemen and gentlemen. The regattas of the Royal Squadron will take place as usual, and the general prizes, including her Majesty's and other cups, will be contended fur. Several yachts are undergoing the necessary alterations for the season, and are being other wise prepared. The- total number is about 86, of which are entered those of the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Dysart, Sir T. M. Wilson, Sir J. H. Polly, the Marquis of Conyngham, Lord H. Cholmondeley, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Ilchester, the Marquis of Angle Fey, Sir John Bezley, Bart, Viscount Mil ton' Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., the Earl of Yarborough, th e Earl of Orkney, the Earl of Egremont, the Earl of Tyrconnel, the Marquis of Ormond, T. M. Gibson, Esq., M.P.„ Viscount Powerscourt, Sir John Walshe, Bart., and other noblemen and gentlemen. The Royal Southern Yacht Club have also made the necessary arrangements for a prepitious season. CAST-IRON LIGHTHOUSE.—The attention of the curious for some time past has been directed to an immense iron building which, for the last two or three months, has been progressing under the auspices of its builders, Messrs. Cottam and Hallen, iron-founders of the Cornwall-road, Lambeth. It is to be a lighthouse made entirely of cast iron, one of the first, if not the first, that has ever been con structed. It is composed of 130 iron plates, averaging eight feet by six, and an inch and a quar t er thi c k. Th ese pl a t es , ten of which make a circumference, are connected together by wrought-iron bolts, screws, and sheet-iron, the inter stices being filled up with cement. Its diameter at the base is 24 feet, gradually decreasing to a width of 14 at the top, where it is surmounted by a gallery 20 feet wide, which is encircled by iron railings 4' feet high. In the centre of this gallery is the lantern, surmounted by a cone 8 feet high ; and which is also made of cast-iron. Its total altitude is 137 feet. The top of the building is gained by a staircase of iron fixed to the sides. The structure is divided into nine cham bers, the floors and ceilings of which are made of sheet-iron fastened to the sides and to a cast-iron pillar, which goes to the top of the building. It is lighted by windows 18 inches square, and glazed with strong plate Oise. Its total weight is about 300 tons. It is to be fixed on one of the Bermuda islands, on a rock 150 feet high, consequently its total height from the sea to the top of the lantern will be 387 feet. Such a building as this has been for a long time a great desidera tum in these islands, for during the winter, which begins in November and ends in April, these islands are subject to se vere north-west gales, which frequently dismast ships cross ing these !attitudes ; indeed, there is scarcely a winter passes without eighteen or twenty vessels being driven by stress of weather, or forced on the rocks , which run out man y mile s to north and north-west. At the Anti-Corn -law League meeting, last night, repeated references were made made to the Budget of Monday. t r o ei m na in rk or ed m , othnaotposolielos,nsgucahs tasheePorrks,einissitr: Mr. Ricardo was particularly happy in his allusions to the Psit a ei n sY d herrings, the corn monopolists are u iiten th t e h y e .s re l e mi l L n ist e er : f b r u om t t h h i a s t: ar. Csuaneccellorliproefnjetuihe Exchequer confine the application of their proposed to touch the monster monopolies,. the; misl fr lio e ae e mint t ste r ,n a ast d e t currants,tihsebnches on which ae f a in la g rin his an Go df Government with destruction. The p ra o i s s e e , a by ye m ll en o question then, comes to be, what are the Corn-law Repeaters to do ? Or how, to put the question in another fo rm, Is the Minister to be prevailed on to disregard the threats of the landed oligarchy, and c for that Sir Robert Peel his free trade views into effect ? is l a free trader in heart, there can, as Lord Kinnaird remark ed . a.st night, be no doubt. We concur with Mr. Ricardo in . law repeal while the thinking, that there is no hope of corn present Parliament lasts. It is exceed ingly doubtful whether, even were the Premier to make the attempt, he would succeed in abolishing the bread monopoly with the present Parliament. The landed interest is too strong for him. Another general election must take place before the oligarchical power can be crushed in the Commons. Let the friends of free trade, then, make the requisite prepa • rations for such an event ; and let them commence imme diately. There is no time to be lost. A general election cannot be very rem' to ; it may be much nearer than is gene rally supposed.. It may be at hand. One thing is certain, that if Slsi: Robert Peel should make up his mind to abolish dr, corn monopoly, the very first thing he will do will be to dissolve Parliament. Let, then, the League hold themselves in readiness for any contingency that may occur, and not be taken by surprise when it does happen.—Adrertiser. DEATH OF ANOTHER STEEPLE C HASER.—The horse St. Botolph's, the property of Mr. Stokes, which ran at the Tenby steeple-chase on the sal and subsequentlyin a t d ied a private steeple-chase :1 1 .: :iaverfordwest , which i few days since from inflammation , th e supposed cons won, equence of a cold caught after the last race. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. —Wednesday a Court of Directors was held. at the East India House, when Major. General Sir OP^: - .ge Pollock, G.C.8., was appointed a pre visional ie".:,mber of the Council of India. 11- a Monday last Lord Robert Grosvenor visited the printing es tablishment of Mr. Spottiswoode , and the type foundryMr. of Caslon. His Lordship, who is about to pre side at the ensuing anniversary dinner of the Printers' Pen sion Society, wished to obtain some insight into the nature of the business, and learn from personal observation how the employment of a printer is calculated to engender the dis eases to which he is said to be liable. His Lordship made very minute inquiries into the details of the business both of the printer and the type-founder, particularly as to tb amount of their earnings, and the number of hours they wet employed. His Lordship was accompanied by the Secretar of the Society during his visit, which occupied biro qui t three hours, and expressed himself much gratiffe Atli rrh a he had Been.