The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-19 00:00:00

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L ~ ,„ , "•,' •" i •-''' - - , 7 ,";:;•-• • „ ~.. . 1 ~- 17, TO EDWARD WILSON, ESQ.,OF - ABBOT HALL, KENDAL. - Sirt,—Amongst the "clear and able" speeches delivered at the recent meeting held at Shap in favour of protection to agriculture, your's appears to have been conspicuoui. To some of the statements and apparent. discrepancies contained in that speech, as it appears in the report of the Morning Herald, permit me to call your attention. In the endeavour to prove the inferiority of the manufac turing interest as compared with the agricultural, you repre sented the annual value of the exports of manufactnres from this country as 40,000,0001., and in giving this estimate you assured your audience that you quoted from the "-best au thorities." Having proved to your own satiiffastion what you wished to establish by this quotation, you jiroceiaed to " address yourself to the arguments of the Leaguers." In so doing, you stated that in 1833, 1834, and 1835, the annual value of the exports of manufactures amounted to 86,000,000/., and in 1829, 1830, and 1831, (quoted by you as a periß when the exports were unusually small), they amounted to 66,000,000/. It seems puzzling to ordinary minds, that if the exports, according to the " best authorities," are upon an average but 40,000,000/., they should amount to 66,000,000/. in a series of years, when they were admitted to be less than usual. Nevertheless, absurd as this statement may,appear, it is certainly quite in accordance with the rules of monopolist logic ; for to a ffi rm that 66,000,0001. of manufactures can be sent from England in periods of diminished exports, when the ordinary average is only 40,000,000/, is not a whit more ir rational than saying, as the monopolists do, that the people of this country obtain more food out of a small supply thah they would do out of a large one. Every one, however, does not reason in this way, and if you will condescend to reconcile the apparent discrepancy in your figures, you will confer a benefit on those who still reckon " according to Cocker." From figures of arithmetic you proceed to figures of speech. Agriculture and manufactures, you declared, " were as much united tog ether as the Siamese twins, by a ligament that could not be moved without great injury to both." It would probably be difficult to find a similitude more truly descrip tive of the operation of the corn-laws. The Siamese twins had each all the faculties and capabilities requisite for their own individual comfort, and needful to make them mutually a benefit to each other, but, unfortunately, they were bound together by an unnatural, a monstrous ligament, which de stroyed their liberty of action, limited their usefulness, and even made them to a great extent a curse to each other. Now, the corn-law is the artificial ligament which binds the manufactures to the ag riculture of this country. The t wo interests are not rivals, but brethren ; and they might,dwell together in brotherly affection, mutually contributing to each other's welfare, but unfortunately their freedom is restrained, their mutual utility diminished, and their prosperity de stroyed, by the unnatural link which selfishness has fastened on them. ,~'~ f , ~ i SOCItTY. -A SPECIAL ai t ti,...7'.. ,41 -6 COURT will be norden at the London Taver n, on Ru t .r. - Abe.27th inst„' at Four o'Clock in the afternoon, exact °lnn& the Minutes or the last Court. - _ By order, EDWARD FREDERICK LEEKS, Secretary. Mansion-house, 16th March, 1844. to ak. r tobare 1e0 , 60e , th rs at and de , held .° . NI& 40? f a bject° tOO, frn rhtn i glbjee r t i [ st en sig n Z is il l 10.3° No• 16,098. LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING MARC Ei 19, 1844. - PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS 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 THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. oil , 11 an cbanb ld der co up tty o e li tn ab . ,, t jJ ;nts , nd lif t s bru— ipivroir NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE, BArIK OF /.14GLA24D, 184.4. TrIE COURT of DIRECTORS of the GO VERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND, THE COUNCIL OF THE LEAGUE beg to announce that t!,e next Meeting in COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, will take place To-Monnow EVENING, the 20th instant. The Right Hon. the EARL of RADNOR will take the Chair pre cisely at Seven o'clock. Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., Thomas Gishorne, Esq., M.P., Mr. Charles Lattimore, of Whethampstead, Hertfordshire, and other gen tlemen, will address the meeting. Registered Members admitted as heretofore.—Doors to be opened Half-past Six o'clock. ONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. A Notice is hereby given, that all ARTICLES which have been LEFT in the CARRIAGES of the COMPANY, or have been FOUND upon the RAILWAY, between the Ist of January and 31st of De cember, 1843, and which are not CLAIMED within One Month from the date hereof, will be SOLD to defray expenses. By order, R. CREED, Stcretary. Offices, Euston-station, March 13, 1841. give notice, That a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on THURSDAY, the 21st instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon, to CONSIDER (Messrs. Cunliffes and Co. Whitbread and Co. Boddington and Co. Sandersons, Fry, Fox, and Co. Gregson and Co. Barclays, Bros., and Co. Forbes, Forbes, and Co. Truman and Cook. Rawson, Norton, and Co. Felix Calvert and Co. Mangles, Price, and Moore. Gardners and Urquhart. Henry H. Willis and Co. J. Cockburn and Co. H. D. and J. Blyth. Wm. It. Robinson and Co. Scott, Bell, and Co. Grey and Coles. George Brettle and Co. Ward and Co. Alexander Cullen and Co. Hanson, Brothers. Rainy, Bruce, and Co. J. H. and A. Borradalle. Guest and Co. Quarles, Harris, and Sons. Tucker, Barnett, and Co. J. Hutchinson and Co. Grant and Hodgson. Marshall and Eldridge. B. and 31.. Boyd. Joseph Travers and Sons. Moffatt and Co. Fincham, Matson, and Potts. Of a DIVIDEND , And also, that another GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on TUESDAY, the 9th of April next, from Ten o'Clock in the forenoon till Four in the afternoon, for the election of a Governor and Deputy-Governor for the year ensuing (which will be declared that evening) • and the same Court will be continued by adjourn ment, and held at the same place, and during the same hours, on Wednesday, the 10th of April next, for the election of Twenty-four Directors (which will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter), and the cleetion of the Twenty-four Directors will be declared as soon as the scrutiny is over. Printed Lists of the Proprietors having votes will be ready to be delivered at the Bank on Tuesday, the 26th of March. (Signed) JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary. BY AUTHORITY of his MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA. Will take place irrevocably, the DISTRIBUTION of NINE beautlfhl ESTATES of a value from 1,480,054 Francs, and MONEY PRIZES from 150,000 Francs down to 125 Francs of Common Bonds, and In the Special Distribution of the Red Bonds 32,509 gains will be obtained, and each Red Bond must gain a higher or lower amount. Price of a Common Bond, 11. ; a Red Bond, 2/. ; for 51. Five Common Bonds and one Red Bond ; for 101. Eleven Common Bonds and Two Red ; for 20/. Twenty=three Common Bonds and Three Red. -ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The various ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS in Ancient and Modern Use are familiarly explained by Dr. Ryan, at Two o'clock daily , illustrated by the LAMP of the ANCIENTS, the FIRT IMPROVE MENT by ARGAND, the RUDE, the DRUMMOND, the BOCCIUS, the PELLETAN, the CAMPHINE LIGHTS, New FRENCH LAMPS, BEALE'S LAMPS, &c., &c. The First Lecture, by Pro fessor Bachhoffner, Ph. D. M.A., is at a Quarter-past Three o'clock. ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE at Three o'clock and at Eight in the Evenings. NEW DISSOLVING YIEWS, DIVER and DIVING BELL, Among the recent Deposits is the HEAD of a MUMMY from THEBES, very remarkable. . _ . _ _ Apply, without delay, to Messrs. JACOBS and CQ., Bankers, Frank fort-on-the-Maine ; or to save Pestages, Letters may be addressed:to Mr. Jacobs, 34, Weliclose-square. • - • N.B. By an Act passed in the 7th year of the reig,l4 of George 111., no person will be entitled to vote at the said election who shall not have been ssx calendar months possessed in his own right of the Stock for welch he shall then give his vote, auless the said Stock shall have bees acquired, or shall have come by bequest or marriage, or by succession to as intestate's estate, or by the custom of the City of London, or by any deed of settlement after the death of any person who shall have been entitled for life to the dividends of such Stock. Admission, Is.; Schools, hialf-price IRONMONGERY at WHOLESALE PRICES. The advantages to Purchasers about to furnish, will be fully realised by visiting the PANKLIBANON IRON WORKS, 58, Baker street, Portman-square, where may be viewed the most extensive Stock in the kingdom. Drawing-room and parlour stoves, kitchen ranges, fenders, fire-irons, cooking utensils, japan wares, tea-urns, German silver, and plated goods, with the Lowest Price affixed to each article for Cash. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY DIVIDENDS AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED'by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA contains Money Dividends of— £6B £7O £72 £BO £9O £lOO £lllil £129 £l5O £2OO £250 £3OO £5OO £6OO £750 £l,OOO £1,200 £1,750 £4,000 & £21,000 Amounting together to £154,308 sterling. EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 31, 1844. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY, do hereby give Notice. That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of tite said COMPANY will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th March, 1844, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. THORPE, FALLOWS, and CO., iB, Baker-street, Portman-square, The Economical Patent Thermic Stove is in daily operation. This Distribution contains as many Dividends as Bands. Every Bond a Dividend! Smallest Dividend - - £6B Largest Dividend - £21,000 Direct for Prospectus, with full particulars, without delay to HEINE BROTHERS, at Hambtmgh. Or to HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck. t 41. 1, , i) Lit SUBSCRIPTION for MR. ROW ,s_At — ": 1) HILL; AUTHOR of the PENNY POSTAGE. v01i4 1 ,,,,,...5zET1NG of " The CITY of LONDON MERCANTILE Cstshal:AßE on POSTAGE," held at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, on Tuesday, March 12, 1844, Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Bart., in the Chair, as4oll o • 21,., wing Resolutions were unanimously adopted : 1 4472 this Committee, observing a general feeling to exist that • sfp...."alant services rendered by Mr. Rowland Hill are deserving NiZ i teration, do take the necessary measures to accomplish that . T ha , a public subscription be raised for Mr. Rowland Hill, the tairls.—_ ° ' the " Penny Postage," as a Testimonial to his ingenuity 10Th`m,., Verance in having devised a scheme of legislation upon this tiiiii,ant subject, which is so well calculated to give increased stits Es to our internal trade, and to produce so many beneficial re & be the general intercourse of society. ith, tit tat the following Merchants, Bankers, and others, having also stiv, i reir sanction to the proceeding, this Committee feel them tilled in making an immediate appeal to the country for o.7.2tlUiterman, Esq., M.P. 15Z,7,!-Yall, Esq., M.P. 44 - I,•ta . ttison t Esq., M.P. !!. o •L'Deii tae Sm thi,dEEsq., M.art., 3Pi.p Zord Divett, Esq., ,• • kr at e urrie, Esq., M.P. J...7'.1• 4 7/0 Larpent, Bart. Cockerell, Esq• Za,tillßates, Esti, Barb,. IL ___...,„, Esq. ry' Loyd, Esq. L!rt. le Y Painter Esq Rothschild, Eaq. A;rs• el Gurney Esq. 1 41 W It° bartS:E 4 • Prescott sq • 4taea Colvin,'Essq. 11 ' 41 adfitan q. p b,„,aon, Esq es, Esq. 0. ll evost, Esq . 41_ Preicott, Ct! Martin, Esq. • • 4' 7 l",'`m ' , Yell Es q. 4 . 47 e 4 W eint elin, Esq. doh Alea. Gray, Esq. khi zn .te dgeon, Esq. , ke.b ar Esq. Davis, Esq. La G ui lads ain t , o E ne s , q Esq. k.teardo, E sq. • ' Jt"'code, v Esq . I , ..:.LoNrenee, Esq. klis r iFowler, Esq. Johnson, Esq. ts,ran Wheeler, Esq. • oars . .87,1tah rairig and Co. • If s 7,, " and Co. • --- • A IrY. Taylor, and Lloyd. (Signed) G. LARPENT, Chairman and Treasurer. en in all parts of the country who have formed, or are form, Local Committees, are requested to co-operate with Committee, and communicate with their Secretary, who . •1 • :.1 ) PlY Subscription Cards, and afford every information and AlbeT r i nee • Ptions of 1/. and upwards received by the following Bankers : "teasrs. Barnett, Mares, and Co., 62, Lombard-street. Cunliffes, Brooks, and Co. • W. and J. Currie, 29, Cornhill. Drewett and Fowler, Princes-street, Bank. Hanbury, Taylor, and Co., 60, Lombard-street. Jones Loyd and Co., 43, Lothbury. Masterman and Co., 35, Nicholas-lane. • Prescott, Grote, and Co., 62, Threadneedle-street. Roberts and Co., 15, Lombard-street. Rogers and Co., 29, Clement's-lane. Stone, Martin, and Co., 68, Lombard-street. Twinings and Co., 216, Strand. Strahan and Co., 218, Strand. Loudon and Westminster Bank, Lothbury. Loudon and County Banking Company, 7 1 , Lombard-street. fil, Commercial Bank of London, 3, Moorgate-street. I,riltr Contributions received by the Secretary, Mr. George Solicitor, 3, Lothbury ; or may be forwarded to him by ee order, stamps, &c. By order of the Committee, GEORGE WANSEY, Secretary. North, Simpson, and Graham. Hyde, Lenox, and Co. Brown, Lenox, and Co. E. J. and H. S. Lawford. Amory, Sewell, and Moores. H. Waithman and Co. John and Thos. Batt. RICHARD ATTKINS, at present, and for 144 3 twelve months past, residing at No. 5, Kew-road, in the pa °f ARlchrnond and county of Surrey, and being an omnibus proprie toer'° hereby give notice that I intend to present a petiti on to tho , nan,,.. °l. Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, praying to be tS touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to bo pro let of fr om an process upon making a full disclosure and surren estate and effects for payment of my just and lawful debts ; ligi - h ereby further give notice that the time when the matter of the titgetition shall be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette he Morning Sun newspaper one month at the least after the date ; Witness my hand this 18th day of March, in the year of our .844 1 W hs . . RICHARD ATTKINS. H. Atkinson, 27, Carey-street. . j7HEREAS, a PETITION of CHARLES 4r , WOOD, of 25, Charlotte-street, Blackfriars - road , in the pa 14:kik hrlitchnrch, in the county of Surrey, book - binder an d pocket rilpt embosser, Sec., having been filed in the Court of Bank en and the Interim orer for protection from process having been ta ti 7.l o the said Charles Wood, under the provisions of an Act of of lent passed in the Parliament holden in the sth and 6th years e. 1,,,,!,eign of her present Majesty, tuled "An Act for the Relief I,DD;rent Debtors," the said Charles Wood is h ere by required to Court before Sir C. F. Williams, the Commissione r kite in the matter of the said petition, on the 2bth day of March Nett, at twelve o'clock at noon precisely, at the Court of Bank- Basinghall-street, London, for the purpose of being then and N;L l ingned touching his debts, estate , an d effeets, and to be fur '"At With according to the provisions of the said Act. All per leet.",debted to the said Charles Wood, or that have any of his ef qtm..._-"re hot to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. George John 1_111 1 ,17 the official assignee, nominated in that behalf by the Coin er aeting in matter of the said petition. • HEREAS, a PETITION of CHARLES Id`CRAIGHT, of No. 53, Percival-street, Clerkenwell, Siv4' eounty of Middlesex, engrave r and dial-finisher, been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, and the Itr t ;- :" 4 - order for protection from process having been l'istZ to :the said Charles M'Craight, under the provi -111 of an Act of Parliament passed in the Parliament holden the:, filth and sixth years of the reign of her present Majesty , in "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," the said M'Craight l l444M'Craight is hereby required to appear in C ourt, before Nu t . George Cecil Fane, Esq., the Cotimissioner acting in the h it _ of the said petition, on the 27th day of March instant , at half ltipte'ne o'clock in the afternoon precisely, at the Court of Rank ke,„Y. nasinghall-street, London, for thepurpose of being then and blie r -t xamined touching his debts, estate, and effects , a nd to be fur dealt with according to the provisions of the said Act. All per * i: Judebted to the said Charles M'Craight, or that have an / hoZrects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. Alsager, of No. 12, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, the official as :' nominated in that behalf by, the Commissioner acting in _ter of the said petition. WHEREAS, a PETITION of JAMES 4 4,4, 1 CA.PPEL LEPPOC, commonly called a nd known by the name -I.l °. 2 e s Cappel, trading under the firm of E. P. Cappel , former l y of 110 4 Dorrington-street, and now of No. 9, Baynes-row, Caldbath. tent ' fa i ltiln county of Middlesex, and being a man-milliner, having Dret:,, in the Court of BankruPtcY, . interim order L e :"-ctlon from process having been given tothe said James Cap -o.loc, under the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed Driai ',,,arliament holden in the sth and 6th years of the reign of her the, 1 .% ;Iniesty, intituled "An Act for the Rellefof Insolvent Debtors," Cappel Leppoc is hereby required to appear in Court, ute Robert geor g e Cecil Pane, Esq., the Com missioner acting in tt biter of the said petition, on the 27 t h da y of March inst., at g`l a :Dast one o'clock in the afternoon precisely, at the Court PtnY, Bashighall.street, London, for the purpose of being L aAd there examined tnuching his debts, estate , a nd effects, and :41, • tti r ther dealt with according to the provisions of the said Act. Alt s _ee: r sons indebted to the said James C a pp el Leppoc, or that of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Vulatra Whitmore, of No. 2, Easinghall-street, the official as ,* nominated in that behalf by the Commission er actin g in th e or the said petition. '.. ItEREA.S , a PETITION of EMANUEL i to , PITHER, of No. 9, Webb's-lane, Hammersmith, in the ti,ti,,t' of Middlesex, cattle and horse dealer, having been filed in the tess La c h .. ►, Bankruptcy , and the interim order for protection from pro- VIII Lavin: been given to the said Emanuel Pither, under the pro i ift 44 5 Of Su Act of Parliament, passed in the Parliament holden ~ sth and 6:11 years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled iii afar the Reil.efof Insolvent Debtors ," the said Emanuel Pither. tob,,, 7 required to appear in Court before Sir C. F. Williams, the thClffsioner acting in the matter of the said petition, on the IA th" L Y of Much inst.. at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisy, It ht e Ceurt of Bankruptcy, Belinghall-street, London, for the puelr ,inq .., ° I . being then and there examined touching his debts, estate , ofti t ' e ""te, and to be further dealt wall according to the provisions °l'ti ut , s, Lia Act. All persons indebted to the said Emanuel Pither, toto ‘ llave any of his effects, are not to r deliver the same "04 .- rr• Wiliam Turquand, the official assignee, nominated In Itett,ualf by the Commissioner noting in the matter of the said --..,L.r0n. SIGHT AND HEARING. NtIVLT INVENTED SPECTACLES, TE- Ac o „ LESCOPES, OPERA GLAS SES, MICROSC O PES p it ,uSTIC INSTRUMENTS , for RELIEF of DEAFNESS, &c. tess ~nised by his Majesty the i King of Hanover, her Royal High. • K '-tte s h` n e Prircess Sophia, her S2rene Highness the Princess the . Frincesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager —t'ry of Bedford, and their Graces the Archb i s ho p of Canter. '4l t he Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyll, Marlborough, tfkiLanchester Marquises of Londonderry and Thotnond. Eatls a w iek7 u 'arle, Eagletown, Shaftesbury. 'Tankerville, Powis, Bradford, Verulam Harrewby, Duckinghatn, Meath, Somers, Ox. ▪la ;; I lburne and Ferrari. Bishops of Exeter, Blandford, .-v k h`i7k, and Kildare. Generals Sir Edward Paget, Sir b 'oyd, Frederic Meister, Clayton, tialway, Grosvenor, Morrl. ~cuPliinj°tf. Robertson and Mackenzie. Major-Generals Sir It P Fyers, D. Macleod, Hamilton, and Wemyss. • „nant.enene. rals Sir Henry Bouverie, Sir J. Macdonald, Sir Sir T. Dallas, Lord John Hay. Admirals Sir George . Cock. Sir George Munday, Sir O. Martin, Sir James H. Whitshed, Afet,' (field, and Ross. 1 7111C, z • S. and C. SOLOMON 8, Opticians and Aurists, 99, Albe -,frtae'llee, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, have invented t , 4 tt -Lenses &c. of the greatest transparent power. Imme .4af..`"e4e ne w ly invented Spectacle Lenses are placed before ex. ‘ , 411,2 ifriperfect vision, either by day or candlght. that m_ist and thic at "Pthich appear before the eyes are at once removed, every 'tvh,Z , Comes clear and distinct, vision becomes preserved and P i rt --- "ed, and very aged people ate enabled to employ their at the most minute occupati n ; and can see with those Leases thms4auch less magnifying power, nor will they require the frequent th°t des to further helps, as the Spectacle inow in entrust)n use, so tit,„ ° most aged imperfect sight become s bright and brilliant,. and L .4i ha ught to its youthful, natural, and original state ; those objeets • ini s k 7 4 mtilished is a matter of much deeper consequence than Cali 7...tq 5 " , of newly invented INVISIBLE ACOUSTIC I NSTRU -141 , which enable individuals at au advanced age, and of forty Iteis er ;:,Y Years' standing of extreme deafness, instantly to join 111 ** leak C onversation, and to catch the sound of a distant low *ar a rat church, theatre, &c. It pours the conversation into the such an extent that in most severe cases deafness cannot a. *0 z l ed ' tt t i lmost powerful Newly-invented ACHROMATIC OPERA the t which are invaluable en the race-course, as well as a, h_ &c. beat,,, i ` .444 "Pell for the waistcoat-pocket possess extraordinary Ast to r, wei - .1 for shooting, sea purposes, &c. and with stands for : ,, I, ar, - *:"_ical Observations, with the celebrated Lenses of the most !Part‘tzt brilliancy. the powers are so great over all others, 7i , In ..7..-enses so briight and brilliant, that the most minute objects nost; tr aordinary• &awe are brought completely under the eyes, ' 41 4 Tourists, MO See:side Visitors, yid here have a great 31 ' 4 I g and Comp o und MICROSCOPES, by which the c irculation Ca t a k . r; b4 ad of i y an -I a Flea can us seen flo w i n g in g reat strfams. sot S, and If, Solomon', Op coticians and Aurists, ary. r • ate —eiwaY connected with a Person of the same Name in their ei t ghbourhood, nor in any part of the untry. To pre z.,l_ uat_6takes, be Cautious, and uhsery e, onl y to be had at I's s .1•:----le.street Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. AV H E never-failing effects of BLAIR'S GOUT n , RHEUMATIC PILLS in curing every descript ion of , 4 ut 114147 .4 lt ined ii ic e i u n Ta: f isin have secured to them a celebr it y une q ualled past or present times. They net only give 14adse.is few hours, where the patient has been driven nearly to per °`° b 7 n ex a c n ru i e n i c a o t n in e g ei t v o a r b t l u y res of this disease, but restore to short space of time. 'I hey are t he go, ha ' g l' ee dY and certain in rheumatism, either chronic or acute, 'ne4,4 ° t ! , sciatica paics in the head or face, and imaged for every lei ; :: :: c e o: i g n o g u it t o y n i i i . tfect*lon ,• in fact, such has been the Ppidity. L ,6 had se, and complete sa fety of this medigine, that it has 44 , 3. 1,- - """ in w) ? 0 have takeis it, and there is not g eit7, town, or but contains many grateful gyi.deppee of its wi n ,i. s4 "ce The following recent case, selected among • pwe.tWhich tie proprietor has been favoured, is submitt,e4 to TO us 'Rom, 229, STRAND. Zr Hurst, Sussex, Nov. 6, 1543. ' tilk •. - I ha ye \ 1., etal sit . the pleasure to inform you that a person holding an - "Air's , u •atiols, noticing in one of my bills that I was age_ nt e f n or_ .wr ~ andrd Rheumatic Pills, was induced to try them ;he s 1 tl rera,, had only taken them one day before he found wonde r- OW e n ~'_ The second day he was aisle to walk without his cru t ch e s, 141iVar'"‘ Sourth day wu completely cured and able to perform h is 1 . 2. _ " occupation. r t y k 7 ,16 1 1 4 to tkis he was generally laid ep every year for several t ilt. t q l:" er leeches and fomentation' had been applied, and medicine ' "rso '''' PurPose. I have obtained the above statement from a 4, esir it o Y, and sizall be most happy *altntk r r iew. and have sent this for publication if you think it at any time to satisfy any party " . f ucert4iaing its authenticity. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, . ~..Bolg t,„ .„,_ k t ,,__; Y all respectable THOMAS WYBORI4, Chemist. "ht b' ' norhas Prout 229, Strand, Landon ; and, by his app aint 'Medicine Vendors thrsughout the United 0 Zrn. Price 2s. Ild. iser and ' l , e,, for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe k ,. szne and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London, " .ensu ..pon th ' 4 Ble Nor__ . —. falvernmout *temp affiltd t 9 each Box of t he 9 4' 6ti irfs r oe 4/ h~ 4° 1 14 ) 0 A , icev," EAST INDIA HOUSE, MARCH 13, 1844. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice — That a Proprietor of East India Stock has postponed, until the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to be held at this House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY. the 20th instant, the motion of which he had previously given notice—viz.: " That the dispatch of Loid Auckland, of the 17th Nov., 1838, by which his Lordship rejected the proposed plan of the Bengal Go vernment, and recommended the annual money payment of 6,0001. to the Temple of Juggernaut (to which recommendation the Di rectors assented by their dispatch of the 2d June, 1840) be considered by the Court of Proprietors, on a motion for abrogating such money payment upon the ground of no original pledge or engagement having ever been given for the same by, or on behalf of, this Company, as er roneously alleged by Lord Auckland in kis Dispatch." That another Proprietor has given notice that at the said Quarterly General Court, " He will call the attention of the Proprietors to the subject of Appeals from the Courts of Sudder Adawlut, in India, to the Privy Council, with the view to the substitution of a less expen sive, and as regards the law administered in the Native Courts, of a more efficient Court of ultimate Appeal." That another Proprietor has given notice of his intention to submit the following motion at the said Quarterly General Court, viz.:— ' That there be laid before the Court of Proprietors Copies of all Minutes of Proceedings of the Court of Directors, together with all opinions tkat may have been recorded by individual Directors on the affairs of Sinde." JAMES C. MELVILL, Seeretary. LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and 18, Chancery-lane, London. The indisputability of the policies granted by this Company ; The obligation to pay the sum assured although the debt for which the policy was taken may have been paid before the claim arises ; 'Whole-world policies not confined to the limits of Europe ; Option of half-premium payment for the first seven years. These form a combination of advantages which can bo obtained only from the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. N ATIONAL 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 pense or forfeiture--the great reduction of rates on short policies-- the option of 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 ➢i rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to ddd 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 fliture premiums. EXAMPLES. 1 Entry. Pslicy. Age. Sum. Annual Bonus Cash Prem. Prem. Added. Bonus. Reduced. £ £ s.d. X s.d. £ s.d. £ s.d. 18371 39 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 6 58 19 9 8 19 4 1838 ll4 56 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 DISEASES OF THE UTERUS. Just published, Bvo., 95., cloth, PRACTICAL TREATISE on ORGANIC DISEASES of the UTERUS ; being the Prize ESSAY to which the Medical Society of London awarded the Fothergilliau Gold Medal for 1843. By JOHN C. W. LEVER, M.D., M.R. Coll. Phys.; Assistant-Accoucheur at Guy's Hospital, &c. " We have been much gratified with the perusal of Dr. Lever's comprehensive and informing essay."—Medico-Chirurgical Review. " We have obtained much additional information from the careful perusal of Dr. Lever's excellent treatise."—Dublin Medical Journal. London (LOngman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Another Bonus will be declared in the present year. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best and most varied provision for after-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. I ls. cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at fifty, 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. DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE. 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Capital, £500,000. - - - - - . This Office Is provided with very accurately constructed Tables, by which it can ASSURE DISEASED LIVES ou Equitable Terms. The Extra Premium discontinued on restoration of the Assured to permanent health. INCREASED ANNUITIES granted on unsound Lives, the amount varying with the particular disease. Members of CONSUMPTIVE FAMILIES assured at Equitable Rates. .4.Y.•,C1. HEALTHY LIVES are Assured at Lower Rates than at most other offices. Policies of twelve months' standing are not affected by Suicides, Duelling, Ste. ; and Assigned Policies are valid from the date of the Policy should death ensue from any of these causes. F. G. P. NELSON, Actuary. Just published, Fourth Edition, greatly enlarged, Bvo., with nearly Two Hundred and Forty Illustrations on Wood, 215., cloth, FLEMENTS of PRACTICAL AGRICUL TUBE ; comprehending the Cultivation of Plants, the Hus bandry of Domestic Animals, and the Economy of the Farm. By DAVID LOW, Esq., Professor of Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh. " The best work on farming in our language."—Gardeners' Chronicle. Lately published, by Professor Low, . - The BREEDS of the DOMESTICATED ANIMALS of the BRI TISII ISLANDS. 2 cols. 4t0., 16 Guineas, with 52 coloured Plates, half-bound morocco. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmane, THE DIRECTORS of theNATIONAL LINEN COMPANY, in giving publicity to the unrrecedented prices at which they are selling LINEN MANUFACTURES, beg to ap prise families residing either in town or country, that ipods are for warded for approval previous to payment. A few prices are an nexed, to which they respectfully invite the rttention of families, hotelkeepers, &c :-- Table Linen —magniffbent table cloths, five yards long, each 155.; napkins to match, yard square, 10s. 6d. per dozen ; fish napkins, 2s. 6d. per dozen ; very fine ditto, 6s. 6d. ; common table cloths, yard and a half square, 12s. 6d. per dozen; larger sizes in proportion Meetings—stout fail) sheetings, 12s. 6d. per pair; ditto, three yards wide, without a seam, 15s. ; common, for servants' use, 4s. 6d. per pair. Irish linens—stout qualities, the piece of 28 ) ands for 215.; ditto, fine, 26 yards, 'as.; and very fine and stout, :26 yards for 355.; the Company's yard wide, curiously fine, t 6 yards, 40s. to 505.; Irish cambric handkerchiefs, equal in ap pearance to the finest French, 12s. 6d. per dozen ; common lawn handkerchiefs, 4s 6d. per dozen. The Company are likewise bleachers of long-cloths, calicos, coun terpanes, &c. These warehouses are stocked with every deseription of goods suitable for household purposes. Prospectuses containing tint particulars of the various goods for sale, with lists of prices, can be had at the warehous, 11, or by post. Retail entrance, 105, Fleet-street, corner of b arringdon-street, bottom of Ludgate-hill. N B. The nobility can have their own crests made to order on any size table cloths. Various superb designs now in the stock. Families waited on with samples if required. "(PELICAN LIFE A 70, LOMBARD-STREEI Established 1797. SSURANCE OFFICE, C, and 57, CHARING-CROSS. Just published, a New Edition, 18mo., 55., bound, SIMSOI<T'S ELEMENTS of EUCLID, viz., the first Six Books, together with the XI. and XII., carefully cor rected by S. MAYNARD. The above, with the addition 'of the Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry ; and a Treatise on the Construction of the Trigonometrical Canon. Also, a concise account of Logarithms. By the Rev. A. ROBERTSON, D.D., F.R.S., Oxford. 25th Edition, re vised by S. MAYNARD, Bvo., 95., bound. Simson's Elements of Euclid, edited in the Symbolical Form. By R. BLAKELOCK, M.A., Fell. Cath. Hall, Camb. 18mo., 65., cloth. London : Longman and Co.; T. Cadell ; J. M. Richardson ; Ri vingtons ; Hamilton and Co. ; Whittaker and Co. ; Sherwood and Co. ; Simpkin and Co. ; Souter and Law ; Smith, Elder, and Co. ; Harvey and Co. ; B; Fellowes ; Houlston and Co. ; H. Washbourne ; E. P. Williams ; J. Templeman ; and J. Van Voorst. Cambridge : J. and J. J. Deighton. M. Attwood, Esq., M.P. Sir Wm. Heygate, Bart. John Coope, Esq. Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq. W. Cotton, Esq., F.R.S. R. H. Lawrence, Esq. Sir W. Curtis, Bart. J. Petty Muspratt, Esq. Wm. Davis, Esq. G. S. Storey, Esq. Richard Fuller, Esq. C. H. Turner, Esq. J. A. Gordon, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. M. Whiting, Esq. The plan of this Office will be found to comprise all the solid ad vantages of Life Assurance. Persons have the option of Insuring upon the Return or Non- Return Systems ; and the Tables, which include Ascending and De- Soending Scales of Premium, have been formed to suit the con venience of all parties. The Rates have recently been reduced agreeably to the most ap proved calculations ; they are also verified by the experience of the Office during forty years, are as low as consistent with safety ; those adapted to the RETURN SYSTEM entitle its assured to an equitable participation in the surplus premium, according to the plan detailed in the Company's Prospectus. The Assured under both Systems will possess the guarantee of a large Paid-up Capital, and the further security of a responsible body of Proprietors, without being exposed to the liabilities of partnership. Policies are purchased on liberal terms when the object of an assurance is effected ; or, loans will bo granted thereon to the extent of five-sixths of such purchase-money. Prospectuses'and every information obtained on application at the Offices as above, or to the Agents of the Company appointed in every city and principal town in the kingdom R. TUCKER, Secretary. AUSTRALASIAN, RAI LIFE ASSURANC 126, Bishopsgate-street, corner of ( Capital 280,0001., DIRECTORS. Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. Robert Brooks, Esq. Charles E. Mangles, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. BANYERs--Union Bank of London. COLONIAL BANKERS—The Bank of Australasia (Incorporated by.Roya, Charter, 1833), No. 2, Moorgate-street. SommToßs—Messrs. Maples, Beane, Stevens, and Co. BeYsiciAx—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square. SECRETARY—Edward Ryley, Esq. ;OLONIAL, and GENE 11Z and ANNUITY COMPANY 7)ornhill. , in 2,000 Shares. ,CTS ASSURANCES may be effected with this Company at unusually favourable rates, affording every variety of accommodation to the assured. Participation in profits, ascending and descending scales of premium, permission to retain one-third of the premium, which is charged as a debt against the policy, tables for the assurance of a sum payable in the event of death to the executors of the assured, or to himself upon the attainment of the ages of 45, 50, or GO. TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES in particular, who are assured for the whole term of life, this Company offers the advantages of permission to proceed to, to reside in, and to return from those colonies without extra premium ; and to pay their premiums there. • MRS. GRANT OF LAGGAN. 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In the London and provincial newspapers, we were under the neces,lty of addressing a letter to those gentlemen on the 26th ult., informing them that their statements of the prices of Pale Ale in India, and the shi.ments thereto, as far as we were concerned , Were " grossly incorrect," and that if the advertisement were not withdrawn, we should feel compelled publicly to allude to the Inac curacy of it. We have, therefore, no alternative but to declare publicly, what we informed them privately, that almost every state ment is ." grossly incorrcet." We take this opportunity of giving mounts of the latest bona fide wholesale sales of each Ale, as vitri fied by the various prices current, and have only to refer partie to those connected with India for a confirmation of these facts. CALCUTTA : Rupees. 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The Tory press has been driven frantic by the success of the demonstration in honour of Mr. O'Connell, which, though not attended so largely as it would have been, by public men, had a little more care been taken to disconnect it from the repeal agitation, was certainly most remarkable both for the talent displayed in its proceedings, and for the enthusiasm and unanimity that prevailed. Hence the bitterness with which it is assailed. The Times calls it " a wretched mummery ;"—a display of " ill-conditioned folly, and unblushing indecency;"—" a sympathy with sedi tion, worse than that of American Sympathisers, who, at least, have the excuse of belonging to a hostile race!" The Standard talks of " a convict dinner," " attended by a rabble of the very lowest description"—the " Canaille of Great Bri tain ;"—" men who would not be displeased to see the whole of society dragged down to their. own level !" And it ends this infamous calumny by as infamous a perversion of Holy Writ, for it applies to itself, and its political friends, whose rancorous bigotry has disturbed for fifty years the peaceful relations between this country and Ireland, and made the stability of their future union doubtful, a passage of Scrip ture, which says, " Happy art thou, 0 Israel ! Who is like unto thee, 0 people, saved by the Lord—the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency. And thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee, and thou shalt tread upon the high places." We bate this desecration of the Bible—this impudent, and profligate, attempt to debase that, which all must desire to reverence, into an instrument of party, and personal, spite. Why, if "IsraFl" mean the Government,—and "the People," the Conservative party,—as the Standard would imply,—it is the Lord Chief Justice Pennefather, that has saved them in their struggle with Repeal, not that higher Lord, to whom they prcy appeal ! He is their " sword !"—A packed jury their ‘` shield !"—A n d t o coup l e th e su ccess of su c h trickery with high, a n d h o ly, thi ng s, requires a brazen hypocrisy,inconceivable to ordinary minds. Let no man accuse us of irreverence in speaking thus. The blame, and the responsibility, lie with those, who first invoke Scripture as a cloak to their dirty designs, and then, upon the strength of its sanction, calumniate the rest of mankind. Does the Standard dare to assert that no man is a good Christian, who thinks that Mr. O'Connell, in the recent pro ceedings against him, has not had fair play ? Is there Scriptural authority for the chicanery of Mr. T. B. Cusack Smith ? And are the thousands of honest, and in telligent, men, who, at Birmingham, and in Covent-garden, have recorded their belief,—in the words of Lord John Rus sell,—that, with an English judge, and an English jury, upon the same evidence, the verdict, in Mr. O'Connell's case would probably have been reversed,—to be classed as rebels against the authority of Heaven, instead of as men denounc ing justly the infirmiti es o f an eart hl y j u dge? There was a time when cant was all-powerful in this coun try, and that time the Standard would willingly , bring back. We have little fear of its succeeding; but still it behoves men to keep their eyes open. Religious diseases are, of all others, the most insidious. The snake may be scotched, not killed. It is, certainly, not at Covent-garden, however, that any symptoms of its resuscitation must be sought, for the change that has taken place in the sentiments of the English middle classes was never more strikingly marked. Forty years ago, nothing short of a miracle would have induced eleven hundred men, few of whom are known as strong poli tical partisans, to meet together, to do honour to a Catholic, and a conspirator, whom the law of the land is about to con sign to prison, and whom the religious prejudices of our an cestors declared unfit to participate in political rights.—Now, the difficulty was to find admission for the numbers who wished to be present, and to restrain, within decent limits, the warm sympathy which they expressed. Whence the change? Is it folly? Is it wisdom? It is, at all events, the most unmistakable proof, that men are beginning to think, and act, for themselves! We only regret, as we began by stating, that from the sweeping terms, in which the invitation to Mr. O'Connell was worded, and the unqualified admiration which it ex pressed "of his political conduct for the last forty years"—all of which a little care might have avoided—hundreds of Liberal men, both English and Irish, who sympathise as truly as any of those present at the dinner, both with his country and with him, were prevented from being present by the fear of being supposed to have abandoned, or compromised, their own opinions upon the question of Repeal. But though their concurrence might have given a less ex clusive character to the list of stewards, and filled the cross tables with higher sounding political names, they could have added very little to the gratification of those present, 'for nothing could be better than the way, in which the proceed ings of the night were conducted, or more catching than the spirit infused into them from the chair. Mr. Duncombe never exerted his very remarkable talents with happier effect. Every speech told. There was an almost startling novelty in his mode of introducing even the most ordinary toasts ; and both his eulogy of Mr. O'Connell, his dissection of the ma jority against Lord IS ormanbys motion in the House of Lords, Lord Ellenborough sending his proxy from Gwalior, Lord Tweeddale from Bombay, and Lord Sidmouth rising from his coffin, to record a last vote against that Ireland, which lie had so deeply injured while in power, were all perfect in their way. Mr. O'Connell's speech was, of course, the great attraction of the night ; but there were others that deserve remark. Lord Shrewsbury's broad and bold disti nc ti on b e t ween a l ega l and a constitutional right, ~ is one that all parties will do well to bear in mind in the times that are at hand ; and the en thusiasm with which Mr. Henry Berkeley's hint was re ceived, " that en extension of the franchise was the best security for the maintenance of those rights, which the gen tlemen now in power—in virtue of their legitimate descent from the Ministers who passed Gagging Bills and suspended the Habeas Corpus Act — would so gladly cur t a il," may h e l p to avert the dangers which he apprehends. The Sun newspaper afforded a remark a bl e p roo f, on Tues day, of the rapidity with which the Press performs its duties upon great occasions. Before the meeting broke up a full re port of the speeches of Mr. Duncomb e , M r. O'C onne ll , an d . Lord Shrewsbury was everybody's hands. It seemed as if the words must have impressed themselves on paper as they quitted the speakers lips, without any of those inter mediate processes to which we know that we are indebted for the perfection painfully attained. A vast accession to the frequenters of the North and South American Coffee-house took place yesterday, there being as visitors the American Dwarf, and a comparative giant in the form of a Missouri, or stark Indian. The little specimen of the human species went through his exhibition of the Grecian statues, and sang " Lucy Long ;" and the " Red Man of the Woods, " in costume, danced the "war dance" of the natives of the interior. It was certainly a remarkable sight to find such distinctions—so small a dwarf, and so tall a man from the same continent. The former can well cradle' himself on a couch (a gilded and velvet-hued specimen of which was shown sufficiently capa cious only for a six-shilling wax doll) to be placed in pleasing posture by tiny hands. Afterwards the differential specimens of humanity paid a visit to the Stock Exchange and the Hall of Commerce. The semi-wild man, a Bull—the tiny one, a Bear—of inches and of weight. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THEIDAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. STANDARD.—The &bate on Lord Ashley's Bill will be resumed to-night. Whatever the re sult of the present discussion, we regard the im mediate result as comparatively indifferent, because the question of the fate of the ten hours' restric tion is merely a matter of time—earlier or later the restriction will be adopted. Nine years ago we said of the clauses respecting the illegitimate chil dren in the New Poor-law, and of the univer sal application of the workhouse test, that they must be given up; and we have lived to see them both abandoned. With equal certainty do we predict that the ten hours' restriction must be adopted sooner or later, and we found our prediction upon the same grounds—the total absence of sound argument in favour of prolonged labour, and the repugnance of the universal feeling to such cruelty. The present Parliament may give this cruelty a little longer lease, but that is all ; it may make, as in the case of the cruel clauses of the New Poor-law, a temporary addition to the sum of human misery ; but the addition can be but temporary, and finite. The sentence has gone forth—the tyranny of prolonged labour is doomed. Cant—the cant of political eco nomy—which so long protected it, is dead and gone, and the arguments which it has been attempted to substi tute for cant give way to the gentlest breath of reason. Mr. Bright says that an abridgement of the hours of labour will reduce wages, and that it will also raise prices. How can it do both? We believe, indeed, that it will do both, but in a very different sense from what Mr. Bright threatens ; we believe that it will reduce daily wages and greatly augment annual wages, by giving constant employment in stead of monthly gushes to be followed by half-yearly gluts; we believe that it will raise prices, by restoring the character in the market of British fabrics—for paste, starch, gypsum, and devil's dust, will not be the resources of a steady trade, such as a short time Bill must ne cessarily enforce ; and so confident are we in this respect, that we believe that nothing but a short time Bill can save the manufacturers of this country from early destruction ; but we shall not go further until we hear, what we have not yet heard, a plausible argument against Lord Ashley's motion. By the way, we omitted to notice on Saturday the finest thing that has occurred in Parliament for many years — Quaker Bright's attack upon Lord Ashley, and Lord Ashley's reply. Nature seems to have moulded the two men, in form as well as in mind, to represent the extremes of the species ; within a species no contrast was ever so strikingly complete. The Quaker accused the nobleman of having acted with generosity and courtesy towards a wretch who had proved himself unworthy of credit ; and then, upon the evidence of this his rotten witness, he made a charge of subornation. Lord Ashley was compelled to plead guilty to the charge of generosity and cour tesy (they who know the Noble Lord best know that he is overwhelmed with such sins), but showed that he had never suborned the informer or used his evidence. Thus the account stands—Quaker Bright is innocent of generosity or courtesy, but he know ingly uses the testimony of a corrupt witness. Of generosity and courtesy to an unworthy person Lord Ashley stands convicted ; but of using, or intending to use, the fellow's testimony, the Noble Lord is as guiltless as the reader of these lines. GLOBE.—The Standard doubts whether any existing law, ecclesiastical or civil, will reach the case, the recent self-exposure of which has conferred unenviable notoriety on the Rev. Herbert Marsh. We should have expected that this would have ex cited unqualified regret in a journal which pro fesses superior zeal for the stability and efficiency of the National Church—results which depend, to a very considerable extent, on the reputation of its clergy in the estimation of the laity. This, however, is not the case. Our Contemporary remarks :—" We regret that the Church cannot be relieved of the un• worthy Rector of Barnack ; but we own that our re gret is somewhat alleviated by the consideration that the escape of that unworthy person spares the Bishop of Peterborough a fine of 1,0001., and it might be 2,000/." That the Church cannot be relieved of the unworthy Rector of Barnack, is a subject of regret. But how much more deep would be the sorrow, because so much more would be the calamity, if the Church Discipline Act took a wider range, and instead of limiting the in terference of the Bishop to offences committed within two years, extended his episcopal powers over licen tious and profligate conduct in clergymen, belonging to his diocese, to four or five years ! This would be truly afflictive to the Bishops, and entitle them to commiseration from all who love and venerate the order ! We are not convinced by the reasoning of our Contemporary of the fact which he labours to establish that the pecuniary cost to the Bishop, in prosecuting, .and thus condignly punishing, a flagrantly immoral clergyman, would be a more serious infliction on the Pre late's purse, than to permit such a scandal to con tinue fastened on the Church itself. The sons of Eli "made themselves vile." Their father—invested, as High Priest, with the power of putting the pro fligates out of the priesthood, which they had pol luted and disgraced—suffered himself to be influenced by parental affection, and merely expostulated, when the strong arm of authority ought to have arrested them, and punished their debaucheries. Need the consequences be told ? It is bad enough that the son of a Bishop, who was therefore placed in possession of one of the richest benefices in the kingdom, the patronage of which pertained to the see of Peterborough, which his father held, with the addi tion of a canonry in his father's Cathedral church, should thus debase himself and disgrace his order. Elevated as he was in ecclesiastical station, and enriched with worldly wealth, we say it is bad enough for it to be made public, that de plorable depravity has been the habitual course of a Church dignitary's life. But that his es cape from punishment should be regarded rather as matter for congratulation than regret, and this solely on such considerations as those stated by the Standard, is not merely matter of surprise, but— aside from all party distinctions—we unfeignedly say, of surprise and sorrow. While the matter re mained concealed, the offence was limited in its results to the individual. To his own conscience, and to the solemn responsibilities of another state of being, the guilty individual was alone ac countable. But when proclaimed abroad, as his conduct has been, the Church to which he belongs becomes subjected to the obloquy of his offences against morality ; and, if she fail to roll away the reproach, and to wash her hands from the iniquity by thrusting the offenders from her altars, the effect of such connivance, indifference, or even inability, by defect in her laws, to reach a case so fraught with scandal, cannot fail to be most injurious to her character, if not perilous to her safety as a national institution. Ths Standard asks—" Is it politic thus to impose a penalty upon the Bishop's vigilance, and to make it thus his in terest to connive at the offences of those whom he is appointed to superintend?" We think the penalties arises out of the responsibilities which every Bishop assumes when invested with the episco pate. If he be not vigilant, but dilatory in the dis charge of his duties—if instead of enforcing the disci pline of the Church against any immoral clergyman whose delinquencies may be brought before him, he be "thankful" for any loophole of escape from the impera tive obligation, and claim credit for having evinced a " backwardness" to interfere—if, in fact, from any merely personal considerations, he " connive at the offences of those whom he is appointed to superin tend"—we think he becomes "a partaker of their evil deeds." A Bishop's want of vigilance will give a tacit encouragement to vice. He will thus not only draw down upon his own head a fearful weight of punishment; he will expose the Church, of which he is required to be a light and a defence, to the dangers which result from laxity of morals and impurity of life in those who are appointed to the office of the ministry within her pale. Talk of the hardship of exposing a Bishop, with a revenue of several thousands a year, and a large extent of patronage, to the " penalty" of an occasional pecuniary outlay, in the shape of costs, f or prosecuting and punishing a grossly immoral clergy man ! Will the Standard ascertain the " penalty" to which a Bishop exposes himself for screening such a clergyman from punishment ? Besides, if a Bi s hop present an individual who is utterly unfit for his office, ought there not to be a "penalty" for having done so? As the rectory of Barnack is a preferment in the Bishop's gift, if the Bishop's predecessor, by virtue of his right, presented an unfit person to the living, his successor ought to be content with having the presentation for the " penalty" of getting rid of the nuisance. A half-year's stipend would more than cover the costs of ejecting the "gallant, gay Lothario ;" who might then take up his residence at Madame Lodon's establishment, uninterrupted by the necessity of tak ing his turn in residence, as one of tie canons of Peterborough, and undistracted by the duties of the cure of souls at Barnack. There is really something appalling in the way in which the Bishop of Peterborough explained what he could unques tionably do, under the circumstances of this pain ful case. He could procure from the Archbishop a permission for him to be non-resident ! That which would be refused to a poor rector, except for a limited period, and then only under circumstances of extreme necessity, might be obtained for an habitual profligate, as the most ready way of getting rid of him, and of his scandal ! A curate, to whom he would have to pay less than a tithe of his income, would do all the duty; the rector might then vary, at pleasure, the scenes and the subjects of his guilty amours. The revenues of the Church which he had disgraced, and of the ministers he had dishonoured, will supply the means ! ADVERTISER.—We hope that the numerous subjects which press on the attention of Government, will not with draw that attention from the report which was made during the last session, on the subject of shipwrecks. Sir Robert • Peel, in reply to the question lately put by Mr. Rice, with reference to harbours of refuge, referred to the Report of the , Committee as a subject now under the consideration of the Government, and one which will lead to the adoption of some measures of a remedial character. The parties to whose attention this important subject is referred, ought not to allow a single day to be lost in bringing a measure into Parliament founded on the very ample materials with which they are now furnished. Shipwrecks, and the consequent loss of human life, have, of late years, occurred with a fre quency so alarming as to produce a very general conviction that our marine arrangements demand a careful scrutiny, and will admit of great improvements. From our insular position, our populousness, and the advanced state of our ci vilization, we are necessarily a maritime nation, and must expect to pay our tribute (alas ! how precious), to the sea. It is unreasonable to hope that the highest improvements in naval architecture and the utmost skill of seamanship would in every case bring " the good ship safe to land." Should science have published all her discoveries, and prudence have furnished all her precautions, and benevolence have contri buted all her treasures, the sea would still be the scene " Where hostile elements conflicting rise, And lawless surges swell against the skies ; Till hope expires, and peril and dismay Wave their black ensigns on the watery way." Those who traverse the uncertain element must always sail "within an inch of eternity," and we shall ever have among us widows and orphans, to mourn over "those who go down to the sea, and do business in great waters." Still, however, it is imperative on the Legislature to ascertain whether, by the adoption of various nautical improvements, it may not be possible to effect a great diminution of the fatal calamities to which our marine population are exposed. If, upon inquiry, it should be proved that by a culpable parsimony, vessels that ought to be broken up are sent to sea—that the govern ment of ships is left to inexperience or intemperance—that the duty of anticipating and preparing for the worst is ' frequently neglected, and that it is quite possible to re , duce the „number of wrecks to a mere fraction of their present amount, then the necessity of immediate, wise, and efficient legislation on the subject will be demonstrated. There is scarcely any subject which has a stronger claim on the attention of a British Senate than the state of its marine. Our Monarch is the Ocean Queen, whose island kingdom is the en produce ched semoufchherbyewthhe domain.exotic swa so ft u e r d e t e o un h t e r r y s i h s o e r commercial, the British flag floats on every sea, our cornu copia is filled with the fruits of every clime, our mansions eminently as ent b ly y are adorned with the treasures of the most distant lands, while their owners are attired and decorated in the silks, and furs, the jewels and gold, to collect which our commerce must range between both the Indies and both the Poles. The wealth of many of our great commoners is derived wholly from the shipping interest, while not a few of the noble " Order" wear their coronets in virtue of the naval skill and prowess of their ancestors. Attention to the security of those noble and hardy men whose lives are spent in the maintenance of our prosperity, is obviously one of the first duties of a British Parliament. TIMES.—We will not here enter upon the proposed re medies for duelling. Yet we cannot avoid an observation on one or two of them. One of Mr. Turner's correspondents proposes that any person who had been engaged in a duel, either as principal or second, "should be considered ineligible to hold any office in the army, navy, Colonial, Foreign, Home Department, Horse Guards, Admiralty, and (Mr. Turner thought the writer said most wisely) the Privy Coun cil." The bench of Bishops and that of the judges, are the only objects to which the ambition of the duellist is still to be allowed to aspire. This, we presume, is an oversight ' • but supposing it amended, there is, it must be allowed, nothing intrinsically and eternally absurd in the suggestion— nothing that would not be enforced when a high moral tone pervaded the whole of society. But it must also be ad mitted, that in England, and in the present state of the English nation, to dream for the briefest instant of the practicability of such a scheme, shows an en thusiasm which, laudable as it is, must have long taken leave of discretion. We are glad, however, that there are people in the world to make such de mands. Men often accomplish what is difficult by attempting what is flatly impossible. Such thorough-going projectors are the pioneers of reform. By an uncompromising use of sterling principles they hack and hew the public mind into a state which renders practicable a measure of improvement which nobody before them would have dreamt of. The sugges tion of Mr. Turner's correspondent is an excessively valuable rt t think, the It one—not, however, to be enacted, but to be looked at. Anoth e r same pr opos m al e , ri ii t i:p a o n r d ted is f n r o o t m il S l w de i ai tz t er w la i n th d, bhy Sir asno ß t, ob we e is suggested that the survivor in an affair of honour should be saddled with the debts of the man whom he kills. , The operation of this enactment would be somewhat grotesque. Let us conceive, with Sir Robert, the re-appearance of that happily extinct animal, a professed duellist. ConCeive the principles on which, from a mere regard to his pocket, he would find himself obliged to choose his amuse ment. Conceive him wandering through the Exchange to pick out for his victims, as a butcher does his sheep, the fattest and most responsible of our City merchants, avoiding, " cane pejus et angue," the lean and embarrassed debtor. Conceive the sudden immunity from insult enjoy able by a banker whose solvency was " blown upon," and the shield of triple brass, invisible but insurmountable, behind which the proclaimed swindler, with debts enough to sink a frigate, would be enabled to insult and defy the world. Mr. Turner probably conceives that under the improved law no man could well be found daring enough to challenge his enemy without an examination of his banker's balance. This would doubtless be a discouragement to gentlemanly " satisfaction." But still let him recollect that there is another side to the question, and imagine the enthusiasm with which a generous insolvent would court death at the hands of a Baring or a Rothschild from a devoted sense of duty to his creditors. But we will quit the subject, lest our observations should act as a discouragement to the fertile imaginations of our allies. Let them go on inventing. They will often be wrong, but never mind— " Nil sine magno Vita labore debit mortalibus." They will be right at last, and then they will find their reward. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. TIMES.—The reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. naturally affects, either directly or indirectly, nearly all the opei ations of the money market, and among these maybe mentioned the value of terminable annuities issued by the National Debt-office. It has been obvious to those who are acquainted with the true value of securities of this description, that the rate fixed by the Government must render them shortly a subject of demand among those who are seeking to invest their capital to the best advantage. A small party of private capitalists have therefore, it is said, formed a junction for the purpose of buying up the whole quantity of such annuities which the Government is autho. rised to create, and hence private individuals wishing to bestow their capital in that manner will have to go to these parties, if it is an absolute condition with them to ob tain Government security. This would appear at first view to be something like an unfair advantage to be taken of the public generally, but it may be observed that the expectation which led to these purchases may not be realised, and further that the exacting too high terms would have the effect of driving the purchasers of annuities to the annuity companies, some of which may be said to enjoy a degree of credit nearly equal to that of Government itself: Hence the speculation can do no great harm, and is only mentioned to show the sagacity and speculative disposition which is always at work in the money market. Some statements having got into circulation respecting certain meetings of private bankers, indicating a disposition to force, if possible, some declaration from Sir IL Peel as to the course he intends to take in reference to the currency, it is proper to state that these are at present altogether prema ture. Something of the kind is certainly in progress, which has as yet led to no visible result; but it is understood that a deputation from the private bankers were to have an inter view to-day with the Prime Minister, of which nothing has yet transpired. The Bankers' Circular states that some of the Scotch banks have given their adhesion to the project said to be entertained by Sir R. Peel of establishing a sole bank of issue. At the Manchester and Leeds meeting an increased dividend of 3} per cent. for the half-year was declared on the paid up capital of the 1001. and the 501. shares, the dividend of i the quarter shares remaining, as befor e , a t 5 per cent. The working of this railway is improving in a very satisfae • tory manner, and the total income for the last six months has reached 132,345/. The revival of trade is stated to have produced a desirable change in the traffic returns, which have weekly showed an increase since the last report, while the gross excess of receipts as compared with the last half-year amounted to 13,231/., of which 11,533/. had accrued from an increase in the carriage of merchandise.—Times. HORRIBLE MURDER AT WEDNESBUBY, STAFFORD SIIIRE.—The following is an extract of a letter received by a friend, from Weduesbuiy, in Staffordshire, yesterday : " We have been startled from our usual quiet here yesterday (Saturday), by one of the most daring and horrid murdersi have ever heard of. It was committed, it is supposed, about half-past 10 to 11 o'clock yesterday morning, at the house of John Crowther, Esq., who lives at Oakswell End in this town, the unfortunate victim being the housekeeper of that gentleman, a female of about 38 years of age. The crime seems to have been committed first by beating her about the head, apparently with a hammer or axe, and then cutting her throat, or rather sawing it to the bone with a desert knife. The murder was not discovered until two o'clock, and no conjecture c a n y e t b e formed who the miscreant is. It is supposed, however, that he was disturbed by the butcher, who rang the bell at half past ten, but could gain no admittance. There is very little property missing at present, and. that, it is supposed, may be mislaid. Mr. Crowther is a gentleman of very secluded habits, and the house in which he lives, which is very large, is nearly built round with high walls, and stands back from the road, which is a great thoroughfare, and not more than from 150 to 200 yards from our market-place, and close to several other buildings. There are gates opening to the fields at the back, and those fields are also very public, with a brick-yard not far off; and how the villain escaped is a won , der, unless he did so between ten and eleven o'clock, when a very heavy storm of snow took place, and probably pre vented his being seen. It is thought, from the appearance of t the body, that he must have been nearly covered, 151 h blood." Of the various extraordinary assertions with which your speechabotuidad, the One which 'excited-my astonishment th the most, was e declaration that there *is not a single thing in which you then stood but could be got 40 per cent. cheaper on the Continent. I would not, on any account, deny this allegation; but I must confess that I find it im possible to conjecture in what you could then be standing. Coats, hats, stockings, linens, cottons, and even boots and shoes, and all the various articles ordinarily used for clothing in civilised life, are actually made cheaper in this country than abroad. It is quite clear, then, that if your statement was true, that you were standing in none of these. You must truly have presented an extraordinary appearance be tore the " numerous and highly respectable assemblage" at Shap, and I would recommend that, provided your speech be printed as an Anti-League tract, your portrait (for the benefit of those who had not an opportunity of witnessing the figure you cut) should appear at the top, with this in scription, Edward Wilson, Esq., of Abbot Hall, as h e ap peared when he delivered his celebrated speech at Shap." It is, however, clear that you wished to impress upon your audience the belief that English manufacturers cannot com pete with foreign. For what purpose, then, do foreigners impose the heavy protective duties to which you made allu sion? You refer to the Prusso-Germanic League; pray ex plain why it is that every article coming from England is charged 50 per cent. (as you affirmed), if on the Continent they can manufacture 40 per cent. cheaper than ourselves. Every quarter of corn you stated, imported from abroad dis placed the same quantity at home—this would be true if all the people were fully fed, but the fact is, that many millions. of our fellow-subjects are constantly in a state of partiat starvation. If an extra supply of food were admitted it would of necessity be consumed by those who now lack ; for those who have now sufficient could under no circumstances con sume more than they do at present —every quarter of corn would have to be paid for directly or indirectly in manufac tures ; this would set to work those who are now unemployed, and who, in consequence of their condition, so far from being customers to the British farmers, are as paupers mere burthens on the country. You wind up your intelligent harangue with the followibg quotations from the President of the United States of America, "Nothing could be so foolish—nothing so in t jurioue could beset the interest of a cotuatry, as to cease tp give eti k . couragement to the interests of agriculture, and not to grow its own corn for the consumption of its own inhabitants." To cease to encourage agriculture is folly indeed, and I for one denounce the corn-law, because it discourages that necessary pursuit. The object of the corn-law, and the object of agri culture, are diametrically opposed ; " agriculture is an inven tion to have coin, the corn-law is a device not to have it." It is folly you say, in a country not to grow its own corn for *lle, consumption of its own inhabitants. Let me ask who wishes, the agriculturists of this country not to grow corn ? Certainly not the free-traders; they say that the capabilities of the soil are not made the most of, and are ever urging the necessity of producing more. What the free traders affirm is this, that it is folly . and worse than folly—an iniquity—to deprive the starving inhabitants of this country of food by a cunning in strument called a corn-law.—Yours, &c. TARSUS. London, March 14, 1844. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 16.—The Tortoise store-ship, COM. Finlaison, arrived yesterday from the Dore, on her way to Ascension, whither she proceeds to-morrow, with 400 tons of coal on board, and 300 tons of other stores, together with a number of officers, lOr the coast of Africa. She will call at Plymouth. A. Karley, Esq., one of the Master Attendants at Chatham, with a party of riggers, are on board the Tortoise, for the purpose of conveying the Forte to Deptford, where some of her ribs and trucks will be useful in the Dockyard supplies. The Prometheus steamer, which sustained an injury to her steam-boilers, on her passage to the coast of Africa, is to come to this port to be repaired Mr. Seaward, the engineer, will meet her to superintend her re-equipment. The Ringdove, 18, Commander Sir NV. Daniel, is ordered from the West Indies, to assist in the blockade of the coast of Africa. The Surge, for Hong-Kong, the Pekin, for Madras, and: the Gladiator, for New York, all sailed this morning, from Spithead. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Victoria, and Albert, Fearless, Black Eagle, and Echo steamers and Nau tilus. At Spithead—None. Davomsoirr, Msnex 15.—The Hamoaze and the Good will lighters arrived from Chatham with stores last Thurs day. The Lucifer steamer, Commander G. A. Fraser, arrived from Woolwich en Friday, was paid in advance on Monday, and sailed on Thursday, to survey the coast of Ireland. The. Rochester lighter sailed on Saturday with stores for Ports mouth. The /Etna, 6, Lieutenant C. G. Butler, was paid off on Monday ; and the Prometheus steamer, Lieutenant Pasco, arrived on Monday, with both her boilers unserviceable, one of which was damaged before she reached Madeira, where she remained six days, and the other rendered unserviceable soon after she left on her return to this port. The Nettly tender sailed with stores for Falmouth on Wednesday; andt the Aid lighter with stores for Woolwich. The Dee steamer; Mr. T. Laen, Master, arrived from Portsmouth on Thursday. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, America, Larne, Dee, and Confiance steamers. In Barripool—Prometheus steamer. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS. Commander—W. A. Willis (1835), of the Frolic, '46 the rank of Captain. Commanders—C. Thruston and C. Taylor (both Of 1812), to the list of retired Captains. Lieutenant—James Cannon, to be Acting Comm an d er o f the Queen. _ _ _ Mae—John F. C. Hamilton (1843), of the St. Vincent (for services in China), to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMF..NTS. Commander—H. N. Denham, 1835 (additional) to the Royal Sovereign yacht, at Pembroke, for surveying or 'tidal engineering. Lieutenants—George Marriott (from the Fdru2aable), Frederick Robinson, and Walter J. Pollard (additional), to the Penelope ; Thomas Davies (b), to the America ; Wm. Morris, to the Tortoise ; A. Woodley, from tb.e Growler to the Gorgon, vice Story, coining home in tha Pearl ; J. W. Whyte, to the Ringdove. Mates—Chas. H. Young, to the Prometheus; H. Bain bridge, to the St. Vincent; J. J. 0. F. Oarmichael,- to the Excellent. Midshipman—J. Maitland, from the St. Vincent to the Lucifer. Masters' Assistants—Frank Inglis, from the Victory to the Dee ; T. R. Collingwood, to the Victory. Assistant-Surgeon—J. D. Hooker (additional), to the William and Mary, for special service. Mr. W. F. Tarrant (late of the Beagle), passed his .exami nation for a Master, R.N., on Tuesday, at the Trinity-house. Is moral principle so utterly extinct in the British Parliament, that not one of its Members evinces sufficient in tegrity, or possesses the common honesty to protest against the flagitious robbery contemplated ha the condscation of the small remnant of right which the avarice of landlords has left to the poor of England in their native sell ? Can it ba, that the power of doing wrong with present impunity has sc deadened the feeling of shame for the meanness of plunder ing, and so completely extinguished every spark of genero• sity, and sense of manly pride in the' aristocracy, that not one of its body shrinks from the intiuny indissolubly bound with the act of spoliation projected by the parents and sup porters of Lord Worsley'a Bill? It would appear so, from the facility with which this unnecessary, indefensible, and most odious measure, has passed through its second stage ; and that we are now to witness the further augmentation of overgrown estates, by the annexation of every patch, strip, i and ng e s u h p i r shred t y of o f lantt which has hitherto escaped the maraud ing landlords, and assisted the over-taxeC, over-worked, and more than half-starved labourers and cot tagers, in the preservation of their miserable existence. For the vast mess of the population—for all, in fact, who da not actually occupy as owners and tenants—this Bill, the me ment it becomes a statute, severs every tie that connects them with the land of their birth. They have no longer any claim upon it ; it has no longer any cfaim upon them. ft belongs to those wh o have taken possession of it in the exer cise of their power as legislators, and all others are tres passers and aliens. Bit by bit, and parcel by parcel, the landlords have seized upon the property of the people, with m... advantage even to themselves correspondent to the amount ',xi pauperism which they have engendered. And it is not ;be least remarkable feature of these acts of robbery, that each has been preceded by an affectation of sympathy for th , A pocr, and a protestation that the deed was intended to giv e t h ew additional employment. Every successive act of ro l ,ii)ery by means of Inclosure Bills, whether private or publi;;; has been defended on precisely the same grounds, and eve,q, sucke6e i ve Act has left the people eventually in a worse ce;ndition than before. Private estates have accumulated, tvid in the same proportion the means of general subsister.celhave decreased. i We have at once the wealthiest aristocracy, and the greatest number of hopelessly destitute, that cw 4 be found in any country of which the soil is abundantly capable of sustaining its entire population. Look on the subject in what light soever we may, a melancholy plcturva is presented of a free people degraded into slaves, and 4 riAmpant aristocracy Neal lowing in wealth, which bas h, den iv xumulated by abase per version of their power as legislators S. Men condemn the act of the highwayman, who, strong in weapons of destruction, I plunders unarmed travellers ; yet, the seizure of the rights of the weak by any act of power whatever, is substantially the same. The name alone makes t'he difference ; and, if this or any other Bill of a like nature for the general inclosure of common lands become a law, let him that is endowed with inexhaustible patience endeavour: to discover the actual dif ' ference between a house of lane,iortio and a den of thieves.— ' Morning Advertiser.