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t z7 OU P dr • _ r i f f .at • r t\ A . • Ar„, ' , OC _ 14. $ IMPERIAL PARLIAME ""t• v 04 4 - t •' "AL, • -- v.- ?-olosi _co,„ • • / - N N It+ ASIPIL I / 4 ?w441 - " , ''')* s„, , . ° ' Rom , -144 L 'efeliiiit"A" - - 4- - or: sk I • Q., .•. . G - T AG E - m - EM TIN G. th e „,... The Weekly Meetings of the League will in future be held en Ti " JEDNESDAY in place of the Thursday Evenings, as heretofore. pl e . b . i leat WEEKLY MEETING of the LEAGUE will take irez2-181COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, tEORGE WILSON, Esq., win take the Chair at Seven o'clock. N.., T he meeting will be addressed by Thomas Gisborne, Esq., M.P. ; ii n t l_nas Milner Gibson, Esq. M.P. ; Henry Ashworth, Esq., of The s, tear Bolton, Lancashi;e, and other gentlemen. hut ards of admission to the Stage and Upper Circles of Boxes may be 67 , F r e P ersonal alication at the Central Offices of the League, letter et-street during Monday and Tuesday ;no application by "n be attended to. ~ noes 2 0 Prevent inconvenience from the reat pressure at the front of the Theatre, the Councl has resolved to limit the issue of 1 res e a , be t o o t admission acc to the Dress Circle to the precise number that nveniently ommodated. see '.. , U ticket will be numbered, and each number represent and t he seat in ea c h b ox to be occupied by the bearer of the ticket. x....,The E n trance to the D ress Ci rc l e w il l, in future, be at the Private - - .oor on the Queen's Side, in Hart-street. eiLe Cards of Re g i s t ered Members only, will, as heretofore, admit to P. rtiad Galleries of the Theatre. No. 16,078. LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING SU N 7 FEBRUARY 24, 1844. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING al FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for Me EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION ( Evening, Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON tip to that Hour. and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST , containing ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. NOTGUILDHALL, LONDON, JAN. 26, 1544. ICE is hereby given that the BONDS of ~i.tl 4 PERSONS having become B.A.NKRUPT or having TAKEN t t t s tx EFIT of the INSOLVENT ACT since their ADMISbIONas 17..f,':-MERS of the CITY of LONDON, have thereby become VOID, 172. hat all such persons are disqualified to act until they shall have 4,1":7 other Bonds with sufficient sureties, and shall have been re ,unted by the Court of Aldermen ." L rif orzhatlon of persons acting as Brokers without being readmitted ttested, that they may be prosecuted. • SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. WEDNESDAY EVENING, March 6, 1544, will be performed HANDEL'S ORATORIO, " SAUL." PRINCIPAL VOCAL PERFORMERS, Miss Raiuforth, Miss Cubitt, Miss Dolby, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Guibilci, and Mr. H. Phillips. The Band and Chorus will consist of above Five Hundred Performers. Tickets, 3s. each ; Reserved Seats, 55.; may be had of the principal Music-sellers ; of Mr. Rowley, 53, Charing-cross ; Mr. Mitchell, 0, Charing-cross; and of Mr. Ries, 102, Strand, opposite Exeter Hall. THOMAS BREWER, Hon. Sec. PUBLICATIONS. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, .Feb. 23. PRESBYTERIAN MIXED MARRIAGES.—(IRELAND.) Their Lordships met this morning at ten o'clock, for the purpose of giving judgment on a writ of error in the case of " the Queen v, Millis." . before descending the side of the vessel, he threw this tin box containing the doubloons to the boat, but from the surging of the vessel and the boat, the box missed the boat, fell into the sea, and was seen no more. Before the vessel had been left many minutes, these shipwrecked men saw her go down head fore most. They pulled for land, and luckily fell in with a fisherman, who took them in tow, and landed them safe at Ramsgate. The captain and his crew immediately went to the proper authorities at that place, and made a declaration of the loss of the brig, and the circumstances attending it. Thus far had the evidence gone; and there were still many wit nesses to be examined for the plaintiff. For the defence many witnesses were likewise in attendance. The case will, at all events, occupy the attention of the Court all the day, and probably until a very late hour ; if, indeed it be not ad journed until to-morrow. DUBLICATIONS of the SOCIETY for the EMANCIPATION of INDUSTRY. Now Ready. AN ESSAY ON MONEY, ITS ORIGIN AND USE. By JOHN TAYLOR, Author of " Janina 'den fied." Third Edition, revised. Price 2s. 6d. AN ESSAY on ,the STANDARD and MEA SURE of VALUE. Second Edition. Price 2s. 6d. CURRENCY FALLACIES REFUTED, and PAPER MONEY VINDICATED. Second Edition. Price MEREWETHER. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 1) a lel. 2sTSd. CATECHISMS of the CURRENCY and EX CHANGES. A new Edition, enlarged. Price 4s. cloth; or, separately, The Currency, 2s. ; Exchanges, 2 s. T HE MONETARY POLICY of ENGLAND and AMERICA. Price One Shilling. " It is necessary your gold should be coined, and have the king's stamp upon it, to secure men in receiving it, that there is se much gold in each piece. Bnt it is not necessary that it should have a Axed value set on it by public authority." — Locke. THE MINISTER MISTAKEN; or, THE QUESTION of DEPRECIATION ERRONROUSLYSTATED by Mr. lIUSKISSOY. Price One Shilling. Oar fbrefathers ' who sought comfort in proverbs , used to say , when the people's tale of bricks is doubled, Moses is at hand."— Niebuhr. n the Bull Inn, 121, HOLBORN-HILL. IatIptETAIL WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. ,- 1 :S and CO of 7, Smithfield-bars, have Ilea to extend to the residents of towns and ZiOlte ni,i - ',4 l rt the metropolis, and to the inhabitants of such re sab-r euurhoods, the same facility of obtaining their PATENT in bottles (secured by the Patent Metallic Capsules), at 'Ztlita n 7 o be r ttles included, as already exists in London and the Me "ghs, with hwhich view they will be glad to give every app o ation M respectable parties, who have retail licenses, Z - mite ea ti'ml at their French Brandy Distillery. All appoint eina.,l44dtwi fbr the sale of their Patent Brandy in the neighbouring Nis. 11 be advertised in the same manner as those in the Me- Patent Brandy Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, London. SAMUEL —, UEL JAMES BUTLER, at present and eL. Ittti._ eia Years past, residing atWorship-street, Finis h7qt, end of Saint Leonard's, Shoreditch, and eonnty of Mid i-Oily - "L` being a watch and water gilder,, and jeweller, do Ott „ x ..;:e notice that I intend to present a petition to the ; 4 tti h. Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, in the city of London, pray aii.7 petition' ,T2teet4;ePtinined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be .:70t 1 „.uorn all proeess upon making a full disclosure and surren n j hgtnhe_state and-effects for payment of my just and lawful debts ; hirther give notice that the time when the matter of the i r til t 11 shall be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette oarl.„ °r n, big Sun newspaper one month at theleaat-after the date 4--,, t ress my hand this 23d day of February, In the year. of '1711.... 1844. s. J. BtrTLE "'"8, John J. Spiller, attorney for the said Samuel Janie* gut.. ler Re London. ----...._ ' —, Camomile-street, SIGHT AND HEARING. NEWLY INVENTED SPECTACLES, TE , LESCOPES. OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPIS psAYSTIC INSTRUMENTS, for RELIEF of DEAFNESS, c. atranised by his Majesty the 'King -- -ng of Hanover, her Royal High. leas . the Princess Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess 15` te rharl. the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager burucness of Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canter. _Y., the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyll, Marlborough, 2d ganchester. Marquises of Londonderry and Thomond. Eal ls 14,Albetnarle, Eagletown, Shaftesbury. Tan kerville, Powis, Bradford, E' , 0 rk, pphin. jo‘rklo.vv, Verulam, Harrowb ,_ Buckingham , Meath, Somers, Ox-' —.an Lisburne; and Ferrers. Bishops cf Exeter Bland ford, Lin. and Kildare. Generals Sir Edward Paget, Sir ,;',Zn Lloyd, Frederic Maister, Clayton, Galway, Grosvenor, Morfi. kap6 l l 3 Y°tt Robertson, and Mackenzie. fil-jor-Generals sir H. di.— atone, P. Fyers, D. Macleod, Hamilton, and Wesnyse. I :_n ena nt-Generals Sir Henry Bouverie, Sir J. Macdonald, Sir R. bi' l , b 'ton. Sir T. Dall as, L ord John Hay. Admirals Si! George Cock. Sit ri . 7.1= Ge orge Munday, Sir G. M ar ti n, Si r J ames H. Whitshecl, ) , old, and Ross. tria t irts, • S. and C. SOLOMONS Opticians and Aurists, 99, Albe. "%te e ., j. r6et o_Piceadill opposite' the York Hotel, have invented 'oett.b, — .,.. 'cnaes, &c Y , ofthe greatest transparent power. Imme tlernef.Loese newly invented Spectacle Lenses are placed before ex ottlin2 i mPerfect vision, either by day or candlght, that mist and o;47:at twhehich appear before the eyes are at once removed, even' tirengtbeCohenednies clear and distinct, vision becomes preserved and thLintich le and very aged people are enabled to h eTp s lo e y their ases magnifying occupati n, and can see w i i t t re, o that tet t ° furthergir ying power ; nor will they req i tho se frequent Isi s the ou g ht imperfectante sight becomes bright and brill . a n d e l ". to Its youthflal natural, and original state; those objects Itear ned M plisbed is a matter i of much deeper consequence than can list'ilkind .7.Q.j.r„ •of newly invented INVISIBLE ACOUSTIC INSTRU. 0., ofry,:vhich enable individuals at an advanced . age, .and of fort l ,„,-'s.rs standing of extrbme deafness, instantly to j i - "Aker ""allersatien, and to catch the sound of a distant low be t ars - tit:l:lurch, theatre, &c. It pours the conversation into the krn , ed. an extent that in most severe cases deafness cannot (IL A ao i t ..., tili?,.S3oBl%—w°B2,Po. werf , ilNewly-invented ACHROMATIC OPERA Th ie ktrei 4tcoicn are invaluable on the race-course, as well as a, teat s jalieticop es • f b z, ou r:iv ot e n. .for Shoo r ti th ng e w se ai a s p tf i cia rp tpoc es, k st e c t . ; possess extraordinary and wah stands for ft..1 1. * trze i L al O bservation's, with the celebrated Lenses of the most 4. bent brilliancy. the powers are so great over all others, itiZt..t. Tourists , II tao bright and brilliant, that the most minute objects t aftteN a° ,, n linarY distance are brought eompletely under the eyes. era n itle ..., and Sea.side Visitors, will here have a great tt"ebl o ,,' ° cconkound MICROSCOPES, by which the circulation Illoi t i_tloc: ° La rly and a Flea can be seen Bowing in great streams. i5,,..f any W ay connected and B. Solomone, Opticians and Aurizts, ar e disk iz a Y, connected with a Person of the same Name in their Aih nistidt_eighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To pre. ' l alttie "7. be Cautious, and observe, only to be had a t 30, ' e at, iccadilly, opposite the York HoteL ---...—. Si • WO S Tiq, FLUENZ A, COUGHS, AND COLDS. • most tri tt fr trE,,„ jou ESSENCE of LINSEED isthe s o f t i,9411, au s remedy ever discovered for the relief . persons ~,,,, la distressuffer za ; the two first doses generally arrest be re it ,tlit complaint, and a little perseverance p, r 'erno,, e ,' b( hildren's Coughs, as well as recent ones in adults, will r t ,Z e s ~,h , , ,Y a few doses (frequently by h A t) and asthmatic 40 4 the ut P rn r e n y . l t o i n i ti t l not th be e e u n se a e b f le t t: lie awn in bed, have t ie l l by A ~ ,II1 1C 0' ;'S Es r STNCE OF LINSEED, -------,41 h. I }id. or ' 2s h . botn:gat e.st r Yv ee iL ks ) . U 4 ' HB Y and all Medicine Venders, in and Co., a late B. G WINDUS. Cl, oa, ea L e tii l ndon, S iii -________ t 6 'SI T; THOS. PROUT, 229, STRAND, L0 1 3. 0 9N. tli f „_ tac.--i4:42,,ne great benefit which I have received by i Ive., i rne t e, &I t LAIR'S GOUT and RHEUM A , FIC PILLSAbout three Ithi„s ag o tl',.oria ycu of the particulars of my ca. • I 'ti - "' kr th "ame having rest or afflicted with a severe attack e of rheumati m, ' te ee . and „o.,„t ree days and nights, prevented my cs when I was t,,, t t Orrie ~,I totally incapable of attending Pills,totbusite. Blair's Gout and Rheimia m tiii`i re °.ok tr,;2_to try which time the pain had at ~,,, IY I left ,are a g i ularly to: fourddayls,by ' which I did, was able to attend to business v, l, l, it i b la h , I ist.zemiddeaoyneett:.ehfiftehrerayymean, to recommend a medicine 11 r etit r al° °n me ,0 inah y relief. If the publication . of my case iii,i4, lapsevice, you are at liberty to use it. G E SMITH, IV t o ~ .t?; ir, your obediei . it st rv , int, pt "°,lrabi Barr clough, Snuff Menu a f cturer . to . the Right Ludgate-hill, London. T ilt . 1 1, 1843 c the Lord Alayor, 46, 14 thi ''' b ove r e he great efficacy IN , a ~,,,b,..,., ent testimonial is a further roof , of the remedy for oda_rheos;;Ve_medicine, which is the only effective in the head rbturace, 0rt,2111, sciatica, lumbago, tic doloroux, pains_,all gouty and (~ It .tic t"? mistaken for the tooth-ache, and fo (I ° : °'l le ll'atif Yin e gl ie t s i . - • fer to J. R. Mandan. Esq. ; comae, Li Doncaster a t r e irissg r n ta le r m e • B berg, the Chevalier de I bnieei'ae,nant Alasters late of the Royal Newfoundland Vtteran 1.11 •tot.i.r• 'liskins ' brewer and maltster, Dartford, i 3 n l y;o l( o, l l - , till:right ..;IlLuton, John G. Giles, Esq., FratileY, I • r' r this medi. aar4 arid t ave o ,r, %honi have received benefit by taking _smug the %, ,for the ,_aunwed the proprietor the privilege of Wm' sibi`..hy moo of the afflicted. 2% 4eateit'ltas Prout, 229, Strand, London; and by all res T ect- Price 'tti per go z Vendors throughout the United Kingdfltn and ob. :j o :e thec4 I:AIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, _ ~i ~ r n narne and address of " Thomas Prout, , 229, .Strand, Lon -0 ' °°otipil-feesiV,.P9ll the Government Stamp affixed to each box of A I uieine. DE -4 c B E' S SCORBUTIC DROPS LARATION OF THE GUARDIANS OF BRENI W the b in s, Llnder • DEVON. Thomas Re. ~t . one of° Egned, solemnly declare that before Scor -Ito le br,..,%r parishioners, commenced taking " Halse's wounds OA of P e was literally covered with large running ti, e th em ._ , st in I„,h 4t ,_:. large Vaat a person might have laid his . fi d an l o rove m .:7 l ore he had finished the first bottle he notice . ',o4replet,,_`ort. and that by continuing them for some time, he got l ' h t i . tri,,j , cstored to health, after everything else had failed. He tit,, tit a,rious sorts of medicines before taking " Halse's Scor. , tlk, ° I 4 , ' and hadPres criptionsmostcelebrated phy korb IN, c ....._ . . (torn the la ' , tie b r ""n,rY. without deriving the least benefit. " Halse's c tl to , t . °Pg" have completely cured him, and he is new ens. oth e ,. , crid t, his lab ur From g,ool.,cure, also 0 , as well as any man in our parish. From s,• '' '' t io Dr„, m , i ,ake in this part, we strongly recommend 1„;•ed b„ to the notice of the public. vs'lllik, Pearce, j .ohn Elliott, sen., Lord of the Manor, John Manning, 'kn. 2, Henry Goodman, Arthur Langwortby. W ho , ~ 1 t 4 3. I treet e'it,4l° Agents f 13 3 .: ...Cle ft for London : Barclay and Son, Farringdon. ' l icki • 033 , High Holborn ; ?rout, 229, Strand ; King, N. 13 r ' ar s-road • bot ' Bo Nr „, , and Johnston, 68, Cornhill. tte, . , e ask for " liaise's Scorbutic Drops," 2e. lid. per 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu tion, both inks life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies— the optio■ of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder daring life, as well as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and aimnal division of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di rectors, at their General Meeting In May last, to add to each policy en the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the amount already invested ; and this bonus, according to an equitable scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future premiums. re . p oor. knol" otiog otAted 2 .1 0 P u 7rde rft A I bee 04, of ,ir.' . ' 'Je t ' or* 4c l i er! Wllji lo rP ti 011' al, tlid --' : 6 4., Of cjtter, 11, 0 0 cid e.4 r oo, • C , r Dfoto!. c'e 11 te ate t ics , r0" 11 ' ge o , t: l ixtrt hl t G UILDHALL, LON:DON" JAN. 26, 1844. tea fro ALD ERMEN have — that the COURT of NOTICE is her e by g i ven the - DISCHARGED the undermentioned par of LONDON vizFF.ICE oK EMPLOYMRNT of BROKER of the CITY 'fIiOMAS DOUGAN. BENJAMIN MENDES DACOSTA. CHARLES PEARCE CHAPMAN. WILLIAM DALRYMPLE DOWSON. CHARLES EBSWORTH. JOHN GRIFFITH. WILLIAM ANSON HANN. WILLIAM THOMAS lIODSOLL. JOHN' INMAN. WILLIAM POOLE. rRANCIS WAKEFIELD. CHARLES VARNHAM. JOHN COCKRELL. ALBERT WILLIAM JONES. bANIEL ALDER. JOHN HENRY SAUNDERS. WILLIAM VIRGO. JOHN HENRY BARLOW. CUARLES TERRY. JOHN MACDONALD. MEREWETHER iIIi s E INE BROTHEL tn t ,,,,Lhirtrig a very short tinn, ...., 41 1)S to their Correspondc „DIV IDENDS OF :412:4 1 8,000, £9,000, £5,000, Or z ..London, wu s X 7 OO 4* Edinburgh. gen 10 4406q,b) , perky, 1,2 0 , 14900, t ro rthleaven Harbour, N 14.000400, X 760, 1600 to to Ron, They La LAX Veg mastle-upon-Tyne, to CALL THE ATTENTION ef those 'desirous to obtain DIVIDENDS to the APPROACHING TWEN- Wr• i - ,„,_ISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, GUARANTEED by the poo ws "„, 4 31ENT. tlibution offers the possibility of obtaining more than ° Poo One Share. it t iceg to -o great number ef Money Dividends contained in this • r. a nd unrivalled Distributi•n, "'JAY TWENTY-TWO SHARES OBTAIN TWENTY-ONE a ' IVIDENDS and ROLDER MONEY of ONE SHARE has a , CHANCE of TWENTY -14 Ins FAVOR to ONR (ONLY ONE) AGAINST HIM, , aa to the reeeipt of a Money Dividend. goo? e . One share, Shares, £2 ; Three Shares, £3 ; Sh ame, .£4 ; Share*, £5 ; Six Shares, £6 Seven Shares, biro c t7 S lotres, £8 ; Nine Shares, .£9 ; Ton Shares, £lO. Shares, WITROUT DELAY, to • HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. 11 )01i '' 6lllll Prospectus , with all particulars, may be had GRATIS a ddresein —g ft line to REINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. LtrY 1, 1644. S, having REMITTED La very large amounts of MONET ents in Great Britain and Ireland ; DIVIDENDS OF £ 9OO , £6OO to Manchester, £7OO to East Eetford, Notting hamshire, - £7OO to Coln*, Lancashire, £7OO to Isle of Wight, £6OO to Cork, £6OO to Bradford, X6OO to Bideford, £3OO, £3OO to Lisbellaw, Ennis , kitten, 11WoitGr --e; AND ANGEL COMMERCIAL 14. SEGUE INN, STA3IFORD. t ,,-wri, k) ,..---Grz has the honour to thank the. COMMERCIAL sou r , ...+-LN Who have so liberally patronised his House, and begs '4U C'sl'.. co ntinuance of their favours, assuring them that nothing 10 714, 5 7 .. n1ed to pro mo t e th e i r com f or t, & c . . 414 et o i' es ci . Spirits direct from the docks. Home brewed Ales, v.C;EXCINE OLD lIAVANNAH CIGARS ! ! 1& ,„• GIFFORD, TOBACCONIST, &c., 121, tizt4-0), nOLBORS-HILL, grateful for the patronage hitherto con ic, respeettblly announces he has constantly on Sale the lb stlre A__—"A-1';NAll CIGARS imported, viz.: Cabana's, Pillon's, tl ~ t a .B . Woodville's, Silva's, Regality, Kings, Queens , P ri n- A o ' -•'‘‘ th M ost other esteem e d brands. ' ' _e r eal Government Manillas, Bengal CReereoli, 'fine •' old every description of genuine Tobacco and Snuff,' carefully Ip t h e In the hi g h est con di t i on. mesh." ". soli citing public notice to his very choice Stock, A. K. G. co a wake Make still more generally known that his terms are advan tialkrt.„ . 4 t ,. 44 ,., his Cigars worthy the especial attention oe all seeking to t... - retst p r - ZY nzle qnalit " - "lt% faithfully executed, on remittance, or approved re EXAMPLES, Policy. Annual Bonus Cash Prem. Entry. lc . Age. Sum. Prem. Added. Bonus. Reduced. - £ £ s.€l. £ s. d. X 8.4. £ s. d. 1837! 39 59 , 1,00 67 8 4 132 14 6 5 8 19 9 819 4 1&38 ll4 56 I 3,0.00 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 Another Bonus will be declared in the present year. DEVERREI) ANNUITIES. The best and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered — every 2/. 12s. per annum, paid f>olx the age of twenty, will, at sixty five, give the polley-holder the choice of an annuity of 47/. its. 6d., or 3421. Ile. cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at fifty, fifty-flue, and sixty, through an increased annual payment— two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re presentatives in eases of premature death. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. E CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 34, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. LOWER RATES of PREMIUM than those of any other Office that entitle the Assured to participate in the Profits. The Bonus declared in 1834 amounted upon average to 161. per cent. on the premiums then paid ; and in 1839 a second Bonus was declared, amounting on the average to 311. per cent. on the premiums paid during the preceding five years. Prospectuses and other particulars may be obtained at the Office between the hours of Ten and Four, or will be forwarded to persons resident in the country on application. CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. T HE MARINERS and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Expressly established for Insurances on the Lives of Mariners, (whether members of the Royal or Mercantile Navy) and Military oflicers.—lt is to be noted that the Policies of this Company will cover voyages of every description and service in every part o f the globe. The Lives of Fishermen and Boatmen also insured. High rates of premium have hitherto operated against this kind of Assurance, but as the scale now adopted will be found as low as is consonant with the risk, it is believed that this fact, coupled with other advantaaes, will induce a great increase of insurers. Deferred Annuities to Mariners granted upon very moderate Premiums. The Premiums for General Assurances are based upon a new ad justed table of mortality. Ten pound per cent. of the profits to be applied in snaking a provi sion for destitute and disabled Mariners. Arthur-street, London -bridge. WM. APNIELL, Manager. - - - _ STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. (Constituted by Act of Parliament), 32, LOMBARD- STREET. The extensive business conducted by this Company places it among the first institutions in the kingdom for the Assurance of Lives. The assurances proposed to the Company during the year 'fist concluded, amounted to Of whieh the Directors thought it their duty to reject ',Policies issued to the extent of . . . . . 348000 Being upwards of one-third of a million, and adding nearly 11,0001. per annum to the Company's revenue. There are various inducements to assurers in this Company, arising from the security which the Company affords—its equitable rates and its characteristic principle of liberality, whether in the settle ment of claims or facilities to assurers. A distinguishing feature is also to be found in the division of profits, by which it will be observed it,,confers peculiar advantages upon its policy holders, allowing them In the fullest degree the benefit of survivorship. Policies from this Cbmpaay steadily continued thus increase very rapidly, holding out great inducement to the best class of lives to give it a preference. A policy opened in 1825 for 1,0001. has been increased in 1840 to . . . . ..... £1,337 10 . . A policy opened in 1826 for 1,0001. has been increased is 1840 to . ..... . 1,287 10 Later policies in proportion. Another division takes place next year, and parties now assuring will participate. Any other information to be obtained at the Company's Office in London, 32, Lombard-street ; or at the head eke in Edinburgh. By order of the Board of Directors. 32, Lombard-street. PETER EWART, Resident See, G REAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE AS SURANCE SOCIETY. 14, WARTERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. DIRECTORS. THE CHISHOLM, Chairman. WILLIAM MORLEY, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John Brightman, Esq. I John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. Franefg Brodigan, Esq. James John Kinloch, Esq. 1 James William Deacon, Esq. Henry Lawson , Esq. Jonathan Duncan Dew, Esq. Robert Power Esq. Alexander Robert Irvine, Eeq. Rev. F. W. JohnsonViekery, A.M. Austroas—C. B. Rule, Esq. ; T. C. Simmons, Esq. ; George Tkomas, Esq. PHYSIOTAN—John Clendinning, M.D., 17, Wimpole-street. SoLiciroa—Walter Prideaux, Esq., Goldsmiths' Hall. Banxmas--Urtion Bank of London. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. The whole of the Profits divided Annually among the Holders of Policies on which Five Annual Premiums shall have been paid. Credit allowed for the First Five Annual Premiums, on satisfac tory security being given for the payment of the same at the expira tion of five years. Credit given ibr half the amount of the First Five Annual Pre miums—without security, Transfers of Polioies effected and registered (without charge) at the &floe. Claims on Policies not subject to be litigated or disputed, except . with the sanction is each case, of a General Meeting of the Assured; to be specially convened on the occasion. 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Sin,—May I take the liberty of again intruding on your columns, as I hear that early in the present session of Par liament a Bill will be introdnced by Mr. Liddell, praying an alteration in the law relating to " dog-stealing," and to make the offence a penal one. 'From the bold and open manner in which this nefarious and villainous traffic has been carried on, legislative interference is loudly called for. If horse-steal ing and sheep-stealing are denounced as felony, why, on the same grounds, should not the same punishment be awarded to the dog-stealer and receiver? That these thefts are committed for the avowed purpose of extorting money is evident, for it most frequently happens that individuals so robbed will pay large sums of money to recover their valu able dogs, rather than they should remain in the hands of those heartless wretches, and be subjected to their cruelty. However strange it may appear, I am given to under stand that no less a sum than 8151. has been paid in this manner during a short period—out of that sum more than 3001. has been paid within the past year. Mr. Bishop, of New Bond-street, is entitled to the thanks of the commu nity at large, for the humanity he has shown in his arduous exertions to afford protection to the owners of valuable dogs. A petition was submitted for signature at his establishment; which can boast of the names of the most influential noble men and gentlemen in the kingdom. The object of this pe tition, which is appended to the Bill to be brought before the House, is to insure a propar meed of punishment to all dishonest dealers in canine flesh ; that the crime of 4og stealing shall be constituted a felony ; and, moreover, that the receiver of any dog, known to be illegally obtained, shall be considered as an accomplice, and be visited with a similar sentence of transportation. Hoping, Sir, that you will be pleased to oblige me so far as by giving insertion to the above in your journal, I :have the honour to remain your obedient servant, AMICUS CANIS. One of the Paris journals (La Rforme) states that the distress of the lower orders in Paris has recently become go great, that beggars swarm in the public thoroughfares. The Lords CHANCELLOR commenced by stating the effect, of a contract or engagement of matrimony per verba de prxsenti previous to the Marriage Act, and cited Swinburne, Sir Edward Simpson, the Council of Trent, Mr. Justice Blackstone, and other authorities on that subject. The Council of Trent held that all clandestine marriages were null and void ; but the canon law was never adopted as binding in this country, and the authorities cited showed that a contract per verba de prx„senti was a valid marriage, and might be enforced against either of the parties. His Lordship the referred to a number of cases, establishing that when a contract per verba de preesenti was followed by a marriage, solemnised in facie ecclesim, between one of the parties and another person, the latter marriage was not by pre-contract actually void, but merely voidable, and, as a consequence, that if such marriage was not annulled by a sentence of the Ecclesiastical Court in the lifetime of the parties, it could not afterwards be ef fected; but the widow would tak her dower, and the children must be held to be legitemate. The principal incidents of this species of contract were, that the engagement was indis soluble; that either party might compel solemnization; that the parties could not be punished coha biting together; and that such contract as suf ficient to void, by means of a suit, a s bsequent marriage entered into by either of the parties, and solemnised in facie ecclesin. This view was supported both by the judges of the Ecclesiastical Courts and the 'common law authorities. The contract per verba de prnsenti was, at the period to which he had referred, to use the expression of Swinburne, "in respect of its constituting the substance and forming the indissoluble knot of matrimony, regarded as verum matrimonia." But the same authorities which sup ported this view held that marriages of this description were irregular ; that they were a looser sort of marriages ; that they were not regular marriages, though equally binding ; and that in order to constitute a regular marriage, with all the consequences belonging to marriage in its perfect state, solemnization was necessary. Swinburne said that spousals de priesenti did not produce all the same effects in England as a marriage solemnized in the face of the Church with respect to issue, the husband's property in the wife's goods and other matters. Lord Stowell and Sir Edward Simpson took the same view, and Mr. Justice Blackstone said that such mar riages were valid for many purposes, but not for all purposes. Upon the point whether a contract, per verba de pnesenti without solemnization, would entitle the widow to' dower, the Court below and the Court of Appeal were of the same opinion—they were both against the claim to dower. We had come, therefore, to the conclusion that accord ing to the concurrent opinions both of the eccle siastical and the temporal judges, these irregular and loose sort of marriages did not confer those rights of property, or the more important right of legitimacy, conse quent on a marriage duly solemnized according to the rites of the Church of England. A great deal of discussion had taken • place in reference to the religious ceremony. It appeared, • from the authorities to which he had referred, that it was formerly considered essential to the full effect of a marriage that it should be solemnized by the Church, and if persons not in holy orders performed the ceremony, they exposed them- Selves thereby to heavy censure. It was said that a marriage might be valid, though not performed by a person in holy orders conferred by episcopal ordination. In that statament he could not concur. Holy orders were orders conferred by episcopal ordination, and what was required to be done by a minister in holy orders, could not be done by a minister of the Scotch Church. The question was not affected by the Toleration Act, which merely removed certain disabilities, and did not alter the law in this respect. The claim made by the Presbyterians of Ireland could not be supported on any principle which would not equally apply to any body of Dissenters. He respected the character, learning, and piety of Presbyterian Ministers, but this question must not be de termined by any such considerations. Many observations had been made on the marriages of Jews and Quakers. The Jews had always been treated as a distinct people, who were governed by their own religious observances, and had their own matrimonial law. Some difficulty existed as to the case of the Quakers, and Lord Hale, in a case which came before him for decision, in order to avoid making those chil dren bastards, directed the jury to return a special verdict. He saw no ground for altering the view which he had taken on this subject, agreeing, as it did, with what had been laid down by the most eminent civilians, and with the corre sponding doctrines of the Courts of common law, from the earliest periods of their history. Now, he had been led, in consequence of the important nature of the interests involved, to enter more largely into the subject than under other circumstances he would - have felt justified in doing. The immediate question before them was, whether George Miller was or was net guilty of the crime of bigamy, and then the question was, whether a contract per verbs prx senti was sufficient to support such an indictment. He de fined what he considered the effect of such a contract to be, and then adverted to the Change that had been operated on it by the 13th section of the English Marriage Act, and con cluded an elaborate judgment by saying—" My opinion, therefore, after the most anxious consideration, and on the grounds and reasons I have stated, but still with all deference and respect to those who differ with me on this subject, is that the indictment against the defendant George Millis, for bigamy, cannot be sustained." , Lord Ccrrri,..-ts-itam, in deli, decicior, said that in the whole course of a long professional life, he had never met with so embarrassing a case. The highest names in the history of the law were on this subject opposed to each other. The present inquiry involved a consideration of the state of the law previously to 1753, ninety years since it ceased to exist, and this added a difficulty to the inquiry, which it was of the utmost importance to keep in mind. Before the Council of Trent, a marriage per verba prmsenti.svas a legal marriage, as it was in Scotland at the present day. At that time England was subject to the canon law, like other coun tries ; but by the 25th of Henry VIII., the canon law was de clared to have no effect, except so far as it had been adopted by the consent and custom of the people. Sir W. Black stone and Sir M. Hale both laid it down that the canon law only then became part of the common, or unwritten law. By the Council of Winchester, it was laid down that a marriage without the benediction of a priest in holy orders was not a valid one, and that any other was to be deemed fornication. From the ear liest times the law of England had differed from the civil and canon law, and required the intervention of a person in holy orders to make a marriage valid. He then proved, from an immense ,mass of authorities, the nature of a cont ract p er verba de prmsentis first, such' a contract did not give the woman the right of a wife, as far as entitling her to a dower ; secondly, such a contract did not give the man the right of a husband , to the property of the woman ; thirdly, such a con ' tract did not confer on the issue •of the marriage the rights of legitimacy ; fourthly, such a contract did not confer • on the woman the capacity of coverture ; fifthly, such a contract did not make the marriage of either of the parties with a third person, during the life of the other, avoid or invalidmarriage. Each of these points he supported with cases and decisions. He next stated that though a contract per verbs de prwsenti was an essential part of a marriage, as between the parties themselves, yet the authorities spread over a period of 700 years did not hold it t o b e a va lid marriage for all the above purposes, without the intervention of a person in holy orders ; and that person must be one whom the Church considered to be in such holy orders, which no Presbyterian minister could. possibly be. He was aware of the difficulties and hardships that the decision might create ; but h a pp il y it was in the power of P ar li amen t to remedy those difficulties, and to remove those hardships. They were here for one therefore e e t i b n e th p e ar c t as y aecbceufaoerde ofth ebmigawmays purpose only, that of lang down the law, and in the per formance Of that duty ho was bound to declare that . the first Millis, could not legally have committed the offence with which he was charged. lity Lord an ß d no r u e G ae xatt,just not the a defendantvalid on u e , eo tl i i .g a e t read, said he should move that the further the of the' tWo Noble Lords might be printed, for . ht be considera tion of the rest of the Law Lords, that they i considera tion of the'case be postponed, in order that the judgments adftiseprlab3e.eadringmtbe testimonyjudonto judgments com pared abi with the authorities, on tvso Noble and doubtful how fat' he concurred with the Sent case af- Learned Lords. He contended that the prese of the practice he forded a proof of the advantage and which he had introduced since he was on the bench, judges, in cases of importance, wished was more general, of delivering written decisions. points on which ing he was yet also Lord,Concurredthe in same The Lonn CHANCELLOR consented, and the further No L b o l L e ord nCdAs Learnedl t, consi deration of the case was then postponed. the suggestion of the COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 23. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and a Special Jury.) =TWIN V. IIEALD. In this action Mr. Platt and Mr. James appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Watson for the defendants. It was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, as Managing Director of the Commercial Assurance Company, to recover the various sums of 500/., 200/., and 250/., on policies of assurance on certain specie, merchandise, and furniture in the ship Theresa, bound from Shields to Rio caused l by the violence of the Janeiro. The pleas on behalf of the defe nce alleged conceal ment at the time of ma kin g the p olic y —th e non - existence of 3', that if any wreck any specie—the non -ownership of the specie, supposing it had existed—a deni al of the loss of the vessel — a took den place, i l o f suche r elements, but by the m isconduct of the p la intiff. The wit nesses for the prosecut ion were ver y numer ous , but the facts elicited, up to the time at which we write, w ere briefly these : =that the plaintiff b ou ght the vessel at H am b urg h, w h ence he brought her over t o Shields, had her d r y-d oc k e d, exa mined, and thoroughly sea vi-wrecrtkh was in notg and, las t repaired, so as to make her a sea worthy boat. On the 26th of August the Theresa left Shields for Rio, having on board Captain Turpin (the plaintiff) and a crew of eight men. When they arrived off the Galloper they got a ground, and dropped their anchor. Next tide they got off, and on sounding the pumps, they found that they had made no water whatever, and that the vessel was perfectly 66 taut." About seven in the morning of the 31st of August, being then off Dun geness, the vessel struck again; and on sounding, they found two feet eight inches water in the hold. All hands were put to the pumps, and kept hard at work, but the leak gained on them, and so they were at last obliged to throw their boat over the side, and betake themselves to it. This was about nine o'clock in the evening, the sea runn i ng v i o l en tly, with a heavy gal from the N.W. and W. They were from seven to nine miles from land, and had they attempted to make the French coast, the vessel must have foundered long before they could . do so. The captain was the last man to leave the' brig, the crew having been in the boat for some time, and they only got him to leave by a th rea t th a t if he did not instantly do so they would leave him to his fate. When in the harbour at Shields, the captain was seen to count the sum of 500/ in gold doubloons, to put it into a canvass bag, and to give it in charge to his second mate, who subsequently saw it deposited in a tin box. When the storm wasraging, this tin box, with a few clothes of the seamen, a bag of biscuits, a keg of water, and some raw beef, were lying en the deck, and these were afterwards (with the exception of the tin box) stowed away in the boat. When the crew told the captain that unless he left the vessel instantly they wetlld lea* him to hiS fate, he prepared to join them. "St POLICE INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN'S-SQUARE. • Two-well-dressed youths, John Cannon, a baker, and John Holder, described by his opponent as " a sort of a kind of a coal-merchant's clerk," apeared before the magistrate on an assault summons. The difference between the parties had arisen from the circumstance of complainant Cannon having favoured a young lady of soft seventeen with his polite attentions, and being apprehensive that defendant, who lodged in the same house with the tender object of his regard, was endeavouring to ingratiate himself into her favour, or, in common parlance, to " cut him out." The degree of encouragement, if any, given by the lady did not appear, but the suitors were at daggers drawn with each other, and defendant having called the other young gentleman a puppy, the complainant penned the following, in the height of his indignation, and duly for warded it per post : "Sir,—To say that I am surprised at your very foolish and childish conduct would be to tell a most flagrant falsehood ; for indeed I do consider you capable of any mean and silly act whatsoever; yet I beg just to inform you, Sir, that if you do not immediately relinqui.l your silly schoolboy's actions of whistling after me when I am about my daily employment, I shall first write and acquaint Mr. T. of your conduct, and should that prove ineffectual, I shall then pro ceed to chastise you, perhaps in the same manner as angry mothers punish their naughty children. Now if you've the sense of a man, you will never insult me again. In short, you will know how to act towards yours, &c., " JOHN CANNON." Complainant was just luxuriating in the idea that his letter had duly impressed defendant with the idea of his superiority, when the latter came up to him in the street, and putting his fist in his face challenged him to fight. Complainant was not disposed to disgrace himself by such an ungentlemanly exhi bition, and came to this office for a warrant. Defendant said lie could not see what complainant had to be jealous of, or to come there about. First, he wanted to fight, and then he did not, after sending him such a very un gentlemanly letter. Mr. BURRELL pronounced it a schoolboy quarrel, and dis missed the complaint. Mary Ann Moody, a girl of the town, was charged with felony. Thomas Bryan, a private in the Fusilier Guards, stated that he accompanied the prisoner to a house of low repute in the Almonry, Tothill-street, where he shortly afterwards missed his belt, which was valued at 12s. He had been drinking, but was sober at the time.—Remanded until Thurs day next. CLERKENWELL. Win. Green was charged on suspicion of breaking into the premises of Mr. Evans, a boot and shoe-maker, residing in Paddington-street, Marylebone, and stealing therefrom pro perty to a considerable amount ; also on suspicion of being concerned with Wm. Thompson and Anne Thompson, who stand committed, in several other robberies. Mr. Wolff appeared for the prisoner Green. The evidence adduced went to prove that Green had dis posed of a pair of the boots stolen from Mr. Evans, in whose employment the prisoner was up to the day preceding that on which the burglary was committed. In the house of Thompson were found a large number of pawnbrokers' du plicates, relating to articles pledged by Green, and several of which were identified as having been stolen from a furnished, but unoccupied, house in Stoke IsTewington.—Remanded. OMNIBUS RACING.—Joseph Parfait and John Cray, drivers of the Metropolitan stage carriages 3,292 and 10 were charged with furious driving by Doctor Smith, a gentleman residing in Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn. It appeared from the evidence of the Doctor, and of other witnesses, that on Saturday last the prisoners drove their respective omnibusses at full gallop down the narrow part of Gray's Inn-lane. The Doctor was driving towards them in a phaeton, which was only saved from being smashed to atoms by one of the omnibuses coming in contact with a donkey cart, which was driven in upon the pavement. Cray was, however, much more culpable, as he began the race. Mr. GREENWOOD said it was a mercy they had not killed somebody in that crowded and narrow thoroughfare. He would send Cray to prison for three weeks, and hard labour ; and Parfait should pay a tine of 21. Sarah Evans was charged with carrying and conveying thirty-six packages of foreign manufactured tobacco, value 41. 3s. Bd., which had been unshipped without paying the regular Custom fees. The penalty was laid at 100/. The prisoner is well known to the Excise. On the pre vious evening she was met in Gray's Inn-road, by Davis and Patten, officers of the Custom-house, carrying the tobacco, and accompanied by a man, who ran away when he saw the officers. They took her into custody, and she said a man had given her the tobacco to carry. Mr. Cornell, Queen's Appraiser, proved that the tobacco, which had come from Berlin, had not paid the Customs fees. The prisoner was fined 1001., Mr. GREENWOOD telling her she was at liberty to appeal to the Board of Excise, w h o would probably mitigate the penalty if she could bring for ward any extenuating circumstances. William Hughes, and Jane Hughes, his wife, were charged with refusing to perform the work assigned them in the Hol born union workhouse. prelvt i a o p u p s ea n i r g e h d t fr t o h m e p t r h i e s o e n v e i r d s e nce, weret a n d a m t it t t e n d i n a e s o' c de l s o t c i t k u t o e n p the r to the Holborn union workhouse. They had their bed, and breakfast in the morning; but when offered half a pound of coir to pick, they refused to do anything, although re peatedly asked. The male prisoner stated that himself and his wife had been living on charity since December last. They were na tives of Liverpool. Hughes made some statements regard ing his treatment in the workhouse, which turned out to be untrue. Most of their time since their arrival in London has been spent in the asylums for the refuge of the destitute. Mr. COMBE asked the prisoners if they would go back to the workhouse and perform the work assigned to them, but they doggedly refused. The worthy Magistrate sent them to prison for fourteen days. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mr HAnnwicx begs to acknowledge with thanks the re ceipt of the following note and contents :—" Sir—l have enclosed the half of a 51. Bank of England note, for the poor box of your office. If you will be kind enough to acknow ledge it through the press, I will then send you the other half—Yours, obediently, Z. E. D. Thursday." Also the sum of 51. from Miss Mary Brown. Henry Jones. a'powerful young man, between 25 and 30 years of age, was charged with attempting to break into some stables in Smith's-yard, Grant Windmill-street, Haymarket, belonging to Mr. Christopher Munsey Lucas, of Regent street, furrier. Police-constable No. 123 C, stated that between eight and nine the previous evening, as he was going his rounds, he found the prisoner at Mr. Lucas's stable door, in the act of forcing it open with a crowbar. He directly rushed upon him and secured him, with the crowbar in his hand. There were marks on the stable-door where the, crowbar had been used, and a padlock securing it had been forced off and was lying at the prisoner's feet. Another man was iv company with the prisoner, but he made his escape on witness entering the mews. Mr. ILturewicK asked if the prisoner was known ? The prisoner vehemently declared that he had never before been in custody. Police-constable No. 113 of the C the prisoner had been known to the police for some time past, and was a desperate character.. About two years ago he was tried and convicted of felony at the Central Criminal Court, and in Ja nuary last he was committed from this Court for au exten sive robbery in the neighbourhood of Golden-square. Wilks, the gaoler, said the prisoner had also been charged with stealing a great quantity of type. Mr. HARDWICK said he would consider how he should dispose of the case. UNION-HALL. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEUENT.— William Prior, a collector in the employ of Messrs. Payne and Slee, vinegar-makers Church-street, Horselydown, was charged with embezzling divers sums, the property of his employers. From the evi dence it appeared that the prisoner enjoyed a salary of 2501. per annum from the above firm, and he was usually employed as collector and traveller. It was his duty to pay over the various amounts he received of customers on the day follow ing that on which he received them. Within the last few days it was discovered that he had received two sums amounting to 31. Is., which he had not accounted for, and, on a further examination into his accounts, other defalcations were discovered. Two cases against the prisoner were gone into ; but, as there are several others, he was remanded. Suorm - rixo.—James English, a fashionably-dressed young man, was charged with shoplifting, The prisoner was in the habit of calling at the shop of Mr. Ling, the linendraper of High-street, and purchasing various kinds of fancy ribbon, which he said was for the purpose of decorating horses' heads. On the preceding day, a large quantity of ribbon having been missed, and suspicion resting on the prisoner, he was watched, and discovered in the act of stealing a roll of ribbon, which was found in his possession. Although the prisoner's appear ance did not indicate that he was a common thief, yet as it was insinuated that he was known as a person of that de scription, the Magistrate remanded him, in order that inquiries might be made about GREENWICH. Wednesday police-constable E. Vincent, 131 11, applied to Mr. Jeremy, at the opening of the Court, to ask the Ma gistrate's advice as to what course he should pursue under the following circumstances : He said the woman Dickenson had been in his custody from the day after the murder until she was committed under the Coroner's warrant to Newgate, on Monday evening last, when she was accompanied by her husband and two of the parish officers of St. Paul, Deptford. After taking a heartrending farewell of his wife, they again entered the coach which had brought them to town, and proceeded over Blackfriars bridge, on their return, when Mr. Dickenson said, " If he had known it had come to this, he would have stopped it ; he would have put an end to his misery, and that he had something that would soon do it." Upon this statement witness remarked that he must search him, when the wretched man drew a paper from his pocket, upon which was written—" My dear Sarah, I would sooner suffer death rather than you should go to Newgate. I have got a razor with me, which I will give to you, or I will finish what you have left undone." They proceeded on until passing the Brighton railway, in the Kent-road, when it was remarked what a change would be effected in that spot in twenty years. Dickenson answered that he should not live to see any changes of the sort. They arrived about eleven o'clock at the house where the frightful affair had taken place, and on entering the room he demanded him to give up a razor which he suspected he had about him. Dickenson said he had left it at George's, meaning his brother. He then said he would search him, upon which Dickenson drew the razor from his pocket, saying, " Oh, what have I done in giving you that paper. I wish you would return or destroy it, as it will be evidence against my wife." Witness said no it will rwt, but most likely be the cause of saving your own life. He pulled the razor out of his pocket with the utmost re luctance, saving that his life had been saved for that night. He then left him somewhat composed. Mr. JEREMY said the contents of the paper were more a threat to his wife than himself, and directed the offi cer to go immediately to Newgate, and l inform the Governor of the circumstances, so that directions might be given to the turnkeys that Dickenson should not be ad mitted into the presence of his wife except in the presence of two turnkeys, as from what had transpired he appre hended that-violence might be attempted. - HAMMERSMITH. Wednesday a young man named Charles Hochley, a harness maker, residing near Hammersmith-terrace, appeared before Mr. Paynter, the sitting magistrate, on summons, charging him with having on the 13th instant improperly fired a gun loaded with ball, in a public thoroughfare, whereby he had endangered the life of a lady named Booth. The defendant pleaded guilty to firing the gun, but denied that he was aware that he had done injury to any person. Mrs. Booth, who was accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Parrin, one of the curates of Hammersmith, stated that she was the wife of Major Booth, and resided at No. 20, St. Peter's square, Hammersmith. On the day in question she was standing about twelve o'clock in the back drawing-room, when she felt herself struck by something, but she could not at the time tell what. Presently, however, she discovered that one of the panes of glass in the window had been per forated by some round substance, and she afterwards found a musket-ball in the room, which she had no doubt was the missile that struck her. She had no idea that the defendant had fired the gun intentionally to do her harm. Robert Stone, a boy living in British School-house-lane, Chiswick, which is at the back of the houses in St. Peter's square, deposed to seeing the defendant fire the gun twice in the lane. He fired it at a piece of paper stuck against a tree as a target, and the first time loaded the gun with shot, but the second time put in a ball. Police-constable Earthy, T 103, deposed, that on the last witness pointing out to him the direction in which the de fendant fired the gun, he found it was directed towards the residence of Major Booth. He had also examined the win dow, and had found that the frame was also shattered by the ball. Mr. PAINTER said this was a case in which he felt the highest penalty the law allowed ought to be inflicted. Mrs. Booth requested that the defendant might not be se verely punished, as she was convinced his conduct was quite unintentional. Mr. PAINTER consented, under those circumstances, to mitigate the fine to 20s. and costs, or twenty-one days' im prisonment. The defendant immediately paid the fine, and was dis charged. RAILWAY REFORM. One of the most important inquiries into a practical grievance, which, though felt by all, presses most severely on the poor and working classes, is about to be submitted to the House of Commons by Mr. Wallace, the Member for Greenock, on the 29th inst. We allude to that Gentleman's motion for the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the entire working of the railway system of this country. The spirit of the present age is against the existence of all monopolies—the struggle of the present day is between mono poly and free trade ; and we can but wonder that a monopoly so prejudicial to the best interest of this country, so galling in its exercise to the poorer classes, and so injurious to the trading interest, by the heavy charges made on all descrip tion of merchandise, as is so clearly demonstrated in the pamphlet entitled " Railway Reform," should have been suffered to exist up to the present time. Should the system proposed in this pamphlet be adopted, an immense benefit would be conferred on all classes. By this plan the charges would be reduced to one-sixth of their present aver age rate, and thus the manifold advantages of railway tra velling be placed within the reach of the poorest. classes in the kingdom. So great a reform could have no more fitting advocate than the man whose indomitable perseverance and energetic talent carried into effect Mr. R. Hill's plan of Post ydfeuiele ele necessary-, s s at o h n e v r7 i convinced Legislature d t hwaht which office Reform. For the achievement of that great work thi s carry o e c ff h o a rrta wilttne o bee that n I nr o eg n f 0 . orn G m e h n si ost part country is indebted to Mr. Wallace, and from the well-know n o n l a b r a n v t tooli feel is certain to confer on all classes such great benefit without in jury to the interest of those who have embarked their capital in these undertakings. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, FEB. 23.—Wind, fresh breeze, from S. to S.W., and tine clear weather. DEM, FEB. 22.—A.m. Wind E.S.E. to E., blowing strong. Pau. N.E. by N., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Sarah Maria, Old ridge, Algoa Bay. Sld. Mars, Trinidad ; Massachusetts, United States. OFF BEACHY - HEAD, FEB. 16.—Friedrich Jacob, Nark men, New Orleans; Gwthe, Homann, Baltimore; Julia, Dauneman, Charleston, (all for Bremen) ; Susannah Christina, Corbrie, Batavia. OFF WEI - mot:Tit, FEB. 21.—John George, Calcutta. OFF DUNGENESS, FEB. 20.--4ohns, Rio for Hamburgh. YARMOUTH, FEB. 21.—1 t is reported that a vessel bound to Rotterdam with coals and copper, had gone on shore and broken up at Pallino, yoatonla3:,.naa.tos• araw.oa. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 22.—Wind E.N.E., blowing hard.— p.m., more moderate.—Arrd. Colombo, London, for Mauri tius and Bombay'; Prince George (transport), London, for Bermuda. Sld. alway Lass, IN ; Energy, Jamaica ; St. James, New York TORBAY, FEB. 22.—Sid. Atlas, Martinique; Perilian, Ha vannah ; Ferdinand, Vera Cruz. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 23.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Chronometer, Furse, Mauritius ; her Majesty's ship Larne. Off—Hope, from Java. Sld. Johanna, Havannah. WHITSTABLE, FEB. 22.—A schooner, reported to be the Favourite, of London, bound to Cork, got in the Spanand yesterday, but came off with loss of foretopmast. DEAL, FEB. 22.—The °raven, bound to the Cape of Good Hope, ran foul of the wreck at Deal Bank to-day, and was obliged to slip from her anchors, but has been supplied. LivEßrooL, FEB. 22.—Wind E.NE., moderate.—Off, Quintin, Leitch, China; Montrose, —. Sld. Universe, Bombay ; Aristocrat, Buenos Awes ; Ashburton, Entaw, New York ; Sirion, St. John's, New Brunswick. The flat Enterprise, on shore near Southport, has become a wreck ; crew saved. CORK, FEB. 20.-ofl, Alceste, Demerara. Sid. Lady Napier, St. John's, New Brunswick. SWANSEA, FEB. 19.—S1d. Black Diamond and Ferrier, Cuba. WIIITEHAVEN, FEB. 21.—The Royalist, of Mar port, which was driven on shore at Caldersfoot 18th inst., has been got off, and towed in here. The Sarah, of Barking, took fire on the 22d inst., between the Shipwash and Whiting Sands, and soon after sank ; crew saved by the Rancona steamer, in the river. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTlL—Fortitudea Westbrook, Singa pore to London, Nov. 4, in the Straits of Baum ; Ann Lockesley, China to Batavia, Bth, in the Java Sea ; Brigand, 27th ult., lat. 23, lon. 37 ; Codrington, 14th inst., lat. 43, lon. 15, by the Aden, arrived at Liverpool: Agricola, of Liverpool, lat. 5 N., lon. 21 W., by the Quentin Leitch, arrived off Cork. John Tomkinson, out 103 days, lat. 23 S., lon. 71 E., by the Eliza, arrived in the Downs. French barque Cosmo polite, bound to Bombay, 11th ult., lat. 4 N., lon. 20 W. ; Trinity yacht, bound to Algoa Bay, 13th, lat. 5 N., lon. 20 W. ; barque Achilles, bound to Sydney, New South Wales, lat. 5 N , lon. 20 W. ; British barque Cigar, lat. 10 N., lon. 24 W., by the Avoca, arrived in the Downs. Brig Cambleton, 10th inst., lat. 43, lon. 13, by the Mary Jane, arrived at Mil ford. Tranby, (Aland from London, 14th ult., lat. 2 N., lon. 21 W. ; Chronometer, Mauritius to Plymouth, 28th, lat. 20 N., lon. 36 W. by the Ambassador, arrived at Milford. BLOCKADE OF ALICANT AND CARTHAGENA, IN CLUDING THE LINE OF COAST BETWEEN THE ABOVE PLACES. Spanish Consulate-General, 37, Old Broad-street, London, Feb. 23, 1844. Sir,—l have just received from his Excellency, the 111 nister of my august Sovereign at this Court, the following communication : Her Majesty has been pleased to order, that the Ports of Alicant and Carthagena, together with the line of coast com prehended between them, be regularly blockaded, and that the following regulations be observed :- 1. The blockade shall be continued so long only as shall be necessary, and during the state of insurrection of those two places, and cease the moment the sway of law and obedience to her Majesty's Government shall have been re stored therein. 2. During the continuance of the blockade the aforesaid ships of war (mentioned in the preamble of the decree as ships of war and coast guard vessels) are to hinder all ves sels from entering the said ports, whatever cargo they may carry ; but are, notwithstanding, to detain such as shall convey munitions of war, for the purpose of being tried ac cording to law. 3. Foreign vessels lying at the blockaded ports at the time this order shall be enforced are to be allowed to leave freely for their respective destinations. 4. All vessels proceeding to the said ports after the decla ration of blockade, but in ignorance thereof, shall not be sub ject to any penal responsibility, if not previously notified or advised. 5. Those that shall receive notice of the prohibition to enter the blockaded ports, may direct their course to any other Spanish port, but no goods, or articles of illicit trade, shall be admitted, or allowed to be discharged thereto. 6. Every vessel containing munitions of war to the vessels, or which shall knowingly break the blockade, shall be deemed a good prize. 7. The commanders of the blockading vessels are to search all vessels, for the purposes of hindering and preventing the supply of the aforesaid munitions, and the escape of the chiefs and agents of the rebellion ; but are to protect that of the faithful and loyal. . 8. It is to be understood that the line blockaded by the Royal order of this date is that extending from the port of Benidorme, inclusive, to and as far as the River Almemzora, upon Vera, &c. &c. (Signed) JOSE MARIA BARRERO. Spanish Consul-General. Wm. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Chronometer, Furse, from Mauritius, at Ply mouth, sailed 21st Nov., St. Helena, 31st Dec. Hope, Goss, from Java, off Plymouth. sailed from Sourabaya. Sept., St. Helena, 10th Dec. Sarah Maria, Oldridge, from Algoa Bay, in the Downs, sailed from St. Helena, 6th Jan. John George, Storey, from Bowl, off Portland, sailed 9th October, St. Helena, 28th Dec. Nelson, from China, at Gravesend, sailed 14th Oct., Anjer, 4th Nov., St. Helena, Ist Jan. Quentin Leitch ; Gray, from China, off Cork, sailed 3d Oct., Anjer 3d Nov., St. Helena, Ist Jan. Adam Clarke, from China, of Li verpool, sailed 22d Oct., St. Helena, Ist Jan. Bella Creole, Purchase, from Mauritius, off Falmouth, sailed, 25th Nov., St. Helena, 2d Jan. Arrivals at St. Helena—Pollux, Jan. 1, from Batavia, and sailed 3d to Amsterdam ; Caroline Augusta, 2d, from Su matra, and sailed 3d to Salem ; Vasco de Garna, 3d, from Batavia, and sailed sth to Amsterdam ; Margaret, Thomas, sth, from Algoa Bay ; Rambler, Hutchinson, 6th, from Mau ritius; John William Dare, Ellis, from Calcutta; Lucie Marie, from Batavia. Departures from St. Helena—Elephanta, Ross, Jan. 3, to Cowes; Duchess of Kent, 3d, and Tanjore, sth, to London. eTCPULKO HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 23. The LORD CHANCELLOR took. his seat on the W oo ltack a few minutes after Five o'Clock. Lord WHARNCLIFFE brought in a Bill to simplify the transfer of real property, which was read a first time. POOR-LAWS.—RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. The Bishop of EXETER presented two petitions from Penryn, in Cornwall, and another place in the diocese of Exeter, praying their Lordships to adopt some means of se curing spiritual instruction to the inmates of union work houses. The Right Reverend Prelate then proceeded to move, pursuant to notice, for a Select Committee, to consider the provision which might require to be made for religious worship and spiritual instruc tion in the union workhouses in England and Wales. He begged to state that he would not press this question to a. division, as he would leave the question of Committee or no Committee to the responsibility of the Government. He bad paid attention to the defects of the Poor-law Amendment Bill and to their operation for the last ten years, and in no portion of it had he seen such defects as in that which related to spiritual instruction. The inmates of the workhouses he had seen exposed to the greatest spiritual destitution. He spoke of what he had witnessed in his own diocese and other places. He did net say things were not now ordered better in this respect. He particularly instanced the union of , Liskeard, where, in consequence of the Commissioners , having originally omitted to nominate a chaplain there was no spiritual instructor, except a Dissenting minister, who came there without being sent for by the inmates. This union formed a sort of precedent for the other, and this joined with the exertions of the Dissenters, led to their having no chaplains in any union throughout the diocese. He held in his hand a remarkable proof of the accuracy of that statement. In the union house of St. Austell there was a large room originally designed for a chapel, but no chaplain was appointed, and an unlicensed Dissenting minister preached there twice every Sunday. In Bodmin, where the population of the union amounted to 4,000, there was no chaplain, but the curate gave his gratuitous services one day in the week to instruct the poor.. But in consequence of the extent of his parish it was wholly out of his power to visit them on the Sunday. There was in that house 56 inmates who were old people and unable to walk out of the house to church. There were also 45 children who had no other instruction in religion but what they received from schoolmasters. On Sundays, prayers were read by the master, or sometimes by the porter. In St. Germain's union workhouse there was no chapel, and there were thirty-two aged persons who could never stir from the house. He came next to a case of a grave character, that of Penzance. The union contained nineteen parishes, and the population extended to 45,951. There too every exertion was made by the board of guardians to obtain the appointment of a regular chaplain, but the party who resisted that measure succeeded in procuring the appointment of a clergyman who had apostatised from the Church. The clergy of the neighbourhood offered to do the duty gratuitously, but the board of guardians rejected the offer on the ground that it would be against the law, as the statute required that the chaplain must be an officer of the union, and be paid for his services. He did not say anything against the moral character of the person who was appointed, but that he had cast off the office which he held in the Church. He took away the prefix of reverend from his name, and even went so far as to appear in public in a blue coat and other coloured clothes. Having cast himself from the Church he attached himself to a lady, who was a daughter of a rigid Dissenter, a banker in the town of Pen zance. He went so far as to attend her chapel, and he had his children baptised there. Their Lordships would suppose that the appointment of that gentleman was not made with his (the Bishop of Exeter's) sanction. It was reported to the Com missioners, and they sent down an Assistant-Cowmis sioner to inquire into the matter, but having re ceived his Report, they took no further notice of it. It was not long before this time when one of the most bar» barous instances of cruelty' was enacted in that union, when the master imprisoned an unfortunate female in a dark hole, although she told him that it would be the cause of her death, owing to the state of health in which she was ; and the eons.- quence was a premature labour and death. The Board of Guar dians notwithstandingretained him in his situation, and it was not until the Assistant Commissioner heard of the matter, that he was discharged. Baptism in that union was administered in the workhouse instead of the parish church, and no registry was made until long after birth in the parish books, in conse quence of it being considered a private baptism. The Lord's Supper was administered by an unlicensed person, and contrary to the laws of the Church. He should next allude to the parish of Redruth, which consisted of nine parishes, containing a po pulation of 48,589 souls. The appointment of a chap lain to that union was opposed, and the consequence was, that Divine service was performed by a Dissenting preacher. The Assistant-Commissioner said the law required that some salary should be given, and a nominal sum of 1/. per annum. was given. This was then raised to 201., to which 60/. was added by subscription ; and although the salary was thus raised to 90/., no gentleman could be got to discharge the duties in all the`, workhouses throughout Cornwall. Divine service was performed in the dining-room of the workhouse, to the great detriement of religion; and be trusted that their Lordships, in any Bill they should bring be fore the House, would see that care was taken to provide proper room, which should be alone devoted to the performance of Divine service and the administration of the sacrament. In the union of Oakhampton, the letter of the resident clergy man stated that the children born in the workhouse were all illegitimate, and were never brought to the church to be baptised. The consequence was, they were never baptised, because the vicar of the parish had no power to go to the union work-houe to baptise a child, unless it was dangerously ill. Hence a great number of those un fortunate children died without baptism, and he need not point out the awful result of such a state of things. The Tiverton union presented an equally lamentable state of matters. He thought that those cases which he had mentioned, and which he could authenticate, formed sufficient grounds for his obtain ing the Committee. The north of England did not present a more cheering aspect. The union of York contained 79 parishes, of which the population was 39,600,000, and in this large union they refused to appoint a chaplain, solely, he be lieved, on the ground of expense. The appointment of a chap lain was, he thought, generally in the north of England, a question of pounds, shillings, and pence.—(Lord Wharncliffe here nodded hishead. ) The Noble Lord seems to assent.—( Lord Wharncliffe here made a gesture of dissent with his head.) The Right Rev. Prelate continued to say that he was glad that the Noble Lord did not assent, because that was anindi cation that things were not so bad as be had been led to sup» i pose. In December last the friends of religion made another pffort to obtain the appointment of a ehonlaie. but their oppo nents said that ttie matter shad been reported to the Commis . sioners, and that they expected a mandamus, so that the • friends of religion were again defeated. In the union of Preston, with a population of 69,000, and seventy-three parishes, there were five union workhouses, in the principal of which there were 418 inmates, of whom 139 were children, and two-thirds of these were members of the Church of England, but there was no chaplain, and the state of health and morals in the workhouse was such that he was sure the gaol was greatly to be preferred. He (the Bishop of Exeter) had received that morning a letter from a clergyman in Macclesfield, who had given his gratuitous services to the poor in the workhouse beyond his strength, and he stated that the board of guardians had given permission to the Wesleyan Methodists to preach twice on the Sunday—a course of reli gious instruction which was attended with more harm than good, for he found it quite impossible to awaken a wholesome religious feeling in the minds of the poor people who attended these preachers. In the union of York, during the last four years, fifty persons had been consigned to the grave without the consolations of religion. In the union of Macclesfield, the gentleman to whom be had alluded informed him that a young woman, who had heen shamefully seduced, was admitted into the work house, and after she had been some time in the women's ward she fortunately fell ill—for it was indeed a fortunate thing to be removed from her depraved companions to the sick ward. The young woman assured him that if she had remained many days longer in the same part of the house she would have gone mad. He believed that no woman who was not infallible could remain in the workhouse three weeks without becoming a confirmed prostitute, The schoolmaster, who was a pauper, and could scarcely read and not write at all, was dismissed a few days ago for being intoxicated during Divine service. The writer of this letter, not for any private reasons of his own, requested that the name might not be mentioned, as if it were he should be debarred from carrying out his good work by the Dissenting guardian. If this be the case, he (the Bishop of Exeter) would not longer delay an application to the Poor-law Commissioners to induce them to send down to Macclesfield to compel the appointment of a chaplain to the workhouse there, and if they refused to give that order, he would move that their Lordships send an humble address to her Majesty, praying that the Poor.law Commissioners be dismissed, and he was sure such a motion would be successful, because their Lord. ships must he anxious to promote the cause of religion and morality. The Commissioners had declared that they pos sessed the power to compel all guardians to appoint chaplains to all workhouses under their control. In England there were 587 unions, of which 20 were without workhouses, 51 with sufficient houses, and of the remaining 516 unions, 102 had not chaplains, and in' those which had chaplains, the average salary was only 30es a year. The Right Reverend Prelate thin -went through numerous statistical documents with respect to the conditions' of the poor-law unions, after which he passed an elogium upon the courtesey which he had. received from the Poor-law Commissioners, when he went to them a few days ago for information on which he framed his present motion. 11e was aware that the cry of "Do justice Is the Dissenters, " was a leading point, and even in matters of the greatest and most vital importance, the saving of 6d. was considered. But he was determined that the matter should not rest here, and felt sure their Lordships would agree with him that he had given quite sufficient reasons for the motion he was about to submit to them. It was the duty of the Noble Lord (Wharncliffe) to res cue those poor paupers from their wretched condition. He would not do the Noble Lord the injustice to believe that any paltry motives of economy would prevent him from interfering, or that any wretched opposition from Dissenters, whose mon strous assumption it was impossible the Noble Lord could re spect, would for a moment deter him. The many inmates of prisons and lunatic asylums had their chaplains. Chaplains to prisons, where the number of prisoners was fifty, received 1501. a year ; where the number was a hundred, 2001. a year ; where the number was more than a hundred, 2501. The Dissenters— and it was they who opposed the appointment of chaplains to workhouses—were very numerous as guardians, but very small in the workhouses. He asked their Lordships to grant the Committee of Inquiry. Indeed he did not well know upon. what ground the appointment of that Committee could be reasonably resisted. The law was in favour of the appointment of chaplains, and all he required was that the law be enforced. With respect to the question of expense—if a salary of 100/. per annum was given to each chaplain, as there were only 600 unions, the salaries would amount to about 60,0001. Now the value of the property , rated annually to the poor was sixty mil lions sterling, and the proportion of 60,000/. to 60,000,000/.. was only that of 1/. in 1,000/., which was somewhere about one farthing in the pound, and this farthing the sordid guar dians of the north were unwilling to sacrifice to the best in. terests, temporal and eternal, of the poor paupers. He was happy to see that powers were to be given to create district schools, so that he entertained the hope of seeing England studded with schools like that of Norwood. The Right Rev.. Prelate then read a Report of Mr. Tuffnell on the state of the poor-house schools, which he submitted was an other cogent reason in support of his motion. Whether Ministers granted the Committee or not, he had done his duty. The responsibility must rest with them. If they re fused a Committee of Inquiry into the matter, the glory of this Ministry—the best and most powerful that England had had. for many years—would be eclipsed. The Right Rev. Prelate concluded by moving for a Committee to inquire into the best means of promoting religious instruction in the workhouses of England and Wales. Lord WHARNCLIFFE was sure their Lordships would not expect that he should attempt to answer the able and eon? elusive speech of the Right Rev. Prelate, in much of which that the o he entirely and heartily concurred. But he believe d d course which the Commissioners had pursued t a c t 7.1.2 wastn boards of guardians, by persuasion, re e . by far more judicious, and was likely to law.—( Hear, hear.) resorting to the harsh enforcement !L ees, e there were now only ot° appoint effectual p than Out of 600 unions in England and w h th rHo f Par (Hear, of the poor-law, and the best liament a Bill for the ame 'll7 Right s i ß n e i v B4 . 0 Prelate wo uld ( I H o2 es t r h , a h t e h a a r d . )notTchheareplawainss,now before t eo e use 0 of a clause for the purpose into that Act. the 'introduction ' The Bishop of SALISBURY agreed with the suggestion, a the Noble Baron, and he thought that the Right Rev. Pre/ wa y to effect . the object of the