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Pare —Fore Cabin and Seconl-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and pea ce ana the f° sl ' B re cep . e 1 lil d , to ies an u ,;f0 a .' b a ttle. ,„ r gory ° sons 100 3 on the Ili, generat e s; ll 1 - io have 13° p h i sicai would Arlo dignifY d I nentos dr! t the P . C) ;;We m ost r of beinglil rupti° ° ' en courag e t ;f, !d characa ' rights " i ' rn to per humall er. d ou r 0 1 . r °pie our P e „iiitL` trfinq' fury time 4 i, ancoallg hat w e n icri u" r be he in° First-class Carriage, Ninepence. Star Office, Gravesend, Aug. 28, 1844. CHILIAN LOAN.—Notice is hereby given, vv that in conformity with the terms of the contract of this loan, the sum of 7,424/. was set apart for the redemption of bonds within 6 lx Months from the 31st of March last, and the price of bonds being . 0 0re par, the undermentioned SEVENTY-TWO SPECIAL BONDS slave been drawn by lot, and will be PAID on the 30th of September Instant, together with the Interest due thereon. The holders of the Mid bonds are, therefore, required to present them with the coupons from the 30th of September, 1844, to the 30th of September, 1869, both ineltisiTe, attached, at the office of the agents of the loan, to receive the principal money and the interest. Tho amount of each compen which shall be found wanting will be deducted from the prin cipal of the bond at the time of payment. The bonds, with lists, must be left two clear days for examnatien, ♦nd forms of lists may be had on application. Number of the Bonds drawn, with their coupon letter and number : Bond Coupon Bond Coupon Bond Coupon Bond Coupon 628 (1 519 1552 A 645 2358 II 527 3006 L 170 7 32 T 372 1691 I 139 2394 M .59.5 3100 R 140 545 It 96 1777 0 208 2413 N 352 3433 V 190 10 17 0 82 1779 I 38 2746 M 366 3448 A 630 11 30 PI 106 1793 N 501 2620 H 211 3.532 0 183 1144 I 489 2191 I 523 2842 0 303 3690 B 159 1292 V 62 2259 R 415 2996 A 632 3708 V 630 . 3 901 E 160 5094 /I 138 6680 C 268 8142 C 718 4196 I 632 5302 A 612 6802 C I2G 8167 It 680 4236 B 5.53 5486 L 289 6825 0 370 8174 G 696 4401 A 279 6060 G 540 6832 E 513 8233 I 533 4449 II 338 6084 It 156 6865 T 350 8266 E 150 4460 L 410 6123 L 411 7007 R 324 8758 A 576 4602 A 716 6145 161 7114 V 244 8847 L 731 4649 C 253 6152 C 223 7251 L 722 9089 T 264 4949 I 465 6208 B 379 7634 (1 694 9140 G 339 4953 0 337 6392 A 389 7708 I 368 9186 C 160 4974 E 646 6453 Ii 255 7784 R 533 9304 0 235 GEORGE and ,TAMES BROWN and Co., Agents for Loan of Chill. 5, St. Mildrod's-court, Poultry, Sept. 13, 1844. No. 16,252. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING 5 SEPTEMBER 17, 1844. CHILIAN LOAN.—The FOURTH DIVI DEND due on this Loan on the 30th Inst. will ho PAID by :Messrs. George and James Brown and Co., the agents for the Loan, onllonday, the 30th of September, and on every succeeding Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The coupons, with lists, must be left two clear days for examination, and forms of lists may be obtained on application. S.B. In conformity with instructions from the Govern- Mont of Chill, the ag:nts hereby notify that they only engage to re tain the funds appropriated to the payment of the dividends for the Period of twelve months after they respectively become due, and that accordingly theywill not hold themselves responsible for the payment Of any coupons of the present dividend after the 30th of September, 184.5.—N0. 0, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, Sept. 14, 1844. V E by ,„ Ir , 5,C(' lon, PROSPECTUS OF THE G REAT WESTERN RAILWAY FROM DUBLIN TO MULLINGAR AND ATHLONE, (With a power of extension to Longford.) Proroted Capital of 750,0001., to be raised in 15,000 Shares of 501 each. Deposit, 2/. 10s. per share. No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription. PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. John Gaynor, Esq. James Hartley, Esq. Captain Hatton, M.P. James Digges La Touch; Esq. Sir James Mahon, Bart. R. More OTerrall, Esq., M.P. Colonel A. Perceval Thomas Richardson, Esq. Hugh M. Tuite, Esq., M.P. Joshua Watson, Esq. Lord Castlemaine The Lord Mayor Charles B. Baldwin, Esq., M.P. George A. Boyd, Esq. Joseph Cowper, Esq. James Daly, Esq, Lanicl Desmond, Esq. Fitzstephen French, Esq., M.P. Colonel Knox Gore, Lieutenant of Sligo Alderman Joseph Boyce John Ennis, Esq. Directors of the Robert R. Guinness, Esq. Dublin and Cashel James Perry, Esq. Railway. Charles Wye Williams, Esq. With power to add to their number. ENGINEER —Sir John Macneill, LL.D., F.R.S. BANKERS. The liank of Ireland, the Provincial Bank at Athlone, the Lon don and Dublin Bank at Mullingar ; Messrs. Glynn and Co., Lon don ; the Royal Bank, Liverpool; the Manchester and Salford rank, Manchester. PROVINCIAL IECRBTAIT. James Malley, Eq., 44, Upper Sackville-street. ABSTRACT OF TRAFFIC. Passengers, Parcels, Mails, tic. X54,862 Merchandise and Agricultural Produce Cattle and Lire Stock £95,499 Deduct annual Expenditure, 40 per cent. * Nett annual Income nearly 8/. per cent. per annum X 59,095 The proposed line of Railway is intended to diverge from the Dublin and Cashel Railway at or near Lucan (unless a more suit able terminus can be procured), running by or near the towns of Lcixlip, Ce'bridge, Maynooth, Kilcock, Enfield, Clonard, Kinne. bad, and Killucan, to Mullingar, and thence by Moate to Athlone, b eing a distance of 68 statute miles. The line of country has been carefully surveyed under the direc tions of Sir John Macneill, and, according to an estimate made by hit; the cost of construction, including the necessary outlay for stock, station-houses, &c., will not exceed 11,0001. a mile. The Provincial Committee are satisfied that the estimate of their "glueer will be sufficient, as well on account of his high profes. t i °nal character, and his completion of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway within the estimate, as also because the country is pe tbharly favourable for the construction of a railway, both as regards gradients and the total absence of tunnels, expensive embankments, 6? any other engineering difficulties. The town of Athlone, from its military station, its central position tbving the thoroughfare from Ballinasloe and the West of Ireland t g the metropolis), its situation on the River Shannon, where most e xtensive and important improvements are in progress, and from Whence no less than thirty towns can be reached by water commu hication makes it peculiarly adapted as a terminus for a Central Trunk. Railway, and fully justifies the conviction that a very large lateral traffic will tako place therefrom. Some idea may be formed of the general traffics of the districts em braced by the proposed railway by reference to the returns of the ( ;.,ral Companies for two years previous to March, 1844, from It h it appears that the number of passengers carried thereon ex ceeded 130,000, and the receipts (excluding altogether the coach and caravan traffic) amounted to near 30,0001. per annum, and the tolls for the same period amounted to 45,000/. per annum ; while the number of passengers travelling by the packet.boats on the Grand Canal increased from 54,000 in the year 1833, to 100,605 In t he year 1837 ; and on the same canal the tonnage increased from 17 9,173:in the year 1827, to 215,910 tons in the year 1837. A still greater Increase has taken place in the trade from the Shannon, as appears by the returns of the Inland Navigation Company, whose boats carried for the under.mentioned years : In 1826 2,004 Tons, 1830 11,270 1836 In estimating the passenger traffic, the Provisional Directors nave taken for their data the Railway Commissioners' Report, and their calculations have been principally founded on the returns therein. But with such information before them, chiefly of an ' , MOM nature, and having regard to the fact of there being, for several years past, conveyances on the line of the proposed railway c apable of transmitting upwards of 300 passengers daily from either t erminus, the Committee consider it reasonable to double the traffic ti Poll all species of passengers, and to add one.third for lateral e ''aitC; and these calculations are short of the actual fesult of rail. way statistics in England, or in this country, so far as the results are Yet known, The calculations respecting the cattle and merchandise traffic have been compiled from the Canal Returns, and those furnished 'Y sworn enumerators employed sometime since for the purpose, "d a considerable deduction bas been made as regards both species sr traffic, upon the assumption that the proposed railway would tot be used except for fat cattle, sheep, and pigs, intended for the Dublin and English markets, and for those articles which, from their value, would be likely to bear the expense of railway transit. Communications have been received from several of the most 'hfluential landowners along the proposed line of railway, who ar e most favourable to the undertaking, and have promised to tender it every support in their power. The necessary plans and surveys, with all other preliminary "tangements, will be ready so as to apply to Parliament for a Bill • incorporate the Compan, early in the ensuing session ; and 4 terest at the rate of 4/. per cent., will be allowed to subscribers, t i n their deposits, until the railway is completed. Applications for Shares and copies of the Prospectus to be made to the Provisional Secretary, 44, Upper Sackville- street, and the Dublin Brokers ; the Manager of the Provincial Bank, Athlone ; the Manager of the London and Dublin Bank, Mullingar ; Messrs. l 'atirence, Cazenove, and Pearce, London; Messrs. John Ilailton 4 ; 1 Sons, Manche.ter ; Mr. Samuel Wood, jun., Liverpool ; Mr. 'trees Pearson, Birmingham ; and Messrs. John Boyce ,and Co., Gl asgow. • The increase in the tra ffi c arising from Ballinasloe fa ir ma y be fairly estimated at 2,000/. per annum, the average number of stock sold there for three years previous to October, 1843, being—. adlack Cattle, 10,397 ; sheep, 69,426. CANDLE NOTORIETY. WS. HALE'S superb COMPOSITE CAN , DLES, 101 d. per lb., requiring no snuffing, on comparison I !'i trial are allowed to surpass all others of the present day for beauty . brilliancy of light. There is no patent for Composite Candles, e ther will those called patent burn so long a time by hours as t he .! waxed-wick tallow moulds, or is the light equal. for cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. `tin's-lane opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. PURLIC NOTICE. 43t, OXFORD-STREET. TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. Cri RDISTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the vices of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally re. m Mended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing disorders 6 cident to the Eyes and Head. 8 1011 T RESTORED !—NERVOUS HEADACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! Its By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! `' mode of application is fraught with pleasure; many thousand % ,;,eis have been accomplishd by its use, at a trifling expense, yet h t s'ain in its operation. It testimonies be necessary to induce the t,fferer to make trial, Kings, Lards, and Commons have used it. h.." 7 Lords of the 'I reasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Ma.. V` i es, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical cele ~ttetitioners—with that gigantic balance, the Press—have ulogised Mstone'scelebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as s " Grim. t c , -„ "', Eye Snuff" for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident t the Eyes a nd Head. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F.R . S. See J. B. Lach aeh4t rational blessing Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it )4hational blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The late Abernethy, with many others, recommend rimstone's Eye 14_1". and call it " Man's best Friend," and the "Students Vade a•cus n. ,, t - • Andrews also recommends its use as a preventive. See his fi ets in Nov. 1831. He states that the tenacious sympathy of the kohlbrane, within the nostrils, with the nervous system, that Grim.. 6, 4, e's Eye Snuff, when frequently taken, must be of the greatest ki7 . t efit to as t a preventativhe consumer ; and, further, recommends its universal u e. Thomas, of Hattield„havlng witnessed many cases both of Tache and ophthalmia, has kindly given his testimony thereof. e f ew of the ma GR ny IMSTONE'S thi usand TestEYEimoniS NUFF : als of Sight restored and iess cured by le W. Grimstone, Esq. "April 20th, 1144. th e tp &sear Sir,—l feel bound by a sense of ) taking t inform you of t h ; iraculous cure effected on myself by taking a few pin ches of t hth i _ar celebrated Gemstone's Eye Snuff; w hich. is my case, ought d . 2 .7! to be called Ear Snuff,' it having effectually relieved me from 4 ti lrrleise from which I have been suffering for many years. You r are sh 'lt) , to make any use you please of this communication, since 1 ere hot regret if the extraordinary qualities of your Eye Snuff e not universally known. ss " I am, dear Sir, your obedient servant. Branton Scotland. " MARGARET MACGREGOR. ,„` ran vouch for the truth of the foregoing fact; and statem ents. 'ar 8, 1614. " JAMES SHUTER, Kentbury, Seeks." G. vv M. Reynolds, editor of Chambers' London Journal, Sec.. am, Of excruciating pains, and can now write without spectacles 'sl taniford-street, Blacafriar's.road. i rarric F. Lespts, facing the church, Park-street, Wiedsor; cured " n „neba of sight and headache.-9th September, 1838, and 1813. Lachfield, Esq. ; cured of Ophthalmia. Whitehall and "-Lied House Tavern —See his letters, 18.18 and th e and the Caution—W. ORIMSTONE is the sole inventor, (n . lly genuine is prepared by him. N i l e ._ Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in at Si,s. 3d. 2s. Id., 4s. 4d., Ss., and 15s. yid. each, by the W."GRIMSTONE, at No. 434, Oxford-street, Totten /Old ;;",h,rt-road end (late of No. 2 9 , Broad-street, Bloomsbury), Dnhclthe Herbary, Highgate ; and can also be obtained in all the (4,,, t ral Towns and Cities. A liberal allowance to Shippers Ftleb r r ,; , ..captains, and all Vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This lye i i ,„".`vn binuff is shipped to all ouarters of the globe, and retains en ti t l ign qualities in every climate: All Snuffs and Cigars shipped At _ shore test notice. Ser ) di r 3 quantity can be forwarded thraugh the General Post, by S ' a aid g ::" 4 9 orders. At 2s. 4d. canicttr, with postage, will cost fi~BAcn in like proporion. A ItY ,HIGHGATE PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRALVN, wed a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. BANK OF ENGLAND, SEPT. 12, 1844. THE COURT OF DIRECTORS of the GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give Notice, that a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank, on THURSDAY next, the 19th inst., at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, to consider of a DIVIDEND.. This will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter, T HE HEPTAPRXMION FINE ART DISTRIBUTION. by dissolving nitrate of silver in ammonia, and pre cipitating the liquor by a slight excess of potash. If this substance be pressed by a hard body, while still in a moist state, it explodes with very great violence ; when dry, the touch of a feather is sufficient to cause it to fulminate. The explosion is occasioned by the reduction of oxide of silver to metallic silver by the combustion of its oxygen with the hydrogen of the ammonia, and the consequent evolution of nitrogen gas.—Athenaeum. tised by their forefathers, has been sanctioned and established by the laws of perhaps every civilised nation, and was recognised in that law which was given through the instrumentality of Moses to the Israelites; nor have we a right to refuse to share the benefits of commerce, and to cultivate feelings of kindness and good-will with other States employing slave-labour, in order to do away with slavery, or even to prevent an increase of their present sufferings, because it would be to do evil that good may conic of it. Mrs. PARKES begs to inform the Public that, by tho advice of Friends, and for the satisfaction of the Subscribers, she has fully authorised a COMMITTEE of GENTLEMEN to act for her in the General Management of her present scheme. The Public will be 'issued thereby of its being carried to successful termination on the 30th Instant. JOHN KNIGHT, Sec, EAST INDIA HOUSE, ArGusT_2, 1544, At a Meeting of the said Committee, held at 22, Golden-square, this day, WILLIAM UPCOTT, Esq., in the Chair, it was resolved to publish.the following Addreee : The COMMITTEE of the lIEPTAPR,EMION LOTTERY for the management of Mrs. PARKES'S Grand Scheme hereby gl ,- c notice, that they have consented to net for her interest, and as a guarantee to the Public for its duo fulfilment according to the Pro spectus as before published. They earnestly request all Persons Intending to subscribe to take Tickets immediately of her Agents, or at 22, Golden-square, where these celebrated Prizes of the BOWYEIS GALLERY are to be seen laity, and where descriptive Catalogues and Prospectuses are to be obtained. rrIIIE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST lI INDIA COMPANY, do hereby give notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will bo held at their House,-in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 25t11 Septembor next, at Eleven o'clock in ,he forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. DONCASTER RACES. LAST INDIA HOUSE, SEPTEMBER 4, 1844. T HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANT do hereby glue node•, That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of filo said COMPANY wit be held at their Mouse, lh Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 18th instant, for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors, for their ap probation, a Resolution passed unanimously by the Court of Direc tors, on th• 21st August, granting an annuity of One Thousand Pound, (1,0001.) to Major-General Sir William Nott, G.C.8., upon the ground, herein stated. The Report requireA by the By-law, cap. 9, sce. 3, together with the docements upon which the said Resolution has been formed, are open for the inspection of the Proprietors, et t pis House. J. D. DICKINSON, Deputy Secretary. The Committee particularly recommend the Subscribers to defer their selection of lingraTings, to which the Tickets entitle them, mull after the drawing, for the purpose of being enabled to choose from a larger number of finely-executed Plates than those already announced in the Prospectus. The Lottery must he drawn on the 30th instant, as that Is the last day allowed by Act of Parliament. (Signed) EDWARD PAGE, Secretary. September 11, 1844. CONVEYANCING. —A SOLICITOR, of seve ral years' practice, PREPARES CONVEYANCES on the fol lowing terms, •ix. :—Loases, 21. 10s.; Assignments, 2/. 2s. ; Bills of Sale, 11. 10s. ; Wills, Bonds, and Deeds In general, on equally mode rate terms. Purchasers of property at public auctions will find a saving of 50 per cent., and the title thoroughly investigated, by ap plying at the Offices, I, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. Letters for 11. M. attended to. Debts recovered, free of all charges to creditor, for a commission of 10 per cent. Unexceptionable references. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCB SOCIETY, 26, CORNIJILL, LONDON. Capital X. 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last anxual investigation, to declare a second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. . 1 ism , , , I ii 1 r -f' ~ , Bonus Bonus in go PY ~ K .. c il i f g Prenuam. 2 R added. Cash. ."6 &' .& O' i 0 M „.. ,2 Q g , £ £ s. d. L s. d. £ E. d. £ a. d. £ s. ds I 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 8 801000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 9 16 4 296 13 4 1839116 l6 0 51 511 711 9 247 4 5 I 3 IrISS CLARA SEYTON'S NEW ENTER AL TAINMENT. CROSBY HALL, BISHOPSGATE-STREET. Patron's:A by her Highness the Princess Sophia, and her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 17, MISS CLARA SEYTON has the honour to announce that, in consequence of the numbers who were unable to obtain admission on Tuesday last, she will repeat this Evening, Sept. 17, her LECTURE on ENGLISH COMIC OPERA, illustrated by favourite Songs, Headings, and Anecdotes with a Sketch of the Ancient Minstrels, Introducing Mr. T. Cook's new Minstrel Song, with harp accom paniments, composed expressly for Miss Clara Seyton. Pianoforte, Mr. W. Masters. Tickets 25., Reserved seats, 2s. Gd., to be had of the principal musts sellers, and at the Hall. Doors open at Half-past Seven. To commence at Eight precisely. N.B. It is respectfully announced that outstanding tickets will bo admitted. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. CAPTAIN WARNER'S EXPERIMENT having given rise to a general desire for information on the PROPERTIES of the EX PLOSIVE COMPOUNDS at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI TUTION, the EXPERIMENTS (so highly interesting) are continued with perfect safety, illustrative of Dr. RYAN'S POPULAR LEC TURE on EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS, every Afternoon at half-past Three o'clock, an in the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, at a Quarter before Nine o'clock. The varied Lectures of Professor RACHUOFFNER daily. The HYDRO-ELECTRIC MA CHINE, LONGROTTOM'S PHYSIOSOOPE, aid other original and beautiffil Optical Effects, &c., &c. Admission, le.; Schools, Half-price. EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS. CHLORIDE OF NITROGEN.—One of the most for midable and one of the most dangerous explosive corn pounds known to the chemist is a substance called chloride of nitrogen. It is so dangerous to handle that chemists have been contented to take for granted those powers assigned to it by its original discoverers. The examination of this substance caused its dis coverer, Dulong, a severe mutilation of his fingers and the loss of an eye, and Sir 11. Davy, who con tinued the experiment, was wounded in the eye by a sudden explosion. The greatest care should be taken in its preparation, the face should be protected by a sheet of iron gauze, and the hands by thick woollen gloves. For its preparation a glass vessel is filled with a not completely saturated solution of sal ammo niac in water, and inverted in a basin filled with the same solution. Chlorine is introduced into the bell, and is by degrees absorbed, the fluid at the same time receiving a yellow tinge. The formation of oily drops is perceived on the surface, which collect and sink to the bottom, forming a deep yellow oily liquid. This is chloride of nitrogen. At common temperatures the formation of it takes place but slowly, but when the solution of sal ammoniac in water is heated to 90 deg. Fahrenheit the action begins very quickly, and the operation is speedily completed. It explodes, producing a very loud detonation, at a temperature immediately below that of boiling water (212 deg. Fah.), shattering to pieces wood, glass, or iron. In order to show most simply, and in the least danger ous manner, the explosive powers of this compound, we may allow a drop of it to be sucked up by blotting paper, and on bringing it quickly to the light it will explode with a louder report than that of a rifle. In order to show its destructive properties we need only adduce the follow ing experiment :—lf we were to take a cup, set it on a piece of board on the floor, and drop a single drop of chloride of nitrogen into it, and cover it with water; the mixture, touched with a piece of hot iron, would explode, the cup be broken in pieces, the water thrown about, and the piece of the cup on which the chloride of nitrogen lay be driven deep into the board. The chloride of nitrogen is resolved into chlorine and nitrogen gases, the instantaneous production of which, accompanied by heat and light, is the cause of the vio lence of the explosion. It is, however, not always ne cessary to heat it to cause it to explode, for if we touch it with a stick, dipped into oil of turpentine or nut oil, with amber, myrrh, India-rubber, and a few other substances, the same will take place. A. compound analogous to this is iodide of ni trogen, which explodes with nearly as much vio lence as the chloride, but is more dangerous, because less governable. More powerful in its effects, and a little better known than chloride or iodide of nitrogen, is the fulminate of silver. It is prepared by taking 100 grains of melted and finely pounded nitrate of silver, putting them into a roomy glass, pouring one ounce of lukewarm alcohol upon them, stirring them well together, and then pouring one ounce of fuming nitric acid into the glass. Violent effervescence takes place, and when the black powder deposited at the bottom of the glass becomes white, cold water poured into the glass will cause all action to cease. The whole operation is completed in a few minutes, and one of the chief precautions in making it, is to take a high and roomy glass, for explosions often happen when the liquid runs over, and a portion of the fulminate adheres to the glass. The powder is now to be washed on to the filter by means of water, and great care is to be taken that it be not touched with any hard substance, as the mere contact of a glass rod with the powder has caused it to explode, and has more than once cost the life of the operator. The powder must be dried with very gentle heat, and spread on blotting paper, with about two grains on each piece. The electric spark, hard pressure, a blow of the hammer, or contact with a glass rod dipped into a solution of concentrated sulphuric acid, are sufficient to ignite it, causing it to explode. GUNPOWDER.—The mixture of sulphur, charcoal, and nitre, called gunpowder, is well known. The elastic fluid p ro d uce d by the firing of gunpowder is found, by experiment, to occupy a space at least 244 times greater than that taken up by the powder from which it was originally obtained. But from the heat generated during its explosion, this elastic fluid is rarefied to upwards of four times its former bulk. The expansive force of this fluid is there fore, at the moment of conflagration, 1,000 times greater than that of common air. The granula tion of gunpowder increases its explosive force. A charge is thus made sufficently porous to allow flame to penetrate and to kindle every grain composing it at the same time. A mixture of three parts of nitre, two of dry carbonate of potash and one of sulphur, forms what is called puieis fulminans, which, heated gently till it enters into fusion, inflames suddenly, and explodes with a deafening report. The violence of the explosion is caused by the reaction between the sulphur and the nitre being instantaneous, from their fusion and perfect intermixture, and the consequent sudden formation of a considerable quantity of nitrogen gas from the decomposition of the nitre. FULMINATE OF MEacticv.—Fulminate of mercury is similar to the former, though not quite so power ful. It crystallizes in fine silky needles, detonates loudly by percussion, or when rubbed between hard bodies. In the flame of the candle it deflagrates with a feeble explosion. Mixed intimately with six times its weight of nitre it forms percussion powder, which is introduced in the state of a paste with water jet° the copper caps. The daily papers state that M. Jo bard, of Brussels, who has devoted much attention to pyrotechnic works, has communicated to the French Government what he states to be the composition of Captain Warner's destructive power. It consists, says he, of a congreve rocket made in this way :—The head of it is composed of a hollow iron cone, of great strength, containing a kilogramme of fulminate of mercury, on which is placed the usual charge of the rocket, of which the body is twice as long as those generally in use. Ile discharges his pro jectile from a directing tube from the portole of the vessel, and on a level with the water, so that his projectile, skimming along the waves, which support a part of its weight, fixes itself in the side of the enemy's vessel, where it bursts when the fire reaches the fulminating powder, and making an immense opening in it, sinks it at once. The proper range of this rocket is three or four miles, but Captain Warner imagines he can send it five or six, by discharging it from a cannon. He does not say that lie will attain his object in the first attempt, but he will try on until he succeeds. FULMINATE or Gor.D.—Fulminate of gold is a body analogous to the two former, but being inferior in its effects, and far more costly, it will not be made use of. A substance scarcely inferior to chloride of nitrogen or fulminate of silver is a combination of oxide of silver with ammonia, the so-called ammoniaret of silver. It is of a highly dangerous character, owing to the faci lity with which it explodes. It may be formed The division of profits is anneal, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. This institution offors many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all oeensioes, the power to horr )w, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (sec table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other convenioncos or necessity. Assurances for terms of years aro granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. DONCASTER, SUNDAY EVENING. Several of the principal lodgings have been taken, and, notwithstanding the variable and unpromising state of the weather, we are led to believe that the meeting, although it may suffer by comparison with the "good old times" of Doncaster, will, at least, prove an average one. Irrespective of sport, of which there seems likely to be a reasonable allowance, there will be enough to occupy men of business, and to amuse those intent only on pleasure. On 'Wednesday we shall have what is so often mis-called "the settling ;" on the same day and the following Mr. Tattersall's sales of thorough-bred stock of all ages, and of the most fashionable blood, including a large draft from Scott's stables ; and, on a day not yet fixed, a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen interested in the races, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of confir.ing the races, in future, to four days. Should this bo determined on, it will also be matter of discussion whether it will not be expedient to prevent the necessity of Sunday travelling by making Tuesday the first day ; an alteration in the order of run ning the principal stakes will be a necessary consequence of the contemplated change. In the shape of recreation, there will be the theatre every night ; M. Jullien and his " unrivalled band " at the Mansion-house, on Thurs day evening ; the race balls, &c., &c. DONCASTER, MONDAY MORNING, TEN O'CLOCK. THE LATEST BETTING ON THE ST. LEGER. 10 to 6 agst Mr. Salvin's The Cure—tak• 2 to 1 5 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken 5 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's The Princess 8 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh—taken 12 to 1 agst Dawson's lot 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Ilampson's Lightning—taken 500 to 25 laid on The Cure agst Devil-to-Pay in their places. No others mentioned. CHAMPAGNE, STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Lancashire Witch —taken 4 to 1 offered agst any other About a dozen expected to run. ARRIVALS OMITTED IN OUR LAST. The Devil-to-Pay, lleretic, Bebington, Cowl, All Round my Hat, Purity filly, and Longitude. It is not unlikely that, Zenobis► will come for the Park Hill Stakes. L IFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY • SOCIETY. AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY SOCIETY. Capital 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Edward Barnard, Esq., F.A.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. Robert Brooks, Esq. Charles E. Mangles, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. SECRETARY—Edward Ryley, Esq. The following are specimens of the premiums charged by this Com, pang for the assurance of 1001. 20 I 30 I 40 I 50 I 60 An. Prem. I £► 10 3 I £2 0 7 I £2 15 3 I £4 1 k itr, 3 9 This Company offers the advantage's of the guarantee of an ample subscribed capital—of permission to retain one-third of the premium in their own hands (the portion so retained, with interest upon it, being deducted from the policy when it become a claim),—of ascend ing, descending, and other scales of premiums,—aad of participation In the profits at the end of every five years. TO EMIGRANTS, TO TIIE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES, assured for the whole of life, this Company offer the permission to proceed to, and reside in, any of those colonies without extra pre mium, and to pay their premiums there. For residence in New Zealand, a moderate extra premium is charged. In Sydney, a Board of Directors, and Agents in all the principal settlensents—Bankers in the colony. The Bank of Australasia (in• corperated by Royal Charter, 1835), No. 2, Moorgate-street, London. " These aro my conscientious convictions, the re sult of long and serious consideration ; and they are respectfully offered to the consideration of the Committee of the Bristol Auxiliary Society, in the hope that, though they may not concur with me in these views, they will give me credit for estimating very highly the character, talents, and humanity of the Committee of the Parent Society, and for the desiring the abolition of slavery and com miserating the condition of the negroes as sincerely as ever; and I will thank thee, as the Bristol Secre tary, to lay this paper before the Committee, on be half of their friend, "JOSEPH REYNOLDS. " To Thomas Doyle, Secretary of the Bristol Auxiliary Anti-Slavery Society." PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ARMY PRIZE MONEY. The Account of Unclaimed Prize Money (formerly made by the Deputy Treasurer of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea), from 18th January, 1809, to 31st December, 1843, directed to be annually laid before the Houses of Parliament, by 2 Wm. IV., c. 53. There is, perhaps, no department of the public ac counts more accurately kept, or scrupulously ad ministered, than that which is devoted to the receipts and disbursements of military prize money. It might have been more satisfactory if, in the following docu ment (which is a document that will not disparage the title of the noble establishment at Chelsea to the well-merited praise we have accorded to the whole de partment of military accounts), the designations of the various grants for prize, booty, &c., in respect of forfeited and unclaimed shares upon which the items of debit have accrued, had been recapitulated, and the respctive amounts set opposite to such designations. As a precis of a mass of detached accounts, it is a paper, however, which is much to be commended for the business-like simplicity and perspicuity of its statements. Dr. To cash arising from forfeited and unclaimed shares of prize money, grants, &c .£1,075,122 19 11 To ditto arising from the dividends, or interest of moneys invested in the Public Funds, or other Government Securities £1,293,270 10 3 ANNUITIES. Annuitants participate lathe profits of the Company, and receive a rate of annuity much more favourable than can be granted by any Company making its investments wholly in England. The Company is enabled securely to grant these favourable terms ftom the advan tage it possesses of investing a portion of its funds at a high rate •f Interest. _ FMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time J to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in London, end country towns, by the EAST INDIA. TEA COMPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. . . . Offices, No. 5, Great it. lielen's-churchyard, Eishopsgate-street. They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from ono ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but ittle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per annum, and many during the last nineteea years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss. IIETTS'S PATENT CAPSULED BRANDYt CONSUMERS of BRANDY aro respectfully informed the J. T. BETTS, jun., and Co., will not be responsible for any BOT TLED BRANDY that is not protected against fraudulent substitu tion, by the Patent Metallic Capsules, embossed with the words, " BETTS'S PATENT BDANDY, 7, SMITHFIELD BARS." Sold by the most respectable Wine and Spirit Merchants in town and country, at 3s. 65. per bottle, the bottle included. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY is used, in preference to Foreign, at GUY'S, ST. GEORGE'S, and the other principal Hospitals, &c., throughout the kingdom. Attention is especially requested to the security afforded by the Patent Metallic Capsules. SILVER-PLATED DISH COVERS. AB. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, submit for choice in their Plate-rooms, many Patterns of SIEVER.PLATED DISH COVERS, of Sheffield Manufacture, from Fifteen to Twenty Guineas the set, viz. -- Double Dome Pattern. The Melon Pattern. Size. £ s d. Size.X. a. 4. latcd Dish Cover, 2 0 in. 5 13 6 I Plated Dish Cover, 20 in. 5 17 0 Dish Cover, 18 in. 4 7 6 1 Dish Cover, 16 in. 4 14 0 Dish Covers, 16 in. 512 6 2 Dish Cevers,l4 in. 6 6 6 Per set £l5 13 ill Per set £6 17 b The above have silver handles and mountings, and silver shields for tagraving the crest or coat of arms. A Price Current, illustrated by Drawings, and containing every information relative to the purchase of Silver or Sheffield Plate, may be had on application, or will be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer to a paid letter THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body, what improve ; Truths as refined as Athens even heard." The Fiftieth Thousand. Forty Engravings, price is., by post, 15.6 d., ON CHASTITY—its Abuses and Diseases—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—On Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experience—Law o Divorce, &c. _ By R. .T. CULVERWELL, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Licentiate of the Hall, and twenty-three years Resident Fractitioner in London. " Of human ills and frailties I discourse, Those taught by nature and by art Etc/piled. Of griefs conceard, and disappointments keen, Which young and gentle—the matured and sage-- The lonely and the mated—all sustain ; In kindly spirit herein counsel's given, How health, how hope, how happiness to gain." Sherwood, 23, PaternOster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street liannay, (Vl, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand.—A home daily till Two : Evenings, Seven till Nine. Cr. By cash refunded to claimants By expense in executing Acts from Jan. 11, 1809, to Dec. 31, 1843 By sums paid for the Royal Hospital, in diminution of the annual vote 561,663 8 01 Balance (vide Memorandum below) 18,715 19 Of £1,293,270 10 3 ME3IORANDUM.—AIthough the balance upon the ac count appears to bo as above stated, yet there is in the Three per Cent. Consols 100,0001. stock, and in the Bank 'of England, to the account of the Paymaster- General, 15,6381. 17s. 9d., which arises from the invest ments having been made in the earliest periods, when the funds were very low, and from the amount sold thereout from time to time having been when the prices of stock were considerably higher ; thus accounting for the difference between the balance as stated, and the present amount of the Army Prize Fund in the Three per Cent. Consols, and in mo ec n d e h j el a se t a t ri: h A e wi la i. n A, k rB o n4 f 4. E N n E g A la y nd E . , sec. Royal Hosp(Sitaigl7 ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. ~ i~z FRANCE AND MOROCCO. TlMES.—Peace is re-established between France and Morocco ; and the island off Mogadore, which the French had temporarily occupied is evacuated. This termination of hostilities has taken place, upon the conditions which the French have insisted on from the first having been at last acceded to by the Moors. Those hostilities commenced in consequence of certain complaints on the part of the French of the violation of neutrality which the Emperor of Morocco had been guilty of in countenancing the incursions of Abd-el-Fader. The French pledged themselves not to enter upon hostilities with the Moorish Government, provided certain conditions were complied with. Those conditions were refused, and the consequences were the demolition of the fortifications of Tangiers, the victory of Isly, the bombardment of Mogadore, and the occupation of an islet in its harbour. In the interval since this last lesson the Moorish Emperor has thought fit to alter his mind, and sue for peace. And peace accordingly has been granted on the very same conditions which were offered before hostilities commenced. No ad vantage whatever has been taken by the French of their achievements. Peace is established, and Mogadore is evacuated ; and the territorial relations of France and Morocco are exactly the same that they were be fore the hostilities. It is to be hoped that the alarmists, who saw in the temporary occupation of a little island the commencement of a whole system of' territorial aggression, hich we should have been the first to resist, and who proclaimed Alogadore to be only the first mouthful of that French gluttony of which the whole Moorish empire was finally to be the victim, are now appeased ; and that the event satisfies them that their fears have been those only of the imagination, and unnecessary. We have been told over and over again that Mogadore never would be evacuated, that France had made these hostilities a pretext for commencing a course of conquest, that once in possession of Mogadore she would never leave it ; and have been well abused because we could not see in this little island a whole kingdom, and would not denounce its seizure as a cases Leal. We said all along, on the other hand, that France's only object in commencing these hostilities was to get certain specific and reasonable conditions complied with; that the bombardment of Tangiers and occupation of Mo gadore were only steps and means for procuring this compliance, and that as soon as this compliance was given she would withdraw her troops. The event has now decisively and incontrovertibly justified the view we took, and we hope the alarmed and alarmist party will be able now to enjoy that tranquillity and confi dence which, on this point, we have felt from the first. It is not pleasant, indeed, to see our predictions falsi fied, but patriotism, we have no doubt, will triumph on such an occasion over disappointed acumen : and to discover a mistake must be a pleasing task, when the result of the discovery is, that an evil which was apprehended does not take place, and that the imagi nary aggrandizements of }ranee are not begun. In the present excitable state of popular opinion in France, it is a matter of no ordinary satisfaction .to see two occasions of misunderstanding between her and this country thus quietly removed ; to see the affairs of Otaheite and Morocco settled. The one a quarrel in which we had no direct concern, the other insignificant and ridiculous in itself,—yet either might, under the treatment of quarrelsome and preci pitate Ministers in either country, have become pegs to hang national displays of feeling and old antipathies upon. But, whatever may be said of the intergal career of either the English or the French Cabinet, the pacific character of their foreign policy is pretty evident. We are not likely to be brought into a foolish war by Lord Aberdeen or M. Guizot. The latter has had peculiar difficulties to contend against in the tone of the popular Parisian press, which has been fuming and frothing, complaining and accusing, full of indignation and morbid sensitiveness alternately, throughout the whole of the period just passed. We see now the temporary clouds that have hovered over the two countries dispersed again ; and we cannot help thinking that the good understanding between the two Governments which has caused this dispersion is an additional pledge of international security and con fidence for the future.' ADVERTISER.—It will be in the remembrance of our readers, that a short time ago we were among the first of our Contemporaries to announce, that the differences between France and England, which, but a few days before, had threatened to terminate in an open rupture, had been brought to an amicable ad justment. Opposed as we always have been to that human carnage which usually follows the footsteps of war, we congratulate both countries on the fact, that all grounds of misunderstanding between England and France has been removed, provided that, in Lord Aberdeen's very natural and commendable anxiety to perpetuate the existing peace, he had made no con cessions to Guizot involving a sacrifice of the national honour. A full fortnight has elapsed since then, and yet nothing has been suffered to transpire from Downing-street which has a tendency to throw the least light on the conditions on which the differences between the two countries have been adjusted. This is not as it uught to be. It is treating the English nation with disrespect. They have a right to know on what terms the Government of Sir Robert Peel has purchased the perpetuation of peace. None can set a higher value on that blessing than ourselves. And yet the blessing may be pur chased at too high a price. Not only may it be purchased on terms degrading to the national character, but under circumstances which might prove most injurious to the national interests. If it should turn out that Lord Aberdeen has suffered him self to be overmatched by the French Minister, and has accepted conditions which must have the effect of lowering this country in the estimation of other Powers, the fact must, of necessity, not only be mor tifying to Englishmen, but most damaging to English interests. If, on this occasion, England has been menaced or decoyed into the making of improper concessions to France, the effect must needs be to make France again endeavour to play the same game with this country whenever the two nations happen to come into collision. France will reason in her own mind, that if she succeeded once in placing England in a degrading and false position she may succeed a second time. And should she fail of suc cess in her efforts by other arguments and repre sentations, she will urge the concessions now made as a precedent in her favour. It is not, therefore, im mediately that the mischief of any improper concession which Lord Aberdeen may have made to Guizot will be seen and felt by this country. The injury and the degradation are chiefly prospective. Nor will the ill effects of such a concession (supposing it to have been made) be confined to our future relations with France. Other Powers, taking courage from the success of Guizot in overreaching Lord Aberdeen, will be encou raged to try the same game, and try it with every confi dence of success. We make these observations on the assumption that Lord Aberdeen, in the adjustment of the recent misunderstanding between France and England, has not been sufficiently jealous of the honour of the country, with the administration of whose foreign affairs he has been entrusted. The ap prehension may be groundless; we hope it is. Un fortunately, it is not confined to ourselves ; it is shared by time public. It is a general impression. If there be no foundation for it, why should Lord Aber deen hesitate to scatter it to the winds ? Let Eng land but know the terms on which peace between her and France has been preserved, and if there be no thing in those terms to compromise the national ho nour, the erroneous impression will vanish in a moment. Nor will this be all. If the Noble Lord has achieved the perpetuation of peace between the two countries without compromising the honour or interests of England, he will be entitled to the lasting gratitude of the friends of peace throughout the world. And if he really feel that he is entitled to this distinguished praise, why, we should like to know, does he do himself the great injustice of not receiving and enjoying it ? Why, especially, shouldhe lie under grave suspicions, when he could so easily d un under what t e ems, the recent seriou s d ca is s s eTt a t t i e e t n l a ie t i i n on in h t a o s tahiriiigabitr to? k l o n o, e v ither and in fitly cir cumstances, and on what breach between France and .England has been healed. It will not do for Lord Aberdeen to imitate the con duct of the Premier, and attempt to justify himself for withholding the desired information, by talking a series of pompous nothings about the " convenience of th e public service. Chat may be a very good ar gument for withholding information while negotia tions are going on ; but it is no argument at all, and must not be received as such, after the negotiations have been ended, and the conditions on which future friendship is to be preserved have been agreed on. " It is said that much'abuse has prevailed by parties rich enough to come to this office in the first instance, having first gone to the savings' banks, each for 201. a year, and havin g th en come to this office for a further annuity. But, in point of fact, only ninety-eight cases out of 2,488 are in this predicament. The whole annuity granted to the poor is 40,594/. 165., for which there has been paid 430,8191. 13s. 3d., therefore each 1/. of the annuity costs 10Z 12s. 4d., which indicates that the average age of the parties is fifty-eight ; for a male of that age would pay 101. 12s. 4d. for each 1/. of his annuity. " But if the whole annuities granted to the public at large (excluding these) be examined in like manner, it appears that on an average of th e l ast n i ne years, each 11. of annuity granted, cost 10/. 1 is. 3d. Hence the average age of each class is manifestly the same, and this is a strong proof that no abuses have happened, not withstanding the prevalent opinion. " Certainly no such sum has been received in fact, in consequence of the encouragement to the industrious classes, which the Act contemplated (and without which there was no motive for passing it), as would have been received if the same purchasers had come to this office on the tables in force for the public at large. But it is not the less certain that few of them, on those terms, would have come at all. It is therefore erroneous to consider the deficiency a public loss; and it will be seen that, such as it is, it was almost entirely occasioned by the benefit afforded to aged females, little or nothing being lost by fixing the rate of interest as high as 3/. 15s. It appears that the male purchasers of the im mediate annuities are to the females as 145 is to 597 ; and that sex is consequently the purchasers of annuities to the amount of £84,203 While the females are purchasers to the amount of 346,656 Total, as above stated Now if these very persons had come to this office on the same terms as the public at large, the male sex would have paid collec tively for the like annuities And the females 422,056 Total £510,191 Then the difference between the two scales of payment is as follows : In respect of the male sex only £3,932 But in respect of the females 75,370 Total .... " Now I firmly believe, that if the account were made out as Mr. Hume requires it, the variation would be next to nothing.—l have, &c. (Signed) - " JOHN FINLAISON. " To the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, " Chancellor of the Exchequer," &c. &c. &c. * I moreover solicited from their Lordships a declara tion to that effect. We know there are above 3,000. WARSPITE CORRESPONDENCE. The Naval and Military Gazette has the following observations in reference to Sir Edward Owen 's general order, occasioned by the letters from the officers of the Warspite which appeared in the Times criticising the manoeuvres of the French fleet before Tangiers : Is it credible that our officers are to be publicly reprimanded, either to propitiate a Foreign Govern ment, which rewards its own officers for lavishing abuse and calumny upon ours, or to appease the clamours of a public always ready to seize upon every occasion that offers to manifest its hatred and anti pathy to this country ? Surely it cannot be intended to propitiate the French nation at the expense of our own officers ; for we will venture to say, that there is not and officer in the Mediterranean fleet who does not feel humiliated by the publication of the above order. The British public has already sufficiently manifested its disapprobation of the letters written by the young officers of the Warspite; but what it may sometimes disapprove of it may not always be convenient to con demn. The moment, too, is singularly ill chosen for manifesting such f orwa rdness in flinging satisfaction for insult to the French nation. Nobody would more sincerely rejoice than ourselves in the establishment of a thorough, good, mutual understanding, between the two nations, but it can never be a ccom pli s h e d b y encouraging the manifestation of a hostile feeling on one side, and the forcible suppression of it on the other. Could not the Commander-in-Chief have expressed his disapproval of the letters published in the Times, without ordering a general surveillance upon the cor respondence of the officers of the fleet ? Such a mea sure might be necessary during war, on the eve of a secret expedition, or on suspicion of a secret corre spondence with the enemy, but surely not for the pur pose of preventing a few 'youngsters from writing home to tell their friends that, in their opinion, the French are not much better sailors now than when we last thrashed them off the ocean. The Morning Post quotes a Memorandum of the Duke of Wellington in 1809, we suppose, in justifi cation of this order ; but our Contemporary overlooks the fact that the Duke's complaint was the publication of letters from his army, communicating his intended course of operations, not animadversions on the con duct of the enemy. BRITISH NAVAL SUPREMACY. As early a period as the year 1200 it was enacted " that if any ships refuse to strike to the British flag, they should be deemed lawful prizes." In 1554, Lord William Howard, Lord High Ad miral, cruising in the narrow seas, with twenty-eight sail, compelled the Spanish fleet, with Prince Philip of Spain on board, carrying the Spanish flag at the main, to lower their colours as an honour to the Bri tish flag, before he would pay his compliments to the heir apparent of Spain, and the consort of his sove reign. In 1587, Rear-Admiral Sir J. Hawkins, lying with a fleet in Catwater, compelled the Spanish Ad miral, who was going to escort Anne of Austria, to pay the usual honours to his Majesty by striking his colours. In consequence of a dispute between the English and Dutch, in 1604, with respect to the compliment of the flag, Sir William Monson, who commanded in the Downs, would not be satisfied by the Admiral thrice lowering his colours, but he would not admit him to hoist them during his cruise on the English coast. Sir Robert Mansell, in the Mediterranean, in 1620, compelled a French Admiral, with six sail of the line, to strike his flag, and pay the usual compliment to the British. On the 14th May, 1652, Commodore Young brought a Dutch squadron to action for refusing to pay the usual compliment to the British flag ; but having submitted, they were allowed to proceed on their voyage. In 1654 a treaty of peace was concluded with the Dutch, and one of the articles acknowledged that the sovereignty of the sea belonged to England; " that the ships of the Dutch, meeting any British man-of war on the British seas, shall strike their flags and lower their topsail, in such manner as has ever been at any time heretofore practised under any former Government." It is to be observed, that this was at a time when the Dutch possessed one hundred ships, mounting from 50 to 76 guns. In concluding another treaty of peace with Hol land, on the 9th of February, 1654, it was stipulated "that the accustomed compliments should be paid to the British flag from Cape Finisterre to the land of Staten in Norway." This custom prevailed to a late period ; but since the peace of 1815, we have gradually declined into an equality with other nations ; and it would appear from the result of a recent court-martial, that a British cruiser is no longer permitted to search a suspicious vessel wearing the colours of another power. This courtesy should not be carried too far ; we must not, by too much conciliation, lose sight of our own dignity; for we know by experience how readily ad vantage may be taken of a well intended concession. —Hampshire Telegraph. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.—On Saturday next, the 21st inst., being St. Matthew's Day, the Lord Mayor, Alder men, and Sheriffs, with the Governors of tke several royal hospitals, will attend Divine service at Christ's Church, Newgate-street, where a sermon will be preached by the Rev. James Cohen, M.A., curate of Chesbunt ; after nhich they will repair to the Great Hall, in Christ's Hospital, where four orations on the benefits of the royal hospitals will be delivored, according to annual custom, by four of the senior scholars:—ln Latin, by Langham Dale; in English, by Morton Amos Li eces t er ; in Greek, by dward Taylor Hudson; and in French, by Edward Algernon Newton. Eight poems will also be recited by the other senior scholars, viz:—A Latin Alcaic Ode to the Queen on the birth of a second Prince, by Gowen Edward Evans ; Greek lambics on " The S pan i s h Armada," by George Voigt ; an English Ode to the Prince of Wales on his being appointed a Go vernor of Christ's Hospital, by John Daniel Williams; Latin Hexameters on " The Conversion of St. Paul," by Edward Tudor Scargill; a Greek lambic translation of the Soliloquy of the King in Hamlet, by William Frederick Greenfield ; a Latin Elegiac translation of Cowper's Boadicea., by Thomas Johnson Potter; Greek Sapphics on " The Death of the Poet Cambell," by Malcolm Laing; and an English Poem on " Edward the Sixth," by Thopias Stedman Poleharapton. _ [ADVERTISEMENT.] ANOTIIER WON DER !—C U RE EXTRAORDINARY Y HOLLWAY'S PILLS.—Mrs. Maguire, a respectable p son, residing nea r S un day's-well, Cork, was given o er in a case of dropsy, and was perfectly cured, when pro- nounced to be at the point of death, by these wonderful pills. Persons, either young or old, who become corpu lent, pottle-bellied, bloated, or dropsical, may not only avoid apoplexy and other dangerous diseases attending thereon, but also regain the higligst state of health, strength, and energy, and their figures become as tight, as light, and as good as in the days of youth. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Esta blishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be bad gratis), and by almost all respectable medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. EXTORTIONS OF BOATMEN AT DOVER AND HavnE.—Repeated complaints have been made of the impositions practised by the boatmen of these places for landing or shipping passengers nt low water, when the packets cannot lie at the (plays. 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On the Ist of October (to be continued Quarterly), A GENERAL POLICE and CONSTABULARY LIST, and ANALYSIS of POLICE STATISTICS. Compiled, by permission, from Official and ether Authentic Sources. London Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, Military Library, Whitehall. REMOVED FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LONDON. Just published, price N. Gol., and lice by post (in a sealed envelope) Price 3s. 68., - THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the baneful effects of excessive indulgence and infection, illustrated by engravings, with observations on Marriage, and directions for the removal of certain disqualifications. By R. and 1.. PERRY and CO. 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Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at their residence, 19, Bernet's-street, Oxford-street, London, from Eleven till Two, and Five till Eight, and on Sundays from Tea till Twelve. One personal vial, only it ne:eieary to efftct aperro_anent cute ADEN. The Courrier Francais publishes the following letter from Aden : " You ask me for some details relative to Aden, which may be denominated the Gibraltar of the Red Sea. I wish that this information may be useful to my country, and for that reason I send it. Aden, which was formerly called Portus Romanus,' is a town of the Yemen, which, from its position and on account of its recent occupation by the English, pro mises to become an important commercial and mili tary station, particularly now that Egypt is advancing towards the period when she will become a British colony. The town is built in the crater of an ex hausted volcano, and is situated at the extremity of a small peninsula of volcano matter, and attached to the continent solely by a low neck of land from 500 to 600 yards wide, and which might be easily isolated by a canal. The harbour is a magnificent basin, capable of containing an immense fleet, and is entered by a narrow passage between two other craters. It would be easy to establish defensive works on the rocks surrounding these craters, which would place the port in safety against any attack. Ono redoubt has been already raised as a security against the Arabs, ever ready to attack the English in their position. From this point to the gate of the town has been recently traced a road of about a league in length, by which the defile is reached which forms the entrance to Aden. This defile, which is being fortified at this moment with a gate evidently constructed to resist other attacks than those of the Arabs, is about 100 yards long and four or five wide. It is cut out of a rock which stands 150 yards above the level of the sea. A formidable battery, command ing the entrance of the town, is in process of being erected above the rock on the left of the defile. A covered way, with an arch thrown from one rock to another, unites the system of defence which the batteries commenced on the summit of the rocks on the left will complete. The other side is absolutely unassailable. From the most remote pe riod these heights have been more or less fortified by the different nations who have had possession of Arabia. I ascended these heights, and I confess I was astonished to find the harbour so easily defended, and this impregnable position surrounded by a na tural girdle of bastions, which only wait to be armed idea c o of m the pr e hena consequences how F to be capable o f ann ihil a ti ng th e mos t f orm id a bl e fleets. I expe r i ence d t h e most pa i n f u l emot i ons at the ur p reparations. ope reg regard cannot Franco and Ee e and with indifferenc e England preparing a new Gibraltar on this road, fruitful in riches, which extends from the European Ocean to the Indian Ocean by travers ing Egypt. We must not deceive ourselves, it is a new Gibraltar already erected at Aden." THE SUGAR QUESTION. We have been requested to give insertion to the following letter, which appears in the last number of the Friend, a monthly periodical:— " Bristol, July, 1844. " Dear Friend,—l presume it is in the recollection of the Committee of the Bristol Auxiliary to the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, or some of them, that the efforts made by the Committee of that Society, to uphold the law which, in effect, prohibits the importation of Cuban and Brazilian sugars for our own use, was objected to by me and some others, as erroneous in principle and injurious in its effects; and I have now to request thee to submit to the Com mittee of the Bristol Auxiliary, that as the British and Foreign Anti -Slavery Society, at a special meet ing, called together for the purpose of considering the propriety of continuing to support the prohibitory l a w, has authorised their Committee to continue their support of that law; it appears to be my duty to withdraw from the Bristol Auxiliary of that Society, because--: ----" Ist. The refusal, by those who govern this coun try, to permit the importation of Cuban and Brazilian sugars, for our own consumption, is a direct infrac tion of the law of God--' Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so unto them.' «2d. The refusal to import and use such sugars is highly injurious to the people of this kingdom; is partial in its operation, weighing heavily on the mid dle and labouring classes of the community ; and is a breach of the ancient constitution of England. "3d. Every prohibitory law is an impediment to the progressive increase of that commercial throughinter cho other, and which is, in the which they confer ro o o u i r p s r e oc ordering of Providence , instrumental in preparing mankind for the reception of permanent and universal inter course benefits efits nations, on each peace. Therefore, every law whi c h pro hibi ts or re strains the progress of commerce tends to prolong the practice of war, and ought to be repealed. " 4th. Though this nation, and those by whom it is governed, are awfully responsible for the breach of the Divine law, ' to do as we would be done by,' they arc not responsible for the conduct of other nations, over whose internal arrangements they have not, and ought not to hare, any control. " ith. The lawfulness or unlawfulness of using sugar, or any other produce of slave-labour, is a ques tion of conscience, like that respecting the use of meat which had been offered unto idols, which was pro posed to the Apostle, and by him answered, " What soever is sold in the ,shambles, th a t ea t, ma ki ng no questions conscience sake ' for consc e ;yet the consumption of that meat contributed to the encouragement and sup port of idolatry. "6th. As the Apostle asks, ' Why is this my liberty (to eat such meat) to be judged of (or condemned) by another man's c onscience ? for if I by grace be a partaker, w h y am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?' So they who would thankfully eat the prohibited sugar, may ask, why they are to be deprived of that liberty by the judgment of other men's consciences ? and they have the precept and example of the Apostle to support them, in claiming to have the law, by which they are deprived of that liberty, repealed by the Parliament of England. " 7th. Though the British nation has, of late years, been sufficiently enlightened to perceive the unchris tian nature of slavery so clearly, that it would be criminal in us to practice it, our having liberated our slaves does not justify us in imputing criminality to those nations which have not been so enlightened, and continue to retain a system of labour which was prac- SAVINGS' BANKS. Copy of a Letter addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by John Finlaison, Esq., dated Juno 17, 1844, relative thereto. Before submitting Mr. Finlaison's able letter in connexion with minor details (very important ones, however) as to the appropriation of certain portions of the capital referred to, the reader may bo well pleased to have one or two preliminary facts brought under his notice, which may forcibly demonstrate the extent these institutions have attained, and the enormous aggregate of the annual deposits confided to them. In the year 1841 the individual depositors were 824,162 ; in 1842 they were 856,484. Their deposits amounted, in 1841, to the sum of 22,915,9401.; in 1842, to 23,693,618/. Including charitable insti tutions (of which there were, depositors, in 1841, no less than 8,778 ; in 1842, 9,450) and friendly societies (8,264 in the former year, 8,781 in the latter), there were in all, in 1841, depositors, 841,204; their de posits, 24,447,689/. ; and in 1842, depositors, 874,715 ; their deposits, 25,319,3361. The letter of Mr. Fiilaison is as follows : " National Debt-office, June 17, 1844. " Sir,—Understanding from Mr. Higham that it was your pleasure that I should make any statement that might be necessary for your information, in reference to Mr. llume's motion on the subject of the life annuities granted by this department through the medium of savings' banks, I have the honour to acquaint you that the machinery of savings' banks was resorted to for annuities for the humbler classes, in consequence of the report of a Committee which sat under Lord Milton, and was printed 4th Juno, 1829. (No. 284.) " The spirit of that report, and the Act 3 Will. IV., cap. 14, which gave effect thereto, clearly evinced a dis position to encourage those classes to make a provision for old age by means of deferred life annuities, to be purchased by annual savings. Tho Act, indeed, would have been totally unnecessary, if no su h facility nor any encouragement were contemplated, Wing that the Act o► 1529 enabled this department already to grant deferred life annuities, when purchased at the current rates of interest of the day, as well as immediate life annuities, and those for terms of years, which are always purchased in one capital sum. It is probable that this persuasion influenced the Treasury in rejecting the advice, which I felt it my duty to offer as under, in m y report accompanying the tables, which were necessary for the execution of the Act of 1833 (June 10th). " That report was dated on the Bth of October, 1833, and most distinctly considered the annuities to be granted to the poor under two special heads : Ist, those which were to be immediately payable, whether on lives or for terms of years ; 2dly, those which were to be payable at periods, more or less remote from the date of pur chase, whether on lives or for terms of years. " With regard to the first class, I took it for granted that my Lords would make no change in the ordinary conditions under which such annuities were granted to the public at large under the Act of 1829, which of course contemplated a variable rate of interest according to the current prices of stock*. It would seem, by Mr. Steuart's letter of the 28th October, 1833 (No. 1,998 1-2-21-10), that my Lords did not concur in this view. " With regard to the second class, viz., the deferred annuities, I held, and I think with reason, the opinion that, irrespective of any favour to the poor, justice re quired that not the variable rate of the day, but a fixed rate of interest, such as, looking over a considerable pe riod of years, might probably bo considered an average rate, ought to be taken as the measure of value ; and I suggested that 31. Iss. per cent. per annum might be safely taken. And I submitted, for their Lordships' apdrobation, tables constructed accordingly for each sex, pointing out to their Lordships the considerably higher price which, taking in the difference of the sex, would attach to the female. I certainly did venture, however, to draw their Lordships' attention to the discontent which would probably be occasioned by thus assessing the women whilst struggling to provide for their old age in a higher sum than males of the same age ; and I reasoned as if the loss would be very trifling by allow ing the female to have her annuity on the same terms as the male, age for age. That this is true will bo mani fest from the fact, that no more than 8,250/. per annum of deferred annuities have ever been purchased by both sexes since the Act began, a period of ten years and more. " But all this reasoning distinctly applied only to the class of annuities which were to be payable at remote periods ; by no means to the other class of annuities, which become payable as soon as they are purchased. "My Lords, however, as would appear from Mr. Steuart's letter of the 28th October, made no distinction between either of these two classes of annuities, and commanded that the annuities under this Act should be universally granted on one fixed table, in which the rate of mortality was to be that of the male sex, and the rate of interest 31. 15s. "It would appear that Mr. Hume's motion contem plated an account of the money which would have been received if these annuities to the poor had been granted without any favour, according to the provisions of the Act of 1829. But when the many thousandf annuities which have been granted under the Act of 1833 are taken into consideration, it will appear that such an account will take much labour and a very long time to construct. I certainly think . it impossible during the present session. "Nevertheless, I am able to lay before you a very.close approximation to the sum that would have been received under those circumstances, as compared with what has been received in fut. ~~ (