The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-01 00:00:00

AtIM . Uri • .314. „ ' r • • !I t • . • - • "4- , 'T , cll-4P..z,- , I - tg tql 4. 4;7 , - 2; \,, - , ' 79, • A . ' ' r — OIT • '\,)' ;... I Jo. • ki s - ..e :440 It, 'V 1r4.:, • - / • 1 1° 4 , C-01 Ut_c_l k I TR ,VVE LLERS.—Gen ,_ .em e • ...?........... - .wt....1g - 1 - 1,- 4itig to increase ticerirrii , 7n7e - riititY . Bear — tie a' t v! ,, ,,,z e and gentlemanly Commission, on applying by letter, • --- - ful ": 11 ne, Lonzio ' n. -.' V. " . - * th " fillgittfieattons g, to r T care of '‘lr John Barnett, 6, \VIII l'Ell !WEN and Fe (6( MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVERVIG. A , The Funds have been steady, but there has:not .been much doing. Funds_ are 99% % for Money, and 99% - -- 100 for Account. Exchequer-bills have bten 60s. to 58s. premium. New Three-and-a-Quarterlper Cents. are 104. Spanish Three per Cents. were 40%, Venezuelan Bonds 4476 s', Portuguese Converted 61; - Columbian 14, and Dutch Four per Cents. 98%, to 99. Eailway Shares were quiet, but the quotations rather vi tended upwards. The foreign exchanges were all higher this afternoon, and in many instances to some extent. ek -1 --t arm - The Sun of Last left-r Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was %d. per lb. higher, owing to the improvement in America, and the sales were 10,000 bales, 4,000 being on speculation.—There was some im provement in Shares. Chumet Valley, 7% % ; Caledonian, 71. ; Chester and Holyhead, 8 ; Dublin and Galway, ; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2 , 1 % ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 18s. 6d. 17s. ; Ditto and Greenock, 1534 ; Grand Junction, 3 ; Ditto, One Eighth, 18 3 / 4 19 ; Hull and Selby, 81% ex div. ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 36% IA ; Lon don and Brighton, 60 1 / 4 59 3 / 4 ; Ditto and South-Western;New, 11 3 4 ; Ditto and York, 7% 1-16 ; Direct Northern, 41 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 65 66% ; Ditto and Leeds, 140 ; Ditto, Half, 61% ; Midland Counties, 401., 8% ; New• castle and Berwick, 13 1 4 'A ; North British, Halves,l; North Union, 138 ; Preston and SYyre, 25 • Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 51 % ; South-Eastern, 40% 41%; Ditto, No. 1. 16% ; Trent Valley. 20 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeauir, 7 ; Sambre and Meuse, 3%. There was but a very thin attendance at the East Indi House, on the subject of the sugar duties, to day. There cannot be a doubt but that the subject is one of considerable importance, and that the sugar of the East Indies ought to be placed on the most favoured footing, notwithstanding the claims of the West India proprietors. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes an abstract of the circa lation returns, published in detail only in the Gazette. During the month ending the Ist inst. the average for Eng land and Wales was 7,714,7464 being an increase over the month of January of 224,6011. By the way, we are much pleased at the reproduction, in this publication, of the letters of Malachi Malngrowther, Esq., on the proposed change of currency in Scotland, and agree with the editor in his re mark, that there is not one argument adduced by Sir Walter Scott against the suppression of small notes which has not acquired additional force since he wrote. The general market for the British securities has been teadv, but a money sale of Consols has reduced the quotation to 99',4 %, after they had opened at 9934 74. The New- Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 104 to %, and the Three per Cents 100 %to %. Bank Stock has been 212 to 213. Exchequer-bills have realised Ms. to 61s. premium. There is nothing but the settlement to notice in the Foreign Market. Spanish Actives are 27%, and the Three per Cents. 40% to % ; Mexican Bonds have been 35%, and Dutch Two-and-a-flalf per Cents. 63 1 4 to 1 ,4. This is pay-day in the Share-market, and there has not been much business doing, but prices generally are firmer. An improvement has occurred in South-Eastern, Great Western, Birmingham and Gloucester, Manchester and Bir mingham, and in some of the French lines. ONE (it - ESS JUNG- TION Tht , The Ellt'L of LONSD %LE,' Chairman. Rhar,,2:4Nt.:onal Committee h ave th e pl easure to inform their hi g t o in7S. that the Itoard'of Tiade having decided upon report tstry.ittanp Ntrient in favou r of this Live of Itailway, and the nec!s iers, artng been taken for compliance with the Standing Pa " 1 11' ' 4 I "itiotl for the Bill will be presented to 1 arliament SATLTR DAY - 4 . 114 ARC Hl, 1845. PRIOR sd. No. 16,93 LoNDON, . . ° Mces, N„ 1 1 Y order of theAmttee. •3, O unclhal-liniktingq • R, 1 1845 • • - -"to ~, ANA) LYONS RAILWAY. The p mvi ., l , ,LAFFITTE'S COMPANY. 44Y beg to b mai Committee of the Paris and Lyons Railway . Co r n e t: Aly t, ~_ .state, for the information of their Trorietors, anilist. to Ly n " '.;,.truus inquiries, that the (ay LINE OF RAILWAY this c om ' mat adopted by the Cove/uncut, for the working of which 14 sder . r i "Y has been . , tor more than two years, Aki thp,p, n the event of the Covernment determining to le si ase tion the in ao to 4 coi,4i4:7lheeotalition of the Lesscrs executing the earth works, wi n e. Particulars respectin” ' N'l ` lie -"C i ncrease ill the capital will be speedily required. irtlY he announced: - ' the distribution of the new shares ii, ki n,,, , • lly Order,Williain-strect, Feb. 17, 1545. TILE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE 0 CLOCK, in Time for t he EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY •; a SECOND EDITION (Eren:ng Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAIN and a THIRD EDITION a t SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing- PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEIVS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION at ONE CHARGE. PRE SERVER FIRE, LIFE,. AND FAMILY fi ENDOWMENT OFFICE, BOND-COURT HOUSE, WALItROOK. As an Indemnity to the Assured, a Deed of Settlement has been executed, whereby Property, producing upwards of Five Thou sond Pounds per Annum has been secured to Trustees for the fulfilment of all engagements entered into at this Office. The peculiar advantages offered over those of similar Institutions are, amongst others — TO ASSURE FROM LOSS BY FIRE EVERY DESCRIPTION OF HOUSE, CHARITABLE, and CHURCH PROPERTY, Farm ing Stock, Goods, Etc., at a considerable reduction from the charges usually made. TO ASSURE THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES the payment of the principal sum to be . made EITHER ON THE DEATH OF THE ASSURED, OR ON A FIXED DAY, IF HE BE THEN LIVING. ADVANCES OF MONEY FOR LIMITED PERIODS on the deposit of Title'Deeds, without the expense of Mortgage Securities. LOANS TO NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN of established position, in conjunction with Life Assurances, upon their personal responsibility alone. The ASSURED MAY PASS FROM ONE COUNTRY TO AN OTHER without forfeiting their Policies,' and MEDICAL EXAMI NATIONS are dispensed with. - • Vacancies for a few Agents. *0 Prospectuses and Tables, calculated with the greatest pre cision, may be had at the Office. ROYAL .POLY FECIINIC INSTITUTION. • PHILLIPS'S PATENT FIRE ANNIHILATOR, illustrated by Dr. Ryan in his daily Chemical Lecture on the Mornings and Eve nings of MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY.—A Series of LECTURES' on' ASTRONOMY by Professor Bachheffiter, on the Mornings: and .Evenings of Mondays, Wednesday's, and Fridays, during Lent,' aceonmanied by Dr. Walls on BRAnr's CAT TONE. Working Models of ' New Inventions, among which K S PA TENT SMOKELCURING and VENTILATING 1100 , COWS, &c. GOUGH'S' WASHING MACHINE, ROBINSO:,,i'S DRYING MACHINE, &c , are explained daily. A beautiful Picture of the SHRINE •of the NATIVITY is added to the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. CHILDE'S CIIROMATROPE. THE4rEOSOOPE. The PHYFIOSCOPE. EXPERIMENTS by meanx:b • the joivING BELL and DIVER under water, &c. Re. • Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. warded, while the information thus obtained has in some cases been used to promote despotic interests of foreign Governments—that this meeting strongly denounces the existence of such disgraceful transactions, and refusing to be satisfied with the Report of the Committee published at the close of the last session, deems it es sentially necessary for the honour of this country, and also for public satisfaction and security, that a strict, searching, and open inquiry should be instituted into all the circumstances referred to in certain petitions presented to Parliament on this subject, in order that by such inquiry the manner in which such illegal and unconstitutional practices have been carried on, may be clearly es posed and brought to public shame." Mr. HODGKIN seconded the motion. The question was between Sir J. Graham and Mr. Duncombe, the one a rene gade to his - former party, the latter a straightforward gen tleman, who had stood fast by his principles, and was at all times the zealous and independent advocate of popular rights. . • The motion was carried by acclamation. Mr. IVALKEu moved the next resolution : -- NEW PROJECTED RAILWAYS. (From the Gazette of last Evening.) RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEII. 28,1845. Notice is hereby given, that the Board constituted by the Minute of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for the transaction of railway business, having had under consideration the following schemes, for extending rail way communication in Scotland, viz.:— The Aberdeen, The Dundee and Perth, The Edinburgh and Northern, The Scottish Midland, The Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilaton, The Glasgow and Ayr—Barrhead and Neilaton Branch ; eve determined on reporting to Parliament in favour of the Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth (line on the north bank of the Tay), Edinburgh and Northern, Scottish Midland, • Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston ; and against the Glasgow and Ayr—Barrhead and Neilston Branch : and the Board having further had under consideration the following schemes, viz., The Whitehaven and Furness Junction, The Kendal and Windermere, The Lowestoft, have determined on reporting to Parliament in favour of the said schemes. tuffs, St. Martin's-lane—W. J. C. and W. A. Benson, sail makers, Lower Shadwell—H. llorsey and T. Edmondson, braziers, Bridge-street, Southwark—J. and E. Robson, common brewers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Naylor and M. Flint, linen drapers, Blackfriars-road—W. Dyer and D. Maitland, druggists, Manchester—S. and T. Balmer, en gineers, Abbey-street, Bermondsey—T. Waterfull and P. Glass, tin-plate workers, Bermuda-street, Stepney—W. Priest and J. Prichard, upholsterers, Providence row, Finsbury— S. Martin, H. Lavcock, and S. Bairstow, stuff merchants, Bradford—T. H. Bennett and J. G. Upward, drapers, Bland ford, Dorsetshire—B. Harvey, J. Nichble, and W. Matthews, Knightsbridge (so far as regards W. Matthews)—T. and E. Taylor, pawnbrokers Manchester—W. Suttle and T. Atkin son, pawnbrokers, Salford, Lancashire—W. Martindale and W. Weddle, soap manufacturers, Liverpool—C. Aspland and R. A. Morton, tailors, Boston, Lincolnshire—T. Lane and R. Underwood, solicitors, Hereford—lt Fiske and W. Baber, tallow chandlers, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Robert Ramsay, hosier, Glasgow, March 6 and 25, at one, at the office of W-Burns, Glasgow. William Stewart, farmer, Tullylumb, March 7 and 28, at one, at the Salutation Hotel, Perth. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Feb.2s, 1845, is 295. 114. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. ED. AIME, Secretary. WALES RAILWAY, -"IRMA Ii — CIIARLES RUSSELL, .Esq.. M.P. , DErrrY- Cumaltax—LOUlS VIGURS, Esq. ? " N A r 0der1,j t ,., 55 , Esq. DIRECTO RS. WiIIiam Goodenough Ilayter, rr att Barlow Eqq Esq., M.P. brnld tlint Barrin . P Edward Wheler Mills, Esq. Sau laLe lg rs °n L ' a l vies . , David Morris, Es ‘ q e ., n 3 . l. ale Co colonel ON W er. Esq. Archlbald Frederick Paull, Esq. 5 , .` 11 2"tleat,hart., M.P. Robert Saunders, Esq. ,Men Pen tsq, Lord Viscount Villiers, b ir .. , s, Esq. John Henry Vivian, Esq., MN. tT„llerg, filar arils have much satisfaction in announcing to the Share „ i t - "° 1 11i, t . - " m:asares having been completed, the pc- s, ;1 1 , 1 ,,,,, PA....5e 3 nted to the of Commons Ltst dale N. Railway Office, ki ith ill le proceeded v%ith as spee v dilyes possible. 449, N West A 1 1 .3- r i a S TI T (I II ,Feb. G 27, 1645. GEORGE AND ANGEL COMMERCIAL INN, STAMFORD , CI L. LASEGUE has the honour to thank the J • Commercial Gentlemen who have so liberally patronised his House, and begs to solicit a continuance of their favour, assuring them that nothing shall be wanting to promote their comfort, &c Wines and Spirits - direct from the Docks. Home-brewed Ales. Loose Boxes. " That this meeting have rea I with irelignation the statement made by 0... r represen!.tive, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, in Ins place in Parliament, that his correspondence has been clandestine' in. tercepted and secretly opened, under Government authority, at the Post.office : that in the opinion of this meeting the only excuse for the exercise of such power towards Mr. Duncombe. would be that the Government had good reason to deem him c.pable of conduct which, if true, would, in our opinioo, render him totally unfit to continue the representative of a free and int'ependent constituency; that we therefore fed it due to ourselves, as well as to Mr. Dun combe, to demane from tl.e House of Colll3ollll such an investiga. tion into the proceedings towards him at shall either justify the implied susPicioas of the Government, or fully establish the inno cence •A our long-tried and faithful representative." Mr. ROGERS seconded the motion, which was also sup ported by Sir C. .NArnaz, 31. P., who said that whatever excuse might exist as to opening the letters of foreigners suspected of plotting against _their country, the Government had no right to violate the sanctity of correspondence between a re presentative of the people and his constituents. Mr. Dun , come had put to Sir Janies Graham a plain simple question— " Did you open my letters, or did you not ?" He could get no answer. The matter was referred to two Committees, but the reports were silent with respect to Mr. Duncombe; upon that part of the case they made no report whatever. The question for the electors of Finsbury to decide was this — he had been suspected of carrying on a treasonable corre spondence with some persons in this country :—Was Mr. Duncombe capable of high treason ?—(Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") Well, then, you must believe either that Mr. Duncombe was plotting against the Government, or that Sir James Graham was plotting against Mr. Duncombe. Under these circumstances, the electors of Finsbury had done right to demand a full inquiry into the subject. The resolution was carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. COOPER, seconded by Dr. Errs, a petition embodying the resolutions was then adopted. Mr. WAKLEY, M.P., then addressed the meeting at very great length, pledging himself to present the petition. Mr. BLEwirr, M.P. for Monmouth, promised it his best support. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting se parated. WHITE HART COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SOUTH-STREET; 4 4141)U- N) WITHAM, and _BRAINTREE " - • EXETER. WA/INTERS returns his grateful acknow ti • ledgments to those Friends who have so liberally supported him since he became Proprietor of the above house; and at the same time begs to assure them that no exertion on his part shall pe spared to insure their future favours. To his Commercial Friends, in parti cular, he wishewto offer his grateful thanks, and being one of their number, he, is fully, aware of the impor ante attached by them to domestic arrangements, he has therefore made it his study to com bine the comforts of a home with those of a tirsf-rate commercial establishment. • Ills stables are not excelled in t he West of England, being large, loose, warm, well ventilated, and comfortable boxes. A lock-up Coach-house. An OmnP,us to and from the StaTion for every Train. RAILWAY Length 14 Miles. Capital 200. no' 0/ iShams of 201. each. 'Sterci Deposit 11. per Share. provi s i n „,,„ W ' Si pursuant to Act 7 and 8, Victoria, e. 110. j P ROvISIONAIR COMMITTEE. 11;01V 111 . Su ar r il ' wood, Bart., Glaz.nwood House, near Braintree. 'Witham Lodge, Witham The'',,' Mar t i n ' E i ,sq-, Manor House, Wcathersfield - ahr nt .'" Sloe Farm. Halsted 4 Pan t , llaldn u S. toe' Maldon R'PN4o n l 4 1-;Coptfuld Hall, AI- argar etting Foley House, Bucking Ket n ,, e ' r 4;47l,Witham Geen,',_"estr n \Puke Hall, Essex ve" ▪ -lialdeh-nt AMaldon o " 11, 44 ° ,k1i Witham li r. „! 1 (-1,,j,.„ "all, Brent hull, Finchingfteld T. a In . „sm, merchant Hevbridge hewers ' Hail, Witham septi taldon .oh n „.. ester, Blunts Hall Witham tY "nwli ' Jos, arrid a arat, Maldon 4 .ll"Wrh. h : a ce, merchant, Maldon t d •• apkm, merchant, Malden a -elZ ar4 1 4 7 4; nierellant, - Maiden t, merchant Maldon • pert-Zlotterehant, 31aidon /11"alke mimene - „•.aell miller, Wickham Bishops 114,, n - - ton ° . i f , - aL.way now sumitted to the public will connect the im klth-ailltr,„4,l4:klaldon and Braintree, and be at right angles with , '. l le - Z t ""th: 01 the Eastern Counties lin . e, form . ing a junction there `lstl at. It presents no engineering difficulties - ) and follows 11 t of tra lt. k al e ; "ila will be g in St. Peter's parish, close to the town of h om ,the - a W ri l ' ie b Port ships f any tonnage can unload their cargoes th r , t ts pit u e ; and the other terminus at Braintree, which town !. Th' l .• commands the trade and traffic from the north or 11 4 ,2- te am ip ll asz. n c b etween the places proposed to be connected by this the s 'a/1Y increaed ; and, at the present time, the extraordinary r "t tt 'e Carnage if heavy goods alone is such as to warrant "ktk ' ex Peetation of a very profitable return upon the capital he ih - arge a n , lap r ,"e to w ,. ‘ l, ) opulous towns of Witham, Bo la ck ce in s and Braintree, rr n ,.' of villages northward of those p g' ranging to a dis ko-' that tulles from Maldon, are principally supplied ' with coal 14, Witl t tr, r t. It may also be observed that the corn traideeorefaskliatgi j% Ai n , Le north of England, which has been, annually n . ' l)° ' lina,,, e°rae of first-rate importance- There are upwards of ir i tl ' h N of ilerS of corn and seed annually exported from thence, ex tf.Ql • innnens • mpiten required by the extensive mfils • nearl • t e h ee' • l h se l of which is supplied from a district l ' etn e4 ei lli v iV ad a e v a . ij itself e of ." the e proposed e line. In addition to the coal 'lltte epo,-, ""e country•through which the line passes depends heapr n - „ ; ,e Port of Maldon for the supply of timber, stone, and ro so for lime, chalk, and oil-cake. j, J'Ned easy line will give to the towns of Maid , n, Braintree, and IZn at the numerous surrounding villages the advantage ,_ th,, Eastern en n ,„___ . lastern Counties Railway at Witham, thus aff f ord - tr u r can.3.;aMilCatiOn with London on the one side and the whole erth England on the other, whilst at present the passenger m am, i lefallw n ,„ me imp ortant towns is mainly from Chelmsford. vico mmunicationa s between Maldon and Braintree, " 4 11 04. - a Project which for a long time has been under consi atliN!,'m ae far back as th e year 1834 public meetings were held hlr,„' 7easures ado t d foi the formation of a line through t e -,tht„ uwa3' communication were so little understoo d and a ton.ee • al though the report of the engineer was favourable, lialeratio'ne r eturns were of a most sisfiactory _character, the kkr Pro* °f t he - subject was at that time adjournea. fo r lectors of the line now proposed have been actively ltra _en c . they ts,meatriar.sfactory brnoef::ne; s v ia y e g ra oo bl d e s ti a m . e in ascertaining the actua t , 14'l e at s a ir With confidence state that the result of . theirinquiries and considering the line only with reference to remunerating interest must accrue tte'eo4ll ale °f At the ' time, it must be apparent that the tbge, tin ' ander an I same a laenger only . c Th 9 tne reum populous towns at each terminu rge s, but pass from li pßle exAlba ina district. ttattLlt °f Proposed to be raised will be .amply sufficient for a ka j r , aai .. 18 , and also for the purchase of the land and con 4, tails ' a n d of sufficient width for a double line, should - It li bl4 l Th. Proposeu ' r ank iustify such an expenditure, or a junction with n e e . s pe fr ie m at ß . Braintree, through Halsted, Slid 11rF render , BANKERS. London and County Bank, Maldon. EZ airs Stills, o Baw o tree, Errington, and Co., Witha m. _ j os rs. s arrew and Co., Br s a t i r nt e r t ee Sox, ePh Locke, Esq., 11, Adam-. e ,icielphi, London. Bo x , Blood and Douglas , IN, itham. St avEvoa-31r. James Beadel, Witham. lttAterp ii Tts for Shares in the annexed form, may be made to the 14 1 - a itli ant ‘ ; or at the office of the Company, 25, Gresham th e Prov 1.0 1131 0 F APPLICATION FOR SHARES. , ° nal Committee of the 3faldon, Witham, and Brain 'l,444t4erriQn.....l tree Railway Cimany. Shares in the proposed 4:ll,l'keWltliantaina havingd d es l i 3 r r e a e in s tr e e f eß t; ay Company, and I hereby ex eht°,,acee't and • Shares, and to pay the deposit ti be iereon a , r a ce d . the Parliamentary contract and Subscri , rs l ' B4 ,g . required. Dated this day of • I am, Gentlemen, yours obediently. .. .. JOHN WIDOWSON, Secretary. MERCHANT'S, TRADESMAN'S, and GE NERAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE and NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY. Chief Office, 5, Chatham-place, Blackfriars. TRUSTEES. Quarles Harris, Esq., Alderman Sir John Key, Dart. T. It. Kemp, Esq. - LITERATURE. THE GITANA. A TALE. 3 Vols. Saunders and Geey. The Gitana is given to the world in the unpre tending name of a tale; yet it deals with all the ele ments of the historic novel, blended with a freer and richer play of fancy and imagination than is usually found in those reproductions of the scenes of the past, and which in this case gives the work all the vivid interest of a romance. It seems to be a ADVANTAGES OF TAE MERCHANT'S SOCIETY. I. Division under the Mutual Assurance principle of ALL THE PROFITS. 2. Ample Security Fund. 3. A moderate Scale of Premiums. 4 TIM Return of Three-fourths of Deferred Annuity Premiums in case Of Death before the age stipulated. 5. Thu Granting of Loans on Personal and other Securities. 6. The Application of the Principle of the Benefit Societies in case of Sickneks. 7. The • PoWer to Borrow 'Two-thirds 04-the Premiums paid after Three. Years, 8. Credit giyen for Half the first Five Years' Premiums. 9. Policies gtanted on the Lives of Mariners. 10. Persons about to Reside in Foreign Parts, either permanently or for a limited time, will find this office most eligible. PREMIUMS FOR THE ASSURANCE OF ONE HUNDRED POUNDS. EMPLOYMENT. —Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's -churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. They are puked, In .Showy leAden canisters, from one ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked OR each packet, and tut little trouble is.occasioned by the sale. The license is only I is. per nnum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con sklerelde incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss. Application to e made (if by letter post-paid) as above. DALHOUSIE. C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER. D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING. TRID.AY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Crown and llanaper-office, Dublin, Feb. 24,1845. In pursuance a an Act passed in the fortieth year of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act to re gulate the mode by which the Lords Spiritual and Tem poral, and the Commons, to serve in the Parliament of the United Kidgdom, carthe part of Ireland, shall be sum moned and returned to the said Parliament," I do hereby give notice, that the Right Honourable William Earl of Fosse has been chosen to be the Peer to sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, in the room of Ed mond Henry Earl of Limerick, deceased. For C. Fitzsimon, Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper, T. O'Mara, Deputy. CROWN-OFFICE, FF.n. 26, 1845. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Tipperary—Richard Albert Fitzgerald, Esq., of Muckridge House, in the county of Cork, in the room of Ro bert Otway Cave, Esq., deceased. CROWN-OFFICE, EEn. 27. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Thetford—William Bingham Baring, Esq., commonly called the Hon. William Bingham Baring, Pay master-General of her Majesty's Forces. WHITEHALL, FEB. 25. The Queen hai been pleased to appoint the Hon. William Bingham Baring to be her Majesty's Paymaster-General. DOWN I NG-STRELT, FEB. 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Bicker steth, Esq., to be Resident Surgeon of Somerset Hospital, in the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William B. Robinson, Esq., to be Inspector-General of Public Accounts for the province of Canada. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 25. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Carlos Espana, as Consul at Malta for her Majesty the Queen of Spain first effort, and the authoress pleads gracefully to the reader for a forbearance from too harsh a judg- CLOSING I'ItICES. 213 100 1 ,4 104 12 1.4 6 11 15-16 74 74 PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. %Ilk Stock ................» 212 213 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 per Cents Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12 1 1-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ... 11% 15-16 India Bonds, 1,000/- Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... —.... 74 Consols for Account.... ....... 100 Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 1%d.... GI Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small ... 62 Ditto Advertised 59 --,..... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3 5 3 /4 Ditto, Account . Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent. Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — Dutch, 21 ,4 per Cent _ Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 99 98% 99% 99 PRICES OF PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES rnlcEs. Birming. and Gloucesterloo 134 Ditto % Shares Bristol and Exeter Ditto New.... . ......... 2 ...... 65 Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 57% .......» — Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 2- y4 3 ......... - Chester and Holyhead... 5 Churnet Valley Cornwall Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast June 2 1 2 — •I`' Dublin and Galway 2%...... 3 ' Eastern Counties 14/. 165....... 17%% ..... ... Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....41. 13s. 4d. l l% .... meat.` " Whatever may be its fate," she says, it must ever recal to me, and my companion in its composition, some happy hours. I know that it has many faults. It is imperfect in detail, wanting in strength of narration, and much more that my too partial judgment refuses to acknow ledge.. But, dear reader, be not over critical ; give but a'smile of encouragement; a word to bid me try again ; and like a gently chidden child, I will premise to do better next time." The writer is more diffident JELLY AND BLAI% C-MANGE. cCH OLEFIE LD'S Original CONCENTRATED JELLY and'IILANC-MANGE require neither flavouring nor sweetening, produting immediately, by the addition of boiling water to the former, and boiling milk or cream to the latter, a quart of most delicious Jelly and Blanc-Mange, equal In flavour, colour, and bril liancy to those prepared f - y the most complicated method. Sold in pots at Is. 3d. each ; wholesale, at the manufactory, 7, Trafalgar-place, Kentish-town ; C,osse and Blackwell, oho-square ; Barclay and Sons, Farringdon -street. Retail by all respectable druggists, grocers, &c. Age. I With Profits. Age. Without Profits, - ---- £ s. d. £ s. d. 20 1 16 0 20 1 11 6 30 2 5 9 30 2 0 5 40 3 1 3 40 2 15 4 58 61 99% pin. 58 pm. 61 pm. 61 pm. 57 CLOSING PRICES. 14 Persons of respectability and influence are required as Agents. Prospectuses and all necessary information may be obtained at the Chief Office, 5, Chatham-place, London. TIIO3LIS IILUSGRA.VE, Secretary. 58 61 B ENJAM IN EDGING'FON, 2, Duke-street, Southwark, London -bridge, respectfully informs the Nobility, Gentry, and Agriculturists that he has on sale RICK CLOTHS, with Poles complete, both new and second-hind, at a reasonable' cost. Early application will insure some really good second-hand Cloths, which are a decided bargain. Dressed Cloths and Tarpaul ings for Railroad Trucks, of superior quality, and to any size. Mar quees, Tents, Sacks, Waggon-cloths, Sack-ties, Scc. Address (per post) Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke-street, Southwark. A warehouse 208, Piccadilly. ONE O'CLOCK. BRITANNIA LIFE OFFICE, 1, Princes-street, Bank, and 448, West Strand, Lor don, January 1, 1845. Notice is hereby given, that the BUSINESk , of the LONDON and WESTMINSTER MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY has been TRANSFERRED to this Company ; and all persons holding policies issued by the said Society are informed that, as soon as the renewal premiums thereon shall become payable, new policies will be granted to them by the Directors of this Company, at the same rates of premium which they Bow pay, and without any charge for stamp-duty ; and all claimants on policies issued by the said London and Westminstor Mutual Life Assurance Society are informed that such claims will be discharged by the Direc tors of this.Conapany, a soon as the the same shall have been substantiated. PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. 36% 27% 6% 40% 45 THE MURbER AT HAMPSTEAD. PARTICULARS OF THE APPREHENSION OF THOMAS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. Wednesday the Annual General Meeting of the proprietors and donors of the University College, London, took place in the theatre of that institution, Gower-street, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Council for the past year, and the election of officers for the year ensuing. The Right Hon. the Earl of Auckland, Vice-President of the College, at two o'clock was called on to preside, and amongst those present were—Mr. W. Ewart, M.P., Mr. W. D. Christie, M.P., Mr. 11. Warburton, M.P., Sir J. L. Golds mid. Mr. H. Waymouth, Mr. Martin Thackery, Mr. H. C. Robinson, the Hon. Colonel L. Stanhope, &c. The meeting was very thinly attended. The Noble CHAIRMAN having briefly explained the object of the meeting, called upon Mr. ATKINSON, the Secretary, who read the report. From this it appeared, that during the past year there had been 834 pupils, and 183 students in arts and English law. The total number of attendants at the Medical Faculty classes was 303, being an increase of 10, as compared with the num ber attending those classes last year. The classes of the Faculty of Arts were at present 64, and in the aggregate 129. There was an increase in the amount of fees of 2,106/. 2s. as compared with last year, which showed that the entries for general education had been much more numerous. The increase of the mathematical class was from 58 to 79. The schoolmasters and ushers on the endowment foundation were 27. The junior school this term had 245 pupils. The Coun cil had appointed annual examinations of the pupils of this school, and had received two reports, which were highly satisfactory, showing that the pupils were well-grounded in the various branches of useful and liberal education, at a very moderate expense. The school had also a high reputa tion for classics and mathematics, and formed a good moral character without corporal punishment. At the examination of the University of London in arts, law, and medicine, the students had maintained a high reputation, and had received a large share of distinctions and rewards. The receipts of the past year were 21,4981. IF., and the expenditure, includ ing the investment of 5,500/. in Consols, and an Exchequer bill of 500/., amounting to 20,522/. 2s. 5d., leaving a balance of 9751. 17s. 9d. The balance of Mr. Brandreth's legacy had been received, and the same had been settled to amount to 21,0001., two-thirds of which was to be given to the college, and one-third to the hospital. The report further stated that several of the proprietors of the college had agreed with the Council that their shares therein should, at their death, be given up, to be bestowed as rewards on meri torious students. The report having been adopted and ordered to be printed, Colonel L. STANHOPE said lie observed by the report that certain gentlemen had agreed to give up their shares at their deaths. He wished to know upon what grounds ? Lord AUCKLAND—For the purpose of rewarding distill , guished students. There is a by-law providing for it. The Secretary having read the by : law, Colonel S. STANHOPE said, he wished to observe, that a clause in the deed which prevented a shareholder in the college willing away his share without the consent of the Council was most iniquitous, and had he been aware that such a clause existed, he, for one, would never have joined the college.—( Hear, hear.) Lord AUCKLAND said, the power had never been exer cised, and he did not believe it ever would be. Colonel STANHOPE then said, that he observed that the founder of the college, Lord Brougham, had not been present at a single meeting of the Council throughout the year. lie seemed as though he had launched his ship and then left her to the mercy of the waves. Lord Aucxwin observed, that nevertheless Lord Broug-: ham took great interest in the institution. He was consulted on most subjects, and was still one of its most active and zealous supporters. A ballot took place, and at its close Lord Brougham was re-elected President, the Earl of Auckland Vice-President, and six gentleman members of the Council. Lord AUCKLAND then quitted the chair, and Mr. Bishop having taken his place, a vote of thanks was passed to his Lordship, who briefly acknowledged the compliment, and the eeting separated. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, 1, Princes• street, Bank, London, empowered by spe cial Act of Parliament, 4 Vic. c. 9. HALF CRN DIT RATES OF PREMIUM. Persons assured according to these rates arc allowed credit (with out security) for half the amount of the first seven annual premiums, paying interest thereon at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, with the option of paying off the principal at any time, or having the amount deducted from the sum assured when the policy becomes a claim. Policies may thus be effected at lower rates than are generally re quired for the term of seven years only ; whilst the holders have the same security for the payment of their claims, whenever death may happen, as if they paid double the amount of premium, which would, be charged for assurances effected In the us ,alway. Extract from the half Credit Rates of Premium. Premium required for an Assurance of 1001. for the Whole Term of Life. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 28. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet R. Sheffield to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Corbet, who retires ; D. J. , Mille, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sheffield, Feb. 28. 10th Regiment of Foot—Captain R. M. Best, from 57th Foot, to be Captain, vice Bull, who exchanges, Dec. 11, 1844. 22d Foot—Lieutenant H. J. Coote to be Captain, without purchase, vice Mundell, deceased ; Ensign W. R. Goddard to be Lieutenant, vice Coote, Dec. 7, 1844 ; H. V. Penne father, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Goddari, Feb. 28. 57th Foot—Captain J. J. Bull, from 10th Foot, to be Captain, vice Best, who exchanges Dec. 11,1844; Lieutenant T. C. Poole, from 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice MacCarthy, who exchanges, Dec. 4, 1844. Taylor ut to purchase,be Lieutenant, 63d Foot—Lieutenant H. R. Seymour to be Captain, with ,vdiceecesase)emd,oNur7 N0v.,1178 u ce te C na m n i t; , 44 18 ; 44 E r n E si n gn sigt J. S. Macauley to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Taylor, whose promotion, on the 20th Dec. ' has been cancelled, Nov. 18, 1844; G. L. Knight, Gent. , to be Ensign, without purchase, 'rice Taylor, Feb. 28, 1845. 78th Foot—Lieut. J. F. Haliburton, to be Captain without purchase, vice Browne, deceased, Oct. 24, 1844. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign W. M'Gregor Archer, vice Haliburton, Oct. 24, 1844 ; Ensign H. D. Campbell, vice Shields, deceased, Nov. 29, 1844 ; Ensign W. C. Rose, from the 98th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Archer, Feb. 27,1845 ; H.T. Macpherson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Campbell, Feb. 28, 1845. 84th Foot—Ensign R. W. Jones to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Hutchinson, deceased, Nov. 12, 1844; C. Nedhara,. Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jones, Feb. 28. 94th Foot—Lieutenant J. E. D. M'Carthy, from 57th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Poole, who exchanges, Dec. 4, 1844. 98th Foot—Lieut. C. E. Synge to be Captain without purchase, vice Edwards, deceased; Ens i g n M. Dillon to be Lieutenant, vice Synge, Nov. 14, 1844; J. Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dillon, Feb. 27, 1845 ; D. A. Baby, Gent., to be Ensign,without purchase, vice Rose, removed to the 78th Foot, Feb. 28. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant John Ross, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Peto, who exchanges, Feb. 28. 3d West India Regiment—R. W. Davies, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Willcox, superseded, Feb. 27 ; B. D. Wemyss, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase , vice Fitzpatrick, supersedd, Feb. 28. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment — Lieutenant J. N. Peto from Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Ross, who exchanges, Feb. 28. HOSPITAL STAFF. —To be Assistant- Surgeons to the Forces —W. A. Anderson, Gent., vice Nicoll, appointed to the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards ; W. G. Swan, M.D., vice Leigh, deceased, Feb. 28. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 27, 1845. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Second Lieut. C. R. 0. Evans to be First Lieut., vice A. S. Dickson, deceased, Feb. 4. Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Lieut. E. F. Bourchier to be First Lieutenant, vice Fuller, resigned, Feb. 22. The dates of promotion of the under •mentioned Officers of the Royal Artillery have been altered, as follows :—First Lieut. G. J. Power, Jan. 27 ; First Lieut. C. 0. Arbuthnot, Feb. 1. 8 1 4 7 1 ,i; 1% 5% 17X Annual Half Premium for seven years. Whole Premium, after seven years. 19 1 4 X a. d 1 1 9 1 4 11 1 9 2 1 14 10 2 2 6 2 12 9 3 6 8 £ s. d. 2 3 6 2 9 10 2 18 4 3 9 3 4 5 0 5 5 6 6 13 4 Eastern Union lO .. ... Great South. and West ( Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of England..loo lBB Ditto New Ditto New 2 — Great Western BO ......1753 1 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares Guildford, Farn'in,Ports. 2%..... 4 A ~ Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/,...... 1.9% Lancaster and Carlisle... 15 London and Birminghm (Stock) 233 Ditto Ncw Thirds 2 Ditto, Quarters 2 London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d — London and Brighton... 50 . London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d — Ditto Guaranteed per Cent. London and S. Western 41/ 6slod 79 76 1 / 2 London and York 2% 7% 638 Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 73 Manchester and Birmin. 40 Ditto Quarters - 11 Midland 100 l2B 126 1 A • • 129 Ditto New Midland, Birm., Derby...loo Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 24 ...... 47 48 Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and Berwick 11 , 4 Newark and Sheffield ... I . IA 2% North British Ditto, New Rugby,Wor'ster,&Tring 1 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 l /2 4 1 4 3A South Eastern & Dover 331 8 2 s 4d... 41 3 / 4 42 Ditto, No. 1 Ditto, No. 3 ... 2 1 / 2 South Wales 2 l /2 ...... 4 3 / 4 5 Trent Valley 2 ...... 20 1 4 1 / 2 20 Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Selby 2O Ditto Extension .. ... 11.4 1 3 3 /4 14?.i FRENCH RAILWAYS 7 190 43 PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. ......• 4% PUBLICATIONS. ANCIENT WROUGHT-IRON WORK. con- T HE BUILDER, No. 107, for March 1, tains: —Articles on Iron-work, Disuse of Wrought-Iron, Screen by Quentin Matsys, at St. George's Chapel—Doings of the Official Referees—Monuments and National Mausolea—lron Lamp post and Trophy at Chelsea Hospital, from the Design of Sir Christo pher Wren (Illustrated) —Royal Institute of British Architects— Lettern-stand in Littlebury Church (Illustrated)—Works in the Pro vinces—Excavations at Pompeii—Cambridge Camden Society—ln stitution of Civil Engineers.—Notices of New Books, Contracts, Tenders, Competitions, Timber Sales, &c. Price 3d. Office, 2, York-street, Covent-garden ; and of all Booksellers. 7 .% 60% t fOr O iLb. I be 5° 0, 1 14 tile° lihle ro d a Ss , • C p t' i n , r. retY c i e r go ce [el' crw' II ina gads - toro.ol. in pile it P WADE'S LONDON REVIEW for MARCH, price Is., contains :—Progress of British Industry—Scot land, a Model for Landlords—Battle of Waterloo—Saul, a Drama — Reign of the Saints—Board of Ordnance—Widowers—Old Pictures and New Frames—Autoblography, &c. W. S. Orr and Co., Paternoster-row ;W. Curry, just., and Co., Dublin; Fraser and Co., Edinburgh. Quarterly Part 11., price 35., is now ready. Address .• • • • ••••••• Profession, or • • .... Pl 7 ' . -----T, (1 14' 18 PATENT BRANDY, CAYSULED, ( 11 ,,,,rs h i to at 3 8. ~,,., bottle included, by the most respectable hil,, l ,! t ies ~\ ‘ ,l , s l and country Lists obtained at the Distillery, where ki,J2 * ,;: , ak 4 gallons d . bove, are supplied, in bulk, at 18s. per i'.V-1411 bogled an a .1 at 20s. Attention is + 3 ' k g . bottles and cases include( , Reidh e A „uested to the security afforded by the Patent NE "arti,,...'SULES, embossed " Betts's Patent Brandy, 7, Smith- - - Just Published, 2 vols. Bvo., with two coloured litho g ra p hic Frontispieces, and numerous Illustrations on Wood , 25 s , TRAVELS in INDIA, including Scinde and the Punjab, in 1842 and 1843. By Captain LEOPOLD VON OItLICH. Translated from the German, by H. EVANS LLOYD, 12% Esq. " Captain Von Orlich's letters are rapid, lively, and well stored with matter. His remarks on native life, on the natural and arti ficial features of India, and on the character and effects of its govern ment, are curious and interesting. The spirited woodcuts inter spersed show an artistical eye, s well as a face ncil."—Spectator. London : Longman, B a rown, Green, an il pe d Longmans. cs' t 131.1 les P- Ore eli ! ,son r eerlf on t gprel‘f Drg ° eno' oral l orr I fo r ce ‘ 4I P is d tia% - gra- t he : r ed f°r e la ) PO ° ta r. '" fina l lee ' • rend°. Yv WORKS BY THE LATE J. C. LOUDON. A New Edition, corrected, with a Supplement, containing above 160 additional pages of Letterpress and nearly 300 New Engravings, in 1 very thick vol. Svo. of above 1,300 pages, and 2,000 Engravings on Wood, 3/. 3s. cloth,—An • 11.1NCYCLOP2EDIA of COTTAGE , FAR M, .A and VILLA ARCHITECTURE and FURNITURE; con taining Designs for Cottages, Villas, Farm Houses, Farmeries, Country Inns, Public Houses, Parochial Schools, &c. ; with the re quisite Fittings-up, Fixtures, Offices, &c. and general Estimates of the Expense 8% 20% 27% 102 154 2 7 .4 2,41 i By J. C. LOUDON, F.L.S., &c. *** The NEW SUPPLEMENT separately, 737 - 8(1. sewed. By the same Author, ARBORETUM et FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 8 vols. (4 of letterpress 'to 4 of plates), new and corrected impressions of the plates, 10/. ENCYCLOPEDIA of TREES and SHRUBS. 2,000 Wood-cuts. Y tt t ,, k i gh 'r ilEß PRE D ICTION S.—All who do es o i ii 4u ;l this foreknowledge should purchase, without loss / , Tth e th e w ea PNE'S WEATHER ALMANACK, whose preclic t 4,9t ed ner, from his publication to the present day, have h l , 4l4 4 4l rrie, ,, " Y , l nany proprietors of newspapers and other works. oite•see raise enlogisyd its correctness and peculiar mode of th e Y, p e .: 84 4, 57 . The " John Bull," published its usual check, i`L e s 52 wing it, indeed, 336 correct daily predictions : see - "tl? " s 1" "" 34 . Also, " The Sun," the " Globe," the " Era," h i 4N l lier, Herald," " Chronicle." " Satirist," " Punch," and it e egst witiced the correctness of this unique work. 4t atl44liii 4 "i l 'great variety of matter, is an interesting biography of ti,Po h ll , toil,L e ss Prince Albert while at the College of Bonn ; also ''stl Royal F 11 both Houses of Parliament, Summary 511 „ . • am y, 4" t 4 11, 41 , t c al ,' me British Empire, Population of the chief towns and ii, tl4 ll , 'Nes ad ar. containing Sur days, festivals, anniversaries, COI lohe,, e uroliolgleal events, moon's age, eclipses, tides, gar -414° to iV calendar, a column for the weather of every day ; 4tit'etaht• 31 letStanips' assessed taxes, &c. ; a list of bankers. o b . Ility ters from ladies amid gentlemen of the highest 14 1 41, dean; `tired of ophthalmia, gutta serena, cataract, deaffiess, li e l sea l l t rard e eu, headache, and spectacles left off, some after using 1 1 ,(11 )4 4, Fr e , ° , f 20 Years, by using Grimstone's Eye Snuff—trans 4tori, Re 5 4 th en, Italian, and Spanish : pages 59, 60, 61, 62, 63. the "e Medical Report in the " Forcers," Feb. 14, 1844, t great s nu , advantages arising from the constant use of Grim r4.4ietn .!,laving been the cause of clearing our streets of the m s . 10 (taii -sa ades, and other human disfigure ments. It is the ~. -, t 44 h e snuff of the day sold under the authority of the o titi aek ,8 arid Royalamily Grimstone's Weather 4 1e, ren. n beautiful pocket size, . with a steel engraving repre- O e hl gilla e Ye View of Oxford-street, Ike., bound in Waterloo at a t i e dges • too, ah hol,._ , by all the London wholesale publishers and book eig,„:*llle only by the proprietor, W. GRIMSTONE, foreign nierehant, 434, Oxford-street, Lonlon. fir ""o's-le-PY of one of the above Letters : Grand, General Post-office, Inland Department, vo l , or th e I, October 9, 1844. 11,114:154the5; three or four years I have been labouring under a l e M k .? much so at times as to be almost incapable of try r 3 mg several very eminent aurists, from whom I . de ,a,,wool. .*(Y relief, I was induced at the solicitation of a friend 11 3eh t Ztoi s , A e e ellent Eye Snuff. I accordingly procured one of your 4traz t hat s ' af ter taking which I found considerable benefit, so 4.7stl o , s e etupi e , 4 , e ht for two more, which having used, I found my I:_that f `ielY restored, and I have not been deaf since. I should - ` e ht 4 , 54 t, a n , 11 e Hine I commenced taking your Eye Snuff was in have k r ant, Continued taking it since.—l am, Sir, your obe li gily • W W. H. ADAMS. • at, qua •• -rirn a 4 . 41 ami ty . one. • 11 e e 4 skod in Of Eye Snuff can be forwarded through the General a ii ,f money orders. A 2s. 4d. canister, with directions , so on in like proportion. I b itie'p . POST -OFFICE.--CAUTION. Il titt. 1 . tr,',' and Co. , Perfumers to. her Majesty, 28, , t bet i;-, l'7l -4rd-street (ate Price and Gosnell's, and formerly Patey, ' P ", and C , ) b . i ost,m o. s, y the recommendation ef the Secretary „,of b r „ ee ,_ , beg to " impress upon their Correspondents the 'ted ' rriel -s-c oll in the address of all letters intended for them," -ri tm to , m - and c o ,, (and not " Price and Gosnell—t i . a t ri tbe : 44 er. 41 'nte 0 8 . t in 1831 ), as the only means of P l ° int et aduct of individuals who take in and retain letters n 0 _ guarding agains and lk na:',and e " 1 for Price and Co , by illegally assuming the firm I -vl td wiThl2.ell," well knowing that they never were in any wa y k Ni,„. ,P,a firm • Pier - and c -;“ERWISE THAN AS SERVANTS. `144, 41 d e , °, ' rerfLIMCTY is so superior to any other, and in such 11 / 4 41, by s'"eVd, that many shopkeepers are basely deceiving the 41. tititadl e , , I ,g Spurious imitations. Price and Co. respectfully ka 1 Lemke ithouiM Ckntlemen when they nudesprchase not to . ta William 4 a, bei the Protection label, from g n by Sir ~ Nard. sb . ng afl3xed to it with the signature of " Price and Co., a k t e an d ' et t,” in ' ~ conspicuously in its centre. ' L'y c red ink, and " 28 ,kid v,„ROR , cl .„' ata the sole Wholesale Agents f or ROIX'S DELC i k.ra,',yltutir,,,,....rench cosmetic, surpassing all others for pre,serv o n s g t.h t. rri, ye a ', l . l4 thQ . Complexion, prepared for the use of her by „4,, a 1ci41 b ,7 1 3' the Queen and her Majesty the Queen Dowager, , 41 e , 1. _ 141 017x',T ( . 1 . and pro tected by letters•patent. Price 4s. 6d. - 'l, lll ie.:.''' u , Ms - ' s l A•CAS.:AR OIL, imported under the sanction of -"lac., and . &,, 1 . 11 0 Treasury " for the use of her most Graciou s s s ne.,,,, i , otc., i t , ~`=,n. RoYal Highn es c o s the Prince of Wales, the Princess li Ns p' In enm."'so Protected by two elegantly executed, correct it be bt,nnee A , nB , sed medallions, of her Majesty and his Royal Hig - IN, 40?:rt• Price 3s. 6d „t4th:''lleri,i;' ° DONT() — ll W . e do not hesitate to recommend '4 1 , blot t , wie, Dele nix's . Odonto, or the Queen's own Dentifrice, r,,l,, b lutitg ab le means of rif ing preserving, and embellishing ..'‘n e „ 1 /1e it,„-tns, hitherto offered to , the public."—Court Gazette. I ,!tti c , n 't the se -neuet Duke of York is the last new fashionable per l'')'4l 'na h a ' s", 1 844 •bt ti vi the last is not the least in per- I N b e „ 1,,,,„ - net r „,_cintt, yPIIY combines the preceding excellence of all the -'". ' `' lll l the delicate anddelicious fragrance of the white 14 4 t , 1i s l n_ who Is a true-horn gentleman, If (unds upon the honour of his birth, It ts%r Pr oxxi s nP . 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On Wednesday a numerous meeting of the electors of the borough of Finsbury - was held at the White Conduit-house Tavern, Pentonville, relative to the opening of letters at the Post-office addressed to Mr. T. S. Duncombe, the representa tive of the borough. Mr. R TAYLOR having been called to the chair, said that he had for many years examined the elective franchise in the borough of Finsbury ; he had therefore readily consented to take the chair on that occasion. That borough had done itself great credit by the choice of its present representatives; they were both gentlemen of great ability, perseverance, and courage. In proportion as a public man was courageous he became an object of suspicion to the Government. The power of opening letters in the Post-office might be a most danger ous weapon in the hands of a tyrannical Government. He (Mr. Taylor) recollected that during the time of, he believed, the Sidmouth Administration, when it was deemed necessary to get up sham plots, the letters of Mr. Coke, of Norfolk, the late Earl of Leicester, were opened in order to obtain mate rials on which to ground a charge against him of hostility to the Government of the day. But such conduct would be tolerated no longer, for the people would not submit to suck a monstrous violation of that confidence which ought to sub sist between the Members and their constituents. The electors of Finsbury were bound to call upon the Government to wipe off the !stigma which it had attempted to cast on the charac ter of Mr. Duncombe. If they did not, they would be un worthy.of that reputation for public spirit which they had hitherto maintained. Sir C. Napier, M.P., and Mr. Wakley, M.P., here entered the room, and were loudly cheered. The SECRETARY then read the following letter from Mr. Duncombe : "TO THE ELECTORS OF FINSBURY IN PUBLIC MEETING ASSEMBLED. " Gentlemen,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of invitation and to express to you my regret that recent events in Parliament have rendered it imperative on the borough of Finsbury to meet on my account—the fault, however, rests not with me, but with her Majesty's Ministers. " I need not assure you how happy I am, at all times, to meet those whom it is my pride to represent, when questions affecting public interests are under their consideration, as, upon such occa sions you will do me the justice to admit I have never shrunk from doing that which I felt to be my duty. "But, gentlemen, the question which you are convened to discuss appears to me to be of so peculiar and of so purely a personal character, that I think it would be most indelicate on my part to be present upon the occasion. In declining, however, the honour that you have proposed to me, I hope I may be permitted to state that all that I have asked of the House of Commons is that which I think I have a right to demand, viz.—an opportunity of removing those base suspicions implied by the fact of the Governmant having violated the sanctity of my correspondence. The expression of your independent opinion, I hope, will assist me in obtaining that satisfaction without which, I am convinced you will agree with me, I cannot continue a Merrber of the present House of Commons with either advantage to you or credit to myself.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient and faithful servant, "Albany, Feb. 20. "THOMAS. S. DUNCOMBE." The reading of this letter produced vehement cheering. Mr. LINTON, in moving the first resolution, observed that three distinct charges had been made against the Govern ment, one was—that letters had been illegally opened and detained at the Post-office ; the next—that seals had been counterfeited to conceal that examination, and the third was —that it had been done to serve the interest; of certain despotic Governments. Mr. Duncombe bad called for expla nation, but he obtained no answer. By Sir J. Graham he was met with dogged silence—by Lord Aberdeen with subterfuge and false assertions, and by Sir R. Peel with shuffling and evasion. The only answer given to Mr. Duncombe was con tained in the reports of two Committees which did not agree with each other. Mr. Duncombe's character had been most foully stigmatised, and it was the duty of his constituents to demand a full vindication from the Government. The reso lution was as follows : " That this meeting learns with mortification and disgust that there exists at the General Post.office a secret spy system under which letters are broken open, their seals counterfeited, and post marks falsely imposed, in order to deceive the persons to whom such letters are directed, and to whom they are afterwards for. HOCKER. The following full particulars of the circumstances which led to the apprehension of Thomas Henry Hocker, have been obtained from a source upon which every reliance can be placed : Mr. William Watson, the landlord of the house, No. 17, Charles-street, Portland-town, at which the father and mother of Hocker reside, is a baker, and has been for some time past conduct ing the business of a Mr. Drew, a baker, at Turnham.green, Mr. Drew having another shop in town, which he attends te. On the evening of Saturday last, Mr. Watson, as was his usual custom, returned home to his wife and family in Ciiarles-street, when, in the course of conversation, his wife saidto him, " Is not Tom Hocker coming out"— Mrs. Watson alluding to the prisoner's having on that day given his mother a sovereign to pay some arrears of rent that was due to Mr. Watson. The latter said to his wife, " Well, Mary, how has he come by that ?" Mrs. Watson said the pri soner's mother had told her that he said he had had some private teaching for sometime past, but he had not let his father know of it until he took the money which had been paid him on the previous (Friday) night, and Mrs. Hocker sa'd he had likewise given her a sovereign to buy a new gown, his father a sovereign to get him. self a new coat, and her brother a present of 10s. At a later hour on the same evening, Mr. Watson was asked up into the elder Hocker's room to have something to drink, when he found in the room Mr. and Mrs. Hecker, the prisoners Thomas H. locker, and James }locker, his brother. They asked Mr. Watson to have a cup of coffee, and while drinking it adverted to the murder in the course of conversation. Mr. Hocker, senior, asked what murder, as he had not heard of any ; when Mr. Watson said, a gentleman whose name was not then known, had been found murdered, on the previous evening, near Hampstead-road. Mr. Hocker then asked how the murder had been perpetrated ? when Mr. Watson told him. Mr. Hocker observed, that the murderers must be eold-blooded rascals, whoever they were. The prisoner, however, changed the conversation, by saying to his father, " Oh, don't let us talk about that—let us talk about something else ;" and then, turning to Mr. Watson, said—" We don't always do it in this way," alluding to some ruin and gin which he (prisoner) had sent for ; and begun to sing a song. After that was finished the pri. goner and his brother sang another song together, the prisoner (Thomas) saying he could not sing it in " the Spindlerian style," meaning in the style in Which he had sung it at the Star Tavern, kept by Mr. Spindler, St. John's Wood, where he occasionally sang. While Mr. Watson was in the room, Thomas Hooker showed him the right arm sleeve of the Shirt he had on, the wrist. band of which was torn oft', and the other part also from nearly half.way up, and on his holding his arm up, Mr. Watson saw that the prisoner's coat was torn out under the arm. Mr. Wat son said to him, " You have been in some rough usage." Mr. Hocker, sen., observed, " I don't know what he has been at, but it looks very curious." "Oh (the prisoner Thomas said), I've only been romping with some girls." In the course of the visit the prisoner showed Mr. Watson a pair of new boots, which he said he had given a guinea for, and showed Mr. Watson how well they fitted him and also a new hat. It then struck twelve o'clock, and Mr. Watson went down to his own apartments to bed. On Sunday morning Mr. Watson left his house on his way to his business at urn h a m-green, and, buyin g a Sunday paper on his way, read an account of the murder in it, having only known it before by report. Nothing, however , o as e n xm d a pr y su. b e iL v i i n hd i o n e ua g rs de e : b o a u l t a u Acton.green,ns e d e r e e n s c vw l i o chnok had ae dx M t r been eo eo W nr at toot o t ht ii oe ' s wpn w uf i ko f e er occurred at that time to strike his mind that Thomas Henry Hocker was the murderer. a me ssage from his wife, to sa y sOdoifisarttSeyrillinen and had met Mrs. W atson, ca ll e d o n Mr. Watson with that he would be very touch s ur. prised to hear that it was Mr. Del a rue that was murdered. Mr. Watson knowing that the prisoner Thomas and Mr. Delarue were intimate acquaintances, instantly said, "So help me God, then it's Tom Hocker who has murdered him." Mr. Watson, on seeing his master the same evening, told him what he suspected, and he ad. vised him to be quiet, saying, " Take care, it's a dangerous thing to say anything about such matters." During Tuesday Mr. Wat son had no rest in his mind on account of the suspicions he enter. tained, and in the early part of the evening he went to the Prince of Wales public-house, on the high road, Turnham-green, and began speaking with Mr. Battersby, the landlord, about the murder, to whom he said, " I am afraid that I know the party that has done it ; I should like to tell that sergeant of police about it "—mean. ing Sergeant Scotney, T 21, who had a few minutes before plotted the door. Mr. Battersby sent for :,ergeant Scotney, and Mr. Wat. son was called into the bar, and he told Scotney what had taken place on Saturday evening, and also that he had been told that the prisoner had bought some new clothes on that day, and that while in the room he heard him rattling a quantity of money in his pocket. Mr. Watson then gave Scotney advice how to act should his wife be gone to bed before he got there, and they parted. Sergeant Scotney, having put on a private great coat, imme diately proceeded to the station.house at Brook -green, Hammer smith, and saw Inspector Morgan, to whom he communicated the information he had received. Inspector Morgan directed him to go immediately to Gardiner's-lane, Westmineter-station, and ask for Inspector Shackell or Inspector Haynes of the detective police, and if they were not to be found, then to state his t usiness to the inspector on duty. Scotney accordingly proceeded instantly to town, and went to Scotland.yard, but could not find either Shackell or Haynes. He saw Inspector Patridge, of the A division, to whom he stated the nature of his business. Inspector Partridge then said he would go and see Mr. Superintendent May, whom he had no doubt would direct him (Partridge) to go with Scotney. On his return Inspector Partridge sent for Sergeant Bickerson, A division, and they all three got into a cab and drove to Portland Town. Atter alighting Inspector Partridge told Scotney to stay with Sergeant Bickerton while he went to the house. Scotney said he thought he had better go, as he knew the directions he had received from Mr. Watson how to gain admittance, but the inspector said he would go. Inspector Partridge then went to the house and knocked. Mrs. Watson answered him. Partridge told her to open the window as he had something to tell her, but she refused to do so, and said she was undressed, upon which Partridge told her that he had come from her husbaud at Turnham.green, si s that he had met with an accident. Mrs. Watson became alarmed at that statement and ran up stairs, and at that moment the inspector was spoken to by Hockey, senior, out of a window, who then went away. On Partridge's return to the other officers, inquiry was made for Victotia.terrace, at which Scotney had been informed by Mrs. Watson the prisoner Thomas was residing. Inspector Partridge told Scotney to get a cab and go there. On alighting, Scotney saw in the windows of No. 11 bills, with " To let" on them, notwithstanding which be rang the bell two or three times. At length a woman opened an upper window, and said, " Who is there ?" Scotney answered," Can I speak to you ?" and, supposing Scotney to be some person living in the house, said she would throw the key out. Before, however, she did so, the door was opened by the prisoner, Thomas H. Hocker himself. Scotney begged his pardon, and inquired if a person named Thomas Henry locker lived there? The prisoner said, " Yes, there is." Scotney then said, " Can I speak to him ?" on which the prisoner said," I am the man." What took place afterwards has been stated in the previous ac. count of Thomas }locker's apprehension. We are requested to state, in explanation of the apparent apathy of the servant at No. 6, Haverstock-tetrace, when Mr. Hilton, the baker, told her he heard screams of murder, that at the time he spice, he was standing behind the closed half of a double door, with his face turned towards the field, and the ser vant supposed he was talking to some one in the adjoining garden, and did not understand what he said. It is a curious fact, show ing that Mr. Hilton, who is an elderly man, did not think at the time there was serious meaning in the screams, that after hearing them he received the order for bread, went to his cart at the gardeti.gate, returned to the house with the loaves, and entered the haß, where he remained at least half a minute to re. ceive the money and give change, without making any remark about the cries of murder which he heard when he first went to the house. The only words he uttered not referring immediately to his business were—" It is a cold evening," as the servant was shutting the door. After this it would appear he again heard the cries of " Murder !" which induced him to run into the field, and afterwards to inform the police. The family did not know of the criesthe must f " have taken place, though, murder until a policem an called at past ten o'clock th e came ni g ht to inquire where M r. Hilton lived, a n d i t w as at first supposed the policeman must be mistaken in the per son, as Hilton had of what had occurred. From the Murder I" and those heard field, o when the noise ceased, bl n i at y o p s Hee b e e oim e l ftnso t i m et h a th e n b b e fo r e r fb d o aer between severe ta a hn n ey struggletflhris anything into t owing to the frozen state of the ground, there were few traces of it en the grass. PEMBROKE DOCK.—As the Government own a good deal of house property in the town, they have comttlerately grinted 5001, towards building the httelltted Outwit. WHITEHALL, FEB 25. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Alexander Main ley Pinniger, of Chippenham, in the county of Wilts, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the high Oonrt of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. R. Eldridge, innkeeper, Bletchingley, Surrey. J. P. Williams, draper, EastRUPTS Stonehouse, Devonshire. BANK. James Welch, licensed victualler, Ringcross, Holloway, to surrender March 7, at one, and April 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghalktreet ; Wollen, Bucklersbury. James Green and Charles Green, corn dealers, Borough road, March 11 and April 16, at twelve, at the Conet.of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Smith, Barnard's Inn. James Brodie Gordon and Robert Gordon, coopers, Or chard-house, Poplar, March 17, at half-past one, and April 15, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Stevens, Wilkinson, and Satchel!, Queen-street, Cheapside. William Dees, James Dees, and James Hogg, builders, Newcastle-upon-T3 ne, March 10, at half- past two, and April 15, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Williamson and Hill, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn, London; Bates and Dees, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Maryßawlings and Francis John Rawlings, cabinet-makers, Cheltenham, March 12, at half-past eleven, and April 8, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court.. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Brookes and Farmer, Cheltenham ; Peters and Abbot, Bristol ; Talbot, Kidderminster. John Ralph. innkeeper, Bath, March ii, at half-past eleven, and April 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kvnaston, official assignee, Bristol ; Gray, Bristol. - James Dalton, joiner, Salford, Lancashire, March 14, at one, and April 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Woodburne, Manchester ; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. Edward Bayley, apothecary, Choswardine, Shropshire, March 8, and April 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ' • Ham mond, Furnival ' s Inn, London ; Brown, Wem ; Hodgson, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. S. Cox, horse dealer, Hendon—div. of 20s. in the pound to the creditors of J. Roalfe, his partner, March 1, and three following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. and S. Owen, merchants, Sheffield—first div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, and 20s. on their separate estates, March 3, or any day after, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. L. Williams, woollen draper, Oxford, March 25, at two. In the Country. B. Sayle and T. Booth, iron masters, Sheffield, March 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Berwick, worsted stuff manufacturer, Whind-hill, Yorkshire, April 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—S. Peach, grocer, Nottingham, March 22, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—S. Bateman, factor, Birmingham, March at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Walker and C. White, builders, Jewry-street, Aldgate, March 25—J. Simpson, jun., and W. Toft, alkali manufac turers, Wakefield, April 19—J. Chapman and C. Smith, en gineers, Bradford, March 24—G. Holroyd and G. Waller, stone masons, Sheffield, March 28—St. J. Cartwright, grocer, Nottingham, March 28—J. Lambert, draper, Monmouth, March 21-14. Watson, smith, Rickmansworth, March 21— W. S. Drury, ironmonger, Chester, Mar( h 21—J. Vaile, wine merchant, Cheltenham, March 21—J. Brett, currier, Bury St. Edmunds, March 21—J. Row, chemist , Torrington, Marclt 21-11. Clarke, builder, Sheffield, March 21—J. Duncnt and J. Grimes, plasterers, Bristol, March 21. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. and W. Grainger, iron founders, Warrington—G. J. B. Bartlett and W. Farrell, ship chandlers, Liverpool—J. Mack, H. Downs, I. B. Brown, and A. Brown, brewers, King-street, St. Luke's—R. Griffiths and C. Lownds, china manufacturers, Shelton—W. Ramsbottom and T. H. Akroyd, dyers, Halifax —R. Neal and 11. H. Arden, wine merchants, Brighton— R. F. Barber and W. Fownes, omnibus proprietors, Clapham —C. B. Radenhurst and H. Turnbull, general merchants, meter mgmfac. Londoa—N. Refries an d J. L ev y , dry gas ~- of her own powers than she need be, and has been more severe on herself, than many of her readers are likely to be. She has a fluent command of language, and can turn an expression or introduce a metaphor with elegance and propriety; she Is also a poetess of no inconsiderable powers, for, returning to a practice that modern usage (for there is a fashion in all things) has almost entirely discontinued, she has introduced several songs and passages in verse, appropriate to the circumstances and the persons to whom they are given. The period in which the tale is laid is that of the civil wars, when Cavalier was contending with Roundhead, just after the faithless Charles bad consented to the execution of the unscrupulous Strafford, who, what ever vices he had, never wanted zeal for the cause of .the King he served. The story itself is intricate in its plot, but not confused. The main thread of it is the fate of a daughter of a noble house, stolen by a gipsy woman from revenge against the mother, who had married the noble lover of the dark Egytian, and then poisoned him, at the instigation of Zara herself, for such is her name. She meant the affianced bride to be the in strument of his death before the nuptials, but the highborn lady yields to a horrible temptation ' • she loves another whose poverty has separated him from her, and she thinks were she mistress of the wealth of her rich and hated suitor they might be united. So the marriage is celebrated, and in the midst of the bridal feast, she gives her husband the potion supplied her by Zara, and becomes in the same day a Countess and a widow. She mar ries him for whom she has incurred all this guilt, but never knows happiness or peace again. The gipsy Zara is in possession of the dreadful secret, and holds her fate in ,her hands ; her infant is stolen by the woman who is her destiny, is brought up by the wild tribe, if not in all the wisdom, at least in all the accompliphments of the Egyptians. She is beau tiful, and skilled in song and dance, with a mystery hanging over her origin that she cannot penetrate. She is a heroine of that kind of which fiction has already presented us with a Mignon, a Fenella, and an Esmeralda. The courier of the Gitana, or the " Morning Star" as she is poetically , called, is the attraction of the book, though the plot is other wise complicated with " fierce lovei-and fatal wars." We extract a sketch of a country town during its occupation by a party of republican sol.liers : "We are in the old market-place—all is activity and cor.- fusion ; good wives unloading and displaying the reward of their industry; rosy-cheeked country maidens, with their white caps and aprons, whose smiles bespoke hearts devoid of care, as they coquetted with their somewhat clownish swains. The faces of the young were gay ; they knew not of sorrow—they rejoiced only in the present; but the old wore a look of doubt and disquietude casting lingering glances to where a group of stern Republicans stood, apparently un mindful of the busy scene, by the door of the old hostel. "It was market-day, and owing to this county having hitherto escaped the surveillance of those strict disci plinarians, whose stern code was soon to change the face of merry England, there were gathered here those wandering vagabonds whose presence is ever so welcome amid the monotony of a country town, dancing and tumbling, and attracting the younger and more unthinking part of the community, who, notwithstanding the warnings of their elders, regarded only the amusement of the passing hour, and crowded round their entertaining visitants. But even among these daring and vivacious ones, the spirit of those unwelcome soldiers seemed to have fallen ; and, from baying experienced their danger, they pursued their vocation in fear and trembling." With one other extract, exhibling the political morality of many a man in that troubled time, we must conclude our notice : " What say you to our king—think you his cause will prosper?" "His cause is that of right," he replied; "and, on my soul, I wish him well, and willingly, in his behalf, would shed the last drop of my blood." " Gently, gently, my good friend. The hot fi re of y outh burns too fiercely in thy breast; thine enthusiasm is too deep for wisdom. Suppose that he were deserted, ruined, and alone —a king but in the name, thou wouldst not follow him to thine own undoing?" " Ay, to the death." "And sacrifice," said Lord Vincent, ironically, " a life, for one who, in his day of power, had you crossed him, would have signed your doom withdut a sign of regret?" "The King was ever merciful," said Lionel. " Ay, merciful and just enough, when he could be so with out dang:r to himself; but, as Strafford proved, the mercy and justice and friendship of a King are not infallible." " frue," said Lionel ; " the martyred Earl is a sad proof of the correctness of thy doctrine • there is to every picture a dark side, and human life and nature have their evil mo ments; but yet, there is much, very much, of excellence and truth on this fair earth." "Well, well; follow thine own imaginary theory. Cling to thy King and thy faith, until the structure fall and crush thee in the ruins." " And better that than prove myself a renegade and a traitor." " Softly, softly ; while a hope of success remains, turn not away; yet neither wait so long as to be involved in the con sequences of failure. Be true to your cause only while it is consistent with your own safety." EXTENSIVE FIRE IN CHEAPSIDE.-0111 Thursday, shortly after one o'clock, the immediate vicinity of Cheap side was thrown into a state of the greatest alarm and ex citement in consequence of the sudden outbreak of a most serious fire upon the extensive range of premises belonging to Messrs. Courtould and Taylor, crape manufacturers, situate at No. 42, Gutter-lane. The first discovery was made by police. constable Gannon, 436 City force. It appears that the officer, wbile passing along his beat, had his atten tion directed to the premises by perceiving a dense mass of smoke issuing out of one of the front windows. Feeling satisfied that a fire was burning within the building, the officer sprang his rattle, and commenced knocking at the street-door. After considerable trouble he succeeded in arousing Mr. Taylor, his wife, and three other females, who all made their appearance at the second floor front. The fire by that time had obtained such a firm hold, and the smoke was ascending in such dense bodies up the stair case, that none of the inmates were able to descend by the usual means. The intelligence haring been sent to Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of fire brigade, that gentle man immediately' started to the scene of conflagration with a couple of engines and the fire - escape s. On his arrival, lie found the flames; breaking throug h the shop window with such vehemence as to 'extend completely across the roadway, and the fronts of several of the opposite houses were smoking with the intense beat thrown o ut b y the conflagration. The . Police having opened the ju m p in g sheet of the London Fire Establishment, three females precipitated themselves from the second floor, and were received in safety below, Mrs. Taylor and an other female he steffeed their escape by sliding ot do the wn a ladder. By that period w hole of the lower . part premises presented one vivid sheet of fiame, for causin th eg, as ma of y be supposed, the mo st lively a pprehensions safety the contiguous property. Five engines of the brigade w ith those of the pa rish were soon in full working order, but the fire still progressing, a messenger was sent for additional assistance. Mr. Connorton, on being informed of the outbreak, also proceeded with the. e West mp e n o: England engine to the scene. The New River C o mp a ny su pplied an abundance o f wate r, which waosttobd istributed shu flamesp o the n conflagrationthe flames , but untilth epatierterweenew,eleeereh,uennadblne had reached almost every portion of the three lower floors of the building. The total damage will amount to a consider ablel sum, as several of the opposite and ad joining inbui the s are fire re wextensively unable i h n l j e u t r e e dl learn n fi irne the and wate r . excitementthat T origin efi prevailed. THE FATAL POACHING AFFRAY AT CROOME, WORCESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The result of to-day's final examination of the men mentioned as having been re manded on the charge of the murder of the gamekeeper, Thomas Staite, at Croome, was that nine of the poachers wets fully committed for trial at the Lent Apizes. Boulogne and Amiens... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 Orleans and Bordeaax... 2 i'aris and Lyons 2 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ... MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEE. 27.—There has been more animation in our market to-day, and prices are some what improved.—Manchester and LeedF, Half Shares, 591 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 65% 66%; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 11%; North British, New Shares, 3 1-16; Shef field and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 13%; South-Eastern, 41%; Ditto, No. 2, 11; Ditto, No. 3,8% 8 3 4 • Barnsley Junction, 6%; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Che shire Junc tion, 8%; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 5%; Bol ton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 71 . 6 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 3 ; Churnet Valley, 7% • Ely and Bedford, 1%; Glasgow and Dumfries, 155.; Huddersfield and Manckester Railway and , Canal, 5 . ; Kendal and Windermere, 4 1 4 ; Liverpool COrtns- . kirk, an Preston, 3; London and York, 7 1-16 % ; Man chester and Buxton, 3%; 'Newark and Sheffield, 2%; Scot tish Central, 4; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 245,; Trent Valley, 20. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(irESTERDAT) Amsterdam CF. 12 7. Gibra1tar............... Ditto, at sight l2 5/ 1 Leghorn .. 31 Rotterdam 2U. 12 8 Genoa 2B 11 Antwerp 26 10 Milan ............ Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice .... ....... Altona l3 15 Naples ................. Paris, 3 days' sight 25 85 Palermo , per °L..— 118 Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Lisbon Marseilles .. Bourdeaux 26 15 Rio Janeiro ..... ...... .23# Frankfort on Maine 122 Bahia ......••..•••••••• 24 Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Buenos A yiee......... Berlin i V ri ie es nn te a : 7 Newl i n k.:::dyssight -- iticr.S 6'l , M ILLION, PER oz. Madrid 36% Foreign i_loLl, bars. £.3 17 9 dittoefrc c. f 1.3 M 959 Philadeir.),43 Cadiz Raw) 36 New Dool.loons .... 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville — Silver iu Bars O4 11 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From Friday Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week eliding on Saturday, the 22d day of February, 1845. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. x. X. Notes issued ...... 28,679,520 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,944,900 Gold coin and bul lion 12,755,367 Silver bullion 1,924,153 .£23,679,520 M. Dated the 27th day of Febr BANKING DE X. Proprietors' capita 114,553,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Sav i n gs banks, Commis sioners of National Debt, and divi- .£28,679,620 ARSRALL, Chief Cashier. Lry, 1845. PARTMENT. dend accounts) 5,237,993 Other deposits 9;941,556 Seven day andother bills.. 985 ; 035 Government secu rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 10,784,494 Notes 8,889,215 Gold and silver coin 773,783 £33,969,871 M. MA' Dated the 27th day of Febn £33,969,871 ISHALL, Chief Cashier. Lary, 1845. - --= FEMALES IN CoALms.—lt is asserted that the number of women employed in those coal districts where this practice prevailed is as great as it was before Lord Ashley's Act was passed. The fact is, the poor creatures must do this or starve ; they therefore put on men's apparel, and work as men in the collieries, where they before worked as women. Unless the condition of the pepple be bettered, it is useless to meddle with t he employmidt by Which they mtsaia life.—. Tune Mercury. ~Mn~i ``~