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ATI-63AL LOAN TAYSi'L3 LTr n A.S4rtt.- ANCE SOCIEY. • 26 , CORNHILL , LON DON, . let JANuanr, NI S44. NOTICE is hereb given, that e HALF-YEARLY INT EREST, at th e ra y te of FIVE PO UNDS rer CENT. per A nnum on the CAPITAL STOCK of this SOCIEI Y, due o-71' r the 31st u l t i mo, will become payable en the 10th inst., and opriet ors may receive the same at this O ffi ce, or its branches, on that, or any subsequent, day, between the hours of Eleven a nd Thr ee. By order of the Court of Directors, F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. The COUNCIL of the LEAGUE having been in rormed that souse parties are no w canvass i ng f or su b scr ipti o ns profes se dl y on their behalf—NOTlCE is hereby given that no Pe rsons What ever are, at the present time, authorised to collect subscriptions for the Great League Fund in London or its !flib!lrbs ; and those parties who may be solicited for contri uns are requested to give the individuals making the appli. cationtio into custody. By order of the Council, League Office s , 67, GEORGE WILSON, Chr.irtnan. Fleet -street, 28th Dec., 1843. CHRISTMAS lIOLIDAYS.—AT THE noYAL POLYTECIIN IC 1 NSTITI TTION an increase of POWERFUL and BRILLIANT STRONG'S • ni ELECTRICITY are exhibitud by ARNI HYDRO•ELECTRIC MACHINE. Anew ;field is opened for investigatin, g on a rnignified scale, a 4 4 1 . of objects in ART, SCIENCE., anti NATURAL HISTORY, by means of LONGBOTTOM'S OPAQUE th LU ICROSCOPF, showi ng a l so an extraordinary O PT I C A L SION. New• DISSOLVING ViI•:WS. A List of rw-POPULAR LECTURES which will be delivered during aWeek i s suspended in the Hall of Manufacture ollo wa H y's original CRAYON DIZA WINGS from RAPHAEL'S CARTONS, n umerous MODELS in MOTION, DIVER MA DIVING AI i ts . D oe BELL. C on d uctor o f the B an d, T. Wallis, Admission, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price. ILLE S DEN CEMETERY COMPANY, W Willesden, three and a half miles from Oxford-street, c olnprisi ng 100 acres of freehold land. . The features to which the Directors of this Company have given their particular attention, independent of the important consideration of drainage, planting, &c., is an economical an.an getnent for decorous burial, suitable to those who do not contemplate much outlay, and a general imptovement in the plans adopted at presenty, Capital 100 24 le s . per sha i ° °° l , in 10,000 shares of 10/. each. Deposit, at Appl ications for shares may now be made to the Secretary, Nies. nmpany's Offices, 5, Haymarket ; or at the Offices of T . :I; Annesley and Reade, Solicitors to the Company, 64, (..iiii_ . I's Inn-fields •at either of which places prospectuses, with the scale of charges, ' and every other information, may be obtained. -___ VI TT ------- ------.__________. o c5 ,.._ .. '-' i r u ANT to a Decree of the HIGH COURT :f tst othie CHANCERY ma de in a Cause CORBYN MARYSpARTIORNEYI GENERAL, the NEX .. T ab o f f aa K , KIN coti. tqu'ILPPS, Spinster, formerly of H the city -.' "' n u America afterwards of Rivers-street, in in the cot tHyaothr,mtihdedniesoef O b r ' ea t t la ß te u l s y sell-street, Bloomsbury, at the kingdom of Prance I w ' ho u d' d, 81 ° 1 . very y olo a g d n v e an - Sur d -N a l g e e r : Zath,. .Boulogne, in the month ( of 'e 1842), living at her or the personal R December, tive or Representatives of . yof them who have sfinleepdieed n a by their Solicitors, or- or before the 12th !heir kindred, andYnalke heir claims before Sir GIFFIN a o n a n t a r, l a B r, l e 4 to come in and prove yl:.Lsokr, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Cham- De es in Southrcipton-buld. g Chancery-lane, London, or, in default thereof, they will peremptorily ptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. The said Mary Phiripp dle Case s was a d aug ht er o f J o h n Philippe, M died ° rmarth en, South Wales, and of K ens i ng t on G ore , id x, who about forty years since. PRICE and BOLTON, I, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, Plaintiff's Solicitors. 11 ADETS, Assistant -Surgeons, Officers, and Pas sengers proceedin g to India or the Colonies, are strongly urged, previous to their encumbering themselves with the old fashioned Wooden Sofas and Iron Bedsteads, advertised as Patents, to inspect JOHNSON'S (late Merriman) PATENT tEDS TEADS, which, f or warm climates, require neither Mattress nor belster. To be seen at Johnson's Outfit Warehouse, 45, Jermyn- Street, St. James's. —____ X.TRACT from the FOURTEENTH SHEET ? MONI ALS in f avour of of TESTI AAR'S LIFT PILLS, which are . acknow i !ed ged to be alt that are required to conquer disease, an Prolon g Jill,. " GE, From Mr. J. SMITH , Gl asgow . PalPitat lo TLEU , EN I have bee n t rou bl e d f or years with a dreadful debility nof the h eart, accompanied with g reat nervousness and , which I have t r i e d ever y thing you could mention, all , fer t° n°PurPcse, till I heard of PAR R's wonderful LIFE PILLS, cothand a friend of mine desired me t i try them, which I did. I bought m eln of Mr.- Nelson, and I am happy to say that a box of them h as copletely restored me. "if this will do anything to help your efforts you can ma k e Use ,fit , " I remain yours, respectfully, " JAMES SMITH." From Mr. HENRY B aRBER, Druggist, Knutsford. " To the Proprietors of Parr's Life Pills. " Geriftem EN, I forward you a case b e l ow , w hi c h M r. T . CAS H :wishes to have published , he speaks wonderfully of PARR'S fieL. LS , and feels assured they have been the means of saving his 14 is .We have a l so additional testimonials from respectable farmers ."'s neighbourhood. ail : DeArr Sta,-1 h ave been for the last two years dreadfully eted with a cough and p a i n i n the chest, so that I could scarcely e at the least portion of food without causing great pain In my to lie and shortness of breath, with a violent cough, not being able a lie down for nine months ; having had the advice •f several f medical men, without deriving any benefit, I was advised by a bedifriend to try PARR'S PILLS, but having tried so many patent cines, I tho ug h t I might as well throw m money away. I b egan to thi n k nothing would cure me ; I was y fast wasting away With a violent pain in my head ; at last my friend got me a box from your shop, and advised me to try them, so I tried them, being 80 strongly recommended, according to tile direction, and before I hada4 taken one box, I found so much relief that I tried another, slnia„aM now happy to say I am as well as ever I was in ray life, and always have a few doses by me, for they are wonderful. " 'Wit ness —John (Signed) " THOMAS CASII. Thorpe." " : ir. PA RRY' has been afflicted with sore eyes for twelve and has tried everything he could hear of without the least l*ne nt. but since taking two boxes of PARR'S PIL f.S, his eyes a re eltilte Well t ir and have been for some time. 'I , - „ 4 ' S MITH has been troubled with a pain its her head for t M ec an ",i' ea rs, has had the most respectable medical advice, without o ei,onfSpaby benefit ; is quite recovered since she has taken three Per son ARR'S PILLS, which are worth a sovereign a box to Persons troubled it!► a sick headache; I shall always have a supply by m e. W i rel; T he ea ses I have selected from a number of others, and can tivin Peh them as being correct. I shall feel great pleasure in ae a n g every i nformation to any person who may favour me with `, it " I am, G ent l emen, your obedient servant, ,nu teford,June3o, 1842." " HENRY BARBER, Druggist." ! G rer a Mr. J. L. L . WOODWARD, Chemist, Bridgewater. fu ll Iib"TLE"N.—If the enc l ose d l etter Is of service, you are at erty to Publication af his casepubliiti It ' the man seems rather to wi s h f or th e . "I am, Gentlemen, yours obediently, WOODWARD, Chemist, "To the P roprietors of Parr's Life Pills. "Giorrhenest.--The benefit I have received by the use of OLD PAI4., d-•.‘-S ILLS,P induces me, out of gratitude to the Proprietors, an - a Wis b be of use to the whole world, to add another teeti. rnonial to the numbers have already received. For the last tom Yea rs I have been labouring under a complication of disorders Y head and stomach. I think I may venture to say 1 have not : 41 an hour's cessation of pain during the time. M y sense o f -Tnel ilg was e nt i rely gone, and the most agreeable perfume or th e °MB t intol erant stench were equally indifferent to me. I h ave h a d the advice of several surgeons and medical men, both in this tow n I and others, but without the least benefit, and fact dispaited of ever again regaining my health, in l I ' my life was becoming burdensome to site, unti fortunately heard of the many cures which your valuable Pills befor e eff ected. I purchased a box of Mr. Woodward, druggist, and uefore I had taken the whole I was completely cured, and have never experienced the slightest symptoms of its return. I have t _econ nen ded them, and shall do so, as I feel I cannot do sufficient at i dur t he bene fi t 1 h ave reeeived.-1 gratei ul servant, am, Gentlemen, your o bli ge d " HENRY NASH. "B ridgewat er, June 13, 1842," From Ilifr. GEORGE WILLIAMS, Stourport. " To the Proprietom of Parr's Life Pills. of tieNnssieN, When I was appointed your agent for the sale i, PARRS PILLS, I did not anticipate a large sale for them, rrs being so many kinds of Pills already before the public; but , ar° h appy to inform you that I have sold nearly 1,000 boxes, and 'egbire a fresh supply. Numerous are the cases of relief being Worded in rheumatic, asthmatic, and liver complaints, sick head ne. coughs, colds, and diseases of the stomach and digestive 't g a u , i by taking these pills. Mediciiie w hich produces so much (: ' O, l to the human frame, and helps to prolong life, should be uni. ~.vet4allY recommene. Send me one gross by the earliest cri 'eYance....__l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 1C GEOROe: W ILLI A NI S. Stourport, March 5, 1842." Prom Mr. S. SMEDLEY, Bookseller, Sleaford. " Sleaford, June lot, 1842. . "To Messrs. T. Roberts and Co. 'Oesr tEmerd,— I beg to announce to you (and it is a duty I 6 1 14 the P u blic), that the demand for PARR'S LIFE PILLS con_ man to increase daily, and why ? let the following case ainougst telastsirty been testify .—JOHN GREEN of this place has fur manY afflicted * with an asthma of the most painful kind, for pillsl he has bad the advice of as many medical men as there are ~ its oue of Your boxes, but, after taking, at stated periods, only that h ~ boxes of PARR'S PILLS, he declared to :re this morning, "' bow lie could sleep from nine o'clock at night till seven in the Lth...etnibe, although for the last two years he had !levet laid down in Z‘o r . but was obliged to be propped u with pillows to eathe et all. --I am, Gentlemen, yo p ur's respectfully, enable Lim to " S. SMEDLEY, Bookseller, &c." From Mr. THOMAS GOODE, Congleton. " Cogleton, Ju 12th, 1842. 14Gesrtesleiv,—At the request of n Mrs. Ellen Frost, of this a . e , c il beg to hand you the accompanyi ng t es ti mon i al for publication tit, believe she has received infinite benefit from taking PA R R'S tir_julsePlL th LS ' and is a nx i ous that others suffering from s i m il ar e covery,?_ uld i am , ndd to avail themselves of the sam e means of your most obedient servant, "THOMAS GOODE. To the Proprietors of Parr's Life Pills. trenqefiGtexlnemest I beg to tender my warmest thanks for the greet have'd—erived from your invaluable medicine. I had t o j_ °e arlY tw Years beets in a state of consumption, arid was Snider lief,c care of several eminent medical men, but could obtain no re a, Aner taking three small boxes of your celebrated pills, lam j ow l ! ) Y t° Say I am completely restored to health, and am now fol i., WS my useal employment. I beg you will make this acknow b`u.nsetit public for the benefit of others similarly : , (Meted. I shal (:_ ti . aPri7 to answer inquiries, either made personally or by letter ''":' Patd).—l am, Gentlemen, yours respectfully, Witness—JAE FROST. " ELLEN FROST. "July 1 I th, 1942." CAUTION —BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. i,....Ln:rder to protect the public from imitations, the Hon. Corn l'or7, neje of Stamps have ordered the words " PARR'S LIFE C. B to be engraved on the Government Stamp,. which is triia:.ed.Yeund the sides of each box, in white letters on a red %,,,:n_a. Without this mark of authenticity, they are spurious. site,eroPrletors, T. Roberts and Co., 0, Crane-court, Fleet p4;..`_ .14We siand sold wholesale, by their appointment, by E. , i a . Ma s 67, St Paul's Church -yard ; also by Barclays and Sons, letai;r1011-street ; and Sutton and Co., Bow Church-yard; and a " Yat least One agent in every town in the United Kingdom, %,' by 9 Most of the respectable dealers in medicine. I'rice ls. lid., l 'ith e ft . ha::: fam ily lanxea I I s. each. Full directions are given s 111111 ATIe ..e 1 52 -.----" The Life and P h:lees of Old Parr," who lived to poet ry 2 e are of age, 32 pages, with fin; engravings, anecdotes, Ism k. '`‘c-s an_d Remarks on Disease, Health, and the Means 01 )!.11b.lelue Life, may '"‘ l4 Mr& PILI.S. be had Gratis of all Agents rot' the sal of • • 4„„ ::.a•.. :~=~... , - .9..... -- r. . . - . - . / / 16 . . .„.......--- ~...- _ , .. -~ - - - ... - ' it . . •:;' -; , - ' . ,- i', -- ) ...) . • ( r Alliii ih tt ' - G 7 ~. .- • .s. i ~-.- ~,,- •. 4 '1:: -:;:i.O. -,;,, .7,- ~, ~,,,„..---7, 2 . 4 l ' 4 0 : 14441,k -zw-d t ~ , , ~,. v. 4 , , -•tt - ,a -.1....m, 1 ;7.,- , ... , 0 Fr"...eillw"m - ' l ' .-6 .-- 2 -L - 0 ______ ~.. , / 1. f'ira r. , , ,. ; . ____4oyr , + c V.IIIII*KMAt-•=-_ . ..11., el, f;, - ' <,.. ' l_.._'' '*4'-'"' i - " . '-..› 1 ' 11 ;1 4 ;. ' MEV ‘°' • AtA l . l Z' .1,, 'll Of -1- 5 . 4 01 4 "' JV ~" ,iik.., , lIIPAV,, c a - -, - No. 16,023. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING SU N, JANUARY 2, 1844. PRICE 5(1. 71IE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING a t FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Time *or th e EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published tn Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION a t SEVEN 02 cLocx, or posy, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TBREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. A GRAND CELTIC BALL, in AID of the FUNDS of the SOCIETY of TRUE HIGH LANDERS, will take pla...te in the FREEMASONS"FA VI', RN, on 'TH URSDAY NEXT, the 4th of January. Ticket., ti admit a Lady and Gentleman, 17s. 6d., - to be had at Mes,rs. Duff and Hodgson's, 65, Oxford-street ; Mr. Hardy's, 136, Fleet-street ; and at the Bar of the Tavern. A F a MEETING held at LONDON HOUSE, 1. - X.• on Saturday, December 2, 18-13, it was resolved to form an A sSOCIATION for PROMOTING the RELIEF of DESTITIMON, and for IMPROVING the CONDITION of the POOR in the METROPOLIS, by MEANS of PA ROCHIAL and DISTRICT VISITING : and after several intermediate meetings, it was resolved, on Saturday, De cember 16, to adopt and circulate the following Address and Regulations : The object which this Association has in viewi s, not merely to administer immediate relief in cases of extreme destitution, or of pressing want, but to improve the social, moral, and re ligious condition of the poor, by means which have been tried, on a limited scale, in certain districts, and which have been uccessful in proportion to the completeness of the system which has been put into operation, and the care with which it has been worked. It is obvious that to dispense pecuniary re lief indiscriminately, and with reference solely to the apparent or actual necessity of the case, without inquiry as to the past, or provision for thj future, is, to say the least of it, but a half measure of charity, and has a tendency to generate or increase the very evils which it seeks to cure. An inquiry into the causes of distress, and into the best means of preventing its recurrence, by infusing into those who labour under it sound principles of action, and forming them to habits of economy, industry, and foresight, is obviously necessary, to ensure to the exertions of benevolence their proper results. Mere liberality in almsgiving, unaccompanied by an endeavour to remove the causes of that destitution which calls it forth, will not answer the requirements of Christian charity. This view of the subject plainly implies the necessity of com bining religious and moral instruction with the relief of bodily want, and of making the latter, as it were, a preparative for the former. And, therefore, although the primary design of the Association is, to furnish the means of administering to the extreme necessity of the poor, after due inquiry into the circumstances of each particular case, its ultimate object is, to aid in removing the moral causes which create or aggravate want; to encourage prudence, industry, and cleanliness, as parts of Christian duty, and to promote kindly feelings be tween those classes of society which are kept so far ftnder by the difference of their worldly conditions. And this may be effected, it is hoped, by a judicious distribution of the funds entrusted to this Association, through which individual beauty may be applied to the relief of distress without fear of misdi rection or waste. A few only of those charitable persons, who ale at all times ready to give of their worldly substance to the sick and needy, have either leisure to make personal inquiry into each case which presents itself, or these habits of investi gation which are required for the detection of imposture. Dis trict Visiting Societies, when conducted on right principles, open a safe and ready channel for the distribution of pri vate alms. The description now given of the objects contemplated by this Association clearly marks out the propriety, or rather the necessity, of attempting their attainment through the agency of the parochial clergy. They are, in virtue of their office, almoners, as well as instructors, of the people ; nor can it be doubted, that the evils under which the poorest classes labour in our crowded cities and towns, have been greatly aggra vated by the inadequacy of our parochial system, with its existing machinery, to meet the wants of an overwhelming popu lation. Two things are necessary, in order to replace the social system in a healthy state; a more direct and friendlyintercourse between the different classes of society, and the general incul cation of Christian principles. In both cases the agency of the Clergy is indispensable, and will be, under the Divine blessing, effectual to these ends, if means are supplied for carrying on the work, which is now so immeasurably beyond their strength and resources. An Association, which aims at the attainment of this object, may surely assert Its claim upon the charity of those whom Providence has entrusted with the means of doing good, and who are bound to use them for the glory of God, in promoting the t em p ora l an d e t erna l we lf are of - their fellow creatures. ASSOCIATION for PROMOTING the RELIEF of DESTITUTION in the METROPOLIS, and for IMPROVING the CONDITION of the POOR, by AJEANS of PAROCHIAL and DISTRICT VISITING. 1. The ohjeet of this Association shall be to relieve Desti tution, and to improve the condition of the Poor in the Metro polis, by means of Parochial and District Visiting, under the superintendence and direction of the Bishop and Clergy. 2. The Association shall consist of the general body of con tributors to the Fund, the Bishop of London being President. 3. The business of the Association shall be conducted by a Committee of Members belonging to the Church of England ; one-third to go out annually, but to be re-eligible; the vacan cies to be filled up by election at the Annual Meeting. 4. The Committee shall have power to defray, from the funds of the Association, such expenses as they shall deem essential for the efficient management of its concerns ; but no part of its funds shall be applied to the payment of District Agents or Visitors. Ihe attendance of five members of the Committee shall be necessary for the transaction of business. 5. An Annual Meeting of the Association shall be held—the President in the chair—to receive the accounts of the preced ing year, to appoint auditors for the .ensuing year, and to fill up the vacancies in this Committee. The duties of the Committee shall be, to form and maintain a fend for the purposes hereinafter specified, by occasional ap peals to the public, to receive contributions, and to administer such fund utulor thw fralnoving regnhtinn% 1. To obtain from the parochial clergy, and to afford to them, information concerning District Visiting. For this purpose, to enter into immediate communication with the clergy of each metropolitan parish. 2. In such parish where a Visiting Society is in operation, to request information respecting its working and results, and the general condition of the poor. 3. Where a Visiting Society exists, but is confined in its operations by want of funds, to render assistance. 4. Where there is no Society, to submit a plan, with the offer of effective co-operation. 5. Where no provision for District Visiting exists, or seems likely to be made, the case to be submitted to the Bishop. The fund shall he administered to objects deserving of relief without distinction of religious persuasion. 1. Upon application from any incumbent, or from the curate of any non-resident incumbent, a grant of money may be made, to be employed in the relief of the destitute poor by means of gratuitous district visiting. 2. Such incumbent, or curate, shall specify in his application the constitution of the District Visiting Society by which he proposes to dispense the money granted to him by the Commit tee, and the general objects to which it will be applied. 3. And shall render periodically to the Committee an ac count of the actual expenditure of the grant. 4. All grants shall be made for one year only, but shall be renewable upon similar application, at the discretion of the Committee. In distributing the funds of the Association, care shall be taken not to interfere with the legal administration of relief to the poor. It was resolved to advertise the foregoing Address and Regu lations in the leading London journals. A Committee was appointed, with power to add to its lim ber. The following noblemep and gentlemen have already consented to act on the Committee : Tho LORD BISHOP of LONDON, President. The Lord Ashley, IIL P. The Lord Howard Viscount Canipden The Lord Dudley Stuart The Lord R. Grosvenor, M. Hon. Wm. Ashley Hon. Wm. Cowper, M.P. lion. and Rev. H. Montagu. Villiers Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P. Hon. A. Kinnaird H id Rev. R on. an Ne,•l Hon. Mr. Justice Patteson laptist V Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge Rev. Sir H. I)ukinfield, Bart. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Sir Robert H. Inglis, Bart., 1%1. P. Very Rev. the Dean of Chi che.ter IL R. Burgess Rev. A. M. Campbe Philip Cazenove, Esq. Rev. W. W. Champneys Harry Chester, Esq. I Rev. Thomas Dale W. Clowes, Esq. W. Cotton, Esq. IRaikes Currie ' Esq., M.P. Rev. William Dodsworth G. Carr Glyn, Esq. W. Gregson, Esq. IJ. G. Hoare, Esq. J. R. Kenyon, Esq. • Kin" Ite, F I Henry , ingscote, r.sq. John Labouchere, Esq. J. G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, Rev. H. H. Alilman. W. Norris, Esq. Stafford H. Northeote, Esq. A. Robarts, Esq. Rev. W. Short Edward Thornton, Esq. Henry Tritton, Esq. Rev. J. Endell Tyler Rev. J. G. Ward. The Bankers of London are requested to receive contribu tions to the fund, and to place the same to the account of the following gentlemen, who have been appointed Trustees : The Right Hon. W. E. Gladat.ine, M.P., Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Hart., Sir R. 11. Inglis, Bart., M.P., and Henry Kingscote, Esq. V) ARBURN'S ANTI-DOLORIC 01 L, FOR THE CURE OF RHEUMATISM, GOUT, SPINAL AFFECTIONS, &c. " To Mr. CA BBURN, " Dear Sir,—l have the pleasure to inform you many per sons in this town and neighbourhood have, and are receiving great benefit from your Oil, it has effected several extraordinary cures, the particulars of which I will with pleasure give to any one applying. A lady's case with a very bad stiff knee, and another with a spinal affection which was deemed hopeless by the faculty, may be mentioned as instances of- wonderful re lief and cure. In rheumatic affections it is highly successful ; in fact. from its general goodness, it is a pleasure to recommend Buell an article. " I am yours truly, " J. CLAYTON. Meeke's-place, Doncaster, July 17, 1843." Testimonials of importance within these few weeks have been sent from York, Sheffield, Hereford, Manchester, Durham, Brighton, Norwich, Hull, &c., to Mr. Cabburn's Dispensary, King's Cross, London, where the Oil maybe had in bottles, at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., 11s., and 225. ; likewise of all the principal Me dicine Venders in the Kingdom. Ask for Cabburn's Oil for the cure of Rheumati►m, &c. FOGS AND DAMP AIR. BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for many years, been proved an effectual Preservative (rem the ill effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season, are so prevalent us this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to presorve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and to relieve those who suffer from Difficitty of Breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London; and Sold Retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Giflbrd 11'4, and H. Burtield, 180, Strand; Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Hallows, Druggist, 2 High-street, Is. Angton ; Ileudebourck, Druggist, Church street, Hackney; and by llrespectable Medicine Venders in Town and Country. 01;serve—None can be genuine, unless the names of Barclay and Son"ate on the Stamp affixed t eack Box WHEREAS, THREE LETTERS, addressed to THOMAS HOOD, Esquire, to the care of Mr. COLUMN, have been sent adrift, endorsel " Not known to Mr. Colburn !!!" It is requested that all communications for me be addressed to No. 1, Adam-street, Adelphi, where (in case of difficulty elsewhere) " Hood's Magazine," may always be procured. T. HOOD. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AS SURANCE COMPANY, No. I I , Lombard-street, at the Entrance of the Old Post Office, London. DIRECTORS. JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Chairman. JOHN L A BOUCHERE, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Renry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. John W. Buckle, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. M.P. John Dixon, Esq. S. Marjoribanks, Esq. M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Robert Mitford, Esq. Thomson llankey, Jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esqh. G►-orge Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. A U DITO Its. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, F.sq. ACTUARY-Griffith Henry Sykes Thornton, Esql,. George Stone, Esq. lavies, Esq., F. R. S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in Jurne 1829, exceeding One per Cent. per Annum on the Sums in sured, on an average of the different Ages; and two subseql ent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made up to Christ mos 1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three 'divi sions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several PoliciJes at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per C ent. on the total Premiums paid thereon during those seven y ears, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three SeLiten nial divisions exceeded 530,000/. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT a return of 8& per cent. Was de clared on the 7th June upon the Premiums received on I! olicies which had been in force Seven years and upwards, at Clari.stmas, 1842, and such return is now payable at this Office, d ally (Fri day and Saturday excepted), between the hours of leen and Three o'Cloek ; or by the respective Agents in the corantry. Notice is hereby tom', that At.wurano•a whin}, At Christmas ;must .be renewed within fifteen days, at Lthis office, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's-stroe t, corner of Pall-mall, or with the Company's agents thratrghout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Sbcretary. L ONDON, EDINBURGH, and :DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and 55, Chztt►cery-lane. TRUSTEES. K. Kingsford, Esq. I 13-.Tfili,—Es.q. I J. Biditiesi, Esq. PIRYCTORS. KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman. BENJAMIN WILL, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Alexander Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. John M'Gutte, Esq. James Bidden, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq. Captain F. Brandreth J. Marmaduke Rosaeter, Esq. THE HALF-PREMIUM plan of Assurance, as practised by this Company, enables persons to retain to their own use the one-half of the premiums for the first seven years at Si. per cent. interest. Thus, suppose the ordinary premium for an assurance of 5001. to be 10/., the first payment by the half premium plan will be five guineas, being the one-half of the 10!., and interest for the retained half; and if death should occur in the first year, the sum of 5001. would be paid less the Si. retained. The assured may thus have the use for the first year of Si. ; for the second of 10/. ; and so on till the end of the seventh year, when the retained sums, amounting to 351., may either be repaid, or retained at Si. per cent. interest until death, when the 35/. would be subtracted from the 5001. then payable by the Company. 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Members of CONSUMPTIVE FAMILIES assured at Equitable Rates. HEALTHY LIVES are Assured at Lower Rates than at most other offices. Policies of twelve months' standing are not affected by Sui cide, Duelling, &c. ; and Assigned Policies are valid f r om the date of the Policy, should death ensue from any of these causes. F. G. P. NEISON, Actuary. Loans granted on Personal Security. THE BANKS versus THE POST OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—You will confer much benefit on the public by giving an early place in your independent paper, to the inclosed statement taken from the Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle of this morning. In addition to the facts therein contained, I can state from my own knowledge than an order for 51. from the postmaster of Birmingham on our Edinburgh post-office, dated Dec. 23, and payable on the 25th, was then presented for payment, and every subsequent day since, but the only answer or satisfaction returned was, " No advice from Birmingham, although written to." The note now lies in the hands of the holder, disgraced and dishonoured, under protest. Is such conduct to be any longer permitted to pass with impunity ?—I remain, your obedient servant, Edinburgh, Dec. 30,_ a 43. M. . EDINBURGH, DEC. 28.—We have heard several com plaints relative to the transmission of money through the Post-office. When it is sent inclosed in letters, the letters sometimes do not reach their destination. When it is transmitted through the Money Order_ office, the Postmaster sometimes omits to send advice, and in such cases, payment of the orders is refused, and parties put to the utmost inconvenience. It was only lately that a widow lady in reduced circumstances was watching her son in bed, who was apparently dying of fever. Ills articulation might have been imperceptible to any other ear but that of an anxious mother. She, however, soon overheard " Oh, that I could only see Dr. Ay.—l would get relief." The mother had not the means of in viting Dr. Ay, upon the only terms agreeable to her feelings, but she had an affectionate brother at some dis tance, and a letter was soon on its way to him stating the situation of her son, the opinion of an able and at tentive young man from the Dispensary, and an account of the expressed desires of the youth himself ; the re turn of post brought a post-office order for what was re quired, and the widow flew to her cloak and bonnet, and in a few minutes was at the Post-office, " but who shall paint the mother as she stood," when she was told the order could not be honoured for want of advice. The feelings of women are strong, and when these point in the right way, they are unerring guides—a few seconds only was required to enable her to form a new resolution. She was soon in the presence of Dr. Ay, and in half an hour they were both at the bedside of her son, conveyed in the doctor's carriage. ller son recovered; the doctor would not accept of any fee, and thus the feeling and sympathies that ever accompanies genius, corrected in this, as in many other cases, the mischief that pampered indolence produces. We know a family who, about twelve months since, had occasion to complain to the Postmaster-General of a gross neglect of the kind alluded to from Birmingham, but the only answer was to this effect, that the Post office department was not responsible for its servants. The same family suffered for several days by a similar neglect in summer, and they are again suffering at the present moment by a third act of negligence, all occasioned by the same postmaster within twelve months, and it has naturally occurred to the family that it is an intentional neglect in consideration of the complaint upon the first occasion. If this be true, and we have reason to believe it is, then the postmaster referred to should be instantly dis missed ; but it is possible the man may be so stupid, or so indolent, that he treats every body in the same way, and if that be the case, then, of course, he should be treated just as other stupid and indolent men are treated by their masters who have an interest in their services. Let the Postmaster .General, however, treat the ser vant of the public as he may be advised, and let the pub lic conduct their own private affairs as they may feel best for their own interest. They are just now giving thousands per annum to the Post-office for the transmis sion of money, which may be much better and more safely transmitted through the banks, of which there are most respectable offices in every town, and the bankers, we are told, now make it part of their business to ac commodate the public by transmitting the smallest sum without any charge, while at the Post office he is charged threepence for the smallest sum he has occasion to send. —Edinburgh Weehly Chronicle. FALLACIES of the "STANDARD." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your paper of last night, received this day, alludes in its leading article to the monstrous falsehood that generally characterises the articles in the Standard newspaper. The same number of your paper contains one of these Standard articles, in which is so glaring an instance of the justice of your imputation of this abomi nable vice of habitual disregard to truth in the editor of the Standard, that I cannot forbear mentioning it to you. The article you quote from the Standard, amongst other similar insinuations, says, " The United States are nearly the last part of the world to which an emigrant would direct his course." While I was reading this, the number of the "Companion to the Almanack," just published, was lying before me, from which I extract the following— " Total number emigrated from the United Kingdom in the year 1842 Of which emigrated to the United States Or just one-half of the British emigrants went to a coun try which the veracious Editor of the Standard says is " the last part of the world to which an emigrant would direct his course." Even in an article marked by no violent political feeling, the editor cannot avoid invent ing facts.—Your obedient servant, Dec. 30, 1843. VERAX. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSA LL'S—YESTERDAY. The business transacted yesterday afternoon ranged a tolerably extensive lot of Derby favourites„ and after so dull a season, may he viewed as a promising commence ment to the year. It comprehended the following bets : 700 to 100 agst the Ugly Buck ; 7 to 1, to 1501., and a fraction more to 100/. (a hedging bet) agst Rattan ; 30 to 1, to 401., agst Leander ' • 25 to 1, to a pony, agst Cockamaroo ; 1,000 to 30 each, agst Campunero, Run ning Rein, and lonian ; 1,000 to 25, repeatedly, and in one quarter (to hedge a previous bet between the same parties) 1,000 to 30, agst Voltri ; 1,000 to 25 agst Saddle Bow ; 50 to 1, to about 100, and 45 to 1, in fifties, agst the Marinello colt ; 1,000 to 20 each agst Attaghan and the Delightful colt ; 1,000 to 15 agst Apprentice 1,000 to 10 agst Johnny Broome ; and 500 eve n between the Ugly Buck and Rattan, the Buck's backer giving a couple of sovereigns for choice. Closing prices : DERBY. 7 to I agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—taken 7 I to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan —ditto It; to 1 agst Mr. Quin's Loadstone a 5 to 1 ago Lord Maidstone's Coekatnaroo—taken :25 to I agst Colonel Peel's Orlando 30 to I agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken 33 to I agst Colonel Peel's lonian—ditto 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Wood's Running Itein—ditto 1000 to 30 agst Sir G. Heatlicote's Campunero—ditto 35 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's '!'Auld Squire 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Saddle Bow—ditto 40 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Voltri—ditto 45 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Marinello colt—ditto 50 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's Delightful colt 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Attaghan 66 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice 100 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Johnny Broome We understand that notwithstanding the qui tam ac tions, and the extraordinary attempts to evade racing engagements on the plea of illegality, the nominations made yesterday afford the most satisfactory evidence of the prosperity of the turf. PROYIDENTIAL ESCAPE OF LADY GRENVILLE.- During the extremely thick fog which prevailed a few evenings since, the carriage of Lady Grenville, in which was her Lady ship, who was returning to Dropmore from a dinner party at Huntercombe House, Bucks, was upset by being driven ,upon a steep bank, close to the village of Burnham, about two miles from her Ladyship's resi dence ; and such was the position in which the carriage was overturned, that the footman and coachman found it to be impassible to extricate Lady Grenville from her perilous situation without additional assistance, which was speedily procured from the village. Her Ladyship, who has attained a very advanced age, received several contusions, and was immediately conveyed to the surgery of Mr. Roberts, at Burnham, where she received every attention, and returned to Dropmore House shortly be fore midnight. Her Ladyship, who is still suffering from the effects of the severe bruises she experienced, espe cially in the left arm, shoulder, and side, has not since left her residence. Mr. Carew, the sculptor, has for some time been on a visit to General Wyndham, at the barracks in Dublin, blending, however, recreation with professional business (in which he is likely to be extensively patronised by his spirited countrymen). He has been honoured with a commission to execute a bust of the Earl of Cardigan, which task he has perfected with much skill and fidelity. Carew has also made a bust of Father Mathew, the temperance loader. There are serious complaints owing to the scarcity of silver, which now bears a premium. The Master of the Mint should do something to remedy this serious grievaufe. :' , l'l . ltlT of the PUBLIC JOUitNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF LAX. POST.—In another column will he found an ;Ole letter by Mr. Munoz on the subject or the Corn and Currency Laws. Mr. Moniz avows lii:sesit the advocate of a system of " general protection for asriculture and commerce." This system of general protection is, he contends, to be attained only by weans of soutel money laws. The corn laws he condemns, as yiel,ling. oniy " partial and uncertain proteotion." We concede to Mr. Muntz that our protective system ought to be universal. We concede, moreover, that the most stritssent corn-law does not, in itself, constitute a protective system. In opposition, however, to Mr. Muntz, we maintain that of every thoroughly-protective system a strings nt corn-law must, in the case of a country so artificial in all its social relations as England is, form a part. The most whole some money laws would not render a corn-law unneces sary. This is the point of diff's-rence between Mr. Moritz and ourselves. We shall presently ref urn to its consi deration. Let us, in the first place, h owever , glance at . some other of the positions laid down by the Member for Birmingham. The corn-law of 1815 was, according to Mr. Muntz, " right in intention —but the working of it was bad and unjust, because it only partially pro tected the wages of labour." " Had the framers," con tinues the Honourable Gentleman, "of the corn-law of 1815 understood what they were doing, they would have obtained their protection by coining the precious metals of that nominal value which accorded with the nominal value which their corn hail obtained during the war by the depreciation in the value of the unredeemable paper-money. By that plan, th,g would not only have perfectly protected thonselees—hut would Gbo have protected all the other interests." We admit, once more, that the corn-law of 1815 was imperti et; and that, in order to render complete their policy of protec tion, the legislators of 1815 ought to have coined the !precious metals at rates according with the value kr ,the paper-money which circulated in England during the war. We will add that, even after such an arrange ment, our protective policy would have lacked its surest basis—laws directly protective of the manual labour of the empire. The prosperity of the labourer—that is the only sound foundation of protective laws—and that foundation has been either deliberately weakened aws—or b:en only in- l od s f y i r tet; 1815.1ey a s c o ie n rn.gl o iri f ue ott, Muntz , r h aa r is n i o ril d igi e rltln,llBiied case of the corn-law doss n the proposition that if the curr enc y l aw of 11 were repealed,t the corn-laws, too, might be repealed without, injury to English agriculturists—and Mr. Muntz having, more over, shown tit the tendency of the Corn-laws tuts been to raise wheafto 10s. a bushel, while the tendency of the currency law of 1819 has been to lower wheat to ss. we argued, as our readers may remember, that this pro-,l cess of double repeal would leave matters pretty much as they are at present. Mr. Muntz, however, regards our view of his positions as a misapprehension cif their true nature and tendency. "I do not alone propose," he ob serves, "the abolition of the two laws. I also propose to alter the nominal price of silver front 3s. 2 , 1. to 7.. 61 per ounce, in which the Bank would pay its notes;—and in this alteration lies all my contemplated protecti o n and improvement. It would protect prcduce ur,d 144:;ur England 50 per cent. again.,t . foreign produce and IGhour." Here, as it seems to Mr. Muntz falls into error. We regard as'perfectly sound his proposition to coin the ounce of silver into 7s. 6d. ; but such a change wise and necessary as it is would, as suredly, not protect " English produce and la bour to the extent of 50 per cent." against the produce and labour of foreign countries. The producers of Eng land need a double protection, and that double protection it is the highest duty of every Government to afford. Producers need to be protected, in the first place; against the influence of usurers and idle consumers. Producers in this country need, moreover, to be protected against the competition of foreign producers. Foreign producers are apt and powerful instruments in the hands of idle consumers and of usurers amongst ourselves. By means of free trade, our usurers and idle consumers would mould foreign producers to their purposes. By means of money laws, like the money law of 1819, usurers and idle consumers have already abased, to a scarcely calculable extent, the condition of all English producers. The process of coining the ounce of silver into 7s. 6d. would, immediately, subvert that empire which our usurers and idle consumers have founded on the currency law of 1819. Such a process would invert—wisely and beneficially—the relations which now politico producers with idle consumers. Producers would I,coonet strong —idle consumers would become weak. The (-bane would, almost immediately, double the, strength of the British empire. The change in tjuestion would not, however, we repeat, protect English productiv.• industry against the productive industi y of f,,reign countries. Let the ounce of silver be coined in this country into 7s. 6d. per oz.—and let free trade he e.stablished, at the same time ; foreign producers wool:!, forthwith, to a fearful extent, supersede the native indastry of England. Now—the ounce of silver being coined into 5-s 2d.- fo reign corn growers could, if a free trade in corn were es tablished, pour into our markets a quantity of grain suf ficient to paralyse our agricultural industry. 'l' ne coin age of the ounce of silver into 7s. 6,1. wsul,l n o t t ae- e t the power of foreign corn growers to I ro,!twe such a disastrous result. After the suggested change in our money laws, foreign corn and English cern wea!d rise in precisely the same proportions of nominal price. It' English wheat be now worth, on the average, 50s. a quarter, foreign wheat may be grown and imported to any extent for 40s. English wheat would obviously, after the coinage of the ounce of silver into 7s. Gil., rise to 755., while foreign wheat would rise to GOs. ; sixty shillings of our money would, in short, after such a change in our currency laws, possess the same value as 40s. possess now ; and since, under a free trade system, foreign wheat to any extent might TIOW be procured for 405., so might it be procured to any extent for 60s. ; if the change in our monetary laws, proposed by Mr. Muntz, were adopted by our Le gislature. No reform, in short, of our unsound money laws would render unnecessary comprehensive and strin gent laws for the protection of British industry - from the effects of foreign competition. ADVERTISER.—And so the " Oastler Liberation Fund" is to be the Starvealls' instrument of mystifica tion and abuse, for damaging the characters of the manu facturing capitalists, in the hope of marring their efforts for emancipating industry from its fetters; and William Busfield Ferrand, M.P. for Knaresborough, is to be the Coryphoeus of the party, in whose behuof it is to be em ployed. The work in which the lion. Gentleman is en gaged is most congenial to his feelings, and if he succeed as well in this mission as he has in former missions, having the like objects in view, the Starving interests will owe him not a few obligations. S.) long as Mr. Ferrand was satisfied with throwing the filth of his abuse at random, recklessly assailing every manufacturing capitalist who ventured to think that the working classes can have no interest in the maintenance of laws which limit the quantity of food to be distributed amongst them, while they force foreigners to beconie our rivals in the production of those articles which formerly furnished employment for the masses of our population, and wealth for the country ; so lung as the lion. Gentleman was satisfied with such a mode of welfare against the objects of his malignity—imputing to them hypocrisy, fraud, oppression, and treason, in the wholesale, withutt t descending to particulars, or specifying the precise nature or extent of their delinquencies, he could scarcely fail, in some degree, to damage the character of those he thus foully assailed, and to atrued satisfac tion to those who found him the fitting tool tor pro moting their selfish and sordid objects. To venture beyond this was a hazardous undertaking for such a genius as the Member for Knaresborough, and it sur prised us not a little to see that he %vas permitted to enter upon it. Dunderheaded as the "country gentle men" are, they are seldom found lucking that sort of cunning that avoids unnecessary danger or exposure. Mr. Ferrand, however, was permitted to essay his powers against the manufacturers in a more specific wanner; and, as might have been foreseen, a more signal failure was never before witnessed. his " devil's dust" affair ended, appropriately enough, in smoke; his dis coveries in the practice of " trucking" proved to be " a mare's nest ;" and his equally confident averments connecting the master manufacturers with the turn-outs and riots in the manufacturing districts, were proved, after a series of gravely-conducted judicial investiga tions, to have been unfounded and malignant slanders. It might have been imagined that after all this the Member for Knaresborough, if so lost to all sense of decency himself as to still present himself to the public gaze, would have been thrown overboard and abandoned by the party in whose behalf he stood ferward. But, no ; such is their utterly forlorn case, that even Mr. Ferrand, " with all his blushing honours thick upon him," is not too contemptible a thing to 60 put forward as their champion and—Jack-Pudding. Mr. Ferrand is making a tour of the country, avowedly to aid the fund for the liberation of Mr. Oastler ; but not less avowedly to assail and abuse the master manufacturers generally, and the members of the Anti Corn-law anew , in par ticular. A tolerable specimen of his mode of proceed ing was furnished at Liverpool, last week, at a meeting called in behalf of the Oastler fund :—" I am here," said this discreet and truth-loving gentleman—" I am here to bring forth evidence against a party, and you have driven me to it. Those partits first en tered into their conspiracy at Manchester. They sent for O'Connell—and for the employment of O'Connell, let the factory children tell the price— the bargain was made for the destruction of the Pro testant religion ; and, in return, O'Connell was to be assisted in his efforts to obtain a rep; al of the Union." Look at that, all ye quiet, peace- loving, church going old ladies in the kingdom ! it is none other than William Busfeild Ferrand that speaks, and his word is the word of—a Member of Parliament ! A conspiracy was concocted at Manchester—O'Connell was sent fur (the purpose does not clearly appear, but that there was one none can doubt, for) his employment was proved by his refusing to aid the Starvealls in adding to the wages and comforts of the poor factory people, by limiting their hours of work, enhancing the price ofahe articles they produce, and thus narrowing the markets for their 0* I One Who is clear, however, that tic greet bb. ••4... : t.':*e . , el: ,f; SUPERIOR CANDLES. AVIEC'S CANDLES, 50. per lb. ; Wax Candles, Is. 2d. ; fine Wax, is 5d ; Composite, Is.; extra fine Wax-wick moulds, 7d. ; Transparent Wax, 2s. ; genuine Sperm, 2s. ; genuine Wax, 2s. 3d; Yellow Soap, 465., 525., and 58s. per 'll2lbs. ; Mottled, 60s. and 645. ; Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet ; Palm Is. 4d. ; old Bio•su Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. ; Camphor, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; superfine Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; genuine Sperm Oil, 6s. per gallon ; Solar Oil, 3s. 6d. For cash. At DA VI E..§'S old-established warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES DEPLRRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CO RNH ILL. Capital £501,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE AIIIRRA Y, Esq., Chairman. i J. Elliotson, M.D., F. R S. George Lungley, Ea+ John Gri ffi th Frith, Esq. John Rawson, Esq. ' Hunter Gordon, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. Clement abor, Esq. A UDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R.S.—Professor Graves, A.M.F. R. S. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouss, Esq., F. R. A. S. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The Bonus just declared at the Meeting of Proprietors varies from 97 to 36 per cent. (I: Premiums paid, 17i per cent. in present Cash, or 10 per coat. permanent reduction of future Premiums. EXAMPLES. I .1 1 lid 1 , t4 gi RIZ 0 1 7., ' . 4 I ' 13911 59 11,000 67 8 4 132 14 6 58 19 9 11-Vt 56 j 3,000 175 15 0 ,2911 9 7 123 0 3 ti 1W : i X s. d. 8 19 4 16 9 7 N. B. Profits annually divided Moderate Premiums—Power to assured to borrow two-third of Payments. Prospectuses to be bad at the Office, or will be foiltattted (post-free)frti epriScation. - - F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary. AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and GENE— RAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COM PANY, 126, Bishopsgate-street, Corner of Cernhill. Capital 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Edward Barnard, Esq. F. R. S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. Robert Brooks, Esq. Charles E. Mangles, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Ri d Onslow, Esq. John Henry Capper, Esq. Winanl Walker, Esq. BlXicaas-LUnion Bank of London. COLONIAL BANKERS—The Bank of Australasia (Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1835), No. 2, Moorgate-street. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Co. PHYSICIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square. SECRETARTE4IWard Ryley, Esq. ASSURANCES may be effected with this Company at un usually favourable rates, affording every variety of accommoda tion to the assured. Participation in profits, ascending and descending scales of premium, permission to retain one-third of the premium, which is charged as a debt against the policy. tables for the assurance of a sum payable in the event of death to the executors of the assured, or is himself upon the attain ment of the ages of 45, 50, or 60. TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES in particular, who are assured for the who're term of life, this Company offers the dvantages of permission to proceed to, to reside in, and to return from those colonies without extra premium ; and to pay their premiums there. AUDITORS. H. H. Cannan, Esq. I Robert E. Alison, Esq. Medical Adviser —Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R : S., L. and E. Solicitors—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed of constitution not to dispute any policy, unless they can prove that it was obtained by fraudulent misrepresent*. tations ; and numerous casts have shown how worthless may be a policy obtained from the most influential office, which is un restrained by this equitable principle, which removes all anxiety as to future dispute or litigation, and enhances immeasurably the value of the policies as documents of security. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who give to the assured on the mutual principle the whole of the mutual accu mulations, and also guarantee the sums assured. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind them selves to pay the sums in the policies, although the debts for which they were effected shall have been liquidated before the claims arise. THIS IS ALMOST TIIE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour of creditors whole-world policies, whereby the debt is secured, although the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe. TRIENNIAL ♦SCENDINQ SCALE TO ASSURE £lOO. First Second Third 1 Fourth Remainder A g ° ' 3 Years. 3 Years. 3 Years. 3 Years. of Life. 25 £1 2 7 £1 9 9£l 16 11 ae2 4 1 £2 11 8 35 1 9 9 119 6 2 9 3: 219 0 3 8 9 45 2 1 0 214 10 3 8 8' 4 2 6 4 16 4 55 311 1 410 9 510 5 610 1 7 9 9 60 4 811 5 17 4 7 5 9 814 2 10 2 7 LA'MERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c. Just published, the Seventh Edition, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d., or sent free by post for 3s. 6d., IELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on LY the Concealed Causes of Nervous Debility, local and General Weakness, Indigestion, Lowness of Spirits:, Mental Irritability, and Insanity ; with Practical Observatiou son their Treatment and Cure. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, Consulting Surgeon, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London, Matriculated Mem ber of the University of Edinburgh, Honor_ag Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, LieentSfe of Apothe caries' Hall, London, &c. " The various positions of lover, husband, and parent, the inherent privileges of mankind, are frequently marrrd and pre vented through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among others, this essay addresses itself; anti by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that ad mit of no appeal even to the most confidential friensi."—Stafford Gazette. The design of this work will be tolerably obvious from its title, and we cordially recommend the author and his book to all who are suffering from nervous debility and genet-8;1 weak ness.' —Wakefield Journal. Published by the Author_ and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and 52, Paternoster-row ; Field, 65, Quadrant ; Gordon, 146, Leadeuhall-street ; and by a 11Booksellers. At home every day till Three, and From Five till Melt. ~i. ~' FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL EDITION. Just published, in 1,860 closely-printed imperial octavo pages, price 305., the complete P OST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1844. Alain Divisions of the Work : Official Directory I Street Directory Commercial Directory Trades' Directory Law Directory Parliamentary Directory Court Directory Postal Directory City Directory Conveyance Directory Banking Directory Assurance Directory. Being a series of Directories, with an immense amount of - _ .. . . . I\liscellaneous Information, all bound in one volume. For reviews of the work, see times of 7th ; Morning of 6th ; Morning Post, 9th ; Morning Advertiser, Bth ; Weekly Dispatch, 10th ; Sun, 7th ; Globe, 7th ; Britannia, 9th ; Spectator, 9th ; Harapath's Journal, 9th ; Shipping Gazette, 14th instant. Wm. Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-coart,Temple-bar. ROBSON'S LONDON DIRECTORY. BOWTELL and CO., Proprietors and Publishers of " Robson's London Directory," beg to acquaint their Sub scribers that with the volume for the present year that work has terminated. It has been found impossible longer to contend with the " POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY,' a work combining large capital with unequalled resources of every kind requisite for the proper production of a Directory of the metropolis. These ad vantages place that work on such an elevation, that further competition with it would be as injurious to Bowtell and Co., as it would be unjust to their Subscribers. Cloak-lane, City, December, 1843. HALL OF COMMERCE AND GENERAL SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, LONDON. BOARD OF SUPERINTENDENCE. Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Bart., Chairman. JOHN CATTLEY, Esq., Deputy Chairman. William Burnie, Esq. James Pattison, Esq. James Cook, Esq. Sir Jahn Pirie, Bart. Robert Cottesworth, Esq. I John D. Pewles, Esq. Matthew Forster, Esq., M.P. i Henry Jam e Prescott, Esq. Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. Baron L. de Rothschild. Samuel Gurney, Esq. David Salomons, Esq. Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq. John James Siordet, Esq. Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq. Martin Tucker Smith, Esq. John Irving, Esq., M.P. Wm. Thompson, Esq. , M.P. Henry Kingscote, Esq. Thomas Weeding, Esq. James Matheson, Esq., M.P. Geo. Frederick Young, Esq. The HALL of COMMERCE has been erected to provide a central point of meeting in the Commercial World for the ' Merchants, Bankers, Ship-owners Manufactiifers of the Jolted Kingdom, Captains of vessels, Foreigners engaged in commercial or other pursuits, and the Public in general. The READING-ROOM adjoining is provided with all the .eading Foreign and British newspapers, and general commer cial intelligence from all parts of the world, maps, charts, itine -aries, directories, steam-boat and railroad information, list of ships saili,ng to all parts of the world, prices current, documents and books of reference on commercial subjects. There are also Rooms f or PRIVATE BUSINESS and FIRE-PROOF VAULTS and SAFES for the deposit of valuables. - In addition to the above conveniences, the Subscribers will have the use of an EXCELLENT LIBRARY on COMMER CIAL SUBJECTS. The Establishment will be conducted by the Proprietor, un der the superintendence of a Board of Subscribers. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION PER ANNUM. Persons residing in London, or within 12 miles... V. 11.. Od. Persons residing at a greater distanee ............... 11. Is. Od. London, September 1, 1843. The BOARD of SUPERINTENDENCE of the " HALL off CbMMERCE" take leave to draw your attention to this Institution. It has been built and established at a very great cost, by a single individual, for the convenience of the Commercial Cora munity of the City of London, with a degree of publie spirit worthy the metropolis of the world. The subscription is now placed on se moderate a scale as to be no object of consideration, in proportion to the conveniences offered, which are set forth in the above Prospectus ; and the Board are of opinion, that without interfering with any of the e misting establishments appropriated to specific branches of trade, these conveniences may be found available by a very large b ody of persons in the City of London —by parties visiting London occasionally on mercantile affairs—and by gentlemen t sow the Continent and other foreign ports. GEORGE LARPENT, Chairman. JOHN CATTLEY, Deputy Chairman. 434, OXFORD-STREET. PO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS,and OTHERS Copies of Testimonials, flgratis, by all Agents. (1 RIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the N 3( Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the [limitless of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally rocommended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis siders incident to the Eyes and Head. SIGHT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! Its mode of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou. sand cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling ex ',en se, yet certain in its operation. if testimonies be necessary toineluce the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Com ments have used it. The Lorded the Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical P ra ctitioners—with that gigantic Wiliam, the Press—have eulogised Grimatone's celebrated g.....,„ hi s Reports touching its utility. The Herbaceous Compound,knfeen as" Grimatone's Eye Snuff," for its efficacy incemoving all diseases incident to the Eyes and Head.. G. J. Guthrie, Esq. ,F.R. S. See J. 11. Laehfield, Esq.'s Letter, Whitebait Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls with many others, recommend Grim stone's t a e n A y. n at ionalblessin Abernethy, ywe _.,Gs No t tingham, nru: . stesne. 28th Aug ., 1841. stone's Eye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the Mr. the i particularsl co c ks of e stsdant's Vade Mecum." —Se e . the many thousand Letters ts Nottingham. of Testimonies, of u ndoubted i nt nc e seu d rn i l e d a p l ine a gr u foy th rom or ued ity, o w n ith my o se th l e f, rs b e y f the first respectability. This .si F t e r r a e o i r o din s ar e y el cu en re d is c i . i e t i t i e gr a i t , l / : e.he b c.a Y hvaen been in this couatry I have been deprived of sight, my ' case, ir I a fee n d thegreat T y business. I do most sincerely -Iri I am now in my friend to use your invention. I 93d using and ye y a o r u: tru lay native val ' u r aol of H o lland , Mr. gE 26 years. Whether from change of climate, or my advanced age, I cannot say, but for six e yo to ur be therefore unable to follow agent, Mr. Wileockson, to be ieve I should have remained in darkness and pain but for the kind recommendation of a p ba n e r e cl e i n as ist ed , w a h 2 e s. k 4 n d e . facts, and will bear wit ness to my extraordinary recovcry „of that most inestimable Messing of our life—. Perfect Sight —I declare has proceeded from the u.se of your Eye Snuff. For the sake of those suffer ing, von may mace what use you please of this letter, M. Wil weans the above coeksonand many others will vouch for its truth. I refer the sufferers to this gent l ema n, being your A gen t, an d s o well known in Nottingham. I am, Sir, your obliged servant, 28th Aug, 1841. ANNIS ZENIA MASSENIA. P. S.—Sir, --4 should not do you justice without stating my M relief was almost instantaneous. y eyes became clear and It eed from humour, and by tersevenng in its use very fre qaently I am enables' to ird small print without the aid of Glasses, and continue to enjoy Gods greatest blessing—Sight ! ree from pain. I have reason to be grateful, and do recom mend your Eye Snuff to all I know. Nottingham. A. Z. M. Tam Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is old in car lsters, at Bd., Is. 3d., ete 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs. an d 15 s . 6d. each by the Proprietor, W. GRIMSTONE, at No. 434, Ox ford-street, Tottenham-taunt -road end (late of No. 89, Broad street, Bloomsbury, and at the H . erbary, Hi g h ga t e ; an d ca n also be obtained in all the principal Towns and Cities. A liberal allowance to Shippers,.. Owners, C a pt a i ns , and all %renders of G /9 rimstone ye Snuff. This celebrated Snuff i eshipped to all quarters of the . globe, anti retains its benign qualitiesin every climate. All t•nuffs sue Cigars shipped on the snortest notice. 1111:3111ARY lIIGHOATE ~l7~~~_~ /"" / g jeet of at C wens). vac ilia Aaditgation of Ma WM testaut religion; the corollary was to be, the repeal of the Union; and for these two great purposes the Anti- Corn-law League is prosecuting its gigantic labours I Such is the staple of Mr. Ferrand's present philippics against the manufacturers and the League; and the 2 Imes, and the rest. of the Tory press, are not ashamed to occupy their columns day after day in retailing their trash. Verily, the Starveocracy is in a desperate plight to be reduced to such champions. NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1844. In no department of the public revenue have so many • improvements been made of late years as in that of the General Pest-office, in consequence of the facilities afforded by the rapid progress of steam navigation and railways. To the commerce of this great mercantile country the introduction of locomotive power since 1820 has proved of the greatest importance. Our well-built steamers now cross the wide Atlantic to America and the West Indic:, Portugal, Spain, down the Medi teranean to Egypt, and the Indian seas ; up the Baltic to St. Peter-burgle to Ham burgh, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Ostend, Calais, Boulogne, Dieppe, and Havre de Grace, and run daily like a trip tQ Gravesend ; whilst by the means of r.lways we are conveyed in a few hours to in land towns uf.Englund and Scotland, which formerly oc cupied days and nights of dreary travelling. The fol. lowing is the official list of Post-office arrangements for the present year, which came into operation yesterday, January 1, and the postage on foreign letters, which no doubt %%ill be interesting to the public, viz.—Calais daily (Sunday excepted), due in London daily ; Ostend, Menday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, due Sun day, Monday, Thursday, and Friday, by steam packets via Doier ; Holland, Tuesday and Friday, due Monday and, Thursday ; Hamburg!), Tuesday and Friday, due Tuesday and Saturday, by steam-packets from London ; Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, every Tuesday morning ; Malta, Greece, and the lonian Islands on the morning of the Ist and 15th of the month ; Egypt and India on the morning of the Ist of the- month, by steam-packets via Southamp ton, to Malta, Egypt, India, and Hong-Kong, by the overland closed mail via Marseilles, on the 4th of the month. British and foreign colonies in the West Indies: --Madeira, Mexico, Honduras, Havannah, Bahamas, Chagres, and New Granada, on the morning of the 2d and 17th of the month ; Bermuda and St. Jago de Cuba, on the 17th only, by the morning mails via South ampton. British North America, Bermuda, and the United States in the evening of the 3d and 18th of the month, except.in December, January, February, and • March, and then only on the 3d by steam-packets via Liverpool. Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayi'es on the first Tuesday of the month by sailing packets from Fal mouth. Postage on letters by steam-packets from London : —Helfand, ls.; Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Russia, Is. 8:1.; Heligoland, Is.; Hamburgh, Cuxhaven, Lubeck, Bremen, and the Grand Duchy of Oldenburgh, 6d. By steam-packets from Dover :—France and Algeria (under quarter of an ounce), 10d. ; Belgium, ls. Gd..; Spain, Portugal, Sardinia, and Southern Italy, via France, 10d.; Switzerland, Turkey, the Levant, the Archipelago, Greece, the lonian Islands, Austria, Venetian Lom bardy, Germany, Belgium, and Holland, via France, per half ounce, 5d.; Baden, Bavaria, certain north ern tates of Europe, forwarded through the post-office of the Duke of 'four and Taxis, via France, sd. ; Alexandria, Smyrna, the Dardanelles, and Constantinople; by French packets, via Marseilles, on the Ist, 11th, and 21st of the month, a uniform British and foreign rate of ls. 3d. (under a quarter of an ounce) ; Tuscany and the Two Sigilies, Is. 9d. ; Botnan States and Greece, is. 7d. ; Malta,' by the monthly closed mail, via Marseilles, ls. 3d. ; Alexandria, Is. Bd. ; India, is. 10d. ; Hong- Kong, ls. 10d. ; and the lonian Islands, Is. Bd. By the steam-packets from Southampton :—Lisbon, Is. 9d. ; Spain, 2s. 2d. ; Greece and Egypt, ls. Gd. ; Gibraltar, Malta, the lonian Islands, India, and Hong- Kong, ls. ; the British West India Islands, Honduras, Panama, Chili, and Peru, ls. ; Hayti and the foreign West India Islands, Is. sd. ; Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba, and New Granada, 2s. 3d. ; Madeira, ls. 9d. By steam packets from Liverpool :—the United States, Bermuda, Halifax (Nova Scotia), Newfoundland, and British North America, via Boston, Is. ; Upper and Lower Canada, Prince Edward's Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Is. 2d. By sailing-packets from Falmouth : Madeira Is. 101. ; Brazil, 2s. 9d. ; Buenos Ay res , 2 s . 7d . N.B. All foreign letters must be prepaid, except to France. Holland, Batavia, Baden, Bavaria, certain northern States of Europe, forwarded through the office of Tour and Taxis ; Alexandria, Smyrna, the Darda nelles, Constantinople, Tuscany. and the Two Sicilies Roman States, Greece and Malta, vi a F ra n ce ; Gibral tar,l Malta, the British \Vest India Islands and Canada, by their packets. Newspapers can be sent free of post age to all the British possessions in the West Indies and North America, Brazils and South America, France, Spain, -and Portugal, and India, via Southampton ; Hatuburgh, Sweden and Norway ; to Holland and coun tries through Holland, Id. ; the United States, 2d. ; the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, South Australi a , N ew South Wales, Van Diernen's Land, and New Zealand, Id. ; India, via France, 2d. ; closed mail, 3d. The next mails Col- Malta, Egypt, India, and Hong-Kong, by the closed overland mail via Marseilles, in time on Thurs day, the 4th instant. The West Indies, this morning, the 2d instant, by the Teviot steamer, via. Southanipton. United States of America, Canada, &c., via Boston, to morrow, - the 3d instant, by the Britannia steamer, from Liverpool. Madeira, the Brazils, and Buena; Ayres, ditto, by her Majesty's brig Penguin, via Falmouth. Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on Thursday morning, the 4th instant, via Southampton. MR. WILSON'S ENTERTAINMENT ON SCOTTISH MUSIC, AT THE MUSIC HALL, STORE STREET. Wilson has returned from his provincial tour in good health at:d in excellent voice, and I . c-commenced his de lightful Scottish Entertainments at the Music Hall, Store-street, where he was enthusiastically welcomed by a crowded audience. ".Oh, wee! may the Boatie row" was his opening melody, and this was followed by the beautiful, plaintive "Logic o' Buchan," which he gave with most exquisite tenderness and expression; this and " We're a' Noddin" were the gems of the evening, as far as sentimental songs were concerned. With regard to this latter song, all the lovers of Scottish music are under infinite obligations to Mr. Wilson for having res cued this delicious melody from the absurd words to which it. has hitherto been set, and for having substituted for them one of the most beautifully pathetic lyrics ever penned, and which was given by him with the most touching pathos and feeling. It was, of course, loudly encored, and we hope that henceforth these words will be, to the exclusion of all others, the words of " We're a' Noddin." We have said that these were the gems of the evening at far as sentimental songs were concerned, and many of the audience perhaps preferred them to any of the others : but great as Wilson is in the pathetic, he is equally great in the humourous and the dramatic, and we delight to hear him in such songs as "'There cam a young man to my daddy's door," and " Muirland Willie.' In these songs h e s t an d s alone. How admir ably humourous was his acting in this latter song lust evening—the rough wooer, the cautious father, the coy and coquettish maiden, were all delineated to the Then again, what could be better than his acting in " Come under my Plaidie ?" It was a perfect drama, the characters of Donald, the old wooer, Marion, the young maiden, and Johnnie, the rejected suitor, being sustained, and sustained with the most harmoni ously truthful effect, by Mr. Wilson. In " Hooly and Fairly," too, what can exceed the ludicrously dolorous manlier in which he gives the line " 0 gin my wife would drink hooly and fairly," Never were the sutleringa of the henpecked husband more humourously and ruefully represented. The finale was the excellent old ballad " Get up and bar the door." Mr. Wilson adds vastly to the humour of this admirable do mestic comedy, for such it is, by his manner of giving it. lie repeats the first line of each stanza, and then sings the other three—this, he says, was the old way of giving the ballad, and it i s decidedly the most telling and tfrctive. lle was loudly encored in this song, and repeated it with, if possible, increased gusto. At the conclusion of the entertainment he announced that he should this day week give " Anither nicht wi' Burns." ROYAL EXCIIANGE.—It is the intention of the Gresham Committee at once to take into consideration the possibility of giving the public a direct thoroughfare through the new area of the Royal Exchange, but as this cannot he done without materially interfering with the operations of Mr. Jackson, the contractor, and his workmen, who have engaged to finish the building in a specified time under a large penalty, a covered passage is the only one that can in any shape be acceded to, and even in this case, it would cut off a direct intercourse with the western and eastern portions of the buildings, and prove very inimical to that rapid execution already exhibited. With an open thoroughfare the attention of the workmen would naturally be called from their duties, and that system, of surveillance, so necessary under such eirctuustances, would be rendered one of increased diffi culty, if not altogether impossible. At present the space afforded to the workmen is unprecedentedly small ----indeed, it is calculated that the loss accruing for the want of more has been at least 4,0001. Upon the east ,side there arc about eight feet between the hoarding and the building, and upon the three other sides there are scarcely ten. There is a fact which has not been com mented on during the progress of the works, which, by reason of its absence at other public buildings, demands a passing notice. , It is the great unanimity which has throughout existed between the contractor and the work men. This comfortable feeling is, it would now appear, directly owing to a wise forethought in founding a fund for the relief of all employed upon the edifice, The principal source of such fund arose from the permission of the Committee to exhibit for three days the marquee under which his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and other distinguished persons, met to lay the first stone. From this means alone an exchequer has been furnished, out of a filch, with some trifling additions, no less a sum than 5001. has been dispensed to the families of the sick and maimed. The number of casualties during the erection has been very small. DEATII ny FIRE.—On Saturday, a young man, named James Burrows, aged twenty-one years, expired in St. George's Hospital, under the following circum stances :—lt appears that Burrows, who was a labouring man, and resided at No. 15, White's-wharf, North-road, Paddington, arrived home at an early hour on the morn ing of the 19th instant, in a state of inebriety, and' ha% ins proceeded to hi s r oom , lit th e ean dl e and placed it on the table, upon which he laid his head, and f; 0611 went to sleep. Subsequently the other inmates of the house were aroused by loud groans, which were aceora. Palihnd pa b r y tm a en s t o tro e n e g up s ii met b smell of Bo f trr re o,%s , a , n , hdoe was npr ere oe d e is e c di o n v gt3 the lying under the table in a dreadful state of agony, from burns he had sustained. He was as speedily as possible brcoindyovactatikt)oSat.CGoerounrgeer:ss Hospital, nleti where ho itiVd% The '; ' 1.41, : .4 1 „ -~. r // ~ . !/ -/~_- I I r 6 ,1 ' 10 04' Fters do oor / ~ g ~ 0