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e IVANCHSTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. CONTRACT FOR WORKS. Notice is hereby given, that the Directors of the Manchester and 'Birmingham Railway Company, will MEET at their Offises, No. 23, Bond -street, ManchaScr, on WFDNISDAY, the .16th January, 1834 i), at Twelve o'clock A Noon, to RECEIVE TENDERS for Santraet No. 6, or Congleton Viaduct Contract. T. make and maintain the Bridge or Viaduct over the river Dane, the northerly end of which is to ba situate in afield, marked on the Parliamentary plan as die. Bl, in the township of Hahne Wallileld, in the County of Chaster ; and the southerly end of which is to be situate about two chains distant from the south side of the read leading from Co ng l e t on t o W est fi elds, being in the fi eld, saaricod on the said plan No. 13, 4rl the township of Congleton., in the sold nounty. The length of the viaduct will be about 3,078, feet, and its greatest height about 118 feet 6 inches from the river to the rails. `_ Drafts of the contract, with plans and specifications, will be ready for inspection on and after the 28th instant, at tie offices of the En-. gineers-in-Chief, Store-street, Manchester. Printed forms of tender may be had at the Engineers' office ; and all tenders must be lodged previously to the hour of meeting, at the Company's office, in Bond-street, Manchester, endorsed " Tender for Works ;" andbo tender, except the printed form furnished by the Company, will lie attended to. The party wiwse tender'fs accepted will be required to enter into a bend, with tvrh sureties, for the due performance of the contract, to the extent of.lo per cent. on the gross amount of such contract; and the names and descriptions of the proposed sureties must be set forth in the tender. The Directors will not ,- onsider themselves bound to accept the ewest tender ; and they expect the several parties tendering, or persons duly authorised by tiem, to be. in attendance at the offices Bond -street, Manchester, at the time of meeting. (Signed) . THOMAS 11.SliTON, Chairman. Mancheiter and Birminghim Railway Office, 23, Bond -street, Manchester. . COUNTY FIRE OFFICE RETURNS. TWENTY PER CENT.: NOTICE, ii hereby given, that the above Retur.: will he al.- lowed to such persons as have completed Seven Years' Insurance ..,' :: • daring the last year, in their next payments of Premiere and Duty. , .. J. E. -REATAIO.NT, Seert " SO, Reg en t- s t ree t, Pi esa dilly. sary. INVALID INSTITI ,TTION. TNST IT UTION for th e SOCI AL and TEM IL FORA R Y RETIRV.AIEN Tof INVALIDS. , P,,ieenes Tfii ROYAL HIGHNESS the DUKE of SUSSEX. V ICE-PATRONS. l i 4 ". His Grace the Dulei of Richmond. is'f - S.The Right Honourable r. the arl of Chi c h es t e r. ,e,s. The Right Honourable Lord Wharncliffe. , 4,, ' The Right Honourable Lords-Seaford. • st sses s - The Right H ono urablethe Vice-Chancellor. . :?-' . • Fiii. Emily Wilmot, Bait.; XI). ess, t s ,l t t. ,Siieflarry Veeney, Bait., M.P. es *i, ' ' .q,Charles Forbes, Birt..„ ,if k i . k ~ , • 4„._ T.,.... 4 r. ' MIM I Gurney . s -s - ji . ~. .-. / .P. Plumtrn, Eslet.44, • •"" - vitt y 4k 4 ~,,,..„„ -..4 l ,iiti Ivatt 1 i,t4 ,- r: , ,;, ' . ' ..-•' - • • . . ' *. .. -/- C 031 41TI1?F. 5i IV - ANA 0 E 211.6 NT. tenjarign Rotch, Esq. Edward Hornor, Esq. ' I Edward Harper, Esq • 'es CONSULTIN G PRY SiCI Alf. George Hirkbeck,..MD. • ' CONSULTING AN VlsiTlNG,PilysimAx.. Charles H. ilkinson M.D. CONNULT NG SURGEON*. ' Edward Stan ey, Esq.; F 11. S. . s Surgeon to - St. slirthelomew's Hospital. RESIDENT 'AIEDICAL (31710 ER AT DENHAM PARS. C. A. slinnt, M.D. Member of the Royal ,College of Physicians of London. The Female department superintended by Mrs. Hunt. `BAI . .IKERS.—AIessrs. Coitus and Co. 1 SEC ItYTA 111% —James Taylor, Esq. The object of this Institution is the restoration of the mental faculties of person ein the upper walks of life when disturbed by disease or other,causes. Persons of fortune, whose nervous tem perament rila)t nigt4;a temporary retirement desirable, will here find esroteation and A }ionic, the Institution being conducted on princi ples involving insist important advantages, as connected with the ultimate recovery ofs the invalids, and the security and satisfaction afforded to sheicftiendk namely, first, that of studying the hap piness and - einusepse4teriof . the Patients, and preventing them, as much "as'possiblei (tlisTigKat all tim es un d er prope r moral and me dical restrAnts),•froth'ieelieg that they are excluded froth the Or.. dinaryt privileges -of sec i4ty e-eecdedly, that o f c l ass if y i ng t h e •Pa tients ,in separate estaisfisinen %and nuts allowing those whose'. disease assumes a, permanentlY t yi I " •"0,10 spy way, pernienhkly; offensive character, ;to reside in. establiklunent apppprißted to' :such as a re capable of ; enjoying th e p r i v il eges of social intercourse and, thirdly, that of placing eech'establishment at all times' Under an entirely disinterested sureeillatice. The great and most important/novel feature of this Institution is, that, while each of its establishments is in the strictest iensa Private ,Asylum as regards the namTs and fainily connexion:4,d its inmates, and the special accommodation , provided for those Who requite it, it •iis, in the most important sense, a' Public Asylum, inasmuch as the 'visits of the usual Medical Attendant of the Patients, or their ffriends and relatives, are allovied without' any previous notice ; e. while every opportunity of searching into abuses or mismanage s' , . ment, as well as the power of Jestoringthe Patients to their friends, or to general soci e ty, when it may be done with propriety, is given i to perso ns o f t h e highest rank, talent, and acknowledged integrity; / s and who have an-interest whattiVer in the pecuniary arrangements or emoluments of the Institution ; thus affording opportunities for s. , the Patients to make - complaints, whether frivolous or just, without • . the fear of being afterwards harshly treated, of which so many dis- V , tressing instances'pecu r . •• It is a melanchely'faCt; thit,' while the' Pauper Lunatics in the .county asylums are protected by the disinterested surveillance of the independent magistracy of the country, and are blessed with the medical attendance of a resident paid officer of first-rate talent, . - - whose emoluments do not depend in any way on the number of pa tients he can retain in the County Asylum; the unfortunate suf . firer in the higher walks of life has no refuge but the ordinary licensed madhou se or private residfmee, where th ere i s no surve il - . lance, and where the interests of the medical man, and of every one by whom the Invalids are surrounded, are notoriously so much - more promoted by their remaining lunatic than by their recovery„ that a constant struggle between principle and self•interest must be the resplt, while their friends often dare not encounter the re proaches of the world for thus consigning them to what is too often not unjustly considered as a cruel and heartless oblivion, and are, therefore, induced, at any sacrifice of comfort or convenience, to keep them at home, an arrangement at all times, it is well known, least . , likely to promote their recovery. t To provide a remedy for this obvious and crying evil, the bane lcof all existing Private Lunatic Establishments for the upper - classes, the present institution Las been founded, and placed under the dis t interested surveillanc e of its Vice-Patrons, Noblemen, and Gentle men, whose high - public character and station in society cannot fail to insure public confidence, and who have no other interest in the Institution but what is prompted by a noble desire to benefit mankind. , e ( To these Vice-Patrons is given the power, whenever they choose •., ! to exercise it, of visiting the Institution, of instituting inquiries, of or comm unicaAng with th e R es id ent Medical O ffi cer of the Institution, with Pee friends of the parties, and of restoring any patients to . them, or : to general society, without refere nce t o t h e C omm i ttee o f st' Management, or to' he Proprietors of the various Establishments of tn . e Institution. To the Committee of Management are con lii.ied the arrangements for receivi ng p a ti ents i nto the Institution, . ettid the superintendence of the detailed management of its Esta blishments; so as to secure the perfect carrying out of the social, disinterested, and effective plans which it embraces. To remove the temptation to detain any patient beyond the period necessary to establish a cure (where a cure is practicable), the Resident Medical Officer of each Establishment has a salary wholly independent of the emoluments of the Institution, in which he will not be allowed, • directly or indirectly, at any time to participate, so that his disin terested attention is at all times exclusively directed to the cure of , the patients, and the discharge of such as recover under the treat ment, or whose friends wish them to be removed; while, as a further stimulus to his exertions in this respect, a premium is carrel twed to Lirn by the Institution fo r every pat i ent permanently , acrSording to a fixed scale dependent on the short ness o f th e Period ;luring which the patient has been under his care. On him alnlie devolves the entire responsibility of the medical treatment of die patients ; it being obvious to thoe who confide their invalid friends or relatives to the care of this Institution, that this respon sibility is of a nature that cannot be shared by the Committee of Management. The great hope of the promoters of this Institution is, that they May be able to set an example of a more attentive, benign, social, active, and effective system of treatment for persons afflicted with mental diseases than has hitherto been adopted ; to prevent the pa tients feeling that they are outcasts from society, and unfit for so cial intercourse, and to direct and encourage th a t por ti on o f t h e in tellect which yet remains into amusing sources of occupation, while strict attention to health, air, and exercise, works the restoration, rendered hopeless only by neglect of these important considera tions. Every, object of luxury or taste which the eye of the patients • has been accustomed to dwell upon, if suddenly removed from them, `corks evil, w hi ch, however gradual in its progress or imperceptible bil ts f origi n , i s not t h e less certain in its ultimate injurious effects ; di a permanent cure be the honest intention of the parties en trttsted with their care, the Patients should not be allowed, for one Moment, to feel that their rem ova l f rom the noise and bustle of the wo rld as Invalids, is more than a temporary retirement for the Inure effectual cure of a temporary disorder, an object which can Only be obtained by giving them every social and domestic comfort and a musement which their disturbed state of mind may leave them capable of appreciating. This system, which reason dictates and humanity approves, once fairly introduced to pu b lic notice, it is "Ped will l e ad t o i ts extens i on, if no t vo l un t ar i ly, at least by some Act of th e L eg i s l ature ; f or i t i s sure l y i mposs ib le that the present svretehed and supine if not worse, treatment of th e U pper Classes Iprivate Lunatic Asylums, can be endured by an i n t e lli gent and dightened people, who, while their best energies are directed to meliorate the condition of the Pauper Lunatic, leav e the more affluent but equally helpless class of their afflicted fellow-b e i ngs a Vey to th e u n m i t i gate d m i ser i es o f men i tal naction in those Esta blishments, where their bodily wants are too often made the onl • obj ects of attention or solicitude. y The principal Establishment belonging to the Institution, and at present open for the reception of Invalids, is Denham Park, near tUzbridge, in the County of Buckingham, seventeen miles from ondon, where a sane society of persons has been provided,_ whose mixi ng judiciously with the patients, both male and l f a e c in e ale p , re to v g ene s t s , ther with the other numerous appliances of the p ;. their feeling that they are outcasts from society, or unfit ' for social intercourse. Denham Park is a noble mansion, fit for the receP ti," cf persons in any rank of life; containing a private consecrated The ' "'Mel, where the &mile, and such of the Patients as may be beTnhe fited by it, assemble daily for morning and evening prayers. eountry round it is ver • beautiful ; horses, carriages, gardens, bil liads, arehery ' fishing, music, a library, and, in short, every re - cre a tion and amusemen t , both in and out of doors calculated to T el ase the mi n d and promote' the health, are provided. The house 'n I n s rer narkably d ry an d a i ry, rep l ete w i t h spacious su i tes o f apar t , its, on a scale seldom met with ; the situation is pleasantly re ed, and celebrated for its salubrity. gui T h at e T. erms of Admission for both . Sexes at Denham Park are re lion its by the means of the parties, and the extent of aceommoda .ll all ( mired ; and the Committee of Management are most anxious t il h e a Te ` st e a T l e i s sh that the friends of the invalids should personally inspect establishment before the terms are finally agreed upon. ' In teri s ile Payments are required to be made quarterly, and each quay, PaYMent to be made in advance; but if the patients are re t. (wed before the end of any quarter; allowance is made for the time ti leY do not stay, and a return made accordingly. Terms for - , r , e admission of friends or relatives visiting or residing with the atients at Denham Park, in cases where the Resident Medical 7 . . officer . at of such an arrangement, are regulated by special agreement. ' anV„. l Communications w ill b e cons id ere d as strictly confidential, ""aY be add resse d t o any one of the Comm i ttee of Management, s - n e ... • ll, e s 'r k;over to the Secr e t ar y, J ames T ay l or , E sq ., a dd resse d, , nill ''''park, near Usibridge, Bucks. ',z -`~ .).., +., ROYAL HOTEL COMMERCIAL INN and POSTING HOUSE, TORQUAY. FDWARD WEBB respectfully begs to an- J nounce to the Nobility, Gentry, Commercial Gentlemen, and the Public generally, that he has taken and entered the above Hotel, lately occupied by Mr. JAMES BATT, where he pledges himself that no exertion or expense shall be spared to improve and make as perfect as possible the establishment generally. W. hopes that his endeavours to promote and increase the comforts of his friends (more particularly Commercial Gentlemen) will be rewarded by their giving him that patronage and support which it will be always gratifying to him to acknowlede. Torquay, Dec. 25, 1838. TO FLUTE-PLAYERS.--EIGIIT- KEYE D COCOA BLUTES, with Patent' Head, Double Spring,, Plates to the loner Keys; the Keys, Tips, Slidiug &c., of the best Silver, price only 5/.55. t with German tiitti Keys, &c., 21. 12s. 6d. These instruments 'are made ofillie best materials, finished with the greatest care, and warranted perfect in tune. Manufactured by H. FENTUAI, Professor of the Flute, at 6, Surrey-street, Strand (p r i va t e h ouse , near St. C lem ent 's Church). N.8.--A trial allowed. Flutes repaired and exchanged. The Flute taught on moderate terms. OND'S PERMANENT INK, the only Ori• ginal, requiring no preparation, for MARKING LINEN, IMMEDIATE WANT ! ONE HUNDRED POUNDS WANTED, on Security. The above Sum supplied, will save the Se questration of a Living, and arrest the impending calamity which unforeseen circumstances have plunged a Clergyman into. Any INTEREST thankfully paid. Direct to Charles Jackson, Belle Sativege, Ludgate-hill, London. This celebrated Ink continues to give unerring satisfaction to every purchaser, no less for the ease with which it can Iro applied, than fox-the permanence and neatness of its mark, affording, by its superiority, an excellent means of security of Table Linen and Wearing Apparel against loss or mistake. Sold in Bottles, at Is. each, by J. Bond, Chemist, 28, Long lane, West Smithfield ; and, by appointment, by Sanger, 140. and Hannay and Co.,' 63, Oxford -street; St aloe, 4, and .Prout, 229, Strand ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Gooch, 55, King William street, London-bridge; and nest Stationers and Medicine Venders. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE A SSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNUILL, LONDON. Notice is hereby given, That the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on the CAPITAL STOCK of this SOCIETY, due on the 31st ult., will become PAYABLE on the 10th instant, and PRO. PRIETORS can receive the same at the Office on that, or any subsequent, day between the Huurs of Eleven and Three o'Clock. !By order of the Court of Directors, F. FERGUSON CAIIIROUX, Secretory. CLIMATE. T HE vari:il'. , temperature of the British Islands is . severely felt in many peculivities.ol habit, and its effect Is also known as an exciting cause, prejudicial to a deli Cate; texture of the skin ; the injury to this essential personal recommendation, induced by bleak winds, fogs, and the action of ,frosty air, is successfully and pleasingly averted by the use of GOWLAND'S LOTION, a preparation of long standing celebrity in,that depart ment of the TOILET devoted to the attainment and of a clear and animated complexion. " Robert Shaw, 33, Queen-street, Chcapside," is engrave(Lon the Government stamp, and each package is accompanied by " The Theory of Beaut - y.? Prices 2s. 9d., bs. 6d., Quarts Rs. 6d. STEAM between BRISTOL and NEW YORK. "ALTERATION of the DAYS o f SAILING o f t h e T HE GREAT WESTERN . In consequenc e o f the pressing solicit a ti ons o f a num b er of Passengers and Merchants, the Directors hare detehnined that the GREAT WESTERN, JAMES HOSKEN, Commander, shall be appointed to Sail Flt•M BRISTOt. enom NEW VOICK. 19th January, . 1539. 13th February, 1839. 9th March. 3d April: Pith April._ 22d May. ISth Jusla. 10th July. 3d A IL; ust. I I ' Artl4-tst. :fat Sopte . ober. • .16th October. 90a November. f 4th December. Pares to New York, in best State Rooms, 40 Guineas ; in other state Rooms, 33 Guineas. Children and Servants, Half 'Price. Specie, if above Twenty Thousand Pounds, at % per Cent., if under that amount 1 / 2 per Cent. Ne farther Freight can be received without previous applicatiOn, and all that may be secured must be 'on board on Wednesday, letilt January. Shippers of Debenture Goods will please to take notice that the Certificates must be transferred to themselves, or the Goods can not be shipped. All Dills of Lading not previously given, will be signed at the Office, 35, Prince's -street, on the 18th, between the hours of Twelve and Two. An experienced Surgeon is attached to the Ship. For information, and to secure State Rooms, apply to Mr. T. M. Ward, Great Western Railway Office, Prince's-street, Lon don ; Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs. Ha milton, Brother, and Co., Glasgow; Mr. W. Davidson, then's; Mr. A. Anielle, Paris; and'ssf Christopher Claxton, at the Com pany's Office, Bristol. N.B.—Passengers are particularly requested to have the word " Below," in large letters, written on such portions of their lug gage as are net required in their berths. ttir Shippers will take notice that the Freight by the. Great Western will be collected in New York, at.the rate of 4 .Dollprs SO Cents. to the Pound Sterling. No Second Class et. Steerage 13' BARFIELD'S DIAMOND PLATE POW= DER, warranted not to wear the plate. It instantly clears tarnish and dirt, Ong maqieelly-produdes a most , iniinilablos_:Etalish upon Gold; Silver, Plated Goods, Brass; 'Pin, - Copper, and makes tlritish Plate, Zinc , , and Pewter, look as white as the best Silver. Sold, wholesale and retail, at llallot and Co.'s British Plate Factory, 41, Ludgate -street. Bateman, Chemist t o th e Queen,lThoas and Co., Old K en t- roa d . No. 8, Thomas Castle-street, Leicester: Thomas, Hammersmith. square. ;Russell, 67; Whitechapel-road. S. Chappell, 8, Lombard-street, ;Parker, Bridge-street,-Lambeth. Wilson, $7, Fenchurch-street. I • • And at,the Manufactory, 92, Fenchurch-street. AGENTS .WANTED for every Town in the Kingdom. N.B.—Plate cleaned with this powder will not again tarnish. 'as43Aers taken. R. HODGSON. will SE., by AUCTION' 1. ) at his Great' Rotfn ItitY , e4t=•Street, on THURSDA Y, • Jan. 3, and Six folletving9hyS;rat bilf-pist Twelve, VALUABLE 130Q.f5i, including TWO LIBRARIES from the COUNTRY"; Amcinwhich are— Folio— Waltonus :Sacra Polyglotta, cum Castelli Lekieini; 8 vols. ; Mayer's Views inTgypt, Palestine, and c araman i a, co loured ; Stephani Thesaurus Grawcw. cum Supp. et Glossaria, 'vols. ; Pococke's Descriptio'n'Orthe East, 2 vols. ; Sloane's Ja maica, 2 vols. ; Genealogique de France, large paper, .9 vols. ; Tableau Historique de la, Revolution Franciise, 3 vols. ; Rapin and 71ndal's England; 4 vols. ; Ttiucvilidis, buke- . rus ; Ware's I re l an d ; Thoresby's LeMes; Kznin2, pfer's Japan, vols. ; Houbraken's Heads, large paper ; Dugdale's Origines -Ju ridiciales. Quarto--Rees's Cyclopwdiai large paper, 45 vols., russia extra ; Holinshed's Chronicles, 6 vols. ; Hoare's Gjralcis, 2 volt. Pen-. nant's Works, 11 vo l s . ; D o d we l l ' s Greece, 2 vols. ; -Le 'Brun's Voyagei, 5 vols. ; Robson's Heraldry, 3 vols. ; Lodge's Portraits, india proofs; Britton's Architectural Antiquities, 4 vols. ; Acker mann's Microcosm, a 3 vols. ; Philosophical Trasactious, 16155 to 1814; Edwards's Birth, 7 vols, ,coloured: Boys' Sandwich, 2 ; Lysons's Environs of London, 4 vols. ; Clement Biblio theque Curieuse,9 - vols. ; Playfair's Family Antiquity, large paper, 9 vols. ; Ciceronis Opera, Olireti, 11 vols. Octavo, &c.—Universal History, 60 vols. ; CEuvres de Voltaire, 40 vols. ; Dodslev's Annual Register, 61 vols. ; Walpole's Painters arid Engravers, by Dallaway, 5 vols. ; Racing Calendar, 1751 to 1829; the Lancet, 18 vols., &c. &c. To be viewed, and catalogues had. 0 PORTO-- --A Parcel of very superior OLD 'PORT WINES; in quarter pipes, inaported - expressly' for private families for this season's bottling. They are strongly re commended, and will be delivered in any part of London, duty and every expense included, at the under-mentioned prices:— Per quarter pipe, 201. and 23/. ; per dozen, 335. and 365. HENEKEY and COMPY., Gray's-inn Wine Establishment, 23, High Holborn, London. Note.—Also a few pipes of the above, at 801. and 921. fIETTS'S PATENT BRANDT.—Th e ex traordinary patronage with which this favourite beverage has %men honoured by the Nobility, the Medical Profession, and by ail classesof the community, since its introduction in 1829, affords, of itself, sufficient evidence of its unequalled merits. To this triumphant success must be attributed the fact, that each succeeding year has witnessed the birth and death of some new' Brandy Establishment ; called into life by jealousy of the success of the Patent Brandy, and doomed to certain failure as a necessary , Jnesquence ; being totally unable to produce an article capable of .nstaining's competition with it. The only Establishment of J. T. Betts and Co. is the Distillery, No. 7,-Smithfield-bars, leading to St. John-street, where the Patent Brandy may be had either pale or coloured, in quantities not lees than two Gallons, at Eighteen Shillings per Imperial Gal lon, for Cash on delivery. BY ROYAL APPOJNTAIENT. Q . WAIN and CO., 92, Fleet -street, TAILORS, &e., to HER MAJESTY the QUEEN. FOR GREAT COATS. A large assortment of Waterproof Milled Beaver Cloths. FOR DRESS WAISTCOATS. A splendid and rich assortment of Figured Velvets, Silks, Shawls, and Valencia', of the choicest patterns. DRESS SUITS OF THE BEST WEST OF ENGLAND CLOTHS, From 41. 10s. to 61. 6s. N.B.—Servants' Liveries, either for State or common °cessions. —Dresses of every desciption, tastefully and elegantly Embroidered to any device, ist Gold, Silver, or in Colours. GENTLEMEN'S DRESS. REAT COATS, FROCK, and DRESS to W COATS, and every other article of GENTLEMEN'S DRESS, for the present season, cut to fit in the most approved style of fashion, and made in the best manner, at the undermen tioned moderate prices, for cash, at J. ALBERT'S, TAILOR and DRAPER, 52, Ring William-street; London Bridge:— Superfine Coloured Dress Coats, from £2 10 oto £3 0 0 Ditto, the finest Saxony, black or blue 3 7 0 Frock Coats, with silk facings and velvet collar A Pilot or Petersham Great Coat, lined throughout Various excellent new Trousers The largest stock of any house in the trade of the most fashionable Waist coats, from 215 oto 318 0 • 2 2 oto 3 3 0 Materials for 016 oto 1 8 0 0 10 0 to 1 10 0 Young Gentlemen's Suits, Servants' Liveries, &c., made on the shortest notice, and upon such terms as will ensure future favours. 52, King William-street, City. 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. SIGHT AND HEARING. TESTIMONIALS on the Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS' Newly Invented SPECTACLE LENSES and VOICE CONDUCTOR for Deaf Persons. From James Blundell, Esq., M.D. " I have now tried for some time the Messrs. Solomons' newly invented Spectacle Lenses, and have experienced much benefit ; they are far preferable to my vision than any other lens ; the relief is very great, in particular by candle light, and in course of use for a length of time the clearness of the transparency brings every object very distinct ; they can be fully appreciated only by those who, like myself, may stand in need of them. " JAMES BLUNDELL, M.D. _ _ _ " No. 1, Great George-street, Westminster." We, the undersigned, have been making use of the Messrs. So lomons' newly invented Spectacle Lenses ; the comfort they afford to defective vision gives them the decided preference to every other kind of lens, we agree in every point of view in the above state ment—John Elliotson, E s q., 'F. RS., Conduit-street ; Thomas J. Pettigrew, Esq., F. R. S., Saville-row ; Geo. G. Sigmond, Esq., M .D., 24, Dover-street; Robert Noble, Esq., Surgeon, 36, Albe marle-street ; W. Jones, Esq., Surgeon to the Infirmary, 15, Lower Brook -street, Grosvenor-square ; William English, Esq., Surgeon, Denmark-hill ; Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Surgeon, Ham mersmith; H. C o lb ourn, E sq., M . D ., 28, Harleyford-place, Ken nington ; T. Day, Surgeon, Isleworth. In placing these Testimonials before the public, the Messrs. Selomons feel desirous to state that their Voice Conductor, for deaf persons, is so small it fits into the cavity of the ear, not the least perceptible, and the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard with distinctness. These important new inventions are pa tronised by their Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnes ses t h e Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and R os a, and his Grace the Duke of Manchester, &c. &c. It is requisite to observe, 39, Albemarle-street. FO GS AND DAMP AIR. n ARcLAy's ASTHMA TIC CANDY has, for many years , been prove(' an effectual Preservative from tie ill effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season, are so prevalent in this Climate. Its effects are to exp e l Wi n d, to pre serve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and t o re li eve t h ose who suffer from Difficulty of Breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Pa rr i ng d on.stroet, London; and Sold Retail, by their a ppointment, by Sa nger, nston,6ll, Cornhill ; 150, Oxford-street; H. &afield, ISO, Strand ; March, M, Holbert ; J o h Hallows, Druggist, 0 , High-street, Islington ; Heudebourck Druggist, Church-street, Hackney; a, .d by all re s p e ctable M edicine'Venders In Town and Country. Observe.—None Gan be genuine, unless the names of "Barclay an d s eu e are on the Sep ) Waxed to oath Boa. WITH WHICH TLIE " TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY I, 11-39. At SPLENDID ENGRAVING will b e PR E ,_ • SENTED with the COURT JOURNAL of SATURDAY next, January ii. 1839, representing THE GRAND STATE ENTRANCE to WINDSOR CASTLE, forming No. 1 of the ROYAL and NOBLE RESIDENCES of EUROPE, with his torioal descriptions, to be continued Monthly. Orders are received by all Booksellers and Newsmen in town mil Country. W. Thomas, Publisher, 19, Catherine-street, Strand. TIME TABLE FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1839. 5 '; rtl. :=. 3 :V P , ..' 74 ' Cr 5, .1 :, ... = c.. _ . ... . - cZ..e ' •:' 5- - c... ‘-e' 2 •,.* GP c. '-'. ..- ° 4 • P • : 4 • . `-.4 • • . • . -------•------.. —__ -•-•-••• , JANUARY... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 . 14. 15 16 17 la 19 20 21 22 '23 24 25 26 27 28 . 29 30 31 FEnnuAtev.. ~. .... ... .. 1 2 3 4 ' 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 11) 20 21 '22 23 24 2.5 26 27 28 MARCH........... .......... . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 •-• 18 19 20 21 22 ' 2.3 24 25 • 26 27 28 29 30 31 Arm........ 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' 1- 2 3 4 5 6.- 7: 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 14 15 16 17 .18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2B 29 30 31 AUGUST ... .............. 1 2 3 4 5 67 8 9 10 11 12 15 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 . 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 . 29 30 31 SEPTEMBER ....... 1 2 li 4 5 6. 7 8 • 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 OCTOBER 1 2 3 4 " 5 6 7 4i 9 lO 11 , 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 '26 27 2B 3 4 • 1 NOYEMBFR.. 1 1 2 29 3O 31 . 5 6 7 8 '. 9 /0 'll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 •. - 1 .26 '27 . 28 29 30 ' ' 1 DECEMBER.. 3 4 5 6, 7 8 9 • 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 , • . 17 - 18 ' 19 .20 21 22 23 'I. , 24 25 26 • '27 28 29 3O ' C : 31 ( .._ ...7 _____„ ........; SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTER:S'XL S —YESTERDAY. tHE DERBY. Another dull afternoon, with very little in the Way of ehmgo; bad, however, as business 'undoubtedly was, twor or three movements (the last uf the year) require to be noticed. The Dey of Algiers sprung to 22 to 1, takers, nor could any one be prevailed upon to offer more than 25 to 1 against Epi daurus. Tontine also advanced several points. Amongst the principal favourites the fluctuations are trifling ; Bay Middle ton is still out of favour, but Ilderim and Flambeau maintain their position, and are in force. Tros is on the declin e , an d nothing said about an y o th er o f the twenty-five to one division. The following were the closing prices. 13 to I agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ilderim—taken and afterw. offered 17 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau—taken 2.?,,t0 1 agst Colon.iißeers Dey of Algiers—taken 24 to I agst Lord Albemarle's Tros 25 to I agst Mi. Bowes's Epidaurus—take 30 to I 30 to 1 agst 11r. Wreford's Wapite 35 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Cammellino—take 40 to 1 40 to 1 agst Mr. Greatrex's Tontine colt--take 50 to 1 1000 to 40 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Chimborazo—taken 2000 to 40 agst Duke of Grafton's Pastille colt—taken and after wards offered PRICE sd. INAUGURATION OF SIR J. GRAHAM AS LORD RECTOR OF GLASGOW. In eonFequence of an unusual press of matter, we have been unable to give insertion to the following speech till this day : The inauguration of the Right Hon. Sir J. Graham, as Lord Rector of our University, took place on Friday afternoon in the Common Hall. At a quarter to one o'clock the Hall door was opened for the admission of Ladies,one of the galleries having been set apart for their reception. The other was appropriated to the Students of Divinity and other Gentlemen, who, for the occa sion, received tickets of admission. Cheers and groans were given for the defeated candidate the Duke of Sus sex, and similar demonstrations by the friends of Sir J. Graham ; accompanied with vollies of the " Kentish fire., At ten minutes after two, the Duke of Montrose, Chan cel or of the University, Sir JameS Graham in his Rec to! ial robes. accompanied by the Principal, Professors, and outer Gentlemen, entered the Hall in procession, pre ct lett, as usual, by the Bedellus bearing the mace. The ceremony of inauguration haring been concluded— Sir JAMES GRAHAM began his address by remarking, that when lie considered the national importance of this University—the aspect of the times in which we lived— the danger which surrounded them—and when lie reflected on the honour which they had been pleased to confer on him—when he estimated its value, and the responsibility of the duties which that office devolved upon him—when he thought of the competitor to whom he had been preferred, and the immediate predecessor whom he had the honour to succeed—knowing their strength, conscious of his own weakness, and, at this moment, when naturally he was ineXi -to 4 vial le ate - nye • riipfietra -arierte 4 express his own sense of gratitude, he was lost in the sense of his own inferiority, he should be cold indeed if ho did not feel that the present was an occasion worthy of a free people. There stood before him the youth of Scotland. who had, according to ancient custom, chosen for the time being their Rector—not dazzled by the glare of Royalty— not allured by the blandishments of a Court—not crouch ing to the name of a Prince—they had thought fit to choose as their Rector a country gentleman —a country gentleman unknown to them personally—known to them only by his attachment to the civil and ecclesiastical in stitutions of this country—(Great cheering)—and by the sacrifices he has made, and is prepared to renew, in de fence of those Protestant principles which were the firmest basis of our freedom.—(Renewed applause.) Nor was this all—he knew the gracious Prince to whom he had been preferred, for it had been his good fortune to have received from him many: proofs :of condescending kind ness ; but such were the advantages of our free institu tions—such the respect of public opinion, that even in the highest quarters, that he was sure that that gracious Prince would regard without disple'asure the frank ex pression of their sentiments, and that even he might ap proabh the Duke of Sussex Without the fear of having for feited any portion of his royal favour. And here had lie committed the natural impulse of his first impressions, or folloWed ' the dictates of: vanity, .h e s h ou ld rest sat i s fi ed with . , the. cordial but .slsort'expressi.on of his feelings, shun- Lcorriparisome. in which he must appeal to disadvantage, h. - lie should have cut short his address, and simply returned Thanks—avoiding the beaten path 'trodden by his prede ees§ers.' But, perhaps, silent reierve might appear incon istett with the respect he felt, and the debt of gratitude 5 . e owed them.. And if, limn his personal experience, he I could Coffer even one suggestion practically useful to any one of them; if - frenethe authority'they had conferred on him in that place, he could iticuleate one solitary truth, ,no conscious infi rm ity s h ou ld d eter. hi m from offering the only ;return he could make to the best of his ability.— (Applause.) But noeelti , from thatplace was impossible— theiduties to be inculcated were invariable—the studies to be recommended were the same—the truths to be enforced tverweternal.—(Cheers.) Should he wish to direct their attention to the Rhetorical Art—to advantages to be de 'rived from the study of the great masters of antiquity— that was a. topic which, from that place Lord Brougham had launched from his master hand—he had shown that in every age and tone ue, pure eloquence consisted in the natural flow of clear thought and sound reasoning in the full tide of harmonious language. Should he wish to inculcate any of the great principles of ethical philosophy, could he forget that a Mackintosh had been their Rector, who poured the full stores of eloquence and learning on this topic —a topic in which he shone with power and lustre ?—(Loud cheers.) Should lie presume to talk to them on matters of taste and polite literature—or offer any suggestions on that subject, Jeffrey was his predecessor—the refined, the accomplished Jeffrey.—(Renewed cheers.) But should he presume, still further, to dilate on Parliamentary excellence—to speak of those qualities that form public virtue and fitted them for the administration of public affairs—the name of Peel— (Tremendous cheering, which lasted for some time)—the voice of Peel and Stanley still vibrated within those walls— (Cheers)—men whom it was an honour to have identified with the University.—(Cheers.) He was restrained, how ever, from enumerating the whole of the great names which had adorned the place he then filled—nor would he give a studied panegyric, he would rather tell them in the exercise of a sound judgment, to remember their precepts and follow their example.--(Applause.) He felt the less necessity to enlarge when he looked around him, and saw himself sur rounded by learned Professors, who sustained the credit and reputation of this venerable University, and who were conversant in every branch of ancient and modern litera ture and science—on whose stores of acquired knowledge they enjoyed the inestimable advantage of drawing with out stint—who were ever anxious to stimulate them in their efforts—to correct them when wrong—and praise them when they excelled—and before all, to guide them in the paths which led to virtue and fame.—(Great cheers.) Again, when he looked around him, could he forget the friend whose voice was heard no more—who exercised in an exemplary manner all the qualities which fitted him so admirably for the discharge of his important duties—whom the Greek class, though he was sure his place there had been well supplied, would ever remember with regret and affection.—(Great applause.) The Right Hon. Baronet, after passing a warm eulogium on the character and classical attainments of the late Sir D. K. Sandford, proceeded to observe that he was far from wish ing to discourag e them in their aspirations after present fame and future knowledge. On the contrary, he would stimulate them to increased exertion and well regulated efforts. This, they might depend upon it, was the day spring of their future fortune, the dawn of their future career—and he could tell them from his own experience, that time wasted at College would leave a pang in the mind which would embitter after life, when it told of time mis spent and moments lost. What a noble prospect was be fore them in the great, the free, the happy country which they call their own. He was sure he might be permitted to express the opinion, that in no quarter of the globe, and at no period of time, could a man be more happy than in our own country, whether blessed with fortune or allied to poverty. If visited with poverty, he could minister to his wants with his own hands, and eat the bread of industry. There were so many profitable avocations—so many ave nues to wealth and fame—so many provisions afforded to genius and enterprise—such compensations for honest la bour, that no man who had judgment and opinion, and had been blessed with health and strength, could complain of want without reproaching himself, in some degree with hav ing neglected opportunities. Keeping this in view— remembering the flight of those who were once humble students—might he not say he saw before him hands which might sway the rod of empires —hear voices which might shake the senate ? There was nothing which subjects might enjoy to which they might not aspire ; but they might assuredly depend upon it, that if they expected to build high, they must dig deep. If they expected to reap the harvest, the seed time must not be neglected. The present was the time and opportunity for the formation of character, and the cultivation of the understanding, and he would implore them not to waste it like children but im prove it like men. Perhaps he was over-stepping the strict bounds of duty, but if he did, the Noble and Learned Chan cellor would correct him, but he could not avoid that op portunity of descending into particulars and addressing them on a few leading points. In the first place, he would recommend to them. the study of geometry and mathematics —here the Right Hon. Baronet brought in review before his audience the great names of both ancient and modern times, whose genius had thrown a lustre around these depart ments of study, in the course of which he enumerated the many eminent men who had adorned the University of this city. He next recommended the study of the c l ass i cs . Who that had ever tasted of the pleasures of classical lore, would, under any circumstances, con sent to relinquish them ? It was not only an admis sion to the learning of the ancients, but an admission into the innermost recesses of the thoughts of the greatest men —a participation in their noble and generous sentiments. Our knowledge of their heroic deeds—our communings with their struggles for freedom and love of glory—their passion for the arts--their taste for painting—and their matchless eloquence—all these imparted to the classical scholar a taste which never clogged, and as life advanced, ADELPHI THEATRE. The Giant of Palestine is a portentous title. The story is confessedly " partly taken. from Tasso," and it is taken a pretty considerable distance. " The armour" is " real," and borrowed from " Grosvenor -street" for the occasion. Best of all, the Giant is real, and a very real Giant he is. He would cut up into a good sized company. One could not but tremble for the crusading heroes whom he tossed about like the balls of the Indian jugglers. He is the very model of a Saracen monster. Yates's discerning eye saw the paynim at once; and be is likely to prove a great and long attraction. The Adeiphi poets must bestir themselves, and do all the giants of ancient and modern times, from Goliath downwards ; or, if they please, from Goliath upwards ; Mons. Bihin " has stomach for them all." We are afraid to say how many feet he stands;' but he is merciful in his greatness, and never elbows anybody; he is above it. We cannot confidently affirm that his acting is proportionate, but it certainly is high art. The Saracen garb became him. In " the storming of the mount" he seemed like Pelion upon Ossa. 0. Smith is a wart to him. We could not imagine, after he had smashed twelve chieftains at once, how he was to be got rid of, or ever to be "taken from Tasso's Jerusalem." And it is only effected by a shabby trick. Armida, for the love of Childe Roland, stabs him in the back with a magic javelin. " 0 what a fall was there l" He lay stretched from side to side of the stage, thus allowing the curtain to fall too, without being in terrupted Diu its descent. Yates led him on to receive the plaudits of` the audience, like the boy towing the giraffe. The play is not so well put together as the giant. There are some effective groups in it, and striking scenes. A Miss Fortescue made her debut in Armida. Her voice is pleasant, and trusting more to its natural tones would not have made her less of an enchantress. Mrs. Keeley made the most and best of her part, which was that of a runaway French girl in the disguise of a page. And Mr. Collins sung a song, which was encored, illustrative of the sentiment of this chivalric drama, that " in war and in love, the knights of the holy cross are gayest of the gay." Another novelty followed, called Jim Crow in his New Place. The joke consists in the negro's literal obedience to his master's orders, and t urn i ng out i nto t h e roads w i th pail and brush, when told to " scour the country." But it served as an excuse for Mr. Rice's singing " Sich a glair,' up stairs," and "Jump, Jim Crow," and that was enough. A GOOD HANDS—He wrote a most abominably good hand (that usual sign of a poor and trifle-occupied mind).—Rattlin the Reefer. The United Service Journal, in its opening Number for the new year, contains,'we understand, a powerful " Ap peal to Men of all Parties" on the present State of the Navy, and our Naval ascendancy ; reviewing in a masterly manner our maritime relations with other States, and exhi biting their resources and our own, with an ample know ledge of the subject, derived from the best sources and authorities. SAM SLICK'S BUBBLES OF CANADA. --We are requested to state that the new work by the author of " Sam Slick's Sayings and Doings," entitled The Bubbles of Canada, will be published by Mr. Bentley, New Burling ton-street, on Thursday next, the 3d inst. Mr. Bentley will also publish in a few days Rob of the Bowl, a Romance of the Days of Charles 11., by J. P. Kennedy, Esq., author of " Horse Shoe Robinson." NEW WORKS.—Mr. Colburn, of Great Marl borough -street, has just published the following interesting and important new works :-1. Personal Memoirs and Diaries of George Washington, Comm an d er -i n -Chi e f o f the American Armies, and First President of the United States, by Jared Sparks, 2 vols. Bv o ., w i t h P ortra i ts.-2. Capt. Scott's Excursions in the Mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the Inhabitants of the South of Spain, 2 vols. Bvo., with illustrations.-3. 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But they might be the most accomplished scholars—they might be the most pro found mathematicians—they might possess all knowledge —be blessed with the finest understanding—yet all these would avail them nothing. " What does it profit a matt though he gained the whole world, and lost his own soul. Thep' might depend upon it t hat learning, unless founded on religion. was unsound and ev e n dangerous. Learning,without religion,. was but as a sounAin g brass and a tinkling cymbal—a com pass without its polar ity—a watch without its regulator—a. steam-engine without its safety-valve.--(Loud and long continued cheering.) However important might be the , understanding, it was not the most important faculty pos sessed by man. Something more than to improve the un derstanding was necessary to the correction of the heart. Let them look around them on the world, and see what would be the consequences were the understandinj alone left to combat with human passions. These passions - had taken so deep a root in human nature that nothing but the hope of future reward or the fear of future punishment could bring them under subjection. Paul had preache d of righteousness, and repentance, and judgment to come before Felix trembled. Search, then, the Scriptures, for in* every page would they find that which maketh wise unto salvation—that which would bring the understanding itself under control. Did he mean to say, then, that learning and the exercise of reason were unnecessary ? By no means. Learning was of advantage, in dissipatingthe obscurity which hung over the dead languages in w hi c h th e S cr ipt ures were originally writt en , while reason dispelled the, doubts which might arise as to the authenticity of the Scriptures themselves. Let the fundamental principle, " Thy word is truth," but operate on their lives and manners, and tbeirs was the promise of everlasting life. In illustration of the importance of religious knowledge the Hon. Baronet re ferred to the testimonies of its value borne by the most eminent philosophers. Bacon, at once the pride and the shame of human nature, possessed of God-like genius, yet actuated by the most gnawing avarice, the inventor of in ductive philosophy—this first of philosophers had said that none could deny God but such as wished there was no , God. Newton, the great discoverer of the laws on which the motions of the heavenly spheres depend, bad exhorted to sea3ph the Scriptures. Locke, the guide to the human snide tending , hag-also_e4orted to the study of the Scrip tures, particularly th e New Testaciient, which had G o d for` its author, salvation for its end, and truth without mixture of error, for its motto. Herschell, a distinguished follower of Bacon, and Newton. and Locke, had said it was the cha racter of true philosophy to reject nothing that was as impossible --to disbelieve nothing was not unreasonable.. Such doubt was absurd ; such scepticism iniquitous. The Lord Rector turned to Dr. Chalmers, and enlarged in high terms on the Reverend Doctor's work on the Evi dences of Christianity. But it was not only the best and the greatest men of the past and present ages who had borne testimony to the value of religion. A like evidence had been tendered also by some of the worst—among others by a leader of the first French Revolution, when the Goddess of Reason was set up in France as an object of worship. Robespierre had seen the madness of this at tempt to reduce a people to atheism, and had remonstrated against it. The idea of a powerful, a just, and a holy Being, to reward and to punish, he viewed as inseparable from the human mind, spurned at by none but the rich and the criminal, cherished by all the honest and destitute. The Protestant relig ion which we cherish, continued the Ho nourable Gentlman, has for its object, to debase hu man pride and to exalt human nature ; that of scepti cism is to exalt human pride and to debase human na ture. Our religion is the religion of freedom ; free dom of judgment, freedom of interpretation, freedom of conscience. It elevated the mind, and was thus favour able to the protection of civil rights. lt. was, moreover, the religion of Reason. As yet they savebut pkthroug,h a glass darkly ; but by a proper use of the . understanding, they might reach the most sublime heights.—(Cheering.) It•was the religion of hope ; they had the promise of the life which now is and of that which is to come. It was the Religion of Peace. Had he ever harboured a doubt of its Heavenly origin, this consideration would of itself have convinced him. Be ye kind, it is said, to one another ; tender-hearted, and forgiving one another—even as God, for Christ's sake, forgave you. It was the religion of their forefathers—(Cheers)—and when he . said so, he could not but recollect that he was speaking in Glasgow, that he was addressing the descendants of men wbo valued property, and life, and worldly reputation, as nothing in the bal lance when compared with a clear conscience and the knowledge of the truth. He could not but recollect that he was addressing the .youth of Scotland, the im mediate descendants of a happier generation, who had been enabled to cultivate their native land in peace— who had found it a howling wilderness, and had left it a garden. But, alas 1 the present was a day of dark ness and of danger—there was a fear of change perplex ing nations—men's hearts failing them for fear. But in the midst of all this—let them take their stand on the Rock of Ages, and fear not for the religion of their fathers. Scot land had secured from England at the Union, a National Judicature and a National Church. These were the tro phies of her patriots—the last great memorials of her inde pendence. Scotland had said to England, you may take away our Crown, you may abolish our Parliament, you may impose on us your taxes, and you may make us forget in other respects that we once were a nation ; but you shall not take from us our Court of Session or our Kirk.— (Cheers.) We shall retain these as proof that we are not slaves. The Court had it in charge to defend the Kirk, and he hoped never to see the day when the two should come into collision. What mutual concessions had they not a right to expect in such a time of danger as this, and he fervently prayed both might flourish to the latest posterity, the Kirk in alliance wish the State and —( Here the Honourable Gentleman was assailed by some hisses and groans, which speedily called forth a shout of energetic applause. For a short time the uproar was tremendous. Hisses and gro ans , an d a ll manner of uncouth sounds, proceeded from one portion of the au dience, while cheers, clapping of hands, and the Kentish fire, marked the others' approbation. Sir James attempted • '• several times to finish the sentence, and after repeated failures through the party zeal of friends and foes, he did say something as if coming to a conclusion, but the confu sion was still so great as to prevent his being heard at even a short distance.) He said something about a bold, yet prudent assertion of the Church's rights. He was satisfied from what he heard to-day concerning the part those before him would take. The Hon. Gent. then referred to the progress of the Romans in Britain, under the reign of Agricola. Having vanquished the Southerns, and reduced the Lowlands of Scotland to submission if not to obedience, the Roman armies had at last crossed the Forth, and carried their victorious eagles to the foot of the Grampians. But in the fastnesses of these hills, still dear to Scotsmen, the Clans mustered under Galgacchus, hav ing buried in oblivion their mutual feuds. They rushed down upon the foe, nothing daunted by his numbers, his discipline, or his valour, but animated by the words of their heroic chief; who addressed them in language which he would now hold to those before him in their present circum stances—let them rush forward in their might to the con flict, let them think of their ancestors, let them think of their posterity, and Scotland would yet rest in safety under their care. The Hon. Gentleman concluded his address amid enthusiastic applause. After a few remarks from the Principal the Assembly broke up about half-past three o'clock. On Friday morning an inquest was held at the Royal Oak, Granby-street, Waterloo-road, on the body of Cornelius Swain, aged 39. It appears that the deceased was employed on board the steam-engine used for raising gravel from the bed of the river, opposite the Houses of Parliament. On Saturday night last the unfortunate man, after being paid his wages, went on deck, and not return ing search was made, but his body was not found until the following afternoon, when it was picked up by his brother in-law under the centre arch of Westminster Bridge. Verdict.—" Accidental Death." We regret to state that a haulm stack, the property of Mr. French, of Bull's Lodge, Borebani, was on Friday night set fire to by an incendiary and destroyed. It fortu nately stood at a distance from any other stack or building. Mr. French's property is, we understand, fully insured.— Esser Herald. On the Ist •f November the Sardinian frigate La Regina sailed from Genoa on a voyage round the world. The frigate is commanded by Captain Albini, and among her passengers is Prince Eugene of Savoy. King Charles Albert was among the spectators when she sailed. DEFECT IN THE POOR-LAW.--The state of the poor in extra-parochial places—must have suggested itself to the minds of the framers of the Poor-law Amendment Act, and that the omission of any provision for such par ties was but the result of that narrow and short-sighted policy which characterises, in a greater or less degree, most of the proceedings of the Legislature. It is obvious that, if there ought to be a provision for the poor at all, those who happen to reside in extra-parochial places should not be ex cluded from its benefits ; and, by parity of reasoning, the owners and occupiers of property in such localities should contribute to the required funds. The evil might have been easily met, in the construction of the Poor-law, by authoriz ing the Commissioners, when forming unions, to have con stituted such places separate parishes, or to have annexed them to parishes adjoining, allowing the inhabitants some voice in the matter. This, however, was not done ; and, if the Poor-law Commissioners do not bring forward the sub ject as soon as Pariiament meets, we hope some friend 'to the poor—one of the Borough Members for instance—will take it up.. Leicestershirc Mercury. .g.' r "147* 4,,, p. N ,.. , \ - v„ - -r - -- ~ ,-44 4 ,44-,.... '• "-I' ••111.: '7 6 . • -.3.-1,4%74.4 • __ , - _ ham -, - , ?'os ` _ _. \ 4 W . .k, 01,,;.• s , :'-' ....- •_s_):u -.3,- 1 - ; " ) e .- s.; ‘ , ) 0, ~,. ~-.., .... .., . • 5,...,,,- . - ..c( V, C, 4.-* I; g 'X ''', , 1 1 1 11111 1111111 L 0 ' .----( , --, if. 6 :l' ''it, . ' -iv ' '.-- , . i - 1 . - V Ipit air 1) 44,1SSfitai,"11"1#'41147- OIT.'"