The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-28 00:00:00

AL W RVI".EENKLY MEETtktG LEAGULo LEAGUE 10. 110 s be held in the THEATRE ROYAL COVENT-GARDEN, jt4ONCEVENING, the 29th of May. g,„;? .. air will be taken by the Right Hon. Earl DUCIE, precisely 110s:PAsT SEVEN O'CLOCK. .. 4 ;tetiug will be addressed by Richard Cobden, Bag. , KID? ' AlkoZakiluer Gibson, Esq., AL?., and Mr. Josiah Hunt, farmer, citr'Z'Ql7, Gloucestershire. tes ti ; admission may be had on application at the Offices of the on tor e _ ionday and Tuesday, between the hours of dooms and 6 ,The` R ch k • c ei 4 ric, e o . . registered Members will admit, as heretofore, to Pit 'WAS TO UE OPENED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. GUARANTEE SOCIETY. Established by Act of Parliament. ..KITY GIVEN for the FIDELITY of PERSONS in Po t! SITUATIONS of TRUST. hill4; 44 kri tnay be obtained daily, at the Society's Office, No. 23, betvreen the hours of Nine and Five o'clock. AGIiiNTS. Metiers. G. Edwards and Son.. •• • •Bristol. • Messrs J. H. and G. Ridsdale •• • ...Leeds. kessrs. Iloglieo and Ronald Mr. N a th aniel Lea ...... ....Birmingham. S Mr. amuel Taylor ................Manchester. kr. 11. Callender ..........Edinburgh. By order, THOMAS DODGSON, Secretary. tiiiiii hXT DISTRIBUTION-OF MONEY If. TY kLit s -. 4 he DENDS AUTHO and GUARANTEED by HIS ,t E RUPEROR of A. RISED USTREA. contains Money Dividends 450 £6O £7O £6O #9O I°l £ l l9 £l2O £l5O £ 2 OO •Eito £6OO X s oe £l,OOO £1,500 . L . ttio , .£6,000 and 23,000 sterling. D I 7 contains as many Dividends as Bends. Every I viefid' • Smallest Dividend - - £5O tireeiter pLaraest Dividend - - £ 23,060 - -r° Oeclus, with full particulars, without delay to HEINE BROTHERS, at Hamburgh. Or te HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck. ---' -A-NT to a DECREE of the HIGH 4 NA e( AIRT k/1, of CHANCERY, made In a cause of WALTER tt,, 144g . : ,1 !15t JOHN EDWARDS and OTHERS, the NEXT of thr e . l4l o of hi ;' l,l ) EDWARDS, who died in the year 1836, presents- a lioli,Wau7 of death, or the personal Representative or Rep 43Cur; B uell Next of Kin as may have since died, are, by their or before the I lth day' of January, 1845, to come in uut Claims and their Kindred before Sir GIFFIN rus prove . gig th "4e of tl • Is tpur ie "Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in 41,111,:*buildlugi Chancery-lane, London ;or in default thereof 11 1.4 , 5 . 4 — ; e rnPtorily ' be excluded thebenefit of the said Decree. kupSitt v g lit t r ued Edward Edwards was Lieutenant-Colonel of the hk.le ;,. 4 ` Madras Native Infantry, in the service of the Ho th, 1810 .-ast India Company, and left India sometime in the N,3trilai44nd in the year 1832 went to the United States of America, st ill x 7 strady d ie. V t ravelled to the province of Texas, in North America, Z:14" , 11,), _ln the year 1836. Ile was the son of Thomas Edwards, "ss *ad ii:rgaret, hi s ; -towdry, in the county of Glamorgan, gentle his father died In the month of April, WlLLlS,ruother In the month of October, 1806. BOWER, and WILLIS, Plaintiff's Solicitors, Tokenhouse-yard, London. lIS '''.. CF ---------- -: 2 --------- - I . T ai ,,, bl p ,,"'„ 1 4IA- NI LEWIN, at present, and for one ' fur ' Past, residing at No. 19, Upper Thames-street, City, Itz , w, I , ktith 4l f or ee ,ks Previously of Duke's-court, Drury-lane, Middle kl,..:lttric 4 ,,n . ,' , ..!e mouths previously of Bear-lane, Gravel-lane, leekotlth,,,L . ,_ for four years previously of Emerson-street, Bank- De rand '", a, in the county of Surrey, and being a black lead oto j i -rwr, do hereby gi7e notice that I intend to present a le o .'" be . e Court of Kaiikruptcy, Basinghall-stroet, London, pray 4,teetm -ri?tettined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be )44714,11°41+,11 Process upon making a full disclosure and surren 11144,..berebr,`",e and effects for payment of my just and lawful debts ; U lf „ l ki .7,_ ,r the-r give notice that the time when the matter of the 'se ~-", „ — .l be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette ✓ to fli ng Snit Newspaper one month at the least after set , ' , rear . 1? Lord , aii witness my hand this 27th day of May, in the year . i tties,„ y 844. WILLIAM LEN% IN. Lapi n F. Johns on , a tt or ney for the above-named William OLIN ' 6, Cornwall-road, Lambeth, Surrey. t s ti, rs„ - :°t months past, residing at No. 6, Ring-street, in the N ail s 4 liig t l 'auPs, Hammersmith, and county of Middlesex, and 4 4 I a peWthandler, do hereby give notice that I intend to t k ,„.4s pr a „Y'ou to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghail-street, Sli t , al ld ', ll, it to be examined touching my debts, estate, and iliejire ki r be protected front all process, upon making a full )r4:441,,..4 surrender of uch estate and effects for payment of my e ",,tlte ~,"4 ,1 debts ; and ; hereby further give notice that the time I Sol l , 7, L;;,, att " of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised sly „.'ist 1, - :, °11 Gazette and in the Morning Sun newspaper, one ' , 11 40 , after the date hereof ; as witness my hand this 27th I N : lii the year of our Lord, 11144. , Jo ' l ' R. Atkinson, 27, Carey-street. s, 11 N ii, EAD, at present and for twelve Azot,, - 0 11th tiv,- , Sr ~, ' Past, residing at Cheam, in the parish of Cheam and alA k ...aoti ee -41. N.Y. and being a boot and shoemaker, do hereby 4 Ptey i t , l 'at I intend to present a petition to the Court of iID4I dei,,l a,i .ughall-street, London, praying to be examined touch tst,altut7. estate, and effects, and to be protected from all process Setreit erit g a full disclosure and surrender ef such estate and effects Stilltat t ° ,, f my Jest and lawful debts ; and I hereby further give .4 11`i' to be - „,," 1n 1e when the matter of the said petition shall be 1 114,41t5 p ' . .vertised in the Louden Gazette and in the Morning reAt r _. ol lo month at the least after the date hereof; as )ti, " al,l , this 27th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1844. fts, R . , JOHN READ. .. Atkinson, 27, Carey-street. JOHN MATHEWS. I,Wlllllp, A PETITION of JOHN ti N,cm, of to„, a formerly of 24, Chapel-street, Somers - town , in ,''tell er '"• Pancras, and being a cabriolet proprietor and lg o a vvisii „Titer, and now of No. 1, Duke's-mews, Lisson - grove, t abrkA A L arYlebone, both in the county of Middlesex , and et proprietor, having been filed in the Court of Bank -1,/fir en the interim order ' for protection from process having N t the 4 - No tint John Brown, under the provisions of an Aet go, 4 f ( ) h er I 43 ed lu the Parliament holden in the sth and Gth 111 30 e ,f 1 of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for the ' ent Debtors," the said John Brown, 'is hereby re "kr 1 °Pear t n •_of 4,s'oer acting Court before Edward Holroyd, Esquire, the tAvt „411 e rie , in the matter of he said petition, on the Bth tt ht wo rt, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the i:rect2tt7o.e4le,:l4,:iliptcy, Dasitighall-street, London, for the purpose of 1, - 4 ` 4 1 4 _ there examined touching his debts, estate, and Act . further dealt with according to the provisions of oI , Y of 11 D , W3011,1 indebted to the said John Brown, or that effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to t N . o 4 oexi i 4 t official assignee, No. 12, Abchurch-lane, Lombard el in that behalf by the Commissioner acting is the said Petition. 5441 4 /- kr , JAMES JOIINSTONE, Messenger. a ‘.* OFF, CARPETS, CHINTZES, yte.ttrhla WORSTED DAMASKS, TABOURETS, and Cd a...',ITITRE % %a NT E. ti, the ,oweli CUMMING, of No. 4, Regent-street, opposite 04 1 11 , blie, I .' Junes's, beg respeetfhlly to inform their Friends egt, Skisrelic‘ ill Consequence of one of the Partners retiring, 'llO at jp,, 111 14 their West-End Rstablishment, and are • at 1/ matt ?time Cost. splendid Aubusson Carpet, The p r i ce 44 % L ease of the Premises t• be Disposed Of. the , 8 PINE WAX CANDLES, Is. sd. per lb., "t4tti-4p Icia ".Y require trial to prove them the handsomest and C. t 1..14 Dr„ es in existence, that do not require snuftl 2 ng. Vy."".,-Andles, '2, per lb —Superior transparent Wax, 5. ist'4l'.4s4l,4l(;z4P.—ldesl-kitchen and office Candles, W.—Extra ar, Vi with the improved Wax Wicks, 7d. — Yellow 2lbs —MOttled 60s. and 649.—Wind ',Qa,,itn, SIS. per 11 • 4:X 4 el• Per packet.—Old Brown Windsor, s.9d.—Rose, e ltl ond 2s 6d.—SUperflite Sealing mpOlderm 011 . 6s. per gallon—Solar Oil, , •la na ( " h, at DAv n iN•;blied Waehouse, 3, St. p oldie New j Slau s ghter's Est Coffee sh house), r Charing-cross. reo, iTOPPING DECAYED TEETH. , ro itiam by h Price 4s. 6d. I~ er Majesty, his t ll h oy e ia)luclihi,gshinoers,Kreriittce Albert, and - for &.,, I , I ONIAS'S SUCCEDNEUM, „ , t4 It DECAYED TEETH, however large the Dain - Ptaced in the tooth in a soft state, without any pres• D:ktri t 4 cl will retnaia arm in the tooth for many years, ren plis e : 11 Lu inecessary arresting the farther progress of decay. f ‘ ll l,l ' ' 4 .e Mr. Thomas's Sitccedaneum themselves with Ihrorkiliarm only are enclosed. 1. 1 4 :I l trttt 3 " 11Y Thomas,S r , on-Dentist, 64, Berners-street, •, t , • . p i ., • . u tt 4 ef e 45 . 6d.; and can be sent free by po . st. t mutinies to supply the loss of teeth on his new ss -4t1,)421te th,." .11 )11 wtl t •ngs or wires. This method does 'ltat,;;2,xtretioin o ° f u aor teeth or roots, or any paiaful op?- ' At home fron't eleven till four. ,SILVErt-PLkTED DISH COVERS. SO; YORA.' and SONS, Manufacturing tt i c;: v til B .lth e in t f; -tn.,1 4, Combat, London, o polite the Bank of 'LL Pii l- 1, 4 :1, p '0r choice in their Plate rooms, many_ Patterns of 10 4 t to s 1-1 cOV ER-4, of Sheffield Manufacture, N ett t. e I)onte ' pa t;s te G r u n ineas the set, v iz.. ,ner ielon Pattern. b, C 0,,„ fl ize. £ s d. Size.X. L t5:1" d. C, v — . 111. 5 I'l 6 Plated Dish Cover, 90 in. 5 17 0 tah Cover,, IS in, 4 7 ft I Dish Cover, 16 in. 4 14 6 'r , , 16 in 5 12 6 Dish Covers,l4 in. 6 6 0 Pee • • - 1 , 4 e /Lk, 'et ...... ,k4 t , to h a , .. ... tl5 13 9 Per set 14p. the slter handles and mountings, and silver shields Leorshat (2,i rre ,test or CO it of arms. ,hkri le! at 't • i t illstrated by Drawings, and containing every g,..Zie4iooi,the purchase of Silver or S w to a ;:t il t l er b-,! sent into the e co e untry, free of PrerSUN'I'IDE HOLIDAY P .O. prepare, your Summer wear, Arid Whit•unt,de is advancing 1 IIY AM'S Clothes beyond compare, t.gre of them entrancing! Jashion, inatchle,s are, and gay, Weliwe" worthy this effusion, suited for this Holiday, Or ie n(l . l " a great profusion ! visit will repay you well, "titl pr ove to demonstration, Thu At he Nj s f excel , 'he e sent thldoes m her Is o ' t* -‘ or et a- ion. tZ 4 ar y o searn of Whitsuntide, when all are in full 1,1 4 41t1' .4,7.1 t,, happiness, and pleasure, one of the most ne *Ott< jlothi h ns for really making . that event co t mplet e e, e i r s y a due • day 1,4 1 wi h na t t th e % f i l , lld n 01 housefact, w the it ev o e u n t of h ' exception, but t' 4 l ", a rid c : h ne „ give watol l . n / 1 1 m Y n A; ' 36, Gracechurch.street, o ? , l4: y 4 liti" '.. 10 113, in e Y very sense ' of the ' word, to malntai'i that 4 1sIa, eur th l4 ,,whieli the public have honourably placed him, he Holidays.aide arranged such a magnillcept (f' 44 puts all past efforts out of the question. „,!ntlemen of high renown, ;uoere their utmost wishes crown. ' di es to it does behove, is . ? 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'ngraved in two lines on the Wrarer3,;3laenttieo„n. f,v4old I.),(44l'l,;‘,vra(pp sr nearly -,aub:4;h4el,ry vir , i m et? s r t s : And Iliol :wsitlai'ndtimande'' eS?onnt,alAnfi'a9tot.garden, tisq!Me to auk for " mists cl-'l.-" In 4 r ae B. • sar 011. All others are vtilttit Countorf lts :i i n ' . " ixrard, and ;t. George' raiso. Havannaa or Anister- r majestY und. aria Batavia for for Afr ic3; eri ually.—Sld. :eylon ; 53 AP" hiboeJ°l'n ;13 St. s' R o tterdam . Tierra Leone. Havafl moderate.-- Echiboe. 6. N.N* 3 . in Jartia l- r S r, Wes f° 26. '.vres; Grant, L• • Doris, Rio .--T' v yernan i c i 3‘nibarbleanatS; maica; be; ret, Meet tton, t i n the Hier, lel by the - 'hiboe. A esterday which soe' d 0 Qi?",, 3CUOnntact wage to RDA I " Wheat Ire: .qual to th. 0.4 • ki n ds a 14 were prne tation ; b en d t ;punts 7 ' 13 . 1 .4 hat the r u ; weathentare. hea cds nlo s at vily , Dck, the ra Of g qUali t r io dl A' other t.,,r to rates. ar•ite.". d per cl u 00. ver p y full ). rRE. es to "and to ed • . 1 . to FOrlt,l7s to IP . ........ o a t°, ........ 20 to% ........ ,xl3 to ••• ..... ....... 30 ,t0N ........ to F,;, ..... 3 15 r o ;$ ... ... 324 top lie •• 48 tO" ... nfolk 34 6 tos l •OND• 2 ostlrs ........ 00'0 ..... 00 1 ..... . m5O ...... 0 1° • and, 01 es tli Sibs blue d reme ca sot. i s 10d P er / 1 .0 Id Dov°, s Cher ltiou? 44 3 depress d int not eP--, ru lownwit 5.d. tot a i LC.. 3 3 ; S i a tto.. hers 3 1 ,0 wool I/ 9 a •••• 3 10 90 9 ae .. 1;16 ° 0 ...... 4 ris2B°. 'WO' bee s l oes balp n tiot s than suc. e instanc— :T. ter' c es an d Wet 30 xt endinA l ", those (1. 5- 10# s' if the Pr - pr the 51i ops, t ive, !ar, is se to lave b een 'il i° La na by Pri on s fj the sP ° y ,sport can oOD _ ro it three 111 et fey( Z' 5 tO.V lY idily 3 .Ceeding No. 16,157. LONDON, TUESDAY , EVENING SUN MAY 28, 1844. PRICE sd. // 7 f •t/' t 1 1 1 1:: • _ /1, 1 0 Alk • &,'' ,C AT, 111 ' r 11 41 6 ' ' l 4l\ , 4411 4 e- .•A 011‘... - - •• t s o' t b1„..,4 $ -" - • • S l 7+, A t it rT' • mir of the piece is said to have been burned with Drury lane, we are willing to admit to the old folks that no such pantomime ever was before, or ever will be again produced. But it is something to revive the traditionary points of such a piece. This the Olympic play-bill assures us has been done ; the comic business of the orening was well got up, and the dresses and masks had a fresh appearance that spoke favourably. The music is said to be revived from the old score. Mr. Bologna and Mr. Jefferini were the Harlequin and Clown ; Mr. Hartland was the Pantaloon. The part of Columbine was very gracefully danced by Miss E. Gates. The house was well filled, and the pantomime was favourably received. SADLER'S WELLS. " 'Tis true 'tis pity, and - pity 'tis 'tis true," in those days of enlightenment, we have to announce the performance •of Macbeth so far away 'from the aristocratic the " monied"— the " pelf-hoarding" regions of the West as Sadler's Wells. The lo cality is nothing ; the absence of Shakespeare from the "national ?" theatres is another ; but glad are we to say that, although there was an audience so crammed together as to cause many recriminations at first, the moment the curtain rose, and the develop ment of .the ideas of our immortal bard commenced, the dropping of a pin might have been heard in the house. Mrs. Warner was the Lady Macbeth, •Mr. Phelps, the usurper. Few persons who have watched this lady's stage career can be' at all sur prised, when we say that throughout the whole piece she made tangible to the " readers" of Shakspeare the creations of his imagination. Mr. Phelps as Macbeth, displaye . !d much knowledge and study of his author, but some would feel almost inclined to think that a slight degree of modulation in some parts of his delivery might give a little more effect. In say- . ing this, we mean not in the slight es td egree t o depre ciate Mr. Phelps' high talents. The dissection of the tragedy of Macbeth would be an act of pedantry dur ing the present reading mania, which increases and will as time rolls by, but we must say, in sadness and sorrow, that to see the talent which can at the present day embody the conceptions of England's— the world's—intellectual idol; you must walk as far towards Islington as Sadler's Wells, and turn your ' back upon Grosvenor, -Berkeley; and sundry other aristocratical and (consequently ?) intellectual squares, • crescents, and quadrangles. Mrs. Warner delivered an address after the conclusion of the tragedy With her usual grace, in which was an expression of regret for the absence of—can it be called appreciation ? scarcely—but of attention to the attempts of deve loping the ideas of him " who was not for an age, but for all time." Happy are we to-say that there was quite enough of the good old leaven—albeit, those . who manifested it might never have occupied a stall at the Opera—to appreciate and loudly applaud the lady at the conclusion of the epilogue. The next - performance' was that of the Hunter's Bride, or the Rose of Altenheinz, the music of which was by Mr. Clement White, and in this case he supported his honestly earned reputation. Mr. George Forman . (lately of the Adelphi Theatre) sustained the rather difficult character of Maximilian Blokk, and drew down roars of laughter by his quaint humour. Few men could have more effec tively brought out before the audience such a character as he had to support in this piece. " Though last, not least," comes Miss Lebatt, who, both as an actress and a songstress, was appreciated by every person of taste and feeling. In conclusion, we shall address ourselves to old English feeling, and say, if you like to see the best performance of Shah spears (at the present time), and the travestied im personation of what we see and hear around us passing every day, go to Sadlers' Wells. V C"--"e7 THE SUN i s published EVERY MORNING at FITE O'CLOCK, in Tins* for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND . EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time 'or the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON ap to that Boar. WHITSUN AMUSEMENTS. ORLEANS, TOURS, AND BORDEAUX RAILWAY. Capital 45,010,000 of Francs, in 130,000 Shares, of 500 Francs each (1,000,0001., in Share. of 201.), Of which 70,000 are subscribed in France, and the Deposit paid ; the remaining 60,000 to be subscribed in England. Deposit—One Pound per Share, To provide the usual Caution.money, or Deposit. required by the French Government, and which will be returned, without any de. duction whatsoever, bat without interest, upon the production of the Banker's receipt, if this Company shall not become the Lessees of the Railway, pursuant to a Law of the present Session of the French Ch ambers. tent, relating to the traffic of every description. The details are founded upon official documents, obtained from the Government office in Paris and the local authorities in the provinces, under the sanction of a Royal Ordonnance. The Tables are complied upon the plan pursued by Mr. Robert Stephenson, in his able Report upon the Line from Paris to the Belgian frontier. They exhibit the actual traffic only, computed at rates under the Tarif autho. rised to be charged. They will be communicated in due time to the Shareholders. Applications for the remaining Shares, and only In the printed form prescribed, may be made to Mr. W. P. Needham, at the Temporary Offices of the Company, 27, Austin.friars, Landon, of whom, and at the Company's Bankers in the country, Prospectuses and the Form of Application for Shares may be obtained. London, 10th May, 1844. HAI MARKET. The Sempstress, a domestic drama, from the pen of Mark Leman, and founded on the humanity moving " Song of the Shirt," by T. Hood, was acted for the second time to a very crowded house in the Haymarket last night. The piece opens with a coun try scene, in which Mercy Goldring (Miss P. Hor ton) is discovered at the cottage door of her grand father, a pedlar (Mr. Strickland), making a shirt for one of the neighbouring farmers, while Plainwood (Mr. Stuart), her lover, is nailing some rose trees to the cottage wall in which the grandfather has the ,produce of his industry and self-denial concealed. Goldring returns home after a successful excursion in the way of his calling, and deposits an ad ditional sum of money in his hiding place, but is watched by Gusset, a draper, and his half starved servant, Bobbin (Mr. Buckstone), who pre sently make off with the treasure. Bob Debit (Mr. H. Hall), a cockney, is staying at the village and spending the money of his father, from whom he has fled, but seeing an advertisement in the news paper, stating that if he should return he would meet with forgiveness, he accordingly returns, and takes with him Lydia Sparkle (Miss Julia Bennet) as his other self, and they take lodgings in the house of Gusset. In the course of a few years, Debit, who continues his gambling propensities, is involved in difficulties, and becomes a borrower of some of Gusset's money. In the mean time, Plain wood and Mercy Goldring are married, and remove to London, together with the grandfather, whose wits are affected by the loss of his money. Here they are reduced to the greatest distress, to alleviate which Mrs. Plainwood seeks for employment from Gusset, who tells her, that " business is business," and that she must not expect more than other people. She returns to her forlorn home, "to ply her needle and thread," and consoles herself by singing " the Song of the Shirt." Mean time the villany of Gusset is discovered by means of the notes lent to Debit, and the confession of Bobbin. The result is that the Plainwoods are again made happy, and Gusset is left in the hands of the proper officers. Such is the outline of the piece, and we confess it failed in touching us as we should anticipate such a subject in such hands would have done. The shirt scene was much too long for so painful a one. The air of the shirt song was not what we would have been led to imagine from the words, and the main design, or that which should be its main design, is subordinated to the acting of Mr. Buckstone. We know the moral intended is to impress us with the duties we owe to our common suffering humanity, and an abhorrence of crime, but the form and pressure of the scene are too real to be elbowed by broad laughter and diversion. This piece was followed by the extraordinary performances of Professor Risley and his sons. Were it only to see the wonderful perfection to which Mr. Risley has attained in his art, and imparted to his children, a visit to the Haymarket would be amply re paid. There is not, we verily believe, a single posture of which the human frame is capable, which these boys do not put themselves in with a grace and lightness that impart something of the beautiful to an art generally esteemed low. The audience gave evidence of their satisfaction at the feats of agility by repeated—almost continuous— plaudits ; and at the close they camein front of the stage, and were most cordially received. The enter tainments of the evening closed with the extrava ganza of the "Fair One with the Golden Locks." RELIGIOUS TRUSS and DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL.—For the more public exposition of the important objections to this unprecedented and • injurious attempt to subvert the security of charitable property, and to promote the Uni tarian heresy, it has been determined by many Members of the Es tablished Church, by the Wesleyan Methodists, and by Dissenters of all denominations, that a GENERAL MEETING of the opponents of the Bill shall be held at Eleven o'Clock precisely, on WEDNESDAY next, May 29, in the Great Room at. Exeter Hall, and at which the Right Hon. the Earl of MOUNTCASHEL will preside. Capt. VERNON lIARCOURT, R.N., countssioNatatts OR NEVANEANTS OP THE lti►M ' It LI. ALPHONSE LAURENT, Banker, Blois; ♦NTOINE LUZ ARCHIE, Chateau de Clavierist and Berry; WILLIAM MACKENZIE, of Liverpool and Paris. STANDING COUNSIL. M. de Haut, Avosat of the Cour Royale, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, late Chef de Cabinet to the Minister, and now Standing Counsel for the Department of Public Works. (The Directors in France will comprise some of the most dis tinguished Members of both branches of the Legislature, locally connected with the districts traversed by this Line, when the law shall have been voted by the Chambers.) MUSIC OF RUSSIA, POLAND, AND HUNGARY, Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver A SERIF.S of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different NATIONS. The MUSIC of RUSSIA, POLAND, and HUNGARY, commences on the 27th instant, and will be continued daring the week, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock ; and en Tuesday, Thursday, and Saterday, at Three o'clock, witk VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the other LECTURES and EXHIBITIONS as usual. LONGBOTTOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLV ING VIEWS, ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, &c. Admission, ls. ; Schools, Half-price. May 22, 1844. Chairman of the Provisional Committee. The admission will be by tickets only, which may be obtained of Mr. Hatchard, Piccadilly ; Mr. Nisbet, BernerS-street ; Mr. Seeley, Fleet-street ; Mr. Ward, Paternoster-row ; at the Congregational Library; and also at the (hikes of the Record, Patriot, Watchman, Wesleyan Chronicle ; and at the Committee-Tooth, No. 3, Exeter Hall, where the Committee for opposing the' Bill meet daily. MONEY.— GRAN D DISTRIBUTION of 70,1701. sterling, AUTHORISED and GAURANTEED by his IMPERIAL MAJESTY anu the GOVERNMENT of AUS TRIA. The NEXT DRAWING of 35 Series, containing 700 Bonds, each of which must obtain one of the 700 Prizes of 23,600/., 5,0001., Sze., the lowest 50/., will take place at Vienna, on the Ist JUNB NEXT, and be paid in British money. A few Series Tickets, 31. each ; fifths, 12s. (six tickets, 151.), with Prospectuses may be had of Messrs. F. E. Field and Co., Bankers and Receivers-general, Frankfort ; or, by inclosing a Post-office order, to their office, 26, Bouverle-street,. Fleet-street, London.—Government lists of the draWing will be sent to each purchaser. Office hours from Twelve to Three. i MPERIAL RUSSIAN- POLISH LOAN of 1 150,000,000 Florins (of 1835), IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN of 30,000,000 Florins (of 1539), guaranteed by their Majesties the Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Russia. GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS AT WARSAW AND TIEYNA. In the Russian-Polish Lean the following Dividends will be re-im bursed:—Oue of 1,000,0001., one of 300,00011 , two of 150,00011., six of 25,00011., eight of 14,0001., &c., together 7,004 dividends, gaining 7,970,0005. Smallest dividend 7509., largest 1,000,00011. In the Austrian Loan 704 bonds will obtain 701,70011 , in lots of 230,0101., 10,00011., 15,1100f1., 10,0008., &c. Smallest dividend 5001. 10 florins are equal to 11. sterling, a trifle more or less, as per day's exchange. The prices are -1 1 Russian-Polish Scrip for £2 II 1 Austrian Scrip for £3 0 4 do. do. do. 10 0 I do. do. 15 0 9 do. do. do. 24 IP 13 . do. _do.. 30 0 . . Payable by bank notes, remittances, or drafts. Dividends re-im hursanle at Frankfort, Paris, London, or New York, at the option of the holders T )save portages, 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, ind Lists cf tie Distribution, promptly forwarded to every share holder abroad J. A. IiCHWARZSCHILD, Banker and Receiver-General. Frankfort-on - Maine, April, 1844. *.* A Florio being 25., it follows that a fifth share at 12s. in the Austria' Government Distribution is relatively much more valuable than one Red Bond is tke private speculation of the 25th. ALE BY SHARES, OF THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE PROPERTIES :- 1. A PRINCELY CHATEAU, with the Grounds and Ap purtenances belonging thereto, situate on the banks of the Lake of Geneva, Switzerland, valued at . .. £32,000 2. A SPLENDID MANSION, and Its Dependencies, situated .. in the town of Vevay, Switzerland, valued at 3. A FINE BATH HOTEL, and its Dependencies, with a very abundant Spring of Mineral Water, situated on the banks of the Lake of Geneva.. 5,000 3,000 Forming a Total of The Sale will positively take place in the town of Sion, Canton of Valais, Switzerland, on the 16th of SIITTEMISSII, 1844. The value of the Shares sold will be deposited in the hands of a Banker in London until the transfer of the property to the new Proprietors. For Particulars and Conditions of Sale, and for Inspection of Title deeds, Plans of the Grounds and Buildings, Valuations, Prospectuses, &c., apply, to Mr. Frederick Quin, No. 25, Southampton-street, Strand ; and to Mr. Joseph Thomas, No. 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill, London. EMPLOYMENT. —Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that ♦gents continue to be appointed in London, and country towns, by the East India Tea Company, for the sale of their celebrated teas. offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but little trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per annum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss. Application to be made (if by letter post paid) as above. LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and 18, Chancery-lane, London. The indisputability of the policies granted by this Company ; The obligation to pay the sum assured although the debt for which the policy was taken may have been paid before the claim arises ; Whole-world policies not confined to the limits of Europe ; Option of half-premium payment for the first seven years. These form e combination of advantages which can be obtained only from the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company. ALEX. EMIERTSON, Manager. DISEASED AND TIEALTIIY LIVES ASSURED. MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE. 25, ?ALL-MALL, LONDON. Capital, £500,000. This Office is provided with very accurately constructed Tables, by whica it can ASSURE DISEASED LIVES on Equitable Terms. The Extra Premium discontinued en restoration of the .Isstsred to permanent health. INCREASED ANNUITIES granted on unsound Lives, the amount varying with the particular disease. Meatlsere of CONSUMPTIVE FAMILIES assured at Equitable Rates. lIEALTUY LIVES are Assured at Lower Rates than at most other einces. Policies of twelve months' standing are not affected by Suicides, Duelling, &c. ; and Assigned Policies are valid fl'om the date of the Policy should death ensue from any of these causes. F. G. P. NELSON, Actuary. WATCHES, CHRONOMETERS, AND CLOCKS. TO BE SOLD, considerably under the original cost of manufacture, the extensive and superior finished STOCK of Mr. HARRIS, of CORNIIILL, Chronometer maker to the Honourable East India Company, who has retired from business. The establishment having continued more than half a century, the sacrifice, though considerable, will be made, as the re maining Stock must be shortly removed, the Premises being let for a different business. It consists of every description of superior watches and Chronometers, manufactured to suit every class of persons, all of which arc warranted perfect. The small, fiat, elegantly engraved Watches, for Ladies, with those for Gentlemen, are particu larly reduced in price, with the Regulators, Clocks, Dials, Marine and Pocket Chronometers Purchasers will be referred, for attention and regulation, free of charge, to one of the oldest houses in London, whose guarantee will be given as of their own manufacture. Apply, 76 Cornhill. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 34, BRIDGE-STREET, ILAC KFRI ARS, LONDON. E.stalaished 1R23. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. THONt 4S FltA )(LAND LEWIS, Chairman. HENRY FRE )ERICK STEPHENSON, Esc] , Deputy Chairman , Ltncelot Baugh Allen, Esq Thomas Edgar, Stephen Nicolson Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Henry Barnett, Esq. Archibald Hast,e, Esq., M.P. Robert Riddulph, John Mendham, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq. W?lliam Routh, Esq. ♦UDITORS. Francis Dumergue, Esq. I Charles Morris, Esq. Capt. Robert G rdon, John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. PHYSICIAN— . ohn Ayrton Paris. M D., F.R.`., 27, Dover-street, President of the Royal college of Physicians. SUMMON —Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R S., 12, Bruton-street. SOLICITOR —Henry Young, Esq., 12, Essex-street, Strand. Besgtes—Messrs. Hankey, Fenchurch-street ACTUARY —James John Downes ' Esq., F.R.A.S. SECRETARY —Campbell James !Downer, Esq. The following are among the advantages offered by this Society:— LOWER RATES of Premium than those of any other Office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and con. sklerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. Ni) PROPRIETARY to participate in the Profits, the WHOLE being divide.l among the Assured. The first, in 1831, averaged .£l6 par rent. on the Premiums paid. The second, 1839, ditto £3l ditto since the ist division. The third, IS4t, ditto £3 ditto since the 2d division In addit,m to which all Policies entitled to the absolute bonus will receive a contingent prospective bonus of Xi per cent. per annum, on the sum assured. on becoming claims before 1849. Assurances effected on the equal scateW premiums in the year 18:4, will participate in the Bonus to be declared in 1849. No extra charge for residence in any part of Europe, nor for pro ceeding (in a decked, sailing, or steam-vessel), from any one port thereof to another during peace, to Assurers not being seafaring men by orofession. Licenses are granted to go to any part of the world upon terms proportionate to the risks. Policies on the lives of persons dying by suicide, duelling, or by the hands of justice, are not void as respects the interests of parties to whom they may have been legally assigned. Assurances may be effected on any and every day. By order of the Board of Directors, • CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, 1, PRINCES-STREET, BANK, LONDON. This Institution is empowered by Special Act of Parliament, (IV. Victoria, cap. 9,) and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Life Assurance, in their fullest extent, to Policy Holderi, and to present greater facilities and accommodation than are usually offered by any other Companies. Among others, the following important advantages may be enu merated : A most economical set of Tables—computed expressly for the use of this Company, frost authentic and complete data, and presenting the lowest rates of Assurance that can be offered without compro mising the safety of the Institution. DECREASING RATES OF PREMIUM. By this Table the "olicy.holder has the option of discottinuing the payment of all further Premiums after Twer.ty, Fifteen, Ten, and even Five Years; aiid the Policy still remaining in force--in the fiat case, for the full amount originally assured ; and in either of the three other cases, for a portion of the same according to a fixed and equitable scale endorsed upon the Policy. • Increasing Rates of Premium on a new and remarkable plan for securing Loans or Debts ; a less immediate payment being required •n a Policy for the whole term of Life than in any other Office. CREDIT TABLE. By this Table the Premiums may remain unpaid for five years, upon satisfactory security being given for the liquidation of the same at the expiration of that period. Premiums payable either Annually, Half-Yearly, or Quarterly, in one sum, or in a limited number of payments. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'Clock. Age ef the As.ured in every case admitted in the Policy. Medical Attendants remunerated it all cases for their reports. EXTRACT FROM INCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM, FOR AN ASSURANCE OF £lO9 FOR WHOLE TERM OF LIFE. Annual Premium payable during Age. Ist Five 2d Five &I Five 4th Five !Remainder , Years. Years. Years Years. ;of Life. 1:0 El 1 4 £1 510 El 10 II £1 16 9 £2 3 8 30 1 1 6 4 112 2 1 19 1 2 7 4 217 6 40 1 1 16 1 2 4 4 214 6 1 3 7 3 4 3 4 50 216 7 3 9 4 4 55 , 5 6 3 613 7 PETER MORRHON, Resident Director. A Liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents. PORTS, SHERRIES, and other WINES, of first-rate shippers. The following unprecedented terms for genuine wines aro quoted only for cash on delivery, which will he found from 15 to 20 per cent. under usual credit prices :—Sherries, pale and brown, at 255., 275., 305., Us., 425., 485., 503. ; Ports, from the wood, 265., 303., 345. ; crusted, in bottle, from 365. upwards ; ditto, very choice, highly flavoured, from five to ten years old, from 455. to 545. ; Clarets, 333., 405., 70s. ; Champagne, sparkling and creaming, 485., 60 5., 725. ; Ilocks a Moselles, 405., 505., 605., 70s. ; Marsala, 233., 260. ; 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. SC lIWEP PE and 1, Berner's-street, London, importers of German Geltze r Water, Co.,in quarts and pints. FOR , BILE, INDIGESTION, AND DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH AND LIVER. DR. A. A. HA RVEY'S ANTIBILIOUS and FAMILY APERIEN r ' PILLS have long been prescribed and found eminently useful by one of the most experienced members of the t °liege er Surgeons, who, from his extensive practice since he has resided in Bath, and in the East Indies wh il e Surgeon in the Honourable East India Company's Ser vice, has had innumerable instances brought under his notice of the relief afforded by these Pills. They have been found of great service in restoring a healthy action to the Liver, and in pre venting and also curing the Jaundice • a nd passing off Gall Stones an d other a ff ections of the Liver ; and being prepared from the simplest and purest drugs, may be taken with safety by the most d e l ic ate female ; are mild in their operation, and their occasional usewill preserve the organs of the stomach in perfect health. These Pills are a good Preparatory Aperient to Sea Bathing, and likewise previous ti, and while drinking the Bath, Cheltenham, and other Mineral Waters, or using the Warm Bath, as they prevent Giddiness and other unpleasant sensations of the Head. 'They are also an excellent Median • for all excesses of the table. Dr. Harvey's patient-, and.the public in general, are informed that his Pills are to be obtained genuine of Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church yard, London ; also of Sanger, 150, Oxferd.street ; White, 24, Corn. ill; and most respectable Chemist CHARACTERS CONINGSBY."—In noticing Mr D'lsraeli's new work, " Coningsby," the Morning Pos observes:—" It must not be supposed that in selecting personages for his romance, the author has gathereu simply from the stores of his imagination. The leading persons are full length portraits from actual life. No one can fail to recognise the amiable, philanthropic Lord Henry, nor the easy, s agacious, gentlemanly Lord Esk dale, nor the hearty, open, impetuous Buckhurst, nor the good-natured, affectionate Milbank. These are characters that will be assigned to the respective owners instantly, and may be appropriated with honour. But then there are others—Rigby. the shallow party scribbler, the doer .of dirty work, and the toady of the rich and profli gate Marquis of Monmouth ; Tadpole and Taper, the small hacks of the Carlton Club, working through thick and thin for small places ; the Marquis of Monmouth himself—requie&eat in pace—who will be hardy enough to point out the originals of these portraits ? And yet we could lav our fingers on the very men—and so the reader will be able to do ere he has perused the second volume. The original. of Lucian Gay every one will recognise. In deciding who sat for Coningsby himself, or for that greater Jew than Rothschild, the enormously rich and surprisingly accomplished Sidonia, we find greater difficulty, though, sooth to say, we have our suspicions as to the men intended. Who sat for the portraits of Madame Colonna and the Princess Lucretia we dare not say ; but no one who studies them can deny that they are drawn with a master hand." THE LATE W. BECKFORD, Elsg.--WP understand that the June Number of Colburn's New Monthly Ma gazine will contain some very interesting and remark able personal " Recollections" of the .Author of "Vatiaek," now for the first time made public. The following ships belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company arrived in the River during yesterday and this morning :—William Jolliffe, from Rotterdam ; Caledonia, from Hamburgh ; Clarence, from Edinburgh ; Water Witch, from Hull ; City of Hamburgh, from Newcastle ; Attwood, from Sunder land ; Mercury, from Ramsgate ; Sir E. Banks, from Ostend ; Harlequin, from Boulogne ; and Belfast, from Calais. MESMERIC PROPHECY. — We are informed that a patient, while under the mesmeric influence the other day, was asked what would be the result of the South Lancashire election ? His reply was, that Mr. Brown would be returned. When asked by what majority? he replied, "By about twenty"-- Manchester Guardian. THE BEST MEDICINE FOR INDIGESTION TVORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi- L recommended as a simple, but certain remetty, to all who stiffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Bilious and Liver Com plsints ; they act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, imparting strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. Soil in bottles at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 11/. each, by A. Willoughby and Co., late B. G. Wiadus, 61, Bishopsgate Without; and nearly all Medicine Vendors. -BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS. The decided superiority of this Medicine over every other hitherto offered to the public for the cure of those dreadfully painful diseases, gout, r'eumatic gout, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, &c , is so fully manifested hy the increasing sale, and the testimony of thousands in , very rank of life, that those who are aware of the ex_ istenc of such a remedy, and have not availed themselves of trying its efficacy, cannot truly b, objec sof sympathy. The testimonials of the astonishing effects of this medicine are universally accompanied by the fact that no inconvenience of any sort attends its administra tion, but that the patient, without feeling the operation of the medi cine, is universally left in a stronger and better state of health than experienced previous to being afflicted with this disease ; and in all cases of acute suffering great relief is experienced in a few hours, and a cure is generally effected in two or three days. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and, by his app Ant ment, by all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. Pr ce 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of "Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," impress upon. the Government Stamp affixed to each /fox of the Genuine ModicAno. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. THE LYCEUM. The enterprise of .the Keeleys as managers, and their ability as artists, were alike displayed last night, in a new piece for the Witsuntide holidays, which was well got up, well played, and—a greater merit than either—completely successful. It was announced as an " original comic drama ,•" if it is not misnamed it displays much more cleverness of construction, and command of stage effect, than are usually found in pieces that do not owe their plot, if not their dialogue, to a French original. The author has drawn his subject from one of the many incidents of the life of that eccentric sculptor and worker in metals, Benvenuto Cellini—an undoubted genius, but with something in him of the =annul, and not a lit tle of the ruffian. The scene is laid during the resi dence of the artist at the court of Francis the First, where the Chancellor, Count Poyet (Mr. Did dear), is conspiring against his King, in favour of the Duc de Bourbon. He has also a ward under his care, who is emphatically a ward in Chancery, flir he has confined her, with the intention of compelling her to marry him, being an heiress, and lovely withal. The fa,ir Seraphina (Miss Chaplin) pines, as may be sup posed, under this treatment, of which the end is nearer than she imagines. Cellini (Mr. Emery) on his way to the Court, leaves his favourite pupil Fidelio (Mrs. Keeley) under the lady's garden wall, to await his return, and he, to beguile the time, sings a serenade on speculation, which draws the beautiful heiress to the balcony, from whence a contract is made between the pair, with all the promptness, if not all the poetry, of the engagement between Romeo and Juliet in the same situation. They are over heard, when about to fly, by Francis himself, who has strayed from his retinue while hunting, and, so far from spoiling the plan, he assists them, by aiding to heat off the attack of Captain Sangfeu (Mr. J. Collier) and Peupeste (Mr. Keeley), a gasconading militaire and a cowardly tailor, who have been left by the Chancellor, in charge of his ward. The capital acting of Keeley in this scene, well seconded as he was by Mr. Collier, produced roars of laughter. It is only exceeded by the last scene of the first act, in which he is required to tell the story of the elope ment, and to do justice to his own valour in the pre. sence of the King. His puzzled perplexity and terror when he finds that the King and the unknown from he has received considerable " punishment," are one and the same, may be conceived, but hardly described. The poor tailor is further mixed up with the plot by having offered, at the suggestion of the Chancellor, to give evidence of the diabolical character of a cer tain gigantic head of Mars, on which Cellini is at work, and which Peupeste can observe from his garret window; the object being to ruin the artist with the King by accusing him of sorcery. It hap pens that Fidelio and his bride, having no means of setting up housekeeping on their own account, and it being impossible for them to live in Cellini's dwelling, have fixed their habitation, for the want of a better, in the interior of the gigantic head. Cellini, to clear his character, brings the King to inspect it ; the Chancellor and his confederates choose the Monarch's visit to the artist 'as a favourable opportunity for seizing his person ; but Fidelio, warned of their trea son, conceals a body of armed men within the head, who, at the moment they are most wanted, break through it, overpower the conspirators, and give the King cause to be as grateful to his deliverer, as the kings of comedies always are, by confirming his union with the heiress, and making all end as it ought to do. The materials of the piece are slight, but they are made the most of, and the parts played by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, being exactly suited to them, told admirably. The dresses and scenery were new, and the whole getting up unexceptionable. The court yard of Cellini's house, with the gigantic head, was peculiarly effective. The applause was frequent during the performance, and was renewed so generally and so heartily on the fall of the curtain, that we cannot doubt but Two Heads Better than One will be a fa vourite trifle for sometime to come. The evening's performances closed with Polkamania and the Forty Thieves. The house was very fully attended. ASTLEY'S. This favourite Amphitheatre of Arts was last night filled with holiday people, and Mr. Batty provided for them a copious bill of fare. The Chinese Wars, pre senting a grand, naval, military, and equestrian spec tacle, founded on the recent events of both services in China, was the first and best piece, and everything that could render its representation perfect was added. The principal personages in the drama were Sir Henry Pottinger, Sir Hugh Gough, and the Chinese Commissioner Lin. &c. A vie w the of Portsmouth, with the shipping, gun-boats, , in first act, was very beautiful, and formed a t splendid tableaux. s econd, the Chinese Feas of Lanterns, presented a variety of scenes, such as an array of cavalry, Tartar soldiers, Mandarins, British troops, with festive s p orts of peace, dancing, and artistical skill in gymnastic wonders. The third, and closing one was the destruction of Amoy, with all the bustle of shouting, cheering, firing, &c., conse quent on an engagement. It was well received throughout. Mr. Batty, finding that the " Podia mania had seized the minds of the good people of Lambeth, produced it last night, when it was danced in excellent style by Made moiselle Cushnie and Signor Milano. Madame Annette and Signor Germani performed won derful equestrian acts and surprising feats ; and the humours of- Mr. Barry, the clown of the circle, with his clever i m personation of six different characters in a farce entitled A Dv after the Fair, in which he was well supported by bliss Pettifer, varied the amuse ments. The house was well and respectably filled by an audience who evinced their acknowledg:nents of Mr. Batty's enterprising efforts with several rounds of hearty applause. DIIIIICT•118 IN INGLAND, Sr WILLIAM PLUNKET DE BATHE, Barth., London; THOMAS HOULDSWORTH, Esq., M.P., Manchester; WILLIAM GLADSTONE, Esq., London; ROBERT WILLIAM KENNARD, Esq., London; LBWIN MOSLEY, Esq., Banker, Liverprol ; RICHARD PATIRSON, Esq., London. SOLICITOR. IN LONDON. R. E. Vanheythuysen, Ikq., John.atreet, Bedford.row. RANKERS. Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennards, and Co., London; The Union Bank of London; Messrs. J. Earned and Co., Liverpool; The Bank of Liverpool; Messrs. Cunliffes, Brookes, and Co., Manchester. CONSTITUTION AND OBJECT OF THIS COMPANY. This Company is founded on the law of the 11th of June, 1842, which provides for the carrying out of an extensive system of Main Trunk Lines of Railway in France, by the joint contribu tions of the public treasury and private enterprise, and for granting a Lease of the Railway to a Company, upon terms to be agreed upon. Among the Railways comprised in this law is the great Line from Paris to the Spanish frontier, by Orleans, Tours, Poitiers, Angouleme, and Bourdeaux, to Bayonne. The first section, from Paris to Orleans, has already been con ceded to a Company, who constructed it wholly with their own capital. It was opened to the public in May, 1843. The original purpose of the present Company was to obtain the Lease of time second section comprised between Orleans and Tours; but having obtained a larger amount of capital than would be required for that object, and encouraged by the terms offered by the Minister of Public Works, the present proposal of the Com pany embraces the whole distance from Orleans to Bordeaux, 295 miles, passing by the populous cities and towns of Blois, Amboise, Tours. Chatelleroult, Poitiers, Angoulense, and Libourne, to Bordeaux. The works to be executed, at the cost of the State, on the por. Lion between Orleans and Tours, are already so far advanced, that, in the hands of this Company, that important extension of the Paris and Orleans Railway could be opened to the public in the summer of 1845, with an expenditure of not more than 51. per share on the whole capital. The Company is reconstituted for this purpose. The Statutes of the Paris and Rouen and the Rouen and Havre Companies have been adopted, so far as they are applicable to this Company. The French portion of the Capital, 35,000,000 francs, is all subscribed,tand the Deposit paid, in Paris and in the provinces. Of the 30,000,000 francs reserved for England (1,200,0001.), a considerable portion is engaged by the Shareholders in the Orleans and Tours Line of last year, who paid their deposits. The Board of Directors will consist of eight French and eight English, two of the latter resident in France, as the representatives and guardians of the English interests in the administration of the aMtirs of the Company. There will be an Office in London for the registration and transfer of Shares, for which every facility will be afforded, imme. diately after the Company shall have obtained the authority of a Royal Ordonnanee. Weekly reports will be transmitted to the English Directors for the information of the Shareholders. The Staff of the Company will be composed of the most efficient persons whose services can be obtained at the head of every de partment requiring practical experience in the details of Railway management. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LEASE. The Minister of Public Works has demanded of the Chambers, in the present Session, a vote of 64,000,000 of francs, to be spread over a period of rix years, for the construction of the works be tween Tours and Bordeaux. Of this sum 4,000,000 of francs will be applicable to the service of the present year, 1844, and 10,000,000 for that of 1845. The Projet de Loi, or• Bill, for this purpose, and for defining tho terms and conditions of the Lease to be granted, has bees► sub mitted for the approval of the Chamber of Deputies, and is now before a Commission, namely, in that stage which is termed In the English Parliament, " in Committee on the Bill." The following are the principal conditions proposed by the Mi• nister and embodied in this Bill. The obligations of the State are fixed by the Law of Ilth June, 1842; and there is good rea son to hope that the conditions to be required of the Company, in return, will not be materially, if at all, modified by the Commis sion, or in the subsequent discussion in the Chambers : The Minister of Public Works, in the name of the State, en gages to • pay for the land, and compensation to landowners; to execute the earthwork, masonry, stations, workshops, police sta. none, and buildings of every description ; in short, to make the Line, and its dependencies, up to formation level, be the cost what it may; to maintain the earthwork for one year, the masonry for two years, and the buildings for five years, after delivery to the Company. _ . The Company have only to provide, lay, and ballast the perms, nent way ; fence off the Railway, supply th• locomotive and car. tying stock, work the Line, and maintain it during th• term of their Lease. To these alone their liability extends. A Lease for a tern of years sufficient to liquidate the Company's entire capital, by the operation of a sinking fund of one per cent., improved at compound interest. if so improved, at f.ur per cent., the term would be 41 years and 16 days; if at three per cent., it would extend to 48 years and 324 days. The latter has been pro posed by the Minister. The term commences from the delivery, by the Government to the Company, of the whole of the works on the entire Line to Bordeaux. The entire Line is to be delivered t• the Company in work. able lengths—lay between first class stations, and two years after such delivery are allowed to the Company for the opening to the public. The State is to participate equally in the nett profits of the Company, after ten per cent. to the Shareholders upon the capital expended, namely nine per cent. dividend and one per cent. sinking fund. The right of the State so to participate in the nett profits does not arise until after the first Svc years of the opening of the Line throughout to Bordeaux. _ .. .. . This will sive to the Company about twelve years of undivided enjoyment of the nett profits of the section between Orleans and Tours. • The Company are required to surrender the permanent way and its dependencies, at the expiration of the term, without compensa. tion ; but are to be paid the actual value of their carrying stock, materials, and stores, either by the Government •r the new Lessees, within three months after the term of their Lease shall have expired. The tariff, or rate of charge, for the transports of passengers and merchandise is to be the same as en the Paris and Orleans Rail way, with a small addition for third-class passengers, to meet the extra expense of covered-in carriages, with curtains at the sides, which this Company will be bound to provide. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF SHAREHOLDERS. (Extracts from the Statutes of the Company.) Every Share represents a proportional part of the whole Capital Stock of the Company, and will be issued at par. The liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of the Stock held by them—a " Societe anonyme" in France, being pre cisely the same, in this respect, as the Railway Company in England, authorised ►y Act of Parliament. The liability of the original Subscribers to the Company extends only to three.tenths, or 61. per share, of the amount of their subscription. That amount paid up, the shares may be transferred without restriction, and the liability of the original Subscriber ceases. The amount of each Share shall be payable as follows :—One twentieth on allotment ; one-twentieth within two months after the concession of the Lease shall have been obtained ; the re mainder by tenths, as the Directors may see requisite, but at in tervals of not less than four months between each call, until the whole 201. shall have been paid up. The calls bear interest, after the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, upon the amount called up, to date from the Royal Ordonnance authorising the Company, and payable half-yearly, until the open. ing of the section of the Line between Orleans and Tours, after which the Shareholders will be entitled to share, pro rata, in the 'sett profits, divided half-yearly. The Shares will be in the names of the proprietor by subscrip. tioa or purchase, until the whole amount shall have been paid up, after which the bearer shall be deemed to be the proprietor, and they pass from hand to hand like Exchequer bills. The possession of one or more Shares carries with it all the rights and obligations of the original Shareholder. PROBABLE VALUE AS AN INVESTMENT FOR CAPITAL. It may be laid down, as a general rule, that any Railway having Paris for one of Its termini cannot be otherwise than good. Every Shareholder in the English Railways will readily see that the least productive amongst them would be se, if the dividends were to ba computed only upon the capital required for completing the upper works, fencing, and stocking the Line. This is precisely the case lu all the French Railways now before the Chamber.. The result of one year's experience (May, 1844) after the open ing of the Paris and Rouen, and the Paris and Orleans Lines, and, with a traffic as yet but partially developed, on either, is conclu sive as to the great value of the French Railways, as an investment, seder good and emsomical management. The receipts on the Paris and Rouen Line, upon a length• of eigisty.four miles, for the month ending April 30th, 1844 were, i• British currency, 19,9841., or at the rate of 259,6821. per mown. The dividend actually paid from the 9th May to 30th Septembee last (14S days) was after the rate of eight per cent, per annum, exclusive of a sinking fund. The present market price of a 201. Share is 371. 101. The receipts on the Paris and Orleans Railway, upon a length of eighty-two miles, for the month ending April 30th, 11140, Were 24,0111. 7s. 2d., or at the rate of 312,7971. 13s. 2d. per annum. There is a capital • f 50,000,000 of francs (2,000,0001.) to be provided for. The present market price of a 901. Share is 381. It must be borne in mind that, in the case of both these Com panies, the whole cost of the land, works, buildings, and of a com plete carrying establishment, was defrayed out i.f their own capital. In the case of the Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux Company, at least one-half, perhaps three.fifths, of the whole cost of the corn. plete Railway, in the most efficient working condition, will be de frayed by the State! The difference between the capital of the Paris and Orleans Company (2,000,0001.) and that required for the Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux Railway (2,100,0001.) which is amply sufficient, is not very considerable; while the latter is nearly four times the length of the former, and traverses some of the richest, most fertile, and most populous regions of Western, South-Western, and Southern France. Tie importance of this Railway may be inferred from the fact that the twenty-five departments traversed by, or collaterally con nected with it, comprise an aggregate population of 9,318,000 souls, and contains 283 cities and towns, with a population of 1,760,000 persons, to whom the advantages of railway communi. cattou will be thus efrarded. 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GENUINE TEAS direct from the Company, of their Agents, in nearly every town and village in the kingdom, packed in Lead, and warranted Genuine by the Company. Spurious and English made Tea being now commonly sold by the shopk,epers in the country, the greatest caution is necessary. Observe the ~ ;ompany's seal on each package . A.•olications for Agencies for the sale of the above Genuine Teas, by which a conside..able income may be derived, to be made t i the Company at their Warehouses, 2, Lawrence Pountney.hill, London. ADELPHI. " The Wizard of the North " continues to draw crowds nightly to this theatre, to witness his mar vellous feats of sleight of hand, and those really' sur prising deceptions and transformations wbich might well excite the envy of Simon Magus himself. Not content with the fame he has already won, " The Wizard" has, with a just appreciation of the popu larity his performances have acquired, made renewed exertions to strengthen his claim to public favour at this particular season. In addition to the diversified succession of his own performances, the lovers of music were highly gratified by a vocal and in strumental concert, which formed a distinct part of last evening's entertainments. The performers were Mademoiselle Rossini and the Misses Emma and Victoria Collini, and Mr. Collini. Made moiselle Rossini played two grand fantasias on the violin with admirable execution and effect, and with a skill and command that drew from the audience re peated bursts of applause. The Misses Emma and Victoria Collini sang a duet, "As it fell upon a day," in which they were much applauded, and Miss Emma► Collini sang with great sweetness and expression the beautiful ballad, " Kate Kearney." Brief as this notice necessarily is, we must not omit to mention the ability with which Mr. Collini played accompani ments on the violoncello and the flute. At the con clusion of the concert the audience again testified th e i r apprnhation in renewed applause. and this -musical interlude promises to become an agreeable feature in the entertainments at the Adelphi. "The Arab Brothers," a trio of interesting youths, per formed some wonderful feats of agility, and formed some very beautiful and striking tableaus. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. These gardens opened for the season yesterday, and were crowded to excess. This is the first season the gardens have been under the management of Mr. Tyler, who has displayed great taste in the manner in which he has laid them out. Adorned as they now are with beautiful parterres, fine casts from antique statues, and elegant fountains, they form one of the most agreeable summer lounges in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. The doors opened at twelve o'clock, thus giving ample time for a lounge round the gardens, and for the inspection of the animals ; and at two o'clock Messrs. Cameron, Campbell, Mackay, and M`Donald, the Highland pipers and dancers, who were selected by the Marquis of Breadalbane to perform their national melodies and national dances before her Majesty and Prince Albert at Tay mouth Castle, commenced the perform ances with their national dances and melodies. Their costumes were beautiful, and their dancing was distinguished by a gracefulness, an appropriateness, a fitness, if we may be allowed the expression, which we have never before seen infused into so-called Highland dancing. The dancing of these High landers was characteristic, was national. Those who, saw it could not but at once perceive that they were witnessing the real national dance of the country, performed by native dancers, denizens of the land of mountain and flood, who entered into the spirit of what they were performing with all that intensity which so completely distinguishes reality from the most elaborate and even graceful imitation. At five o'clock General Tom Thumb, the greatest little man in the world, gave a history of himself, and an imita tion of Napoleon ; and shortly after six o'clock the promenade concert commenced under the direction of Mr. Godfrey. On the lake was exhi bited a Grand New-modelled Representation of London in the Olden Time, painted by Danson and Telbin. This model is one of the most elaborately constructed, and one of the most correctly deli neated, of any of the many marvellous models of the wonders of nature and of art, which have been ex-' hibited at these gardens. In the centre rises Old St. Paul's, surrounded by the curiously constructed houses of the olden time, and flanked on the one side by the old Lud-gate and the towers of Castle Baynard, and on the other, by old London -bridge, covered with houses, and defended by its gates, leading to the Southwark side of the river. As the evening draws in, the house s on the bridge are lighted up, and gradually lights are seen twinkling in the various window s of the different houses in the City. These are gradually extinguished, and the city and its inhabitants are at rest. Suddenly a dense cloud of smoke is seen rising from the neigh bourhood of Pudding-lane—flames burst forth—the fire-bells are heard tolling in all directions. We are presented with a v i ew o f the Great Fire of London. The houses on the bridge are consumed and fall in; the flames are seen ascending the spires of the churches. Street after street becomes a prey to the flames, until at Length the smoke is seen issuing from the tower of St. Paul's, and the magnificent cathedral itself is con sumed. The effect produced by the flames as they are seen issuing from the lofty tower and magnificent windows of the fine old cathedral is exceedingly fine, and Mr. Southby, the artist, to whom the manage ment of this pyrotechnic spectacle has been en trusted, has completely succeeded in his attempt to give an idea of the great fire of London. The stage management of the performances, if we may be allowed the expression, is much bet ter this year than it has been on any former occasion; there is not that unnecessary lapse of time between the end of the concert and the commencement of the pyro technic display, of which we have had occasion for merly to complain, and for this improvement we ten der Mr. Tyler our best thanks. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather the gardens were crowded. There could not have been less than 11,000 p e rsons present, and all seemed highly delighted with the amusement provided for them. he THE NATIONAL GALLERY. This splentlid national collection of pictures, in which are congregated the works of almost all the celebrated painters of every country in Europe, since the ease of the fifteenth century, formed, as might be expected, . a great object of attraction to thousands of the more sober-minded of the holiday folks yesterday. The dif ferent rooms were :crowded to excess during the day, but the greatest decorum and regularity were observed by the multitudes who thronged them. THE ROY AL ACADEMY. From its extent, varied character, and the prestige attaching to its name (being justly considered at the head of all the periodical exhibitions of the metropolis), SURREY. The inhabitants of the Surrey side of the Thames, and not a few on the opposite side, naturally expect an extraordinary treat at this old resort for thea trical entertainment during the various holiday sea sons of the year. The house last night afforded a spectacle of unusual interest, both as regards the pieces announced and the manner in which they were produced. We have seldom seen so large an audience. It may safely be said that there was not a single seat in the galleries, the pit, or the more aris tocratic parts of the theatre, which was not occupied at the commencement of the performance. What be came of those who had determined to patronise it at half-price is a question which we lease them to answer. But we must say a word or two as to the bill of fare which created so eager an appetite. The first piece was a new and original domestic drama (in three acts) by an author of celebrity (they might safely mention his name in future at the Surrey)—entitled The Instrument of Torture ; or, The Needle and its Victims. As will be guessed from the title, the plot of the piece was founded chiefly on the sufferings of a sempstress, and many allusions were scattered through the piece to the various facts which have recently been made known inc2nnection with the distressed needlewomen of the metropolis. A worthy old gentleman, named Abraham' Bags, an old clothesman in the Minories, of the Hebrew per suasion, is the employer of the heroine of the play, whose adventures, though they extend beyond the needle, are closely connected with that " instrument of torture" up to the close of the piece. By the bye, this old Bags puts forth a remark which may be worthy of being remembered, namely, that himself and his frater nity are, after all, not so guilty as respects this matter as some who profess to pity the case of the sufferers, or at least that they share the guilt with those who are not willing to pay a remunerating price for their :;arments. A word to those who profess pity should be as weighty as a word to the wise. The piece was listened to throughout with marked interest ; and on the falling of the curtain the announcement of its repetition was received with cheering from all parts of the theatre. Next came a new tragic-comical, operatic, historical burlesque, in one act, entitled Creorgy Barnwell; or, the Unfortunate London Ap prentice, a very pretty burlesque, indeed, and one which told well with the audience. In order to avoid the incongruity of a real murder, the uncle was stabbed with a pair of tailor's scissors, which, instead of killing trim, entered a box of Holloway's pills, which he carried in his pocket ; and thiS contrivance prepared the way for a very satisfactory termination, as a part of which the repetition of the piece was announced. A Grand Visionary Fairy Spectacle, in two acts, en titled The Spirit of the Snow Drift; or, the Frozen Charm, concluded the entertainments of the evening. Mortals and immortals, fairies, sylphs, ruined towers, and old oak chambers, in turn, varied the scene, and did their best to make the beholders forget the mo notony of their every-day occupations. We cannot speak too highly of the getting up of the above pieces. The acting, too, was excellent, and afforded, to all appearances, universal satisfaction. We have little doubt that this theatre, while conducted as it is at present, will maintain its long-standing popularity. VICTORIA THEATRE. The holiday folk assembled last night at this well known house in great numbers, but unfortunately, through the peccadillo of one of the members of the corps dramatique, they were doomed to be disap pointed. A piece, which was not produced, had been for several days previously announced in the attrac tive phraseology, and conspicuously varied type of an unusually large-sized playbill, to be in preparation for commencing the evening's entertainments, and of course much was anticipated, and, as a natural iequence, many were disappointed. The piece was Mated to be " a new historical drama, in three acts, )I.eceded by a prefatory introduction in one act, en titled Hugo Maurarert, or the Poison King;" but as the chief character had been entrustea to It who had, within a few hours of the opening of the doors, eloped, as it was rumoured, with the fair pro prietress of the saloon attached to the theatre, the :audience were treated to the following notice instead 9f the historical drama : " The public are respectfully informed that in conse quence of Mr. Freer having so suddenly and unjustifi ably withdrawn himself from the theatre, even at the notice of a few hours only, it will be impossible to per t irm, for the present, the drama of Hugo Maura ,,ert, as already advertised. The manager, therefore, throws himself on the indulgence of the audience, and, in giving this public notice, begs to announce that on this evening, Monday, May 27, will be performed the cele brated play of the Stranger." This at first produced a slight convulsion ; but the excellent acting of Mr. Osbaldiston and Miss Vin cent soon restored order, and the evening passed away with animation and good humour. Subse quently to The Stranger, two pieces were presented, the first called Cm ' sar the Dutch Dog of the Castle, and the second The Parting Kiss. Of the former, the less said the better. It reflects no merit on the author, while its incidents are a libel on the taste and general good judgment of the indefatigable manager. The last is a tvk,)o act nautical drama, of the old school, being plentifully interspersed with music, broad-sword combats, and abounding largely in ma rine scenic effects. QUEEN'S. Mr. C. J. James, the enterprising lessee of this popular little house, has brought sever al novelties he fare his Whitsun-holiday patrons. These comprise every range of character, from the melancholy mur derer, the admired of the gods , t o the " g a y Lothario," the delight of the little ladies in the boxes. The amusements of the evening commenced with a new piece, written by Mrs. Hallett for the Queen's, entitled Chester Fair, or the Provheey. The play is cast in th a t troubled age, when ales was as yet uncon quered by England, and it opens with a view of the fair in Chester market-place. The bustle of such a scene is well enacted, and the diversified groups of jongleurs, harpers, glee-maidens, and dancing-girls, come up to our ideas of a merry-making in the olden times. Sir Roger Dutton (Mr. J. Parry), the High Steward of Chester, mixes with the motley crowd, and is by a fortune-teller informed that he will fight a duel for a dancing-girl, that by so doing he will render his ladye love jealous, but that ulti mately " he will win her by timely rescuing her from the Welshman, with a tattered army." The doughty Knight fulfils the first part of the prophecy by res cuing Marian (Miss Stoker), a peasant girl, from the hands of Chief Justice Glanville (Mr. Rogers), thus securing the gratitude of her lover, Allan (Mr. Rey nolds), a minstrel, who has considerable influence with the mobocracy of the fair. So far so good ; but unfortunately the hero's ladye love, Mary de Lacy (Miss Rogers), fired by her lover's supposed unfaith fulness, flies her father's castle, and takes refuge with Earl Randolph (Mr. Renard), in his.castle of.Rothelan, on the borders of Wales, the very worst place, as it happens, to which she could have fled, as it is imme diately afterwards invested by the Welsh moun taineers. This calamity has its advantages: however, for it gives Sir Roger Dutton an opportunity .of ful filling the last link in the prophecy, by defeating her enemies with the very ragged g entlemen who had been enjoying themselves at Chester fair. Such is the outline of the plot. It was a bustling thing throughout, and the actors seemed at home in their parts. M r. Parry and Miss Romer, with Mr. Hodson, who . personifies a drunken Irish fiddler, were particularly happy. The unities were not always well . preserved by the authoress, but, as a whole, the piece was very Auc cessful. This was followed by " a drama of intens e i n terest," called T he Vision of Death, or the Post house on the Heath, which seemed to go off rather fl a tly. The amusing burletta of Devils in the Room succeeded; and the bill of fare was wound up by a melo-drama, by Mr. Barnett, entitled The Skeleton Hand, or the Demon Statue. The name will give the reader an i dea of the " glamourie" compressed into the two acts. We have forests and caves innumerable, banditti above number ; interesting gallants in cloaks and dominos ; supernatural appearances and—the Polka dance ! The performances throughout the evening seemed to give general satisfaction ; house was respectably filled, and the audience in the upper tiers much more quiet than might have been anticipated on a Whit Monday. OLYMPIC. Mr. G. Wild gratified the holiday-makers last night, by a revival, or reproduction, of that panto mime of pantomimes; Mother Goose, which Creorge the Third patronised above all others, and which Lord Eldon—the always-doubting and never-deciding Lord Eldon—went fourteen times to see. We be lieve its glories from tradition only, for we never saw it ; and as Joe Grimaldi is gone, and the manuscript ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL GAR-SQUARE. TheEXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY Is now OPEN. Admission (front Eight o Clock till Seven) One Shilling. Catalogue One Shilling. HENRY HOWARD, RA., Sec. 1 \ ~. li‘ ' I