The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-20 00:00:00

31 - - •,, iVe r 1 5 a'S ine' inteal . ,cisf.". tro t Citsb' re i s 50 0 fol'r po' it-.A pit 0 - i t 0 . L'' re . g uio a 1 di Lie lo re, e t heir to ea . r. 0 . , Tb u -n do But '; tber el at .cto— . 01 1 0 5 1, .° n 0111' t he go' 4t. ge l'er ;fole' of ,-04.'" sir , re O. f 00;;./ Tier '. as bi bter [stu al % %0 613 : • of r, bro the ~plOll d d oo• Don, e d. ste°''' i t e° yvilliAfi Duf f ' qatov, j oett ef rion"v: K05...11,6 • E N:011 Q 111LL-OPPICiIt 2, WHITEHALL-YARD, MAY '2O, 1844. ' Jun T he EXCHEQUER BILLS dated hi the mouths of April and , 1843, viz. P. 6 Vie". cap. I, £162,000, 1843. 6 Vie. cap. 17, £9,050,000, 1813. • „ Also, Tin EXCHEQUER BILL, dated April, May, and dune, 1843, p. • ' 3 Vic., cap. 10, for carrying OIL Public Works, &e., with the Interest • due thereon, will be paid off on the 15th day of June, when the in • t ereat will cease. Such Bills will be received daily 11•ont half-past Ten o'clock till Two, until and including the 7th day of June, at this "lee, where Lists are to be obtained, containing instructions fur ar ranging the Bills. The bearers must indorse each Bill with their /4 ' 141 illbilatures, and write their names and residences at the bottom preach List ; and where the names of holders are inserted in Bills, the bearers, not being such holders, must previously obtain their en dorsements. The bearers must attend to give re•eipts for the PaYluent. ,_ P ayment may be obt a i ne d , if requ i red, previous to the said 18th 'my cf June, upon leaving the Bills for examination one day prior to that on which Bach payment is desired. Xew Bills, bearing an Interest of Ono Penny-halfpenny by the day ~,yOll *very- One Hundred Pounds, and d a t e d th e sa id 18 t h d a y o f fule, Duty be obtained in whole or In part payment of principal of ulo Exchequer Bills issued under the above-mentioned Acts of 6 Vie., sap' I, and 6 Vi c., cap. 17, upon stating the required amount on the Late, delivered on or before the said 7th day of June, which New bale, with the interest on the Bills exeliangeti, will be issued on the 1 9t1i day of June. The Bills to be classed in separate Lists, according to the Acts un der which they have been issued. The Bills issued for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries will t be Paid off la Monday. , All Exchequer Bill s c h arged on Supplies dated prior to April, t . 44 3, have been advertised to be paid off. Col OFFICE of the GAS-LIG lIT and COKE COMPANY, 19, New Bridge-street, Black Mars, London, 141 1 Y 18, 1844. I do hereby give Notice, that the following Proprietors, viz.:— WILLIAM num rola), Esq., WILLIAM ALLEN, rsq., and Directors, SAMUEL JONE, q., hive, pursuant WILLIAAM to the Bth hy-law of this Co S mp Es any, severally given me notice in writing of their intention to offer themselves for re-elec uon as Directors, at the Election which will take ?lace at this Office on rzwAT, the illst Inst. - By order, CHARLES BURLS, Secretary. 1, T. PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX - The DIRF. C TORS of the POOR of COALS. the said PARISH will i meet at e nest, at n . p,a.herag Workhouse, on TUESDAY, the 4th day of jut . dock in the forenoon, to RECEIVE TENDERS, CON TRACT with some th leader, for the use of r „., Person or persons for the supply of 31.):S tuns of and to ,f C411.1*6 t 111:. " -"4.8. LAIIIITON'S or STEWART'S vrALLsE,N . e NY'allatio're. the ass °f the Poor in the said Workhouse. Forms of t reed " Tender for Coals, may be obtained at the Clerk's-offfce, or it " v to u b i e s requireore t"e"Li' and endu meeting • and some person bed at A 5 above hour of , tend.on behalf of each tender. 1, Gordon- 6 .fit tr IV o rder of the Directors, , Gordo ' 11`C MEI', Clerk. - • JOHN -. ~ May 18 1844 4 ECI".", , . •A or ~__G:tE,:ivisToSt PA. WANTED in London and various • Scotiand,'und Ireland, to take the SAL , F ,; ,„, 3 „ 1 , 1 5 t!ES for effecting the transfer of: certain valuablo propel - I. l i •:" !.1 Continent. Good rethrenees or security for the Shares n irustod. will be required. ' 4clares a (Pre -paid) to Frederick Quin, General Agent, 25, South aniptottystreet, Strand ; or to Mr. Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhin • —__ • II IjI tGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES. arehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. I BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en 111,6tinsade by many persons to impose a spurious article for their ) ,i 1 3! , . fest it incumbent en, them to request the attention of the sft-4e. In purchasing what they conceive to be the original to oh ai l'a Name and Address correspond with the above. The gene -1,-.:PPearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un c4;:nell ; and, for their detection, J. and Son, submit the following tvi t r" , :—Some are In appearance at first sight, " the genuine," but ithaluut Mune or address ; sonic " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," It " t hen; Burgisa's ;" and many more without address. John Urt l / 4 ., , th h „,, and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis 1444bad approbation, 11:el every senthneut of respect towards the itur c, and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to • wur la siiiir what they conceive to be of their snake, which they hope ut Prevent many disappointments. res A CESS' NEW SAUCE , for general purposes, hav i ng g i ven such trie,awtes" satisfaction, continues to be pr e p are d by th em , an d i s reFons clinut a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good us all kac v4lolsse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. W H EREAS, I, the undersigned JOHN AU , let GUSTITS SHARMAN, of Paradise-street, Airlin t ing i h l am t , ininati 'lusical Instruments, have caused to be EngraN C h e t s „,. ‘ rof one ibrmerly used by Messrs JOHN BROAD 11901) for 4 0 of Great Pulteney-street, Golden-square, London, 1 •rc And, whereas I, have caused numerous Copies of 114 ne ta • Upo n b,e struck.otr, and have, in some instances, put- snch Copier New Plano-fortes sold by me to other persons, but whichrumo-fortes ha" of cos Broadwood's manufacture. And, whereas, proceed- Bro ad 411 consequence been instituted against me by Messrs. Pros e ,,". ° W , Which proceedings they have consented not further to • th,,, s T i 'e in c onsideration of my snaking an apology in such terms as atek.,,, PProve. Now, I hereby express my sincere regret, and br ,2lP se st for the offence which I have committed, and engage and 4 1) " ,tr un ati niot to repeat the same, and also undertake to make every Wood, their in My power. And I hereby also authorise Meesrs. Broad tl.eir Solicitors, or Agents, to give the most extensive publicity 1.440, ,„ 1. this B,t.atensent, either by advertisement, or otherwise, as they shall Dated this IGth day of May, 1844. JOHN SHAMS A.N. PARISGILDING--FLY SPOTS—TARNISH. ~ lAN GOLD DETERGENT, 2s. 6d. per Ormolu Lacquer and Bronze, Is. 6d. each.—These pi mi trition s ar „ Perfectly innoxious, and their effect sudden, ash,- lasting. Gilding Lacquer, and Bronze, aro instantly fr o , ti lt , to their original luAre, • fly spots removed, and covering tly rendered unnecessary. I RECENT TESTIMONIALS. b 41 111ily Bs " Pe to • Hafted with your Gold and Lacquer Detergents. • Well recommend them to sonie of my friends, as they answer so e4 ert.srp . 144 the Gold Detergent."—From the Right Hon. C. we D'Eyn - that k 4,1 4 tried the Gold Detergent on a costly looking-glass frame t *en a few years gilt. It removed the whole of the andpoii, %l ey add stains, and the frame has now the appearance br ld 11'441es-14e day it left the workinan's hands. Next on two very old Wer t 0 4. 0 U1 their colour we were almost in doubt whether they "snloyineed r not. The Detergent soon convinced us of the l fact, fact, by accumulated stains and tarnish of many years ; these 'Qroig e l l a're now the appeariuice of being nearly new."—Llverpool J an. 97, 844. :QM% ) .., ' h at e tried the Gold Detergent upon several old picture 44 1 t r o ;„ ttuist confess we wore very agreeably surprised at the `L restores the splendour of gilding with very little trouble. Mas a hettb, is naore than sufficient for all the picture and looking 44kil 544144 in a Moderate-sized house."—Vide Nottingham Review, Kold by I T " ' --8414.1c,,-Pton and 3 George-street, Hanover-square, and 66, 4u4tr ea,Cit - : ; Co., ' am] the trade in general. L A jITLE WATER, applied with Dr. Scott's 4%1% 4 •". rERITIVE VASE, is the beat aperient in the world, p ",,* I, fi uitly the desired relief, and should be adopted by evcry Zak :ell of the pernicious habit of swallowing purgatives. The re 1 4 Y be self a p plied, oven amidst the severest restraints of social .tIY cWI-- t hat as and privacy which divest the most sensitive eiabitrrassment In using It ; and on that account it s of eminence , and has been Mooted clu ",.!Y recommended by physicians Nur, the highest personages.--Sold only by Mr. IN . Pine, from ail D r- Scott's Dispensary, 3G9, Strand, the third house om ' 7 (.1; p 1, 11 . Also SONIFERS, by which deaf persons may receive of aid that enables them to hear best. Descriptions, quoting Pri post free. N LONDON . PROVED GUNS SINGLF BARRELLED GUN, with twisted barrel A 2s, ditt7 ~e n , t breech deohl:Ltto. London proved ditto — ?'lrrelled Gun, with twisted barrel, and patent breech 51.35. As? di tto, Landon proved 6ss. In g l e -barrelled Gun, 18s., usually charged Two Guineas. n h , — s ingle Guns, to .£6 li a. ; Double Guns, to £l5. ith,Z l there has been no certain way of obtaming a good gun °"L4l7l,;',Lving an extravagant price. Guns sold at low prices have lideratZe by those with whom quality has not been so much a con radh " the production of a showy cheap article, which has Proved worth', ass, if not dangerous. This bas led e BURTON teengage persons of known ability and %keit IPerience in the manufacture of guns, and they now t et. es, er_rtsnien to inspect the ir a extensive assortment. Mahogany eeat ' ar rd. with cleaning tackle , shot-pouch, powder-flask, &c., in 4.4 1 ,,, L etY. P APIER. MACHE TRAYS FOR THIRTY-FIVE PULL S SHILLINGS. AVa ET of tree ornamented PAPIER MACHE TEA i f 44. • Gothic shap e , for 35s • of three Gothic iron trays, 255. ; rto "enowex tray • Ibtte_it n pteceden s ted depressed state of the manufacturing yl e d,,Y.to,„' l rPON and BURTON have been induced to make large 12. the;;Y Purchases I t best japanned wares, which, togethFr „ad% ) • Previous stock (already the most varied and extensive in Ltai e hthe I t h _ lt 'or really for inspection, at very reduced prices, of •Rwsve are a criterion. A single tray at the same rate. ay. catal o why r Vies, with engravings, sent (per post) free. 4,L e ta(en A T n ,. l .E KNIVES, ELEVEN SHILLINGS per DOZEN. t ko ,7 o6 ; ._ t e .i e ' r ° t 2- 9e htndled table-knives with high shoulders, Ils. per carvers, 3s. 6d. per pai bone table . t ehle. t. _ kr i • Per dozen • desserts, 4s. ; carvers, 21. t ier pair; black born 4 7. 4 . y e, " 6e ..Per ' desserts, 4s. ; carvers. 2s. 6d. ; table bot4-:,1011;11--“,, • c able ki e tives with handles of the celebrated substi oisti - er. _Made Only by Rippon and Burton, (which cannot "' trite 1 1 (1 114 e ss i t h rts e d from sterling silver except by the mark), 255, per Idlpinitr • Is& • ea•vers, per pair, es. 6d. Detailed catalogues, avi rou ngt, sunt ' h,er post). free by AN D BuirroN, 12, WELLS.STREET, OXFORD thr' Itm o STREET, eieh,,,,ed are all marked with their names, any of which they - s e If hot aroved of. pp ESTABLISHED 1920. 8 u C C E S 3 Wh }4.,:ri MO9l. Sand SON first appear'd in the trade, 'll - I ;„ ° ,. f r_erli were seen-new improvements were made, In ;,./,:;ad much to surmount (as you very well know), litoi`,,,,..'"ult their goods so remarkably low. Or fr„Lwas the public alive to the worth . . And n "''r•SES' warehouse-though then in its birth. 1 1 , ow the proprietors have to express, -"air heartiest thanks at their cheering " Success.. wills firesly convinces E. MOSES and SON " iirat the public are suited In what has been done. 4 1 . ,", thena a proof that their glorious Mart It op - rff' esteem'd for its Tailoring art. itir -v aa that the moderate prices they chaige u„ e , valued alike, by the public at large. I ~'"aaa the; had suited in prices and dress, ;'"'Y he'er could have met with such boundless " Success.. ttsi .111 the success of their Warehouses ea..e I , I he favours they've witness'd shall daily increase. sh crowds that have honour'd their mart all along, WZ it ' t ut lee their clothing in multitudes throng, iv. .l!e, to for such favours, E. MOSES and S. fig, ,hall d ° do for thepublic what ne'er has been don. • , p h( re rate o f their charges—the worth of their dress, T v , / will try, more than ever, to merit " Success." hi ard i• READY S UDS. XE. d. ~-.tt, aelioni s from 0 8 6 . 4 ,, I sup e . 4 .._ OO , 000000000000 ••• 44414,,,, t 'rr quality, with silk collars, cuffs, and facings... 0 RI 9, a.„_ nu ne ,,._ coats in a variety of shapes, hanchemely trimmed 1 0 u r...ft4id . stock of Holland and jean blouses from 0 S 6 - 7_endtZlureer vest s .. from 0 2 6 Vattevp7 ' v ariety of cashmere and Persian vests, splendid clotatilot uar .... .................... .. .......................... ... 3.. to 8 4 : ttio troy, u /Ma, warranted' .. tie sem,. from 0 9 0 4 _ r km _ . ............. .... ............... 111 tat yor7_iom .................................................... from 0 11 6 p - za.se,,:a_a_y of summer trousers • tram •7 0 c't eCtio"'.ailled ........... . frora 1 • 0 prolarle ••••4•••••• ....... •••••••.• ••• .................... * es •• .• 1 4 0 TWE od . MADE TO MEASURE. ,trimmed with silk , made in any shape, water. 4 iiii, ,e . ............. . .. . ... from 018 0 ode 1.1 4 4 s n a t t - li t Y . A . e . a . u: y ................. .............. 5ummer .......... from 1 5 0 c-iTtrael quilting vats, r t en 1i f5 t r 7 7te f . 0 .; r ia.11............ . 1 / 4 1441 -- tazielL,... : 4444 : a er x it iluxit e r y r.. l : 4 lll l te ' t r i 7 e e s :r t e eee h v e a h ri ; fie Q tt r t; Victoria, and plain doe trousers... from 0 1 0 1 4 9 , : : 0 0 17 6 Urea* c......_ est of England .... ........ .. trona 1 12 " see;ract o ,...., ... ..• te .••• .............. 2 15 0 -- em t o an T: .. .................................. . ................ . ... . ktik, , item can be bad at flue minutes' notice, at the 11 4 *Suit s , hallowing prices .- I:4l e it to tr et. cr e t i :zit, trousersan rousers: from 1 16 0 from 0 18 0 w thie r : 4 6.... o.d i. , or the, MO SES It Aiteli T ' l "•—•tny article p re u t r u c r h n a ed se, or ordered, If not approved ~, %le o '.... MOSES and SON Tailors Wholesale and Retail '""r4esr;raiot-lunia,ioOluattliirt_te.r_s, and general V4reh °lumen, 154. M1a0..._ a o ..._ iiin._. t . .. ,uiry, opposite the Church. 417"..„_rt inv o 7,T ti roges and Son are obliged to guard the public hs. s s "°°d' or b e - n, h aving lesrned that the untradesmaillike .. 1, 16_ tnit connected with them or it's the same concern, -I . ec"7" l .. T er"irted to in many instances , 'and for obvious reasons to ot i ho 7re no eonnexleenn whatever with any other establishment; oatr.. ineto'i'eukat,dBzi)reezt tune Cheap Clothing should ( t o prevent - c t .;te the Church or send to, 154, Mumma, or 06, AWgitte, ,ri s rai i'. tNitt%uhtetinessou.transeeted at tills Establishment from sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve .10p,. ~.,. APOPLEXY PREVENTED —.,OII,INATION of BLOOD to the HEAT), 14 sf tIOPLEXY, atc., et l ectually prevente— by the oe . casional ttreligth_ritAßlPl'Otill PILL OP HEAL TH,". whic h h, 10 1 7 totaizstridaipittion of and ~,,,....7-T4 the. action of the stomach, and promoting . 11 .. 7 m y 9 . ‘ tfoed, prevents a recurrence ef f tl t i he b y rai r ; tiips hoisemiralldra eadirsoiir, g a ntriess, pr e, tze. °r Th e e g ; aorne of excellent Zeve:t. without griping Or pre;tration of strength, create Ainsik ita u ' r b koltr, aid Invigorate the spirits, while to he free . liver or appetite, tatSIN 14.r./ronr.ad vantages that will not f.dl to be ailpraecnidat.27l,m . iiithzoti, al.or boyisty422l).;idS:rrsan.l,mLonclno.n.; P g r e i r c .. e u lti !y l 4' 11 throughout the Alk g 414,... 44 addreN of %am, , vr FR AM PTO N'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the ••1410 4911 iternip. • '' l'ltomat Prout, 229, Straisii„London," on the No. 16,150. LONDON, MONDAY EVENI SUN, MAY 20, 1844. PRICE sd. fZ.-2 .z._ l_) ".`;.- :::, s• ----------)-- 'V.- ___/--: ( 1 / - .... .. ..." . ... . . . .. . , . i - . . . . .., 4i.:" • I 4 - 00 401 !••• V: • - - la •if ---,.- , - ,k. ..y. \ - ,•=3, - -1-5i,. -- .:- ~.. . , , , - y r ~ k\ci• . -_,,v. • -:.,...,.. lat<v, / ,.4- 1 - 4 - .le, - : 4 .. *- 4 cA ,--; • , •.4 1, --J. - , ,....6. 41.......-; 4 . ?„1, ± .4 . 3 ~ N , •,. . r , 4 ). ' t 0 r1 .... \ i — 1 , ~. ~ , '•' '' .13'r. ,-,. • 4_ , 4._••••k'_-_... _ 4 ,„ , w , , ~ , ~,,_ , . 5, t (4 .•-• ' ' --, - ' ' .` : ''' s ' 1-•;.1. 1 , fgl 1 t - st, •,; - ' /0 0.,, • ) \ ...„.„• , 1 • t ~, xa , j _ .. .4 . -, , A . ~.,-,, t. 01 - eitk i 0 , 1 , -, t "d,..,... 'f..lr-cA ee"l"fit'*4**-'''- l' Ati 4 ., ' ... '/ ,'' 1 , , 44-44 , 4,-,..•. ~,, .• } • 4 - ir - ::: -, r ? -- , -- -•• -1 - ., k,---.- , * , 4 4 , ~ i" 1 ;7. ei" , -,-• .... ... , 1 *, 0 1::::'"' A . ~..„2 T• - ' no • -,.....;,_.:,-, eauPt of Chan6Ary, ITa hmtA nheesmeti 400 (Line lit) in one ease ; that en ()Wootton na4:iesett raised to his obtaining the money, but they were afterwards obliged to give it up. After this informa tion, I acted with confidence. Fletcher told me he had shown the will to Barber, who said it was all right. As the time drew near, when I was to go to the Bank, Fletcher said I must be identified. I asked, Are you going to identify me `e' He replied, ; Le should not he seen with me, but Mr. Barber would do all that might be required; he knew all about the business, therefore, he would answer all questions.' Mr. Fletcher then gave me Barber's address, and said he would take me to him on the following morning. He told me to disguise myself as I had done before, and to get into an omnibus that would put me down at the corner of Farringdon-street, about- eleven o'clock. I did so, and passed Fletcher, who was wait ing for me, several times, and he did not recognise me until I went up and spoke to him, and he then took me to Mr. Barber's office in Bridge-street. Fletcher introduced me to Barber as Miss turchard, and I sat down in the office for some time. Fletcher and Barber, after conversing, left the office together, and after a short time both returned. After a few minutes, Fletcher left, and Barber took me to a Proctor, in Doctors' Commons, where the will of Eliza Burchard was produced, to the best of my recollection by Barber. The proctor, on reading the will; observed that it must have been a clever woman to write it. Barber replied, " Oh, co ' pied, copied, I dare say.', I was then taken before some gentlemen, and had to make an affidavit. I was not aware I should have to do so before I went. Some questions were asked, and Mr. Barber answered them all. I returned with Mr. Barber to his office. He said he should want me again, and would write to let me know when. Fletcher and Barber seemed to un derstand each other very well, and it was quite ob vious that all the papers it was necessary to have were in readiness before my arrival at Barber's office. I went subsequently to the Bank of England with Mr. Barber, and wrote the name of Eliza Burchard in several books. Barber identified me as Miss Burchard He was the only person who accompanied me, either to the Commons or the Bank, through the whole busi ness. The money was obtained. It was paid over in my assumed name of Eliza Burchard to Barber. I cannot say what he did with the money. When I re ceived it from him, -Fletcher was waiting for me. I gave him the money, and he went to my home with me. He had a pen and ink, and made a calculation of what he • considered due to me. After deducting the expenses and five per cent. for the Bank clerk, he gave me be tween six and seven hundred pounds, which he said was half the sum left. The other half he said was his. Barber's account was made out at the time he paid me the money. Fletcher previously told me to pay Barber, and give him Si. more than the amount of his bill for hastening the business . I acted on everything as Fletcher directed me. A few days after the settlement, Fletcher told me that Barber had kept more money than was sufficient to pay the duty, and as it was proposed that Mrs. Fletcher should accompany me to Bristol, Fletcher said I had better write to Barber from there about it, which I did, and he (Barber) remitted the difference of amount by post-office order. It was about 41. I gave Fletcher two sovereigns.- I have never had any communica tion with Barber since, nor ever seen him until I was at the Mansion-house. I think it was previously to my going to Bristol Fletcher changed some Bank notes for me at the Bgnk of • England, and brought me gold for them in a small canvass bag. Ile brought it to me on London-bridge, where I was waiting fbr him. I put the money into my own bag with some sovereigns I had in it, and took it all to the London and Westminster Bank, near the bridge, where I invested it in my own name. The money was in a velvet bag, and the clerk ob served it was not many ladies' bags were so rich. I cannot speak with accuracy as to dates, but to the best of my recollection this occurred three years ago. I afterwards withdrew the. money from the London and Westminster Bank, and placed it in the Bank of England, where I had previously purchased stock to the amount of 3501., in the New Three-and-a-Half Reduced Annuities. Philpots was the name of the broker employed .by me. Fletcher introduced me to him. Some time after my mother's death my sister from Bristol visited me while I was living in Dean street. She visited the Fletchers, for, I think, the first time. Mr. Fl e t c h er came t o my lodgings to see her, and at his request I took a lodging in Museum-street, for a Miss Cole. He said she was a lady coming from the country that he was going to do business for at the Bank. I was to charge particularly the person who let me the lodgings to be careful of all letters that might be brought there for Miss Cole. The same day I took the lodging my sister and myself met Fletcher, by appointment,:in St. Paul's Church-yard. We went into an office near there, where I signed the name of Jane Blake, ac cording as Fletcher told me to do. Ido not remem ber or not whether my sister wrote. This is all, to the best of my recollection, that I know or did know concerning anything that might have been done. Some time after this, Fletcher having observed that ft young gentleman was paying his addresses to me, spoke to me on the subject. Mrs. Fletcher had then been dead some thirteen months. Three months after her decease, he intimated a partiality he felt for me, and had for many years. Soon after this he met the gentleman he was fearful I liked at my house, and the following day wrote me a strong letter on the subject (I having told Fletcher previously that the gentleman was only a friend, and that I was anxious to retain his friendship, as we had known each other for many years, and he had been a favourite of my mother's), in which letter he said it was useless for me to say the gentleman in question, whom he saw at my house, was only a friend, for it was well known that when a young gentleman frequently visits a young lady, it must be for some purpose, either ho nourable or dishonourable. If the first, why did I deny it ? If the second, the sooner such visits were discontinued the better. I mention here the contents of this letter sent to me by Fletcher, because I gave it to three or four of my acquaintances to read, and it being sealed with the same impression as that found by Forrester at my house, they might probably re member it. The letter, with others, I unfortunately destroyed previous to my marriage with Mr. Dorey. During the time my sister was in business at the Pantheon, Mrs. Fletcher went with me to see her there, and purchased two seals precisely the same. She kept one herself, and gave the other to me. Fletcher was at variance with me because I expressed such indignance at the letter he had sent me. Some time after this my brother-in law, Mr. Saunders, came from Bristol ; he was angry with me for refusing to accept Mr. Fletcher. Mr. Saunders visited Fletcher, and talked to hint on the subject, saying it was injudicious of him to pro pose to me at a time when I was so grievously afflicted by the loss of my mother, and he having so recently lost his wife ' • therefore, Fletcher came again to see me. It must have been about this time that Mr. Saunders said he should like to see Miss -, an acquaintance of mine. He saw her two or three times, and talked to her. He did not sleep at my house, as was his usual custom, but was lodging near Ilungerford Market. I met him one day, and he told me he was thinking of calling on Miss --, to get her to sign the paper he had in his hand. I looked at it, and found it to be the will of Mary Hunt. I talked to Miss -- about the gentleman, my friend (meaning Fletcher), and said it was eery Shelikely be e might be able to get some money for her. signed the will. I took it after she had done so, and looked at what -she had written, and commented on her not having written her own name, but that of Mary Hunt. She replied, she dared say that would do as well. I returned it again to Saunders, and never heard anything more about it. What I state here is all the knowledge I have, or ever had, in the matter. I lent Mr. Saunders 401. or WI. when he first came up from Bristol, and he repaid me before he went home. Both he and Fletcher were angry with me, therefore they were not commu nicative with me as to what they were doing. Fletcher again urged his suit, and I repulsed him, upon which he said ho roust know, once for all, whe ther I would receive him as my future husband or not. On my determined refusal of him, he said he would never again be on terms of friendship with me, nor give me his advice, as he had hitherto done. From that time, up to January, 1843, I neither saw nor heard anything of him, only that he was married, and had visited Mr. and Mrs. Saunders at Bristol. I was married to Mr. Dorey in the month of Fe bruary following, and living at No. 45, Oxford-street. At that time my sister was visiting me. I think shout March (I cannot speak with certainty to the exact time) Mr. Fletcher called at -my residence to see my sister. He came, I think, twice. On one occasion of his coming I remained in the room with him and my sister some minutes. He said to my sister, " I hope you will soon get it done:' My sister replied, she did not know what to do about it, as she was such a bad hand at writing. Fletcher said, " Perhaps your sister will d , o , it for you." I asked what it was, and he would said, do Some writing." I immediately replied, ~ she required," and then left the room. The same evening my sister gave me a will that Fletcher bad brought her, written in his own handwriting, and asked me to copy it, which I did , and si g ned one n ame as Fletcher had written it. I then took a lodging i n Francis-street for Miss Slack. I do not know w h at other proceedings were taken in the m atter , kReatISO m sister was fearful I should relate anythi'ag about y it to Mr. Dorey. She did not tell me anyg about it. On one occasion of Mr. Fletcher visiting my sister at my house in Oxford-street, I heard him say to her she must lose no time in going to bath. She said to my husband she had occasion to gr.) there on business, but would return to town agar;,, and that she would pay my expenses, if he had no objection for me tko with her. He assented, and we went. We slept in. Bath one night, and the following morning called at his offices, one near the York Home and the other near the Abbey Church-yard. My sister inquired THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVEO'CLOCK, i n Ti me f or th e EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELI VERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time tor the AFTERNOON TRAINS and. a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, Containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to Mat Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. THE WEEKLY MEETING of the. LEAGUE will be held in the THEATRE ROYAL CO VENT-GARDEN, Olt WHDNESDAV EVENING NEXT, May 22. The Chair will be taken precisely at HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK. The meeting will be addressed by Mark Phillips, Esq., M.P. ; George Thompson, Esq.; and other gentlemen. Cards or admission may be had on application at the Offices of tho .eague, on Monday and Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and .ur o'clock. Applications for Private Boxes to be made personally or by letter on Monday. The cards of registered Members will admit, as heretofore, to Pit ,nd Galleries. DOORS TO LIE OPENED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. ( 4 , - 1 TAR PAC ICE T S.—GILAYE SEND and. LONDON . , By way of the BLACKWALL RAILWAY. EIG HITE NC E THROUGHOUT. BOAT AND RAIL INCLUDED. From the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, , Morning, Seven, Half-past Nine, and Half-pest Twelve ; Afternoon, Two, Four, Six. and Seven. Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, Morning, Ten, Eleven, and Twelve; Afternoon, Three, Four, Six, and Half-past Revell. Sundays from Gravesend, Morning., Seven. and Half-iput Nino ; Afternoon, Four, Six, and Seven. From Blackwell, Morning, Tea and Eleven; Afternoon, Three, Six, and Half-past Seven. From the Old Similes Pier% above Lendon-bridge. Daily at Nine. Star Office, Gravesend, May 17, 1844. LONDON TO PARIS, via BOULOGNE. THE NEW COMMERCIAL - COMPANY'S superior packets CITY of BOULOGNE or EMERALD, will run every SUNDAY, TUBSDAY, and FRIDAY, (weather permit ting), from London-bridge Wharf, us under :—Saloon, 15s. ; Fore cabin, 10s. ; Children half-price. • Sunday, May 19th— ..11 morning. Tuesday „ 21st .... 1 '„ Friday „ 24th 3 Sunday „ 26th .... 6 „ Tuesday „ 28th •••• 7 „ Friday „ 31st ••.• 9 The advantages to the Public by a direct communication between London and Boulogne are the great saving of expenses, particularly families having luggage, &c., which Is at once put on board the vessel (free of wharfage) and landed at its destination without being liable to loss ordiunage from removals by trains or otherwise, and the ac commodation atiorded to Passengers in the above vessels, by having private cabins for ladies, as well as excellent sleeping bertha. The distance from port to port is frequently done within ten and seldom exceeds twelve hours. . _ Offices, Fish-street-11111; 12, Water-lane, Lower Tbamos-street, and Chapl!u'a Universal office, Regent-circus. MUSIC OF FRANCE. Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The Directors have eagaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver A SERIES of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different NATIONS. The MUSIC of FRANCE commences on the 20th instant, and will be continued during the week, on Monday, Wednes day, and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock ; and on Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock, with VOCAL and INSTRU MENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the other LECTURES and EXHIBITION'S as usual. LONG BOTTOM'S PHYSTOSCOrE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ARM STRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, Ste., Sce. Admission, Is.; Schools, Ilalt-price. GENERAL TOM THUMB (for a few days longer), the American Dwarf, under the especial patronage of her Majesty and the Royal Family, exhibiting every Day and Evening, previous to visiting Paris, In CATLIN'S spacious INDIAN GALLERY, EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, from Eleven to One, half-past Two to Five, and from Seven to Nine o'Clock, illustrations of Napoleon, the Grecian Statues, Singing, Dancing, &c. This wonderful man in miniature weighs only FIFTEEN POUNDS, and is smaller than any infant that ever walked alone. The elegant presents from her Majesty and the Queen Dowager may be also seen. The General wears his Court Dress daily at Half-past Twelve. -The General continues to wait on the Nobility and Gentry on duo notice. Admission One Shilling. The General has never appeared on the stage of the Maymarket Theatre as has been represented. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR ANCE, SOCIETY, Arthur-street, West, London-bridge. (Established lu 1837.) DIRECTORS. CrrAIRMAN —Robert Currey, Edward Baker, Esq. Thomas Bax, Esq. Jasper Capper, Esq. Joseph Cooper, Esq. Thomas Dakeyne, Esq. Russell Jeffrey, Esq. Giles Itetlmayne, Esq. Williaut R. Spicer, Esq. James Spicer, ltsq. Joseph Sterry, jun., Esq. Henry Sterry, Esq. Robert Wilcozon, Esq. nANiums. Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co. ♦DVANTAGES. A BONUS of Two-thirds of the Profits allotted to the Assured. LOWER RATES of PREMIUM charged for Assurances without Profits. PREMIUMS Payable Annually, Half-yearly, or Quarterly. AtigURANCES of EVERY DESCRIPTION may be effected. Among others, the important one, originated by this Society, of se curing a sum to the Assured himself on his attaining any given age, or to his family in the event of his earlier death. A POCKET DIARY, containing detailed particulars, may be had on application at the Office, or of the Society's Agents. JENKIN JONES, Actuary and Secretary. MPERIAL RUSSIAN- POLISH LOAN of 1 150,000,000 Florins (of 1835), IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN of 30,000,000 Florins (of 1839), guaranteed by their Majesties the Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Russia. GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS AT WARSAW AND TEENNA. In the Russian-Polish Loan the following Dividends will be re-lm bursed:—Oue of 1,000,0000., one of 300,00011., two of 150,00011., six of 25,000(1., eight of 14,00011., &c., together 7,000 dividends, gaining 7,970,00011. Smallest dividend 75011., largest 1,000,00011. In the Austrian Loan 700 bonds will obtain 701,700 fl , In lots of 230,00011., 50,00011., 15,00011., 10,00011., & c. Smallest dividend 50011.10 florins are equal to It. sterling, a trifle more or less, as per day's exchange. Tho prices are-- 1 Russian-Polish Scrip for £2 10 1 Austrian Scrip for £3 0 4 do. do. de. 10 0 6 do. do. 15 0 9 do. do. do. 20 0 13 do. do. 30 0 Payable by bank notes, remittances, or drafts. Dividends re-im bursable at Frankfurt, Paris, Loudon, or Now York, at the option of the kolders postages, foreign subscribers may apply to his houses in Paris, New York, and at Mr. A. Schwarzschlld's, 1, Plough-court, Lombard street, Loudon, by latter only. Prospectuses, with full particulars, and Lists of the Distribution, promptly forwarded to every share holder abroad J. ♦. SCIIWABZSCHILD, Banker and Receiver-General. Frankfort-oil-Maine, Aprll, 1844. *,,* A Florin being 25., it follows that a fifth share at 12s. in the Austrian Government Distribution is relatively much more valuable than one Red Bond in the private speculation of the 25th. IMPERIAL and ROYAL AUSTRIAN LOAN. The DRAWING of this eminent DISTRIBUTION of MONEY will take place on the let of JUNZ, 1844, and contains Im portant Premiums of 230,000, 50,000, 15,000, 10,000, 8,000, 6,000, two of 4,000, two of 2,000, three of 1,500, five •f 1,200, five of 1,100, five of 1,000, six of 900, ton of 800, twenty of 700, forty-three of 600, and five hundred and ninety-three of 500 florins, Convention Money. One florin being equal to two shillings, the smallest Premium is 501. sterling and the highest Premium 83,0001. sterling. Prices of Bonds:—One whole Bond, 31. sterling; one-fifth, 12 shit ; six whole Bonds, 151. sterling, For further particulars apply without delay to Mr. M. MAUGER, Gazette Office, or to Mr. EUGENE TILLOT, Conunereial Arcade, Guernsey. All applications for Bonds front England, Scotland, or Ireland, will be punctually attended to by return of post, provided they are accom panied with a remittance, either in Bank notes, Bank, post bills, or post-office orders, or by depositing the amount in the hands of Messrs. J. L. Pickstock and Co., bankers, Clements-lane, Lombard-street, London, who correspond with Mr. Eugene Tillot, at Guernsey. IPETER WILLIAMS, at present and for 9 seven months past, residing at 5, Drury-lane, in the parish of St. Giles, in the county of Middlesex, journeyman shoemaker late residing at 13, King-street, Hammersmith, boot and shoe maker, for one year and upwards, do hereby give notice that I intend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be protected from all process upon making a full disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects for payment of my Jest and lawful debts; and I hereby further give notice that the time when the matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette and in the Morning Sun Newspaper one month at the least after the date hereof; as witness my hand, this IGth day of May, in the year Mom* Lord, 1844. PETER WILLIAMS. Witness, John J. Spiller, 3S, Camomile-street, Blshopsgate, attorney for the said Peter Williams. IMPORTANT to FAMILIES FURNISHING. —A considerable saving can be effected in the purchase of Furnishing Ironmongery, by visiting the PANKLIBANON IRON WORKS, 58, Baker-street, Portman-square, where may be in spected the most extensive STOCK of IRONMONGERY GOODS in the Kingdom, consisting of kitchen cooking utensils, German silver wares, drawing-room stoves, shower and vapour baths, ornamental Iron work, garden implements, japanned water cans and toilette pails, best Sheffield plate, kitchen ranges, fenders and fire-irons, tea trays, ornamental wirework, flower stands, table cutlery, &c. Every article being marked in plain figures, at the lowest possible price, will fully convince purchasers at this establishment of the great advantage re sulting from Cash payments, as the proprietors warrant evexy article of the very best manufacture, at a saving of at least 30 per cent.— THORPE, FA.LLOWS, and Co., 58, Baker-street, Portman-square. —A liberal allowance to nierChants and captains. SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver sup planted by the introduction of a now mid perfectly matchless ALBATA PLATE. C. WATSON', 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON-FOL GATE, aided by a person of science in the amalgamation of metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice the moot beautiful article over yet offered; possessing all the richness of Sliest iu appearance —with all its durability and hardness—with its perfect sweetness in use—undergolng, as it does, a chemical process, by which all that is nauseous in mixed metals Is entirely extracted- -resisting all acids — may he cleaned as silver, and is manufactured into every article for the Table and Sideboard. Threaded. King's. Table Spoons and Forks, per doz 16s. 6d. .. 30s. Od. 355. Od Dessert ditto, per doz.• .•• • • • • 12s. Gd. • . 25e. Od. • • 28s. Oil Tea Spoons, per doz. •• • • Sugar Tongs, each .... Salt and Mustard Spoons, each .... Gs. Od. • • 13s. Gd. •• 13s. Gd Counnunion Services, &c. C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this metal is pecu liarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold, than his metal is from all others ; on its intrinsic merit aloneBilCo it to be tested, and from the daily increasing culogiums lie receives, he is convinced that nothing can provost its becoming an article of uni versal wear. C. Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current is just published, and families who regard economy and elegance, should possess themselves of this useful book, wkich may be had gratis, and post free, from the above address. Ivory Table-knives, lie. per dozen, Dessert, 9s. ; Carvers, 3s. 6d. per pair. DESSERT. C ANVERS. doz. pair. 3t-in. handsome balance handle 18e. Od, 14e, Qd. Ge. 6d. t-ln, balance handle, largest and best made ••• • • ••• ••••••• • • • • • • 20s. Od. 165. Od. 7e. Gd. Ditto with Watson'sWaen Albans Plate tamales, equal to silver.... Forks half the above price. Paper Tea-trays, Ms: the sst of Three ; very richly ornaments 50s. the Set of Three. A Five Quart Loudon made Bronze Tea-urn 655, up to St. A Sat of Six London made Dish Covers 18s. Gd.; Imperial Raised Patent, 355. 6d. the Set of Six. WATSON'S, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON FOLGATE. Mafia houses have for Fifty Years ranked pre-etnineat for their Cutlery, 'Siena for his Catalogue. which is laweys exchanged, if not approval. SCHWEPPE'S SODA and POTASS WATERS, constantly used at the !loyal Palaces at Windsor and London, as well as by the prinmpal Nobility and Gentry of the United King. dow. and recommended by el the leading medical profession, cm, tinue to be mannf.ctured with the utmost care by J. S. and Co., aided by their powerful machinery, and the valuable experience of half a century. Every bottle haf , its due proportion of alkali, which is rarely, if ever, the case with the inferior waters. To prevent imposition, a red label, with their signat ure, is trap, op the cork, without which none is genuine. SCHWEpPE'S LIQUID MAGNESIA, to supersede the use of Magnesia in its soli form, is attaining a high reputation, and is generally recommended by the faculty as a most valuab e anti-acid. g Sold by all respectable ehyinists ari4 patent medicine vendors,' in bottles ut Is., 2s. ad. 4s. Ca. and Ifs. each. Eypry grnuiPP bottle is distinguished by a label.-51, rimers street, London, and also at their branch manufactories at Liverpool, Ettlitol, and Derby. LETTERS of CREDIT on BOMBAY.—The UNION BANK of LONDON having been appointed AGENTS for the BANK of WESTERN INDIA, are authorised to receive sums not exceeding 5001., to be accounted for in Bombay, in rupees at the exchange of the day. By order of the Directors, W. W. SCRINIGEOUR, .angst. Union Bank of London, No. 8, Moorgate-street. • • ei ENTLEMEN'S VELVET HATS A... 31 • 10s. 6d. to Hls. Those who wish to dispose of their money to the beat advantage will save much by visiting PEIIRING'S ESTABLISHMENTS CECIL HOUSE, if,. STRAND, and 251, REGENT-STREET, where will be found the most extensive and varied Stock in the kingdom, tlic prices and qualities •f which must give universal satisfaction. Superior ?Seaver lists, 145.; better, 16s. 6d. ; the best short Map, 21s; bat livery hat, with lace band 1 inch wide, 245. Caps of every description, from ls. Paris Silk Hats, 6s. Gd : .toSs. 6d. • OBSERVE THE ADDRESSES. LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 1, Charlotte-row, Martalon-house, and 18, Chaucery-lane, London. BY PILE HALF PREMIUM PLAN only one-half of the first seven years' premium is required, the other half poing payable at at the convenience of the assured ; thus allowing a Policy to be continued for seven years at one-half of the usual rate, or to be dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice, and entitling the assured, seven years hence, when loss of health may prevent him from effecting a new Assurance, to continue a Policy at a rate of premium applicable to an age seven years younger. The Half-premium plan of Assurance, as practised by this Company, thus enables persons to retain to tkeir own use the one-half of the premiums for the first seven years, at Si. per cent. interest. Thus, suppose the or dinary premium for an assurance of 5001. to be 101., the first pay ment by the half-premium plan will be five guineas, being the one half of the 101., and interest for the retained half; and, if death should occur in the first year, the sum of 5101. would be paid less the 51. retained. The assured may thus have the use for the first year of 51. ; for the second, of 101. ; and so on till the end of the seventh year, when the retained sums, amounting to 351., may either be repaid, sr retained at 51. per cent. interest until death, when the 351. would be subtracted from the 5001. then payab. -I .lthe Company. TO ASSURE ONE ISE DEED POUNDS ON lIALF PREM./JD( SYSTEM. Age. . s. d. Ago. Z. a. d. 15 - - 116 1 40 - . 111 5 20 - - - OIS 0 45 - . 116 6 25---107 50 . . 2 g 9 30 - - 1 3 6 54 - 212 5 Prospectuses and schedules are forwarded to applicants, free of ex ', mote, by the Manager and Agents. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. AGENTS. Abingdon - - Tyrrell, Win., Merchant Aberporth - - Roberts, C. H., Surveyor Alresford - - - Lipsconffie, L., Solicitor Alserystwith - - - Davis, W., Postmaster Athy - - - - Crosse, M., Civil Engineer Ashby do la Zouch - 8111, It., Solicitor Bath - - - - Broadley, J., Wine Merchant Bury St. Edmund's Salmon, W., Solicitor Berwick - - - Nicholson, It. T., Publisher Brentwood - - - Brown, R., Tea-dealer Bristol - - - - Barris, C., Solicitor Brighton - Kennett, W., Solicitor Broseley - - - Jones, J. Manufacturer Bishop's Castle - - Griffiths, E., Postmaster Bremen - - - Keutgen, C., Merchant Bruton - - - - Mitchell, C. C., Solicitor Bridgewater - - - Deacon, F., Solicitor Belfast - - - G. Emerson and Son, Merchants B a m ites i e e - Boyd, Win., Brewer - M C o a a Y t be e s raYna t cl i L d e l f ir ob il u li r a e m , m s, e S r o c l h ic an ito ts rs C ll o re rk cou Bordeaux - - - Cutler, F., Merchant Chelmsford - - - Williams, T. W., Auctioneer Chichester - - - Pascoe, T., Draper Carlisle - - - Rodgson, T. 11., Solicitor Canterbury - - - DaVey, J., Land Agent Cirencester - - - Box, W. 8., Solicitor Corwen - - Roberts, John, Land Agent Chatham - - - Whitehead, T., Accountant Cambridge - Dian/sock, J., Printseller Chard - - - Adney, F., Solicitor Chcrtsey - - Xempton, J., Bookseller Church Stretton - - Robinson, J., Agent Clindleigh - - - Prowse, J., Draper Carlow - - - Johnson, W., Merchant Cape Town - - - Hart, W., jun., Merchant Dublin - - - Pike, W. and 1., Mine Merchants Darlington - - Taylor, W. 1., Druggist Dorking - - - Lanham, Hy., Agent Deal - - - Brothers, J., Chemist Devonport - - Tucker, H., jun., Solicitor Dorchester - - From!, .1., Chemist Drogheda - - Hamilton, J. B. and IL, Booksellers Donegal - - - Rankine, W., Merchant Dawlish - - - Ryles, M., Solicitor Dense - - Wilson, J., Draper Enniscortity - - Davis, S., Merchant Epsom - - - Darling, J., Bookseller Ellesmere - - •Cooley, C. E., Land Agent Exeter - Balle, T., Bookseller Edinburgh - - - Yeitch, James, Attorney Enniskillen - - - Kernaghan, T., Merchant Emeworth - - - Stone, R., Surveyor Gosport - - Wright, A., Grocer Greenwich - - Fisher, T. 8., Draper Gloucester - - - Needham, J., Bookseller Gravesend - - - Powis, J., Harmer-street Galway - - Costello, J., Wine-merchant Guernsey - - Querlpel, E., jun., Solicitor Greenock - - Erskine, 11., Merchant Gainsborough - - Lovell, G. W., Academy Bonito's - - - Robertson, C., Banker Horsham - - - Elphick, G. VT., Conveyancer Haverfordwest - - Reynolds, W., Auctioneer Hampstead - - Paxon, F., Plumber Holyhead - -. Roberts, R., Banker Hastings - - - Burgess, J., Ironmonger Havre - • - Duteil, L., Merchant Ilindon - - Harrison, G., Postmaste Uuddersfleld - • Battyo, T. H., Solicitor Hull - - Hewitt, T. F., Merchant Kitchen - - - Allen, G. L., Grocer Halifax - - - Garlick, 1 1 .1. P., Solicitor Ipswich - - - Mills, W. P., Surgeon Isle of Man - - - Ilemswortb, C. W., Douglas Kilkenny - - - Prentice, B. M., Banker Kidderminster - Saunders, H., Solicitor. Kingsbridgo - - Jellard, P., Solicitor Limerick - - - Jones, R. L., Merchant Lewes - - Griffith, J., Appraiser Latnpeter - - - Parry, T., Chemist Lincoln - - - Dawber, W., Merchant Leeds '- - - - Compton, N., Architect Liverpool - - - Davidson, J, ' and }Allston, E., Merchants Leith - - • - CasOells, W. G., Merchant Loughroa - - - Cowan, J., Agent Listowol - - - O'Connor, M. ' Merchant Lostwithiel - - Kidd, 11. R., Academy Lynn - - - Edwards, H., Solicitor Leicester - Trull, J., Surgeon Mahlon - Dlgby, G. VT., Solicitor Manchester - - - Langston, E., Sharebroker Maidstone - - Bartlett, S., Silversmith Monaghan - - - Fleming, J., Surveyor Mullingar - - - Fitzgerald, J. Brewer Morpeth - - - Wilkinson, S., Stationer • Moffatt - - - Reid, T., Solicitor Midhuret - - Wardroper, E., Solicitor Newmarket • - - Simpson, A., Bookseller Newtown - - Rickards, J., Draper Norwich - - - Long, E. S.D., Solicitor Newbury - - - Ityott, R. A., Chemist Newcastle Warburton and Co., Sharebrokere Newcastle Emlyis - Jones, W., Printer Northampton - - Pywell, 11., Solicitor Newington - Browne, J. 0., Surveyor Newport (I. Wight) - Wray and Son, Merchants Newport (Monmouths.) Long, S. 111., Auctioneer Oswestry - - - Price, W., Bookseller Oakliampton - - Townsliend, J., Stationer Oxford - - Whitby, F., Accountant Pwlltell - - Pugh, Hugh, Barker Penzance - - • Brittan, A. K., Banker Portmadoe - - Lloyd, it., Banker Peterstleld - - - Duplock, G., Bookseller Plymouth - - - Saunders, W., Ship Agent Paris - - Daly, M., Banker Poole - - Aldridge and Crabb, Merchants Reading - - - Hubbard, W., Accountant Rockford - - Green, J., Surgeon Rochdale - - - Molesworth, J., Solicitor Sheffield - - - Mitchell, S., Accountant St. Columb - - - Nankivell, J., Draper St. Austle - - Andrew, J., Printer Southampton - - Hunter, D., Merchant Stroud Kearsey, W. W., Solicitor . Shaftesbury rrlnter Sligo - - - - Boy l e , J., Misreitant Scarborough - Merry, W., Academy Stoarbridge - Crompton, If. M., Solieltr: Salisbury - - Fulford, G., Draper Sherborns - • Ticary, J., Printer Somerton - - - Walton, V. 8., Auctioneer Tewkesbury - - Thomas, J., Solicitor Thornbury T. Ilqll 3, Agent Tunbridge - • • Kenning and USri4ll. Tunbridge Wells - Delves, J., House ..kgclit Torquay - - Jacobs, A., Jeweller Truro - - Braithwaite, F., Solicitor Totzes - - Williams, W., Currier Tenby - - Walkington, J., Chemist Taunton Jeyce, J. Chemist Traleo - . . A. ., Saliaitor Teiguinoutk Beater, J., Collector Thornbury - - • Harris, W. 11., agent Woolwich - - - Cassells, W. G., Banker Worcester - - - Holden, H., Solicitor Welshpool - Edwards, E., Draper Wincanton - Caines, R., Banker Weskrham - . Palmer, C., Academy Wigton, 1.13. Carson, W., Town Clerk Winchester , VR.lt4filll, B. C.. Solicitor Yarmouth - 5p11014 .. yarm - • FR33ltl, 0 00 1Ese 1 401 . Yeovil - . 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At the Annditl General Meeting of this Charity, held at Free masons' Hall, London, on Friday, the 17th day of May, 1844, The Right Hon. the Earl of ZETLA tiD, M.W.G.M., in the chair, Atter the general business was disputed of, the Governors and Sub scribers proceeded to the ELECTION of TWELVE ANNUITANTS, and the following was the result of die Poll, viz.:— *Slav') Maxfleld 4,644 *William Bridle • • • • 3,80 *William Ruby .......... 1,721 *John Martin • • • • • • 1,547 *John Cook .. • • • • • • 1,493 *John James 8ird........ 1,468 *James Cheetham .• • • 1,366 *William S. Swendell .. • • ,1,325 *John Morris ... 1,315 *Joseph Williamson.... 902 *John Cook • • • • • • • • 867 *Robert Maddock • • • • • • • 762 Richard Maryon George Broughton 7 , 4 e James ...... 586 Richard Clark • • • • 578 John Durntbrd • . Thomas Spenceley Robert Hutton.... • ••• • .. 452 Richard Howell • • • • • . 419 Those marked thus (*) were dads WILI William llorrecks .. • 446 Natthew Naylor • . Thomas Hobson . . 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We can honestly recommend the perusal of it to our readers." ERA...-. It is written in a plain and easy style, frorp which may be obtained many v a l ua bl e hi nts on the method o f re t ai ning the in. estimable blessing—Health." MARK LANE ExPness Whoso !cadet , ' this excellent work let him ponder it well." To be had of Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 23, Paternoster-row ; 011ivier, 59, Pall-m a ll ; London. Price 5s 6d. Onwhyn, it, Catherine-street, Strand, EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERIES IN THE MOON. • • THE MONSTER TELESCOPE. (From Hood's Magazine for May.) [We feel infinite pride and gratification in bein- , able to present the following letter exclusively to our subscriliers ; who will thus be in possession of discoveries, which for some days, probably some weeks, will not appear in the scientific journals. The astronomical reader will readily recognise the stupendous instrument referred to by our Correspondent, as the one constructed at the expense and under the direction of a nobleman of distinguished mechanical genius, and de voted to the sublime study of the stars. Its dimensions may be estimated from the fact that it is twice as long (eighty feet) as the famous telescope erected by Sir William Iler schen at Slough. The diametor of the speculum is two yards ! --Eorron.] Dublin, April 21, 1844. My dear ****—Since my last, an event has occurred hero of unusual interest to the scientific world, and the astrono mers in particular:—nothing less than the testing of the monster telescope!—with results so extraordinary and of such thrilling interest, that, jaded as I am with fatigue and excitement, I cannot resist sitting down to give some ac count of our discoveries. It was my good fortune, you will remember, to be present at the casting of the great speculum, when his Lordship so signally exhibited his skill, energy, and presence of mind : and on Friday last . I was agreeably surprised by receiving a courteous invitation to assist, as the }tench say, at an ex perimental trial of .the powers of the stupendous machine, at last happily completed after time expenditure of so much time, labour, and money. Finding that my friend Maclure, the well-known author of a "Treatise on . the Differential Calculus," had received a similar card, we hired a chaise and proceeded together to the appointed rendezvous, his Lord ship's country seat. To prevent interruption, or intrusion, the affair was a profound secret, except to the initiated—in all about a score of persons, several of whom had-come over expressly from England, and one or two front the Continent. According to Maclure, there was even a Professor from the Swedish University of Upsala. The company being all mustered, we repaired in a body, led by our noble host, to the grounds, where we found the telescope, erected pro tenzpore on a gentle eminence in the park; the abundant brass work glittering brightly in the moonbeams, and the huge frame, throwing a complicated skeleton-like shadow across the smooth grass. Seen against the dark blue sky by the dubious lunar light, its dimensions seemed even greater than they really were. Altogether it looked more like some gigantic engine of war—a " hollow tube" of that artillery described by Milton as pointed by the rebellious angels against the host of Heaven, than a machine intended to aid in the peaceful achievements of science—a quiet victory over space. Some minutes were spent in walking round the telescope, watching-its singular appearance in different aspects, and then in testing and admiring the simplicity of its construc tion and the facility of the movements. ihe workmanship was perfect. Not a screw was loose ; not a hinge was stiff; every joint and pivot moved as easily and as silently as those of the human frame. So delicate was the adjustment; so nice the poise. A child could have turned the enormous tube, at will, in any direction. No vibration, no oscillation None but the operatives of our country and our own times could have produced such a result. It. was verily the triumph of modern mechanic art I At last, we all congregated in a group round the inferior end of .the machine. The huge brass cap over the larger disc had been removed : the covering of the smaller lens was now withdrawn, and the tube stood ready to disclose its wondrous visions to the human eye. Expectation was on tiptoe—curiosity wound up to the highest pitch—anxiety on the rack—but nobody stirred or spoke. There was a dead, solemn pause of wonder, and I might say awe, for who knew what sublime revelations might be in store for us ! sights invisible to the mortal organ since the creation of the world! What perplexing problems were perhaps about to be solved! What long-cherished theories confirmed or overturned for ever! In the meantime the glass was carefully levelled at one " bright particular star," and through the intense silence came an emphatic whisper distinctly audible to us all. "Now, them, gentlemen, for the first look through the virgin instrument." This honour was assigned to a person age who stood beside me :—the Astronomer Royal, probably, or Sir John . llerschel ; but my old infirmity prevented me from catching the name, and I am acquainted, personally, with very few of our scavans. Possibly you - will recognise him froth my description—a large square-built man, very bald, with a bland countenance, and a peculiar hitch in his speech. Ile trembled visibly as he applied his eye to the glass, and to judge by myself we all quivered more or less with the same nervous excitement- By a stop-watch, his gaze would perhaps have occupied some forty or fifty seconds : but to my feeling, and doubtless to that of the rest of the company, the long, long look endured for several minutes. Nevertheless, nobody hurried to take his place when he turned away from the glass : every eye was in tently riveted on his face as if to guess by its expression the nature and amount of his emotions. But to all our glances and inquiries he only answered by the exclamation —"Look ! look ;" with a gesture of his arm towards the telescope. The noble proprietor was now urged to take the turn ; and after a very hasty peep, resigned his place to a foreigner, whom I should have guessed to be Mons. Arago, who cer tainly ought to have been there, if he had borne the .least resemblance to tke portraits of that distinguished philosopher. But he wanted the commanding figure, as well as the marked features, of the French astronomer. llowever, he wore the star of some foreign order on his bosom • and another of his attributes was a prodigious gold snuff-box, from which he drew and inhaled an intolerably long-drawn pinch before he settled to the glass. Like his Lordship, his politeness did not allow him to engross the sight for more than a few seconds ; but they sufficed to convince him, that the spectacle was " superbe ! magnifique !" as he continued to ejaculate between each prise from his tabati?re. We now stood rather less ceremoniously on the order of our peeping. One after another hurried eagerly to the glass, curiosity sometimes taking precedence of good breeding; but the expressive faces of those of us who had looked, their excited gestures and vehement expressions of surprise and admiration, had worked impatience into a fever. These rap tures, however, owed a portion of their intensity to some gra tification vouchsafed only to the scientific : for, when my own turn came, my first feeling was one of disappointment. The two brilliant stars that I beheld, magnified almost into moons, were indeed beautiful objects—their discs sharply de fined, and without any prismatic halo, or diffused light from scratches on the speculum,—defects which had been appre hended as 'likely to occur with lenses and a mirror of such enormous size. But that was all. I was not aware till after wards of the true value of the phenomenon—that up to the hour, those twin orbs had been supposed to be one. The company having warmly congratulated the noble pro prietor do the signal success of his enterprise, the Gigantic Telescope was turned towards another quarter of the heavens, by this time studded with stars. The Frenchman now took the lead : and whatever he saw, the spectacle was too much for his equanimity. He hastily seized on his nearest neigh bour, whom, with a " Mon Dieu :" he literally dragged to the glass—still exhorting every one about him to regarder, as it' they could all have looked simultaneously through the tube. His successor was also a foreigner, possibly the Swedish Pro fessor, for he had the same cast of face, with the long light hair flowing over his shoulders, as our old friend Jorgenson of Stockholm. He was also strongly excited, as was a very venerable white-haired gentleman, who followed him in turn ; the last indeed, by the glistening of his eves, was even in tears. And really there was cause for such strong emotion, considering the singular beauty of the spectacle, and the interesting nature of the discovery which I shall endeavour to describe. In common with many others, I have often wondered at the the resemblance between the constellations and the objects after which they are named. With trifling exceptions, they suggest no figures at all, certainly not the monsters, real or fabulous, that sprawl on our celestial maps. For example, it would require a very courtier's imagination to detect in the stars of Taurus any similarity to a bull, or in Cetus anything " very like a whale." As to the Bear, he much more re sembles his vulgar alias, the Plough. But we did injustice to the Chaldean seers, and the patriarchal shepherds, or who ever recognised the ancient signs in heaven, and bestowed on them their names. In the course of ages, many of the stars belonging to the Constellations have receded, and disap peared, like the remarkable one missed from its place by Hipparchus of Rhodes, about 160 years before the Christian era. These lost stars, till now invisible NI modern eyes, were however plainly discernible through the ➢lonster Telescope ; and it was obvious, that when they occupied their original places, the Constellations to which they belonged must have presented a striking, not to say startling, resemblance to the figures with which they were associated. For instance, Leo, which was as well defined in its outline,by. its stars, as our Royal Crowns, &e., in illumination lamps! The excitement produced by this brilliant discovery it would be difficult to describe. One little brisk personage ac tually capered with delight •, while the Frenchman threw himself, after the national fashion, upon his Lordship, whom he overwhelmed with his embraces and his voluble felicita tions. Another, a tall, large man, walking rapidly to and fro, rubbing his hands vehemently, and muttering to himself, "It beats the solar eclipse at Pisa!"* In the meantime some of the more composed of the party took occasional peeps through the telescope, and from their successive reports, be held not only double, triple, and quadruple stars of various colours—blue, red, green, and purple, but absolute swarms of comets ; not less than sixty-four being counted within the same field of view—some with a single tail, others with two, and one projecting from its nucleus three distinct trains of light, diverging from each other at angles of about twenty degrees ! Judge of our state of enthusiasm and rapture at these thronging novelties Every body seemed more or less in a state of delirium For my own part, I can only compare my feelng to the exaltation which I once experienced after inhaling the laughing gas. I seemed literally lifted Above the earth And possessed joys not promised at my birth. Nothing but the dread of alarming the neighbourhood, and attracting a concourse of the peasantry, prevented our join ing in a general shout. As yet nobody had positively mentioned the Moon ; but sundry glances at the planet had shown that she was not ab sent from our thoughts. These significant looks now became more frequent ; and her name even began to be uttered amongst us, in spite of a previou s understanding that she was' to be left to the last, by w a y of a bonne boucite . But the wonders we had already seen b a d excited our appetite for the marvellous to a raven ous p itch; and of all the celes tial bodies'the moon, the neare s t t o the earth—our own satel lite with her map - like fa ce—her dark and bright spots—her prodigious mountains , vall e y s, and active volcanoes, has ever been a subject of supreme interest in human speculation. These conjectural fancies the Monster Telescope, with its im mense powers, now promised to set at rest, together with the romantic theory of Fontenelle, of a plurality of worlds, each inhabited like our own. first Inspired by these hopes , and ea g er to realise I them, there sprang up among us a sort of a g itation, carried on by mur mursebui. alluded or the wa t litlhkey \r‘srtay.The venerable togentleman look, and after a while actually staggered away frofq the glass with an and gestures which finally led to the investigation of the Moon, in preference to Jupiter and his satellites, Saturn and his ring, alreadyediCy ejaculation, whigh, though natural under the circumstances, would seem profane if deliberately committed to paper. • rrQbably Mr. Dailey, the astronomer.—ED. However, it sufficed, with his look of concern, if not horror, to drive US from our propriety. There was a general rush towards the glass, each individual who succeeded in turn, havia ,, to endure the entreaties, remonstrances, and even re proaches, from the more impatient of the throng. In this unsatisfactory way I obtained a hurried glimpse ; but it served to show me such a scene of desolation as I had never contemplated even in a dream. Wide dreary wastes of white sand, bounded by barren rocks, enclosin. , gloomy valleys dark as that of the Sh a d ow of Death ! 'Vegetation there was none ; but one immense shady tract proved to be a vast forest—literally a Black Forest—of charred trees. In its shape I seemed to recognise one of those dark patches on the surface of the full moon,* which are visible to the naked eye. Dismal as these features were, there were others of quite as melancholy a character. Thus the bright spot named after Kepler by the astronomers, was made out by the Swedish professor to be a great conical hill of bones bleached to a dazzling whiteness. To what class ot animals they be longed it was impossible to determine ; but none of them resembled the bones of the human spz.cies. • Ffoill these indications we at first entertained sanguine hopes of seeing some living creatures; but not the least sign or stir of life could be detected in any part of the planet. But the most astounding discovery was yet to come. Amongst the dark patches on the face of the moon, dis cernible by the naked eye, is a remarkable one, supposed to be . a valley or cavity, which has been estimated by some astronomers as fifty miles broad, and nearly three miles in depth. It is called after Tycho Brahe,. I believe, by the learned. In the midst of this huge hollow, there appears a bright spot, formerly the object of much speculation and controversy, but now ascertained, by the extraordinary powers of the new telescope, to be the skeleton of a . gigantic aninud—of dimensions so enormous as to surpass the mam moth or mastodon as much as they exceed in size our ordinary oxen ! The skeleton was lying on its side ; and most of the bones retaining their places, afforded a very good notion of its figure. According to the Frenchman, who professed to have studied osteology under Cuvier, the structure was very pecu liar, and unlike that of any known terrestrial animal, living or fossil. From the valley where it lay, there ran a long narrow• ravine, which you may trace by referring to a map of the moon. It was strewed with detached bones, and was doubtless the passage by which the monster issued and re turned from his foragings. • The total absence of life, and the conical mound of bleached bones, were now accounted for; the monster, after ravaging all around, had at last perished by famine ; but there is some thing bewildering in the idea of a creature of such magni tude inhabiting a planet not so large by two-thirds as our own. To give you any idea of the effect produced on us by so unexpected, and, I may say, so appalling a spectacle, is im possible. It was absolutely stunning. We - Stood and looked silently in each other's faces like men suddenly awakened from a sound sleep. Could it be real? 'Was it not all a dream? And that, then, was the Moon, the favourite haunt of romantic and poetical love fancies—one of the retreats of .the fairies! Well might the Frenchman shrug his shoulders and exclaim that it was " triste—rraiment afiligeante !" Nor did it much surprise me to see the old white-haired gentle man, sitting on the grass, weeping like a child. In reality there was something depressing and shocking in the horrible desolation we had witnessed; yet withal so strangely fasci nating,' that we returned to it again and again. but we made no new discovery; except of the crater of an extinct volcano, in the vicinity of the charred forest already de scribed. _ _ At this point the party broke up, and Madura and myself took leave. But there are mysterious whisperings afloat of subsequent explorations by a ". select few;" and in par ticular of some supposed ethereal or angelic beings discovered in Vesta. Their shape, it is said, cannot be distinguished ; nor are they visible whilst within the disc of the planet, which is a very bright one; but when beyond its edge they are discernible, against the dark sky, hovering about with a soft greenish light, like that of the tire flies one sees on the banks of the Rhine. As soon as I can obtain any authentic particulars you shall hear from me again. In the meantime, adieu.—Yours 'ever, CHARLES MAITLAND• KILGOUR. I omitted to mention that, observing how everybody , rubbed their eyes after looking through the telescope, I de termined to watch my own sensations, and detected a slight drawing or shooting pain in the organ ;, of course. from the immense power of the lenses overstraining the optic nerves. I have just learned that several of the party are suffering from the same cause: one of them with a temporary blind ness .of the right eye. * Perhaps the one called Cleomedes.—ED. [We have extracted the above from Hood's excellent Ma gazine, but we entertain grave doubts of its authenticity It is a very bonnie subject for a Commission of Lunacy.—ED. Sun.) • THE WILL FORGERS. CONFESSION OF MRS. DOREY. On the first indictment against the prisoners Barber and Fletcher, the confession of Mrs. Dorey was put in evidence, but upon objection being taken by the counsel for the prisoners, only that portion of it was read which applied to the case of Stewart. We are now enabled to lay before our readers the remainder of this extraordinary statement, in which Mrs. Dorey details all the particulars connected with these enormous frauds, but it is thought better that certain names mentioned should be omitted, as inquires are still going on, and their publication might tend to defeat the ends of justice. After detailing the parti culars connected with the Stewart case, Mrs. Dorey Froceeds as follows :—" About this time I went with letcher and his wife to the Bank of England. Fletcher went there to see his friend, and while we were in the Rotunda Mr. Chritmas passed us, and stopped to speak to Fletcher a moment. Fletcher left us to go and have some conversation with him, and after Fletcher returned to us, he said that Mr. Christmas and himself avoided as much as possible being seen conversing together. I asked him why. He replied, he did not wish persons em ployed in the Bank of England to know from whom he got information. Soon after this Fletcher said, from the information he had received from his friend he thought he could do some good for me, provided I would do as he instructed me. After some conversa tion with him, I said I would do so. Soon after this I was living in Dean-street. He brought to me a will of Eliza Burchard, of Westminster, and several other places, written by himself, and wished me to copy it. I did so. There was only one name written on it. He told me to disguise my hand, and write closer than usual, or I should not have room. He brought some ink of a peculiar description, in a small phial, to write it with, and also a strip of paper, with the name Eliza Burchard written upon it. Fletcher said he had received it that same morning from his friend in the Bank of England, and that he (the clerk) had copied it from the original handwriting of the de ceased in the bank books, and to which it bore as close a resemblance as possible. After I had copied the will, Fletcher, in my presence, made a fec simile of the same handwriting as that sent to him on the slip of paper by the Bank clerk, at the foot of the will, observing it was what he should do to the will that would render it useful, and not what I had done. In thinking deeply on the past occurrences since I related them to my solicitor, I perfectly recol lect that Fletcher made an impression on the will, with, I think, red wax, and probably with my seal, at the same time he wrote the names of Eliza Burchard, and William Saunders. He took it away with him and would not stop to dine with me, because he wished to be in time to show it to Barber the same day. I expostulated with Fletcher for writing the name of William Saunders, that being the name of my brother-in-law. He assured me nothing could ever come of it, and said he intended to see William Saunders and talk to him, for he was quite sure that he could do better for him than ever he would be able to do in his own business. Fletcher said I must take a lodging, and told me what I should say to the land lady in case she required a reference. I was to say my name was Eliza Burchard, and that I had come from the country to stay a short time in London, and that if she pleased I would pay her rent in advance. I was also to say that as I had friends liv : ing a short distance out of town, perhaps t I should not sleep often at the lodging , but if any le - ters were brought she was to be particular in taking care of them. I accordingly took a lodging in Great o er le in av a e ke it ni to e Russell•street, Bloomsbury , consistin g of one back room on the first floor, for w hich I paid eight or ten shillings per week. I o nl y sle p t there one night. I klod in therefore I do not think the perso n I took it from would be able to identify me. It w as Fletcher's wish that I should rwesoeunitdlher was hereafter disguise myself. He said he had a particular reason for my acquainted with; was disguised when I too the g r a did hit him. He bought me a pair of spectacles, and desired which con ceal my face as much as possible, and to rep resen t an old medirected. Some f ew d a ys after I had taken th e l o d g i ng ng, for hie thhe he I went to Flet cher's house, in Southampton-pl ace. My mother was at this time alarmingly ill. I was in a dreadf u l f r i g ht a b ou t fulfilling the promise I had ma d e t o hi m, and I was very to maid w in ar all front, things with wear as curls,he so as to uneasy in consequence of having to disguise myself. On expressing my alarm to Fletcher, and my anxiety to do nothing more i n th e matter, he assured me all was right; that he had heard from his friend in the Bank. He showed me a note he had received from him, on which there was a good deal of figuring. I saw the name of Xmas' written on the foot of the note. Fletcher also showed me an unclaimed dividend book, in which several names were written against in the margin; he said his friend in the Bank had marked them as dead' cases. I asked him what that meant. He replied, ' They are dead in law, and arethe cases we seek (here he mentioned the names of-. - and who he said transacted business at the Bank in the same way he did.' Fletcher said there was no law to prevent individuals having the money if they knew how to proceed to get it ; and that if any obstacle was thrown in his way I should see that he would immediately carry it into the DIRECTORS. EENNF.TT KINGSFORI), Esq., Chairman. BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. Alexander Anderson, Esq.l James Bartley, Esq, John Atkins, Esq. John 31%mM°, Esq. James llitidou, ligq. Captali F. Braidreth. . . John Nadeau Lee, Esq. J. Marmaduko nossotar, Esq. AUDITORS, 11. 11. Canaan, Esq. I Robert E. Alison, Esq. MEDICAL ADVISER—MATSIIIIII Hall, M.D., F.R.S., L. and D. SEcitNTAlY—Jolia Emerson, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. TIIIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed of constitution net to dispute any policy, unless they can prove that it was obtained by fraudulent misrepreSentation the great aim and object having been to reader_ Life Policies COMPLETX &WUXI TIES and NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENTS, which shall owe their value to the certainty of the contracts upon which they are founded, and be independent if the liberality or caprice of those who shall be in the management of the affairs of the Company when the claims arise ; and for this purpose the Company have, by a clause In their deed of constitution, unhesitatingly deprived themselves of the power of objecting to any policy, unless they undertake to prove that it was obtained from them by fraudulent misrepresentation. The regulations common to all other Life Companies, which make the validity of assnraace contracts dependent upon the perfect correct ness of the many statements requh•ed from a proposer for a Life Policy, and which have gives rise to almost all the questions which have been argued in the Courts, and to many extra-judicial com promises, are thus entirely abrogated ; and nothing but fraud, proved to have been committed against them, can vitiate a policy granted by this Company. THIS IS i'HI4 •NLY COMPANY from whom the assared ea the mutual principle, receive the whole of the mutual aceumulations, and also a guarautee frons the Shareholders for the sums assured. THIS IS THE 'ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay the sums in the policies, although the debts for which they were effected shall have been liquidated before the claims arise. The Company considering it only just towards the assured that where premiums have been paid for assuring a given amount, that amount should be paid ; and they undertake to de so without reference to the state of the accounting between the assured and his debtor. THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour of creditors whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured, although the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe. The premiums calculated according to the Carlisle Tables, are lower than usual upon young lives, where participation In the profits is not required ; and Sir short assurances, which, at the option of the assured, may be continued for life, the rates are as low as a due re gard to complete security will permit. TRIENNIAL ASCENDING SCALE TO ASSURE Xltile. Age. First I Second I Third Three Yrs.!Three Yrs. Three Yrs.!' Fourth ißeinahader , Throe Yrs. of Life. 25 .... . 35 •••••• 45 ...... 55 ••.• •• X e. d. £ s. tl. 127 1 9 9 1 9 9 119 6 2 1 0 2 14 10 3 11 1 4 10 9 4 8 11 i 17 4 X s. d. £ s. d. £ s. 1. 1 16 11 2 4 1 2 11 3 293219 0 3 8 9 31842 6 4 16 4 5 10 5 6 10 1 7 9 9 7 6 9 814 2 10 2 7 REMOVED FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LONDON. Just published, price 2s. Bd., and flee by post (in a sealed envelope) Price ,a. ftd.. THE SILENT FRIEND; a Medical Work on Physical Decay, its causes, and the baneful effects of exces sive indulgence and infection, illustrated by engravings, with ob servations on Marriage, and directions for the removal of certain disqualifloations. By It. and L. PERRY and CO. 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Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Eleven till Two, and Five till Eight, and on Sund.ys from Tee til Twelve. Ono personal visit only is necessary to effect apermanent cure STATE OF TRADE. - - - FOREIGN WOOL TR A DP..--LEEDS, MAY 1 7.—There has been a less active demand for some descriptions of foreign wool during the past wee k , an d transac tions on tho whoe have been more limited. Prices nevertheless are firm. -- - - ENGLISH WOOL MARKET.—LEEDS, MAY 17.—The manufacturers, who had been holding off from buying combing wool .for some time, have now considerably re duced their stocks, and are beginning to come into the market again as purchasers, though the prices they offer are below the rates at which supplies can be obtained from the farmers. Clothing wool.: are wikhout any alteration. _ _ . YORK WOOL MARKET, MAY 16.—This day the Wool market for the season commenced, and was attended by a tolerable number of buyers; but the quantity shown was very small, and throughout the market continued flat. Prices varied from 10 d. to 12 d. per lb. LEEDS.—The markets at both our Cloth-halls have been brisk for goods of a general description, but in tweeds there has been rather less done, particularly in low thin sorts. There has also been considerable inquiry for shawls and cloakings, of new patterns, whilst the halls are kept thin of goods, in consequence of many manufacturers being engaged in delivering to order for the American and Chinese markets. There has not been quite so much business done by the houses in the home trade this week, but the shipping houses continue very busy. On the whole, there is more business doing than usual at this season, with every prospect of a steady trade for the autumn. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—The attendance or merchants in the Piece Market is not so numerous to day as is usual at this time of the year, nevertheless the amount of business done is a full average of many weeks past. In prices no alteration. Yarn continues in fair request, a steady business doing, and prices firm. In wool we cannot report any improvement upon last week, either in demand or prices. TRADE OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—The favourable accounts from the United States as to the crop of 1843 has caused our principal buyers rather to pause in their purchase of cloth, but as manufactures generally are not pressing sales, it has made no difference in prices since Tuesday; a moderate business, however, must be reported. As to yarns, the same remarks apply, but as there are no heavy stocks , the market must bo noted as without any quotable change in price. BARNSLEY.—The linen trade continues steady, with the warehouses well employed, and light stocks on hand. —Leeds Mercury. spriiig, most pl eas i n gly evinced. To LApigs,- - -Tho high, and universal celebrity which Rowland'a KalPlor "n lll4 e B to Maintain, us an native of all impurities of the y sk e i tz s i , ld du a ri n n d g extirpator t a l o i o e tl i ii i i .i fs odof This preparation, eminently balsamic, restorative, and invi gorating efficacy in removing all imp ur iti e s and discoloura tiotl ; an , is d impartinge glialliy celebrated eb b r e a a t l e t d for safety in application, as for freshnesshy to the Skin and Comple xion. Its u niversally grea t demand a nd transparency excites the cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give the title of " Genuine" Kalydor to compounds of their own manufacture, of the most deleterious character, containing mineral astringents utterly ruinous to the Complexion, and, by their repellant action endangering health. It is, there 7, fop, inipertitiyelm purcluis,ers to see th a t th e words " Tow tztrld' 441Pihr RN . tin Ow WKI- 1 4. , --Ail ottierd 60 fratulat Ica UouutorfOtii , . . iing wife n in tted sso- r an red a I this gar le tA _ i 3 b e d , I de' L once ne se - Forty 3n h e re's,: well, ' MY . SD ° i COl l. ht °t 3 (11/1 drier