The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-02 00:00:00

_____,! t• 1 Fruit and cly, and Pt c :, 2 s 6,1 Trots, 4s to 6 ; 1 Leeks Sti L•tir, 2s W 6ti to d...a itto, 3- 10 "-: hi to IS 2d;,,, )felons. 2i SZ: ch ; Red Li',l fish, 2s to ' 2s per bull 2 New Orsori a-deles, tie, at but €7. L • h English 1 'O3 O l :h the e .s. For r" d . 'vhat ids of tries' , rum 2s 43 43 ; and 0 or he trade, I ° d , 4 2s 8d to SSD", ; a nd F 0 fr Fish %%1 ,5 ?`, e, and Pri`'. i v alli e supi).., A t o from 2g 6 ',.,0 Id to 4s ; '''' .:ase. r etro polis ) 6jd per 41 rs and heit ell tO 5s 6(1; I ;;, alt' skins,,, n g 00°' c to 411 P „ itto, 5 1 s " f aw, . 1110 , ' , or load' priCeS , /8,w4110 V), 51 5 1 itmW, 1!1„1 6. per Lo Lt bri-k• 15, to4I1D; 5 15 ' 0 Lyv J u t/ o toad supporw• 'RIDAT' 1/1 )eat semPnferinr s aroP, of this n'3' icult t( o n 020 ell Lve deg°, the I ,o° 1.1 431 76 44 ‘2 i s i 49 4.5 43 1 1 50 45 44 41 , 1; 50 4u 41 45 4 1 1 64/ 45 1 1 4 ! 1 , 5 0 52 rar imPe „ 34 31 41 0 eJ 14 . 4° .th T . 4 1 65 5 9 4 35 10 Pe. no. d ner L L, " ptS Of 01 Wilk! II pI Jt tie '4l 417 t i lt,rAsinty CLIAXBERS, Mamas!' 2, 1644, , LI LREAS, by an - Act pasted in the 6th year r ifti ng th of her Majesty's reign, intituled " An Act for guaran ')erai,,,7 Pa went of the Interest on" a Loan of 1,568,0001., to tio tu , - ' t'Y the Province of Canada," her Majesty was empowered k o f . aotee the payment of the Interest on any Loan, to any 4„. l " c nt, not exceeding 1,500,0001., which might be raised for the . 41h - e . et the Province of Canada, under any Act to be passed by i.etd,..l3oillnsature of the sai Provi cen, in the manner and under the 1, 44,11 in the said Ac d t mentioned ; And ' a w . ereas, an Act of the Legislature of the Province of 'l 4an,j , inttteedby " An Act to authorise the raising, by way of ~abit , n England, the sum of 1,500,000/. sterling, for the Con. IN 4 11 and Completion of certain Public Works in Canada," her ktski ftt i. 4 . e.rePowered to borrow, with the guarantee aforesaid, , A ni T!u ‘ rn or I,soomet. k it Whereas her Majesty !as been pleased, by warrant, to ap ,3 anY three or more of the Commissioners of her Majesty's 1 ti tt t u qi to borrow, by Debentures, such sums as may be from t 2 title required for the service of the said Province, not 'cg in the whole the said sum of 1,500,0001. ; jl9 is to g i ve notice, that the Lords Commissioners of her M a . the itzm ' e asury will be ready to dispose of Debeintures or Bonds to , t hst b ,"t of 200,0001. ; and that Tenders for the purchase of "tord, e : addressed to the Secretary to the Treasury, with the Vili t : e Tender for Canada Debentures" written on the outside, c'th it i t i e celied at the Treasury, at any time previously to Two Il lti , t ' the afternoon on Friday next, the 6th of December.. t ae/i i on st tders must state at length the sums proposed to be paid for 't lie ' l * contained in the Debentures, with the name and address T hrt j• The-i.crlder will be accepted for any sum less than i,OOOl. 8 ?tot th‘onds will be redeemable at the expiration of twenty year . I ttool l 't of January, 11545, and will bear interest from the said it elte n - " ua rY, 1845, until redeemed, at the rate of 4 per cent, per tt141., P a yable half-yearly at the Bank of England, on the let day Th e a nd Ist day of January. Ok e , ° "cis will be made out in sums of 5001. each. lank o ',.`t i f of the sum tendered and accepted, will be payable at the el l , 'oltiand, on Monday, the lath day of December instant, IL! ~,, ,. .'v i P receipt for the same will be given to the party, and on ist 'lls ' ; -(Ct o f the other half, on or before Thursday, the 2d day of Th e y ' 11145, the Debentures will be delivered. , 44. . r o eu ders will be opened in the presence of the Governor and °Perli n , "ernor of the Bank of England ; and previously to the N ail . or the 'renders, the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty' s 'Ne t t Will place in the hands of the Governor and Deputy. Go. elte ih 7 the Bank of E n gland, a sealed paper, containing the h eelo h . tic per cent. , which their Lordships would feel that they Th e ~-; Jugifled in receiving for the entures. 4, 3 lee dere will be all opened at the D same time, when a list will ilio ie kie of them and a preference will be given successively to the Ten de r Tends the price in the sealed paper ; and if such rs 'es,_ s hould in their aggregate, exceed the amount of 2110,0001., itri t ,; ( 7 ,B above t h at amount w ill b e s t ru ck off the least advanta /, r NO Tenders. t ellt!" equality of Tenders, in respect of the prem ium p er %I N ' "no their amount i ng toget h er t o more than the sum re. the .„.,' th e aMount of Debentures will be divided in proportion to li-o.rotint of such Tenders. leceptwig W ill be given to the party or parties whose Tenders are e•tl appointed and they will be requested to attend at the Treasury at time, to sign the contract for the Debentures. 1 0, ‘- of AUSTRALASIA, incorporated by INtt, c o . al Charter, 1835 : London office, No. 2, Moorgate t The t o ' 30 , 1844, ASIA 'Frr of DIRECTORS of the BANK of AUSTR A_ Ztur red b eret)) , give notice that a Vacancy in the Direction has EcT i Y the resignation of William Brown, Esq., and that the . IsT or a DIRECTOR in his room will take place at an of ,„_ ) ,7 ,, ts , r 7: I Y , General Meeting of Proprietors to be held at . this h . Pri eto .: 'ftSDAY, the 23d day of January next. Any qualified '24.e t i or ; 'Mending to become a candidate for such vacancy in the r • n nist be dul given within ten days from this date, , ot ien y propo rk rat ' thereof . must be given (in writing) at the office of the 4 °4 01 ,1 ° n, 2 , Moorgate-street, specifying the name and place of t he candidate proposed.—By order of the Court, WILLIAM MILLIKEN, Secretary. 1, 37 ' 309 4,3 14 3 / 1 44 9 2 65 , 614 9. 6 2-roa 4 -------j----1111G ESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIE S 4 4 1 (4ar:house, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London ~- Us R GESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous s'- 1 7, 1 4 ' L`7 4O 5 by many persons ' to impose a spurious article for their it incumbent ' on them to request the attention of the t th -13 urchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob ante and Address correspond with the above. The gene tA4.fkrante of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un wi--4tio'ris: and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following b:Ntit . „ ---° nlo are in appearance at first sight, '• the genuine," bit , t , 4th ,,,,,..arne or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies, Orgess-2," having and many more without address. Jell . n s - ,,,k 1 Ai51u,, - "' 80 n, been many years honoured with such ills aPProhation feel every sentiment of respect towards the arel c i a Zl earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous I. Fill p r „_ 1 1C what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope tt,...vvent many disappointments. feat 'tClEgs , N TEW -t sett - SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such -+ted,, d siaction, continues to be prepared by them, and is recons t•linn4s- . 14 a meet useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all WiLrekols,. 107, STRAND, oorner of the .4avoy.steps, Loudon. The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. 8 _ The ohea I R W. BURNETT'S PATENT cll, .1..__., Pest arid best process for the Preservation of Timber, a 2 Cordage, Cotton, w oo ll en & c. en l 7n Noblemen t 0 Nobleen and Gentlemen to use the Prepara ter,,c4nd to others f or the purposes of Trade, on advantageous, IlYdrauli th s aboy c APparatus and Tanks , for the expeditious preparation of ollp it . niatri als, at the principal station Millwall, Poplar, nearly es e Greenwich Numerous Specimens • hirrnatton obta ined and Testimonials may be seen, and every Lou in lion b , 3 at th, r, .. riUge. ......___ wftice, No. 53, King William-street, SILVER SUP ~t ecl injurious and those corrosive ce l led Nickel and German Silver, sup '°l by the Introduction, nATA PLATE. pers on TSON . ,41 gild 42, a new and perfectly matchless Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate, aided by oriL Science the anialganiation of Metals, has succeede d . Pou7;:s to Public Notice the most beautiful Article ever yet offered all the richness of Silver in appearance, with all its dura it and hardness—with eoe_ its perfect sweetness in use, undergoing, as '4tai,; , :''fictrilcril Process, by which, all that is nauseous in mixed sils.„ la entirely extracted—resisting all Acids—may be clenned as li kleb o th rd 'i is manufactured into every Article for the Table and l alde Threaded. King's. 30s, 355. I lEse2 l3° °T , S and Forks, 1 68 . 6 d. doz. 255. 2.„ Te a Ditto ...... 12s. 6d. ss. Gd. I 2 s. Gd. 13 s. Gd. C-,7 "ti,„ ts Is. 3d. , 3 s• 3 s. 6d. n'AT 0114, begs the Public will understand th at this Metal is " 11 1 his own , and that Silver is not more di fl ere nt fr om Gold ,"tapes,, Inetal is ' from all others—on its intrinsic merit alone he ? 1, 0 tested, and from the daily increasing eulogiurns he re convinced that nothing can prevent its becoming an L.C.llP,l iniv ersal wear. a 'en's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue ant Price Currant Nistd,i Published and Families who regard ecouomy and elegance 514 P° lseas tlemselves of this useful Book, which may be had ,„„ Poet Free, from the above Address. PATENT PARAGON CAMPIIINE LIMPS. .app„ Perfection of these Lamps over the Vesta has been ~a tt idned by the invention of two parallel flat rings—a larger tans, forining a cone round the margin of the wick, which eery ij aPi d reverberati on o f a i r aga i ns t th e flame—thus condensing likviwna eandl t z a rti rfe e c le t Of volatilized vapour, it is free from smoke or smell, C, crubustion, and in full action, omits a light equal to es, 21gateatn's Warehouses 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton u ps contain, thro ughout the sean, all the most elegant ups! 'e and new patterns, comprising O r molu , China, Glass, and ) 01d on a,,kriPy on l ' a raPa fitted with the Paragon Head for 21s. And the re,-o",, ar atus applied to the Vesta for G. The Spirit analysed atsewi'inended by Dr lire, is delivered In screw cans by C. 41 I,, 42 c arts, at 4s. per gallon. I'A RRICAN, and 16, NORTON FOLGATR. t ------ 6 -- " -- -- I, —_____ At a 41,,,ARENTS AND GUARDIANS. A re be like this, when the juvenile folks A hen limning to count on their holiday jokes; To a,,,, n umberless glad preparations appear l''.. mii 2 m Tvie the se ason o f Ch r i s tmas with cheer, 'th e t ES and SON f ee l i nc li ne d to impress . II Pat ,;•Portanc e o f b uy i ng t h e i r •. juvenile dress,' IN„, ith M ' and guardians wish to be suited 11 the B a rments whose value was never disputed ; Which wish for their youths to be glad in a way L et th Makes them look comely, engaging , and gay, • Ns e " .. a Purchase at once of E. MOSES and SON l'h e , P.utts which such marks of approval have won. In th:JUvenile dresses" of MOSES are made ~on'll The drnewest of fashion, with beautiful braid ; "•nd th'"ell are formed just to suit tender age, erefore your children are sure to engage. „,... , } l l,o o t find them made in an old-fashion•d style, ' heii ° nen makes persons with ridicule smile; Ten ttaste and their elegant neatness have won, Ithet t he ia "sand approvals for MOSES and SON. garMents are made in a manner so firm, LoUr Ml,ll may uite at a loss for a term. Pdtt. th o l ;, ren join in the juvenile sport, _ 'hen hY , I not hurt their garments, so firmly they're wrought. ,A : • or th_a,sutevn this season, as thoasands have done, triotilNtz?..l4;ll.k.enile clothing of MOSES and SON. ,it ill 'ls ewith , u e_ntitled ." THE COMMERCIAL PHENO. f or ' n directions for Self-Measurement, on applica ko warded poet free. 41 t10 r aftlio READY MADE. L s. d. bl is Ito t Lh 'qtri' "' from 0 9 6 '•itr o „,‘otiri o 2elds VWio`terril.tiria ........».» ...... .............- .......... '• 's• m e . , Co at ,7, Athots,Piatoes, and every description of ar ta ,!• . ite r puandsomely trimmed tt 'oir it ' , oats i n 13, 1 N ati .tr •r r • every style ea , t _ k o ., . ousers, lined ', s tuck ~.".aas .. .... 0i o 8 „ li . , Ac t ,,, , t d ,,,,, ............................................ b 4 l tlittr , &c.. ................. ... ...... .............. lO ub l' 1;r °11 " %.4*:••••• .. ...... .... ........ ..... __ey e i i re fit ,--., •'' .......... - ....... 0 1 9 Ditty Litt, , I), t . • 5 6 I\ i t o ' Sinn, t° 817 6 tax " le ativ h 0 18 6 - -raided ... ..... .... Zt eteG r ° C t a h4 C 4ta MADE TO andsE. from 1 IS 0 10 1 led Tx, ats, itt e Lvelvet cellar cuffs jt ! . tto, d it ed w t :erY style and Shape, handsomely trimmed I .3 • 0 6 bzko..,,‘7 3 ,rou:er. 0 • 8 1/ est ikin tht i t tt° "•• .. . te,h) 6 r br e °' a nY pa •• t•t; .. . Vsi; 'Afir e v ' ll Tro nset rn••-•-•-••••••••••- ..... ••••••••••••• 1 6 0 br ine ' bitt "t ••••... s '''''"" ... .." .......... •••••••••••••••• 0 7 0 ditto c oat 0, In en e"..................•. ............ ... 'e , ditt o • ....... i pattern ...... ...... I. tt ek 14,,, ............. . ....................... .»1 12 0 %o e ttr a,,:i ... n ' a nUfactu • Ve - d .... ...... 2 15 0 t ll ”, ° .`l l t_ ....................................................... : htt a I,4usar Oi a . nnf aaturtd.....„...... ................. h oot l m e ... ... .............. ......................................... .. , a l to aa., ................... . .................................. ne . ~, I extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the n '4u itaa ditto,' re ga osat following prices vest, and trousers from 1 16 8 at,iliteoalvriacket, , vest, and trousers. from 0 IR I "eh . Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved °IX' " ed . or th i e ___ E. , e , money returned. 1 14i ea t n brap.," z °W6 and SON Tailors, Wholesale and Retail , , ands . ~.d ? utatters, and General Warehousemen, 154, liti- N - ai lpo . N.____e li g o a s te, el, opposite the Church. `ailfh.....' ir nPOSiti o , e ! an Son are obliged to guard the public The - o f b e ••, flaying i b ee M g coo earned that the untradesmanlike nose who desir"'" ~ . n r ftc , n _, fleeted with them, or it's the same concern, ib id t , have no 7, 0 4 , in . many instances, and for obvious reasons. b7.- c re the whatever with any other establishment, ~,I .; ,,ntrnent, g ee.) e genuine Cheap Clothing should (to pi event e tturch call or send to, 154, Minories, or 86, Aldgate, Prl,i, till busine s • w et 4 till 4 ,, „ se , aotnra.nsaeted at t s Establishment from sunset on . Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve TO Ailt. PIIOUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON. lett, C ‘PY of a Latter from William Wilson, Esq., Clittem, near C •fton York Feb. h, 1g 44 . , , 44,......." Sir_, —...,It its with thQ greatest pleasure that I inform you with . what . - r 7 . , .1. /stair a (;out ftrid Rheumatic Pills have effected a sure in me_ e. 4 .„ 1 : 11,1 Y months I have hai tho Ithetinnstism ; and, in spits of al n i c l i n ti_o, I was not able to obtain the least relief, nntil a frie_ a .4:Te,leended to me Blair's Pills which, a ft er a few tria's, effected te cure t . ,., - ,en are at liberty , ' , ln tl , Yours, truly, to use my name if it will be of any , service " WILLIAM WILSON." ~,?,I,e &love recent testimonial is a funkier proof of the great e ffi cacy 1- 4 ;" valuable medicine, which is the only Q frectiv • remedy for liw.L. Rheumatism Sciatica, Lumbago, 'De Doloroux, Pains in the 4O'll'i It d r? al iaeedron macessti c' I: ' Q i n . ' f d ee ' n ' ti m as istaktn for toothache, and fl,r all (Gouty 4,nu__ gratit}ing to have permission to refer to the following ,4-47reen, selected frum a mu .1 itude of others , whose station in . , 71 halt contributed to advance this po_prlar medicine in public Bil ) :' 1:- " - J• It. kandall, Eaq. Coroner, Doncaster, the Rev. Dr. t h ° ..berg, the Chevalier de la Garde, Lieutenant Masters, late of ~,,aeloyal Newfoundland Veteran Companies, Mr. Miskin, brewer .1114,11:1l'ler, Dartford ; Mr. Richard Scone, Luton ; doh* .1. Gies, k len4l r i a. deY ; Mr. .Inwood, Perbright ; all of whom Isave i recei t r , c , l , pn vil . Y taking this medicine, and have allowed the prepr eter 1. 4 of publisbing the same for the berets of the afflicted. . 'M tn , , 1 Thomas Prout, Y2l) St. and, London ; and by his appoint. kih ,s'Y all renrertable Medicine Venders throughout the United wit-Its.sul. Price 9.5. 9.d. per loox .11( for BLAIR' I: G OUT and * RILEUMATIC PILLS, and observe I.nu,,, tia la• and addrers of " Thomas Front, t4p, Strand, London," litirNeletli Itit it 1 ' G NA be ournmaxitDitnapap 4010 t. eaei bee ai the • artite: 11 e, 7 7,,e---e-ic---- i =~~ L> ' 248 ta , Ot r i 7, l :10:101.4‘ I:: ~ • _ 411 , 11 2 , 1, • S A * C - Zt e CIIN: At" Z'• • .•-•, • • 41 4 SAI A I N p 9 LIC: ZatTga i , ,‘ '414 fOheiaircAr,zr. F 4 , No. 16,316. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING SUN DECEMBER 2, 1844. PRICE bd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FITE O'CLOCK, in Tims for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sen) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a TIMM EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, contPaisqing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. a,' ''f' :; i atial • • rf .) 1111f):a I ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, — thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The PROTEOSCOPE, a new apparatus for exhibiting OPAQUE OBJECTS In Nature and Art, showing continued novelties. The PHYSIOiCOPE, HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, DIVING BELL and DIVER, DISSOLVING ♦IEWS, &c., &c. Dr. RYAN'S LECTURE daily, and in the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. Professor BACHUOFFNER'S varied Lectures abound in interesting experiments. Achdission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Three Eandred additional Works of Art, ko., since the last revisal, is just published price Is. MITHFIELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE SHOW, 1844. The ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PRIZE CATTLE, SEEDS, ROOTS, IMPLEMENTS, Ste., will take place on the 12th, 13th, and 14th of December, at the HORSE BAZAAR, KING-STREET, PORTMAN-SQUARE. The arrangements for this year comprise a great addition of space and several improvements, adding materially to the comfort and con venience of visitors. The space and accommodation is se ample, that ladles may now safely visit this National Exhibition. Open from Daylight till Nine in the Evening—Lighted up after Three in the Afternoon. Admittance, One Shilling. least, and those nearest to it most—the injury and danger becoming less in the ratio of the distance from the obstruction. In the late accident a similar result followed. Why is it not made compulsory on all railways to place one or two luggage vans or trucks between the engine and the passengers' carriages? On some rail ways this is done—on others it is not. If it affords, as we believe it does, any protection, it ought to be made compulsory on all. It is worthy of remark, that all those passengers who suffered by the collision were not aware, when they left the station, that it was intended to place the carriages in which they were about to travel upon the wrong line; and it was only when it was too late to complain or remonstrate that they found they were to be sent to Beeston in a fog, and upon the wrong line. It is to be regretted that such a risk should be rendered necessary in any case; but it is manifestly most unjust to place passengers in such a position, without duly advising them that the train was not to start upon the usual line of transit. It ought to be, in future, a well understood arrangement, that no passengers should, in any case, be laced upon the wrong line, without being previously acquainted with that departure from the ordinary course. It appears that one passenger, who accidentally became aware that the train was about to proceed on the wrong line, although he had paid for his ticket., yet refused to proceed. Why should not the opportunity be given to all the passengers to save their limbs or lives by a similar exercise of -prudence 1' The importance of the subject, involving so largely as it does the safety of the public, imperatively demands that efficient means should be in stantly taken to enforce the most prudential system of railway management. annually for the last thirty-two years, and he had then given an additional sum of ten pounds. The most effectual way in which they could evince their gratitude to the Noble Lord for then appearing amongst them was' by imitating, as far as they could, so excellent an example, and by doing everything in their power to promote the prosperity of the in stitution.—(Cheers.) • - -• The toast was received ( with great enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN briefly' returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN said he had hitherto been obliged to confine himself to those toasts which were con nected with the business of the evening; but he was now going to propose one of a different character, one in which his own heart rejoiced, and to which, con nected as most of them were with the commerce of the City of London, he felt confident they would all respond. The gentleman to whom he had alluded had done them the honour of becoming one of their stewards on that occasion; but it was not in that capacity that he meant to propose his health He first became acquainted with that gentleman in a country far distant from this, where he found him high in office, and where he had had the honour, for nearly two years, of serving under his orders, and he stood there prepared to say that, in no instance did he ever do anything of a public nature which was not right. Sir Henry Pottinger—(Cheers)—had had more to do, perhaps, with the commercial than with the military affairs of this country in the case to which he referred. That he had done his work well, in every respect, was clear from the fact that, by the treaty which he had conducted and finished for this country, he had made it impossible for any other country, in Europe or elsewhere, to claim rivileges from the Chinese which we do not enjoy.—(Hear, and loud cheers.) With the name of Sir Henry Pot- THE MAGAZINES. BLACK WOOD'S MAGAZINE. In a very spirited and, to our mind, convincing essay on the subject of the " Scottish Banking System" which heads the present Number of this pe riodical, the writer warns Government how they venture on any further interference with this system, whose efficiency for all commercial purposes in Scot land has already been proved by the surest of all tests, experience. " Is it politic," he asks, " in the present state of matters, to rouse up a feeling in peaceful Scotland which may, with little fanning of the fuel, terminate in an agitation quite as extensive as that which at present unhappily prevails in Ireland ? It is most injudicious to overlook in such a matter the tendency of the national character. Scotchmen have long memories, and although the days of hereditary feuds have gone by, they are not the less apt to re member and to cherish injuries." The inference to be drawn from the writer's argument is, it is better to " let well alone," and it is to be hoped that Go vernment will see the propriety of keeping this whole some admonition in view, and leaving Scotland to conduct her own commercial affairs inher old accus tomed fashion. The " Milkman of Walworth" is a singular story of a most mysterious and tragic com plexion. The first portion excites some interest, which, however, is destroyed by the preposterous ab surdity of the denouement, which is in direct violation of all probability. The Walworth Milkman had, it seems, originally been a Devonshire farmer, who after paying his addresses to a neighbour's daughter, finding that she had no property, transferred his af fections to her rich cousin. The rejected girl, in a transport of rage at her lover's perfidy, immediately murdered her rival, which so shocked the faithless farmer, that he instantly sold all his property in the country, and retired to the neighbourhood of London, where he purchased a milk-walk, and went his daily , morning and evening rounds in Walworth. Mean time, the girl whom he had discarded discovered his whereabout, and from that time to the hour of his death, never ceased to dog his footsteps, accompanying him in all his walks, just three yards behind him. The absurdity of the milkman's permitting this into lerable annoyance for a series of years together with out once giving a hint to the police, which he might easily have done without betraying the woman's guilty secret, is so evident, that it is scarcely neces sary to point it out. If we except this defect, the story is forcibly written, and keeps the reader's cu riosity alive, till he draws towards "the lame and im potent conclusion." " Edmund Burke" is a biogra phical and critical account, evidently by a practised writer, of this most thoughtful and far-sighted of modern politicians. " John Brown" is the conclusion of a clever story illustrative of the peculiarities of col lege life at Oxford. We quote from an essay on " Guizot," a sketch of Voltaire, Gibbon, and Hume, in their capacity of historians : " Voltaire was of great service to history, by turning it from courts and camps to the progress of literature, science, and the arts—to the delineation of manners, and the preparation of anecdotes descriptive of cha racter ; but, notwithstanding all his talent, he never got a glimpse of the general causes which influence society. He gave us the history of philosophy, but not the philosophy of history. " The ardent genius and pictorial eye of Gibbon ren dered him an incomparable delineator of events ; and his powerful mind made him seize the general and cha racteristic features of society and manners, as they appear in different parts of the world, as well as the traits of individual greatness. His descriptions of the Roman empire in the zenith of its power, as it existed in the time of Augustus—of its decline and long pro tracted old age, under Constantine and his successors on the Byzantine throne—of the manners of the pastoral nations, who, under different names, and for a succession of ages, pressed upon and at last overturned the empire— of the Saracens, who, isssuing from the lands of Arabia, with the Koran in one hand and the cimetar in tho other, urged on their resistless course, till they were arrested by the Atlantic on the one side, and the Indian Ocean on the other—of the stern crusaders, who, nursed amid the cloistered shades and castellated realms of Europe, struggled with that devastating horde " when 'twas strongest, and ruled it when 'twas wildest "—of the long agony, silent decay, and ultimate resurrection of the Eternal City—are so many immortal pictures, which, to the end of the world, will fascinate every ardent and imaginative mind. But, notwithstanding this incom parable talent for general and characteristic description, he had not the mind necessary for a philosophical analysis of the series of causes which influence human events. He viewed religion with a jaundiced and pre judiced eye—the fatal bequest of his age and French education, unworthy alike of his native candour and in herent strength of understanding. He had profound philosophic ideas, and occasionally let them out with admirable effect ; but the turn of his mind was essen tially descriptive, and his powers were such, in that brilliant department, that they wiled him from the less inviting contemplation of general causes. We turn ever his fascinating pages without wearying ; but without ever discovering the general progress or apparent tendency of human affairs. We look in vain for the profound reflec tions of Machiavel on the permanent results of certain political combinations or experiments. He has led us through a mighty maze ;' but he has made no attempt to show it not without a plan.' " Hume is commonly called a philosophical historian, and so he is ; but he has even less than Gibbon the power of unfolding the general causes which influence the progress of human events. He was not, properly speaking, a philosophic historian, but a philosopher writing history—and these are very different things. The practical statesman will often make a better de lineator of the progress of human affairs than the phi losophic recluse ; for he is more practically acquainted with their secret springs ; it was not in the schools, but the forum or the palace, that Sallust, Tacitus, and Burke, acquired their deep insight into the human heart. Hume was gifted with admirable sagacity in political economy ; and it is the good sense and depth of his views on that important subject, then for the first time brought to bear on the annals of man, that has chiefly gained for him, and with justice, tho character of a phi losophic historian. To this may be added the admirable clearness and rhetorical powers with which he has stated the principal arguments for and against the great changes in the English institutions which it fell to his lot to recount —arguments far abler than were either used by, or occurred to, the actors by whom they were brought about ; for it is seldom that a Hume is found n the councils of men. With equal ability, too, he NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 116, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Impewered by Act of Parliameat. DIVISION OF PROFITS. 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The members and supporters of the Scottish Hos pital and Corporation—one of the oldest and most valuable of the thousand benevolent institutions of the kingdom—celebrated the 179th anniversary of the charity by a dinner at the London Tavern. The festival of St. Andrew was, on this occasion, distin guished by one or two circumstances which naturally , invested it with more than usual interest. In addi tion to the presence of General the Right Hon. Lord Saltoun, who came up from Scotland expressly to preside over the proceedings of the day, and who was received with a most hearty welcome, at once an ac knowledgment of his Lordship's kindness in that par ticular, and a tribute of nati onal res p ect for his dis tinguished military character, the banquet received much eclat from the attendance of Sir Henry Pot tinger, our recent Plenipotentiary in China ; of Col. W. N. Burns (the son of the Poet) ; and of several members of the family of Mungo Park. The Hon. W. Fraser, of Saltoun, the late, and Mr. P. M. Stewart, IMP., the present, treasurer of the corpora tion, were also present; with Sir T. E. Colebrooke, Bart., M.P.; Sir T. Turton, Registrar-General of Calcutta ; the Rev. John Cumming, and upwards of 200 gentlemen, among whom were several of the most munificent patrons of the charity. The gallery presented a brilliant array of Scottish beauty, which contributed materially to enhance the splendour of the scene, one of the most pleasing fea tures of which was its eminently national character. Mackay, the piper to the late Duke of Sussex, and Macbeth, the Duke of Sutherland's piper, contributed in no small degree to this agreeable result, and the national music of the pipes was succeeded in the course of the evening by a variety of songs and glees, which formed no slight portion of the agremens of the festival. Among the professionals present we must not omit to mention the names of Mr. Sinclair, who sang some of the stirring melodies of Burns and his coun try, and of Messrs. Machin, Young, &c., with Misses Cubitt and Porter. The dinner was served with all its appointments in the most expellent style, and the wines were very good. After the cloth had been drawn, The Chairman gave in succession the usual loyal toasts, each of which met with a due reception from the company. The CHAIRMAN said, after what had taken place within the past year in the north, it would hardly be proper in him not to propose " The memory of that great poet, Robert Burns ;" and he felt great pleasure in coupling with it the health of Colonel Burns, who was present on that occasion. —(Cheers.) Colonel BURNS briefly returned thanks, but in so subdued a tone, that in the position in which we were placed it was impossible to distinguish what he said. 'L'he CHAIRMAN said the toast which he was then about to propose being the principal one of the even ing, required that he should say a few words in refer ence to it. Speaking, as he did, to a company which consisted, almost exclusively, of his own countrymen, it could not be necessary that he should enter into the early history of this corporation, or that he should state its early dangers and difficulties, the lengthened time during which it had existed, and the manner in which it had prospered. It was well known to all of them that it was instituted shortly after the union of the two Crowns, and that it had been incorporated by royal charter ever since the reign of Charles IL The principal object of the institution was to benefit poor unfortunate individuals belonging to their own country who might be left in a destitute condition in London. For that purpose many Scotchmen, and he w as proud also to add, m an y w ho were not Scotch men—(llear, hear)—had contributed to the funds. In the position in which they then stood they were deprived of one great auxiliary with which many other institutions could enforce their claims. They were not able to bring before the public ocular testi mony of the benefits which they were conferring by this charity ; such testimony could only be found in the report of the officers who had the managementfof the institution. Other charities—such charities, for instance, as schools, could produce before the public visible proofs of their usefulness ; but as it was impos sible to bring there the lame and the decrepid, they must look to the report to learn that their money was well and satisfactorily appropriated. He was happy to state that since the last meeting of that kind the Committee had relieved, on an average, in each month, 283 cases of distress, and that there were then on the list eighty pensioners, receiving 10/. per a nnum. Further, he wa s happy to inform them that seventy-two destitute persons had been sent to Scot land, it being one object of the institution to forward such persons to their native country. lie called upon all present, in conclusion, to manifest the interest which they felt in their own countrymen by putting down their names as subscribers to so good a cause. The Noble Lord then gave the toast of " Prosperity to the Institution," which was drunk with enthusiasm. Major ADAIR (the Secretary) proceeded to read a report of the subscriptions for the day. Before naming the principal donors, however, he exhibited to the company an ancient silver cup belonging to the Corporation, presented to it , in 1683, by James Kin neir, who had formerly held an office in the institu tion, and who, during his life, had been a subscriber to its funds of not less than 4601. To t' - is cup a cover had been added about a century ago by two gentlemen, eminent bankers in their day, and tha ounders, respectively, of the present banking-houses of Messrs. Drummond and Co. and Coutts and Co. Major Adair stated that, it having struck him that the representatives of those gentlemen at the present day, upon being shown bow much interest their an cestors had felt in the prosperity of a Corporation to which they had very largely contributed, might pos sibly exhibit no less a desire to promote its benevolent objects, he had communicated with the principals of those two establishments, from each of which, to their honour be it said, he had received, upon stating the foregoing circumstances, a donation of 100 guineas to the funds of the charity.—(Loud cheers.) Among the other donations and subscriptions read were those of 401. from the Duke of Sutherland, and 10/. from the Marquis cf Stafford (his Grace's son), the Duke (who is President of the Society) having given 1,0001. to the charity since his first connexion with it; Miss Burdett Coutts, 50 guineas; Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., 501.; Right lion. Lord Saltoun, 10/. ; the Marquis of Lorn ' 10 guineas; Sir E. Colebrooke, Bart., M.P., 25/. ;Sir H. Pottinger, Bart., 5 guineas; with many others of greater or less amount, reaching toether the sum of 8051.—(Cheers.) the CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the " President of the Society, the Duke of Sutherland." His Grace had, for many years, filled that situation, and, on all occasions, he had proved himself one of the warmest friends of the institution. Finding, how ever, that, on account of the state of his health, it would be almost impossible for him to attend that meeting, in the month of August last the Duke re quested him (the Chairman) to act as his substitute. Being an old friend to the institution, he at once com plied, and he had accordingly come from his hunting grounds, a distance of 300 miles, to be present on that occasion.—The toast was cordially responded to. Sir E. COLEBROOK said that, as a stranger to the in stitution, it would be necessary that he should apologise for intruding upon them, were not the task he had to perform the very easy one of proposing the health of the Noble Lord who so ably occupied the chair. —Cheers.) They had shown, by their cheers, how fully they appreciated that Noble Lord's zeal on behalf of the institution, and how grateful to him they were for presiding over that festival. He had given more substantial proof, however, of the interest 1 which he felt in the cause by subscribing five guineas WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY. Capital £250,000, in 12,b00 Shares of £2O each. Deposit .£1 per Share. COMMITTEE IN IRELAND. The Most Noble the Marquis of ORMONDE, Chairman. The Right Non. the Earl of BESBOROUGH. The Right Hon. the Earl of DESART, D.L. The Right Hon. the Viscount DUNCANNO,N. E. SMITH WICK, Esq., Mayor of Kilkenny. THOMAS MEAGHER, Esq., Mayor of Waterford. W. M. ARDAGH, Esq., Waterford. WILLIAM PONSONBY BARKER, Esq., Kil!Dooley Abbey, county Tipperary. Sir H. W. BARRON, Bart., Belmont House, Wa terford Hon. Col. BUTLER, M.P., Ballyconra House, county Kilkenny P. S. BUTLER, Esq., M.P., Lodge Park, Freihford Colonel BRYAN, D.L., Jenkinstown, Kilkenny Dr. CANE, ♦lderman of Kilkenny P. CONNELLAN, Esq., D.L., Coolmore, Thereastown, eounty Kilkenny SYDENHAM DAVIS, Esq., Thomiutewn H. DE MONTMORENCY, Esq., D.L., Castlemorres, Knock tepher W. F. FINN, Esq., Tullaroan, Kilkenny W. H . OREENE, Esq., Sion House, Kilkenny W. GRACE, Esq., Kilkenny sir R. LANGRISHE, Bart., Knocktopher Sir F. LOFTUS, Bart., Mount Loftus, Cioresbridge JOHN M'CRAITH, Esq., Kilkenny W. MILWARD, Esq., Waterford T. MURPHY, Esq., Waterford JOHN O'CONNELL, Esq., M.P., Dublin Sir JOHN POWER, Bart., D.L., Kilfaae, Thomastown, County Kilkenny HENRY RYAN, Esq., Kllfera, Kilkenny C. B. SAVAGE, Esq., Kilereen House, Kilkenny R. SULLIVAN, Esq., J.P., Kilkenny M. WARREN, Esq., Sandford's Co_,rt, Kilkenny THOMAS WYSE, Esq., M.P., The Manor, Waterford. COSIIIITTRO IN tomnox. GEORGE ANDERSON, Esq. CHARLES BARRY BALDWIN, Esq., M.P., D.L. THOMAS WENTWORTH BEA.UMONT, Esq. JAMES OLIVER MASON, Esq. ALFRED RICKETS, Esq. EDMUND TURNER, Esq., M.P. (With power to add to their number.) RANKERS. The Bank► of Ireland, the Provincial Bank of Ireland, the National lank of Ireland, and their Branches. CONSULTING ENIIIINBER. Captain W. S. MOORSOM. ACTING INOINERR. JOHN VALENTINE, Esq. ♦RSHITRIST. CHARLES FREDERICK ANDERSON, Esq. SOLICITORS IN LONDON. THOMAS and FRANCIS EDWARDS, South-square, Gray's Inn. SOLICITORS IN WATRIFORD. Messrs. ELLIOTT and NEWPORT. SOLICITOR IN KILKIINNY. HARVEY DEVEREUX, Esq. SIORITASY. W. BRIDGES, Esq. The proposed line Iron Waterford to Kilkenny is 32 English miles in length. The total cost, including outlay fur stock, stations, &c., will not exceed 8,0001. per mile. It will be perceived that the line is intended to meet the pro jected branch of the Great Western Railway from Gloucester to Fishguard (the South Wales line), and that it must necessarily command a great portion of the traffic from the West of England ; and, if extended to Dublin, will constitute Waterford one of the most important ports of the empire. Power will be taken for the further extension of the line to the Irish Metropolis, in the event of such a measure being deemed ad visable. The port of Waterford can be entered at all times of the tide by vessels of 1,009 tons. The export trade of Waterford and the trails between Waterford and Kilkenny are considerable, and are en the increase. The exports of Waterford in 1885, according to the Report el the Irish Railway Commissioners, amounted to the value of 1,811,2451., and the imports to 1.274,1141. At present the ex. ports are represented by the local authorities to exceed two millions, and the imports one million and a half. At least one-third of the exports from Waterford may be pro turned to pass through the eounty of Kilkenny, and this tragic would necessarily receive a great stimulus by the construction of a line of rapid communication with the interior of the country. The probability of a remunerative return from a railway opening ' up a communication between Waterford and Kilkenny, with a view to its future extension to Dublin, will be enhanoed by the adoption of the economical principle upon which it has been determined to construct the line, which insures a reduction of at least 30 per cent. on the primary investment. The necessary plans and surveys, with all other preliminary ar. rangements, will be ready, so as to apply to Parliament for a Bill to incorporate the Company early in the ensuing session ; and inte rest at the rate of 41. per cent. will be allowed to subscribers on their deposits, until the railway is completed. Subjoined is a statement of the present through traffic and pro. bable prolltt Comb traffic, four journeys a day, 40 passengers at 9s. £ 3,740 Car traffie, four journeys, six days in the week, 100 5,900 passengers, at 2s. (Id Merchandise, 100,000 tons,cattle included, at 51. per ton 25,00. Linger he begged to associate the Indian army. When he went abroad, he found in that army gentlemen highly educated; he found officers who kHew their duty, and who did it—(Cheers)—and who had been to himself delightful companions. Such having been the case, he begged to couple with the name of Sir Henry Pottinger the Indian army.—(Cheers.) The toast was enthusiastically responded to. Sir HENRY POTTINGER said he was most unez pectedly called upon to acknowledge this toast, and if he did not adequately express his gratitude, it would not be because none was felt. With respect to his duties in China, it was to him a source of the greatest satisfaction to find that he had, by the manner in which he had acquitted himself, secured for himself the approbation which had been expressed since his return to this country. No man could appreciate more highly than himself the honours which his Sove reign had bestowed upon him, and yet he could honestly say that the approbation and the expression of the kindness and respect of his fellow-countrymen were not less dear to him.—(Cheers.) Lord Saltoun had alluded to the army in India. He felt quite sure that no one would misunderstand him, when he said that he looked upon the East India Company's ser vice as second to none in the world.—(Hear, hear.) There was as much of integrity, of high feeling, and high honour, and of devotion to the public service in India, as in any other known part of the world. He was sure they would pardon him for bearing this tes timony with regard to his brother officers. He begged to return his most sincere thanks for the honour which they had conferred upon himself. The health of the " Duchess of Sutherland and the Ladies Patronesses," and of the " Duke of Buccleuch and the Edinburgh branch of the Society" haying been drank, . . The Hon. W. FRASER, rose to propose a toast, which he was sure they would drink with much satisfaction. It would be impossible for him to do justice—it would not be expected of him to enlarge upon the merits of the Indian bar ; but he might be permitted to remind them that it numbered in its ranks many of their fellow-countrymen in India, and that they had a highly distinguished member of that body present at their festival on this occasion, and enrolled among the number of the supporters of their charity.—(Hear.) He begged to propose " The In dian bar," and to couple with it the name of Sir Thomas Turton.—(Cheers.) Sir T. TUITON having briefly returned thanks, The Noble CHAIRMAN next gave, in warm terms, " The health of Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq.," who had recently succeeded his brother, the Hon. W. Fraser, in the office of treasurer of the Corporation. Mr. P. M. STEWART, in returning thanks, observed that the path of his duties had been so clearly pointed out to him by his friend and predecessor, that all he desired was to be enabled to peform them in the same efficient manner.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentle man then said that he could not sit down with satis faction without proposing to them to drink that gentle man's health.—(Cheers.) They had been kind enough to express their sense of the manner in which he had himself, during the short period he had held the office, discharged its duties ; but they had forgotten, per haps, that it was to Mr. Fraser that all the merit of such efficiency was in reality due, for he had held it for four and twenty long years—(Hear)—during part of which time the Society, though now strong, had several difficulties to contend against, all of which he had overcome by the exercise of a zeal and energy which it was his desire, as it should ever be his endea vour, to imitate.—(Hear.) He would give them " The health of his excellent friend and predecessor, the Hon. W. Fraser." ...., ___ The toast having met the same hearty reception which a sense of the late treasurer's unvarying atten tion to the best interests of the Corporation for so long a period never fails to accord, The Hon. W. FRASER said he was particularly grateful to his friend Mr. Stewart for the kind manner in which he had mentioned his name, and to the com pany.for their acknowledgment of any humble services he might have been enabled to render the Society. In doing what he had he had only performed his duty —a duty, at the same time, which he would never have done with efficiency had it not been for the kind assistance which had always been afforded him by the Committees which the Society had from time to time appointed, on which Committees Mr. Stewart had done his duty with the same zeal as the rest of the members, whose united exertions hail, coupled with the aid of their late respected secretary, Mr. Auld, enabled the Society to overcome many difficulties which had stood in the way of its successful operation. Mr. Fraser concluded by drinking "The health of Mr. Auld, and happiness to him in his retirement." This toast, with the healths of " the Stewards," of " the Secretary, Major Adair," having been disposed of, the Noble Chairman retired, and the rest of the company separated at midnight, after a very agreeable meeting, and one, it is hoped, of great benefit to the Corporation. £32,040 Assuming an increase of only double the present traffic, wo have 65,2801.; showing a divisible profit, after deducting 50 per cwt. for working expenses, of 32,6401., or nearly 12 per cent. on the capital. No Subscriber will be responsible for more than the amount of his Share. The Prospectus and Use form if app liesation for Shared may bs had at the Offices of the Company, 6, Parliarnent.street, West minster, and 36, New Broad.street, London ; Messrs. W. and F. Atkinson, 61i, Threadneedle . st reet ; of H. Devoreux, Eq., Kil kenny ; Messrs. Elliott and Newport, Waterford Mr. Thomas Millar, Broker, Edinburgh ; Mr. I. 8.. Owen, Broker, Manches ter; and the Company's Bankers. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Waterford and Kilkenny • . has given periodical sketches of manners, customs, and habits, mingled with valuable details of finance, com merce., and prices—all elements, and most important ones, in the formation of philosophical history." NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Railway. Gentler:am—l hereby request you will apportion me Shut* in the above proposed Railway, and I engage to pay the deposit ef 11. per Share upon sueh allotment u you stay be pleased to make, and to sign the subscription contrast required by Parlia ment, and aloe the ule ssibers' agreement. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name Profession, Trade, or Calling Residence .................. •• Date of Application ...... lB4 In the " Talleyrand Papers," which are resumed this month, we find some biographical particulars re specting the notorious Madame Du Barri, the last of the numerous mistresses of that profligate, imbecile Monarch, Louis XV. The career of this woman was a singularly chequered and eventful one. In her youth she led a life of " easy virtue" among the stews and low gambling-houses of Paris; when arrived at years of maturity she was introdirted by an intriguing adventurer at Court, where she was imme diately noticed by the King, and lecame the ruling favourite, who brought forward and displaced Minis ters, and made peace or war with the European Powers just as she pleased; and a few years after wards she was dissre.ced by the new Sovereign, Louis XVI., lost Ler political and social influence, and finally expired beneath the axe of the revolu tionary guillotine. In the Papers before us Talley rand is represented as saying of her—" She was a person of small, almost diminutive stature, extremely frail and delicate in feature, which saved her from being vulgar; but even from the first she always wore that peculiarly face look, which she owed to a youth of dissipation and a maturity of unbounded indulgence." In the lively essay entitled " Making Presents," the hospitable Christmas season is thus spoken of :—" It is no period for scant measures or for bare justice ; the cup must overflow. The spirit of the time is un grudging, hospitable, generous. It is not the meal of Enough, but the festival of Excess." Not a wearied apothecary's boy in the kingdom but can bear testi mony to the truth of this last remark. The "First Meet of the Season" is somewhat dull and common place, notwithstanding the straining after humour that is visible throughout it. We cannot speak much more favourably of Mrs. Trollope's continuation of the " Ro l 7,ertses on their Travels." In the report of the " conversations with the late Mr. Beckford," hih but not unmerited compliment is paid to the "tngoldsbyLegends," of which the eccentric architect of Fonthill is said to have observed that they "were perfect in their way." " Lights and Shades in the Life of a Gentleman on llalf-pay," are the confessions of an obscure, penniless adventurer, with whom an Earl's proud and handsome daughter fell desperately in love, to the infinite chargrin of her father, who wreaked a terrible vengeance on the presumptuous suitor. "Reminiscences of Talma" impress us with a vivid idea of the powers of this consummate actor, of whom we are told that "his fury . in Othello . was l terrific, electrical, the real being, not . the ideal image difference of image of the passion he depicted. years in his characters was pourtrayed, too, with surprising verisimilitude. The decrepitude of age i and the vivacity of youth were n him equally pic tures of unexceptionable excellence." As a specimen of the poetry of the New Monthly Magazin e , we ------ jam'. 2~.~, HAYMARKET THEATRE. Morton, the prince of modern farce writers, pro duced a "regular screamer" at this theatre on Satur day evening, under the title of Young England. When we first read the announcement, we were inclined to exclaim, "No scandal about:Queen Elizabeth, I hope," for we feared something political. Mr. Morton, how ever, is a man of too good taste to introduce politics on the stage, although every one of her Majesty's sub j ects have at one time or other belonged to Mr. Morton's " Young England " party. The Young England of the farce is neither Mr. Smythe, nor Mr. D'lsraeli, nor Lord John Manners—all these are orators—but Mr. Morton's Young England hath not yet attained the power of speech. It is an infant which has been handed by its mamma to Mr. John James Pooley (Mr. Buckstone) to hold, and which has been left in his possession. Mr. Pooley has arrived at South ampton per train to meet his wife, who is coming by the Havre packet from France, where she has been for the fashions. By the same packet Mrs. Dash along (Mrs. L. S. Buckingham), the mother of the infant, expects her rich uncle, Major Martinet(Strick land), and her husband, Capt. Dashalong (Holl), who is over head and ears in debt, also joins her at South ampton. Pounce (Tilbury), a bailiff, arrives, and assumes the style and title of Major Martinet, in order to decoy Dashalong into his clutches. Such is the situation of affairs, when the farce begins by the entrance of Mr. Pooley, with " Young England " in his arms, anxious to discover the mother. He delivers his burden to the landlady, and then a series of blunders commence. Thr Dasha . longs are searching after their child. Dashalong descries Pounce, and learns that he bas assumed the name of Martinet. He makes a confidant of Pooley, who consents to pass off as Dash along to favour his escape. The real Major arrives, and is bullied by Pooley, who takes him for the bailiff, while Pounce arrests Pooley and carries him off. Mrs. Pooley (Mrs. Humby), seeing her husband carried off, appeals to the Major for assistance, and is horrified at hearing the Major declare that the gentleman just carried off is married to his niece. She taints away, and, on her recovery, asks Pooley, " on his oath," how many wives he really has, and ex presses a hope that bigamy is punished capitally. All is of course explained to the satisfaction ofevery body, and the appearance of Young England every evening was announced amidst the shouts and laughter of a crowded house. This is a capital farce, capitally acted ; a more amusing piece of absurdity has not been produced for many a long day. CANDLE NOTORIETY.-W. S. H ALE'S kj. Superb COMPOSITE, lOtd. per lb., requiring no 'nutting, on comparison aid trial are allowed to surpass all others of tho present day for beauty and brilliancy of light. There is no patent for Composite Candles, neither will those called patent burn so long a time by hours as the flao waxed-wick tallow moulds, or is the light cod. Sold Ibr cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, $3, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. A NEW NIGHT LIGHT. CLARKE'S PATENT MORTAR LAMPS, AND PATENT LAMP MORTARS. For elegance, simplicity, and cleanliness, this Night Light is very superior to any hitherto submitted to the public. To Medi. Cal Gentlemen, Invalids, and all persons requiring a night light, Ibis invention will prove invaluable, being the beet, safest, and most economical ever produced ; it will also be serviceable in halls and passages. It can be carried in perfect safety without extin. guishing the light, supplying a desideratum that has long been felt. It is free from danger, uncertain burning, and the olTensive odour and smoke arising from rushlighto and other night lights. and so portable that it will be found a great comfort to Ladies or Invalids travelling. Sold wholesale by Palmer and Co., Sutton.etreet, Clerkenwell, and by the Patentee. 55, Albany.strcet, Regent's Park, London; and retail by all Ironmongers, Oilmen, Grocers, kc., in the United Kingdom. Price of the Lampe Is. Id. each and upwards, and the Mortars Bd. per Box, 12, 10, or $ Mortars in each, to burn 0, $, or 10 hours. SHEFFIELD PLATE. MESSRS. HORTON and Co., Silversmiths and Jewellers, SS, Luegate.street, St. Paul's, opposite Messrs. 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But what of the Railway Company ? The jury at the coroner's inquest are silent. No word of the delay in removing the obstruction from the proper line ; no word of the cutting down of salaries, of the substitution of boys for men_ on the line ; indeed, the company are passed over by the jury with the consideration due to the most innocent persons. We are afraid the public will not take the same view of the case. The company appears to us to be responsible for the efficiency of the railway with belongs to them, whatever the jury may think ; and neither their verdict, nor General Pasley's letter, can alter this responsibility. The affairs of the company seem to be managed in a way not knawn certainly on any o th er line of rail way, and we think it is high time its affairs were in other hands. Judging from the evidence, there appears to be no person responsible for what occurs. The driver blames the guard, the guard the station master, and the station-master is not responsible at all ; and thus are the lives of hundreds endangered every day. The matter is too serious to be passed over without more inquiry than has yet been gone into, and apart from the question of a deodand upon the company (about which the law seems to be very uncertain), we think this is a case which the railway department of the Board of Trade ought at once to take into consideration, and so care the public from the danger which they daily run. CHRONICLE.—We abstain from making any ob• servation upon the verdict of the Coroner's jury at Not tingham, so far as relates to the connexion which any individual may have had with the late melancholy oc currence on the Midland Counties Railway. That por tion of the subject will be thoroughly investigated before the proper tribunal. But the jury, in delivering their verdict, accompanied it with certain recommendations which we think deserve earnest and immediate attention, as calculated, if acted upon, to ensure greater safety to those who travel by railway. The code of signals which is at present in use would appear to be suscepti ble of one great improvement, and that would be par ticularly applicable to the running of carriages during the prevalence of a thick fog, when the ordinary signals cannot be easily discerned. On the day of tke unfor tunate collision near Nottingham, so dense a fog pre vailed that the usual means of conveying intelligence along the line by signal were utterly useless. Now, it is evident that if a more perfect system of making signals than that at present in use on the Midland Counties railway were adopted, namely, the electric telegraph, in telligence could have been immediately sent before each train which was about to start on the wrong line, and this would have been sufficient to prevent the loss of life which occurred. It may be the fact that there is already a code of signals capable of conveying intelli gence distinctly:in a fog, and we shall not at present suggest that the adoption of an electric telegraph should be made imperative ; but we must maintain that certain which have been omitted on this lino, emp loc le o y m ed otiv u e ntil rwe b r ); g.debTeinntsfuture made peremptory on every railroad. sa T ir' l ro ie attn r i e should be, in the first place, a clear, brief, and intelligible code of regulations for all con nectedsop competent examination, it was shown that he un erismonmedsiiiaotnellyd wbieth so employed ' derstood those regulations ; and all the persons so engaged should be from time to time examined by a competent and responsible officer, in r order to ascertain that they had not forgo tten them. his would, at all events, secure uniformity, and impress upon the servants engaged a sense of the dang ers which are constantl y to be guarded against, and from the risk of which the longest series of safe journeys would give no impunity. It must also be evident that there should be at every station some ono who had a re s p onsible control over the starting of the trains, and w ho should be required to ' ' understand and recognise that res p onsibilit y . Whenever a collision takes place on a railway, or any accident ' causing a shock of a similar nature to occur, the car ' riages farthest removed from the obstruction suffer e Z ?~'-Z~ s - quote a portion of Miss Cook's "Song of the ~;<%-'7 - 9.";t:', 4 ( weed :" - I am born in chrystal bower, Where the despot hath no power To trail and turn the oozy fern, ' r, Or trample down the fair sea-flower. . U:4l4‘ I am born where human skill •. , • Cannot bend me to its will, - • None can delve about my root, And nurse me for my bloom and fruit; I am left to spread and grow ' - In my rifted bed below, Till I break my slender hold, ' " •A As the porpoise tumbleth o'er me, ' • • And on I go—now high—now low— With the ocean world before me. ' • z . I am nigh the stately ship Where she loiters in the calm, While the south, like love's own lip, Breathes a sweet and peaceful balm. Plashing oft with gentle grace, Round the hull I keep my place, While the sailor, through the day, Leaneth o'er her side, And idly watches me at play Upon the drowsy tide. She is staunch and she is stout, With chain and cable girt about, But I'll match my tendrils fine With her shrouds and halyard line. Now the red flash breaks, The thunder 'volley shakes, And billows boil with hissing coil, Like huge snow-crested snakes. The mad winds roar, The rain sheets pour, And screaming loud mid wave and °tout The white gulls soar; Diving deep and tossing high, Round that same ship - there am I Till at last I mount the mast, In the tight reef hanging fast, While the fierce and plunging sea Boweth down the stout crosstree, Till the sharp and straining creek Echoeth the tempest shriek. Another peal ! another flash 1 Top-gallants start with snapping F crash. " Quick ! qaiek All hands one mighty sweep. And giant guns are in the deep. Hark ! the heavy axe below, Whirls and rings with blow on blow, And I feel the timber quiver, Like a bulrush on a river. Still twine about the pine, Till a wild and bursting cry . Tells the fearful work is done, The ship leaps up, the mast is gone, And away with it go I. Now I dance and dash again, Headlong through the howling main, While the lightning groweth stronger, And the thunder rattleth longer, Now I feel a hard hand clutch me, With a wildly snatching hold ; Who is he that dares to touch me, With a gripe so strong and bold ? 'Tis the sailor, young and brave, Struggling o'er his yawning grave. Does he think that he can cling To the Seaweed's mazy string ? Does he dream with frenzied hope, Of floating spar and saving rope ? He does, he does, but billows meet, And form his close-wrapp'd winding sheet, While I mingle with the wreath Of white foam gurgling through his teeth, And twist and tangle in his locks, As the mountain waters lift him, And the frothy breakers drift him, On the gray and iron rocks. 7 HOOD'S MAGAZINE. This Number opens with an amusing tale entitled " Mrs. Peck's Pudding," which records the domestic distresses of a penniless widow, blessed with five small children, who, anxious to have a pudding of orthodox richness and dimensions for Christmas-day, sends her children to beg of their neighbours for the requisite materials. Of course their mission is unsuc cessful, and the poor widow is in despair, but, luckily, a good Samaritan takes pity on her delicate distress, and gives her, not indeed the pudding, but the money wherewith to buy it. The tale is written with point and spirit, and makes its appearance at a very season able juncture. The following pithy reflection, which occurs towards the close of the narrative, is very neatly expressed :—" In this motley world of ours, some people have their happiness cut thick and buttered on both sides; and some have it cut thin, with no butter at all." A " Lounge in the Lands" is a graphic description of that wild, desolate, unshel tered district in the neighbourhood of Bourdeaux. The editor's story of " Our Family" improves in interest as it proceeds. There are some skilful and earnest touches of character in the present chapters. The " Death-Seer" is a ghost. story admirably adapted for a Christmas fire-side, when the sofa is wheeled round to the fire, the flowing curtains are drawn, and the wind is howling without. We sub join the fable of the " Lark and the Rook," chiefly for the useful moral it inculcates Once on a time—no matter where— A Lark took such a fancy to the air, That though he often gaz'd beneath, Watching the breezy down, or heath, Yet very, very seldom he was found To perch upon the ground. Hour after hour, Through ev'ry change of weather hard or soft, Through sun and shade, and wind and Still fluttering aloft ; In silence now, and now in song, Up, up in cloudland all day long, On weary wing, yet with unceasing flight, Like to those Birds of Paradise, so rare, Fabled to live, and love, and feed in air, But never to alight. It caus'd, of course, much speculation Among the feathcr'd generation ; Who tried to guess the riddle that was in The robin puzzled at it, and the wren, The swallows, cock and hen, The wagtail, and the linnet. The yellowhammer, and the finch as well— The sparrow ask'd the tit, who couldn't tell, The jay, the pie—but all were in the dark, Till out of patience with the common doubt, The Rook at last resolv'd to worm it oat, And thus accosted the mysterious Lark : " Friend, prithee, tell me why You keep this constant hovering so high, As if you had some castle in the air, That you are always poising there, A speck against the sky— /Nlectful of each old familiar feature Of Earth that nurs'd you in your callow state — You think you're only soaring at heaven's gate, Whereas you're flying in the face of Nature !" "Friend," said the Lark, with melancholy tone, And in each little eye a dewdrop shone, "No creature of my kind was ever fonder Of that dear spot of earth Which gave it birth— And I was nestled in the furrow yonder 1 Sweet is the twinkle of the dewy heath, And sweet that thymy down I watch beneath, Saluted often with a loving sonnet ; But Men, vile Men, have spread so thick a scurf Of dirt and infamy about the Turf, I do not like to settle on it 1" MORAL. Alas I how Nobles of another race Appointed to the bright and lofty way, Too willingly descend to haunt a place Polluted by the deeds of Birds of Prey I BENTLEYS MISCELLANY In his " Physiology of London Life," vh ich is here continued, Mr. Murray gives some useful hints to those unhappy single gentlemen whose destiny it is to live in lodgings or boarding-houses. lie advises them by all means to study the physiognomy of the street in which they think of establishing themselves—a ser viceable suggestion, which is not to be neglected with impunity. Streets, like human beings, have their own pecular aspects—bad, good, or indifferent—and that one is the most suited to the views of the lodger, which is of quiet, respectable appearance, thinly sprinkled with decent shops, to show that it is devoid of aristocratic assumption, and not subject to the con stant invasion of cabs and carriages. But a street with a pawnbroker's shop in it should be diligently eschewed by him who is particular in the matter of location, for the apparition of the three brass balls impending over the door, is a conviscing proof that the street has seen its best days—has lost the full bloom of its respectability, and is just running to seed. Your knowing pawnbroker never squats himself down in a district till it is no longer in a condition to resist his intrusion, as the vulture never pounces on a hu man being till he is reduced to the last extremity of weakness. The " Benefits of Snuff-taking," is a com mon-place idea ingeniously worked out. A silly Frenchman, who bad been singularly happy as a ba chelor, thought it essential to the full completion of his felicity that he should take a wife—which be ac cordingly did, and as a necessary consequence, neve! knew a single tranquil moment till the death of his spouse, which took place immediately after she had spent the last farthing of her husbands fortune. The tale is an amie,ing commentary on the homely old of Legeia i?ese,,t well , d ad ar a y ge C , Miss Costello, who gossips about . the antiquities and a is an a lo rt n i e cie from m he ‘t‘hSekeptracche;ed. Fen of traditional anecdotes connected with the fine old town of Shrewsbury in a very agreeable spirit. "Notes of a Loiterer in New York" gives us an insight into the domestic habits and customs of the inhabitants of this thriving and populous city. At the celebrated Astor House hotel, the writer met at dinner several hundred Yankees of the better sort, and observes of them : " They were all well dressed, but all dressed alike, for here was the everlasting black coat and black satin waistcoat ; they almost all spoke more or less thr ()ugh their noses; they were all grave and cerem o nious alike ; they all looked dyspeptic ; they all, to man, had their shirt collar turned down ; and dollars and cents. appeared to be the leading topic of conver ststion." Mr. Dickens in his "American Notes," has, WILLIAM 811.1..Lit5.r..r4, aecrerary. GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS leave the Brunswick Pier, Blackwall, at 11, 1, and 4 ; on Sundays at obi 11 and 3. 'ace Pier, Gravesend, at 91, 1, and 5 ; on Sundays at 91 and 5. Fares to or from London. Fore _Cabin and Second Class Carriage, Ninepence. 'Moon and First Class Carriage, One Shilling. To or from Blackwall. It o r ta Pore Cabin, Sixpence—Saloon, Ninepence. 1 .„.. 7 1te. Gravesend, Nor. 29, 1844. 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