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Similar Letters of Credit may be obt .fined at any of the ...!!aches of the National Bank of Scotland, and of the Provincial - 'ax a Ireland. rday.) •nace chimneTl, t to this port r; now that Nit:, Eng or consuo!,",,!, he public atte n .r , s of smoke ran!, ;tar windows , from he like Inasse' re bscuring the rt,, ire, beglitu _ thg tople, must ..: ut it d e plorable ; Lators to endeai, o to if pure air, a nd r of the public sr to lose, but a 1 0 0 i the proprieto rs u ed is been ftintal us for smoke P • enter; bu t 156 oustderabla p De nproveruent, ; recently ettJ u ie is a tali chit to )any ; previotio. " mass y yolungt 4 and the dwell'lf ts. Some Plu t i r l ie d termed, w 4 ' td and the aPP I „ -- pted to furtla,,,,c7 o o bY tried, Mr. It aratus, to ell leave all tllUt fj os ed proposal is i st cases. Tb! r ritst caption, and, ass Is his exPen9°6 By order of the Directors, W. W. SCRIMGEOUR, Manager, 171:4 ° 11 tank of London, No. 8, Moorgate-street. a tiAltIS AND LYONS RAILWAY. LAFFITTE'S COMPANY. ranyThePrevision a l C omm i ttee of the Paris and Lyons Railway Com ply tag,_g to state, for the information of their Proprietors, and in re- Lyownannerous inquiries, that the only LINE OF RAILWAY to t hat adopted by the Government, for the working of which teid e — ',. Pao, Y has been, for more than twe years, in a position to In the event of the Government determining to lease the ;;T, on the condition of the Lessees executing the earth works, ral,ie increase in the capital will be speedily required. 1,111‘47., her Particulars respecting the distribution of the new shares I° ttlY be announced. 62 By order, ED. AIME, Secretary. --- -I-3 11, g William -street, Feb. 17, 1845. LF LET, with immediate possession, the Ittx, .„'ATHERINE WHEEL COMMERCIAL INN and HOTEL, For ON - THAMES. Coming in about 1,0001. 0 11-Te ar tleolars apply to Hickman and Kinch, Post-office, Henley- No. 16,388 LONDON MONDA FEBRUARY 1845. Y 47" NING SUN, Piticx sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE 0 CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS an) TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Even:ng Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD _EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, fur POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NE FT'S in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Mornitz, Noon, a nd Ni g ht, thereby iiila r i n g a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION at ONE CHARGE, N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNNILL, LONDON. Capital 4500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation to declare a second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAXPLBS. NV IL S 0 N'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN- At the 31 , STORE-STREET, REDFORD-SQUARE, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. RAIL WAY BUSINESS IN PAR LIAMENT. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1845. Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill—Committee deferred till Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock. London and York Railway Bill--" fbr making a Railway from London to York, with Branches therefrom providing for the counties of Hertford, Bedford, Huntingdon, IN ortham p ton, !Rutland, Nottingham, and the three divisions of the count? , of Lincoln, a railway communication with London and 1 ork, and with the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire, to he called ' The Great Northern Railway,'" presented, and read a first time. Brighton and Chichester Railway fPortsmouth Exten sion)—Petition for Bill ; referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. " Norwich and Brandon Railway Deviation and Diss and Denham Branches—Petition of the Corporation of Norwich, against the application ; to lie on the table. Direct Northern Railway—Petition for Bill ; referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway—Petition for Bill ; referred , to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri vate Bills. PRIVATE BUSINESS FOR MONDAY, k.r.:B. 24, 1845. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL LEGISLATION. THIS EVENING, February 24, at Eight o'clock, Mr. WILSON will give, for the second time, his new selected Entertainment on the SONGS OF SCOTLAND. • PART I.—The smiling Spring comes in rejoicing—The Birks of Aberfeldy—Tam Glen—Mary Morison—Bide ye yet—My Spouse Nancy—John o' Badenyon—Saw ye my wee Thing. PART IL—Whall be King but Charlie ?—Charlie is my Darling— The Women are a' gane wud—Wae's me for Prince Charlie—Woo'd and married and a'—Tak' your auld Cloak aboot ye. _ . (Prom the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, FRB. 21. POST-OFFICE. Motion made, and question pat, " That it having been alleged by a Member of this liou.se, in his place, that Letters addressed ro him had been detained at the Post-office, and opened before being dell ♦ered to him,µ Select Committee be appointed, to inquire whether this allegation is tree, and if so, by what authority and upon what grounds such detention and opening of Post Letters has been sanc tioned." The Howe divided INTRODUCTORY. In estimating the elements of just commercial and finan cial legislation, we should not only be well acquainted with the physical power and resources of our own, but also with those of other nations, as regards their geographical position, configuration, naturafproductions, and population. An able legislator should also understand the political and moral power of nations, so far as their respective governments may, in a coinD ara ti ve v i ew , b e cons id ere d as a d vanc i ng or retard ing national prosperity, or as limiting or extending public liberty and individual happiness. Then, and not before, in the present age of the world, can he comprehend in legislative usefulness the wise adaptation of those elements of national power which comprehend the income and expenditure, the occupations of the people, and the productions of labour. This division of legislation embraces the following subdivi sions : I' 4 Bonus Premium. a ad . ded. Bonus In Cash ig z i ro= o°§ • 9 r;• a &.r 0 4- tdo 4 Z 4 1c9c1 5 • 21$' Pian - o-forte-31r. LAND. Tickets, 2s; Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes for Six, 15s. ; for Eight persons, 1/. ~~ ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PHILLIPS'S PATENT FIRE ANNIHILATOR, illustrated by Dr. Ryan in his daily Lectures, and on the Evenings of MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY.—A Series of LEC TURES on ASTRONOMY by Professor Bachhoffneri• on the Morn ings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. during Lent, accompanied by Dr. Wallis on BRABY'S CALOTONE,—KITE'S PATENT SMOKE-CURING and VENTILATING ROOF, COWLS, LAMP, and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS. Two beau tiful Pictures of the SHRINE of the NATIVITY are just added to the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. CHILDE'S CHROMATROPE. THE PROTEOSCOPE. The PHYPIOSCOPE. !EXPERIMENTS by means of the DIVING BELL and DIVER, &c. &c. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. £ s. d. LE a. d. s. d. 77 5 1 64 5 6 51 5 11 A s. d 12 3 9 16 4 ,711 9 fi s. ds 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4.0 1837 170 9 8 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 1839 116 16 0 SECOND READINGS. the highly . c ot/ Irks, ThOhoio,., t bo it surround': o r :cept at thot' to as open for wedo a place, a f e , c ; tify who, with wZ r t or isite to a rig' ,„0. d as the ziod ui ds y L subsequent rtscol, pparates fo• h a call by 1 eo l n a very hu — iscio 1, no other in t en tion, Wio e it ig, for the „u b coo' red. He hol,pti value of .31r. vy Ire In ~ and . adillothigo of le size sh d , l ' a , Id lowered ;-;•- f - nap r Cd e nd lers—at the ;`.. 00 ,16 1 e readily V l ' do or, ward to O c to pi aided the L' a , t ot it he rePoat-", tDi its purP t 7 to more, owii i °,4 o ; m tion of the Pwcot, In t h e a verag e e trouble to l'i: 11 ; ve r more ths`,'„ I desire to Vol, lghter Prosi * % lls ' : g ht not to co!_ . Jo e necessarili 11, the 15° no ; be prevent cor To hodivid g `„cie r their ly r e o• wing to t t , .heir pectiol'' b e Do t once arising `.- clr ceiling such 1 fe hat which .7! [LWA ITS' SU-it r • Ai i At O tj ipaCei re one on t' - 10 th in refer serve attenovivo!i of his a" DO; meting a n ew , infest iniu" tvc ray world co tV , statements ~ , rted by „„ d ee to in refer ene ooPs' i 1 Lincoln h t ° f >D loses o•°,„ies and the of e no so" 4/ tgi. i t 6cs f r i ft Now D ciP7O support • re "ork is n ° ,.. 11 ,11. 1 ;i• obridge w• 0 1 id , offering PP, not, than sia 40,3 t come In to t ' O . ive to O de ' P,O their (1160..0 at bile wants W i Cambridge Th ilco e l n n a bi sb ' o - r t o t t r of "r i ,e same e T l n t i e i dori r p o ietween ,'„ - D itti co ot han by the ,„4 " .1 Lad a lol",;f le county oo t cv nunication, 00 . 0 n Counti es tO O 4 upon hi b u t I ' IP A aye e neo tha noi f or „ D ov e " 1.10. ti T s. , TE St] 10 tto any. :; great obJ e 'consistency" !ifience of in of 0.1 nd yet aqA",, ith ream l3, dv , ing cbor c o secret:lQ! Ivylto mists. 11 , ° a be fl ot e 66 c oelc ce worahiP. Se f. ONSIST oti • erted allel of ,he con u ? fir of a chard'!" atten deel _ in tile ii# l ate i v • ough the ) his s not tin e 1 10 1 36 i t is -, theca tirPi;tb! assebic- 01! iagistrste,ooo F t lls °° or fe" throv o , notli b P mks- .‘n e nevildfol7. the "'" °wit fternoolb .01(, noth er orza book* spre Lent, ~,es rs , of (Pi tbe the Board t t o t of La 0 4 0 03 • • the l'l ti g ), of rmir t be king f o r a brit ) bi og, „ then r ip sth of AP expire te in it Thi s is tive ets r pror d tre ll a he i; e o f to e t .. „ I . ne nt ) 7u0n 51 ,710 t., Jan r ots New f 3 O 00 7 0 0 sturg, 041 01 0 BO P ' 01 f 0 64 City 0- „ is to t h nl e pt i " tLoi e L it l thir eo_, lie reetool:nd the C burc'' ,s 4 .Isterdsloeprioi , of the e fi , ', e we I .'• len" 10 lied ye by A ylo o pii„ 0 old h ca li f& o f al hal olosion 0,04 0 r vanedt iico 0 0 the 0 2 000 portiy,, , L o hl4 l ,ol l ds. to the ; 11 ,7;at 4 ti P ;jo ler, but ofo st PlaY ing sida l l been C°e tiiO 4 ,..ar were e rs chithing_sot hhe V IP eic erogtt regd ree ' °Pi' mt p• 3urns i e c0 e 0; from ti 1 , 01 01 1 4. s The hous e° reral _, d4 bad fall lou ll er il cil shw e ,e It h i s r w id an ai se ;tbeit re ' ; tb . noss 55 te nf 8 1, age , v 339 Yea llig h4 jondai 011 ae, bol o vials a t oll y , and John bol e* of . I° TIPP ° In be t 11 R ° bet son 0. - - /st C lBl4ll O late ir 1, Gonett , recliaili 3. • atir le DO I E the .r,oenovx Surat , 9, pig. , Of D y 0 1) JP . So• the Id"- The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of 'he present year. This institution offers many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances' ibr terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CADIROUX, Soc. PRESERVER FIRE, LIFE, AND FAMILY ENDOWMENT OFFICE, BOND-COURT HOUSE, WALBROOK. As an Indemnity to the Assured, a Deed of Settlement has been executed, whereby Property, producing upwards of Five Thou sond Pounds per Annum has been secured to Trustees for the fulfilment of all engagements entered into at this Office. The peculiar advantages offered over those of similar Institutions are, amongst others— TO ASSURE FROM LOSS BY FIRE EVERY DESCRIPTION OF HOUSE, CHARITABLE, and CHURCH PROPERTY, Farm ing Stock, Goods, &c., at a considerable reduction from the charges usually made. TO ASSURE THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES the payment of the principal sum to be made EITHER ON THE DEATH OF THE ASSURED, OR ON A FIXED DAY, IF HE BE THEN LIVING. ADVANCES OF MONEY FOR LIMITED PERIODS on the deposit of Title Deeds, without the expense of Mortgage Securities. LOANS TO NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN of established position, in conjunction with Life Assurances, upon their personal responsibility alone. The ASSURED MAY PASS FROM ONE COUNTRY TO AN OTHER without forfeiting their Policies, and MEDICAL EXAMI NATIONS are dispensed with. *** Prospectuses and Tables, calculated with the greatest pre. cision, may be had at the Office. JOHN WIDOWSON, Secretiry. IC HAB OE GUANO, WARRANTED GENUINE, selected from the best Pits on that Island, can now be had direct from the Bonded Warehouses, in any quantity, at the following ports :—London, LiverpoOl, Hull, Southampton, Yarmouth, Glasgow, Leith, Dundee, and Aberdeen, on application to the Sub scribers or their Agents, at the above places. " JOHN BOYD and CO., Importers. London Bridge, Borough, Feb. 21, 1845. THE MINARET PARASOL, from the ele gance and symmetry of its form, is by far the most beautiful yet introduced ; the price does not exceed that of ordinary parasols, although a very graceful improvement has been effected in its con struction. The attention and patronage of the public is requested to this elegant novelty, which can be had at any of the respectable Drapers, and wholesale at all the wholesale dealers. OBSERVE—The silver runner Is stamped with the word MINARET. VAUXHALL COMPOSITE CANDLES, 6d. per doz. PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES, 10s. 6d. per doz. GENUINE WAX CANDLES, 28s. per doz. These three sorts of Candles are all precisely alike in their burn ing qualities, but the Vauxhall Composites are rather softer than the Price's Patent, and thence the difference in price. Even those who are compelled to study economy alone, should burn them in pre ference to Tallow Dips. Patent Cocoa Nut Lamp Oil, warranted equal in every respect to the finest Sperm, 4s. per gallon. WM. MARCHANT, 253, Regent-circus, Oxford-street. CAUTION TO CONSUMERS.-DRY GAS METERS, DEFRIES'S DRY METERS have successfully stood the test of six years' trial. Among the 10,000 In use, they have been adopted by the offizdal authorities of the Houses of Parliament, Woolwich Dock-yard, Somerset-house, Foreign-office, Thames Tunnel, United Service, Reform, Conservative, and other Cleb-houses, the Queen's Theatre, Chinese Exhibition, and many other large establishments. Upwards of 20,000,000 cubic feet of gas have passed through some of these meters without regula tion or repair, aid which are still working to the entire satisfaction of the gas company and consumers. All gas consumers who study economy and a good light are invited to avail themselves of the advantages and comfort to be derived from the use of Defries's Dry Meter, but, to prevent the substitution of im perfect imitations, it is necessary at all times to order Defries's Dry Meter, and to observe his name on the brass badge in front of all his meters. Testimonials from the most eminent and scientific men and large consumers can be had on application (or will be fk.rwarded by pest), free of expense, at the Manufactory, 67, St. Martin's-lane, London. TEA TRAYS, Tea Urns, Knives and Forks, Dish Covers, &c., at C. WATSON'S, 41 and 42, BARBICAN. and 16, NORTON-FOLGATE. Establ:shed half a century.—A set of 3 Paper Tea-tray's, including the largest size made, 355. ; very richly ornamented all over, stls. a Set of Three, and up to 14/. ; Ja pan Tea-trays, 7s. 6d. a Set, and upwards ; a Fly. Quart London made Bronze Tea-urn 355., with the newest patterns up to five gui neas ; a Set of Six patent raised London made Dish Covers, 15s. 6d. ; best imperial raised, 355. 6d. Set of Six. Elegant silver shape, 525. 6d. Set of Six. Ivory Table-knives, Ils.'per dozen, Dessert, 9s. ; Carvers, 31. 6d. per pair. Tsars.CAZYZIII. • doz. doz. pair. 11.1 n. handsome balance handle .... lbs. Od. 14s. Od. 6s. 6d. 1.4 n. balance handle, largest and best made.. Ditto with Watson's Albata Plate handles, equal to silver.. • . 225. 6d. 1111. Od. Bs. dd. Forks half the above price. C. Watsen's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current Is just published, and families who regard economy and elegance should possess themselves of this useful book, which may be had gratis, and post free, from the above address. Sole inventor of the celebrated Albata Plate, which Is so rapidly superseding Silver. THE LAMP WONDER, C. WATSON'S PARAGON CAMPITINE LAMP. The great fault which has proved fatal to the success of the Vesta Lamp, viz., the emission of black smuts and smoke, is entirely ob viated in the Paragon—the brilliancy and purity of its light surpasses any other yet seen, and burns for one half-penny per hour. C. Watson's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Fol gate, are replete with every variety. Ihe Spirit, analysed by Dr. Ure, is sold by C. Watson, at 4s. per gallon. Contracts given for Chapels and Public Buildings. REPLY TO " JACK FROST'S " LETTER. Dear Jack—We consider we cannot do better Than make a reply to your very kind letter. You say that you mean to continue the cold ; Now this is a pity—nay, think us not bold. • You must recollect, Jack, that it's very near March, And time for the sun• rays to gild the blue arch. The primrose is waiting to put on his bloom, And the daisy is anxious to leave his dark tomb; And thousands of persons are longing to don The lovely spring-garments of MOSES and SON. You tell us our garbs must, at once, be increas'd To a mighty extent—twenty thousand, at least. Now here we would beg to inform you, dear Jack, That we never forget to remember the back. With a stock such as ours, we've not any reason To fear the most sudden returns of the season. In the middle of summer otir mart can afford Warm garments for customers living abroad ; So you see, Mr. Frost, if you still should persist In chilling the air with your cold and your mist, We've warm winter-garments in boundless supplies, Which happily spare us a sudden surprise. And now, with warm thankS for your hints, Master Jack, And hoping, sincerely, you'll soon turn your back, We beg to remain, as we always have done, Your obedient servants,—E. MOSES and SON, IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! The Public are specially informed that, during the re-erection of Z. MOSES and SON'S premises in Aldgate, the entrance to their establishment is only at 154, Minories. A new work, entitled " THE COMMERCIAL PHENOMENON," with full directions for Self-Measurement, on application, will be trwarded post tree. X 8. d. 0 8 6 0 10 6 0 13 6 READY MADE. Iteaver Taglionis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ditto Cheiitertlelds Ditto Codringtons •• . .. Ditto Pembrokes, Athols, Peltoes, and every description of Winter Coat, handsomely trimnied :• • •...., .. • • . 1 5 0 Boys' Winter Coats, in every style .. 0 8 6 _ . _ Warm Winter Trousers, lined - Ditto Doeskin Dress Coats, edged, &c rrockditto, ditto . ........... Rolling Collar Ve5t...... Double-breasted Ditto .. .. .... .•.• . • . . 0 10 0 . . 1 0 0 18 9 .0 2 6 Boys' Hussar Suits... ..... ............. ..... ............ 0 17 6 Ditto Tunic, neatly braided .. MADE TO MEASURE. gaze Gotha Coats, velvet collar and cuffs .......... —from 1 IS 0 Winter Coats, In every style and shape, handsomely trimmed 1 _5 0 Milled Tweed Wrappers . . . .• . 0 17 6 _ - Ditto ditto Trousers . . Buckskin Ditto 012 6 Doeskin Ditto, any pattern _ _ Best, or Dress Trousers . • ..... •••. • • • 1 6 0 Cashmere Vest ................ ... . 3y inter Ditto, in endless pattern ' ... 0 8 6 Mess Coat Ditto, ditto, best manufactured . Frock Coat Ditto, the best manufactured •• • Boy's Hussar Suit •••••••• • • • • • • • • Ditto Tunic Mourning to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the following prices : lien's Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers .... ••. • • . from 1 16 0 Ditto, jacket, vest and trousers. •.••••••• • • • • • • • . from 0 18 0 IMPORTANT. —Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved o f, exchanged, or the money returned. Observe--E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail Woollen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mino ries, and 86, Aldgate, City, opposite the Church. C UTION.—E. Moses and Son are obliged to guard the public against imposition, having learned That the untradesmanlike false hood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They bays no connexion whatever with any other establishment, in or out of London, and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent disappointment, /cc.) call or send to 154, 11inories, or 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on Friday till sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock MR. HACKETT, the celebrated American Actor, now performing in this country, gave the following unsoli cited testimonial to the efficacy of PARR'S LIFE PILLS before caving New York : To the Proprietors of Parr's Life Pills. Sirs, —Having used Parr's Life Pills on several occasions when at tacked by violent bilious complaints, and having been fully satisfied of their efficacy, I beg leave, in Justice to you, as proprietors of the me dicine, to testify as much.—Yours, respectfully, Long Island, Nov. 9, 1844. • WM. H. HACKETT. *** The extraordinary effects of this medicine is the wonder of the age; it has been tried by hundreds of thousands as an aperient, and has, in every instance, done good ; it has never in the slightest degree impaired the most delicate constitution. Tens of thousands have testified that perseverance in the use of Parr's Life Pills will com pletely cure any disease, and are living witnesses of the benefit re ceived from this invaluable medicine. Sheets of testimonials and the " Life and Times of Old Parr," may be had gratis, of every respect able Medicine Vender throughout the kingdom. Beware of spurious imitations of the above medicine. None are genuine unless the words " Parr's Life Pills" are in white letters on a red ground, engraved on the Government Stamp, pasted round each box ; also the fac-simile of the signature of the proprietors, " T. Ro berts and C 0.," on the directions. Sold, wholesale, by E. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's; Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; Sutton and Co., Bow Churchyard ; 3fottershead and Co., Manchester ; J. and It. Raines and Co., Edinburgh ; and Apothecaries' Company, Glasgow. Retailed by at least one Agent in every town in the United Kingdom, and by all respectable Chemists, Druggists, and Dealers In Patent Medicine. Price 1310., 2s. 9d., and family boxes 11s: each. Full directions are given with each box. LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c. "De, who in pleasure's downy arms Ne'er lost his health or youthful charms, A hero lives, and jtistly can Exclaim, in me behold a man !" Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2s. 6d., or sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. 6d., SELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on those concealed disorders, originating in youthful excesses, and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxieties, and Tremors, which afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for their perfect Restoratiop.:__ By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon, 9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the LOndon Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c. " The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in herent privileges of mankind, are frequently maned and prevented through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even to the most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette. "Long experience in the treatment of a class of diseases hitherto neglected and most imperfectly understood by the great bulk of the medical profession, has enabled the writer to prove that there are concealed causes of Nervous Debility in existence, where the mere routine practitioner would never dream of finding them; traceable to certain habits, forming the most secret, yet deadly, and fatal springs of domestic misery, and premature mortality."—Wakefield Journal. Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and 52, Paternoster-row; Starie, 23, Tichborne-street, Quadrant, Regent street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; Noble, 114, Chancery lane; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; and by all Booksellers. At home every day till Three, and from Five till Eight. FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. Just published, price 2s. 6d., free by pest (in &sea l e d enve l o p e ) 3 s. 6d. , THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on the Infirmities of the Generative System in both sexes ; and on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The banefhl effects of solitary indulgence, neglected syphilis symp toms, &c., are fltlly pointed out. Illustrated by Engravings ; followed by observations on Marriage, with plain directions for the removal of certain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consult eg Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be ad at their residence, 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD.STREET. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Purkiss, Compton street, Soho; and all Booksellers. em ` b ` r W acin er g egar m d os t t h c e ie w ar ork an b rp o r r a e ct n i sef, ea tir ie Zil o en f taFsriereinesd,o' f acsomaplwaionrtks hitherto little understood, and passed over by a ma!ority of the me dical profession, for what reason we are at a 10s3 to know. We must however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on our minds, that wo not only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis cretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."—Age and Argus. The authors of the ' Silent Friend' seem to be thoroughly con versant with the treatment of a class of complaints, which are. we fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style in which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot fail to recommend to it a careffil perusal."—Era. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of appetite, indigesticn, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from excess, &c. In bottles, price I Is., or the quantity of four in one bottle for 335., by which lls.' are saved., The ilve-pound cases may be had as usnal. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi litic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from scurvy. blotches en the head; face, and body, ulcerations, and those paintnl affections arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury, removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price I le. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., O. 6d., and 11e. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, inflam mation, irritation of the bladder, &c., without hindrance to business. Consultation fee, if by lette.r, 11. Minute detail of cases necessary. bfessrg. Perry are in daily attendance, for consultation, at their re rldence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford.etreet, London, from 11 till 2, and 5 tiilB. On Sundays from 10 till 12. One personal visit is only ne cessary to effect a permanent cure. LATEST FROM CHINA. (From the Devonport Independent.) By the Overland Mail we have received letters from China, from which we glean the following intelligence :-- " Hong-Kong, Nov. 1,1844. " The N.B. monsoon has set in early this year, and Hong- Kong is again very sickly. The 4th Madras Native Infantry have lost 152 men in the last five months. Twenty more soldiers have been sent on board the Minden, which gives her the appearance of a military hospital, there not being more than fifteen sailors out of sixty on the sick-list. The 98th Regiment have lost 187 men. Lieutenant Viscount Suirdale (eldest.son of the Earl of Donoughmore) is ill, and not being able to obtain leave, has sold out, and is going to England. Captain Edwards, of the 98th, died on the 13th October ; Mr. Lester is also dead. Chief-Justice Hulme, his lady, and two children, are very ill. The Java, transport, has not yet arrived, although six months out from England ; she has Mrs. McKnight, (wife of the Naval Storekeeper) and fami, on board. The Castor, 36, has arrived, and h er Captain (Graham) is the senior officer in command until Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane returns, in January. The Iris, 26, is gone to join the Admiral, at Chosen. The naval and victualling establishments there and at Amoy are broken up, and these places will be given up after the pay ment of the last instalment, in August next. Intelligence has just reached here (Hong-Kong) that Admiral Sir T. Cochrane is on his way from Chusan, in the Wolf, 18, his flag-ship, the Agincourt, 72, being at sea cruising. They are preparing furnaces on shore for red-hot shot, in the event of the French causing us any trouble ; they have four frigates, one cor vette, a brig, and a large steamer in these seas. We have only the Castor, frigate, here at this moment. The French are endeavouring to force an envoy on Pekin, but the Chinese Minister, Keying, will not hear of it. Mr. Tetley, of the Ordnance department, is gone to Chusan, as acting store keeper ; Mr. Boate has left for Manilla ; and Mr. Pett is principal storekeeper here. The Maiden's establishment is reduced to a master, and it is reported that the agent victualler is to live on board ; it is also rumoured that she is to go to Trincomalee." INCREASE ofPO STAGE on LET TERS AND NEWSPAPERS (OVERLAND) 'lO INDIA. On Friday the following notice was posted in the hall of the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Gtand:— : . " On and from the Ist of March next, an additional rate of 4d. per half ounce, over and above the present postage, will be chargeable on all letters, and an additional rate of 2d. on every newspaper forwarded by the overland mail, whether yid Southampton or vid Marseilles, to or from places to the east of Calcutta, and also to and from the Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, Bourbon, or Madagascar, when dis patched to such places from ports in India, or vice versa, this sum being levied to defray the charge made by the East India Company for the dispatch and receipt of such letters and newspapers. " The rates of postage' chargeable from the date above mentioned on letters and newspapers transmitted between the United Kingdom and India, and dispatched from ports in India to places to the eastward of Calcutta (as well as those forwarded to the Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, Bourbon, or Madagascar), and vice verse, will therefore be as follows : " On a letter forwarded cid Marseilles, weighing under a quarter of an ounce, 2s. 2d. ; not exceeding half an ounce, 2s. 7d. ; not exceeding three-quarters of an ounce, 4s. 9d. ; not exceeding one ounce, ss. 2d. ; exceeding one ounce, and under one ounce and a quarter, 9s. Id. ; news paper rate, sd. " Via Southampton—Not exceeding half an ounce ,is. 4d. ; exceeding half an ounce and not exceeding one ounce, 2s. Bd. ; exceeding one ounce and not exceeding two ounces, ss. 4d. Newspapers—British colony, 2d. ; foreign possessions, 4d. - " This charge will apply to all letters and newspapers to and from Australia, Bourbon, Cape of Good Hope, China, Hong-Kong, Java, Madagascar, Mauritius, New Zealand, Sumatra, and Van Diemen's Land. " Letters and newspapers, however addressed, to Aus tralia, Bourbon, the Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar, Mau ritius, New Zealand, and Van Diemen's Land, must be specially directed yid India,' or they will not be dispatched by that route. ' Letters of soldiers and sailors, forwarded in conformity with the Act, will not be liable to this additional rate. "General Post-office, Feb., 1845. DINNER TO MR• BARON PLATT.---On Friday a sumptuous banquet was given at the Albion, Aldersgate street, by the members of the Home Circuit, to Mr. Baron Baron Platt, on his elevation to the Bench. The chair was taken by Mr Sergeant Channell, the leader of the circuit, supported by a very large party, who assembled on this oc casion to do honour to the new judge. After the company had done justice to the entertainment, which was most ad mirably arranged by Messrs. Staples, the proprietors of the Albion, and the usual loyal toasts had been duly honoured, the Chairman proposed "The health of Mr. Baron Platt," which was received with enthusiasm. The healths of Mr. Sergeant Channell, Mr. Sergeant Shee, and other leading members of the circuit were then proposed, and the company did not separate until a late hour. An apology was received from the Solicitor-General, expressing his great regret at , being unable to attend the meeting, on account of the pres- I sure of his Parliamentary duties. M I NORITY—AYES, 143. Aglionby, H. A. Ewart, William Pat tison, James Ainsworth, Peter Ferrand, W. B. Peellell, Captain Aldani, William Fitzroy, Lord C. Pentlarves, E. W. Anson, Colonel : Fitzwilliam, G. W. Philips, G. R. Barclay, David Forster, Matthe w Philip s , M a rk Barnard, E. G. Fox, C. H. Plumridge, Captain Bellew, R. M. Gibson, T. M. Fonsonby, C. F. A. Berkeley, H. F. Gill, Thomas Protheroe, Edward Bernal, Ralph • Gore, Robert Puisford, Robert Blake, M. J. Granger, T. C. Rawdon, Colonel Blewitt, R. J. Grey, Sir George Ricardo, J. L. Botiverie, E. P. Guest, Sir J. Rice, E. R. Bowring, Dr. ' Hallyburton, Lord Roebuck, J. A. Bright, John Harmer, Sir J. Ross, David R. Brocklehurst, J. Hastie, Archibald Russell, Lord J. Brotherton, J. Hawes, Benjamin Russell, Lord E. Buller, Charles llayter, W. G. Scott, Robert Buller, Edward Heathcoat, John: Shell, R. L. Busfeild, William Holland, Robert Smith, Vernon ltyng, G. S. Horstnan, Edward Somerville, Sir W. Cavendish, G. H. Howard, C. W. - Stansfleld, W. It, C. Childers, J. W. Ilowick, Viscount Staunton, Sir G. Christie, W. D. Ilume, Joseph Strickland, Sir G. . Clay, Sir W. Humphery, Alderman Talbot, C. R. Clive, E. B. H. utt, William Tattered, H. W. Cobden, Richard . Je. - vis, John • Thornely, Thomas - Colborne, W: N. R. . - Labouchere, Henry Towneley, John Colebrooke, Sir T. Layerd, Captain Trani, Geor ;o Collett, John Leveson, Lord Trelawny, J. S. Craig, W. G. Listowel, Earl Troubridge, Sr E. Crawford, W. S. Macaulay. T. B. Turnai P:l,"...ind. Currie, Raikea M`Geachy, F. A. Vale!;, Charles Curteis, H. B. Mangles, R. D. Vivian, J, 11. Dalmeny, Lord Manners, Lord 3. Yyv% an, Sir R. Dalrymple, Captain Marjoribanks, 8. IVakley, Thomas Dawson, T. V. Marshall, William Walker, Richard Denison, J. E. Martin, John Wall, C. B. D'lsraeli, B. Manic, Fox Wallace, Robert Duke, Sir J. Milner, R. M. Ward, IL G. Duncan, Viscount Mitcalfe, Henry Watson, W. H. Duncan, George Mitchell, T. A. Wawn, J. T. Duncaunon, Viscount Morris, David Williams, William Dundas, Admiral Morison, General Wilshere, W. Dundas, Frederick Morison, James Wood, Charles Dundas, David Monts, G. F. Wyse, Thomas Easthope, Sir J. Murray, Alexander Ebrington, Viscount Napier, Sir C. Ellis, Wynn O'Connell, M. J. Esmonde, Sir T. Paget, Colonel Evans, William • ' Parker, John • TELLERS. Mill, Lord M. buncombe, Thomas MAJORITY—NOES, 240. Acland, Sir T. D. Farnham, it. B. Masterman, John Adderley, C. B. Fitzroy, Henry Matineell, T. P. Alford, Viscount Flower, Sir J. Maxwell, J. P. Allix, J. P. Forbes, William Meyuell, Captain Antrobus, Edmund Fox, S. L. Mildmay, H. St. John Arbuthnott, 11. Fremantle, Sir T. Miles, P. W. S. Archdall, Captain Filler, A. E. Miles, William Arkwright, George Gaskell, J. M. Mordaunt, Sir J. Arundel, Earl of Gladstone, W. E. Morgan, Octavius Ashley, Lord Gladstone, Captain Mundy, E. M. Begot, William Godson, Richard Neeld, Joseph Baillie, Colonel Gordon, Captain Neeld, Johnj Beillie, H. J. Gore, Montague Newdegate, C. N. Baird, William Gore, W. R. 0. Newport, Viscount Rankes, George Goring, Charles 4 Newry, Viscount • liarneby, John Goulburn, Henry Nicholl, John Barrington, Viscount Graham, Sir J. Norreys, Lord Baskerville, T. B. Granby, Marquis Northland, Viscount Beckett, William Greenall, Peter O'Brien, A. S. Bentinek, Lord G. Greene, Thomas Oswald,, Alexander Beresford, Major Gregory, W. H. Owen, Sir John Bernard, Viscount Grimston, Viscount; Packe, C. W. Blackstone, W. S. Grogan, Edward Pakington, J. S. Blakemore, Richard Hale,R. B. Palmer; Robert Blandford, Marquis Raiford, Sir H. .Pahner, George Bodkin. W. H. Hamilton, G. A. Peel, Sir. Robert Boldero, H. G. Hamilton, W. J. Peel, Jonathan Borthwick, Peter Hamilton, Lord C. Pennant, Colonel Botileld, Beriah Harcourt, G. G. Pluinptre, J. P. Bowles, Admiral . Harris, Captain Polhill, Frederick Bramston, T. W. Hayes, Sir E. Pollington, Viscount Broadley, Henry Henley, J. W. Powell, Colonel Brownrigg, J. S. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Freed, W. T. Bruce, Lord E. Herbert, Sidney Pringle, Alexander Bruce, C. L. C. Hervey, Lord A. Reid, Sir John Bruges, W. H. L. Mode, J. H. Rendiesham, Lord Buckley, Edmund Hodgson, F. - - Repton, G. W. J. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hogg, J. W. Richards, Richard Bunbury, Thomas Hope, Charles Rolleston, Colonel ' Burroughs, H. N. Hope, G. W. Round, John Campbell, J. 11. Howard, Sir R. Rims, Captain Cardwell, Edward Hughes, W. B. Rushbrooke, Colonel Castlereagh, Viscount Hussey, Ambrose Russell, J. D. W. Charter's, Francis Hussey, Thomas Ryder, G. D. Cholmondeley, H. Inglis, Sir It. H. Sanderson, Richatd Clayton, R. R. Irton, Samuel Shaw, Frederick - • Clerk, Sir G. James, Sir W. C. Sibthorp, colone* Clifton, J. T. Jennyn, Earl Smith, Abel Clive, R. 11. Jocelyn, Viscount 'Smith, T. B. C:.. " ' Cochrane, A. Johnstone, Sir J. Smyth, Sir H. -:'- Cockbnmpir G. Johnstone, Hope Som erse t, L or dO . Codrington, Sir W. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Sornerton, Viscount Collett, W. It. Jones, Captain Somes, Joseph . • ' Colquhoun, J. C. Kelly, Fitzroy • Sotheron, T. H: Colvile, C. R. Kemble, Henry Spooner, Richard Compton, H.'C. Knightley, Sir C . Stanley, Edward Connolly, Colonel Lambton, H. Stewart, John Copeland, Alderman Lascelles, W. S. Stuart, Henry Corry, Henry Law, C. E. Sutton; Henry Courtenay, Lord Lawson, Andrew Taylor, Edward Cripps, William Lefroy, Anthony Tennent, J. E. Darner, Colonel Legh, G. C. Thesiger, Sir F. Derby, George Lennox, Lord A. • Thornhill, George Davies, D. A. S. Liddell, H. T. Tollemache, John Dawnay, W. H. Lincoln, Earl Trench, Sir F. W. ' Denison, E. B. Lockhart, William Trevor, G. R. Dickinson, F. 11, Lowther, Sir J. H. Trollo_pe, Sir J. Dodd, George Lowther, Colonel Trotter, John Douglas, Sir H. Lygon, General Vernon, G. H. Douglas, Sir C. Mackenzie, T. Waddington, W. S. Dough's, J. D. S. Mackenzie, W. F. Wellesley, Lord C. Douro, Marquis Macnamara, Major Wodehouse, Edmond Drummond, H. 11. IPNeill, Duncan Wood, :Colonel Du Pre, C. G. Mahon, Viscount Wood, Colonel T. Main East, J. B. waris g, T. Wortley, James S. Eastnor, Viscount Manners, Lord C. S. Wortley, John S. • Eaton, R. J. March, Earl Wyndham, Colonel Egerton, W. T. • Marsham, Viscount Yorke, E. T. Entvdsle, William Martin, C. W. TELLIES. Escott, Bickham Martin, T. B. Young, John Estcourt, T. G. Marton, George . Baring, Henry STAMMERING MR. HUNT t , of d 2 t 2 t 4, R f EG th ENT i STREET, has A.Prospectus, containing Testimonials from the " Times," " Lite rary Gazette," " Medico Chirurgical Review," Ike., as well as from Sir Peter Laurie, respecting the cure. of Mr. George Pearson, who witnessed the treasonable attempt on the Queen's life by Francis, sent, on application as above, to any part of the kingdom. MASONIC.--CROSBY HALL, BISHOPSGATE-STREET. MR. C. MACKIE will give his PRELIMI NARY LECTURE on the ORIGIN of the ARTS and SCIENCES and the ANTIQUITY of FREEMASONRY, with Poetical and Musical Illustrations, on TUESDAY EVENING, Feb. 25, 1845. Vocalists-1i iss Townsend, Mr. G. Jeffreys ; and Grand Pianoforte, Mr. G. Jefferys. The profits of this Entertainment will be presented to the Royal. Masonic Institution for Boys. Doors open at Ralf-past Seven ; the Lecture to Commence atEight precisely. Tickets, Is. ; Resers4d Seats, 2s. ; to be had of Mr. W. Rule, 45, Chiswell.street ; Mr. Prier, 17, Pavement, Finsbury, ; the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill ; Mr Mackie, Secretary, the Southwark Literary Institution, Borough-road ; aLso at Crosby Hall, on the day of the Lecture. Lodges, &c , requiring tickets, will please apply early. RAILWAY RETURNS. ..-- RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail• ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year NAME OF RAILWAY. week. , co . a ts, : Week g m Last a ending . Y s' o 1 . -. Q 4 ----. . X Feb. 15 Arbroath and Forfar ............... X 156 130 14 Birmingham and Gloucester.• .• .• •• • • 1,871 1,683 - Brandling Junction . •• • •• •• •• - 15 Bristol and Gloucester .............. 1,031 - 14 Chester and Birkenhead .••••• . - • • • • 350 322 13 Dublin and Drogheda - 18 Dublin and Kingstown ...... 16 Dundee and Arbro a th ............... 221 180 and Greenock ck .• • • ..... • • • • 15 Durham and Sunderl an d . 709 667 . • • • 15 Edinburgh and Glas gow , ... ........ 2,061 1,789 16 Eastern Counties and N or th E as t ern • • 3,280 3,184 671 " 672 15 Grand Junction ..... ... ........ 7,153 6,398 15 Great North of En g l an d 1 1 5 5 G G l l as as g go ow w, and Ayr ...... 4 387 1 , 180 16 Great Western . ....„. , 13,266 11,300 14 Liverpool and Manchester .........• 4 , 278 3 , 711 lb London and Birmingham ........... 14,167 13,3 16 London and Blackwell ...........• • • 787 550 15 London and Brighton..... 18 Loudon and Croydon ............... 86464 6 7 20 1 0 3 • 20 London and Greenwich ............. 18 London and South Western ......••• 4 , 285 4,378 16 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 812 752 14 Manchester and Birmingham 3,110 2,723 15 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc- 6,284 5,484 16 Midland Counties 8 ,835 7,330 15 Newcastle and Darlington ••••• • • • • • 1,019 - 15 Newcastle and Carlisle ... 1,481 1,292 16 Newcastle and North Shields.• ••• • •• 361 go' 14 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,218 .1,043 3 ... 17 Paris, Corbel', and Orleans ••••• • • • • • ... 550 3,280 17 Paris and Rouen .•• •• . ....•••• •• 4 . 459 3,044 15 Preston and Wyre•••••. •••••••• 330 204 15 Sheffield and Manchester...-. •• •• •• 577 479 20 South Eastern ... . .... . 3,121 2,344 598 - Ulster: •••• • • • . - 655 16 Yarmouth and Norwich ........ • ... .170 - 15 York and North Midland ........... 2,214 1,953 Tx. IRON TRADE.—A further advance of twenty per ton in the price of iron was declared by most . .. oy zik. of the - large houses in the South Staffordshire district on Thursday last. This rise, notwithstanding the recent and rapid advances, did not, however, come altogether unex pectedly on the trade, as the principal ironmasters h ave f or some time past declined to execute' orders at th e f ormer prices. No fresh orders to any extent will, we believe, now be taken, unless at the advanced rates, and even th ese w ill be difficult to eseCute; as we are inform e d many of the manufacturers have more'orders on hand than they can slip ply for the next tivelde months. Whether the rise will be a permanent one, we cannot, of course, undertake to say, but of manufactured goods, i ncluding nails, in which the trade is regarded as in a most unsettled and f ever i s h state, from the .uncertainty as to the continua nce o f th e present prices. As might 'be expected, und er these circum stances, a corresponding advance has taken place i n near l y a ll descriptionsa rise of fifteen per cent. has been declared. We are glad to find, as regards the nailers--a class of persons whose labour has been greatly depressed—an advance of ten per cent. on their wages was decided on at a meeting of the masters, held at Dudley, on Tuesday. Of manufactured goods for the foreign market, we may observe that the orders are cOmpara tively light, the great demand being for iron rails, chairs, &c. —Birmingham Journal. T HE BRITISH PLATR G LASS COMPANY. —.The liberal and comprehensive plan of Sir Robert P ee l, s o far as the recognition of free-trade principles is con cerne d, are already about to be brought into practical operation in this neighbourhood. Owing, in a great measure, t o t h e restric tive and vexatious duties levied on glass, the above company being found t loss to the i r m el p in o q ss u i is bl h e ed to b c us arry ines o s n a t b h o e ut m t an wo ur y ac ear tur s e a l f ri o t , h i o t u shareholders ; and their extensive works have, up to the present time, been at a stand-still. Since, however, the an nouncement of the Premier's plan of commercial reform, it has, we understand, been determined to bring the works once mere into operation ; the effect of which will be to give employment and bread to hundreds of families in the neigh bourhood. Independently of the demand which the home pink will create in a material which is susceptible-or appli ation to almost every conceivable purpose of use or orna ment, our manufactures, released from the restrictions which pressed so heavily upon the trade will be able to enter into successful competition with our continental neighbours, and regain those markets abroad from which they were all but excluded by the policy or imnpolicy sof our rulers.—Birming ham Journal. _ _ _ A large body of the clergy of the city of Bristol and its neighbourhood have sent an address to the Rev. R. R. Faulkner, expressive of their affectionate sympathy to wards him under the late severe contest, and their congratu lations on the issue of the trial respecting the removal of the stone altar and credence table from the Round Church, Cam bridge. West Yorkshire Railway. Leeds and Bradford Railway.. Richmond (Surrey) Railway. Leeds, Dewsbury, and hlancheet er Railway. Leeds and West Riding JUr.etion Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT .i . HE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE, Cockermouth and 71 , orkington Railway—Second Reading, Tuesday, Feb, N .e wal P :.ry and Birmingham Railwap—Committee on Petit', adjourned till Monday, Feb. 24. London and York Railway—Second Reading, Tuesday, Feb. 25. Manchester and Buxton Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday, Feb. 24, till Wednesday, Feb. 26. Scottish Central Railway—Committee on Petition, post poned from Thursday, Feb. 27, till Friday, Feb. 28. Shef f ield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday, Feb. 24, till Tuesday, Feb. 25. Cornwall Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday, Feb. 24, till Wednesday, Feb. 26. Chester and Birkenhead Railway—Second Reading, Tues day, Feb. 25. Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, March 4. Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Rail way—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, March 4. Lynn and Ely Railway—Committee on Petition, port poned from Thursday, Feb. 27, till Friday, Feb. 28. Belfast and Ballymena Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Thursday, Feb. 27, till Friday, Feb. 28. York and Scarborough Railway Deviation—Second Read ing, Monday, Feb. 24. Lancaster and Carlisle Railway—Second Reading, Mon day, Feb. 24. Kendal and Windermere Railway—Secondßeading, Mon day, Feb. 24. Hull and Selby (Bridlington Branch) Railway—Second Reading, Monday, Feb. 24. Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction (Ardwick and Guide Bridge Branches) Railway—Second Reading, Monday, Feb. 24. Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley Branch, Oldham and Heywood Branches Extension) Railway—Second Read ing, Monday, Feb. 24. Manchester and Leeds Railway—Second Reading, Mom. day, Feb. 24. London and Sonth-Western Railway, No. 1 (Metropolitan Extension)—Second Reading, Monday, Feb. 24. Manchester and Birmingham (Ashton Branch) Railway— Second Reading, Monday, Feb. 24. Trent Valley Railway —Committee on Petition, Monday, March 3. West Cornwall Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, arch 3. Oxford and Rugby Railway—Committee on Petition, ronday, March 3. South-Easteru Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, ;arch 3. COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. MONDAY, FEB. 24. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway. Eastern Counties (Ely and Whittlesea Deviation) Railway. Eastern Counties (Hertford and Biggleswade Extension) Railway. Eastern Counties (Cambridge and Huntiggdon) Railway., Blackburn, Burnley,'Accrington, and Collie Railway , Chester and Holyhead'Railway. TUESDAY, VEB. 25. - GlasgoW,Raisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway. Glasgow Junction Railway. Yorth and North Midland (Goole Branch) Railway. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway. Barnsley Junction Railway. Leeds and Thirsk Railway. London, Worcestershire, and South Staffordshire Railway. Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale (Heywood Branch) Railway. Bridgwater Navigation and Railway. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26. Clydesdale Junction Railway. Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling Junction) Railway, York and North Midland (Bridlington Branch) Railway. Cambridge and Lincoln Railway. Manchester and Buxton Railway. Cornwall Railway. FRIDAY, FEB. 28. Seuttish Central Railway. Lynn and Ely Railway. Belfast and Ballymena Railway. . Newcastle and Berwick Railway. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality in the _ Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the 15th of February, 1845." The Table is issued from the Office of the- Registrar-General :-- Weekly • CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average of Five Years Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 178 184 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat • • 120 106 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 175 159 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration 368 292 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 44 24 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion - Diseases of the Kidneys, &c ' 9 6 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. l5 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles l4 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c 3 1 Old Age, or Natural Decay B6 70 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified 1110 954 . Deaths from all Causes ..... lll2 963. DEATHS FROM THE rRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER THE ABOVE HEADS. Total. Weekly Average of Five Years. Consumption 153 147 Scarlatina 3B 36 • Pneumonia ........... Dropsy ....• .. .. ........... 38 33 Hooping Cough 29 33 Typhus 25 30 Small Pox Disease of the Heart Measles l9 24 Apoplexy Diseases of the Brain lO 10 Diarrhoea.. .. Sudden Deaths ..... ..... ... 16 15 DISTRICTS. Deaths Weekly Births in Average of in the Week. Five Years. the Week. West North 225 176 244 Central East 219 209 293 South Total ........ . 1112 963 1256 BATHS AND RECREATION FUND AT BIRMINGHAM. —We feel pleasure in announcing that the Birmingham Banking Company have given the liberal donation of 2001. towards the fund, which now amounts to I,oool.—Ten Towns Messenger. _ . • _ - - RACE BETTING.—In the Palace Court, on Friday morning, an action, Cooke v. Freeman, was brought, to_re cover the sum of 25/., being a bet lost on the issue 'of the race for the Derby. It appeared that the plaintiff is a painter, and the defendant a butcher in Titchfield-street, and he betted the field against Running Rein, Orlando, and Ratan, and in consequence of the dispute as to which was the win ning horse, he refused to pay the bet. Counsel for plaintiff said the difficulty which had arisen was, whether the plaintiff ought to claim on Running Rein as being the first horse in, or on Orlando, who, it had been decided, was the winner. The whole of the facts were stated in the declaration. The Judge said there was no necessity for them to try that point ; they had claimed on Orlando; the only point to prove was the making of the bet. A witness gave evidence of this fact, and that Running Rein and Orlando were the first two horses in. The jury found a verdict for the amount claimed. THE PROPOSED GRANT TO MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.— On Friday evening a meeting was held at the new Infant Schpol, Union-street, Borough, for the purpose of opposing the proposed grant of 28,000/. to Maynooth College. The school-room in which the meeting was held was densely crowded, principally by the working classes, who appeared to take a deep interest in the proceedings. J. P. Plumptre, M.P., presided, and on the platform were the Rev. W. Curling, the Rev. 11. Christmas, Joseph Payne, Esq., Deputy Coroner for London and Southwark, J. Lord, Esl., &c. The Hon. Chairman, in opening the proceedings, briefly adverted to his opposition to the previous grant which had been made to Maynooth College. To every right thinking Protestant, whether of the Church of England or a Dissenter, the proposal to augment the grant to 28,0001. would be heard with regret. The Rev. Henry Christmas, of Vera- Chapel, Lambeth, in a temperate speech, moved the first resolution to the effect, " That the proposed grant to Maynooth was most unjust, tending to diminish thespread of the Gospel, and the upholding of superstition and bigotry, by countenancing the teaching of doctrines adverse to the opinions of Protestant England, and that the present meet ing do all in their power to oppose such grant." The Rev. W. Curling, in a speech of upwards of an hour, denounced the conduct of Sir R. Peel in proposing such a grant, , an contended that the intention of Mr. Pitt, whe n t he first grant was made in 1;95, was merely to endow forthe tChoelleegdelicaattlidonnootf that it should be continued every yea r, lour hundred priests in the most pernicious of doctrines. On the motion of Mr. Lord (barrister), seconded by Mr. Joseph Payne, a petition was adopted to the House of Commons, praying the House not to agree to the proposed grant. Several other gentlemen having addressed th e m ee ti ng, a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, and the assembly iispersed. 1. Finance, or revenue and expenditure. 2. Occupations of the people, whether in agriculture, ma nufactures, or in any other way connected with the produc tive operations. 3. Commodities, whether they be of the growth of the soil, of the productions of mines, of fisheries, and of manufactures, or as regards the arts of wild and domestic animals, for their skins, ivory, horns, bones, flesh, oil, tallow, and far, —and 4. Commerce, or the interchange of raw and manufactured commodities. The last three can only be made equitably subservient to the first, so far as the obligations of the State justifies taxa tion ; no one of the three, viz., the occupations of the people, commodities, and commerce, should be taxed at the expense of the other. ESTERCHARGIN OF COMMODITIES. When the interchange of commodities, either raw or manufactured, between the inhabitants of a town or district, is subjected to no other restriction than its just proportion of the tax purely necessary to maintain its security, and its municipal order, and to defray the expense of erecting and supporting indispensable public buildings and institutions, we find, in that case, practical free trade existing, within such town or district, based upon a common interest, which each individual will, from personal interest, struggle to main tain in its peaceful course. A great nation is a great community, and all the nations of the earth, if the intercourse and trade between them were as free as between the individuals of a municipality, would then actually enjoy a peaceful and profitable system of com mon intercourse, based upon common interests, which it would be ruinous to any one of the nations concerned to disturb. The greater the commercial relations between the nations, the more disastrous would be the consequences of a war which would interrupt their reciprocity of interests. In pro portion as this commercial and reciprocal interest has been of long standing, and of great extent, the greater would be the securities for the maintenance of peace, and the more disastrous would be the calamity of continuing a war between two or more countries so circumstanced. All wars are more or loss detrimental to the production of wealth, but a suspension of intercourse with a nation in which England finds but a trifling demand for her manufactures, would be of minor consequence, provided such war did not interrupt our intercourse with countries whose trade was of important value. A suspension of intercourse, for example, between England and America, could, only with great loss to both, from the long duration and enormous extent of the intercourse, be possibly maintained. The sound principle of unrestricted international trade, although laid down long since by Adam Smith, in opposition to the more specious theory of Colbert, has in British legis lation only been practically attempted by the Government, during the first four years of Mr. Pitt's Administration, and during the time Mr. Huskisson was in power, and, afterwards, to a limited extent, by Lord Sydenham. The most extensive and liberal reform in the British Customs duties, since Mr. Pitt's tariff in 1787, is the iariff of 1842. In France, neither the Government nor the Legislature have admitted even the principle of free trade. Hence the limited commerce of that country with other nations, which, in regard to imports, is restricted, except by smuggling, nearly altogether to raw materials of the first necessity to her manufactures, as cotton, wool, raw silk, dye stuffs, &c. There was one remarkable, but brief exception to the generally un sound commercial legislation of France. That exception con sisted of the moderate duties on imports , into France from England, as embodied in Mr. Pitt's celebrated treaty signed at Versailles on the 26th of September, 1786.* A war of material interests, or more properly speaking, of material injuries —that is, a war of custom-houses or fiscal :fortsovith their garrisons of revenue officers and servants, Dias lotig• been declared and carried bg.-between• most Euro pean nations. This warfare of interesFs,_or injuries, has not ceased with the wars of bloodshed, and if we may ever expect security against a recurrence of the calamities attendant on, and consequent to, the latterOit will be in destroying the ele ments of tin former,—in short, by the extension of free trade between all nations. Prohibitions and high duties on imports were, as is well known, from an early period common to most countries. England and France, so often and so long at armed warfare, were, however, the first,. always excepting Spain, who, en a great scale, held up to Europe the example of a perni ciously maintained war of material injuries against the reci procal prosperity of both countries. England had her navi gation laws, prohibitions, and restrictions on importation, and bounties, before France had extensively established those pernicious regulations. In 1664, France, "in order to engage builders and merchants to construct French vessels, imposed a duty- of 50 sous (25.) per ton on all foreign ves sels." In 1687, the war of material injuries—that directed against the importation of foreign commodities, including all manufactures, was, as a principle, fully established by France. Austria, but not until 100 years afterwards, followed the ex ample, and on the same specious grounds—viz., to force the creation and prosperity of home manufactures by excluding those of foreign States. In the history of Europe we cannot discover a sove reignty, great or insignificant, that has not maintained its war of material injuries against its neighbours, during the usually considered state of peace, as well as when engaged in armed hostilities. Germany, in her history, exhibits amply, from is most early period until within the last few years, the ruinous modes of levying taxes. There is scarcel' an old castle in the empire that can be 'viewed, in the choice of its position, otherwise than as a toll-house, and prison, as well as a place of defence. The capital of Bavaria owes the origin of its detestable situation, and worse climate, to a quarrel between a Duke of Suabia and a neighbouring Prince-Bishop, respecting the toll on, and monopoly of, salt claimed by the former. The Duke, to put an end to the chief business of the Bishop--that of smuggling salt—built a'strong castle on the banks of the Isaar. This protection occasioned a town to grow up around the castle; and the consequence has been, that one of the most classically built cities of Europe is cursed with a climate and situation worse than that of St. I'utersburgh. Afterwards, each petty German sovereign established aline of customs officers around his frontiers to levy taxes upon commodities. Intercourse between one State and another was consequently subjected to great expense and inconveni ence, industry was crippled, competition smothered, and the revenue itself gained but little, owing to the expense and the corruption of collection. The war of material injuries between one German State and another has now, however, nearly ceased. " The great Germanic Union of Customs," says Dir. Loehr, " which for ten years appeared impracticable, was at last accomplished by means of that constant persevering German spirit which pervades and rules over our country—found as well in her enlightened Ministers as in the known gratitude of her faithful people. Thus, within themselves, free-trading in - terest now unites 28,000,000 from the Baltic Sea to the Alps." So much for the tariff and regulations of this ex traordinary union of material interests which has destroyed all the barriers to commercial intercourse, from the fron tiers of France and Belgium to those of Russia and Austria. There is no theory probably more flattering to Princes and statesmen, or to a whole nation, than to institute mea sures which hold out independence of all other nations by pro ducing and manufacturing at home all that is considered necessary and luxurious. It was easy to win a Prince and people to adopithe application if so very plausible a theaoy. Louis XIV., by revoking the Edict of S'antes, nearly ruined all leading manufactures in France, and at the same time furnished England with the most skilful French artisans. To revive the manufactures destroyed by Louis, M. Colbert, one of the most honest and patriotic Ministers of whom France can boast, directed his stedfast attention ; but unfortunately , for his country, he became dazzled with the fallacious prin ciple of forcing home manufactures by premiums, and by im posing duties on those of other countries. He encouraged, by large bounties, manufacturers to settle in France ; he pro tected them by the most despotic laws, without ever consi dering that he was taxing the many for the benefit of the few—that he was destroying that competition which creates cheapness and perfection in manufactures, and that his bounties and dutiest were taxes on the whole commutnity, and especially on the agriculturists. To encourage the French West Indian trade he paid a premium out of the na tional treasury of 30 francs per ton upon goods exported, and 50 per cent. upon every ton imported from these colonies. He also established large bounties, which were imitated by England, on the fisheries. His system became exceedingly popular; its promised grandeur flattered national vanity; and neither the Prince, nor the people, nor M. Culbert him. self, understood its fallacy. "I'V'e will hereafter show how fully it has been persevered in down to this day, notwith standing the changes towards liberal principles of commer cial legislation which have been boasted of both by the French and English press. England had, under William 111., who carried over and bequeathed to us the funding system, declared the French trade a nuisance, and laid a discriminating duty of 33f the cent. higher duty on French silks and cambrics than turaw, duty imposed on those of Holland. This was pleaded by the French economists as a full justificationlna of tbtj war of prohibition declared against English fabrics. The latter, it is true, continued to thrive, and it soon became a favourite argument, urged until this day, among the conti nental advocates of high duties on, or the , prohibition of foreign manufactures, that Englan d, m manufactures, con t . merce, and wealth, owed her prosperity to her legislati on resticting or prohibiting the importation of foreign manu- factures. They either did not understand, or would not admit, that England attained her_ prosperity,notl? y the aid, but in de fiance, of her illiberal commercial system ; that England owed her wealth and power, and even her liberty, to her geographical position; to her many commanding harbours ,• to the vast power of production yielded by her mines of coal and iron interstratifled, and conveniently di s p ose d f or c h eap use and transport ; mid to the enterprising and industrious character of her people. England also escaped, on her own soil, the perpetual wars which devastated and prevented the manufacturing industry of the continental States of Europe; awl. although her taxation and her public debt have been carried to an incredible height, and her people compelled to pay far higher for maintaining existence than those of any other country, yet her earlier invention of more perfect ma chinery, especially of the steam-engine and the spinning jenny, and other circumstances which existed during war, enabled her, in defiance of Napoleon's wars and decrees— in spite of high taxation and dear food, to enrich herself so far as to bear all her war burdens. Her people were enabled to do all this, and to pay those high prices for bread and butchers' meat, which served to yield high rents to the land - lords of the United Kingdom; not by restrictive legislation, I but by a profitable carrying trade, and by throwing her manufactures with great gain into all the markets of the world while the industry of other countries was paralysed, by the insecurity occasioned by desolating invasions. In time of war the harbours of England gave her-military and commercial fleets an incalculable advantage over those of continental Europe. Lying west of the continent, the prevailing winds, which prevented foreign ships from putting tosea, enabled those of the east coasts of Britain and Ireland - to leavd their ports ; those of tte west coasts-being at the same time safe from their position, as well as from the pro tection of our ships of war, cruizing in, and off, the entrance of the English and Irish Channels. Thus, while the nations of the Continent were disturbed in all their industrious pur suits, Great Britain enjoyed, from her geographical situation and commanding harbours, peace at home, and the oppor- tunity of supplying the rest of the world with her domestic fabrics and the produce of her colonies. In defiance of the Berlin and Milan decrees, our manufactures found their way into the heart of Germany and Italy ; while, even in France, we clothed the soldiers of Napoleon ! Thus, although taxed beyond all possible calculation of endurance, the natural ad vantages of England, and the enterprise of her people, enabled her to withstand, in magnificent splendour, the convulsions that shook the Continent to its foundation. Peace fur nearly thirty years has, however,, transfofined the destructive pursuits of must of the Continental nations, into occupations of productive industry. The great bulk of their population have, since the year 1814, been engaged generally in agriculture and grazing. Those employed in manufactures have therefore been enabled to maintain life at a lower cost than in a country circumstanced like England. The commercial laws of England, France, and, somewhat later, of Austria, hav e b een t h e most unsound that the spirit and principle of restriction could well devise. Those of Ger many, formerly liberal, are now highly restrictive. Those of Spain were tyrannical, and at the same thee unsound and ab surd. Those of Portugal inconsistent and capricious. Russia much later adopted the restrictive system; Sweden and Den mark followed the example. The Italian States, with the exception of Rome and Naples; have generally imposed moderate duties. Holland has, since the peace of 1814, and while connected with Belgium, departed from a more free system than that of any other European country, with the exception of Turkey, in regard to the import trade. The present tariff of imports duties in Holland, notwithstanding the high taxation in other respects of that kingdom, is the most liberal in all Europe. The United States of America have lately agreed to a most restrictive tariff, which cannot, if persevered in, but be ruinous to their fiscal, agricultural, and commercial interests. The South American States appear to he governed by the same spirit as that which dictated the commercial policy of Spain. o The Revolution annulled, at the same these, this treaty and Its liberal principles of eommerce and navigation. It is by far the most remarkable commercial treaty on record. According to its stipula tions " the subjects and inhabitants of the respective dominions of the two Sovereigns shall have liberty freely and securely, without ' license or passport, general or special, by land or by sea, or in any other way, to enter into the kingdoms, dominions, provinces, coun ties, islands, cities, villages, towns walled or unwalled, fortified or unfortitled, ports or territories whatsoever, situate in Europe, of the two Sovereigns, and to return from thence, remain there, or puss through the same, and therein to buy and purchase all things neces sary for their subsistence or use, and •they shall mutually be treated with all kindness and favour. Provided, however, that in all these matters they conform themselves to the laws and statutes." Tho same freedom was extended to ships and merchandise. The duties to be paid on French commodities in England were rated as fol lows :—Wines, no higher duties than on those of Portugal. (In Ire land uo more than the nominal duties then paid on foreign. wines.) Vinegar, less than half the previous duty ; olive oil, the lowest duty paid by the most favoured nation ; brandy, 7s. per gallon. The fol lowing duties were to be lev.ed reciprocally in both kingdoms, viz.:— Hardwares and cutlery of all kinds, and of whatever metals, eabinet wares, furniture, turnery, &c., not higher than 10 per cent. ad ra/o rem ; cotton and woollen manufactures of all kinds (except mixed with silk) 12 per cent.; gauzes of all sorts, 10 per cent.; linens, same duties as linens from Holland; saddlery, la per cent ; millinery, 12 per cent. ; plate and glass wares, porcelain and earthenware, 12 per cent. f 7d. Colbort, however, did not establish the system of prohibition, and the duties he imposed on imports never reached the maximum or 10 per cent. ad valorem. (To be continued.) ___ (From the Times There are good reasons for believing that the present re ductions are only the steps to a more comprehensive plan now under contemplation. The Premier almost violated his Parliamentary reserve by an excessive anxiety to guard it, and told the House he would intimate what tax is to come next for reduction but for the serious mercantile inconveni ences such a knowledge might occasion. A far more impel.- tent and specific disclosure, however, now lies before us in the shape of a document originally designed for the peculiar di rection of those in the Ministerial confidence, but a por tion of which we publish to-day. It is an essay on " Corn mercial and Financial Legislation," wisich, though in perfect keeping with the " financial statement" of Friday, is a very bold and ample development. With the assurance that there was the most absolute agreement on those questions between Sir Robert Peel and the late Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and without the least hint of any discordant voice in the Cabinet, we have no alternative but to read in the document before us the ultimate intentions of the present Ministry, as far as they have been reduced to tangible form, and as tar as circumstances seem likely to admit of their execution. We have only space this day to give to our readers the two first introductory papers. Their style is compendious and suggestive, but there can be no mistake as to their drift. The freest possible exchange of commodities, and the imposition of taxes only for revenue, are made the basis of a scheme which we think it due to the financial acts of the Ministry to publish even in its present imperfect shape. The writer, after reviewing the whole existing system, and sug gesting what reductions and alterations are possible under the circumstances of the nation, arrives at a conclusion of which it will be sufficient to mention only the boldest fea tures. He offers us the alternative of dispensing with all the assessed taxes, the stamps en marine and fire insurances, and all the excise, excepting the duties on licenses, spirits, and malt, together with a great reduction in the customs, and making up the deficiency with a tax of about five per cent. on all "realised property." Or, Tetaining the assessed taxes, and making up what, in that case, would be a less deficiency, with a like property-tax of three per cent. It is superfluous to observe that there is no real objection to such a scheme, except what the altered circumstances of the country may possibly interpose. THE WESLEY ANS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l am not one of those who object to any person's mode or form of religion ; but I have a very great objection to inconsistency, and especially religious inconsistency. The Wesleyans appear to me to be the very essence of inconsis tency. They are not of the Church and yet are of the Church, and how this is to be reconciled with reason I cannot say. They make a practice, too, of attending church, diffe rent Dissenting places of worship, and are secretary and trea surer for each and all those sects of religionists. How is all this to be reconciled ? To me it looks like " cock and hen" religion, alias pounds, shillings, and pence worship.—Your obedient servant, February 18, 1845. A LOVER OF CONSISTENCY. A correspondent informs us, that in bringing for• ward the budget of 1838, M r . S pring Ri ce, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated that between the sth of April, 1843, and the sth of April, 1846, there would expire terminable annuities for years amounting to 207,6991. This is an item not to be lost sight of when the question of prospective tax ation is so much under consideration, and when all men are endeavouring to form a just estimate of the strength of the national resources. By the payment to the South Sea Guarantee Fund of 222,2104, an annual charge of above 8,0001. will cease from the sth of January last.— Times. The office of Lord Warden of the New Forest, vacant by the death of the Right Hon. W. Sturges Bourne, has been conferred by her Majesty upon his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. ' Several of the French provincial journals contain accounts of persons found dead on the roads from the effects of the severe cold, and of the ravages of wolves. The Courrier de la Drome states that near Fay-le-Froid sev eral houses were crushed by the weight of the snow which had fallen upon them, and whole families killed, and that a young girl and two children had been devoured by wolves. A similar catas trophe is said to have occurred near St. Bonnet. SELF-MUTILATION.—A somewhat extraordinary act of self-mutilation took place in Aberdeen Gaol on Mon day night. A person of the name of William Fentie, jun., rum New Deer, who ha., been indicted to stand his trial at the ensuing Circuit Court of Justiciary on a charge of sheep ' stealing, while in the act of cutting oakum with a small hatchet, most unaccountably laid his hand upon the block on which he was doing so, and snapped it off by the wrist. No reason that we have heard can be assigned for his doing so. Fentie, it appears, never seemed to feel the pain come• quent upon the act, and his arm having been immediately dressed,he is now doing well.--...4ber&en Paper. THE METROPOLITAN SOCIETY OF OMNIBUS DRIVERS.—CS Friday a very numerous meeting of pro prietors, drivers, and others connected with metropolitan stage carriages, was held at th e Wheatsheaf Tavern, -Hand court, Holborn, to take into consideration the policy of form ing a Society having for its object the protection and benefit of drivers of omnibuses, and other stage carriages. Robert Allen, Esq., standing counsel for the Licensed Victuallers' Society, stated the objects of the proposed Society to be the creation of a fund that would assist the omnibus driver, or driver of any other metropolitan stage carriage, in sickness, to build alms-houses for them in adversity or old age, to pen sion their widows, and clothe and educate their orphan children. The Association had also another object in view, that• of providing each driver with the best legal advice in all cases where the offence was not wilful. It was stated that there are 10,000 stage carriage drivers in London alone. The meeting then proceeded to elect the necessary officers of the Society. The Gazette of Silesia imrn a e n n n se ou p n re e p e ua s rnat th tdio a en t ,k th efso e sre lt hthoo u edf s en s : i i a: aset Government is making eampaign in the Caucasus, and th a t Co obtained from the E ng lish m br ean ov s er s n h m a e ll nt he th t e ake m n os t t o p p o re si N t .e iN ti ve t assurances that all possible assistance ouT b eing o r SESSION received (SCOTLAND 6 y tb e rebe lsf . r — om A E re ng t l u an nl d. C number of causes instituted been presented utedanddecided into ParliamenttheCourtof. n Session, from the I st day of January , 1844 , to the Ist o f has just order of the hou se o f C ommons, pur sajuaadn printeda r n u tto ' the lB4 A hs, y c t William IV., c a p. 69. There app ear to be five Lords Ordinary--Lord Cunninghame, Lord Murray, Lord Ivory, Lord W oo d , and Lord Robertson. In the " outer house," as it is called, the number of causes enrolled for the first time before all the Lords Ordinary amounted to 1,457, the number of decrees in absence to 476 ; the number of final judgments pro nounced in litigated causes to 800, of which 267 were pronounced by Lord Cunninghame, 25 by Lord Murray, 73 by Lord Ivory, 229 by Lord Wood, and 206 by Lord Robertson. The total number of causes ready for de bate but not heard amounts to 94, and the total of causes ad avizandum to 18. In the " inner house" the number of reclaiming notes presented against judgments of Lords Ordinary in the course of the same year amounted to 289, viz., 207 in the first, and 82 in the second division. The number of incidental and summary applications presented during the same period amounted, in the first division, to 580, of which 558 passed as matters of form ; and in the second division to 362, of which 330 passed as matters of form. The number of final judgments pronounced in litigated causes, without the intervention of a ju r y, amounte d to 122 and 96 in each division respectively. The number of causes tried by jury to 25 and 23 respectively. The number of causes ready for judgment on hearing coun sel or otherwise amount, in the first division, to 59, of which 19 are to be tried by jury ; and in the second di vision, to 34, of which 15 are to be tried by jury. VENEZUELA SUGAR.—A return has just been pre sented to the House of Oommons, stating the quantity of sugar which has been admitted c. litte2, a dBfort the hm rateecons of um u p s ti . onperuncwdter. the 7th and Bth and 5 per cent., between the sth July, 1844, and the latest period to which it could be made up. It appears th at t h e t o t a l amount is 11 cwt. 2 qrs. 1311 as. of sugar, all of which is the produce of Venezuela. 4 I DRAWING-ROOM CLOCKS. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, No. 9, Cornhill, 4 • eN . ondon, opposite the Bank of England, invite attention to CLoea n a d id variety of Rosewood, China, Bronze, and Ormolu l'neeiaLt t hey go for eight days, and strike the hours and half hours. Wards. a . " - Guineas, Seven Guineas, and Ten Guineas each, and up- Performance is warranted. SlateaantPhlet, with detailed lists of prices, and illustrated with '. may be had on application, grati ~ or sent to all parts of Cres t !!saw n and Ireland, postage free, in answer to a paid letter. bAVIES'S Extra-fine WAX MOULDS, 6d. ?Merit Pe a r lb. ; Candles, sd. ; Botanic Wax Candles, Is ; Ogleby's 41.6 a aAI• equal to Sperm, ss. per gallon ; Vegetable Oil, I bis • s e . 'Perm, 7s. 6d.; Solar, 3s. 6d ; German Wax, Is. 2d. per lb.; em," az, ls. sd. ; Genuine Sperm, 2s. ; Transparent, 2s. ; liaKate Wax, 2s. 3d. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 52s ~ and 58s. per Palm, . , 4 . 72, Mottled, 60 s. and 645. • Windsor, ls. 4d. per Packet ; ith t jat_ Brown Windsor. Is. 9 ' d. ; Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Seal • sh:B3:44a 6d• ; Hales or Price's Composite, 10d. ; Vauxhall C= po '?or 0 -* the s4 .". , u, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Mar ' s ii ,,,•---.1„....' a •oPaosite Slaughter's Coffee-house. jbIIIIRGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES. aa„Zarehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. tisaaa'• B URGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en take"' Made by many persons to impose a spurious article for their publi c a f eel it incumbent on them to request the attention of the mes e , aat lltrrchasing what they conceive to be the anginal to ob ra , "le Nanae and Address correspond with the above. The gene eaarapPearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un taaaod ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following talth o „ n ! - Sorne are In appearance at first sight, " the genuine,' but , and '„` lame or address • some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies, ' ana,°alers " Bul•giss's ; "' and many more without address. John 4 -gess .. aim s , and Son, having been many years honoured with such dihs kba, a e d Probatin, feel eve sentiment of rspect owacds e Pesch, andsearnestly solicit them to inspect the e labels t previous t to a4ll4: i ng what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope km ,' •e „nt Many disappointments. treat - ,,,,,a55' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such trised"tafaction continues to be prepared by them, and is recoils tilraae:" a moat useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all 'Sta ra , -D ' is e. 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy.steps, London. ilss•-.............. The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. 0 ALL tv.. C ONSUMERS OF TEAS AND COFFEES THROUGH OUT THE UNITED KINGDOM. 1: 11 E BRITISH HONG-KONG TEA COM- P'lls .. " ANY inform the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Families iadae•.le that in addition to their large Wholesale business, they ki 4i n " opened those extensive and commodious Premises, Nos. 12, 4 N ICHOLAS-LANE KING WILLIAM-BTREET, CITY, trnin ee h lasale and Retail Establishment, for the supply of none but kale ant i superior class Teas and Coffees, at an unprecedented In esti fpront. taaaat,nsequence of the enormous quantity of spurious trash now ilie - ara under the name:of Tea, there never was a period when is• 'alba -or., e r equired, with a view to both Health and Economy, to be th eir rcarefid in the selection of this important article, and more upon Pre ' la rd against advertisers at extremely low prices. h ale to their lona experience in all branches of the Tea and Coffee t a hey 'lithe ex tensiceness of their transactions, and the arrangements asffe e a " ,a made for securing the choicest growths of Teas t and ~'s sraoaate butch w orlroduces, the Company feel confident that nothing aatroaautg• trial of their pretensions, to ensure them that 7ric ge i t will be their constant aim and highest ambition to Nahe a - a allasa cmt aanY invite attention to their EXPLANATORY e t Taa'aET, containing a full description of all the various sorts It e '-'' a nd Coffees imported, and sold by the Company, with prices, a:a/latch will be sent Post Free, on being applied for ; but the fol -*lt are c onfidently recommended. tlem BLACK TEAS. s. d. a. d. Did as efillCongou .• • ••• •• • b itt o, brisk an d strong•• ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 3 8 gat o st rong Pekoe flavour ................4 0 to 4 8 Tlia-cnta COMPANY est Lapsang.... •.• • • • 4 Bto 5 6 a S SoIiQUA MIXTURE.. 5 6 Sold in quarter, half, and Ilb. Catties. e ta* GREEN TEAS. s. d. a. d. lai ty) e Twankay. •••• • • • -•• •••• • • • • .... 3 6 4 8 • , 4,,,._ , curled leaf, to fine Hyson Kinds ••• • .. 4 0 to ai r i Z a tt s• good to fl , .est • • li n ,`:al Gunpowders, good to finest bright, Ri au ` a f lavour.. ...... .... ................ 5 0 to 5 6 l ?eaf . Gunpowders, good to superfine k0, a e an....... ... ...................... 5 6 to 7 0 tes, 'arl'taa, • • e l ,. e er b. COFFEES.-These may be had at E ssfi L pa , ic s, from Is. eaat piaaa, The Company recommend good C a 0-a e at ; aalla R ap, TATION CEYLON, Is. 441. ; FINE JAMAICA, JAVA, - "tate. "'a and LA GUAYRA, at Is. 6d. ; FINE CUBA, or • . •at le. iid. ; FINEST JAMAICA, or MOCHA, at 2s. per lb. Te e m by A Terms-Cash. p, al; a - - ost will receive immediate attention. ia t t l etuae ' ar ta of the metropolis and the environs, goods will be , lea, tit delivered by the. Company's Vans. Parcels, containing I, 4 aess a an 7lbs. of Tea, will be meet, through the Company's con -143.,4ai11'ai-rriage free, to all parts of England and Wales, and the 'wee illy of Scotland ' and Ireland. Purchasers of 301bs. will be . :11 , a overweight. ti P. •n 0 ,,, -. ' E RFEC'f SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. A 'lleiL l , e material RIPPON and BURTON offer to the Public has Is a l t sa tries a % te n years been found equal to silver in appearance and %gra e;,,.,.., -nt i superior to it in durability. Of the prices of tea-sets, ‘4-"alesticks, and all articles hitherto made in silver, a detailed ' w ith engravings, will be sent (gratis) post free. !sho e Fiddle Threaded Victoria d SPoo Pattern. Pattern. Pattern. a a t ate,. ns end Forks, Rill size, per cell ( la: • • ...................... 12s. Od. 28s. Od. 30s. Od. %As a do. • do. •do• • • ... 10s. Od. 21s. Od. 255. Od. Pdo, do. do.. •• .. ss. Od. 11s. Od. 12s. Od. 1..; - ha. do. do •.• • • • 3s. Oil . 6s. Od. 7s. Od. s „ Th iNl ' tll S, STOVES, and FIRE IRONS. uitzs a i; 'arrest assortment of Stoves and Fenders in the world is a ll' .4 1tr - at BIPPON and BURTON'S extensive warehouses, 39, t4e b ta beat, coaster of Newman-street oust removed from Wells ~ ' a re , air aaarnamente from 60s. ; rich bronzed scroll ditto, s. wit c h . I.:11 ;`' and d l - a•-• f al• ; iron •• fenders, 3 feet, 4s. 6d.j 4 feet, 6 ; d loht i nh e ,, lotted with standards, 3 feet, 9s. ; 4 feet, lls • wrought dit to arobr,enders 3 feet, 4s. 6d. ; 4 feet, 6s. ; bright ' register stoves, WitC„ftaments ad two sets of bars, from 5 guineas ; ditto, 4 taiar st a , a wadu ornaments, front 91. 10s. ; black dining-roo , m , f ribalal..all• 2 feet, 20s. ; 3 feet, 30s. ; bed room register stores, „ats - ; 'he • 1 . 2‘ ; , f eet• 245. The new economical Thermic. stove, with Maas. 84 Z u ating hearthpiate, from 81. ss. ; fire-irons for cham veal': • affta'' r ,seta handsome ditto, with cut head, 6s. Gd. ; newest Sh i ' k rn, a o e tegant bronzed heads, I Is. A variety of lire-irons, „still:a al fa and richly -cut heads' at proportionate prices. Any N a the aaT e 'aidng ironmongery, 30 per cent. under any other house, 't. -i N u 4 ' and variety of the stock is without any equal. The a te : t i, a lui rti ad for every article not approved of. Detailed w ca eu a s : ) l aak en i‘ t ai v illga. sent (per post) free. Established (in tt t AIIT ki k , , t , lief BURN Ac.-Certain and immediate paalea-Y the in the hours ' of bUsiness, by night, or on a journey, is N,, a ad - pa lsu re Alkaline Preparations - of 81-CARBONATE of It 'fees-„ ASS compressed into Pills by Brockeden's Patent 1-4 a 4 4 .. ' furnish an ever ready and instant remedy te those a kiPloe a a's of the digestive organs, Heartburn, Sick-headache, • !hill w ilt • ear • atoduced-by Acidity. g alli a bei a ti , e 10 7-Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street; and by Pt: i ' l e 14;,, a IT Druggist in the United Kingdom. Price One U tilt or i n Family Roxes..Half-a-Crown. t till s • P ROLT, 229, STRAND, LONDON. • Doncaster, September 26th, 1844. t4tla. f t ia t.thh ii at e th r° , l , l . °% ;;l ii nar Particulars have been handed to us with a , cation' .,lit be forwarded to you, _wi c tia s peam t. ission for 4 - tti zatt 4 You should deem ß th i nl o w K o E rt a lZ i Co.,C Doncaster. th e tb atiZl far t i l ; e li b r d e a_r a leY• residing 3• in Duke•street, Doncaster, aged le Del la % he r bed Y• was severely afflicted with Rheumatism, and Apo (l a rto e a for a period of nearly two months, with scarcely tea t eS of il : her arm ; she was signally benefited r fter taking te l 'ac a l two 41 1t's GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and after Aa o als ' Q at te a . '" was quite recovered." Ilt, Itvalt4hieent testanonial is a further proof of the great efficacy lih N l ite ll ,, a araat• Me dicine, which is the most effective remedy for ,etia„aPa e , Isnl• Sciatica, Lumbago, Tic Doloroux, Pains in the tat a 'tie e a .. , often mistaken for tooth-ache, and for all Gouty and ealtla'lari g l .'"' a jkncies. tai' a , ta ;Pa, sei e l , f ut to have permission to refer to the following alo - ki • 'a come' nom a multitude of others, whose station in t oc - aha r aJ, yta r lhated to advance this popular medicine in public ii 'rfe t ' i er'ss ; t he . - a l i, and all• Esq., Coroner, Doncaster; the Rev. Dr. A ale, .aa stf aeevalier de la Garde ; Mr. Miskin, brewer and la k , r s. too" 'sal ; Mr. Richard Stone, Luton ; John J. Giles, Esq., . tto„ t reeeta, say, ona _ ilw . o od, Perbright ; William Courtenay, Esq., Att • i 4 atoaled b ens lover Railway Station, Hants. ; all of whom e,,alesa th e art fit .„ I " by taking this medicine, and have allowed the It.alla b, 'a 2 ge of publishing the same for the benefit of the Vat b' 'rh on , _ M o t% I . e . as rrout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint tiaalk aaa• pa'Deetable _Medicine Vedors throughout the United i rth a ti ata: t teSasp 2 a s a, 9 d• Per box. C "tisea and - ' GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe taiia-at ape address of a Thomas Pron . t, 229, Strand, London," ila a ' ted,;:lbethe Government Stamp affixed to each box of the an A a lox. 1., A L s t°l., THE GUARDIANS GP *ENT, DEVON. ' 1 4'4 f '''' SCORBUTIC DROPS. th. (4 ., A gun Nth. - Attp,' , re e , ,••E CURE FOR BAD LEGS. 11,2 1 14 1 ,;* 1 1 Of tr nag excited so much interest, that the Guardians Lae a th e !to th e ant, Devon, have considered it their duty to sign ato, ° ..f eaa n dessiZ e rnPanying important declaration :-- i ung t at'ath4lbaa*:laneitione•rsos le e mnly declare that before Tho mas eo l rbutic ' Y cOveroeuld aot:re he 10:eitarall m w e i n t c h ed larg taki e n r g unning wounds (some t tsalPat g ad ua n a a t _,a Person might have laid his flst in them) ; that Itsbaed t o 1 1 1 ' co otin ' a a the first aottle he noticed an improvement. sa d as fa h ealth Lung them for some time, he got completely c at hal rts of _ after everything else had failed. He had tried a t air 3,, pre of before taking " Halse's Scorbutic Drops," to Za," hate hoot ,I n s Il'oM the most celebrated physicians in this also ' lith,a v e so e o „al -• .. 1• , i ving the least benefit " Halse's Scorbutic ro o Ne l ,, e tl in r as . l%; . 're . ,..teiY cured him, and he is now enabled to attend ,i to t , thig p,:* West man in our parish. From other cures . • ria sit ted k g, nota, rongly recommend '' lialse's Scorbutic pite a'a Jui n , ,a,af the public. Justin Pe „aailott, seta, Lord of the Manor, John Manning, al;ale at4l943.4ettrY Goodman, Arthur Langworthy. ti t ko aste kl 4 l i h o i r s i te r n k t w on tiae a te Them a , Ronne was quite incapable of doing ad °Lind er before he commenced taking these Drops. p a kte n. be h e , Were so large • tjaa s , • iki illug and. that it was most awful to look at gat t hy , ao eed, the Pain of the wounds generally were most t e •ts W th day a a l'°°r f ellow could be heard screeching by „a, altar, i ts red o night, night, for sleep was entirely out of the quee ah to th at ;la to Mere skin and bone, and daily continued to , UNITY was every then"rbability of his speedy death. toy it ea, arlaaattet from Nottingham Review" :- te4t , Q l lll a BLOOD THE CAUSE OF SCURVY, itt,iiitttlitt,43.ltatoni3iiiuAr, LEGS, &c. %Nth IN fa ith ,„,.._ g that so many persons should be content e e v a l ae at et th at La,' wounds in the legs, &c., when it is a well ari aW ins 11 , 41 " Scorbuti Drops' make the disease eN t v ebdo e ro aheiae tee su- . a No ous e ls better enabled to judge of g _Y: i or th e a,.,f9 et its effects on the bulk of the people v,, Itaa' s s but ree airn . " .. ate ; and as vendors of this medicine we can atiaa: kn o ,, a are hearit to our friends, for there is scarcely a w t ail, th e a t m pa rties .aalne e xtraordinary accounts of it ; indeed, bd aL iasta. as t sueoes who have tried other advertised medicines h whoa. 4e:celebrated; 4 44(1 yet on resorting to this preparation, a t abeta e llal e , Mama nalse's Scorbutic Dros ' the disease has set ait aalreet ar " e again say • ' bt' Dro s' " •J o ' •Igh nohowor L ana _ . . • Try Raise's Scor . ulc p. . khan, hi t na oh a l aal • Barclay and Con, Farringdon-street, -"It le. s are • ta 4 ' earnl'illirout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford and In --• ask corm .. King, Napier-street, Hoxton. P W Pints, palsies Scorbutic Drops." Price 2s. 9d. IN ' i LAND' u ning nearly six 2s. 9d. bottles for 1 is. • al a 'anis •Nsot,,,Lea,aby herStatoesMt ACASSAR OIL. H Z:ptttZlegjur„pe.the Royal Fai ni ) ;: r a li nd E til l e U se E t E e N rac S il ov • er ß eigns o l ir •`'. • anti P rqr ; 1 , It ar a e ,, ti , ant, a ., 4 It. rev, aßeh, tifyi n , Transparent Oil, in its pre:ervative, •t . eta lit, a s aria ,is unequalled ever the whole . 4,41 , !aka e iron, Nreproduces the hair, even at a late period of 044=94 la , ar ; haaaraB off or turning grey ; restores grey hair stll's, testi•a,• o taly, abrait from scurf and dandriff, and renders I the, and i t p reii n e nds, whersY. Facts abundantly proved by innu- tb att 4 ereal• a li k e I lea its virt ues eaten for inspection at the Pro a„ e sautes l er a use a , ea. unimpaired by the change of cli psat h St. p in tne frigid to the yrrid zone-from 4 in4 "ren it • eteraaurgh to those of Calcutta and the tiebt i ee :a latie4a leseciall N rer, liAt t hiC.. 7 1• i , ' l . 'ln ! l2 ' recommended as forming the basis 0, ' , ze " arnil , th:C4,2(4 1 a a ls. l' Bottle s ( I , ,4,,ark ‘'.. 4 , - iri t eb gen„, equal to four small los. 6d., and 4ite bv' Ole O W Lang bottle h' D'S s e th e r, , ad e n bottle .as the words RO %%LAN . 1.4 _ tea, per „early wo lines on the W apper ; and on "doh, and a il le times, containing .29 .--81ette.s. An, _. by acre WL AND and SON 26, Hatton . etilers ts aad Pet fuzners ' a'a Fladttl Counterfeits: I