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~~` WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 19 4th Regiment of Foot—p. J. Gamble, Gent., to be En.. sign, by purchase, vice Ellison, appointed to the Ist or Grena dier Regiment of Foot Guards. April 19: -- 16th Foot—Ensign G. A. E. Wall to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Nembbard, who retires; George De la Poor Beresfard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wall, April 19. 18th Foot—Capt. A. N. Campbell, from 92d Foot, to be Captain, vice Sir W. Macgregor, Bart., who exchanges, April 19. 28th Foot—J. Meacham, Gent., to be vnsige, without pur. chase, vice Marshall, whose appointment has been cancelled, April 19. 40th Foot—Lieut. G. Webb, from Ist West India Regi ment, to be Lieutenant, vice Olpherts, promoted in Ist West India Regiment, April 19. 43d Foot—R. Agar, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Thompson, who resigns, April 19. 47th Foot—Lieutenant J. Orr, from half-pay 89th Foot, to b. Lieutenant, vice Elrington, appointed Paymaster 13th Light Dragoons; Ensign H. C. Lodder, to be Lieutenant, by purcha.e, vice Orr, who retires; J. ?limey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchas", vice Lodder, April 19. 56th Folt—Lieutenant J. Waddell to be Adjutant, vice Lacy, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, April 19. 63d Foot—E. N. Daly, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Masterson. deceased, April 19. 73d Foot—Lieut. P. B. Bicknell to be Adjutant, vice Brown, promoted, April 19, 1844. 87th Foot—First Lieut. W. P. Lea to be Adjutant, vice O'Brien, who resigns the Adjutantcy only ' April 19. 92d Foot—Captain Sir W. Macgregor, Bart., from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice c ampbell, who exchanges, April 19. 95th Foot—Lieutenant E. J. Cruice to be Captain, without purchase, vice Tathwell, deceased ; Ensign J. A. R. Raines to be Lieutenant, vice Cruice, April 5; T. B. Feneran, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. vice Raines. April 19. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign R. D'Oyly Fletcher to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Webb, appointed to the 40th Foot ; NV Sankey. Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fletcher, April 19. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry. —.T. Morley, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice T. B. Charlton, promoted. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. The Rieht. Hon. the Earl of ATulgrave to be Deputy Lieu tenant ; IL Coore, Esq., to he ditto ; Sir W. Lawson, Bart., to be ditto; G. Witham, Esq., to be ditto; J. T. Wharton, E q., to be ditto, April 16. BANKRUPTS. JOHN BATTYE, linendraper, Courtney-terrace, Kings.. land, to surrender May 2 and 31. at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankrup'cv. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Co•nhiil; Dodd, New Broad-street. MATTHEW WALL ER, patent electro-plater, Percy street, Tottenham-court-road, May 3, at one, and June 1, at half.past one. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Buchanan and Grainger. Basinchall. street. JOHN CARP vNTER. surgeon, Bothwell, Northampton shire. April 30, at twelve. and May 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham. official 'assignee, Colman-street, City ; Cattlin, Ely-place ; Thompson, Northampton. JAMES JOSEPH HON SYER, undertaker, Bridge street, Blackfriars, April 30, at two, and May 21, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; Melton, Gray's Inn. JOSEPH TODD. dealer, Hartfield, Sussex, April3o, and May 21. at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Elmslie and Preston, Moorgate street. RICHARD ALLINSON, ironmonger, Whitehaven, April 26, at one, and June 10, at till). at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Waklcy, official assignee. Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Stubbs. Furnival's Inn, London ; W. and IL Perry, bitehaven ; Inglesdew, Newcastle-upori-Tyne. WILLIAM PAYNE. builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,• n A p v o r n il .T 2 y 6 n , e at D tw is e t l r v i e ct , a c n o d u J o u . ne B4,akaetr,twoffio,eiaalt asthseignNeezcNasetlwe: New castle-upon-Tyne • Crosby and Compton , Cross-court, Old Jewry, London; nudge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. JAMES SLACK, filtering machine manufacturer, Man chester, April 30, and May 22, at twelve, at the Manchester. District Court. Pratt, official assignee, Manchester; Nether sole, Essex-street, Strand, London ; Foster, Manchester. GEORGE ROTHERY, currier, Wakefield, May 6 and 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official as signee, Leeds ; Dean, Batley. JAMES DOWEL, brewer, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, April 26, at twelve, and June 6, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Acraman, of f icial assignee , Brist ol ; C. Bevan. Bristol. JOHN ATKINS, beer-house keeper, Aston, Warwickshire, April 27, arid May 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Chaplin, Gray's Inn, London ; Harrison Birmingham. JAMES DIMENT and JOHN GRIMES, plasterers, Bristol, April 26, and June 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Peters and Abbott, Bristol. JAMES MALLALIEU, cotton spinner, Sowerby, Halifax; May ri and 01, as etovca, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, Lou don ; Wavell, Halifax. JOHN BUCKLEY LORD and MICHAEL COGHLAN, cloth manufacturers, Nleitham, Yorkshire, April 30, and May 23 at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official as signee, Leeds • Sudlow, Sons, and Torre, Chancery-lane, Londou ; Floy d and Thoth, Huddersfield ; Nayler, Leeds. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. W. Fletcher, farmer, Amcatts, Lincolnshire. T. Thompson, chemist, Haricich, Essex. T. Shaw, bookseller, Tarporley, Cheshire. R. Watson, farmer, Luddington, Lincolnshire. E. Taylor, cooper, Bradford. S. Ellis, joiner, Bradford. S. Firth, innkeeper. Halifax. E. Lloyd, baker, Liverpool. T. W. Parkinson, stationer, Ilminster, Somersetahire. W. Plant, hat-block turner, Stockport. W. Hogg, saddler, Hulme, Lancashire. E. Bentley, cordwainer, Whalley, Lancashire. R. Davidson, journeyman bricklayer, Newcastle-upon. Tyne. J. Locke. surgeon, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-place. E. Randall, postilion, Bali. W. Barber, engraver, Hermes-street, Pentonville. W. H. Worley. copper-phrte printer, Shaftesbury-st., Hoxton. W. R. Rolfe. pastry-cook. High•street, Shoreditch. E. Oxborrow, blacksmith, Ipswich. J. Perry, butcher, Birmingham. A. C. Bulley, l an ding-waiter, Bernard-street, Russell-square. J. Moore, milkman, Twerton, Snmersetshire. T. Wild, clerk, Upper Stamford street, Blackiriars. C. Loach, publican. Birmingham. H. Gompertz, Oak-cottage, Old Brompton. W. Elson, licensed hawker, Northampton. W. Pinto, wareho , •seman's assistant, St. George's-buildings, Hoxton-square, Shoreditch. J. Bunker, shopman. Northampton. J. Haigh, clothier, Kirkburton Yorkshire. B. K. Trueman, carpenter, Kidderminster J Litherland, nail maker, Huddersfield. W. K. Thorburn, shopkeeper, 'Halifax. J. Cooper, provision dealer, Liverpool. W. Edgeler, bookbinder. Fleet-street. J. Bonython, broker, Salisbury . s treet, Portman-market. J. Brown, cabriolet proprietor,' Duke's mews, Lisson-grove. R. Pond, cutler, Edgware-road. T. A. Freeman, appraiser, Lisle-street, Leicester-square. A. Smith, tailor, Bungay, Suffolk. T. Bowskill, butcher, Liverpool. W. Chadwick, worsted .spinner, Bradford. J. Furse, upho'sterer, Brighton. A. Robert., fruiterer, York-street, Camden-towu. W. Goodall, tailor, Bradford. C. Lps K atdrs . oo Nicholls, Berkeley-street West, Lambeth. J. Everitt, twine-spinner, Great Yarmouth. R. Pool, clothes dealer. Manchester. 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MO DER N DOMESTIC AIEDICINE; a Popular Treatise, exhibiting the Symptoms, Causes, and mest efficacious Treatment of tlis•-a-es ; w th a Collection of approved Pre-eriptirms, Management of Children, Doses of Medicines, &c. Forming a Comprehensive Guide for the Clergy, Families, and In vela. T i. (~RAHA it, v.D., &c. " It is evidently the result of great rrofessional talent, experience, an ju +gment ; the author everywhere appears conscientious and candid. One ollect is prominently evident—a sincere desire to be. n• fit his suffering fellow.Crearu• es. To recommend a work like the present to our readers, is only to manifest a proper regard for their welfare."-1 iterary Journal, Feb. 1843. ...it is altogether deserving of i ermanent popularity."—London WeEkly Review. siinpkin and Co., Paternoster-row; Ha`chards, 187, Piccadilly; and Tegg, i Cheapside. Sold by all Booksellers. Also, by the same author, in Bvo., price I Is. Third Edition, enlarged, 2. tiN7 THE DI SEA" SOF FE NIA L ; a Treatise, illus tra,ing their • ymptoms, Causes, varieties, anti Tr atment. With numerous Cases, and a Me rical Glossary Including the Diseases and Management of Pregnancy and Lying-in. " It contains a mass of information indisrensahle to those for whom it is inten ed, and surpasses in value ail other book of its cha. racter."—Bl .ck wood's Lady's Mag attic. IN. :f„,-------...._________ ~ - ALB EMARLE-SITEET, PICCADILLY. t. 4- . b . SIGHT AND HEARING. ACc, . I E'4l- 'I NVENTED SPECTACLES, TE- Nt b sit se oPEs p iis,„ ro w:: C iNi s ,;„? 0 ERA GT.ASSES, MICROSCOPES 4 -- ., th 'bed b y h .. ttU M ENTS, for RELIEF. of DEAFNE , ,S,./tc. berb, Pet,„ ~, Majesty . the King of Hanover, her Royal High. h a ir th e Is, Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess s t ,,, P Y, mot' li e d, s r l,nce , ses Mary a d Rosa, her Grace the Dowager wil4, - „ .. e D u i - *a, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canter. ta.qlbi'tliesf e e "f Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyll, al irliarough, t, matte',4 ;-__ Marquises ot Londonderry and Thomond. F.a r ls % p l., ' ar t .' . .R,,, letown, Shatteshurv."l an kerville, Po NIR, Bradfo d, 4 4 0 tini e sa m, Harrawhy, Buckingham , Meath, Somers, O. t o as ek, t,,nd Fetters. Bishops cf Exeter, Bland ford, I kn. ti 4 l . lPld, gm. and Kildare. Generals Sir Edward Pager, Sir o , lii lt Zott. bederic Meister, Clayton, Galway, Grosvenor, Morris lis a elit, h _or le, I. o bertson, and Mackenzie. M jor.Generrls •ir H. thiNS - 70 tAleb . r Yera D. Macleod, Hamilton, and Weusysa. Lhi Ls.sar . t rala Sir Henry Bouverie,alacdonaldOSir R. 044 - a Day-,.. a nas, Lord John Hay. Admirals Sit George Cock latart. aii i ,!,`.. Milne, Sir George Munday, Sir G. Martin, Sir 1134, r t i k S an "4e . Vir D. Gold, and Ross. D o M pp ( o T t S e , Opticians i, k and Aurists, a the. tlit e ttle e ls e pecea,4 l : h e i g nv A ented aZIII, at,9 l ese n ses . B re.. of the greatest transparent power. Itnme ahlilhaiVraperfewlY invented Spectacle Lenses are placed befor- ex- It kt b„ .. whish ee .. t :2 s.. au, either by day or candle.light, that mist and distinct, hee spi t t a tpz e r. "gravaarr andbe to re t y v eT sio a i r , e t becomesonce re p m re o se v r ed 4d ey a e n rT i t il t N a the tflo a nd very slutage oie are enabled to employ their t h sa lth ch 1,, 8 t Minute opati n, and can see with tho.e Lenses It t t h e t ° fu tti lagnifying power, nor will they require the frequent h r l sti t iTost a ~,r I ?e l Ps, as tae , pectacle snow in common use, so 4 1- tto i ti f-i IMpertect sight becomes bright and briliant, and iraisyeor ame" yotithf u l, natural, and original state; those o bj ec ts 1141 1 44, of e d 3 a matter of much deeper consequence than can 1 NIP , l le _ltt fi c , , h ,...,_ wly invented INVISIBE LadyU I NSTRU rtiaV y eat ZT enable individuals at annced age, and of forty irtk,; con ve *,.. 64 nding sit extreme deafness instant'y o join in ell t „ at ch,l l ion, and to catch the sound of a distant law -' ob„:_such s'_ , theatre, &c. It pours the conversation into the ti:MCC I N . ' l n extent that in most severe cases deafness cannot th l 'aqratist ~, , tb, -S, wh: P r werful Newly-inven'ed AC HR' i M ATIC Or ERA 04 1 4 5 5 eh are invaluable en the race-course, as well as at tii ‘t 1 2 .0 el "calies r . ef,ioses f or 8 . nr the waistcoat-pocket possess extraordinary a b ,.,t, tr , :ile a t obshroamg, sea purposes, &c. ; and w th stands tor Silth nBParnt , y • ations, with the celebrated Lenses of the most ~ Lilt Lensesal w riliancy. the powers are so great over all others, ItZttst a 4ordiriai- right and brilliant, that the most minute objects FIRE AND RUMOURED Loss or LIFE —Yesterday - ‘t en, T ou y distance are brought completely under the eyes. morning a fire broke out . in the extensive feather and bed- Ni l o ' 146 , and Sea-side Visitors, will here have a great ding manufactory belonging to Messrs. Blakeley and Thomas, tethe bland corn s- set._ 4et . gaitund MICROSCOPES, by wl?ich. the circulation feather merchants and importers, Bishopsgate-street Without. 01 4 ,tais..._l 4 - ,' a and a Flea can be seen flowing in great streams. The manufactory is a larg^ brick building, 100 feet square, is s'alit,faY Wa„" s ra. S. and B. Solomons , Opticians and Aurists, are situate a few :s ards from the front of Bishopsgate-street on A t , a , , !.e 144,42nected with a Person of the same Name in their • the east, and Sun-street on the north. It contained seven kt,::, 4 :kes: be o&rho . , d, nor in any part of the country. To pre , floors, in which were housed, for the purpose of manufac i street. Pi ccuatelr', and . observe, ir ti ly t to be had at 1., t re, several hundred tons of feathers. and a vast ), opposite tt L e)r or t;,,,,L ii quantityu of beds and bed-room furniture. The fire 0 01-ID,r, HOOPING COUGH. broke out a few minutes after two o'clok in the 1,:rif,147. c elebrated HERBAL EMBROCA valued at several hundred pounds. lower art of th premis, , s, in which a quantity of steam 44i t i:;' , I t tta nt : a certain cure for this distressing and too frequently Ti t ltte nrn.nsands of . . machinery r t ' o va fl s c fi n7t l extended, and as it reached consecu ki lq vi ,t at,...,,,,children . are cured annually by this remedy; . 1 V& fa4L'aareven'stln immediate application of the E'TB ROCA- tively the differen . t departments, the great Holt caused by 0t ,11 1 . ,.. tif f ,„ tw., he complaint taking any hold of the constitution, 11 -ed the sI I ' hi; ourhood. The te*a l i b rc r xlti a th `:Li!iay completely cure In most cases one hot. the conflagration i umin . vio e neig spires. as far north as Shoreditch, were perfectly visible, and Ves hothlldren a, 2 , t'ecl effect; and no remedy can be so . well cal the al trm was very greq throughout the entire neighbour tiol,,o_ Medi cine ,Lo,ia, as it is an entire outward applies , ion, and to sag th Prieto,. . 4 . "°ne taken internals. hood. ' By three o'clock the fury of the flames was but par- I% it at man.. thisl Embrocation has - the pl 'acing eatisfacton of ,if „ ti ts th e .4inerit members of the I , , , culty constantly recom- tiallv checked, and at this moment the appearance of the whole' vicinity was truly grand The flames were only par " pi*, 7111 e can s k n own i safe and perfe7d cure. larld - h , J, it o ,,, Is medicine be genni unless signed en the 1 tinily subdued by half-past three o'clock, and at that . time it 4.it im ii i r 4 wards Y .E d Price 4s. and I/. 2s ne perßottle gn i massing,e that some one who slept upon the premises WAS tree, ..1 Pi St. Paul's Church.yard ; also by Sanger , and great fears are entertained that the poor fellow , vsbl te, 24 , COrlahill; and by most respectable •I is builv,u' to death, L,ME I' ON DEIHL( fY, NEttVOUsNESS. AND ALL DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c. " He who in pie sure's downy arras Ne'er lost his health or outhfu 'charms, A hero lives, and justly can Eltclaim, in me beho d a man Just published (in a sealed envelope). Tenth Edition, price Rs. 6d., or sent by pott free, to any address, 3s. 6d.. SELF-PRESERATION : a Popular Essay on 1:7 those concealed disorders, originating in youthful excesses, and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional ‘Veakties4, indigestion, Insanity, and ( onsumption. With Practical (nisei rations On oarriage, and on the Anatomy. rhysiology, and Diseases of the Repr ductive Organs, with plain Directions for their perfect Restoration By SAMUEL L A MERT. Consu'ting Surgeon, 9, Medford Redford-square, London, Matriculated Member of the Un versity of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecary's Hall, Lon. don, Sze. " The various positions of Lo . .•er. Husband. and Parent, the in herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented throogh the follies and frai ties nt early in , iis retions. To swill, among others, 'his Essay addresses itse:f ; .ind by its perusal many questions m iy be ssiti-f 'etorily adius. ed !hat admit of no app al even to tne ieost confidential friend "—Staff,rd Gazette. " The design of this wi rk w II be tolerably obvious from its title, and we cordially recommend the author and his book to all who are suffering from nervous debility and genera: weakness "—Wakefield Jou•nal. Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, cl and N. Paternoster-row; Starie, ,:3, fichbo•ne-s :eet, Quadrant, Regent street ;_ H , nnay and Co , 6:3. Oxford.stn et ; Noble. 1 4, Chancery 1-ne ; (lord i t, 1 Pt, Leaden hall -street ; an:' by all • ooksellers. At home every diy till hree, and from Five till Eight. P*'" SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS ittSIE TIIE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—No official notification has yet been given that Ministers have yielded to the general disapproba tion with which their new scheme of Ecclesiastical Courts Reform has been received, and withdrawn it from the further consideration of the Legislature. An allu sion was made to this measure last night in the House of Commons. In reply to a question by Lord John Russell, respecting the order in which the business be fore the House was proposed to be taken, Sir James Graham said, " He should propose on Monday, as the first order of the day, the Factories Bill; arid then the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill." The debate on the second reading of the latter measure is contingent on the de bate on the second reading of the Factories Bill being a short one. We think there is small chance of that being the ease ; th cro ror. have no idea that the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill will be proceeded with on that evening. With a view to drawing the attention of such Hon. Mem bers as wish to acquaint themselves with the character and tendency of the measures on which they are called upon to vote, we have already analyzed some of the clauses of this Bill. As it yet lingers in its course, opportunity is afforded us for continuing the exa mination. The more the Bill is investigated, the more clearly will its destitution of all claim to approval and sup port be perceived. The unjust and uncalled-for interference with donatives, which is proposed by the Bill, calls for ani madversion end resistance. The ancient and unquestion able rights of the patrons of these donatives have, from time immemorial, been exercised in a way which de serves commendation and protection, instead of depriva tion. Take, for examples, the selections made by the Hon. Societies of Lincoln's Inn or of the Temple. Have not these societies bestowed their patronage on clergymen of acknowledged fitness—of first-rate talent, unquestionable morality, and of deep and sound learn ing ? Two of the present incumbents of these dona tives may be mentioned :—Benson, whose reputation as a scholar and a divine is known and admitted by all —And, , rson, whose recent appointment is universally reearded as no less honourable to those who discerned and rewarded his merits, than it is to himself. What, then, is the necessity for, and where is the recommenda tion on which is founded, the proposed change with re spect to donatives ? The disregard which is shown throughout the Bill to the recommendations of the Ec clesiastical Courts' C om missioners, on whose reports it is professedly founded, is one proof, among many, of its questionable character and design. We have already gone into this part of the subject at some length. We Members the necessity of carefull y , and with now allude to it for the purp ose of im pressing upon Hon. newly awakened jealousy, examini n g its det ails , that they be not ensnared into supporting it by their votes, or into being absent from the discussion and division. Before pledging themselves to support Ministers on this Bill, let them at least examine and compare its provisions with the report of the Ecclesiastical Courts' Commissioners. The discrep ancies and contradictio ns between the report end the B ill wil l be at once see n. The superiority of the suggestions made by. the Com missioners to the substitutes supplied by the authors of this project, will forcibly str ike t he mind of ever y impartial person who underta kes to make th e corn parison. The duty i m posed on those whose votes will determine the fate of the Bill is obvious. Another point—and it is one of considerable importance to the p u bli c ...1 3regou t a w a d for consideration, We re- 10 4 $ 9: 4 04 0, lot tu 15040 g% It 5.16 `29° tO to ...... to" . to , • (0 to , to 4 1 There „ 1 , far' Otl e f ate Qti .to :ancrl);:ter 290 Po • f • 9/, • 0 • 16 r o o • oa ....... ,0 '.•••• .••••• • ,0 " " 600'"10° fruNATIONAL AVIRMORIT-LAWIZAMTE. 'WEEKLY 'MEETINGS of the LEAGUE the held in the THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN, Qt( u n ,, , A4SDAY EVENING NEXT, the 24th inst. ."'t , WILSON, Esq., will take the Chair at HALF-PAST The „_ SEVEN O'CLOCK. tlphi n 7eeLuig will be addressed by W. Ewart, Eisq., M.P. ; Howard lt • Esq., D.C.L., M.P. ; J. L. Ricardo, Esq., M.P. ;and c ' Mo or e , E sq. ards l i on admission may be had on application at the Offices of the Monday and Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and k 4 DPlic • tc atie4ls for Private Boxes to be made personally or by letter n l a d Y' sai du —9 of registered Members will admit, as heretofore , to F it Clerks. ,1)00-RS TO BE OPENED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. ouTliw --- ARK BRIDG.b. , I=Teoti of -e 41 hereby given that the A'...sT NUAN GENER 1L MEET -11.1/the PROPRIETORS of the SOUTHWARK BRIDGE will be at the ' ,l l nmpany's Ofllce, Queen.street-place, on TUF-SDAT, the aYnext, at Twelve for One o'clock. Vile Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. Oftee n JAMES LEITH, Secretary. ...........__lsan-street-pl ace , April 20, 1844. GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF . COPPER MINERS in ENGLAND. ,_ Incorporated by Royal Charter, A. D. 1690 . ` 4 l)ltal 1,000,0001. in 10,0001. shares of 1001. each. Old Broad-street and Castle Baynard Wharf. GovEalloa—AßEL LEWIS GOWER, Esq. .. iii • I hPirrt-QovEarrog—JAINIES ALSTON. Esq. Vr ne n , -/. J ° ll4 Enthoven, Esq. A63D3TANTS. 4C at4 - Glaxistone, Esq. Francis Movratt, Esq. ~ John Nix, Esq. jos'il relrse Kennard Esq. Archibald Paull, Esq. Wlll, awrie. Esq. John John Henry Pelly, Esq. te ace Little Es . Alfred Ricketts, Esq. k rt i , Logan, i q ' At a „A fig. William Scarth 3loorsom, Esq. , r44 o nollnell, Esq. Louis Vigurs, Esq. Tile c " Ricketts, Esq. Gregory Seale Walters, Esq. tilder, ii rrt Of Assistants of the Governor and Company of Copper viDEN, c.figland hereby 'give notice, that the HALF-YEAR'S Dl hr ann " , declared on the 6th instant, at the rate of Rye per , cent. Meek o f 1 'e of deduction for income-tax, on the paid-up capital /t ree% th e Company, is now payable at their house, Old Broad order order of the Court of Assistants. ..........______ W. INGLIS, Secretary. MUSIC OF AMERICA. ult, AL Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the x POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. stit,4le Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to delivcr Ii ,VIIcAS of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different ,*' 1 . 0 44,7.,.. , The present subject is the MUSIC of AMERICA, on 4sci a c'„,"_ednesday and Friday Evenings at Eight o'clock ; and on tact, to ,,,'''unrsday and Saturday, at Three o'clock. The next su`,- 1 701" In . e ncing On the 25th inst., will be on the MUSIC of GER -,040,,,Au the other Lectures and Exhibitions as usual. LONG ZISSof , 8 PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW `.l44ZtarG VIEWS, including the OLD and NEW HOUSES of NT, with the FIRE, &c., &c. No. 16,126. LONDON, SATURDAY : 1 , 4 : R SIT Nsi APRIL 20, 1844. and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, Containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TRREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Ni g ht, th er eby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. NOTICE T HE LONDON OFFICE OF THE STAR PACKET COMPANY IS REMOVED FROM LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF, TO THE OLD SHADES PIER, ABOVE LONDON-BRIDGE, • THE PACKET LEAVES EVERY MORNING AT NINE. N.B. No charge for wharfage or passengers luggage. Stax-offtee, Thornton's Wharf, April 13, 1844. LETTERS of CREDIT on BOMBAY.—The UNION BANK of LONDON having been appointed AGENTS for the BANK of WESTERN INDIA., are authorised to reseive 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. SCRIMGEOUR, Manager. Union Bank of London, No. 9, MoorgaV-Street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR. ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex tense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short optionpolicies— hof selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual 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 on 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 Policy. Annual Bonus Jo ' b I Prem. ' Entr y' No. !Age] Sum.' Prem. I Added . Bonus. Reduced. EXAMPLES. ..; . C. \ X I X s. d.i s. d.l ,837 I 39 159 I 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 65819 9 8194 1838 114 56 3 , 000 175 15 0 296 9 7'123 0 6 16 9 7 Another Bonus will be declared in the present year. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best and most varied provision for alter-life hitherto offered— every 21. 12s. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty eve, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. 6d., or 3491. 11s. cash, or policy at death of 4661.1ar advantages at fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment— two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re presentatives In cases of premature death. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. THE 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 ofliicers.—lt is to be noted that the Policies of this Company will cover voyages of every description and service in every part of 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 in .nrers. Deferred Annuities to Mariners granted upon very moderate Premiums. The Preminins for General Assurances are based upon a new ad usted table of mortality. Ten pound per cent. of the profits to be applied in making a provi n for destitute and disabled Mariners. Arthur-street, London-bridge. WM. M'NIELL, Manager. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, APRIL 19, 1844. Notice is hereby given, that the carriages coming to her Majesty's Drawing-room, on Thursday, the 25th of April, are to fall into the line at the top of St. James's-street, come down theleft-hand side, and enter at the iron gate nearest the Palace, s't down at the Arcade, return by the iron gate nearest to Marl borough-house, and pass through Pall-mall into St. James's square, by George-street. When called, they are to pass from St. James's-square, by Charles-street, into Regent-street, Jermyn-street, come down St. James's• street as before, take up, and go away through Pall-mall. No hackney . carriages will be permitted to come within the gates. For all persons having the privilege of the entrée, tickets will be delivered at the Board of Green Cloth, on Tuesday next, between the hours of eleven and three o'clock ; their carriages are to enter the gate at Constitution-hill, proceed down St. James's-park, through Stable-yard, into the Ambassadors'- court, set down, and go out into Cleveland-row. The car riages of the Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Minis ters, and Great Officers of State may afterwards wait in the Ambassadors'-court, and those of all ether persons having the entree may wait in Stable-yard or St. James's-park till called ; they are then to take up in the same order as they had set down, and pass away up the left-hand side of St. James's-street. No car riage will be admitted with company a second time with the same ticket, to prevent which it must be prodoced at Consti tution-hill gate, and Stab , e-yard gate also, where a corner of it will be torn off by the Marshalmen in attendance ; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entrée by any other approach to the Palace than the gates last mentioned. LIVERPOOL, Lord Seward. PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE and AN NUITY COMPANY, 9, CHATHAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established in 1826. This Society is supported by an ample subscribed Capital, and by a considerable accumulated premium fund. Assurances are effected at a low rate of premium, without profits, or at an increased premium, with participation in the profits of the Office. A Bonus in ready money, at the rate of 15 per cent. on the pre miums received (equivalent to a reversionary bonus of about 30 per cent.) was declared in May, 1842, on all beneficial policies on whale three annual premiums had been paid in the previous De cember.- A division of the profits takes place every five years, and the hold ers of beneficial policies can receive their bonuses in ready money, or have them applied In augmentation of their policies, or in reduction of their future premiums Assurers may contractt o pay their Premiums either In one sum, in a given number of payments, in annual, half-yearly, or quarterly pay ments, or on the ascending or descending scale. Officers of the Army and Navy, on active service, Persons afflicted with chronic and other diseases, and such as are going beyond the limits of Europe, are also Assured at moderate rates. Prospectuses and all necessary information ma y he obtained at the Mee. MICHAEL SAR, Secretary. • At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of April, 18 , t4, present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right "Honourable JOhn Hope, Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, and the Right Honourable Sir Frederick Pollock. Knt., Lord Chef Baron of her -Majesty's Court of Exchequer, were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and tuok their re spective places at the Board accordingly. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. William Earl of Lonsdaie to be Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmore land, his Lordship this day took the oaths appointed to he taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supre macy. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the re presentation of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Council of Education, to appoint the Rev. H. Walford Bel lairs, the Rev. Frederick Watkins, and Joseph Fletcher, Esq., to be three of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. WHITEHALL, Aran. 17. SECOND NOTICES. G. Bradlaugh, miller, Ipswich, April 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. F. C. Wollen, tailor, Bath -street, City-road, April 25; at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. E. West, shipping-agent, Bexley-heath, Kent, April 26, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. S. Reynblds, milliner, Reading, April 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. W. Presley, hop warehouseman, Prospect-place, Old Kent road, April 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. . . W. Richardson, builder, Liverpool, April 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. W. Parry, miller, Hope, Flintshire, April - 23, at half-past eleven, at the Liveipool District Court. Turner, as signee. • G. Butler, plumber, Stanton-Saint-John's, Oxfordshire, May 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, offficial assignee. W. W. Groves, hitter, Gerard-street, Soho, May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson;official assignee. 11: Smith, house carpenter, Wheat-lane-end, Southampton shire, May 1, at half-past one, at the Court of -Bankruptcy. Johnson official assignee. T. Simpson, clerk, Brougham-place, New-road, Max 1, at twelve, at the Court.of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. W. H. Crook, baker, Southampton, April 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. W. Seys, farmer, New Hems.", Monmouthshire, April 24, at half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. W. Evans, fanner, Gadder, Monmouthshire, April 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller official assignee. R. W. Bryant, tailor, Chippenlitim,.44iitsilier - Apit24 - ; - at half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. T. Johnson, draper, Wellington, Shropshire, April 24, at one, at the Birmingham District rt. Christie, official as signee. G. Fleming, omnibus driver, Dudley, April 23. at eleven, at the Birmingham District Co urt. Valpy, official assignee. W. Wainwright, Post-office clerk, Birmingham, April 25, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. . _ The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be pa'sed under the Great Seal. granting the dignity of a Knight of the Urited Kingdom of Great Britain and unto William Chalmers, of Glenericht, in the county of Perth. Esq., Com , anion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath and Colonel in the army. WHITEHALL, APRIL 19._ _ _ _ The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Lees, Doctor in Divinity, to the church and' parish of Stornoway, in the presbytery and isle of Lewis and county of Ross, vacant by the transportation of. the Rev. John Cameron, late minister thereof, to the church and parish of Edderton, in the pesbytery of Tain. P. Potter, Leominster, Herefordshire, April 24, at half put ten, t the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, offi cial a.s.gnee. J. Seel, joiner, Liverpool, April 24, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. J. Edwards, farmer, Bodidris, Denbighshire, April 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. J. Bell, licensed victualler, Manchester, April 24, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. W. Bassford, cowkeeper, Liverpool, April 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. W. Eggleston, salesman, Manchester, April 23, at twelve, at the 'Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. W. Walker, basket maker, Oldham, Lancashire, April 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee. S. Peel, leather-dresser, Colne, Lancashire, April 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official as signee. C. Cotgreave, l a w stationer, Chester, April 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Ba!inghall-street. C. Clarke, linen draper, Banbury, Oxfordshire, May 10, at twelve—R. Feild, varnish manufacturer, Plummer's-row, Whitechapel, May 10, at half-past twelve —G. Booth, lime burner, Princes-street, Lambeth May 10, at twelve—E. Flo ranee, jun., potato dealer, Subdeanery, Sussex, May 10, at eleven—G. C. Bridge, grocer, Mallon, Esset, May 10, at one. In the Country._ fer to the proposed abolition of some of the .prin cipal offices ; the compensation for their loss to the present holders ; and the elevation of their deputies to the rank'of principals. Why, in the name of common honesty, should these changes be proposed, and this ex pense be imposed on the public ? Where is the reason ; and what the authority ? With the exception of two or three clergymen—who, under the present system, hold posts in connexion with the Ecclesiastical Courts, or their registries, whether in, town or country—are, any of the other principals, or heads of the various de partments, incapable of performing, in propria per sona, that portion of the public business " which they have hitherto been accustomed to perform by deputy ? Or are they, being practitioners of the Eccle siastical Courts—whether of the Prerogative Court in London, or of the Consistorial Courts in the country, and, consequently brought up, from an early period of their lives, to the study of the civil and ecclesiastical laws, received a sound classical education, and thus trained for all the ordinary duties of their profession— are these gentlemen, we ask, to be considered by the Legislature, under the direction of the Government, of such mean talents as to be incapable of executing the common' matters of form and ordinary routine of the offices every-day business of their ?lf they be com petent, why are they to be superseded ? Why are the deputies in these offices to be made principals ? And why is the country—already heavily burdened with retired allowances and compensations—to be fur ther taxed with the maintenance in idleness of a num ter of -superseded principals, and to have the- extra burden placed upon it of supporting a new set of prin cipals in the lieu of those who have been removed ? If the present principals, indeed, were to refuse, when called upon by the Government, to conduct the business of their departments in person which demand the Government would be perfectly justified in making, as it is purely and entirely by sufferance that they have been hitherto allowed to treat their posts as though they were sinecures—if these principals, whether registrars, or clerks of seats, or seal-keepers, orclerksor papers, esigtena od, should rbyw in any instanceshateverotheofifc refuse ial term they may be d to act—as they well know they ought to act—in person, and not by deputy ; then, indeed, the Government even wou thenl would e tperfectlyjustifiedherewenldbe no pretence in superseding fe rperpetuating them. But another Chancery job, and securing to a set of idlers a good income for life. STANDARD.—A good suggestion from Mr. Milner Gibson certainly comes upon the public by surprise , y e t the suggestion thrown out by the Member for Manchester last night is undoubtedly a good one, if only—but this condition perhaps accounts for Mr. Milner Gibson's making the proposition—it were not nearly impossible to act upon it. An exposition of the resources, the labour, and the produce of the agriculture of the country, would be indeed profitable to the whole community, but most -eminently profitable, as the Right Honourable Pre sident of the Board of Trade demonstrated, to the agriculturists. Engaged as they are in the most capricious and uncertain of all the pursuits of in dustry, they have of all men the least light as to their most prudent policy, or to their reasonable prospects. The cotton millowner has but to inquire how many bags of cotton have been bought up by others, how many bales of goods shipped for exportation or con signed to wholesale houses in the trade, to know pretty exactly the resources, the condition, and the prospects of his market. The woollen manufacturer, the manufac turer of hardware, the merchant, in short, every one but the farmer, has a tolerable guide to the competition he may count upon, and the demand he may expect. The farmer has no-such guide ; he often sells his produce 10 or 20 per cent. below what the state of supply would dictate—sometimes holds it over for a price 10 or 20 per cent. beyond what the state of the supply warrants. This is not the farmer's fault ; his trade is in all re spects an honest trade—he has nothing to conceal, and could conceal nothing if he had, for all his work is emphatically upon the surface. The mischief to the community and to him, is the effect of wanting that perfect information which Mr. Milner Gibson's proposi tion, if practicable, would elicit. What is to be done to cure this evil, which is of more weight than may at first sight appear, is a question of no little difficulty. The condition of statistical information, or rather statis tical ignorance, in this country is in truth extremely mischievous, and would be disgraceful were it not the consequence of our free Constitution, and our habits of freedom. We fancy that no one has a right to pry into our private affairs ; and an awkward custom, which finance ministers of all times have indulged in, to lay their hands upon whatever they find definite and tangible, causes us to exclude such . intru sion with a sensitive jealousy. All inquiries, such as Mr. Milner Gibson proposes, are sure to be consideaed as preliminary to the imposition of some new tax, the more rigorous collection of some old tax, or at least :the privation of some advantage. The mis chief of the ignorance which this prejudice creates is, however, as we have said, very great—great, far beyond the mere loss in particular trades—for it really perverts the whole legislation of the king dom, and often gives a perfectly false direction to public opinion. In the absence of all information, men may go right or go wrong ; but, under the direction of partial information, they are sure to go wrong. Now all our statistical information is in every sense of the term partial—partial as incomplete, and partial as generally selected, and prepared to serve some temporary and party purpose. The consequence is, that in the discussion of any public question, every one can find some facts to serve his purpose, while no one is able to adduce all the facts, from a full consi deration of which only , can a fair inference ever be drawn. We might cite any of the great controversies that have divided public opinion to illustrate this truth. The corn-law question for example. In this one would think the greater or less value of the home market ought to be an important consideration ; yet no approxi mation, upon any authority, has yet been made to a comparative estimate of the home and foreign mar kets. Again, it is contended in the discussion of. the. Factory Bill, that the labourers in factories must work twelve hours a day, in order to perfect the necessary amount of goods ; but we have not the least in formation as to the number of days of the year during which they must work these twelve hours, and questionless, without this information, Parliament is in no condition to form a correct opinion as to the truth or falsehood of the alleged necessity of women and children working twelve hours a-day, and submitting for fourteen hours to imprisonment. In the management of our private affairs, if a man pretends to satisfy us with a confessedly partial account, we laugh at him as a fool, or turn our backs upon him as a rogue—yet it is upon partial accounts that all public decisions are at present come to. Whether it shall be always so must depend upon the arising of some Ministry wise enough, and bold enough, and powerful enough,-and en joying leisure enough, to effect a full and fair analysis of the statistics of the kingdom. Sir Robert Peel's Ad ministration has all the requisites of wisdom and bold ness and strength, but unfortunately it has not the op portunity of leisure. R. Waddington, grocer, Boston, Yorkshire, May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—M. Raphael and A. Na than, silversmiths, Hull, May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court—W. W. Robinson, linen draper, Beverley, York shire, May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—E. Met calf, currier. Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—G. Knowles, corn dealer, Halifax, Yorkshire, May 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court— J. R. Atkinson, wine merchant, Caistor, Lincolnshire, May 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Etock, linen draper, Leeds, May 16. at eleven, as the Leeds District Court—J. and W. Green, timber merchants, Wetherby, Yorkshire ' May 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—T. Cheeth am, sett., surgeon, Stockport, Cheshire, May 14, at eleven, at the Man chester District Court—W. Caton, ironmonger, Preston, Lan cashire, May 14, at twelve, at the Manchest er District Court —E. Poore, druggist, Bampton, Devonshire, May 15, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court—J. Goss, draper, Devon port, May 14, at one, at the Exeter District Court—J. J. Bul man, nil merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 10, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Bell, earthen ware manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 10, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. T. G. James, builder, River-street, Myddleton-square, May 10—W. Bourne, woollen draper, Coleman-street, Maylo,-- E. P. Best, wine merchant, Crutched-friars, City, May 10- J. Aldred, wholesale stationer, Nottingham, May 13—T. Greening, sur g eon, Worcester, May 11—J. Thomson, iron manufacturer, Stoke-upon- Trent, Staffordshire, May 28—G. Thomson, iron manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, May 28—J. Reaveley, commission agent, Hammond's-wharf, Queenhithe, May 10—H. Southgate, auctioneer, Fleet-street, May 10—.. Ballard, brazier, Maidstone, Kent, May 10— H. F. Turner, painted baize manufacturer, Myddleton-street, Clorkenwell, May 10—T. Sanders, shoe-maker, Ramsgate, May 10—W. Fuller, coal merchant, Poplar, May 10—S. Bil - lington, woollen draper, Bi r k en h ea d, Cheshire, May 10 —C. Williamson, hosier, Regent-street, May 10—T. W. Wright, dyer, Nottingham, May 10—G. H. Crowther, stationer, Warrington, Lancashire, May 10—H. M. Newton, victualler, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, May 10. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. F. H. Perry minster—C. Coney and M. Ch am b ers , l o d g ing -house keepers, and F. P au l, b rass f oun d ers , York-street, West- Southport, Lancashire—H. Davis and F. F. Thompson. sur geons, Tenbury, Worcestershire—C. Hough and W. Gaunt, joiners, Nottingham—G. M'lntyre, R. M'lntyre, and J. Dew• son, engravers to calico printers, Salford, Lancashire (so far as regards J. Dawson)—G, and W. Smith, farriers, Farnham, Surrey—J. Sutcliffe and J. White, worsted s tuff manufac turers, Bradford, Yorkshire—G. and J. Wareham, plumbers. Birmingham—W. Chandler and S. Holah, chemists, Minories —T. 111‘ Lean and J. Powell, bakers, Gloucester—J. T. and J. Arley, coal merchants, Newbury, Berkshire—T. Ward and .1. Niblett, jun., ironmongers, Dorking, Surrey-3s. and Jn. Baker, grocers, Portslade, S ussex —E. Prosser and R. F. Knight, curriers, Heref or d —J. Abb ey an d T. Bradley, tallow chandlers,Brookinan l etter Huddersfield,p repr e ss p Coathupes, Homer, and Cliff e , crown window —H. Baxter and W. Orto n , li nen d rapers , Rochester—Lucas, r Y in o te rk rs s , hir c e i — em T en . e L s.al u a r n le e r , and T. W. manufac turers, Bristol—U. Da ven p or t, J . G r i n d ro d, and T. Patrick, gla C ss arey-street engineers, Liverpool—E. and J. Mason, brick makers, Car marthen—R. W. and C. P. Fox, surgeons, Torquay, Devon shire—D. Roberts and T. Powlson, letter press printers, Manchester. JAMES ROBERTSON, v i ntner , Biebin, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. April 27, May 20, at eleven, at th e c h am b ers of S pee d and Wlll, Brechin . and PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Aprii 16, 1844, is 355. Bd. per cwt ., exclusiv e of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM. - LADIES' DRESSES. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KlMT.—Court costume, composed of black crape dress over silk, richly trimmed with jet and cordeliere ; train and body of rich black damask, trimmed with crape and jet. Black feathers, crape lappets, and jet ornaments. DUCHESS OF BEDFORD.—Train of handsome black satin, a bouquets d'or, lined with black silk, elegantly trimmed with gold r►bbon," and looped with bows; body and sleeves richly trimmed with gold lace ; skirt of rich black satin, handsomely trimmed with goldblonde and satin ; a profusion of diamonds and rubies. Headdress of feathers, and splendid parure of diamonds and rubies; lappets of gold lace. COUNTESS OF LEICESTER.—Court costume composed of a tarlatane dress over glace silk, trimmed with Brussels lace flowers ; train and body of rich white brocade, trimmed with Brussels lace ; plume of feathers, Brussels lace lappets, and diamonds. . THE ComaEss OF Citututmoirr.—Court costume en devil, robe of black crape cropee dessous of rich glace silk, the dress elegantly trimmed en tablier, with coques and raches ; train en suite. Headdress, feathers and lappets. THE HON. Mits. R. DENMAA.—Costume de Cour ; a very rich blue and white broche dentelle poult de soie ; train, looped with agraffes of blush roses, corsage en cceur, orna mented with rich renaissance lace, berthe, and sabots; a white tulle illusion dress en tunique, trimmed with blush roses over rich white glace gros de Naples. Headdress, plume of feathers, rich renaissance lace lappets and ornaments. THE How. MRS. WELD.—Costume de Cour, composed of a rich broche lavender and white satin, lined with gros de Naples, and tastefully ornamented with tulle passementerie and nceuds of ribbon, embroidered blonde petticoat, trimmed en tablier, with tulle and ribbon, blonde, berthe, and sabots. Headdress, feathers, lappets, and diamonds. THE How. Miss GEORGINA linv—Train and boddice of azure blue morie, ornamented with roses, clematis, and tulle; dress of white glace silk, richly flounced with lace. Head dress and ornaments, ostrich feathers, pearls, and diamonds M . ins. CHARLES LUSHINGTON—White satin dress, richly embroidered in gold lama; train and body of white and gold brocaded satin, trimmed with beautiful gold blonde lace ; Court plume of white ostrich feathers, tipped with mara bouts and gold; blonde lappets; a magnificent diamond tiara ; diamonds, earrings, with a superb emerald and diamond necklace, and emerald and diamond stomacher. MRS. HOWARD arHINSTONE—Train of rich pink poult de soie trimmed with point lace and nceuds de rubans ; slip of white satin, covered with Honiton lace with deep flounce. Headdress, plume, lappets, wreath, and diamonds. Miss REYNOLDS.—Court costume, composed of a white tulle dress and tunique, over blue glace silk, trimmed with bouquets of mixed hollyhocks ; train and body of rich white watered silk, trimmed with tulle and bows of blue ribbon ; body and sleeves ornamented with blonde and flowers. Head dress,plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. Miss DOUGLAS HALFORD.—COUTt costume, composed of a tulle dress and tunique over satin, trimmed with bouquets f mixed sweet peas ; trai n and bod y of rich pink wateredsi ° lk, trimmed with blonde and ribbon , Plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. General Tom Thumb is said to be netting 4001. a week in the metropolis of trkgland, a sum which must soon literally make him "worth his own wei g ht in (15 initerial lbs. only) in gold." Diminutive as the General is, 4oli Mid to enjoy gaol With, PRICE scl, THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at RIVE 'O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the'AFTERNOON TRAINS THE WILLS. FORGERIES. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. - - OLD-COURT. At the sitting of the Court yesterday the Prisoawes Bar ber, Fletcher, Saunders, and Georgiana Dorey, were again placed at the bar. Mr. Essen then rose to reply on the part of the prosecution. He commenced by expressing his astonishment that his Learned Friend on the other side should have stated that the object of the prosecutors in this case was to steal a verdict, and that the proceedings on their part had been conducted with acrimony. They wished to obtain a verdict by no other means than fair and legal ones. This case was one of great public importance, and demanded the fullest and most rigid scrutiny. Of Mrs. Dorey he would say nothing ; she, by pleading guilty, had admitted her crime. With regard to Barber and Fleteher there was no doubt that they had been in connection on the subject of the will and the transfer of the stock. At the Bank of England they were found toge ther with Philpotts, the stockbroker, and a conversation took place about• °hanging one of the 1,0001. notes into gold. Philpotts spoke of it as if Barber and Fletcher had a joint interest. After alluding to the evidence as it affected Lydia Saunders, he told the jury they had heard a most elo quent address from his Learned Friend (Mr. Wilkins), but he cautioned them against being led away by allu sions • foreign to the real matter they had to try. He had alluded to the value of the privilege of trial by jury, a topic very important where there was a question between the Government and the people, but wholly foreign to the question they had to try. lie entreated them to pay no at tention to the address which they had heard from counsel, except - so far as it Imre ou the real merits of the case before them. He prayed them to give the most calm consideration to this cause. That Barber and Fletcher had co-operated to gether was his statement in the opening, and the Learned Counsel who addressed them on behalf of Barber had dealt with that fact as if Barber had merely acted as attorney for Fletcher. Now, he begged of them to remark, that in his opening he had charged Barber as an accomplice, and as having a criminal knowledge of the fraud which was going on. That -he had -acted in the ca pacity of attorney in the matter there was no doubt; but: it should be recollected that the assistance of an at torney was absolutely necessary. It could not be said that he was merely acting as attorney for Fletcher in entire igno rance of there being any fraud. They must have known that the stock about which they were making inquiries from• Captain Foskett, was the property of Miss Slack ; that another person of the same name resided somewhere else; as Mr. Barber was keeping back from Captain Foskett and Miss Slack, the fact which was in his knowledge, that 3,500/. Consols was standing in the name of that lady in the Bank of England. The Leaned Gentleman then went on to com b ment on the various arguments of Mr. Wilkins. He said, advisedly, that the question they had to consider was, whes ther any ordinary man of business could entertain a reason able doublithat Barber had known that he had found the real owner of the stock, for he had got all the facts which would enable him to identify Miss Slack as the person to whom it was owing. Barber stated he believed her to be the person. The treaty with •Captain Foskett, and Miss Slack was closed, because there was no offer made. There was a promise given to communicate any information received on the subject, but no communication was made; and shortly after the second act of the drama, which con cluded in the appropriation of the property, was perpetrated. Could any person reasonably doubt that * Barber knew that Anne Slack, of Abbot's Langley, was the owner of this pro perty? No doubt the case was most ingeniously managed, and if it did not afford a melancholy evidence of human de • pravity, they must be Featly surprised at it. How could they account, after this, for Barber receiving the woman Saunders and the will? Not all the eloquence and fine figures of the Learned Counsel could explain this, on the ground thrt he was only acting as a skilful and s hrewd attorney. Barber and Fletcher had been looking for the owner of the stock ; if they had found her, there was an end of the matter. But after some time the very will relating to the matter is brought, and Barber is employed, it is said, as an attorney by Fletcher. • Did it raise no suspicion on the part of Bar ber, that after having been looking for the owner of this property, a will was brought to him respecting it by Flet cher? Why, what had Fletcher to do with any property left by Anne Slack? Could any reasonable:person be misled in supposing that this was the act of a guilty accomplice? It was said that Mr. Barber was a respectable man, and had heretofore borne an honourable character. They all knew that when great frauds were to be committed a person of re spectable character was the person most likely to perpetrate them. Such a person was frequently indispensable to the commission of crimes of this nature. Was it the business of an attorney fairly employed to go to the Bank and receive 6001. in gold almost uncounted mto his hand? The clerk said it was a most unusual thing to receive so much money in gold. He did not ask Fletcher any questions as to how he made out the supposed Emma Slack, or where he had found her. Was there no suspicion in this ? Three thousand pounds of the money had been traced to Lydia Saunders and Fletcher. More than 4,0001. had been received. It was proved that 6001. had got into the hands of Barber. Where was the rest? They did not pretend to be able to tell. It was the duty of a clever person, of course, to leave no trace of it. Let (hem weigh what had been the conduct of the prisoner Barber after the forgery of the will had been found out, and after Mr. Freshfield had spoken to him of the sub ject. If he had felt himself an innocent man, would he not on the instant such a charge was made against him, say, " I only acted as attorney in the matter ;'I acted for another; Fletcher is the man who is guilty, if anybody is guilty ?" Then it was said that he was watched by the police, and that lie had never been seen speakin g to Fletcher. Why, if he was guilty he would be the last person whom he would be seen speaking to. There was no person whom he would more cautiously avoid. When Barber was brought to the Mansion-house, and had heard the case against him, and after his application to be let out on bail was refused, he then for the first time after a short consi deration gave up the name of Fletcher, and said he was the man who employed him. The Learned Gentleman then alluded to the attack which had been made upon l Mr. Fresh field by the counsel on the other side Mr. Wilkins). He regretted that his Learned Friend bb been be trayed into such an attack. Mr. Freshfleld was a gentle man of undoubted respectability, and what could be more kind on his part than to go to Mr. Barber and inform him of the accusation which was made against him in this very act for which he was now attacked. It had been insinuated that Mr. Freshfield was not to be believed, because he had suppressed an important fact. The fact said to be suppressed was one entirely immaterial, and had nothing whatever to do with the material point, namely, the suppression of Mr. Fletcher's name ty Mr. Barber. But the statement of Mr. Freshfield was most important, and the Learned Counsel wished to do every thing to damage it. The Learned Gentleman, after some further observations, concluded a very able and temperate speech, by calling on the jury dispassionately to weigh the evidence in this important case, and to give a ver dict according to their reason and their judgment. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS then summed up, and told the jury to admit nothing for their consideration except what appeared in the evidence before them. They must discard everything which had been said by counsel on both sides, except so far as it was founded upon the evidence. The first thing he had to remark was that there was no evidence at all as to the actual person who forged the will ; but that did not dispose of the important case before them, for there was no doubt that the will was forged. As he referred to the evidence, he should make such observations upon it as he thought proper, but if the jury did not coincide with him as to their justness, they would of course disregard them. With regard to Lydia Saunders, the case against her rested a good deal on the testimony of the Nevilles, but there were two or three others who spoke of her with more or less certainty as being mixed up in the transaction. With regard to Barber, the main and pressing question for their -consideration was, whether he had acted truely and solely as an attorney, fairly employed, without any guilty knowledge of the will being forged. There was no doubt that it was Barber who tendered the will for pro bate. There was no question raised upon that point, but it was said that this and everything else which be did in the transaction was done as an attorney, It had been proved that he received 6001., and that he went away with it, but what he did with it afterwards nobody knows. Whether he returned it to the supposed owner, or whether he appropriated it to himself, they had no means of judging. That part of the case which required their most serious consideration was the negotiations which were carried on in the autumn of 1842. Who induced or directed Mr. Barber to write to Captain Foskett they had no proof. He had cer tainly informed him that the subject on which he was inqui ring was for the benefit of Miss Slack, for he asked whether she was a person of nerves strong enough to bear an ad dition of a large sum of money to her means. After the correspondence which had taken place between Mr. Barber and Capt. Foskett, it would be for them to consider whether Barber had not been the real person to whoM the money belonged. The next thing they would consider was the con duct of Mr. Barber after this correspondence. The general result of the evidence of Mr. Freshfield and Capt. Foskett was to raise an inference against Mr. Barber, but whether it did so or not was for the consideration of the j ury. . Mr. WILKINS begged to remind his Lordship that Captain h as the cer- Foskett described his sister as a lady of 28, tificate at Doctors'-commons had described the p er e e rson in the will as a person 68 years of age. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said, that when e je the whole , w t h h o e l y e of ,the 'evidence and documents was before the consider whether Mr. Barber was in such a position as would vhiei have led him to suppose that the will was a forg er y . Mr. Freshfield told him he was suspected, it was for them to say whether he ought to have said that he was onl , and that lie acted th row throughout for an attorney Fletcher. Ailftletrhesocasmee fu rther_ . observations, the g Learned proceeding to read the evidence, when the jury Judge was re tired to take refres hment. After a lapse of about twen t y minutes the Jur returned into Court, when Mr. Justice WILLIAMS proceeded to read the evidence at length. After the Learned Judge had finished the evidence, he told them, that if the evidence was such as to leave a• us t and reasonable doubt ontheirminds th e prisoners shou ld j ust and have the benefit, but if there was no doubt on their minds they would give their verdict accordingly. He again begged of the jury not to regard any observations which were addressed to them, except so far as they were founded on the evidence. The question they had to consider with regard to the prisoner Barber was, whether he had merelyordinary acted as an at torney would act in th e matter, r whether he had produced the will for prob a t e, we ll knowi n g o it to have been forged. The jury then retired to consider their verdict. The . prisoner, Barber, seemed to have retained his self possession throughout the trial, frequently handing down notes to his counsel, till the close of the Judge's charge ; he then appeared to become extremely agitated and nervous. After an absence of about an hour and twenty minutes, the jury returned with a verdict of . GUILTY AGAINST ALL THE PRISONERS. Mr. Barber—l am not guilty, my Lord, and Mr. Fletcher here knows that I am not. The prisoners were then removed. The Court then adjourned till Monday morning. • - GIBBS FOR MAYOR.—Alderman Gibbs, in the handsomest way, and to save the Court of Aldermen any trouble, has already elected himself Lord Mayor, and will, on the 9th of November, proceed per fourpenny steamer to West- Miabter, Vest 4=4 ija....,FIOWA. ,- - — j ( • __,----- , ) ~ 27 \' . -••.';,:,.. :',•••••••._ -.. /zz:,,, , .. ' . .0i41,4 1 .„ ... om „te,. ccr, • , 44. ,P'oB 1 IRELAND. 1 1 -c4,ir,"" .‘1 ' 2 u:l -t ... ,- 4 — : oia t ir ce . 4 7 \ ' -:",. 1 •;•': ' 1",,'" %.: I__ s ' it - , ~.:-',"), .4 ..f. - • 1 .4 I,_ i" - 1 ( '--- ...''' '" " "t. ' -,.. 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Gum; L' e (2 ° ( \ n ' , 4 "e of the Masters of the Court, to inquire and state to qlts o i" Whether Charles Moon, named in the will of Thomas : 4 Z Of t h ate of Grove training in e parish of Norton, in the East Rid- L' , ch d e : connty of York, groom, deceased, the testator in Zia al Bo re,inentioned is living or dead, and, if dead, when he died, ~Thig `° thenuir whether Phillis Sutcliffe. the testator's sister, was ,klll of the 28th day of June, 1831, the date of the said testator's ~,t I,Y of Pe decease of the said testator (which happened on the 7th ~ttito r- ; •1 1c ost, 1832), and at the time of the second marriage of the the n ,' w idow, Mary Sykes, and what children she had, and which th e ti,.,fiere hying on the 28th day of June, 1831, at the decease of Litoi'nor, and at the time of the second marriage of the said tes- Nhe Jamesdow also that the said Master should inquire `Bth oftd,r, Sykes, the nephew of the testator, was living on the of June 1831 at the death of the testator, and at the time he ~ second man ' iage , of theteator's said widow, and what children 431" and which of them were living on the said 28th day of June, lat t "age or 'e death of the testator, and at the time. of the second mar- Loa the testator's said widow, and what nieces, great nephews Jtitr , pt nieces of the testator were living on the said 28th day of qth, : 31 , at the ti me o f the ueath of the testator, and at the time t erect mar riage of the testator's said widow, and if any of such nieces, ~arl1„Pn", "Pers vs, and great nieces, are now dead, who is or are Personal -representative, or representatives. The said 'hila r : ' l oon, if living, the said Phillis Sutcliffe, if living, and her l i s n, and the said James Sykes; the testator's nephew, if . living, B,o e , h ildren, and the nieces, great nephews, and great nieces of tietv.sl,estator, living at the respective times mentioned in the said ts,q_ e r the legal personal representative or representatives of any : 1 11 1 : b n::: (1 nieces, great nephews, and great nieces, are, by their ,he s o i a s, on or before the 23d day of May, 1844, to come in before Master, Sir Gitlin Wilson, at his Chambers, in Southam.p -.44(1 it ok in gs, Chancery-lane, London, and prove Vieir relationship, , ora y „e out their claims, or in default thereof, they will peremp excluded the benefit of the said Decree. SMITHSON and MITTON, F or 23, Southampton-buildings, London, ""-- 7 ' 4ll thBotl and Jackson, 3falt Yorkshire, Anril 18, 1844. G LORGE SHEPPARD, at present, and for •Wad ll4 teell months past, residing at No. 45, Upper Stamford-street, 4tll , in the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Lam lev, told no* county of Surrey, and being a cook, do hereby ta that I intend to resent a to the . ankruptcy, Basinghall-stre p p et, praying toetition be examined Pro 41. u debts, estate, and effects, and to be protected from all Nd ez . en ,l' °,l Making a full disclosure and surrender of such estate ayment of my just and lawful debtshereby ;1411 h.g,,ve notice, that the time when the matter of the said petition '4.4 11 - `, 44 neard is to be advertised in the London Gazette and in the 1 0 ,„\i'iti les tin newspaper one month, at the least, after the date hereof. \y" l. 1844: my hand, this 19th day of April, in the year of our Hit e • GEORGE SHEPPARD. t or , o . l ln Beart, insolvent's attorney, No. 4, Chester-terrace, °u gh - road, Southwark. ' IREAS, a PETITION of WILLIAIII PR E h oh '. , of p a ., gI?EY, of No. 2, Prospect-place, Old Kent-road, in the 4,4 War e j;',ltt Giles, Camberwell, in the county of Surrey, clerk to a 11, the e?nan, haying been Sled in the Court of Bankruptcy, A ts - ti t o Interim order for protection from process having been tAi Of 1)"" 2 ! said William Presley under the provisions of an se• !Pi 3,, —,.. 5 , 11 antent, passed in the Parliament holden in the sth L . le / t - 4, 8 of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act Viereb` Let of Insolvent Debtors," the said William Presley tle' h yeqUired to appear in Court before J. S. M. Fon pk's th scl the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said pal thjikly :. 25 th day of April instant, at two o'clock in the afternoon em t ,ke - p; - the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, for a m e of being then and there examined touching his debts, l'Z'a of Lffect 8, and to be further dealt with according to the pro th,",ey,. is said Act. All parsons indebted to the said William th„.84 4 .?r that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver i * ollt to Mr. W. Pennell, the official assignee, nominated in tia by the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said t e ll i LL and ALLAN, of 69, 70, and 71 vt ct _ • PAUL'S-CHURCHYARD, having completed the e:5 o a r , !rations found necessary by the great in . crease of their 11,,,Naa, l eaPectfully to invite Ladles and the Public generally to am 'on of their NEW and SPLENDID STOCK, selected in the Ir a etty C ontinental Marke.s for the Season, comprising every 01 1 ,,. 1. .. ren eb, Figured, and Plain Satins; Brocaded, Plain, and Sh„ — .,.le :Naples, with most recherche designs in Paisley and v ar ;a, Scarfs, Mantles, &c. Lama and Cachmere Dresses in tl4ll,eh 11 , , Y of style. tta t ,?g a I ° l ldes, Collars, Lace, and every article in Millinery, in- Cagoldcent assortment of Ribbons, French Silk,w , 1-1 0 ,„ e ; Paris and Grencble Kid Gloves. Lisle, and e L i , Me. i'leo is very de, and comprises 41)ki ail' Stock rh and 4-4ths replete Irish in Li e nens, Sh part eetings, ment Damask Cloths, . 44 Ril e ' al l of genuine fabric and warranted. Pfin ed Muslins in all the new designs. ' Observe—WATERLOO HOUSE, 69 , 70, and 71, St. Paul's-Churchyard. A. 0 T -RES, by IVEI3STER and SON, Chro hop._ tiel --.ter Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty, established 1 1 e, t ,STD Ton.,••ie and SON have REMOVED to 74, CORNHILL, deZUetk—yalltages of ' the premises will enable them to bring the ltfl'qiiititttU. d er their immediate Inspection in the manufacturing t ketl h luiv e ,.. 4l.l extensive Stock, finished with the utmost care, 1 / 4 11 1 , 4 ,te1, r ,„' P r ices, .considering the quality, than can elsewhere be edi t . Led f 4 ;": , iiting of Compensated Duplex and Lever Watches, t ti Nrlet4 be ' V ariations of temperature, on the principle of their tu which Government awarded the prizes three ars ` • of `the the Detached Lever and Horizontal Watches for 4 t, tiol t eliro e trinallest and most elegant patterns ; Marine and sqB 4 '' o, T e l °nleters, with long and accurate rates ; also a large se ttpintUt 1),Id-hand Chronometers and Watches, by the most vr kk Zl , od „,; ( tts at half their original cost. Saperior workmen are ,1134. ed 4 kid ,he Premises In the repairing department,. both for ken by e weless. Foreign work of every description carefully • ci,),' 4° rkluen engaged expressly for the purpose. Watehes g o - "? n ge• Post letters will meet with immediate attention. ten t 3 Publication, with the Equation of Time for 1844, Pest free, on the receipt of two stamps. ° 4 40 1 . 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A 'r 11. i HE BEST ENGLISH WA IT El ES. tv e 9 c AVORY and SONS, Ivatchmakers , No. u rchase , London, oppogite the Bank, re , uest the alien :l4! oy,,WATe r i l t ,t! ) their Stock ot I ondon-made FAA ENT hol/se ' B , which are manufactured by themselves in qt,j'ess M. the . • In hirer Cases, with the Detached Escapement tach P . rices ne Four Gui eas and a Half, 'ix, and Eight hs t lyd,ea9h.' gold ca,e- , , Ten, Twelve, Fourteen, and S xteen , icu i ,F! - Ipti ou, ne very large stoc. offered for s‘lection includes quy en t a o b h li i n s g ow a n c u u se stomer to select that which is more Wed ~~z~ Demme,- APRIL 17.—The usual weekly meeting of the Association took place this day. On the motion of Mr. O'CositexeL, D. Biome, Esq.. M.P., was called to the chair, amid loud cheers. Mr. O'CosixEix, after the usual preliminary business had been ,gonethrough, read the following letter from Germany • " Alan of Liberty and of the People,—The acts of a great man are for the benefit of mankind, and it is the duty of mankind to thank him for them, and endeavour to imitate him in his glorious career. We deeply feel this gratitude, and waft it to you across the sea, from a land where, alas! as yet, but little enthusiasm is evinced for the nobler attri butes of man. You will not reject this tribute of our respect, although we are undistinguished by any achievements in the s t t h ru en gg sh le all for we, th e o d r er ho e s s e t whoiii rights great cause of liberty. • Wh en at length our d ay s h a ll b rea k , of e m l a e n a , ve combatas s uccessors bravely:, in thefear lessly, and perseveringly. We shall be excited by your ex ample ; and by your deeds shall our resolution be confirmed. Until then we can only indulge in feelings, of which some are sad and discouraging, yet many are spirit-stirring and glorious—but the purest of these emotions animates our • hearts, at the moment of thus expressing our deep venera tion and respect towards you. " DR. HEINRICH LUDWIG BOLTZE, EBRENREICH EICHHOLZ, JULIUS BERENDS, FRANZ MARGGR.AST, WILHELM PZTERKE, HEINRICH RUNGE, WILHEI:AI SCHEELE. •- " Berlin, March 23, 1844. " The affixing of signatures was indirectly prevented in Prussia on political pretexts. " In Wurtemburg strong measures were taken, the Go vernment being one of the most intolerant of the Protestant States in Germany. " A proclamation, containing a positive order against affix ing signatures to petitions, was issued by the King of Ba varia, who is believed to be a practical Catholic ; so that the political resistance to opinions in favour of democratic liberty appears to combine persons of various religious persuasions. " On the other hand, signatures are publicly attached to the address in many important localities, in particular, at Colog ne, at Bohn, at Coblentz, at Nismes, at Oberwessell, at BeTehard on the Rhine, .at Ahrweiler, at Mayence, at Cocheti Ob. the Moselle, at Carlsriihe. and even in some chief; on the Danube. What is still more significant of public opi nion, they continue to collect signatures at and about Wurtz burg, in Bavaria, the royal order t• the contrary notwith standing." Mr. O'CorsTELL then read a long letter addressed to him by Ferdinand Waller, Professor of Civil and Canon Law at _the University of Bohn, Knight of the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle and of the Papal Order of St. Gregory. We can. ri find room for only the following extract:— lit "Your exertions and labours for bringing about the ame lioration of Ireland's social condition, have long attracted the attention of all civilised nations. But in your public sties tions a crisis has occurred, where a mere silent interest will no longer suffice. Hence, from various parts of Germany, men appear before you, Sir, personally to record in this letter, the expression of the feelings that animate them in your regard. " You have, Sir, achieved many and great things in behalf of your country. You have put an end to the rude dissen sions and bloody contests, which once disfigured your beau tiful land, and degraded her in the eyes of Europe. You have re-awakened in your nation the sense of human dignity and confidence, that ages of misfortune had depressed ; you have made it clearly apprehend the value of these tea greatest blessings that man can possess—religious and civil liberty. But while you have inspired your countrymen with the boldeit hopes, you have ever set before them, with the utmost earnestness and energy, the severe moral conditions, whereby the fulfilment of such hopes can alone be deserved. You have become in a manner, whereof history furnishes no similar example, the leader of the masses ; but you have be come so, by breathing into them the same nobility of soul - that animates your own bosom. "All this, Sir, though a mere private individual, you have accomplished by the power of words, which, artless and un adorned, like your last speech to the jury, you have . addressed to your true-hearted countrvmen. for the diffu sion of your sentiments you have lad recourse to those forms that constitute part and parcel of those ancient liber- • ties whereof every Englishman is proud—and you have thereby accomplished extraordinary, prodigious things. We, who are habituated to another state of society, have often, not without a certain degree of apprehension, followed the course pursued by you. But we were tranquillized by your solemn assurance that you would strictly keep within the limit of pacific and legal measures, we were tranquillised by the possession of that moral power you possess, and which has ever inspired you with the certain assurance of being • able to restrain the multitude also within the bounds pre scribed." The Association, said Mr. O'CONNELL, had those docu ments before them, and they could judge what were the feelings of entire Europe on this course of conduct. Yes, the people of Germany approved of that conduct, and it now only remained for them to continue to deserve that approbation. —(Hear.) Their German ;friends were right. They would continue to preserve the peace, no matter what would happen. They owed it to themselves, to their country, and their God, to remain perfectly tranquil. And as for him (Mr. O'Con nell) whatever terms of concession he might have been in duced to listen to from the enemy while at large, from the moment he entered prison lie would indignantly reject them. He called on the people of Ireland to be rejoiced at this ex pression of feeling. In France there was a great anxiety to see justice done to Ireland, they had refused to join the Jaco binical party there, but that did not lessen their zeal to see the wrongs of the Irish redressed. America was with them— and had they any doubt that Germany was with them also ? Mr. O'Connell handed in 100/. from Virginia. Mr. S. O'BRIEN said he had to hand in 35/. from the men of Carric-on-Suir. Mr. O'Coxximr. handed in 100!. from New York ; it was collected at a meeting of the Repeal Association, held there on the 27th instant; he moved that it be referred to the Sub-Committee to express their gratitude to their American friends for their unbounded generosity. Mr. RAY read a letter from Mount-Savage, Allegheny, inclosing 201. to the funds of the Association. ' *MT. O'Cresszet.t. handed in 140/. from the Toronto Repeal Association ; also 20/. from the Seven Years' Operative Bakers. Mr. O'Connell wished that the Repeal wardens would take measures to procure signatures to the petition, which it was the intention of the Association to lay before he House of Commons at the earliest period. We subjoin a copy of the petition :-- TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND HONOURABLE THE COMMONS LN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of the pariah , in the county of , Ireland, " Humbly Sheweth,—That aßill has been lately intro duced into your Honourable House, entitled A Bill to alter and amend the Laws which regulate the Registration, Qua lification, and Polling of Parliamentary Electors in Ireland,' which, while it purports to increase the Parliamentary fran chise of Ireland, must, if passed into a law, inevitably ope rate to diminish those franchises, where bona fide existing. and to cause the creation of a large number of fictitious and servile votes. " That the said Bill contains a clause enacting a 301. frau. chise in counties, based on the poor-law rating, which your petitioners submit would introduce a qualification altogether too high. " That, if a valuable franchise, based on a poor-law rating. could be instituted, it must be on a rate at the lowest sum at which the liability to be rated is fixed by the Act for the relief of the peer. " That. there are but a very limited number in Ireland who can register under the second new franchise to be created by this Bill, viz., that of 5/. holders in fee, or on perpetuity leases; but that this franchise will facilitate the creation cif a very large number of fictitious votes, in addition to those already put on the register by landed proprietors in Ireland, by means of the rent charge franchise. That the taking away from the 10/. freeholders the ne cessity of occupation to qualify for voting, will be another means for the niultiplication of fraudulent and fictitious votes. " That the giving of votes to tenants-at-will, at the amount of rating proposed in this Bill, cannot fail to operate, as it has done in England (where it was introduced by what is generally styled the Chandos clause,' in the English Reform Bill), viz., to create voters totally dependent on the will of their landlords. " That the adoption of the solvent-tenant test exclusively, and the abolition of the beneficial test, in dealing with the 10/. franchise in counties, will, according to the statement of the mover of this Bill, diminish the number of electors by two-thirds. `• That the framers of this Bill, affecting,. as they do, to grant an extension of franchise, had it in their power to effect such extension, by adopting the beneficial interest test ex clusively, instead of that called the solvent-tenant test : yet they reject the enlarging, and adopt the restricting test g and, at the same time, have the boldness to assert, that they wish to extend the franchise. " That there are very many objections to this Bill—objec tions both of principle and detail; but your petitioners con sider that they have said enough t 6 show its character.: and feeling that it is an attempt to strip Ireland o o f all e leg - - timate right of voting, and to transfer that rightt this ponents of popular rights, solemnly protest agai n st con duct on the part of her blajesty's Ministers, to reject this fully, but firmly, on your Honourable Housae measure from Bill, and prevent so insulting and injurious an , dcall respect passing into law. " And your pe titi on ers will ever pray . Mr. O'CONNELL then read t he follo wing address to the people of Ireland : " TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND. E ro x4h 3 a , n o g u e,April 16. exceedingly rashllo,lCilodrnw if I entertained the slightest doubt of your obeying my " Fellow Countrymen,-iniliastni°...n any violence or. breachof the peace re peated and distinc t advice that you should not allow any. thing to lead you into whatsoever, no matter what the provocation may be. "In the next week the sentence will be passed upon us, who are called convicted conspirators,' but who are guilty of no crime. grea tumult. t criine yifovuouwwouelred betcom 13 m u it t a y l o iy u w a( o t u o l would v b i e ol gu en i e lt of a violence, riot, or a criminal against your friends—you would harrow up my heart with sorrow and affliction ; you would strengthen your enemies—you would disgrace and inj ure. you would ruin the s acre d ca use o f your friends, and repeal. "Under these • circumstances, do not entertain the least apprehension of any outbreak. I know the people of Ireland are too wise and too good to commit any crime, or to be guilty of any breach of the peace. You must know, for assure them solemnly of the fact, that the way to carry the repeal, is by perfect observance of the peace and of the law ; nay, I have not the least hesitation'in pledging In self, that by the people following the peaceable course, which I strongly advise—in fact I may say conanand—the repeal of the union is not far distant. The last resources of our enemies are being exhausted, and the restoration of the Irish Parliament cannot be remote. Peace and perseverance' constitute our motto and our duty. Perfect peace, through perseverance, and, believe me, the repeal is certain.---I am, fellow country men, your ever devoted and faithful servant, " DANIEL O'CONNELL, Chairman of the Committee." Mr. O'NEIL g ave notice, that on the next day of meeting. he would move that lest the Repeal Association should sin& denly be dissolved, the Secretary should be directed to take down the name of the mover and the seconder of such a motion, and that it should be read on the nex t da y of meet ing, after! such resolution has been moved.—(Hess.) Mr. O'CONNELL was glad of the notice of motion ; it could do no harm, and it might do good. No p e rson could pos sibly anticipate a sudden dissolution of that Association.— (Cheers.) 'However, they could discuss the motion more At length on the next day of meeting. Tna LATE LORD WILLIAM HILL'S HORSE.--This hie Monday te mper L h o o r r s ci e v o i w l a n n g i t H o l w i l i e o s s t e o life,us and as u d n e t s l t l r a o n y a e g d e o b n l e last, agreeably to the orders of the Marquis of Downshire, in:a field about half a mile from the tree where his late master met his death. The ungovernable temper of this hors. was so well, known, that it is said that at Oho tinlo. his Lordship purchased it he was told that it would some day break his neck. — Chelmsford Chronicle. On Friday night last, flock of sheep belonging 0 the Earl of D€,von, was worried by a dog, and in endeavour.. irtg_to escape, by crowding into 3 forty of L 104,117414 IdOcAttdoinarcttrfapre, 1 14 ' of tb L uic of ern!!! n a t W ° "I r tbeir f or ire rag!' Dellfle a 0, 0 ° 1)1 flied to I° l 2 1021' Pr 13ilis 9~~~ ,g. W to .' 'to m to o; . t 10 to to " ;;- : to •„ 9 2 4 121 92 2 !II a i i~ .1