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There was also an assortment of baby requisites. After the death of Mrs. Gellard, witness went for the cl9thes. The bag was handed to her, but she saw that so very few of the articles were there that she would not take it. Dr. Sigmond said the witness's account of the articles was materially different from the statement in the letter of Gellard. LONDON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 29, 1839. N o. 14.737. PRICE sd. PUBLICATIONS. PUBLICATIONS. STEAM NAVIGATION TO INDIA. POOR-LAWS. BY AUTHORITY. IIAYTER'S ROYAL CORONATION PICTURE. _ . LADYBLESSINGTON'S NEW NOVEL. This day is published, in 2 vol s ., POsi8;;;21s. cloth lettered, H GO V E RN E S S. By the COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. With a Portrait of " The Governess." London : Longman, Orme, and Cs. Dr. Sigmond dwelt repeatedly on this, and the Soli. citor ten asked to see the paper. On looking at it he declared that it fully agreed with the account given by the w tness. The matron was called, and she said all the c l o th es left by the deceased had been delivered to the hus band. Some of the articles were burnt. A cloth shawl had been lent to a patient, which the complain ant could have, Dr. Sigmond said the Committee allowed the pa tients to bring in whatever they pleased in the way of apparel. They neither examined the packages coming in or going out. They depended on their servants, of whose honesty they were assured before they engaged them. - - Messrs. HODGSON and GRAVES, her Majesq's Print sellers and Publifthers, beg to announce that they will shortly he permitted to have the honour to exhibit in their Gallery, Pall-mall, The Magnificent Picture of TIIE CORONATION. Painted by GEORGE HAYTER, Esq., her Majesty's . . PORTRAIT OF PRINCE ALBERT.- The MIRROR, Part V. of Vol. 2, for 1839, price One Shilling, Contains a Bi ograp hi ca l M emo i r and Portrait of his Serene Highness, Prince Albert of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, the intended Consort of Queen Victoria. Twelve other Engravings of popular interest, with choice Selections from the Annuals, Now Books, and the usual variety of amusing and instructive information. The Volume will be completed December 30. Historical Painter. Subscribers' Names for this National Engraving received by Hodgson and Graves, her Majesty's Printsellers and Publish ers, 6, Pall-mall, where the Subscription Book, containing the numerous Autographs of the Illustrious Subscribers is now open; and by Messrs. Leggatt and Co., Cornhill. Now ready, with Illustrations, post. Svo., 10s. 6d. bound , T HE WILD SPORTS OF SOUTH AFRICA. By Captain W. C. HARRIS, E.I.C. Engineers. John Murray, Albemarle-street. John Limbird, Publisher, 14.3, Strand. PARLEY'S LIVES of FRANKLIN and WASHINGTON. In One Volume,square 16m0., embellished with Two fine En gravings, Price 4s. bound in cloth. THE LIVES of FRANKLIN and WASH INGTON, illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anec dotes, adapted to the use of Schools and Young Persons. By PETER PARLEY, Author of " Tales about the Sun, Moon, and Stars," &c. London : Print.ed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside ; and may be procured, by order, of all other Booksellers. CO" ci.,. - " fRACT FOR BEDDING AND TABLE LINEN. DEPARTMENT OF THE PHYSICIAN-GENERAL OF ._ THE NAVY, SOMERSET-PLACE, Nov. 26, 1830. HE COMMISSIONERS for EXE CUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH AD -1111RA L *I th e UNITED KINGDOM o f GREAT 11RITAIN and IRELAND, do h ere by g i ve N o ti ce , th a t o n lirustsowy, the 12th December next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con tract, for supplyi ng an d d e li ver i ng i n t o th e M e di ca l St ores a t _rMajesty' s V ictua lli ng Yard at D eptford, with i n One M ont h from the day of Contra c t, the und e r m e n tioned Articles, viz. : TI CKEN MATTRESS CASES BOLSTER " LINEN PILLOW ?IL - Low sun 250 4oto ..1-INEN SHEETS 900 Pairs IJAMASK TABLE CLOTHS 200 No. RAND IMNNER NAPKINS 5O TOWELS 5OO Patt'erua of the Articles, and the Conditions of the Contract, 14 °2 } Je seen at th e sa id OfCce. N• Tende r will be received after one o'clock, on the day •f 'Treaty, A nor any noticed, unless the Party attends, or an Cent for him duly authorized in writing. trery Tr:r.der must Ise addressed to the Secretary of the Admi -411. t v , and Lear in the loft hand corner the words " Tender for Juedding and Table Linen," and must also be delivered at So merset.-,/lace, accompanied by a Letter signed by a respon sible P arson, engaging to become bound with the Person ten.. a . -er fr, in the sum of 251. per cent. an the value, for the due ~.. Fs"' irrnance of the Contract. "VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE AND LOAN COMPANY. No. 18, King William-street, City. Sir JAMES DUKE, M.P., Chairman. BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy Chairman. William Allen, Esq. John Knill Esq. Benjamin Barnard Esq. Benjamin Lancaster, Esq. Charles Baldwin, Esq. 'I hotna a Nesbitt, Esq. James Cockburn, Esq. Major-General Robertson Nryan Dankin, Esl. Daniel Sutton, jun., Esq. Aaron Goldsmid, Lsq. O'Bryan Bellingham Woolsey, James Law Jones, Esq. Esq. S•LICITORA. —Messrs. Lake and Curtis, Basinghall-s;reet. As Low Rates of Premium as are consistent with security, *bath may be paid annually, half yearly, or quarterly. Tb. whole of the Profits equally divided between the Assured W. the Shareholders. 'Claims payable in two months after death. leans may be effected by parties Assured with this Company. WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary. /STA TI 0 N AL si L i R O A A N cE A 7 D N D LIFE AS - DEFERRED ANNUITY SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. EASTERN BRANCH. —5, Castle-street, St. Mary Axe. Capital, 600,0001. EMPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Col. Sir Burges Comae, K. C. S. Robert Hollond, Esq., M.P. "John Elliotson, M.D. F.R. S. George Lungley, Esq. I. Gordon, Esq. John Rawson, Esq. (Joseph Thompson, Esq. A UDITORS. Dr. Olinthus Gregory, F.R. A.S. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq. , KR. A. S. By the neiv principles of Life Assurance and Deferred An nuities, founded by this Society, th e mora l o bli ga ti on o f a ll ?large! of making a provision for a family or for old age is 4 kgeiy enhanced, by the immediate advantages secured to the sauced themselves. Th details of the principles of the Society, its improvement In the system of Assurance, its economical arrangements in favour of the Assured, its extensive Tables, &c., will be found in its Prospectus, which may be obtained at the Offices of the ~ )piety, 26, Cornhill, London, or at any of its Br.uches 'arouesout the Country. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. _ BENEVOLENT FIRE and LIFE IN SURANCE, and NATIONAL BENEFIT SO- Lit:TY, 351, Strand. Capital, 250,000/. Under the Management of a Board of Directors. This Society, in addition to the general business of Insur 'nee Companies, has been formed for the purpose of enabling Persons of very moderato means to attain those objects hitherto confined to the more wealthy, viz. :- Ist. Insuring their lives in sums from 51. and upwardi, se curing Deferred Annuities as a provision for Old Age ; Weekly Allowances during Sickness ; and Endowments for Children, the Premiums being divided into Monthly Instalments for the c onvenience of the Insured. Also for the protection of such 14 Possess only a small personal property, Insurances are effected against lass by Fire, in sums from 101. to 1001., by Quarterly p ayments ; thus Household Goods, Wearing Apparel, Stock in Trade, Workmen's Tools, &c., to the value of 201. can be Insured, on prAyment of Sixpence every Three Months, duty included. The atte ution of the Public is particularly directed to this he;love', feature, for th e man t o w h om thi s f ac t i s k nown , w ill 1f hence °'e', deserve little sy m p a thy s h ou ld h e b ecome th e v i c ti m 4: culamity, against th e ev il s o f w hi c h h e cou ld so rea dily lc guarded. P rospectuses, detailing at length the various modes and rates It Insurance, can be obtained on application at the office, 351, strand, or to any if the Society's Agents. HENRY WILSON, Actuary and Secretary. CoMMERCIALTREATYwith FRANCE. ----This question, which has, at various times since the Pace, occupied the attention of the Governments of the two I ° uutries, i s now aga i n ma d e a l ea di ng su bj ec t o f di scuss io n . I the part of this country, the admission into France of us articles of British manufacture, is demanded. France, on the other hand, 2-,lcs for large reductions of duties on some of her leading proe.ucts, among which Brandy stands most pro minent. The various manufacturing and mercantile bodies likely to be affected by this measure will, doubtless, fight their own battles. How far the introduction of a foreign Spirit, at I reduced rr.te of duty, may affect the landed, West India, or general dir,tillery interests of this country, is a question upon Which B. great difference of opinion may fairly be supposed to exist.e But, looki ng t o B ran d y, w i t h reference to the spec i f i c .t of the contemplated arrangements upon the welfare of engaged in its manufacture in England, J. T. BETTS whose production constitutes so large a proportion of ,_ e whole quantity made—and whose interests, it has been sup d, would suffer materially, were such a measure carried into —have no apprehension as to the result. On the con. n ary, they fearlessly challenge their Foreign neighbours to educe an article of equal purity with their PATENT RANDY; or one possessed of the same wholesome pro perties. This article assimilates as closely to French Brandy as it is safe to make it ; as perfect similarity could only be attained by the introduction of ingredients to imitate certain impurities existent in the Foreign article-, from which the Patent Brandy is entirely exempt ; and to which circumstances, among other excellencies, it owes the celebrity it has acquired. T Betts and Co. are perfectly satisfied of the correctness of these facts, !from the repeated assurances given to them by numerous c insumers of their Spirit, that, were Foreign Brandy reduced t o , t h e same price, they would still give the preference to the Patent Brandy. Tho Patentees, as Distillers, cannot send out less than Two 9. al :rts, which may be obtained, either pale or coloured, for ‘''a r `as on deli ver y, a t Ei g ht een Shilli ngs per Imperial Gallon, °` the highest legal strength, at the Distillery, 1N o. 7, Smith- Cleld-bars, leading to St. John-street,—their only Estab lishment. MLR. COCKLE'S FAMILY ANTIBI LIOUS PILLS. PATRONIZED BY THE Bishop of Norwich Bishop of Salisbury Bishop of Peterborough Bishop of Ely Bishop of Gloucester Bishop of Chichester Bishop of Worcester Bishop of Hereford Bishop of St. Asanh Bishop of Bangor Bishop of Llandaff Bishop of Calcutta Right Hon. J. A. Murray, word Advocate of Scetland Right Hon. P. Thomson, M. P. Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C. H Hon. Fox Maule ,M.l'. Hon. Colonel Anson .m.r. Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H. Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., M.P. Sir Gerard Noel, Bart., M.P. Sir Robert Grant, Bart. Sir Henry Blake, Bart. Sir Smile aludyer, Bart. Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. Sir Robert Buxton, Bart. Sir John Forbes, B art. Sir Philip B. V. Broke, K.C.B. Sir John de Beauvoir, Bart. Sir John Tyrell, Bart., M.P. Sir Henry Smyth, Bart , M.P. Sir Mathew Wood, Bart., M.P. Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P. Sir John Macdonald, K.C.8., Adjutant-General Sir Thomas B Mash, K.B. James B Wildman, Esq., Chil. ham Castle Col. Dela y , Stoke Park, Surrey Colonel '1 ynte, Colonel Sibthorp, Captain Pechell, M.P. S. Grove Price, Esq. Matthias Attwood, Esq., M.P Alderman Thompson, M.P. Charles Walker, Esq., M.P. Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, M.P. Mr. Serjeant Wilde, M.P. Mr. Serjeant Ludlow S. Grove Price, Esq., M.P. Rev. Archdeacon of Colchester Rev. Dr. French, Cambridge Reverend Dr. Benson Reverend Dr. Burney Reverend Dr Birch Reverend Dr. Miller R o b e rt Renwick, Esq., M.D. C. Waddy, Esq., late M.P., Dub lin Duke of Graflen Duke of 14!:nelicster Duke of Argyll Duke of 13;:autort Duke of Ctutland Duke of Buccleuch Di!ketif Sutherland 12,,u1tr: of Devonstme "Arquis of Lansdowne Marquis of 'I avistock blarquir of Ailesbury Marquis of Blandtord Marquis of Wi , ichcster IVtarqu:s of A bercorn Marquis of Normanby Earl of Eldon Earl of Harrowby Earl et Minto Earl of Carnal so Earl of Errol Eatl of Mountuashe Earl of Darlington %%riff. Kii.noul F.Arl ot Guildford Earl of Scarbgrough Earl of Oxford Earl of Thanct E„a rlot Athlone I of Roscommon F Arl Cowper dart Amherst Earl of Leicester Viscount Melbmirne Viscount Palmerston Viscount How i cr. Viscount Fordwich Viscount Torrington Viscount Canning Viscount Alford Viscount Acheson Lord Arundel Lord Ernest Bruce Lord It edesdale Lord Hill Lord Plunket Lord Murray Lord BentincK Lord Fitzroy Lord Middleton Lord Barham Lord Frederick Gordon Lord Willoughby de Eresby Lord Kinnaird Lord Seymour cord Hartland Lord Western Lord Archbishop of Armagh Bishop of Durham ishop of Chester ishop of Bath and Wells And Numerous Families of the highest Respectability. In all cases of Indigestion mid Weakness of Stomach—in Gout, Flatulency and Spasms—in Bilious or Sick Headache—in Disordered I iver—in Nervous Irritalnlity—and as a Family Aperient, the supe rior efficacy of these Pills is too well known to require comment. They are prepared by Mr. J AMES COCKLE. Surgeon Extraordi nary to Her Serene Highness the LANDGRAVINE of HESSL HOMBURG, and may be has of all respect,hl.. lw.dicine Venders In Town and Country, in Boxes, at Is. 1 Kid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., I Is., and 225. k` - The.e Pills may also be had SILVERED, which renders them tasteless, without at all Interfering with their Medicinal eflects. They are admirably r.dapted for those Persons who have an aversion a Medicine. %NEW 0111MONMPTRIIKT, BIRDIORD-ROW.LONDOIC , DEBILITY. NERVOUS IRRITATION, &c. MEDICAL ADMONITORS.—The follow ing Works are intended to instruct those interested lh these subjects on points of importance to health or ease of mind:— (Twenty-third Edition, ss. each) Ist. THE /EGIi OF LIFE affords a comprehensive physiological history of the progress of the solitary passion, libertinism, and intern- Peratlce ex h i biting their rueful consequ e nc es , t e nding to sexual prostration, with the various forms of nervous irritation and mental anguish. H yGEI AN A is written for the sensitive female, who, while she shrinks abashed at the idea of revealing her sufferings, may find 1 0 its pages a confidenti al and ca p able adviser. It is especiall y cal chimed for timid and delicate wives, whose maternal hopes have been deferred. 3d. THE SYPHILIST is intended for the perusal of those who are suffer ng from an insidious c om p laint, so frequently resulting from indiscretion or gaiety, and producing syphilis, gonorrhcea, gleet, stric ture, &c. TESTIMONIALS. These hooks can be safely recommended, as well for the moral truths they contain a for the extensive and successful result of the. author's experience.—London Morning Journal. We agree with the Editor of the London Morning Journal, and re commend Mr. Goss's publications for general perusal. —Edinburgh Weekly Paper. The precepts contained in this work are interesting and useful.— FAhnourgh Paper. Tnis publication, while it neither spares the aged voluptuary nor the youthful prodigal, offers to both the most important advantages. —Glasgo w p aper. This work (Hygeiana), is properly called an analysis of some female complaints : it is written in a very eculiar style of moral admonition. -- Dublin Morning Journal. These works have Passed through twenty-two editions ; they cern nine utility with simplicity, and we recommend them accordingly.-- Dublin Weekly Journal. The above may be had of Shecrwood and Co., Paternoster-row, Lon. don; and of all Booksellers.—Price ss. each. MESSRS. GOSS, M.R.C. Surgeons, may he consulted, every day, at their house; and Patients in the remotest parts of the country, can h e treated successfully on their describing minutely the case, and enclosing a remittance for Advice and Medicine, which can be forwarded to any part of the world. No difficulty can occur, as the Medicines will be securely packed, and carefully protecte from ob Vatter'. 7, Lancaster Place, Strand, London. ,•-• JOHN THOROGOOD has been confined in the Common Gaol of Chelmsford since the 16th of January last, for not paying a Church. rate of ss. 6d. In uonsequence of his long confinement, his business has re ceived so much injury, that his friends propose a public sub scription, for the purpose of saving his affairs from utter ruin, and as a testimony to him and to the country that they sympa thise in his sufferings, and honour the principle of religious liberty, which is violated in his person. Subscriptions to be paid, in London, to Roger Lee, Esq., Treasurer, Clapham Common, and on his account at essrs. Rogers and Co., bankers, 29, Clement's-lane ; to Mr. Robert Besley, 15, Northampton-square ; and Mr. James Dinnis, 62, Paternoster-row. 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Conservatories, Green-houses, Forcing-houses, and other Buildings effectually WARMED by the circulation of HOT WATER through cast-iron pipes. Metallic Hot-houses, Verandahs, &c. erected ; Ornamental Iron and Wire-work ; Hurdles, and other Fencing ; Agricul tural Implements ; Dr. Arnott's Stove ; Furnishing Iron mongery, &c. &c. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Wax Candles, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; extra fine Moulds, Wax Wicks, lid. ; transparent Wax, I s.'9d. ; ge nuine Sperm, is 9d. ; genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 625. and 665. ; Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. ; Camphor, 2s. ; Almond Soap, 2s. 6d. ; superfine Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d per lb. ; genuine Sperm Oil, Bs. 6d. per gallon. For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-House. T HE FREQUENT ROBBERIES OF PLATE. C UTION. It having been represented to RIPPON and BURTON that everal persons are vending a spurious metal as their NICKEL SILVER BRITISH PLATE, they assure the Public that the Genuine Article can only be had at their Warehouses, 12, iVells-street, Oxford -street. The Nickel Silver British Plate manufactured by Rippon and Burton, is, by a chemical process, tendered superior to any other so called, in appearance and durability ; it is equal to silver ; all the articles being solid and of wrought mater►al, they improve with use, and are war ranted to stand _the . test t_o s f . that strong acid aquafortis. The ollowing prices are named as a criterion : • King's Pattern Table Spoons 5 0 doze e n uer 'n es, 12 and Forks, full size, per ................... 0 dozen ,do. do., per TlPer dozen ............... 10 0 Do. D t lzee,Sp:dotnhs atindddlFoollks,dfull Dessert do ......... . ... Tea Spoons, per d zen ch Spoons ea Gravey each ........... 7 0 Do. Gravy, do. do., each Fish Ives, . .. 2 0 Do. Fish Knives, do. Butter Knives .............. .. Do. Salt and Mustard Spoons, Salt and Mustard Spoon •••• 6 6 do 1 3 Soup Ladles ................... ,-. 6 Do. Soup Ladles, do l3 0 Sauce Ladles ..................... 1 (1 Do. Sauce Ladles, do 3 (1 Sugar Tc.ngs, each .......... .. . 16 0 Do. Suga . Tongs, do. Table Candlesticks, per pair Chamber ditto, comple te, Decanter Stands, chased 9 6 e d ges , per p a i r l7 0 each Cruet Frames Shell Mount. Snuffers, do 5 6 fogs , 28 0 Snuffer Trays, do 5 6 Sets m atch, &c. Bread Baskets, Tea and Coffee . _ to ost paid, bra Cata- Purchasers are recommended to app y, P logue, whi c h can b e f orwa rded for a sin gle pos tage . WARRANTED CUTL ERY. 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THE GREAT SALE, by Shares, of the PALACE of OBERMEDLING, situated in Schon brunn (four miles from Vienna, Austria), will take place irre vocably the 11th of next January, 1840, by the authority and with the guarantee of the Austrian Government. This Sale, entitling the Shareholders to a Second Drawing, offers more advantages than all other preceding ones. The Second Drawing will take place positively on the 11th of March, 1840, and contain a quantity of Gold and Silver Goods (the property of Viscount Reviezky), which are taxed by the Government at 850,000 florins. These goods ere in the most fashionable style. Price for a Share 1/. ; Six Shares ' 51. ; Thirteen Shares 101. The amount will be remitted in Bank of England notes, or any other way. All gains are paid, without the smallest deduction, a fort night after the drawing, and the Bulletin of all numbers sent to the purchasers. 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It is only necessary to point out . a slight improve ment amongst the first five favourites, who are now so closely packed that it is difficult to say which is actually the favourite ; 18 tol was laid once agstWardan, and a pointless taken:in:asoli tary instance about Muley Ishmael ; 500 even was afterwards laid between them, an,'. 17 to 1 offered against each. Brother to Euclid (backed once at 19 to 1). Angelica colt, and Bok hara left off at 18 to 1 each ; nothing was done about the last two; 20 to 1 was the average taking price of Launcelot. A trifling improvement in May Boy was the only change amont the outsiders. Latest prices :- 18 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot—taken 17 to 1 agst Wardan 17 to 1 agst Muley Ishmael 18 to 1 agst Brother to Euclid 18 to 1 agst Bokhara 1$ to 1 agst Angelica colt 20 toil agst Launcelot—taken 30 to I agst St. Andrew—taken 40 to 1 agst Maroon 50 to I agst Prince Albert (the Primrose colt)—taken 50 to 1 agst Fitzroy—taken 50 to 1 agst May Boy—taken 50 to 1 agst Wild Duck—taken 500 even between Fitzroy and Gray Milton 500 even between Fitzroy and Reindeer 500 even between Muley Ishmael and Wardan 500 even on Bokhara and Muley Ishmael agst Launcelot and Wardan 15C0 t , ) 1000 on Wardan agst the rest of John Day's lot. THE OAKS. 12 to 1 agst Currency—taken HAMPTON VICTORIA COURSING CLUB MEETING. (CONCLUDED.) The attendance in the Herne Park yesterday was highly respectable, and much more numerous than from the unfavour able state of the weather might have been expected. The hares ran very strong, and afforded much sport as follows : THE FIRST TIES FOR THE CUP. Mr. Clarke's r b Cameo beat Mr. Dingwall's bd d St. Andrew. Mr. G. Evans's r and w d Abercrombie, beat Mr. Parkin son's bk b Sister to Bab. Mr. T. Graves's bl d Blue beat Mr. Charrington's f b Co met. Mr. Collins's f d Cadet beat Mr. Mosley's a. d Bloomsbury. Dr. Scott's y and w b Sprite beat Mr. Dyson's r d Crib. Mr. J. Hosdor's r b Victoria beat Mr. Elmore's f and w d Euclid. Mr. W. Silcock's f b Madge beat Mr. Bacon's y and w d Charles the Twelfth. Mr. Jessop's bl b Cara beat. Mr. Dansic's y d Dangerous. SECOND TIES. Came. beat Abercrombie, Cadet beat Blue, Sprite beat Vic toria, Madge beat Cara. prize Cup; Cam eo th e G o bl et ; Madge th e f our th Cadet Sp r it e beat be a t e 1 1 2. I t THIRD TIES. Cameo beat Cadet , S p rite beat Madge. DECIDING COURSES. prize. a C d g a m e d and o n w t o h n e d F.De MuyEsAeSsUsilol:: BRUSSELS, Nov. 23 . — The letters from Ham burg conta i n a n important piece of news. It i s a ffi rme d , that o ne o f the first mercantile houses of th a t c i ty w ill open a cre dit of ten millions of marks banc o f or th e Bank of L o ndon. 'Tn ° unn;b lV ere d o s ll nes the d ea l ers i n Brentford Market were co nv i cte d b e f ore the M ag i s t ra tes of having little weights an d measures , F d A ay l , s a E t W the El ß G r il en T t s fo A rd N and were each fined in the mitigated penalty of lal. and Bs. costs. The informatioos were laid by Mr. Searle, one of the county inspector s of weights and measures, who had obtained from the Bench a general warrant to visit the shops and market s within his dis trict. The Act under which the inspectors were ap pointed it was for some time considered did not give the Magistrates power to issue such warrants ; but as the Judges in the Court of Queen's Bench have re cently decided that the Act would be inoperative un less such warrants were issued, numerous convictions are now likely to take place. We have three pamphlets before us on Steam Navigation to India. The first is called " State of the Question," Scc.," by T. A. Curtis ; the second, " The East India Company versus her Majesty's Ministers," by Captain J. Barber ; and the third, " A Modest Defence of the East India Company's Management," by Philo johannes. To speak of the last first, ,it is a little satirical notice of Mr. Curtis' pamphlet, and a short defence of what the Company has already done. The practicability of conveying the mails by the route of Alexandria, Suez, and Bombay, has al ready been demonstrated by the exertions of the Company and its agents ; and we now look for the arrival of the mail from India in less than forty days, if not with the same certainty as for the arrival of the mail from Ireland, yet with a confidence which would have astonished the states men of Mr. Pitt's time. It is true that we . have had a long peace, which has g iv e n u ne x am pl e d facilities for the extension of our commerce, which we have not fully profited by. While peace con tinues, it is, however, our duty to extend our com mercial relations, which, binding nations in amity by their mutual interests, are far better guarantees against the calamities of war than the policy of any statesmen. Now, then, is the time, if ever, for forming acommunication with India, which shall not only be expeditious and certain, but shall, by its general advantages, be liable to continue perma nently, even should war again desolate the civilised world, The East India Company are accused by their opponents of being reluctant to promote a free egress of its Mahommadan and Hindoo subjects by means of large and capacious steamers passing from the several Presidencies to Suez, or elsewhere, and a free ingress of Europeans or Asiatics, perhaps Mahommedans, from Suez or other points, into its Indian territories. Hence, though it has esta blished steam-packets for the conveyance of the mails between Bombay and Suez, it is accused of purposely employing only small vessels, which will not carry many passengers, and of throwing ob stacles in the way of those who are anxious to esta blish a Company, and employ large steamboats of 2,000 tons burden ,to convey passengers by sea from England to Alexandria, and from Suez not only to Bombay, but to Madras and Calcutta. Its four steamers, with their poor accommodation, are de scribed by Captain Barber as " locomotive stays," two of them, though now called the Zenobia and Semiramis, having been built to carry pigs be tween Ireland and England ; and their whole ac commodations are much ridiculed. The im mense advantages, commercial and social, which would result both to India and England from facili tating the communication between them, are as un- I deniable as to describe them here would be super fluous. Whether the plan proposed of establishing a company with a capital of one million sterling, to ply with steamers between England and Alex andria, and between Suez and the three Presiden cies, would be a profitable speculation or not, we can give no opinion ; but Mr. Curtis and Captain Barber strenuously advocate the establishment of a Company to carry the project into effect. It is called the "comprehensive plan," and Captain Barber strongly recommends that it should he attempted without waiting for the fostering hand of the East India Company. Mr. Curtis requires, according to the original proposition submitted to the East India Company, a contract to carry the mails for ten years at 100,0001. a year, to enable the Com pany to start. Not pretending to judge for our selves of the feasibility of the plan, but taking the assertions of both gentlemen, Captain Barber's conclusion seems to us the most rational. " The scheme once accomplished (he says), there can be no doubt of a revenue. The Government are willing to be—the East India Company of neces sity would be—your anxious customers." If the scheme have all the advantages these gentlemen say, the East India Company would in one year beg the Company to perform the services it now performs almost at any price. Besides, it does not look well in Englishmen being unable to commence a great commercial enterprize without the favour of the Government. Are they in the City now so deeply in love with the centralizing system ? do they wish to follow so closely in the track of the Prussians and the Dutch, that they can undertake nothing unless it have the sanction and the pecu niary aid of the Government ? If Mr. Curtis believes his own statement, he ought to follow Captain Barber, and press on the commercial community connected with India the propriety of immediately forming a Company to carry the com• prehensive plan into effect. There can be no doubt that such a scheme would ; promote the communication between India and England. One curious instance of this is quoted by Captain Barber : " The effect which is likely to* be produced upon the minds of those natives of India who may hereafter be induced to come to England may be fairly estimated from the effect which a residence in England had upon the mind of the late Rammohun Roy, a Hindoo, and a brahmin of high caste. He told me that eighteen Brah mins and four rajpoots of his acquaintance, in different parts of India, had, in consequence of his having written to them an account of the manner in which he had been received in England, and of the knowledge which he had acquired since he had been in the country, authorized him, in the event of a steam communication being esta blished between England and British India through Egypt, to purchase land for them in England, intimating to him their intention of coming and residing for some years in the neighlnurhood of London, and making themselves acquainted, for the benefit of themselves and their countrymen, with our laws, science, and institu tions ; and, not long before his death, he one day when he was with me drew up in my presence the sketch of a work which he intended to write, in imitation of Cicero's Tusculan Questions, aed to circulate it throughout every part of India, purporting to be a Dialogue between a Brahmin from the Thames and a Brahmin from the Ganges, in which, after discussing our moral and political institutions, both Brahmins agree to recommend such of their countrymen as can afford it, to come to England, and acquire that degree of knowledge which is necessary to raise them to that moral and intellectual, superiority which the Supreme Being has qualified them to enjoy in this world." We will quote another short passage explanatory of the effects of opening the trade in 1814, which may be assumed as an index to the still greater in crease of communication with our extensive Indian territories were the " comprehensive plan" carried into effect : Towards the close of the East India Company's char ter, that terminated in 1814, it was then contended, that no great increase of trade in that country could be ex pected. The Chairman of the Court of East India Directors, in a letter to the Right Hon. Robert Dun des, 1809, referring to public opinion, on this head, said : " The article or the first necessity (cotton) their own country furnishes more abundantly and more cheaply than it is possible for Europe to supply them." In the year 1814, however, the trade was opened ; at that time the export of manufactured cotton to India, and the whole tonnage employed were Yards. Ships. Tonnage. In 1814 817,000 180 68,732 In 1824 23,685,426 222 98,463 In 1832 51,833,913 330 122,952 The value . of cotton exported in the same time, in creased from 201,1821. to 3,238,2481.; and the value of all exports from Great Britain from 1,874,6901. to 4,674,6731. As with commerce so it is with literature ; but even under the present system of intercourse , limiting, as i t does, the advantage to Bombay (from whence to all parts of India the charge . for postage of newspapers is very heavy, while for per io d icals it amounts to prohibi tion), what is the result e In April 1837 Newspapers sent were 127 In August 1839 ........................ 2,700 We leave the subject, expres s i ng an earnest wish for the success of C aptain Barb er an d the " Com prehensive Scheme in spite of the East India Com pany. -------- Mr. Gurdon, of the Norfolk circuit has been ap pointed Recorder of Ipswich, vacated by the elevation of Sir R. M. Rolfe to the Bench. FLEET DITCH. —The rains during last night in creased the h e i g h t and current of the Fleet Ditch to such an extent that it swept away the ladders and stage which had been erected for the operations of the work men w who have, f or sonic mont h s past , b een em pl o y e d in repairing the sewer. INQUIRY AS TO THE PREVALENCE OF THE CAUSES OF DISEASE, OR VIE SANATORY CONDITION OF THE POORER CLASSES, AS AFFECTED CHIEFLY BY THE SITUATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR DWEL LINGS. The Fourth and Fifth Annual Reports of the Poor-law Commissioners set forth, upon the Reports of Dr. Ar nott, Dr. Kay, and Dr. Southwood Smith, and other medical men, the prevalence of certain causes of disease, and consequent destitution and claims to relief, amongst the labouring classes of the metropolis. In these Re ports it was stated that out of 77,184 cases of claims to relief during the year ended 25th March, 1838, 13,972 were cases of claims to relief arising from fever in va rious forms prevalent in certain localities distinguished by want of drainage and other causes. At the close of the last Session of Parliament an order was passed by the House of Lords, that an humbl e address be pre sented to her Majesty, praying " that her Majesty will be pleased to cause inquiry to be made as to the extent to which the causes of disease stated in the Appendix A., No. 1, of the Poor-law Commissioners' Fourth An nual Report, and Appendix C., No. 2, of their Fifth Annual Report, to prevail amongst the labouring classes in the metropolis, prevail also amongst the la bouring classes in other parts of England and Wales ; and that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause the results of such inquiry to be communicated to the House." • The Poor-law Commissioners, in pursuance of the extended inquiry which they were directed to make .by this order, have transmitted the following instructional letter to the medical officers of the new Unions throughout England and Wales, and have also directed special in quiries to be made in several of the larger towns " Poor-law Commission Office, Somerset House, Nov. 12, 1839. " Sir,—With the view of ascertaining the extent of the existence of circumstances promoting the prevalence of contagious and infectious diseases described in the Reports referred to in the order of the House of Lords, set forth in the letter from Lord John Russell, a copy of' which is hereto annexed, you are requested to fill from the medical relief lists the enclosed returns, and transmit them to the Clerk of the Union, with such ob servations as occur to you thereon. " You will observe that the object of the Commis sioners is to ascertain the existence and extent of the visible and removable tiger's es promoting the prevalence of such diseases as are commonly found connected with the defects in the situation and structure or internal economy of the residences of the labouring classes. " The attention of the physicians who drew reports on the state of the metropolis was almost exclusively directed to the causes affecting 'the prevalence of va rious forms of continued fever, arranged under distin guishing names adopted by nosological writers ; but in rural districts the prevalence of ague and of smallpox and scarlet fever may be worthy of notice when the causes promoting their prevalence appear removable. " You will, in your observations on the class of cases returned, note the situation and character and quality of the tenements in which the diseases have occurred ; whether they are situated in a neighbourhood habitually infected with malaria; whether there are occasional causes of malaria, such as floods, &c., and in such cases whether you have any suggestions to make as to the best means of diminishing the evil ; whether they are drained or undrained, weather-tight or otherwise ; whether there are good means of securing ventilation with a due re gard to warmth; whether there are accumulations of filth, and if so, whether they are ascribable to the slovenly or indolent habits of the inmates, or to the want of pro per receptacles for refuse ; whether the occurrence of disease amidst this part of the population is regular or otherwise, and what are the seasons at which it appears, and its characterist'e;. " The Commissioners request that you will favour them with any information which you may have gained in the course of your medical experience as to the con dition of the inmates of such residences—whether there is need of superior cottage accommodation, or to what extent the improvement of the residence would influence the habits beneficially, as, for example —whether you ha%s witnessed any beneficial ef fels on the habits of the inmates by providing cot tages with a day room, scullery, pantry, three bed rooms, and convenient receptacles for refuse and for fuel—whether within your district there are other la bourers of the like class, who occupy improved tenements in a superior situation, and what is the general health and condition of the inmates, as compared with the general health and condition of the inmates advantage ously situated—whether you have seen any cottages con structed with a view to the most economical manage ment of fuel both in cooking and maintaining a proper temperature in the rooms ;—and further, any observa tions that may occur to you on the subject of the health of the labouring classes in connection with what may appear to you to be available sanatory regulations. " The accompanying portions of the Report, and the Appendix referred to in their Lordships' order, are trans mitted for your information as to the causes of disease existing in the metropolis, which it is deemed necessary to investigate in other parts of the country. " Signed, by order of the Board, " EDWIN CHADWICK." QUEEN ADELAIDE HOSPITAL. The investigation into the complaints made by Wil liam Gellard, on Saturday last, at Marlborough -street Police-office, took place yesterday before Mr. Dyer. William Gellard came forward, and told Mr. Dyer that he was ready with his witnesses to substantiate every word he had uttered on the former occasion, but there were no persons on behalf of the Hospital then in Court. A message was then sent to the Directors of the Hospital that the Magistrate was waiting to hear the explanation. In a few minutes the following gentlemen arrived :—Dr. Sigmond, Lieut.-Col. Findlay, Mr. Bloxam, Dr. Andrews, Mr. Black, Dr. Isill, Mr. Barnes, Mr. Garratt, and Mr. Smith. The complainant made his statement, which was in substance the same as appeared in this journal of Monday. Dr. Sigmond, in reply, said the Committee were, of course, anxious to do their duty towards the public, and to promote the comfort and safety of those patients committed to their charge. No institution was con ducted with greater feeling, or was more worthy of public support, than the Queen Adelaide Hospital. In answer to the charges, he would refer to a written statement, extracted from the investigations of the Com mittee. Dr. Sigmond then proceeded to read the par ticulars of the admission of the complainant's wife. She was taken into the hospital in June, without any fee. Complainant—l paid three shillings. Dr. Sigmond—No, the Committee have abolished all fees. Complainant—l paid three shillings in advance, other wise my wife would not have been admitted. A Committee-man suggested that the sum was taken for washing. _ _ _ Mr. Dyer told the complainant he ought to give things their right names, and not call that an admission fee, which was merely a charge to cover a necessary expense. _ Complainant—l was justified in considering it as a f ee ; for when I went for the clothes and received a few back, I was told there was a bill of 2s. Bd. due to the washerwoman. Dr. Sigmond continued---The deceased on the 12th September was delivered of twins, one still-born. Every possible attention was paid to her. Dr. Andrews and the House Surgeon were unremitting in their attend ance. Inflammation shortly afterwards occurred, in consequence of some one giving her gin, which she drank beneath the bed-clothes. She died three weeks after her delivery on Saturday night. The child also died before the mother. The mother told the matron she was unable from destitution to bury the child. On the death of the mother the Secretary imme diately sent to where the complainant had given his address, and the answer returned was that no such person was known there. The post mortent examination was deferred for three days. The child was removed, as was customary where bodies were unclaimed. When the relations came for it, the body was given to them. The husband came, and after wards sent the undertaker ; and the body was not re moved from the hospital for eight days. The bodies were delivered up without mutilation. The matron was r adyto make oath that all thearticles clothes lz v t h h ic es h it w were ereturnednecessary tor a r) to the husband, husband,, except a few bu sh rn e . d h T y h t e ho m m ot a h t e r r on w w hi i l t e h in ar th tii e ce h s os o pi f ta a l, pp h a a r d el b , eaeondftuhro oionly property in the hospital belonging to the deceas e d w shawl. When the Comm ittee received Gell ar d' s letter asa they came to this resolution—Resolved that there is no foundation for the statements of Wiiliam Gellard, and the Secretary is authorized to inform him of the opinion of the Committee. There was proof in existence that the deceased expressed herself quite satisfied with the treatment she had experienced since her admission into the hospital. The complainant declared that the statement read by Dr. Sigmond was made up entirely of falsehoods. It was not true that the porter had called at his house to state the death of his wife and child. It was not true that the clothes had been returned ; and with respect to the state in which his wife was placed in her coffin, the undertaker would be able to speak as to that fact. It was likewise not true that his wife bad been allowed to remain so many days in the hospital. After some evidence had been heard, Mr. Dyer said ho should confine himse:f to the ques tion of the detention of the clothes. The Solicitor said some one ought to be responsible for the safety of the patients' property. Mr. Dyer said he experienced the original difficulty of not be able to make out a jurisdiction. Before be issued a summons he ought to have a specification both of the property and the liability of some one party. The complainant was unable to afford the requisite proof, and his application must of necessity fail. The solicitor said all the trouble might have been spared had the Committee chosen to give proper atten tion to the complaints of his client. Dr. Sigmund sad the institution laid claim to public support only so long as it was conducted in a useful and proper manner. The very great utility of the establish ment would be manifest on the slightest inquiry. As nothing further could be done, the complainant and the Committee left the Court. DELUGE THE SECOND. Some people have a notion that London is the only place where one suffers from disagreeable weather, at least that there is no such inconvenience at Paris. The document that we are about to give would seem to tell somewhat against these worthy Gallo-maniacs, for, though it be but a joke, we all know there must be a foundation, more or less, for the best joke that ever was perpetrated. Moreover, in this case the joke originates in Paris, and may, therefore, be presumed to be not altogether groundless, We ought perhaps to explain to the uninitiated that the name of "Je-les-serre," or, as one should say vernacularly, " Mr. Squeeze-um," is merely a pen-acoustic on that of M. Gabriel Delessert, the Prefect of Police ; for in Paris the Ministers are the squeezers, and not the squeezees, as they are in England, teste Mr. Waley, M.P. ... a • Now for the proclamation by the French police, as Iva find it in the Charivari : " WC, GABRIEL JE-LES-SERRE, &C. &C., " Considering that in consequence of the good fortune that seems peculiarly to belong to the existing order of things,' as the official complimentary addresses call it, blessings have for some time past been poured down on our cities and fields with an abundance calculated to re joice the hearts of all umbrella-makers ; " Considering that, thanks to the zeal and vigilance of the police, and of the authorities charged with the ad ministration of the sewers, the streets of the polished, but unswept, capital of the civilized world have become streams and rivers, and the squares so many lakes and Mediterranean seas ; . _ "That the street is no longer, as formerly, the princi pal, and the kennel the accessory ; but that the kennel is the principal, and the street the accessory ; " That Paris becomes more and more liquid, and that there is, for the time being, nothing solid remaining— not even the cobbled-up Cabinet of the 13th of May ; " Considering it ought to be our duty to oppose soma barrier to this inundation which threatens to swallow up everything ; " That for such purpose it has seemed best to us to apply to the sub-marine capital of the civilized world the laws and regulations at present in force, in reference to all irrigations, inundations, navigations, canals, sluices, marshes, fens, &c., &c., " Have decreed and do decree as follows : " SPECIAL ENACTMENTS. ... " Art. 1. All proprietors of the conveyances called ' omnibus'shall be obliged-to exchange their vehicles for boats—tbe conductors to take the title of ' Pilots.' " Art. 2. All fiacres, citadines, cabriolets, &c., shall be transformed into gondolas.' The drivers shall be denominated Boatmen.' " Art. 3. The foregoing regulations shall equally ap• ply to private carriages, such as cabriolets, britschkas, landaus, &c. The owners shall be at liberty to give what nautical names they please to their boats and crews, as well as to the embroidered chasseurs who may be stationed on the poops. " Art. 4. All steam-boats, gondolas, and other boats, employed as means of transits through the streets—that is to say, the rivers—of Paris, shall retain their present names. " Art. 5. The stations where conveyances may ply for hire shall be fixed hereafter ; they shall be called' ports' and ' harbours ;' and those of the eabrielets de regie shall be denominated ' roadsteads.' " Art. 6. Every steam-boat traversing the boulevards (or estuaries) must be provided with a lifeboat. For gondolas and smaller craft a Newfoundland dog will be held sufficient. " Art. 7. The street lamps shall be replaced by light houses, and coachmakers by caulkers. " GENERAL ENACTMENTS. " Art. 1. It is forbidden to fish with a line in the streets of Paris, even from the doorway or window, unless a licence shall have been previously obtained under the regulations relating to rivers. " Art. 2. Every citizen shall have a right to wash his linen in the streets of Paris, provided he do so from some window of his house, no matter on which story. " Done and liquidated at Paris, on board the galley of the Prefecture of Police, in the aquatic year 1839. (Signed) " JE-LES-SERRE. " Approved by us, Minister of Marine. (Signed) " DUPERRE." " APPEND'IX:—IC seems—thanks always to the en- lightened protection of the citizen-authorities--that the fields and roads of the department have nothing to boast of against the streets of tEc capital on the subject of inundation. It has gone so far, indeed, that travellers who do not know how to swim, make their wills before they embark—for that is the proper phrase ; and the Society for Assurance from Shipwrecks is at a loss how far to relax its rules." VIENNA, Nov. 17.—Prince Paul Esterhazy is very shortly expected back from London. MR. BREMNER'S NEW TRAVELS IN THE NORTH OF EUROPE.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this day published " Excursions in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, with Notices of the State of Public Opinion in those Countries, and Anecdotes of their Courts," by Robert Bremner, Esq., Author of " Excursions in the Interior of Russia," &c., in 2 vols. Bvo., with portraits, 28s. bound. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming. Dublin. To be had of all Booksellers throughout the Kingdom. PORTRAIT OF PRINCE ALBERT.— The forthcoming number of Colburn's " New Monthly Magazine " for December, we observe is to be embel lished with a fine portrait of Prince Albert, of Saxe Cobourg-Gotha. As the public curiosity to become acquainted with the form and semblance of this fa vourite of fortune is naturally great, a more opportune time than the present could not have been chosen for giving to the purchasers of this popular periodical such a desirable memorial of the future husband of our Queen. The literary contents of the Number give promise of as much variety as amusement. Among many other articles by distinguished writers, are " Fo reign Morality," by Theodore Hook ; " Madeline,' by the Countess of Blessington ; " An Oddity of the Seventeenth Century," by Mrs. Gore ; Mrs. Trollope's Jan. Story 18 ofo a Blanchard., ) 8 •• Widow Married ;" the continuati on o f t h e i nterest i ng .. Memoir of Home , the author of Do ug l as ;" and Certain t ricnLife,"pen and Journal, u r L: l, The 2 aman Blanchard. ) uNcno,H'thlfirNnogA . from the h x um a ou t r fromo —I walked out to the temple of Pih-tee Poo-sa," The great northern deity," w h ere was a large concourse o f theirwers hi pp e offerings.rs , and T w h ' e h y i c brought o w u panrodstpraotrikon, sanwderveegeotvaebrl,est a g s ht fi i l n le s d ma w l i l t b h as t k h e e s ts nae oifft,7io4 ile a y nd too fi k sh, al w va h y ich w , it a h rte t r he t in he, They had, moreover, candles, and the fragrant matches which have been mentioned, and gilt paper. These were consumed, whilst part of the wine was poured into a trough before the altar, or thrown on the ground. One poor woman came with an offering of pork and green peas—she had neither fowl nor fisl:. When the worshipper throws his flaming paper co the metal altar, an attendant in the temple beats a large drum, and strikes a bell, as if to rouse the at tention of the god to what is offered ; this, however, was omitted for the poor woman. Several of the wor shippers muttered a prayer on their knees ; and others, while standing. took up a crooked piece of wood, like a cow's born, divided lengthwise, threw it down again and again, till it fel l i n a posture that they wished, or thought ominous of good. There is nothing social in their worship, nor any respect shown by those who are not engaged. One is praying, another talking and laughing, a third cleaning utensils, &c. As in every idolatrous country, there appear to be here favourite i d e i t i es , as well as particular times for the worship of one in preference to another. Hence many of the temples are quite deserted, whilst Pih-tee Poo:sa was crowded, smoked, smutted, and almost burnt out of his dwelling —2l2moirs of the Life and Labours of Robert Marti ! son, D.D. 1 ,13 sadsi~sre tol" tcl l ,l c ow' ,seP 31r. ,„5t i too , idge' OdY' rn er. Joh n )f tb.o )a/ id Arr f n • r