The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

11111111 PR toning Co. [84 4 . cts ar e , , s hcalth' ston -- I joy"' jug era ' 9 41 'urem tic yl prat ' n tow t th e ritc . re d 6d. ol d lid. ~ e 014 tb ° 11°' Al ts. 11 : e o creoc •ch es o i Chi Jgbte • deo „ cic n e, DIP' . ile si iII • to Lob, Jo t'° iccie ;14 rf°4'l' dot, b t et ia ols ;ven t co lL Key t© of "a Ig totif I‘. rouse 130 t.h ° 9uy0,,1 GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS. FURTHER REDUCTION OF FARES. SIXPENCE AND NINEPENCE, Boat and Biackwall Railway included. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, Dally Sundays included) at Ten, Eleven. Twelve, Three, Four, Six, and Half-past Seven From the Terrace Fier, Gravesend, At Seven, Half-past Nine; Half-past Twelve, Two,. Four, Six, Seven, and Eight. • On Sundays at Five instead of Two. rare —Tore • Cabin and Seconi-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and First-class Carriage, Ninepence. Star Wise, Gravesend, July 10, 1844. MADEIRA REGULAR PACKET. War ranted to sail on the Ist September, calling in Channel for Passengers, the splendid new clipper brig DART, A I for 12 years, 2 42 tons per register, thoroughly copper fastened and coppered, I. W. NEB; TON, Commander, lying in the London Dock. This superior ely, comf or t, .Yessel Is built expre ss ly f or this trade, with the strictest regard to the and convenience of invalids and other passengers ; has a raised quarter-deck 18 inches high and 43 feet long, and has an experienced and attentive master. Passage money 201., which in cludes a liberal table, wines, bedding, &c. Servants and children ml-price, For freight or passage apply to the Captain, on board ; or to the "fuer, Richard Dart, 3, Walbrook-buildings. LETTERS OF CREDIT ON INDIA. The UNION BANK OF LONDON, as Agents for the BANK ' W ESTERN INBIA, are authorised to issue LETTERS of CRE DIT for any Moneys paid to them, to be re-paid in Rupees, at the current rate of Exchange on the day of presentation, at the offices of the Bank of Western India, in Bombay, Calcutta. and Colombo. Similar Letters of Credit may be obtained at any of the branches of the National Bank of Scotland, and of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. By order of the Directors, W. W. SCRLNIGEOUR, Manager llnton 13 ink of London, No. 8, Moorgate-street. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. CAPTAIN WARNER'S EXPERIMENT. consuence o the DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION oft' BEIGE -I°Y the eq Directors f of the ROYAL POLY TECIIIC INSTITUT ION Yield to the generally expressed wish that Dr. RYAN should adapt !u__l of kis Lectures to the subject of EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS. us Lecturejillustrated by interesting Experiments, so far as tkey can b? shown with perfect safety, will be delivered daily at half - pa st Three e c *lt . except on Mondays and Saturdays, anel in the Evenings of t'ndaY, Wednesday, and Fridays, at a Quarter to Nine o'clo ck. On Mondays and Saturdays, at Four o'clock, Dr. POTT'S PNEUMA TIC MODE of forming SUBMARINE FOUNDATIONS in DEEP I in I ZR E . with various interesting Experiments. Professo r BACM v r NWS Lectures, and all the other subjects of interest in the .113tIthtiol. _ _ . Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. FINCHLEY. TO BE LET, UNFURNISHED, at a very moderate rent, and entered upon immediately, a compact FA MILY HOUSE, with flower and kitchen gardens, small stable, an abe-house and harness-room, delightfully sitnated at Church - end. The house contains a dining-room and two parlours, entrance-hall, and handsame oak staircase ; frsnt and back drawing-rooms, com riunicating by folding-doors, and five bed-rooms on the upper floor ; la'ge kitchen, scullery, and wash-houss, and ample cellaring. The premises are well suppli e d w ith excellent water from an hydraulic A u nil). An omnibus go e s from Finchley and returns three times day . For f urther particulars, apply to Messrs. Adam Murray and Sons , ofdhund )ors agents, 47, Parliament-street. UPTON SCUDAMORE, midway between Westbury and War- minster, nEBIR ABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, with comfertable Dwell ing, Gardens, Paddocks, &c., within the means of moderate capitalists. MESSRS. CROCKETT awl SON are instructed to SELL by AUCTION, on WEDNESDAY, August 28, 1 844, at the Bath Arms, Warminster, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, subject to conditions which will then be produced, All that very desirable ESTATE, consisting of . Fifty Acres, and at present in the owner's occupation, who is leaving the country. Comprising a comfortable Dwelling-house, within a few steps 01 the parish church, with Lawn, and two productive Gardens and a Young thriving Orchard. Adjoining thereto an enclosed Pad ck, Cart, and Nag Stables, walled in Burton-yard. Also Forty. Acres of capital Arable Land, and three Cottages, well tenanted ; rental, 101. per annum. The above offers a very eligible opportunity either to the capi talist or for occupation, and is capable of great improvement. T he projected railroad will pass near the boundary of the Estate. Early possession may be had. For viewing, apply to Mr. Edward Willes Knight, on the Estate, and further particulars may be had of George W. Anstie, Esq., solicitor; and of the Auctioneer, Devizes. EMPLOYMENT. —Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appoi nted in ..undon, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, Or the sale of their celebrated teas. °ll ices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate - street. fey are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a Pound, with th e pr i ce an d we i g ht mar k e d on eack packet, and but ittl anu s trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only 1 ls. per aid min, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con erabh, incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss. Application to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above. IMPORTANT to FAMILIES FURNISHING. p n considerable saving can be erected in the purchase of Iti r A.,. is hhig Ironmongery, by visiting the PANKLIBANON IRON - "" 4 -S. 58, Baker-street, Portman-square, where may be in elected the mo s t ex t ens i ve STOCK of IRONMONGERY GOODS In e Kingdom, consisting of kitchen cooking utensils, German silver * "'es, drawin g - room s t oves , s h ow er and 'vapour baths, ornamental iron . work, garden irapletnents, japanned water cans and toilette pails , t Sheffield plate, kitchen ranges, fenders and fire-irons, tea trays, Zug vrirework, tower stands, table cutlery, &c. Every article Zug marked in pl a i n figures, at the lowest possible price, will fully IL /I nne purchas; I's at this establishment of the great advantage re wi of th e from Cash payments, as the proprietors warrant every article Tri n e .I' o 7 best manufacture, at a saving of at least 30 per cent. — FALLOWS, and Co., 58, Baker-street, Portman-square. liberal allowance to merchants and captains. AVIES'S FINE WAX CANDLES, Is. sd. per lb.; they only require trial to prove them the handsomest and G eni d n c onoMical candles in existence, that do not require snuffing. 2d. 6 Sperm Candles, 2s. 2d. per lb.—Superior transparent Wax, 2s. tra fi n . n nine Wax, 2s. 3d.—Best kitchen and office Candles, 51d.—Ex "` Moulded Candles, with the Improved Wax Wicks, 7d.—Tellow 46, , 52s and 58s. per 11 21 bs. — Mottled , 60 s . and G4s.—Wind -`,. aid Palm 4d. per packet. — Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d.—Rose, ~pho, Is. 23.—Superior Almond, 2s. 6d.—Superflne Sealing ...";4a. 6d. per lb.—Refined Sperm Oil, 7s. Od. per gallon — S olar Oil, - • 6 4.—Fer Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. ' , tart-Ws-lane (opposite New ilaughter's Coffeehouse), Charing-cross. CANDLES TO BURN WITHOUT SNUFF ING Gid. per lb. PALMER and CO.'S DECIMAL PALM CANDLES (10 to lb.) v e the light of two common Tallaw Candles, require no snuffing, and can be used in any Candlestick. . Sold at the Oil-shops, Grocers, Bm, at Gid. per lb. Also, at the stun t : price, PALM CANDLES (6 to lb.) to be used in the Candle Ltinps,---Manafactory, Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, London. FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. TIM hard substance obtained by pressure from the Crude Cocoa-Nut Oil, is an essential ingredient in the PA -.NT COMPOSITE CANDLES ; and, as EDWA RD PRICE and Ar hold the Patents for this process, and grant no licenses under th em, it follows, either, that the imitation Composite Candles are entirely different from the Patent ones, or, that the imitators are thfhnsel ve gi the Patents : the first is generally the case, but to protect ept ng s against the possibility of the other, EDWARD PRICE ZICO. her e b y engages to pay a reward of Fifty Pounds to a n y ikatan or other person, who may give such informati on res p ectin g Par ties pressing Cocoa-Nut Oil, as shall lead to their con viction. The Zre of the informant will be kept strictly secret, and he need not rie prominent part in the proceedings , as all t hat E. P. and Co. 41the first clue to the discovery of the infringe rs, which the y then follow up for themselves. This advertisement is being pub 'Med in every newspaper of any circulation in the United Kingdom. p, Th e Candles are sow so wellknown to the Public, that it is hardly p av " s arY to state here that they barn more brilliantly than the best 1t10:,-" and give so large an amount of light, as to be cheaper, taking uinto account, than the commonest Tallow Candles. They may o f of the respectable Tallow C handlers throughout the fit,m,i but purchasers must insist o n bein g su pp lied with t h ee S,PATENT CANDLES," otherwise they are liable to be dk ° red with some of the imitations, all called, like the real ones, I t C l uPosite." Those parties, really in the trade, who do not yet a tu VileM for sale, are informed that they can purchase, of the Pa or of Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, any quan xci large or small, at the wholesale price ; and that allowances are I.oZ u e ;a an increasing ratio, to parties taking to the amount of 50/., ` S .M. or 2001., at a time; and a very lar g e allowance indeed to par t sw "ell t:,‘lilng so large a quantity as to ena ble them to become whole agents for an entire district. Yatlxhall, 24th July, 1844. ZipRHONTAL WATCHES, VERY FLAT. . B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchma kers, 9, co m mit, London, opposite the Hank. Price, in Silver 034. ikree nd a-Hlf Guineas each ; and in Gol I Cases, Six *oc tal escapement being peculiarly suited to combine those im- Suit, ' requisites They Are jewelled in four holes, and continne g )0 ) ; • • Vith Ist being wound. A twelvemonth's warranty is given PUBLIC NOTICE. TO 434, OXFORD-STREET. SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. -,., Copies of Testimonials Gratis, by all Agents. -"IMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the , k ik Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the ae te u "S of Kent, and the Lords ot the Treasury, is universally re hmlitend&l be the Faculty for its efficacy in removing disorders "'Mit to te Eyes and Head. B IGHT REL3TORED:—NERVOUS HEADACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! Its re do e most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! alrr ea et application is !caught with pleasure; many thousand sestai n ' a Y . been accomplished by its use, at a trifling expense, yet %ere In its operation. If testimonies be necessary to induce the it le . r to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Commons have used it. Usti L ords ,f the 7reasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Ma. ~ the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical I .i.ntioners—.with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised the Eye celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as e " Grim to th: L ,Rye Snuff," for its efficacy in removirit all diseases incident 141,e, d yes and Head. G . J. Guthrie , Esq., F.R.S. See J. B. Lach itai,..,Vs Letter, Whitehall . . Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it s -- 2 1 , at blesaing—see his Reports touching its utility. The late 11nethy, with many others, recommend Grimstone's Eye 16.,.... - . and call it " Man's best Friend," and the "Student's Vade ---ens, , , Dr. ltem rt .A ndrews also recommends its use as a . preventive See his Ineteb' 'n Nov. 1331. He states that the tenacious sympathy of the at om rane, within the nostrils, with the nervous system, that Grim haaers E ” Snuff, when frequently taken, must be of the greatest ail" te the consumer ; and, further, recommends its universal r °n " a Preventative. k e , ad • Thorreas, of Hatfield, having w itnessed many cases both of 4 7.2 4 and ophthalmia, has kindly given his testimony thereof. aie,, f ,7* nt the many thousand Testimonials of Sight restored and s i .elis cured by GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF : ,s s 1: 4 W. Grimstone, Esq. " April 20th, 1144. the ii;si a r Sir .—I feel bound by a sense of justice to inform you of the . raculous cure effected an myself by taking a few pinches of ir itil l e at celebrated Grimstone's Eye Snuff, which, is my case, ought 11 d rtu be called ' Ear Snuff,' it having effectually relieved me fom ittilia_fnes from which I have been suffering for many years. You r s re al ko j c ltY to make any use you please of this communication, since I sos et .__ inueli regret if the extraordinary qualities of your Eye Snuff net ueiversally known. ." Gran* " I ani, dear Sir, your obedient servan t , ' I : `on, Scotland. ‘ . MARGA RET MACGREGOR. wi t e -n vouch for the truth of the foregoing facts and statements. a . t r S. 1844, " JAMES SHUTER, Kentbury, Berks." talieve,i „ 14 ,• Reynolds, editor of Chambers' London Journal, &c.. &c., ""-411 z :t ta " excruciating pains, and can now write without spectacles lead m ford-st:eet, Blacirrs-road. " di nt a°° .P. ' Les'Pls, facing the church, Park-street, Wiedsor; cured J. b rie " of sight and headache .- 9th Sq.tember, 183 S, and 184'3. 213 's LaChfield, Esq ; cured of 0, ohthalmia. Whitehall and aith Eid Ow e Howe Tavern . :.-See his letter's, iVi and IEIII mid th .rse the Caution—W. GRImsToNE ii Thi;" 1 1 genuine is prepared by him the sole inventor, es suis Odoriferous Herbaceous Com pound of Herbs is cold in ter' IPr ePrietZ at 81' Is. 9d., 'A. Id., 4s. 44., Ss., and 156. thl. each, ,!iv the *tem.,. r, W. GRIMSTONE, at No. 434, Oxford-street, Totten- Ves. o _Herbal. " 41 etA r e t-r ead end (late of No. 19, Broad-street, Bloconsbul7), 3', Highgate ; and can also be obtained in all the 67 4 4: 1 _Towais and Cities. A liberal allowance to Shippers eelcre ev ,; aktains, and all Vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This Its 1 ....,.= onnif is shipped to all quarters of the globe, and retains VA7_ 'mu, qualities in every climate All Snuffs and Cigars shipped e ..vortost notice. VC( ' ..citi , sY can be forwarded through the General Post , b y recau,o', orders. A 2 s . 44. canister, with postage, will cost 11 " l ia U.‘'S_V.Mortion. _ ALSE'S SCORBUTIC DROPS. D ECLARATION OF THE GUARDIANS OF BRENT, tiZ ti . , DEVON. ) the undersigned, , so lemnly declare that before Thomas Ro Dlni n ° „e of our parishioners comenced taking Halse's Scorbutic 6 f. h em ' :' 2 , l tas literally cover' Id with large running wounds (some Def ,•°,iarge that a person 'ml:ht have laid his fist in them); that 4 nErtC a : nad finished the first bottle he t noticed an improvement b 7 cor — - me, ha got.co.mpletel restored continuingt - hein for some had ..ISotiecomp' y Irati-7;t o nealth, tinesveyikhad tried r ~.. i , rithorui 4, 4 7: 4 sorts of med before ta lng ' . Halse's Scorbutic Drops," else , fail e d. Lunt riz n s h i f n rom th t e h 7earUstosLecneelri L raed physicians in this " Halse's Scorbutic to h':''*' have co rpletely cured him, and he is now CP to attend Ala. hi s have as Well as any man in our parish. y!fc,o. ab l ied ther cures 4.11..._',. ( 1e in this part, we strongly recommend " rialse' e s P,... ,- arbutie —').._' to the notice of the public. wed _by Johi\ Elliott. sen., Lord of the Manor, John Manning, u rearm. Henry Goodman, Arthur Langworthy. str ett ale Agents for London : Bazclay and Son, Farringdop -111.1;4:el2;1:111:13:83, High Holborn ; Prout, 2'29, Strand ; Hartley, V ee , li ‘ar thet r°ad ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill King, 7, Napier-str t, N .B. ~, lbert Saloon, Hoxton. llotti es ',e, s aure to ask for " Halse's Scorbutic Drops." So'd in mom" '` ‘ B . 9 d. And in Pint Bottles, containing nearly six, 2s. pd. for lis No. 16,228, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING SU N, AUGUST 20, 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 POSY, containing. PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. IV• le) /"11 . l 7 214 ^ • . , .. • i . '.l ; ' - '- NAVAL INTELLIGENC4. • I , . , . . . . -'' • . . .._.— , . ~. - • e"..)' - 'l, .- -.. , -", 14Y , --z` , , - ;;; - • _ (~-. ~.....t- • O, . , - 4 , - ,, ,‘ , . - -t - f" .. ,_ -• , \ k . -___.:____ . _._': . :--1 : - .: _. • . ...: ..;.i-i. „-: . , ,, A•4::,,-.- s 6 -r- .i.ev-:.,4-_,.,--,,,,,,z_ ... ~_' . -, ~,•,, , -- 4 - -,!... ..-:., , .;,-•-•,.-• _-....„ \,.. 7- - i l / 4.) 0 4 . 4 ' ~,,. 1 . 1 ..., ki.. ' .t e • , ,•*ol# , N; ' • -*„,. . 1i.% , /, )9§,, ,:_:_••••''_''''-:.:__‘2:',):l)t 'Nl j ) + --...,,, , ,I . ",' ...,. , ~;' „. • • : - ' - . 1 " - ----.- -- A 4 .,- -- ~,....„ .:, ........., ..- ..,"„ te ~, , -,.,,4 . . /1 . : Li . . I "..:". 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One circumstance is stated as certain, and which looks like preparation for an emergency—namely, that an inquiry has been sent to this and other ports to ascertain how early six sail-of the-line could be at Spithead ready for sailing orders. It is also certain that the experimental brigs will not be commissioned until the matters now before her Majegy's Government respecting the French agressions are settled. The statement in an evening paper of Wednesday last, that the above squadron would be commissioned on, the following day, it is almost needless to say is without art foundation. The rumour that Captain A. L. Col ry had commissioned the steam-sloop Firebrand, to take the command of the experimental squadron, and had hoisted a Commodore's broad-pendant, is equally false. It is. however, exceedingly marvellous that upwards of 3 . 00 able-bodied efficient seamen and petty officers should be waiting about, which they have been for some months, in expectation of the daily commissioning of the.new brig squadron. Many of them are reduced to the greatest distress, and many, tired of such wanton delay, kit t y* left the port for other employment. We are itSormed upon excellent authority that men are being entered at Tower-hill for general service. We hope the report is true ; and we trust that orders will be immediately issued for entering such hands as are now waiting about for ships on board the Victory, in ordet to be ready for draughting into other ships on any emergency. The Collingwood, 80, Capt. Smart, is still at Spithead, awaiting sailing orders. Iler officers are in doubt:as to whether they will sail for Otaheite or Tangiers. The Vindictive, 50, is in dock overhauling, and silk it is asserted, be brought forward for re-commission with all speed. The royal yacht Vctoria and Albert is now repaiteid ready for sea. To-morrow she will proceed round the Isle of Wight with Admiral Sir George Cockburn on board, to try her steam and canvass sped, together with the working of her new machinery ad tubtilar boilers. The Illustrious, 72, Commodore Sharp, was at nail fax on the 3d inst., all well, last from Bermuda. Vice- Admiral Sir Charles Adam had struck hii flag - on the Pyramus receiving ship, and hoisted it'on Ward the Illustrious. The Hornet, 6, Lieutenant•Commandei R. B. Miter, and the Griffon , 3, Lieutenant-Commander C. Jenkins, are ordered home from Halifax. The Penelope, 22, steam frigate, Commodore Jones, was at St. Helena on the 27th of June, with the Tctri toise store and guard ship, from Ascension, to obtain as much water as they could stow,' that essential being dis tressingly scarce at Ascension. The Iris, 26, Captain Mundy, was at Symond's B a y on the 2d f June, en route to Ching, The Queen, 110, Captain W. F. Martin, is being rapidly fitted for sea in the harbour, She will, it is ex pected, leave for Spithead next week. Whether sha will sail from Spithead to Sheerness, or for a fo*ign station, has become, since the laselews from Tang y iers, a matter of ' considerable doubt and discussion. Her com plement of hands (950) is nearly complete. The Thunder, 6, Commander Barnett, sailed onThure day for Chatham, to be paid off. The Vestal, 26, Captain C. Talbot, awaits orders in the River Plate. _ _ The Bittern, 16, Commander Edmund Peel.—By letters just received, we are informed that Midshipman Radcliffe and two seamen of this ship were unfortu nately drowned at Natal, by the upsetting of the cutter, in the act of going ashore at this port. The Cressy, a new ship of 80 guns, upon the plan of Messrs. Chatfield, Reed, and Creuze, the Committee of Naval Architecture, is ordered to be built at Chatham. The following are to be her dimensions:— Feet. Inche . s. Length l9B 5 Breadth Depth .. 21 8 Tonnage, 2,537. The Dee, steam transport, Mrster Commander T.• Driver, sailed on Friday, for Cork. The Emerald, tender, arrived on Friday, from Sheer ness, with supernumeraries. In Harbour—Victoria and Albert, Victory, Queen, Excellent, and the steam-vessels Fearless, Cuckoo, Eoo, Comet, and Firebrand. In Dock—Vindictive, Prince Regent, Dwarf, Athol, and Scourge. At Spithead—The Collingwood. His Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia eatid his Grace the Duke of Wellington are expected hgo to-morrow, to inspect the various departments of great arsenal. f* , ADVERTISEMENT 3 INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. EASE IN WALKING. IITILLIAAII3ADDELEY, of 130, STRAND, is induced to give publicity to his much.admireel PRE PARED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and DURA 3II.I'I'Y), in consequence of the patronage he has received, and He general satisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fittaig principle of combining elegance with ease. An extensive assortment of best made articles always ready on sale. Established 50 years. No lA, Strand, corner of Waterloo-brid=e, London. 110SHERVILLE GARDENS.—These novel and interesting Grounds (which now present all their attrac tions) far surpass in brilliancy of effect any other in the United King dom. Their beauties are daily appreciated by hosts of fashionable visitors, who here enjoy all the delights of retirement with the com bined advantage of the amusements of Archery, Ride Shooting, and the Maze, which of itself forms a fund of great amusement. As usual, a grand Fete and Gala, Mondays and Wednesdays, accompanied by a splendid display of Fireworks. Baron Nathan, M.C. The steam boats are both cheap and expeditious, calling at the Rosherville Fier every half hour. Admission to the Gardens, 6d. each. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR. ANNE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,006. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a second Bonus, averaging GO per cent. on the amounts invested on sack Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. 74 , t o N 5 'g'. -, '' ~-,: ' H i Premium. i ''' , ad c eld n o us . B C on as u li s ! n = ,—..' r' O' I ° it = V, (4' 0> ri _, O . . m I. .., 5.. . , I X £s. d. ! IX s. el X s. d. £ s. d. £ s. ds 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 5 346 2 3 60,1000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 9 16 4 296 13 4 I ,1839 116 16 0 51 511 711 9 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. This Institution offers many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on t F. he lowest possible rates. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. RE AT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE AS VISURANCU SOCIETY, 14, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. THE CHISHOLM. Chairman. WILLIAM MORLEY, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. PECULIAR ADVANTAGES OFFERED TO POLICY-HOLDERS IN THIS INSTITUTION. An extremely low rate of Premium, without participation in the Profits, bat with the option, at any time within five years, of paying up the difference between the Reduced Rates and the Mutual Assur ance Rates ; and thus becoming Members Of the Society, and entitled to a full participation in the Profits. Extract from the Reduced Scale of Rates, for an Assur for Ono Year, Seven Years, and the whole Term of Life, tee of 1001., Annual Premium. Age ' One Year. Seven Years. Whole Life. Xs. d. £ s. d. X s. d. 20 1 0 9 1 1 6 1 13 11 301291 3 3 2 2 1 40 1 5 6 1 7 6 2 16 4 50 1 15 9 2 1 6 4 1 11 60 3 3 5 3 l7 0 6 8 3 Full particulars are detailed in the Prospectus. A. It. IRVINE, Managing Director. DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE. 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Capital, £500,000. This Office is provided with very accurately constructed Tables, by which it can ASSURE DISEASED LIVES on Equitable Terms. 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I £1 10 3 I £2 0 7 I £2 15 3 I .£1 1 S 1 £6 3 9 This Company offers the advantages of the guarantee of an ample subscribed capital—of permission to retain one-third of the premium in their own hands (the portion so retained, with interest upon it, being deducted from the policy when it become a claim),—of ascend ing, descending, and other scales of premiums,—alid of participation in the profits at the end of every five years. TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTIIALASIAN COLONIES, assured for the whole of life, this Company offer the permission to proceed to, and reside in, any of those colonies without extra pre mium, and to pay their premiums there. }'or residence in New Zealand, a moderate extra premium is charged. In Sydney, a Board of Directors, and Agents in all Hie principal settlements—Bankers in the colony. The Bank of Australasia (in • corporated by Royal Charter, 1835), No. 2, Moorgate-street, London. and a half brace from the same hour. Another party of five gentlemen, shooting on Lord Stair's moors, bagged sixty-three brace during the day—one gun killing twenty-two brace ! The accoun:s from keepers in various quarters correspond with this ex perience. They estimate that there are four birds this year to one last season, and that many of the coveys present from ten to fourteen birds to the tube of the sportsman. There is also every prospect of good sport on the Ist of September, as harvest is likely to be early, and hares and partridges plentiful. The supply of game in Glasgow this week is nearly double what it was this time last year, and in god condition. Grouse are selling at from 3s. to Gs. per brace; snipes, ls.; harea, ls. 6d.,t0 3s. each.—Glas gow Chronicle. The prospect for the sportsman is very flattering. The early harvest in this neighbourhood will leave him at liberty to pursue his exciting sport, and the quantity of partridges will give him abundance of occupation. The coveys are very large, and the birds are very strong on the wing. Hares are also pretty numerous.— Western Times. BROUGH.—The 12th of August, which is looked forward to with so much interest, was, during the early part of the day, but unfavourable to the sports men in this neighbourhood. The morning was dull and heavy, and the fells covered with a partial mist, which greatly retarled the progress of the early risers, and during the forenoon: the falling showers were very frequent. Towards 'noon, however, the sun began at intervals to make his appearance from behind the clouds, and a brisk wind having arisen, the mist was dispelled, which rendered the sport more agreeable. The birds, we are informed, were plentiful, but from the unfavourable cold state of the weather, were very wild and bad to come at ; nevertheless some of the sportsmen had succeeded in bagging large numbers. Sackville Rippon, Esq., of Acorn Bank, bagged twenty-two brace; and others, we learn, were almost equally fortunate. [Accounts from other localities are to the same effect.]—Carlisle Journal. _ _ _ The sport on the moors in the counties of Cumber land and Westmoreland was excellent. Birds were on the whole plentiful, but it required the greatest ingenuity to come within proper range of them, they being so exceedingly wild and unusually strong on the wing. The Hon. Colonel Lowther, Sir James Macadam, W. Holmes, Esq., and other gentlemen, in Shap and Birkbeck Fells, the preserves of the Earl of Lonsdale, with hard working, made a tolerably good day's sport. Col. Lowther bagged sixteen brace, but his sporting companions were not quite so fortu nate. Sir George Musgrove, of Eden Hall, Captain Salmond, and others, were more successful on the worthy Baronet's preserves on the moors near Kirby Stephen, Westmoreland. Sir George, we understand, brought down twenty-five brace ; and the other gen tlemen of his company had some excellent shots. William Marshall, Esq., M.P., who was accompanied by three friends, on Cross Fell, traversed many a weary mile, and on their return to the shooting-box on the fell, in the afternoon, were well laden with fine birds. H. Howard, Esq., and his friends, were in Skiddaw Forest, where the birds were numerous, but being packed together in large numbers, they were difficult to come at; however, by perseverance, they made a good day's work, killing, on an average, about eight brace each. Accounts received from several other moors are that the birds are numerous, but in consequence of the long-continued dry state of the weather during the hatching season, they were not to be persuaded to place themselves within reach. —Leeds Mercury. - Birds were never more plentiful, but owing to the unsettled state of the weather they are very wild. Several veteran sportsman, whose names we are in possession of, have nevertheless contrived to " bag" their ten and twelve brace a day.—Lancaster Guardian. _ _ The Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn, and his brother the Hon. J. P. Lloyd, bagged 27 brace of fine grouse, between the hours of four and seven P.M. on the 12th, upon the Bodidris Hills, near Ruthin.—Carnarvon Herald. On Monday last William Lister, keeper to John Keldard, Esq., Cappleside, near Settle, killed twenty brace of grouse on Pineggen Moor, and only missed four shots. He also killed the above over one dog.— Lancaster Guardian. PERTIISHIRE. — For some days previous to the 12th the number of sportsmen and tourists passing to the north exceeded anything known in this quarter for many years. On one day, toll was taken on one of the Highland roads upon 57 vehicles, which included five stage coaches, carrying 93 passengers. We be lieve every moor upon which there is the appearance of cover, is tenanted; and not a few waiting at the north country inns for the reversion of those shoot ings, where the appetite of the tenants—like the epi cure who could only eat from the sunny side of the peach—is satisfied with the first fruits. Monday was a finer day among the hills than in the low country. Little or no rain fell till after mid-day, by which time those sportsmen who had been out since daylight were not disinclined to call a halt. Colonel Patter son, on the Logiealmond hills, laid down his gun at that hour, having bagged 55 brace ; Mr. Fox Maule's return at Amulree was 85 brace ; Lord Mexborough and party, at Auchnafree, three guns, 159 brace; Sir P. M. Thriepland, at Balnaguard, 60 brace; Sir John Mackenzie, at Loch Ericht, 55} brace ; Mr. Campbell, of Achallader, at Cochrage, 60 brace; Mr. Stirling Craufurd, at Dalnaspidal, 87i brace. The grounds being wet from the pre vious rains, the birds were rather wild ; so that the above results confirm the previous accounts of the abundance of the game. The grouse are more uni formly large and plump birds than has been the case for several years.—Perth Courier. THE HARVEST AND THE CROPS. Owing to the unsettled state of the weather, the corn harvest has made but little progress in the Northern counties during the present week. A good deal of oats and some wheat are cut, but very little of either has been carried. Much of the wheat is laid, but only little is yet damaged. It is too early to judge of the yield of the corn crops with certainty, but the pre vailing opinion is that winter-sown wheat will exceed an average produce, if well gathered, while spring wheat, and oats, and barley, will be below the yield of average of years. The reports from all parts of the country, as well from the South as in the North, describe the weather as damp, cold, and boisterous, not only in England, but in Scotland and Ireland, and the critical state of the harvest cannot fail to ex cite some apprehension. This feeling is indicated by the London Corn Market, in which wheat advanced from Is. to 2s. a quarter on Monday, and a further advance of ls. took place on Wednesday. In the Wakefield Market of yesterday wheat temporarily advanced Is. per quarter, as compared with the market of that day se'nnight, and other grain in proportion; but at the close of the market last week's prices were submitted to. The root crops and the after meat are improving rapidly. On Thurs day the day was fair, though dull, and the glass was on the rise; yesterday the weather was fine and sunny, and the glass still advancing, though by no means high. Throughout Yorkshire the corn crops generally look well, and little or no injury has been suffered. We have this week had an opportunity of observing the crops northward from Leeds, by Harrowgate, Ripon, Masham, Bedale, and Richmond. In this line of country there is a great deal of corn ; and the appearance of the crops gene rally is very beautiful. In most parts the harvest is beginning, and about Ripon a good deal of corn has been cut. Comparatively few fields are so lodged by the rain as to have suffered. If the weather should now be fine, there will be an excellent and abundant harvest.—Leeds Mercury. Instead of the universal wish and prayer for rain which was daily breathed but a short time back, an earnest desire at this moment as generally prevails for dry and fair weather. During the past week, not only frequent showers, but very heavy rains have fallen, as well by day as by night ; and the important operations of harvest have thereby been unfortunately much retarded. Hitherto, we hope, the corn has not sustained any material injury; but a continuance of the same moist and mild state of the atmosphere, for even a few days longer would, it is feared, be at tended with serious consequences. Nothing could be more cheering than the accounts of the wheat crop, and of the prospect of housing it in good order, re ceived from all quarters previously to the present visitation of wet weather, nor is there, we are happy to believe, any grounds yet for alarm or apprehen sion.—Norwich Mercury. PETERBOROUGIL—Last week a large quantity of wheat was cut in our neighbourhood, and if the weather had this week been as favourable as the last there would have been but little remaining to he cut. A few fine days will make the farmers (who with us are generally on the alert) alive to their own inte rest, and to that of the country as well. The wheat here is much heavier than usual, although the sheaves are not so numerous as we haye seen them stand. IJpon the whole, there will be in this neighbourhood at least an average crop.—Cambridge Chronicle. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The late heavy rains in this district have had the effect of laying a considerable portion of the wheat, notwithstanding which, should the weather prove favourable, heavy crops will be secured. Should the rain, however, continue to fall heavily, serious damage may be sus tained. The harvest has not yet commenced gene rally in the East Riding ; on the clay lands some fields have been cut; on the Wolds, however, all is yet stan di n g.— lull Advertiser. At the quarterly meeting of the Wetherby Farmers' Club, among other resolutions come to is the fol lowing :—" The best time to cut wheat is when the grain is in a raw state, and the straw beginning to assume a yellow hue up to the ear, or from ten to seven days earlier than is customary in this district." As the subject of this resolution is one of great im portance to the farmer, and is opposed to the general practice of allowing the corn to become fully ripe before cutting, we have thought it right to call the attention of our readers to the point. —Leeds Mercury. THE HAY llAavEsT.—The hay harvest will this year, to all appearance, extend over a great part of four months, namely, June, July, August, and September. In a considerable part of Yorkshire the hay is still abroad in the fields ; in many places it is uncut ; and we hear in the northern parts the farmers think of postponing the getting in of their hay till after the corn harvest ! The crops are generally very deficient, though, where the hay is cut very late, the quantity is increased, but of course at the expense of the after-grass—L eeds Mercury. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The funds to-day have been subject to some fluctuation, and the market fur Consols opened this morning fiat in consequence of the intelligence received from France relative to the proceedings of the Prince de Joinville in Morocco. Both fi r money and the ac count they were done at 981, but subsequently recovered, after the Government broker made his purchase, to 954 to at IN hich quotation they closed. The rumour of war with France is now becoming pretty general in the City, and the underwriters at Lloyd's, it has been stated, have in some cases demanded increased premiums upon the risks they have entered into, to guard against any such contingency. The English stocks certainly closed much firmer this afternoon than the aspect of affairs in the early part of the day would have led one to suppose, but altogether there is not that stability in prices which was observable a fevvilays back. The Committee Of Spanish bondholders held their meeting to-day, and we find we were right in our anti cipations that they intend to take under their considera tion the claims of every class of Spanish stockholder. They have resolved upon an immediate :address to the Finance Minister, Senor Mon, on the subject of the long neglected claims of the holders of both active and pas sive stock, earnestly urging the fulfilment of the decrees passed in their behalf, and a permanent arrangement for their benefit. They have likewise resolved to address M. Mauguin, the chairman of the Paris Committee, in answer to a letter received by Mr. Thornton, soliciting the London Committee's co-operation for advancing the interests of the bondholders. The third act of the Com mittee is in consequence of their having heard that the amount of the various stocks paid in for national pro perties to the Ist of March last, has not been officially announced in the Gazette as in former instances. They have therefore requested that such notification should be made for the satisfaction of the Spanish creditors. A paper has been printed and circulated in the City, showing the progress of private enterprise in Ocean steam navigation, the facts in which, being presented to the eye at one glance, are interesting, though in an iso lated form they have always been accessible. The line of steam communication between England and America was established in 1838 by the Great Western steam ship, and maintained by that vessel, the British Queen, and the unfortunate President, till 1842, without the support of Government, or any contract for conveying the mails. The line to Halifax and Boston was esta blished by Mr. Cunard, on obtaining a Government contract of 57,0001. per annum to convey the mails 186,300 miles. The line to the West Indies was esta blished in 1842 by parties who, in 1840, took a contract for 240,0001. per annum to convey the mails 684,816 miles. The line to Malta and Alexandria was esta blished in 1840-41 by the Peninsula Company, who took a contract for 31,0001. per annum to convey the mails 72,000 miles. The line between Calcutta and Suez was established in 1.842 by the India Steam Company of Calcutta, but no assistance has been granted by Govern ment for the mails. The line between Calcutta and Suez in 1843 and 1844 was (and is now) occupied by the Peninsula Company's vessels, with a grant of 20,0001. per annum for five years from the Indian Go vernment, on condition of their performing 38,080 miles the first year, 57,120 miles in the second, and 114,200 in the third. SUN.—The English Stock market leaves off a little firmer, Consols being 984 1. None of the heavy securities underwent any alteration. India Stock for Account was at 282. The Committee of Spanish Bondholders agreed this afternoon to address the Finance Minister at Madrid upon the subject of the claims of the Active and Passive stockholders ; also, to obtain a statement of the sales of national property since March last. Spanish Actives were 22k 4 ; and the Three per Cents. 33 to 331. Bra zilian were 84 to 841. Dutch Two-and-a-lialf per Cents. realised 611 to 611. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Bristol and Exeter were 10,- Great Western, ex. div., 611 to 604; Ditto Half, 321; Lancaster and Carlisle, ,-}; South-Western, 451; Croydon, 51; Lynn and Ely, 31; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter, 81 ; Mid land, 94 to 10 ; North British, Ito ; Norwich and Brandon, 91 to 10; Yarmouth and Norwich, 101; York and North Midland, Half, 181; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, i; Paris and Lyons, ; Paris and Rouen, 17 to 17k; and Rouen and Havre, 84 premium. Black wall have been 71; Greenwich, 4i- to 31; Midland and Birmingham and Derby, 181; and Thames and Medway, 9i to 81 5 3 discount. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTBRDAY. EBOR HANDICAP. sto 4 agst Mr. Wreford's Franchise--6 to 4 taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Rowena—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Ambition—taken Rowena was backed in some instances at 5 and 6 to 1. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP (DONCASTER). 8 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken. Thirty-six have accepted. ST. LEGER. 13 to 4 agst Lord Stanley's Ithuriel—taken 7 to 2 13 to 4 agst Mr. Salvin's The Cure—taken 7 to 2 8 to 1 agst Mr. Vane's Valerian—taken 9 to 1 9 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Bay Momus—t. and aft. off. 12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken 13 to 1 agst Col. Anson's the Princess—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's the Ugly Buck—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Milton—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Rawson's Lightning 350 to 300 agst Ithuriel, The Cure, and Princess—taken. The Cure was backed for a considerable amount at 10 to 3, 7 to 2, and 14 to 5, and on the whole decidedly for more money than Ithuriel; but so strongly was the latter fancied, that we cannot take upon ourselves to say which had the call at the finish. Valerian was in force at 9 to 1 (no layers at the close), and was a clear point in advance of Bay Momus, whose enemies were nume rous. The Princess was backed for at least 3001. at 13 to 1 ; Red Deer at 10, 11, and 12 to 1, in moderate sums ; and Foig-a-ballagh, for about 3001, at prices ranging between 16 and 20 to 1, the smaller figure being scarcely obtainable at the close. The Ugly Buck and Lightning were friendless. The only Derby bet we heard of was 33 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Kedger. YORK AUGUST MEETING. The following entries closed on Saturday night:— WEDNESDAY". Dundas Stakes. Sir Abstrupus, 4 yrs—Joan of Arc, 3 yrs.—Merry Andrew, 4 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs. Queen's Plate, for all ages. Prizefighter, 4 yrs—British Yeoman, 4 yrs—The Caster, 3 yrs—Godfrey, 3 yrs—Robinson's aged Teresa, 3 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs—Lady Sale, 3 yrs—Dog Billy, 3 yrs—Boniface,_3 yrs. TuuRSDAT. The County Gold Cup. British Yeoman, 4 yrs—Semiseria, 4 yrs—Corodino, 3 yrs—Frea, 5 yrs—The Lord Mayor, aged—Teresa, 3 yrs—Alice Hawthorne, 6 yrs—Miss Prim, 5 yrs— Boniface, 3 yrs—Rowena, 3 yrs—Godfrey, 3 yrs. The Queen's Plate for Mares. Coheiress, 3 yrs Ambition, 3 yrs—Joan of Arc, 3 yrs—Semiseria, 4 yrs—Rowena, 3 yrs—Adriana Mare, 3 yrs—Teresa, 3 yrs—Bonney Bonnet, 5 yrs— Fres., 5 yrs.—Advice, 3 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs— Miss Prim, 5 yrs—Lady Sale, 3 yrs—Franchise, 3 yrs. The Members' Plate. Sir Abstrupus, 4 yrs.—Robinson, aged—Teresa, 3 yrs—The Lord Mayor, aged—Boniface, 3 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs—Merry Andrew, 4 yrs—Lady Sale, 3 yrs—The Dog Billy, 3 yrs—Miss Prim, 5 yrs. ADVENTURES OF A RUNAWAY WIFE.—The wife of a humble son of Cambria, residing in North Wales, lately (forgetting the solemn vows made at the hy meneal altar) fled from the " husband of her choice," and sought refuge in the arms of a paramour. They took up their abode in Birkenhead, and for some time lived in comparative seclusion. Anxious, however, to revisit the land of their fathers, they took advantage of the cheap summer fares, and soon were again in Wales. The husband of the faithless one, hearing of their arrival, paid an unexpected, and rather unwel come, visit to them in their seclusion, and the conscience-stricken villain, who had wronged him in the most tender point, fled from his pre sence ; but the wife, whether conscious of her own un: worthiness, or still swayed by passions the most vile, would listen to no entreaties on the part of her husband to resume the paths of virtue, and she determined to leave the country the following morning. The hus band followed her to the steam-boat, and came pas senger with him to Liverpool. Whilst on board they attracted the attention of all, the wife attempting to hide herself from her injured husband, and shunning him whenever he followed her. When the fares were collected the wife had only Is. lid., and the man was peunyless. The captain, in consideration of the poor fellow's misfortune, granted him a free passage, and was compelled to be content with what he had got from the woman. When they reached Liverpool she rushed into the first boat which came alongside, and left her husband in the packet. Before stepping on shore the usual charge of threepence each person was demanded for landing. She had not the needful, and upon tho boatmen pulling off a few yards, to take her back to the steamer until the boatage was paid, she jumped into the water, and fortunately (the tide being nearly down) managed to wade ashore to the astonishment of the by standers. She then made her escape ; but she and her hapless spouse were afterwards seen on board the Birk enhead boat, the poor fellow still in vain endeavouring to persuade her not to return to her s educer. —Liverpool Mercury. BULLOCK FAIR.—The annual bullock fair took place at Wisbech on the 12th instant. The condition of the beasts was excellent, and the fair was rather a large one. Very little business was done, and that at low prices. It rained for several hours during the day, which, no doubt, prevented a great many from attend , ing,—Cambridge Chronicle. VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF PRUS SIA TO PORTSMOUTH. Yesterday his Royal highness the Prince of Prussia, accompanied by several of his suite and by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, arrived at the Gosport ter minus by the first train from London. Here they were received by Admiral Parker and by ➢lajor- General Sir Hercules Pakenham, the IN aval and Mi litary Commanders in Chief of the district (Admiral Sir Charles Rowley being absent on leave), attended by several other naval and military officers. A guard of honour from the 47th Regiment was also in atten dance, with the excellent band of that regiment. From the terminus the Prince proceeded to the Royal Clarence-yard, where the party embarked in the Ad miral's barges and crossed over to the King's-stairs at the Dock-yard. The Prussian standard was hoisted in the barge which conveyed the Prince, and was saluted by the Victory, Queen, and Excellent. After inspecting various departments of the Dock yard his Royal Highness the Prince, the Duke of Wellington, with a numerous suite of naval and mili tary officers, embarked on board the Comet steamer, for the purpose of going to Spithead to visit the Collingwood. Upon leaving the harbour the Prince was saluted from the parade battery while passing. A number of the yachts belonging to the Royal Yacht Squadron, the Thames Yacht Club, the Royal Southern, and the Royal Western Clubs, ac companied the steamer to Spithead. When the Comet neared the Collingwood the yards of the latter were manned. She had royal as well as topgallant-yards across, and looked re markably well when - viewed from the approaching steamer. His Royal Highness took great notice of her, and expressed himself highly gratified at her ap pearance. When close under the Collingwood's stern the barges where hauled alongside the steamer, and the Prince and party were conveyed in them to the Collingwood, where they were received by the gallant Admiral whose flag she carries, Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour. Immediately the Prince arrived on board, the Prussian standard was hoisted at the Collingwood's mast-head, and a royal salute fired from her guns. His Royal Highness was conducted through every part of this splendid ship by the gallant Admiral, and examined everything most minutely. He frequently spoke in terms of great admiration of what he wit nessed, and left the ship by no means disappointed in his previous anticipations of what he should find a British man-of-war to be. His Grace the Duke of Wellington appeared to be an object of as much at traction and interest to the blue jackets on board the Collingwood as the ship was to the visitors, all were anxious to get a sight of the hero of a hundred battles. The Collingwood again saluted and manned her yards upon the Prince leaving her. When the Comet re turned to the harbour, she hove-to close to the Vic tory, and the Prince and party went on board to view the ship, which forms so prominent a feature in the naval history of the country. The spot where the immortal Nelson fell mortally wounded, in the hour of victory, was pointed out to his Royal Highness. After having inspected the ship, his Royal Highness went up the harbour, and on board her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert. Upon going on board, and leaving the Victory, the Prince was saluted, and the yards manned. At five o'clock, the royal party returned to the Royal Clarence-yard, and proceeded to the terminus, where a special train was in readi ness to convey the Prince to Basingstoke. THE FRENCH PRESS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • Sia,—'Tis quite amusing to read the vapouring of some of the French papers, when speaking of their naval force in comparison to that of England. Your patience must be somewhat tried while wading through the empty and contemptible boasting of such papers as the Presse, Constitutionnel, National, &c. Aro doubt we have their good wishes ! which we well know how to appreciate ; b4it, Sir, it warms the heart of an old naval officer to find the press of this country (generally speaking) ever ready to advocate and main tain our much envied position. And, Sir, it will be really doing our neighbours some service, by kindly telling them—if they are not satisfied withyour repre rcntations of the fact—that at the mere nod of the Foreign Minister ten thousand additional hands will be found ready and willing to try their skill at " boarding," as the Presse would make us fear. I should have thought the souring they had at Tra falgar, and the licking they met with at Waterloo, would have taught them better manners.—l am, Sir, yours respectfully. A BRITISH TAR. Newman-street, Aug. 16, 1844. FRENCH AND ENGLISH NAVIES. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—As no naval officer will probably condescend to the easy task of refuting the shallow boasting of the National, I, though a landsman, and therefore, perhaps, impar congressu, will undertake to question its hopes and deny its facts, not by reasoning on what the French navy may do, yet has never done ; but by submitting to the French public—can they submit to so mortifying an undertaking P—the perusal of two boarding exploits, achieved within their own ports, in the face of their own blockaded fleets, by a frigate and a sloop of war—exploits without parrallel in the whole of their naval records. I extract them from the works of the most impartial of our historians, Mr. James, who has obtained from Dupin himself, the jealous advocate of French honour, the praise of fairness to our adversaries. If the writer can find anything parallel to them, or if he can deny or extenuate them, I submit to a nonsuit, and I will not seek a new trial, by appealing to the crowded catalogue of similar daring with which our history teems in every sound and sea, each creek and bay. On the 7th of July, 1800, four French frigates, lying in Dunkirk harbour, were attacked by a squad ron of small English frigates and sloops of war. The Dart, of only 30 guns, ran alongside of the Desiree, 38 ; Lieutenant ‘Dermott, at the head of the seaman and marines, boarded on the forecastle, and carried all before him, though severely wounded. The Desiree's cables being cut, and the French crew a second time repulsed, she was carried over the banks, which could not have been passed half an hour later. The English lost but 10 men killed and wounded— the French 100, including all her officers. Captain Inman, the commodore, sent all the prisoners, who were dreadfully wounded, on shore, and was thanked for his humanity by Captain Castagnier. The three other frigates escaped by running away. The second boarding exploit was, if possible, still more daring, as it was performed in the sight of the combined fleets of France and Spain, in Camaret Bay, near Brest. The French 20-gun ship corvette Chev rette was discovered at anchor, under heavy batte ries, a position considered perfectly secure. The cor vette had taken on board men to the number of 339, including soldiers, had her arms and ammunition on deck, and loaded her guns almost up to the muzzles with grape-shot. In token of defiance she had dis played a large French ensign, above an English one. Nine boats hastened to the attack, but five of them went in chase of another vessel, and only four re mained for this desperate service, and they contained but 180 men. Nevertheless, after a furious resistance, the corvette was carried against three-fold numbers. The victors lost 11 killed, and 57 wounded; the French, 92 seamen and soldiers killed, 162 wounded. Whenever the French navy can show actions such as these, it will be time to talk of their glorious vic tories, glorious defeats, the terror of their " armes blanches'—but not till then. Your most obedient servant , P. Brookes's, St. James's-street, August 18. P.S.—ln the war between 1793 and 1802, the French navy sustained a loss of not less than 74 line of-battle ships, either taken or destroyed by us, to gether with 160 frigates, mouutmg about 12,000 pieces of cannon, taking n o account of smaller ves sels, gun-boats, &c. FRENCH SINGING.—The French, always as famed for bad singing as for their superior grace and agility in the dance, were not, as vocalists, less offensive Co the taste of Gluck and Sacchini than to that of Rousseau. The former of these, in his moments of hilarity and conv i v ial enjoyment, would describe the French as a very good sort of people, who are partial to music, and l o ve to hear songs in their operas, but who have not a singer among them. And Sacchini, being asked how his operas were performed at Paris , said, with a s mil e o f derision, " God forbid that I should ever go to hear them scre am my melodies." Though , in the e ar ly p ar t o f th e eighteenth century, these remarks were too just to be contradicted, in the nineteenth, something resembling style bas found its way even into French vocif e ration ; and neither of these Italian masters, had they flourished at a later date, would have entertained the opinion they formerly so freely expressed.—Dramatic and Musical Review. LEICESTER. --STATE OF TRADE.—The demand is good, and all hands are fully employed. Wools and yarns are firm, and in some sorts more difficult to buy; the season for the Leicester trade may now be consi dered as set i n , an d f rom t hi s ti me till the middle . of November a fair demand is anticipated.—Leicestersh i re Mercury. ANNUITIES. Annuitants participate in the profits of the Company, and receive a rate of annuity much more favourable than can be granted by any Company making its investments wholly in England. The Company is enabled securely to grant these favourable terms from the advan tage it possesses of investing a portion of its funds at a high rate of interest. INDIA. Tables of Premiums for Assurances on the lives of officers engaged .n civil, or in naval or military service in the East Indies and China, may be seen at the Offices of the Company. AGENTS IN. INDIA. Calcutta Messrs. Boyd, Beeby, and Co. Madras Messrs. Line and Co. Bombay Messrs. Skinner and Co. 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We hear from the moors, in the northen part of our own, county, that the sport on the 12th was not so good this year as the last, owing to the fact that the young birds are quite stron g, and that there having been a shower o n the previous night they were dis turbed, so that sportsmen could scarcely get within fifty yards of them. —Derbyshire Courier. The Aberdeen and Inverness papers give glowing acc ounts of the sport in t he north ; with which letters before us (Ayr Advertiser) from the moor grounds at Eaglesham, Barr, Portmark at the head of Loch Doon, and the Stewartry of Kircudbri . ght, quite co incide. Saturday vouchsafed splendid weather for sportsmen, with their dog-carts, keepers, and dogs jogging along the hilly roads to quarters, and and thou the grounds were wet from =cent rain, the coveys sat well, and what is still more to the point they were numerous, and the birds strong on the wing. une of our accounts states that two parties who met at their match on hilly moors near Castle Douglas, at two P.m., had not seen a single " pheeper," although one party with two guns had bagged fourteen brace since nine A.m., and the other with a single gun ten PROMOTIONS. Captain—W. Jones, of the Penelope (Aug. 14), to be Commodore of the second class. Lieutenant—W. Southey (1814) to the rank of Com mander. Mates—H. B. Everest (1836), G. Kerr (1837), and Messrs. T. H. Molyneux, 11. West, R. 0. Sargent, G. IL Whately, R. 11. L. Warner, G. M. Smith, G. H. Wan, and R. Berington, to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—Robert Smart, K. 11., to the Collingyrnod, vice Eden, resigned from ill health. Lieutenants—L. Browell and W. Robson, to the Vie toria and Albert, for promotion; F. Lowe, to the Alban, vice Jeayes; It B. Everest, to the Formidable; 11. Bul lock, additional to the Penelope. Mates—Hon. G. H. Douglas, R. Shedden, A. C. Ho- bart, and Hon. 0. W. M. Lambert, to the Victoria and Albert; C. M. Shipley, A. W. A. Hood, and A. S. Des voeux, to study at the Naval College. Midshipmen—P. Swinburn, to the Exoellent; H. Freeman, to the Albion. Surgeon—W. R. M'Laughlin, to be Surgeon and Agent at Lough Swilley. Clerk in Charge--R. S. S. Little, to tho Meteor. COAST GUARD. Appointment.—Lieutenant R. Jones (b), RN., from Newquay Station, to her Majesty's ship Victory. Removals.—Lieutenant A. T. Morley, from Westgate to New quay Station, vice Jones ; J Spurrin, from Cowes to Bishopstone Station; R. J. Bevians, from Herta brook to Poole Harbour Station, vice Lieutenant L. David, deceased. DEVONPORT, AUG. 16.—An Admiralty crder arrived here this week to enter men for general service on beard the San Josef. This movement is looked upon as a shadow of forthcoming events. The Actaeon, 26, was undocked, after a thorough re pair, on Wednesday. The Armada, 72, was docked yesterday for conversion to a powder magazine. The Nile, 92, was undocked on Wednesday, baying had her copper examined and repaired. • In Harbour—San Josef, Confiance, Express, and Sylph. In Dock—Stromboli and Armada. In the Sound—St. Vincent, flag-ship. ►STROMBOLI STEAM-SLOOP.—The Stromboli steam sloop, Commander Hon. E. Plunket, has been taken into dock at Devonport, and her defects examined. It his been assertained that she had lost a few sheets of copper only, and about ten feet of her false keel had been rubbed on the larboard side, which defect was to have been repaired yesterday. Her other defects in the master shipwright's department will be completed by a division of shipwrights, in about ten days. Her engines are in good order, and the trifling repairs which they require can be done by her own engineer. Mr. Wrotten, second class engineer, In charge of the Confiance steam tug-vessel, at Devonport, has been ap pointed to the Victoria awl Albert yacht ; and Mr David Kerr, from the William and Mary, has been ap pointed to the Confiance, vice Wrotten. GEORGE COLMAN THE YOUNGER.—When George Colman wrote the comedy of John Bull public expecta tion was raised to the highest pitch, and ever and anon a whisper from the green-room tended to heighten the anxious desire to witness the performance. Rehearsals went on, and the comedy was underlined in the bills. This continued for a week ; at length a night wits Awed for the production. But up to this period, Col Min had only written four acts of the comedy. All the places were taken, and poor Fawcett (the stage manager) was in despair. Night and day, as his professional duties would permit, he stuck to the witty and erratic author, till at length, on the evening pre vious to the performance, he wrung a promise from Colman that he should have the fifth act in the morning. In the morning Fawcett called, and was shoivn into Colman's bed-room. He was quietly in the arms of Morpheus,-and the room scattered over with sheets of paper, and one or two empty gin bottles. Fawcett ga thered up the manuscript and posted to the theatre, got the parts copied, and given to the performers. The play was produced as announced, and the fifth act was re hearsed in the intervals between the others. The de served success of the comedy is well known,----Dramatic and Musical Review. VALUE or NEWSPAPERS.—A thousand times have we heard this question and answer. Two gentle men meet: —" ` What's the news?" asks o ne ; "Nothing but what you ee in the papers." They pas s on ab'it their business. Has it ever been noticed that, among t t h he at t i h t o d u o sa es nd aNN b m e y ne a fi t t o s nc o e f yarn, foolish exaggerations, seandala w a it n h e t w it s t p le a - p t er t , l not the least is andte, g n o e s w s n , s o t r n g e e e r t ing exaggerations, misrepresentations, &c. &c., which once took up so much of the time of those who were always hearing or telling of some new thing. One real evil of social life is thus ended. The man rises in the morning, looks over the paper, and is satisfied that ho knows all worth knowing of the passing history of the world. He has nothing to tell and nothing to hear further. He does not spend his time in giving infowns tion which his neighbour knows as well as himself. He is not annoyed in the midst of his business or pleasures by the recital of affairs in which he takes no interkst- The same with women. Curiosity is gratified with:eat loss of time. The scandal of the day has not empl e ed a hundred busy meddling tongues in its circulation and exaggeration. Conversation takes a higher tone. Prin ciples of morals and taste are discussed; the new poem, the last book, the magazine, or the review, becomes the subject of conversation. Even in the minor matters of life, society owes a large debt of gratitude to the news paper.—Brighton Gazette. THE RAILWAYS AND CANALS TO BIRMINGHAM Arrp LIVERPOOL.—It was stated by Capt ain Huish, in bts,, evidence before the Railway Committee, while expll ing why the Grand Junction Railway was exposed to greater canal competition than the London arid Birming ham, that the canal which competes with the latter is 149 miles in length, and has no fewer than 172 locks, 'whereas the Grand Junction Railway is situated between two canals, one of which is shorter than the railway, an d has only 66 locks. The other canal is 18 or 19 miles longer than the railway. The two canals compete vdth each other and the railway.—Railway Record. The Earl of Westmoreland and the Earl of lie - dington transacted business yesterday at the For e i gn . office, HERRING FISHERY. BERWICK.—Our herring fishery has, on the whole, been better this week. In the early part of it the take was very poor ; but, as the week advanced, it improved with the rise of the tides—the shoal being a little to the north of this. The highest boat on Thurs day had about twenty crans—prices for the London market from 18s. to 14s. per cran. The fish are good in quality. The strong north wind that blew on Thursday morning subsided a deal before evening, and the boats got all to sea that night, eager for the fishing, the prospects of which are now improving. The shoal is close to land, and we think success very probable. This morning the take is fully as high as on Thursday, and more general. EYEMOUTII, AUG. 15.—The fishing has been very unsuccessful here this week until Wednesday, when the take was from one to 12 crans. The boats again put off in the evening with high expectations, but, before midnight, a severe storm arose which caused the fishermen to haul their nets. Several, however, had a number of crans. The weather having mode rated, our boats will be all off to night again. Prices during the week have been 1 ls. and 12s. per cran. We have a great many French vessels here waiting on herrings. Some of our boats which went to Dunbar on Monday, as there was a report of herrings being at that place, have all returned unsuccessful. HOLY ISLAND, AUG. 15.—We are sorry to be under the necessity of reporting unfavourably of our herring fishing up to this time. On Sunday evening our boats went out, and, in the morning, one boat had nineteen crans. The others ranged from one to three, and some had not even one cran. On Tuesday morn ing, the highest take was twelve crans; the other boats the same as on Monday. On Wednesday the highest was fifteen ; but the other boats had very few, some of them not even a hundred. Owing to the gale ceasing that night some of the boats were in here by eleven o'clock, most of them having but a few herrings, and one boat twenty crans. Notwithstand ing the unproductiveness of the season hitherto, the fishermen are looking for a successful one yet. Next week is about the time the heavy fishing sets in upon our coast, when we trust their hopes will be realised. NORTH SUNDERLAND.—On the mornings of Thurs day, Friday, and Saturday last, the fishing was much the same as on the three previous days. Thursday, the highest boat had twenty trans; Friday was ra ther better, the highest ha v i ng twenty-six, and, on Saturday, the highest had twenty crans. Monday morning our boats were very unsuccessful, the best could scarely count one cran. Tuesday was con siderably better; highest about eighteen crans. Wed nesday the largest take was twenty-five crans, and the fishing more general. We have had more arrivals of French luggers, which have caused a little advance in prices, which range from 10s. to 13s. DUNBAR, AUG. 14.—The fishing has not been so general this week as in the end of last. This does not arise from the scarcity of fish, for all agree that that the shoal is immense, but from time great quan tity of water burn, which prevents them from mask ing. The take to-day was better than yesterday; the highest boat reached about fifteen crans, but many did not exceed a barrel or two. The number of boats and curers is now greater than it has been for years. Selling price to day, 12s. per cran.—Berwick Ad vertiser. PILCHARD FISHERY. PORTLOE.—On Saturday last the driving boats at this place bad fine catches, not less than 10,000 to a boat, and on Monday they took about the same quan tity on an average, one boat having upwards of 11,000. The pilchards are very near t h e s h ore , and the if reins,, which are being go t ready, w ill b e pu t out imme diately, the weather is favourable. CHARLESTOWN.—The drift boats belonging to Charlestown continue to take from 8,000 to 10,000 fine fish, which have been sold at 23. per hundred. LooE.—There has been little or nothing done here by the drift boats for the last fortnight. The weather has been in a very unsettled state, so that they have not been at sea more than once or twice during that time. MOMST'S BA Y. — During the last fortnight the weather has been very stormy, and the fishing boats have not been much at sea. On Monday night, how ever, they went out, and had good catches of fine pilchards—from one to seven hogsheads each. Ves sels arrived at Penzance report having seen large quantities of pilchards not far off, and some shoals have been seen in the Bay during the past week. Several seins have b een put i n pay this week, and the prospects are considered good. ST. IVES.—The driving boats put to sea on Tues day evening, but were obliged to haul early, in con sequence of the wind shifting to the W.N.W., and blowing hard. The pilchards taken are very fine, and are getting nearer the land.— West Briton. At the Recorder's Court, Dublin, last week, a young woman, named Fanny Langstaff, who appeared to be about twenty-four years of age, of very interesting personal appearance, was indicted for stealing some handkerchiefs from Grangegorman-lane prison. It ap peared that on Thursday morning the prisoner was dis charged from the Penitentiary, but previous to her de parture she contrived to steal the property in question. She was arrested by Ililbard, one of the detective police, with the handkerchiefs in her possession. The jury found her Guilty. The Recorder said, on looking over the records of the court, he found that the prisoner had been 221 times in gaol ! 120 times for being drunk, and 101 times for various other crimes. He found that out of her comparatively short life she had spent six years, five months, and four days, in prison 1 There was no use in having her longer in this country, and therefore the sentence of the court was, that she be transported beyond the seas for seven years. The pri soner bowed to the court and said, " My Lord, I don't care, I have got a good education, I will turn it to some account in the country to where I am going, and I am not afraid but I will regain my reputation and the posi tion in society from which I have been reduced—good bye, gentlemen of the police. Fanny Langstaff will yet be a lady, what she always Was ! good mother for Sydney, ho I" She was then remov e d. NEWLY INVENTED SPECTACL ES , TELESCOPES, &c. —ln consequence of the great inconvenience felt, at tended with injurious effects to persons' eye-sight in the country, by their not being enabled to be properly suited with spectacles , &c., and which h ave come under the notice (to a great extent) of the Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-st reet, Pi ccadilly, oppo site the York Hotel, they have contrived means by which individuals, at the most remote part of the globe, can be suited with their Newly Invented Spectacles, by stating their age, and, if one making use of Spectacles, naming the length of time they have so. Immediately the Newly Invented Spectacles are placed before imperfect vision, that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged imperfect sight is brought to its youthful, na tural, and original s t ate . I mprove d Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c., of the same kind of Lenses, to surpass any ever yet in vented. Thoir Sound Magnifiers, Invisible Voice Con ductors, will enable persons at an advanced age, and of forty and fifty years standing of extreme deafness, to join in general conversation ; they are not in the least perceptible, nor more uncomfortable than having a small piece of fine wool in i ts p lace. Sen t , carriage free, any distance.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opti cians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbour hood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mis takes, be cautious, and observe—onlyto be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. Dispatches for Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Canada, and for the Governors of the other North American proyilces, were sent off last even i ns , f rom the colonia-offige• ~w. -