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7 ALTERATION OF' TIME CRAVESEND STAR PACKETS ITRTHER REDUCTION OF FARES. SIXPENCE AND NINEPENCE, Boat and Blackwell Railway Included. Den- Irrora the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwal i , Stttidays included) at Ten, Eleven. Twelve, Three, Four, Six, and Seven Preen the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, At Seven, Half-put Nine, Two, Four. Five, SLx. and Seven. h r ._ On Sundays at Eight and One instead of Two. Yore Cabin and Seconi-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and Rtex First-class Carriage, Nineponce. s,. .ce, Gravesend, Aug. 28, 1844. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. REMOVAL FROM PRINCES-STREET OFFICE AT MICHAELMAS. Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the sale of the said I .,;;T l 'es, the BOOKING-OFFICE for Passengers, Parcels, &c., 1 - 1 . " te ItEMOVED to No. 29, CATEATON-STREET, near the N. " and Basingball-street, on the 30th instant. The Omnibuses and ,„Le- , 1-carta will ran to and from the said Booking-offlce for the "'Mils as usual. T he registrat'on and general office business of the Company will be r 94 'c'ved to the Paddington Station at the same time. Transfers or other documents will, however, he taken in at No. 29, Cateitton street..w., be forwarded to the Paddington Station. By Order of the Directors, CII i 5. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. September 23, 1844. ORLEANS AND BORDEAUX RAILWAY. (COMPAGNIE D'ANTIIOVAIID.) „ Th( Ae Applicants for Shares in this Company, to whom letters of a regret have not been addressed, arc requested to accept the .e grat of the Committee for its Inability to comply with their wishes. Jty Order of the Committee, J. MAITLAND, Secretary. —aninghall-street, September 23, 1844. . _ LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. NOTICE. 1 e RIP CERTIFICATES are ready to be Issued to the Share 1,. c i,'"ors 54 the Offices of the Company, 7, Lothbury, London, in EX ANGE for their BANKERS' DEPOSIT RECEIPTS, 11 T he Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement will lie . r , s ignature at the same time, and must be duly executed before the " e r.P certificates will be delivered. A T he Deposit Receipts must be left at this Office en Mondays, Toes s.`!!).s, and W e duesdays, between the hours of eleven and three o'clock, VI the scrip certiflcatem will be delivered in exchange three clear ;`, 1 ,1 1 1 afterwards, vie., en Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays , between t he Name hours only. Early notice will be given when the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract will lie farsignature at Liverpool, Maladies `,l', York, and other principal towns. J. R. MOWATT, Secretary. 7 , Lothbury, London, September 21, 1844. CONVEYANCING. --A SOLICUOR, of seve ral years' practice, PREPARES CONVETANCES on the fol ,ow• Ing terms, viz. :—Leases, 21. 10s.; Assignments, 21. 2s. ; Bills of 11. 10s, ; Wills, Bonds, and Deeds in general, on equally mode .‘", terms. Purchasers of property at public auctions will find a i a i v , i ng of 50 per cent., and the title thoroughly investigated, by ap- W I LII at the Offices, 1, Bouverle-strect, Fleet-street. Letters for ' m. attended to. Debts recovered, free of all charges to creditor, ler commission of 10 per cent. Unexceptionable references. lIURSU ANT to a DKREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause of LENNARD :7 4 Inst GEORGE HENRY ROPER CURZON (now the Right Ho :l'l'4We LORD TEYNHAM) and OTHERS, all persons claiming under y Assignment or Assignments of, or Incumbrance or Incumbrances b r „ l the Shares of the Honourable Thomas Roper Curzon, deceased °rrnerly Thomas Curzon), the honourable. Julia Roper De Chlvigny ~,..(fornierly Julia Curzon), the wife of Joseph Marie Camille Elie Brea ' t l 444 ,..lle:Cblyigrty, - the HouottrableVarblifießopei des Pallieres (for e„tlT Caroline Curzon), the wife of Jean Marie Ange Martin des ;,nUleres, the Right Honourable George Henry Roper Lord Teynham (formerly George Henry Curzon), the Honourable John Henry Roper elon (formerly John Henry Curzon), the Honourable Edward 5 ,', 41. 7 Roper Curzon (formerly Edward Henry Curzon), the Honour tr Gertrude Percy Roper Curzon (formerly Gertrude Percy Cur „:'), the Honourable Algernon Henry Roper Curzon, (formerly Al 'rnOn henry Curzon), and the Honourable Sidney Campbell Henry R oper Curzon (formerly Sidney Campbell Henry Curzon), the nine 0 0 ger children of the Right Honourable Henry Roper Lord Teyn „gni (formerly It Roper Curzon, the elder), and the Right Ho ",(),lrable Bridget Lady Tevnham, his wife, both deceased, or any or rtither of tkem, of and in certain Trust Stocks, Funds, and Securities, q'resenting a certain sum of 15,0001., and a certain sum of 4001. (the rMlle of a sum of 1,6000, over which said sums repectively the said h i e nrY Roper Lord Teynham had a power of appointment amongst .„ 8 Younger children by the said Bridget Lady Teynham , his wife, "".(1 the issue of such younger children, under and by virtue of an In denture, bearing date the 12th day of .Tune, 1813, expressed to be Wade between the said Henry Roper Lord Teynham, therein called ,L 4 rY Curzon, of the first part, Henry Curzon, the younger, the el ls': t 'on of the said llenry Curzon, of the second part, Charles But- A' , of Lincoln's Inn, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, and John 0 31er, of Great George-street, Westminster, Esquire, of the third 1 4 , 11 and which said power of Appointment over the said sums of , and 4001., the said henry Roper Lord Teynham exercised in rour of his younger children, or some of them ; and all persons claim -117 under any Assignment and Appointment of the said Henry Roper „ Teynham, to, or in favour of, Francis Hooper, formerly of the City Worcester, Esquire, or to, or in favour of, any other person or per :Zng•of the Interest, if any, of his Lordship, in the before-mentioned Traet Stocks, Funds, and Securities, are on or before the 2d day of mi?:,ctriber, 1844, by their solicitors , to come in and esta b l i s h their Tris before Sir GiFyIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the Court, Sr nit Chambers, in Southampton - bulldnigs, Chancery - lane , London, Z l . in default thereof, they will peremptorily be excluded tho benefit the said Decree. NORRIS and SON, 2, Bedford-row. gated September 15, 1844. TO DEALERS IN TURKEY SPONGE. R. JAMES MILLER will SELL, at gt,t, Gar raway's Coffee-house, Change-alley , Cor nhill, on THCasner, at Two o'clock precisely, e ti , , " ir tY-three Cases assorted TURKEY SPONGE, consisting of fine 1 ;9:t r: n a .b s:e i r: g o u t a k ) e , r , description, in lots, suitable to the trade. C _" e goods to be viewed on Wednesday and morning of sale, at Lower Thames-street, and Catalogues to be had the I . \ , : t l r ia c r e f ;.. and of Mr. James Miller , broker, 3, Philpet-lane, Fen -1 , lEMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time 1 .,, to spars are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in ;'`'? ( lon, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, "' the sale of their celebrated teas. o fllee,, r , No. 9, Great it. He len's-church y ard, Bishopsgate-street. '"'eY are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a nd with the price and weight marked on sack pactet, and but 4 " 1 4 trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is onl y I I s. per 2, n ual, and many during the last nineteen ye ars have realise d con -"erable incomes by the agency without one chilling let or loss. ...__ Application to be mode (if by letter post-paid) as above. CANDLE NOTORIETY.—W. S. HALE'S Superb COMPOSITE, 1014. per lb., requiring no snuffing, on comparison and trial aro allowed to surpass all others of the iiresent day for beauty and brilliancy of light. There is no patent tor Composite Candles, neither will those called patent burn so long a tittle by hours as the flat waxed-wick tallow moulds, or is the light kla al. I jold for cosh, at DAVIES'S 01,1 Established IT &rehouse, 63, St. kr lin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. I) A., VIES'S FINE WAX CANDLES, Ip. sd. pin. 11'. Gen u i l iale's Superb Composite candles requiring no snuffing, 104,1.- 2,1.... 0 ne Sperm Candles, 2s. 2d. per lb.—Superior transparent Wax, 2s. srs A ,'enitine Wax, 2e. sd.—Best kitchen and office Candles, 50.—Ex- N"' , Moulded Caddies, with the Improved Wax Wicks, 7cl.—Tellow Or 468 ., 525., and 58s. per 1121bs.—Mottled, 60s. and 6:lg.—Wind ,--▪ ta Palm, s. 4d. per packet.—Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d.—Rose, e r4 ..7-aMphor, 2s.—Superior Almond, 55. 6d.—Superfine Sealing -4• 8. 6d. per lb.—Relined Sperm Oil, 7s. Od. per gallon—Solar 011, k ~ilii'e•lane cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. itil'e•lane (opposite New Slaughter's Cofree-house), Charing-crosS. tCHEAP LIGHT. DWARD PRICE and CO., Patentees and Sole Manufacturers of the COMPOSITE CANDLES, respectfullythni the attentiun of the Public to the fact, that, although the price of are is somewhat high e r , than that of ordinary mould Candles, they ,reality much cheaper than these latter ; one real Composite -'.'11(11e giving about the same quantity of light as three of the moulds. require no snuffing, and burn more brilliantly than the best " 4 , 1 . The purposes of economy and luxury are therefore both served t , r ( he same time bye use of these Candles. Parties intending to t,, - them for the first time, are earnestly requested to take care that eY are served in the shops with " PRICE'S FATENT CANDLES:" t he reason for this caution is given elsewhere. They are sold by most of the respectable ta llow chandlers through „.c''' the kingdom, and wholesale to the trade by Edward Price and c:loer Belmont, eti,Nell. Vauxhall ; and by Palmer a nd Co., Sutton-street, k • A NEW NIGHT LIGHT. CLARKE'S PATENT MORTAR LAMPS, AND PATENT LAMP MORTARS. rai . }. er elegance, simplicity, and cleanliness , t his Ni g ht Light is ver y , 11perior to any hi herto submi pu tted to the blic. To Medical Mletrien, Invalids, and all persons requiring a night light, this In- ~ will prove invaluable, being the best, safest, and most econo- It ttal ever produced ; it will also bc serviceable in halls and passages. it , eau be carried in perfect safety without extinguishing the light, i tt i 'llYlag a desideratum that has long been felt. It is free from dan t. r. uncertain Miming, and the offensive odour and smoke arising to °4l rushlights and other night lights, and so portable that it will be % M I a great comfort to Ladies or Invalids travelling. "° 4l wholesale by Palmer and Co., Sutton-street , Clerken well, a n d ),.. the Patentee, 55, Albany-street. Regent's-park, London ; and ' t all by all Ironmongers , Oilmen , Groce r s , & c ., in the United King d:l4. Price of the Lamps, Is. Pd. each and upwards ; and the. Mor ,' Gd• per box, twelve, ten, or eight Mortars in each , to burn 6L.1, or ten hours. lIETTS'S PATENT CAPSULED BRANDYt CO.NSUM. ERS of BRANDY are respectfully informed tha Tl',„'• BETTS, Jun., and Co., will not be responsible for any ROT BRANDY that is not protected against fraudulent substitu o.,h• by the Patent Metallic Capsules, embossed with the words b :tETTs's PATENT BDANDT, 7, SMITHFIELD BARS " Sold t „; the moot respectable Wins and Spirit Merchants in town and trY, at 3s. 6d. per bottle, the bottle included. B ETTS'S PATENT BRANDT is usod, in preference to Foreign, th r Gtr Y'S, ST. GEORGE'S, and the oth er p rincipal hospitals, &c., ke _ 2 1, fthout the kingdom. Attention is etspeeially requested to the afforded by the Patent Metallic Capsules. DRAWING-ROOM CLOCKS. AB. SAVORY nnd. SONS, No. 9, Cornhill , , London, opposite the Bank of England , i nvite attention to a endid variety of Roses owi, China, Bronze, and Or molu CLOCKS ; F ey to for eight days, and strike the hours and half.hou rs. Price •r,„7r Guineas, Se is en Guianeas, and Ten Guineas each, and u p wards. ted. i i t Z t Pamphlet, with detailed lists ef rrices,or and illustrated with ss;` e lles, may be had on , gratis, to all parts of Britain and Ireland, postage free, in answer to a paid letter. PUBLIC NOTICE. 435, OXFORD-STREET. TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. BRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal hi g hness the D uchess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally re mended by the Faculty for its efficacy in remo vin g disorders ncldent to the Eyes and Head. SIGHT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEADACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! y, I l ly the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! Triode of application is fraught with pleasure; many thousand - ,: r es have been accomplished by its use, at a trilling expense, yet t errain in its operation. It testimonies be necessary to induce the Lefferts to make trial, Kings, Lards, and Commons have used it. 41 2 e Lords of the 'I reasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Ma es, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical octitioners--with that gi He gantic balance, the Press—have ulogised Bri mstone's celebrated rbaceous Compound, known as s " Grim sto,l6 a Eye Snuff" for its etticacy in removing all diseases incident e e j,. Eves and Head. G. J. Guthrie , Esq., F.R.S. See J. B. Lech ., Fief '‘ Letter, Vs'hitchalL Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls It k na tional blessing---see his Reports touching its utility. The late sej„.Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grimstone's Eye and call it " Man's best Friend," and the "Student's Vade svus s ,.. Or. Andrews a lso recommends i ts use as a pre v entive. See his t me mbrane, in Nov. 1331. He states that the tenacious sympathy of the within the nostrils, with the nervous system, that Grim he°Pae's Eye Snuff, when frequently takes, must be of the greatest tit to the consumer; and, further, recommends its universal iron as a preventative. e n r• Thomas of Hatfield. having witnessed many cases both of be ache and e'phthalmia, has kindly given his testimony thereof. . 1.) ?t, ! lie 4 Fewu cured bof the ma GR ny IMSTONE'S th. usand TestEYEimoniSNUFFals of Sight restored and " ro W. Grimst y one, E6q. April 2eth, 1144. D earth Sir,--I feel bound by a sense of justice to inform you of m iraculous cure effected on myself by taking a few pinches of '2„ far celebrated Gnmstone's ETC Snuff, which, ia my case, ought Wirer t o be called Ear Snuff.' it having effectually relieved me from iritlis horn wh I have been suffering for manears. Yeu are critYee to make any ich use you please of this commun y icyation, since I • ul much regret if the extraordinary qualities of your Eye Snuff "Le not universally known. " I am. dear Sir, your obedient servant, u "` r anion, Scotland. " MARGARET MACGREGOR. , 4 n vouch for the truth of the foregoing facts and statemen Mae 1444. " JAMES SHUTER, Kentbury, Berks." „ reu,, w 4. Reynolds, editor of Chambers' London Journal, &c.. &c., ed of excruciating pains, and ears now write without spectacles tiadtarnford-st:eet, Blacefriar's-road. ef a mo F. Lespis, facing the church ' Park-street, Wtedsor; cured ra ti eel of sight and beadactie.-9th September, 1839, and Mil. Th a t e `", Loehtieki_, q. ; cur ed of Ohthalmia. Whitehall and "od House Tave Es rn —See his letters, p 1831 i and 1832. Itis'ebbe tae ve the Caution—W. GRIMSTONE to the solo inventor, only genuine is prepared by him. t e ; 1 . 1 " Odoriferous Herbaceous Cornpound of Herbs is sold in Pr,„, at ad., Is. 3d. 4d. 49. 4d., Ss. and 15s. 6d. each, by the 1 4 , - .l,""eter. W. GRIMSTONc at No. 43i, Oxford-street, Totten • :eourt-road end (late of 'o. 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury), the Herbary, Highgate ; and can also be obtained in all the 21• _▪ aal Towns and Cities. A liberal allowance to Shippers . e l fg7. Captains, and 'Vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. Th iti y"' en Ten Snuff is shipped to all quarters of the globe, and retains ▪ the ri :1 1 ; 1 q uali ties in every Climate, All Snuffs and Cigars 'hipped °nest notice. sen^jg aria quantity can be forward e d thrsus,h the General Post, by gso on i n r'otleY lik ord rt.ers kQs4 1. n,ster, with postage, will cost .. • - * aZ"stRY ~~~~~ ~~= N No. 16,257. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 24, 1844. PRICE sd. 11111111111111111111111WOMMOMINIIIIIIIIMPIIIIMPIIIIIPP 0 '"'"'F' —---- - ---a- ...0.-- - - -- - - --..........----- ..., __,,_: v. , 11111 . LITERATURE. .„, ,r,..A .--1.1.,(2.- ......;.... Ak Ai s . , . , . ... Adral 4 ,-,-...1 .Qv • . xi ' V 0 , i —;''''l•4...• ............1111111111........... . 1 (';': 7 , s r i - 6;1 , „ ...k _ ,- 10,,, • . ,01,,, ,',„l — e, - • : , 14 ,! . : ,,‘ 'll7, , ~ i - if tv , 7).1[1 ,„ 411 ,, , -- ___.' t I ,41 14 :„., .''' '''' s, . 21 ~.. ~, ~..„ , :,..‘ , 40 %1 • - 11•7 4011 57-41:!: '..• - , -' 7 "‹ •., -I- 1 ---- , - -, -oy ' z - ~ 9, *4-klb-te‘i , , •,- y i • ,_ . f'inc...- - N , • ~., , ,a li..- ' ~A 4 c4c , - ---• to, -- • , ..., / ) , 4 „ . , •• :-..'zie *.-? , LIE , :: I ;;,t' ,- 4 444 , ;!1 ','"`:- ' - .!totr. -,- ; - /-\ ~,, 4 vv. ~ . . . '-----!? ' -- '. MULLER'S SCIENTIFIC MYTHOLOGY. Longman, London, 1844. Muller's scientific system of mythology is a work that has long been popular on the Continent from the vast extent of its research, the force of its reasoning, and the ingenuity of its speculations. The present translation of it is from the pen of a gentleman named Seitch, who has accomplished a difficult—and in lera able hands an impracticable—task with great success. His style is remarkable for its clearness and simpli city, and throughout his version he adheres with com mendable fidelity to the original text. Such a trans lation was much wanted, for there are numerous clas sical scholars among us who are wholly unacquainted with the German language; and by these Aluller's Mythology—which we understand is looked on as his chef et ceuvre—will be regarded as a great addition to their intellectual stores. The work, which is one of the profoundest character and goes deep into the heart of its subject, is divided into distinct chapters, each of which works out one of the author's theories. THE ANTI-ABSURD, OR PIIRENOTYPIC ALPHABET AND ORTHOGRAPHY. By Major Beniowsk;. Whatever opinions may be formed of the author's success in devising a remedy for the acknowledged ab surdities of English orthography, the paramount im portance of the subject entitles his attempt to praise, and his plan itself; at least, to a candid consideration. But a bold design, however simple, and even promis ing, which proposes a wide and sudden departure from established error, is sure to be rejected on the first instance by the majority of the learned as absurd and impracticable. The author, therefore, may expect to undergo this immediate and peremptory judgment, and to find in it his greatest, if not insuperable, diffi culty. It is indeed a startling enterprise to change ;ill at once the orthography of our old and copious language, and to introduce several new characters into its alphabet. The author endeavour and with much ingenuity and force of argument, to demon ;trate, that to effect all this is very, very easy ; yet it is much easier to show that our present system is not only erroneous and inconvenient, but absolutely and extensively mischievous. His demonstrations on this part of his subject aro complete, and his argu ments unanswerable. His proposed cure of the evils which he demonstrates will be considered far mare questionable. It will be conceded to him that our imperfect alphabet and irregular orthography not only cause the greatest difficulties to foreigners in learning English—a language, in all other respects one of the easiest in the world—but mainly serve to exclude a deplorably large portion of our people from the benefit and blessings of an ability to read their own language. Major Beniowski dwells with great force and much feeling upon the lo ss —th e p os iti ve and grievous injury which the people of the Conti nent, and especially his own countrymen, sustain, in being shut out from participating in the enlighten ment of the only free literature on earth. He says:— " The English is the language of two of the most pow erful nations in the world. The information poured upon mankind by English speakers and writers, surpasses in quality and quantity all that is given of the kind by the speakers and writers of the rest of the world taken toge ther. In England, and England only, we may hear the opinions of all parties, and thus have a fair chance of ar riving at truth, whilst on the Continent we meet with nothing but statements dictated by parties in power : this, particularly, takes place in religious and political matters. All these things are well known to foreigners as to Englishmen ;—foreigners in all quarters of the globe are perfectly convinced thV they have an im mensity of information to get from the English press, but they cannot generally afford to study the English language on account of its difficul ties—difliculties not inherent in the language it self—no—but in its reading. If it were not for that reading, the study of the English would be easier than that of any other, because the grammatical inflec tions, and syntactical rules, area mere nothing in com parison with the same items of other languages ; and particulary must the English language be easy for the literati of Europe, who are very seldom ignorant of the Latin and German, or French and German ; there bein g but very few words in the English which are not to be found in the above languages. Still, with all these faci lities, very few foreigners out of England venture to study her language, and out of them, only one of ten succeeds ; all this owing to the intricate and contradic tory rules of reading. Thus thousands—millions—na tions of men anxious to read the good cheap . pages of England, must not do so ; the contemptible pigmy, the Alphabet., has put his veto." The author attributes the fact that the English are the worst linguists in Europe to the same cause, and the French, the next to them in that unfavourable distinction, to a similar defect in their written lan guage, whilst he asserts that the well-known supe riority of the Russians and Poles in their power of ac quirir°e the languages of other nations is entirely owing to the excellence of their own alphabets, and the correctness of their orthography. Very many who may agree with him in all this will be slow to admit the practicability or the infallibility of his re medy; although it is his own opinion, supported (it appears) by experiment, that " persons entirely igno rant of reading and writing may become readers and writers in a fortnight," and that, after they have reached these attainments, in books printed in his or thography, they will in one day be enabled to read according to the existing orthography—a large pro mise, and full of incalculable good. Let us not hastily prejudge the event; for the books upon his plan are in print. The experiment has commenced, and the author's energy is a guarantee that the undertaking will not fail for want of an ample trial. It may be observed that no new types whatever are used in the Major's books, and that the principal innovations are the omission of all or nearly, all silent letters, and the employment of inverted letters to signify the varied sounds of the vowels, each vowel being used only for its primary sound, or that of its name in the alphabet. The manner in which these changes are effected do not seem to add very much to the diffi culties of etymology, which has been hitherto re garded as the greatest objection to spelling according to sound. To these observations we will only add, that to render the art of' reading universally easy would be of immense advantage in the education of the people, and that every well-directed attempt.to do so is worthy of the most earnest encouragement. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. This great Association will commence its sittings in York (the city of its birth), on Wednesday next. Great preparations have been made for its meetings, and for the accommodation of its numerous mem bers, who are expected to be present. The first meeting will be held at one o'clock on Wed nesday, in the Guildhall, for the purpose o arranging preliminaries. On Thursday the va rious sections commence their meeting ; the mornings being occupied by the reading of papers on scientific subjects, and followed by discus sions thereon. By examining the journal, which will be published each morning, persons may select the subjects in the several sections which most interest them, and arrange their attendance accord ingly. The evening meetings are of a more popular character, and at these the whole body of the Association, including, of course, the lady subscri bers, are expected to assemble. On Thursday, the 05th, the Earl of Rosse resigns the Presidential chair to the Very Rev. the Dean of Ely, from whose able pen an address on the state and prospects of the Asso ciation is expected. On Friday evening, it is under stood that Mr. Lyell will explain some of the singular facts connected with the geology of North America, and especially the area of the coal-fields of the United States, and the recession of the Falls of Niagara, with which his late travels have made him familiar. Large diagrams will render this discourse of popular and general, as well as of pecu liarly geological interest. On Saturday evening, th e Assembly and Concert Rooms will be opened for a general conversazione, preceded by a discourse on the enormous fossil tortoise (0 0 feet long) of the Sivalik Hills, by its discoverer, Dr. Falconer. On Monday evening, a ball and concert, arranged in honour of the meeting, will probably attract many of the visitors; on Tuesday, recurs a general soiree ; and on Wednesday evening the last general meeting is held, and soma of the results of the sitting are made known m embers separate. Amon g th e masters' before the of natural knowledge who are expected to honour the York meeting with their presence, we may enumerate Liebig, of Giessen ,• Dr. Lamont, of Munich; M. Otto, of Breslau; M. de Verneuil, of Paris ; Signor Matteuei, of Modena ; Professor Henry Rodgers and Professor William Rodgers, of Philadelphia; Sir David Br ews t er, Professor James Forbes, and Pro fessor Johnson, who were the first party that arrived in Y or k in 1831, to form the Associa tion. Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Earl of Rinse, Sir William Hamilton, the Earl of Ennisk len, Sir Philip De Grey Egerton, Dr. Buckland, Dr. Daubeny, Rev. Dr. Whewell (Master of Trinity), Mr. Hopkins, Professor .Anstead, Mr. H. Strickland, Professor Sedgwick, Marquis of North ampton, Col. Sykes, Professor Faraday, Col. Sabine, Professor Graham, Dr. Hodgkin, M. Schomhurgh,Rev. Dr. Robinson, Professor E. Forbes, Dr. Falconer, Mr. Lyell, Mr. Murchison, &c. It is stated, as probable, that the hospitalities of Wentworth House will, on this occasion, be transferred to York, and that Earl Fitzwilliam will, as President of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, entertain a eery large party of the visitors at dinner in the De Grey Rooms, on Friday. It is also expected that the Archbishop, and (if his health be sufficiently established) the Lord Mayor, will contribute to the hospitalities of the oe eaeien. Mest of the eeleeele, and other public nte iti Yerk, bare been set apart fur the meetings of the Association.---Leeds Timm 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 TRAIN•N and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON wp to that Haut. EAST INDIA HOUSE, AUGUST 2, 1844. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY, do hereby give notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be hell at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 25th September next, at Eleven o'clock hi he forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. SALES B Y AUCTION PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. _ SUGAR. DICTIONNAIR E NATIONAL; Or, GRAND CRITICAL DICTIONARY of the An Account of the Quantity of Fine Sugar, the pro duce of Foreign - Sugar refined, in bond, exported from London and outposts of the United Kingdom, distinguishing the port; from whence, and the countries to which, the sime was exported, between January 5, 1841, and July 5, 1844. (In continua tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 239, Sept. 1841.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTERSALL'S. FRENCH LANGUAGE, The town settling for the St. Leger took place, or rather commenced, yesterday, and, from the neglect of several parties whose means, station, and disposition to pay, are above suspicion, to attend either in person or by deputy, and the absence of two or three others of whose ability to meet their engagements strong doubts are en tertained, was a most unsatisfactory proceeding ; still, the balances remaining unpaid, although large enough to produce a good deal of inconvenience and angry feeling, are trifling in comparison with former St. Legers, and, with a few exceptions, are likely to be made good in the course of the present or the following week. The betting on the Cesarewitch, for which a large acceptance will be declared this day, was confined to the Duke of Portland's Souvenir filly at 10 to 1 (taken), and Sir G. Heathcote's Campanero at 20 to 1 (taken) ; offers to take 15 to 1 about the Brewer. For the Derby, 18 to 1 was laid agst Colonel Anson's hedger (the takers anxious to go on), 33 to 1 agst the Duke of Rutland's Minikin colt, 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Watts's Myrrha colt, and 20 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot ; offers to take 35 to 1 each about Lord Chesterfield's Twig and Mr. A. Johnstone's the Rebecca colt, and 40 to 1 about Connaught Ranger, Oaks-10 to 1 taken about Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch. EAST INDIA HOUSE, SEPT. 18, 1844. T HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a PROPRIETOR of the EAST INDIA STOCK has postponed until the QUARTERLY COURT of the said COMPANY, appointed to be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 25th inst., the Motion of which he had previously given notice, : " That the Dispatch of Lord Auckland, of the 17th November, 1838, by which his Lordship rejected the proposed plan of the Bengal Government, and recommended the annual money payment of 6,000 g. to the Temple of Juggernaut (to which recommendation the Directors assented, by their Dispatch of June 2, 1840), be considered by the Court of Proprietors on motion for abrogating such money pay ment, upon the ground of no original pledge or engagement having ever been given for the same, by, or on behalf of, this Company, as erroneously alleged by Lord Auckland in his Dispatch." 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This paper allows a very remarkable decrease in an important trade of export within the above period. It appears that the total extort of this refined sugar from the United Kingdom to all parts of the world, was (in the year, ending January 31, 1842), 311,727 cwt., exclusive of 1,117 cwt. shipped as stores. Year ending Jan. 5, 1843, 274,708 cwt. (and 8,868 cwt. as stores). Year ending Jan. 5, 1844, 259,879 cwt. (and 10,239 cwt. as stores). Half-year ending July 5, 1844, 112,242 cwt. (and 4,853 cwt. as stores). REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (IRELAND). We cannot better illustrate the importance of these returns than by giving at length the terms in which they were severally moved far. They are 1. A return of the total number of Parliamentary electors appearing, by the lists or books of the clerks of the peace, registered for each county, cit i y, town, and borough in Ireland, on the Ist day of I ebruary in each of the following years, viz., 1835, 1837, and 1844 ; including in the return for 1844 those only who had been registered subsequently to the Ist day of February, 1836 ; distinguishing in separate columns the numbers registered under different qualifications ; and showing the increase or decrease exhibited by the numbers as appearing registered on the Ist day of February, 1844, compared with those appearing re gistered at each of the said previous periods. 2. A return of the electors for counties in Ireland now entitled to vote, with the names of the baronies from which each elector registers. Similar return of the electors registered after the passing of the Irish Reform Act. 3. Returns of the number of registered electors in the counties, cities, and boroughs of Ireland, from the Ist day of February, 1843, to the Ist day of February, 1844 ; also, of the total number of registered electors for each county, city, and borough of Ireland, on the Ist day of February, 1844. It will be seen that the return to the order, on Sir Robert Ferguson's motion, combines the most im portant particulars—namely, those connected with the relative increase or decrease of registered voters at given periods. Thus, the general abstract of the total number of Parliamentary electors in Ireland re gistered at each of the abovementioned periods, shows the increase and decrease thereof, Feb. 1, 1844, compared with each of the previous periods. We give the totals, for counties, cities, and counties of towns, and boroughs (the aggregate returns for each being separately stated in the Parliamentary Paper itself) : Registered to Feb. 1, 1835 96,051 Registered from Feb. 1, 1836, to Feb. 1, 1844, inclusive ....................................... is placed, we would willingly hare forgiven her the fourpence each shirt, but one of the shirts had been completely spoiled, by the skirt being put in wrsng, and we offered to pay her the amount, deducting the price of two yards of linen, to supply the part spoiled." The poor woman said she had of fered to make the shirt good if they would allow her to have it. The overlooker of the shirt department said, " Oh, it involves a very serious principle, and it will never do, as we employ so many persons." The shirt was brought into court, and handed up to the Learned Commissioner, who, " with spectacles on nose," minutely examined every part, to see if he could discover any defect. After a long inspection the Commissioner asked the overlooker what sum the poor woman was paid for making each shirt, seeing that they wished to deduct fourpence for the altera tion ? The overlooker was silent upon this subject ; but in the course of the examination it came out, from some of the party, that the extraordinary sum of two shillinps and eightpence per dozen was paid for making plain shirts, or a fraction more than twopence halfpenny per shirt! Whether the shirts in question were plain or not did not transpire. The Learned Commissioner, taking all things into consideration, ordered that the poor half-starved creature should be paid 7s. 6d. and her costs. The proprietors of the extomivo octablithment have thus been compelled to pay about the sum demanded, whilst the poor shri velled and worn-out shirtmaker was left minus 2s. 6d. of her hard-earned wages.—Liverpool Mercury. 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SPEEDY PROMOTION.—Few officers (says the Courrier Francais) have within the last fifty years had so rapid a promotion as Marshal Bugeaud. In 1830 he was a colonel of infantry ; on the 2d of April, 1831, he was made a major-general ; on the 2d of August, 1836. a lieutenant-general ; in 1840, Governor-General of Algeria ; in 1843, Marshal of France ; and now, in 1844, is created Duke of Isly. He is also Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. Increase, Feb. 1, 1844, compared with Feb. 1, 1835 ................................................... 5,145 Decrease, Feb. I, 1 844 , compared with Feb. 1, 1835 — Registered to Feb. 1, 1837 Registered from Feb. 1, 1836, to Feb. 1, 1844, inclusive In?.rease, Feb. 1, 1844, compared with Feb. 1, 1837 ................................................. Decrease, Feb. 1, 18 44 , compared with Feb. 1, 1837 15,333 From various tables of the "Number and Qualifi cation of Parliamentary Electors registered on Feb. 1, 1835, and Feb. 1, 1837, for each county in Ireland," it results that the totals for all counties were as follows, viz.:- 1835—0 f 50/. freeholders, 10,992 ; of 201. free holders, 6,968 ; of 20/. leaseholders, 1,035 ; of 101. freeholders, 39,963; of 101. leaseholders, 4,507 ; of rent-chargers, 724—grand total, 64,189. 1837—0 f 50/. freeholders, 13,198; of 201. free holders, 7,961 ; of 20/. leaseholders, 1,386 ; of 104 freeholders, 45,320 t-of 10/. leaseholders, 5,613 ; of rent-chargers, I,oo3—grand total, 74,481. From Feb. 1, 1836, to Feb. 1, 1844, there were registered for all counties of Ireland, of 50/. free holders, 11,728 ; of 201. freeholders, 4,886; of 201. leaseholders, .1,435 ; of 101. freeholders, 34,187 ; of 101. leaseholders, 4,612 ; of rent-chargers, 1,133 — grand total, 57,981. The results of the next table are curious. It is entitled, " An Abstract of the total number and quali fication of Parliamentary Electors appearing re gistered for the several counties in Ireland, on the Ist February in each of the following years, viz., 1835, 1837, and 1844 ; including in 1 8 44 those only who had been registered subsequently to Ist February, 1836 ; and showing the increase and decrease ex hibited by the numbers as appearing registered on the lst February, 1844, compared with those appearing registered at each of the said previous periods.' The general sum of the figures here given (under heads similar to the preceding ones) indicates that there was an increase on Feb. 1, 1844, as compared with Feb. 1, 1837, of only 179 registered votes (i. e., 49 leaseholders of 201., and 130 rent-chargers), whereas the total decrease on the Ist February, 1844, as compared with the Ist February, 1837, was no less than 16,679, i. e., 1,470 50/. freeholders, 3,075 20/. freeholders, 11,133 10/. freeholders, 1,100 101. lease holders. _ LIVERPOOL AUTUMN RACES.—FRIDAY. Nominations for the Aintree Stakes. Mr. T. Walker's hr o The Nobbler, 3 yrs—Mr. M. King's eh c Yarrow. 3 yrs—Mr. C. Peck's gr f Alice Gray, 2 yrs—Mr. Skerratt's ch a Tottenham, 2 yrs— Mr. Owen's b c Joe Raphael, 3 yrs. The grand total of registered electors for cities and counties of towns in Ireland, of all qualifications, stood on Ist February, 1837, at 26,693 ; on Ist Fe bruary, 1835, it had been 20,286. Between Feb. 1, 1837, and Feb. 1, 1844, there was an increase of 101. householders, 1,839 ; of rent-chargers, 2 ; of freemen, 1,632. In same interval the increase was, of 501. free holders, 25; of 20/. freeholders, 450; of 201. lease holders, 29 ; of 10/. freeholders, 130 ; of 10/. lease holders, 370 ; of 40s. freeholders, 1,025. Registered electors for boroughs in Ireland, of all qualifications, on Feb. 1, 1835, were 11,576 ; on Feb. 1, 1837, 15,355. Grand total registered between Feb. 1, 1836, and Feb. 1, 1844, inclusive, 15,078. Total decrease of electors registered between Feb. 1, 1837, and Feb. 1, 1844, 277. By another table it is shown that the total number of electors now entitled to vote for all the counties of Ireland is 57,169 ; and that there have been registered since passing of the Reform Act, 65,437. A like table as to cities and boroughs, shows that, from Feb. 1, 1843, to Feb. 1, 1844, the number of electors registered was 2,660. Total number of electors registered on Feb. 1, 1844, 50,312. Grand total of registered electors for counties, cities, and boroughs of Ireland, on Feb. 1, 1844, 117,448. ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY.-011 Thursday last, ar rived in Falmouth harbour the Lord Bruce brig, Captain Poole, with a cargo of Sugar, from Pernambuco. A few mornings after the Lord Bruce left Pernambuco, a very fine Bongo black lad, about eighteen or twenty years of age, made his appearance on deck, to the no small sur prise of the captain and crew of the Lord Bruce. He is not able to speak a single word of English, but talks the Portuguese language tolerably well, from which we learn that he was a slave, and had been brought to the Brazils, in a slaver, from a far distant country. It ap pears be, with many other slaves, had been sent off to the Lord Bruce with barges of sugar, and again returned on shore, and the night previous to the sailing of the vessel, he stole a craft peculiar to the South Americans, called a cantamaran, taking with Lim a tolerable stock of provisions, and some very good clothes, and came on board, and stowed himself away, unobserved, amongst the cargo, and did not make his appearance until he knew the vessel was so far at sea, that there was no chance of his being sent back again ; thus effecting his escape from slavery. The captain treated him with every possible kindness, but as the poor fellow seems ra th er unfit for the sea, he will be thrown on the parish of Falmouth, until some means can be adopted to get him to provide for himself.—Devonport Independent. - GorsALL.—Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived here on Wednesday afternoon, at half-past five o'clock, in a carriage and four, with outriders, and escorted by Earl Howe's troop of the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Viscount Curzon. The Royal party were attended by Lady Clinton, Sir Horace and Miss Seymour, Miss Wheatley, Mr. Hudson, Sir Andrew Barnard, and Sir G. Couper. Upon the arrival of the illustrious visitors, they were received by Earl 'low° is were qnreanssti, where the Leicester shireationed, and played the w large asse m bl age o f com p an y, n t e ti o courtn;a,yeomanry o maa anthem. atnhrceyhme band.d to A the horse and foot, greeted the Royal party with loud cheers. Dinner was served at seven o'clock, and in the evening the band performed some favourite music in the library. Numerous visitors are expected daring the week. LYCEUM THEATRE.—The foilovving distinguished personages have visited this theatre during last week : 'The Duke of Devonshire, the 11larehioness of Conyng ham, Earl and Countess of Grimstone, Earl and Countess of Orford, Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, Earl of Harrington, Earl of Munster, Earl of Listowel, Sir James Graham and Lady, Viscount and Viscountess Hawarden, Sir Henry Mildmay, Lord Arthur Lennox, Hon. Mrs. Wyndham, Hon. Mr. Byng, Hon. Mr. Chi chester, Hon. Mrs. Massey, Col. Wilson, Col. Daniel, Col. Ferguson, Major White, Sir IL Smith, Capt. Con stable, tkc. e. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Nom, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. Yesterday a Commission de lunutico inquirendo was opened at the Ship Inn, Waltham Abbey, before Mr. Commissioner Winslow and sixteen special jurors, of whom J. Colvin, Esq., was foreman, to inquire into the state of mind of Herbert Mayo, Esq., aged 40, a gentleman of fortune, of the county of Herts, and son-in-law to J. Harman, Esq., of Theobald's Park, Essex, described in the commission as of " Dr. Al len's Asylum, high Beach, Essex." Mr. Birkbeck (son of the late Dr. Birkbeck) ap peared as Counsel in support of the Commission ; and Mr. Cotton, solicitor, to watch the case on behalf of the alleged lunatic. The unfortunate gentleman, a fine-looking man, but with a countenance exhibiting a sort of wildness, was present during the inquiry, but took little inte rest in the proceedings. It appeared from the statement of Counsel, and the evidence of Dr. Allen and other witnesses, that Mr. Mayo has a family of six children, and is entitled to property amounting to about 3,0001. a year. He had, previous to 1840, exhibited some flightiness, but during that year, while residing at Oxford, symptoms of aberration first manifested themselves. He then lost a favourite dog which concerned him much, and he appeared so overjoyed at its restoration that he actually sat up two nights with the dog. In 1841, he lost a child, of whom the surgeon deemed it necessary to have a post mortem examination, when Mr. Mayo conducted himself very strangely, and was present at and assisted in the post mortem examination. On another occasion he got two of his children into a room, shut them in, and alarmed them by brandish ing two cutlasses. He barricaded the door, to pre vent any person going in, by placing a chest of drawers against it. The children screamed loudly, upon which he threatened to kill them, and going to the window flourished the cutlasses therefrom and collected a mob in the streets below. The door was at length forced open, when he cut at the persons who attempted to enter with such violence, as to sever part of the door post ; and when at last persons succeeded in entering and rescuing the children, he leaped from th• window into the street and sprained his ancle. In 1842, hearing his wife was coming to Oxford, al though he had previously been an affectionate hus band, he precipitately left and went to Cheshunt, where he resided some time at a public-house, pur suing the same uproarious career, until it was at length found necessary to remove him, under the usual certificate, to the establishment of Dr. Allen, at high Beach. Dr. Allen and other medical gentlemen were of opinion that Mr. Mayo was decidedly of un sound mind, and incapable of managing himself or his affairs. The remarks made by M. Mayo, in reply to the Commissioner's questions, were of such an incoherent character as to satisfy the minds of the jury, and a verdict was returned— That Mr. Herbert Mayo was of unsound mind, and had been so from the 25th of September, 1842." DYING WITH THE REPUTATION OF WEALTH.— Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Three Compasses, Little Marylebone-street, on the body of Eliza Jerrold, aged eighty-four, who died suddenly at her lodgings, 12, Chesterfield-street, last Friday. The usual evidence as to deceased's death having been given, several females rose, and, addressing the Coroner, stated that she died wealthy, and each put in her claim to it, from promises made and hopes held out by deceased. One said that deceased told her that she should be her residuary legatee ; another, that deceased made her pro mise that she should close her eyes and follow her to the grave ; a third laid claim to deceased's property, in consequence of the latter having washed and dressed her when she was born ; and several others laid claims to effects and chattels upon somewhat similar grounds. Mr. Wakley, who was little prepared for this scene, es pecially as deceased's apartment betrayed anything but the appearance of opulence, inquired if she had possessed any property, when he was informed that she had been a housekeeper to a respectable builder, who, in return for her faithful services, bequeathed her an annuity of 531., and that she had been a woman of most frugal habits. Mr. Wakley explained that his office was to in quire into the cause of death, and not the amount of property. He added that it was most extraordinary how many relatives and friends were found when property was in question, while he scarcely ever knew one to come forward when death took place in a workhouse. A Voice—" But where is the box ?" Several Voices— " Yes, yes, where is the tin box ?" Mr. Wakley— What tin box ? First Voice—" In which she kept her money." A Mr. Parrot said, "I have it ; she left all her property to my wife three years ago." Another Voice—" Here is her will" (holding up a piece of dirty paper, scribbled over). Mr. Wakley (rising from his seat, and endeavouring to make the Lest of his way from among the contending legatees)—You must put the case in the hands of the Queen's Remembrancer. The worthy Coroner having given this advice left the several claimants to settle the dispute among themselves, having first directed the beadle how he should act. SUICIDE IN A BROTHEL.—Yesterday, Mr. Baker, jun., held an inquest at the Angel Inn, High-street, Whitechapel, on the body of George Courtenay Bell, aged forty-nine, a beer-shopkeeper, of the Globe-road, Mile-end. It appeared in evidence that deceased left his home on Wednesday morning last, to pay a bill of 51., which he did pay. Nothing more was heard of him until eight o'clock on Thursday evening, when meeting with a prostitute, named Sullivan, whom he knew, he gave her his coat to pawn to enable him to raise money to treat her with drink and accompany her home. Having regaled themselves at a public-house, they re paired to a brothel in Angel-alley, and after some time he dismissed her and went to bed by himself. Very early next morning he asked of the servant of the house, as she passed his bed-room door, what o'clock it was. He received the required information, and the inmates thought he rose and went away. About three o'clock on Friday afternoon, the woman Sullivan returning for an apron she had forgotten in the room, deceased was found suspended by the neck from a partition dividing partly the room, by means of a silk handkerchief. He was im mediately cut down, and Mr. Mears, a surgeon, called in who said he had been dead several hours. It further appeared that three years ago deceased burst a blood vessel, and had been since of irregular habits, and some.. times apparently of unsound mind. He has left a wife and eight children. Verdict, " That deceased destroyed himself, but the state of his mind when he did so was not proved to the jury." FIRE AT A CHAPEL.—About noon yesterday the Wesleyan Chapel in the City-road was discovered on fire. The chapel is a large one, and is situate oppoSite to the Bunhillr-ow burial-ground. The fire was caused by an escape of gas from a pipe in a closet containing the gas meter, beneath the gallery stairs. Though several engines soon arrived, it was not found necessary to use them, as the neighbours and firemen were able to extinguish the flames without mechanical aid. The damage done is trifling. ATTEMPT TO ROB THE YOUNG.—We are glad to perceive that the Town Council have had the good sense to prevent " the Session and Deacons' Court" of the St. Clement's Free Church from laying their unhallowed hands on the playground of the parish school. They want it to ornament their chapel, and truly it is much in need of something to set it ; but they should have looked to that before they put that ugly squat thing down in a place where its hideousness cannot be concealed. In these days, when the great object in all large towns is to get crowded places opened up, and provide more liberally for the out-door recreation of all ages, it is too bad to find a set of men, for a paltry selfish purpose, attempting to curtail the limited space devoted to the enjoyment of the young. In this, as in many other instances, the Non-Intrusion idea of freedom seems to be, the liberty of making free, very improperly, with what belongs to others.—Aberdeen Herald. • LOWESTOFT, SEPT. 20.—We are happy to inform our readers that arrangements have just been concluded with a gentleman who is recently become a large landed proprietor in this neighbourhood, for the purchase of the Lowestoft Navigation, with the ultimate intention of forming a railway from this town to the Reedham station of the Yarmouth and Norwich line ; thereby setting aside the opposition which the proprietors of that pro perty would in all probability have given the measure. We sincerely trust that such a desirable project will be met by the gentlemen and landed proprietors through whose property it must pass in the spirit it deserves. The advantages such a ready communication with the metropolis and the midland counties will present to our town and the fishing interest connected therewith, are evident and incalculable, and cannot fail, we think, to be appreciated and furthered in every possible way by the inhabitants of Lowestoft.—Suffolk Chronicle. HERRING FISHING.—This enterprise has been closed at our port for the season, and the boats, none of which have been off this week, are being hauled up, and with the gear stowed away in places of safety.—North Sun derland.—Our fishing, the latter end of last week, w as good—the highest boat had twenty trans. This week, up to Thursday, it has fallen off—highest boat twelve trans. There is a ready demand for herrings at 14s. and 15s. per cran.—Berwick Advertiser. SIR ROBERT AND LADY SALE. ---The gallant. General and his heroic lady are expected in Liverpool next week, on their return from Ireland; and on Thurs day next our worthy chief magistrate will entertain the distinguished officer at a grand dinner at the Town-hall, a select party being invited to meet him on the occasion: on the following day, the general and his lady, we be lieve, will be the guests of his worship at Elms-wood. Invitations to the dinner on Thursday evening have al ready been forwarded to Lord Stanley, Earl Sefton, Lord Francis Egerton, J. Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P., Edward Mitchell, and Major Pottinger, of the 6 th RT - giuient of Foet, now in Chester, both of whom have 59nCd Inlia with Sir Robert.—Liverpool Mercury. EXAMPLES. oa ; ! Bonus Bonus in ii g 4 , t g , t§ Premium. , ! added. Cash. x i' S I : &9:'A 5 • I P c , o i 4 g "rg .-.. e. 4 a £ Xs. d. l ! X s. d. £s.l.Xa. d. £ s. ds '1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 60 1000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 9 16 4 296 13 4 1839 116 16 0 51 511 7 11 91 247 4 5 ANNUITIES. Annuitants participate Inll;3proflisOithe Company, and reeelYo a rate of annuity much more firwournide than can ha granted by any Company making Ito Investments wholly In Enhclond. The Company is enabled securely to grant these favourable , terms from the advan tage it possesses of investing a portion of its fonds at a high rata of interest. INDIA. Tables of Premiums for Assurances on the lives of officers engaged in civil, or in naval or military service in the East Indies and China, may be seen at tit* Offices of the Company. AGENTS IN INDIA Calcutta Messrs. Boyd, Beeby, and Co. Madras Bombay Ceylon Prospectuses and dill particulars may be had at the Offices of the Company, No. 126, Bishopsgate-street, corner of Cornhlll. LIFE ASSURANCE ETY, tEET, BLACKFRIARS. ;TORS. 'Thomas Ilamber, Esq., Barns bury-park. John Lodge, Esq., Portman- street, Portman-square, Robert Remmett, Esq., Temple, John Richards,jun., Mayor of Reading. George Alfred Walker, Esq., St. James's-place. 'Tons. BANKS RS. Messrs. Masterroan and Co., Nicholas—lane, Lombard-street. rsaysicssat. Richard Hopkins Allnatt, Esq., M.D., F.S.A., Parliament-stress SURGEON. Robert Grueber Shute, Esq., Mecklenburg square. STANDING COUNSEL. Harris Prendergast, Esq., Lincoln's Inn. Joseph Brown, Esq., Temple. SOLICITOR. Edward Smith, Esq , 5, Chancery. lane. SURVEYOR. John Barnett, Esq., Chancery.lane. CONSULTING •CTUA RY. William Betray, Esq., King William-street, City. THE GREATEST PRESENT BENEFIT, AND THE GREATEST FUTURE ADVANTAGES to those who attain the average duration of life are secured to the assured in this Office, a combination of advantages presented by no other in London. This Society is strictly a Mutual Assurance Society. The principle adopted in the distribution of the profits Is pecu. liar to this °Mee, and is at once safe, equitable, and favourable to good lives. The surplus is reserved for those members who sur vive the period at which their premiums with accumulated interest at fire per cent. shall amount to the sums assured, and may be re ceived in cash, or applied in Use reduction of the future premiums •r to the increase of the sum assured. An ample Guarantee is secured by a temporary subscribed Capital to be paid alas soon as it may be deemed expedient. • The Premiums are deduced from the Government experience, and are accurately adjusted to the several ages. At early and middle life they are about one.fourth lower than at most other offices. All the übJrut3 of Life A.O atmc may he afFootually ac.orn plibhed at this Office, and generally the Directors are prepared to receive Proposals of any description Involving the contingency of human life. More fully to extend the advantages of this Society, It Is deter mined to establish Local Boards throughout the kingdom. Every facility and information afforded on application at tke Office, 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. CHARLES JAMES THICKIE, Resident Secretary. PUBLICATIONS. NEW WORK BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT. Just published, 2 vols. fcp. Svo., price 12 s. cloth. THE SETTLERS in CANADA. Written for Young People. By Captain ISIARRYIT, C.B. " This exceedingly clever, amusing, and instructive book, forms a dellghtftil companion to ' Maaterman Ready.' "—Naval and Military Gazette. By the same Author, recently published, MASTER: 4 4AX READY ; or, the Wreck of the Pacific. 3 ♦ols. fop. with numerous illustrations, 225. fKi. " The best of Robinson Crusoe's numerous descendants, and one of the most captivating of modern children's books. The only danger is, lest parents should dispute pith their children the possession of IL"— Quarterly Review. London : Longman, Brovrn. Green, and Lontrmans. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWM ARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. T ITESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 SOTS. each, for three yrs old, 7st 71b ; four, Sst 91b ; five, 9st 21b ; six and aged, 9st 61b. A.F. Sweepstakes of 10 sots. each, for two yrs old, 6st 71b ; three, Bst 71b ; four and upwards, 9st. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 50L, &c. The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 sors. each, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. A.F. Robinia, Joo Lovell, Rhino, Panther, The Devil-to- Pay, All-round-my-Hat, The Prince of Wales, Theseus, The Ugly Buck, Crosby, Antenor, c by Beiram out of Amaryllis, Plush, M crope, Foig-a-Ballagh, Arragon, Zenobia, Red Deer, Strathspey, Valerian, Baveno, Voltri, b c by Camel out of Wadastra. The Buckenham Stakes of 300 sons. each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1841 ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. One to the post. Lord Exeter's Adrianople, f Deodora, and f Pilgrim age—Mr. Wreford's b or br c by Camel, out of Monimia; b f Wedding Day, and b f by Sultan, Junior, out of Victoria—Colonel Peel's Hersey, b f Camel, out of Versatility, and fby Slane, out of Mary Ann—Lord G. Bentinck's b f Ratafia, b c Plenitude, and b c Cowl. The Hopeful Stakes of 40 sovs. each, h ft, for two yrs old ; colts, Bst ;lb, and fillies, Bst 51b. The last half of Ab. M. The second horse to receive 501., &c. Lord Albernarle's Alexandrina—Lord G. Bentinck's f Longitude, and br f Kitten—Lord Chesterfield's c by Sheet Anchor, out of Fair Helen—Mr. Cooper's f by Caesar, out of Lancet—Mr. Gully's The Maid of Orleans —Lord Exeter's Deodora—Mr. Ford's Piccolina—Mr. Herbert's ch f by Elis, out of Defender's dam—Mr. C. Liley's b f Stamp—Mr. King's br f Nourmahal—Mr. Newton's f by Jerry, out of Pastille—Colonel Peel's Sister to Cameleon—Mr. Phillamore's Lady Anna— Duke of Richmond's Refraction, and the Laird of Cock pen—Duke of Rutland's c by Royal Oak, out of Cow slip's dam—Mr. Shelley's Little Hercules—Mr. Wood's Elector—Colonel Wyndham's Blanche, Mr. T. Theobald's b c Desperation, by Ruinous, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Ford's f Piccolina, by Toss-up. Last half of Ab. M. 501. WEDNESDAY. 501. ; for three yrs old, 7st 51b; four years, Bst 81b ; five years, Bst 131 b ; six yrs and aged, 9st. D.I. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 for 2 yrs old. T.Y.C. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, for three yrs old, &c. Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, for two yrs old, Est; three, 41b; four, Bst 121 b; five and upwards, 9st 111 b. The winner to be sold for 1501., &c. Sweepstakes of 200 sous. each, h ft, for three yrs old, 9st 21b ; and two yrs, 7st 31b ; fillies allowed 31b. T.Y.C. One to the Post. Duke of Bedford's Panther, 3 yrs, and Brush, 3 yrs —Lord Exeter's Crosby, 3 yrs, and f Jet, 2 yrs—Lord Albemarle's Hornceopathist, 1 yr, Scarmentado, 2 yrs, and Zadig, 2 yrs (dead)—Lord G. Bentinek's The Devil to-Pay, 3 yrs, and All-round-my-Hat, 3 yrs. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. P.I. Antenor, Plush, Sylvius, Freystrop, Oliver Cromwell, Pastoral. Lord Maidstone's The Castor agst Mr. Payne's Mania, sst 71b each, B.C. 50. THURSDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; for three yrs old, 9st 21b; four, lOst 71b; five, list; six and aged, Ilst 41b. R.C. - The Town Plate of 50 sovs. each, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b. D.I. Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, for two yrs old, Est I 01b; three, Bst 81b; four, &c., Oat. Rutland Stake Course. The winner to be sold for 701., &c. The Rutland Stakes of 30 sot's. each, 20 ft, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Sat 31b ; winners, 31bs extra ; of the July or Chesterfield Stakes 'ribs extra. From the Turn of the Lands in. Lord Albemarle's Tisiplione—Duke of Bedford's Prologue—Mr. Isaac Day's br fby Liverpool, out of Busk—Mr. Death's ch c Merryman—Lord Exeter's Jet and Tunick—Mr. C. Liley's Stamp—Mr. G. Ongley's Symmetry—Lord W. Powlett's ch c by Jerry, out of Zeal—Duke of Richmond's fby Glaucus, out of Estelle —Lord Sandwich's f by Jerry, out of Legend. Mr. Ford's Sir Diggory Diddle, 3 yrs, Bst, apt Mr. E. Walker's black cab horse (half bred), 6 yrs, 7st. T. M. M. 150, h ft. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CAR- LISLE RAILWAY. We learn, with much satisfaction, that the Direc tors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway have unanimously resolved to recommend to their Pro prietors to subscribe 100,0001. to the stock of this line —thus completing the Parliamentary requirements. We have not the least doubt that the step will prove prudent and profitable. The preliminary operations are proceeding with great vigour, and further investigation only confirms the views of the promoters as to the certainty of a large local traffic. The certainty of an Act being applied for to autho rise the formation of a direct line of railway from London to York, affects the prospects of several undertakings now before the public, but none more so than the relative positions of the Caledonian, and Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle lines. The Caledonian is chiefly entitled to consideration, as offering a short though steep access (by means of its two forks) both to Edinburgh and Glasgow, whilst the latter, the Dumfries line, though exclusively one to Glasgow and the north, by passing through lower and more populous districts of the west of Scotland affords greater local accommodation, and connects more important towns with both its termini. If the Caledonian were deprived of its Edinburgh trade, it would cease to have any substantial set-off against the admitted advantages offered by its rival. Ac cordingly, we observe that in the late report to the shareholders of the Caledonian, the Provi sional Committee take pains to remove the very ge neral impression on the public mind that the North British Railway between Edinburgh and Berwick, when connected, as it will next year be, with New castle and the north-east of England lines, must carry all the English traffic from and to Edinburgh. They endeavour to contravert this position by pointing out that although Berwick is 57 miles distant from Edinburgh, it is only 14 miles to the southward of it. If, however, the direct London and York line be made, as shown in the prospectus of that under taking the distance from Edinburgh to London, by the North British Railway, would be twenty miles shorter than by the Caledonian ; and if the proposed Leeds and Thirsk line be made, the com munication between Edinburgh and the north-west of England, by the North British Railway, would he also greatly shortened. All this will tell powerfully in favour of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle line. —Railway Record. TIIE ITUNGERFORD-BRIDGE RAILWAY.—The Direc tors of the London and South-Western Railway have announced that they intend to recommend to their shareholders to make the extension line to Hun gerford-bridge themselves. They add that they " have entered into an arrangement with the Direc tors of the London and Brighton Railway Com pany for co-operation therein, aided by a projected ,junc- Lion between the London and Brighton and the South- Western lines, from Croydon to Wandsworth ;" and that they " are also in satisfactory negotiation with other parties of influence for their co operation in the above objects, and anticipate that complete arrangements will be early matured.' —Railway Record. THE Glitl,'S OWN BOOK, BY MRS. CHILI). In a handsome volume, square 16n0., embellished with 177 New Cuts, partly from designs by Gilbert, price only 44. 61., bound in cloth, THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK, by Mrs. CHILD, Author •f the " Mother's Book," " Frugal Housewife," &e. The Thirteenth Edition. 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