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' ''' nk l• \\._:i - / N'. _,___.- N., ' . 1. .. r .. • Is. LINCOLN AND WAKEFIELD P,AILIVAY. /he PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE beg to announce that the WHOLE of the SHARES in this UNDERTAKINRI have been -dp . P li ed for, and will be allotted after the sth.of April, with doe consi . deration to local and other interests involved. The - Committee have also the satisfaction of stating that they have made, arr angements for investing the amount of deposit at an interest Per Cult. per annum, until it is lodged with the Accountant ‘lionerat neXt year, in accordance with the Standing Orders of Par lament WM. ENTWISLE . Chairman of the Provisional Committee, pro. tern No. 16,111. LONDON, WEDNESDAY 1,1 R ll7 Ny APRIL 3, 1844. PRICE sd. THE SUN is P u bli s hed EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Mornin g, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. - • - CALEDONIAN "RAILWAY, from Carlisle to Edinburgh arid Glatgor , ; being gnim govtvtunent Cmmissioners. the .line reeceaded by the Capital 41,800,000, in 36,000 Shares of £5O cash. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE ' . The Right Hon. Lord BELHAVEN,. Chairman. Lleat,..Colonel lIIRAHAII, of lifosska°' The Most N oble the Mar uis efJ. Hope J. Johnstone, raii., Deputy - Ch a irman . of Q u eectsberrj, q Annandale, M.P. 214 . Right lion. the Earl of Cath- Willllarn Lockhart, Esq., of Aillt°° Cart, 1 iC.8., K.8.1V. • • Lockhart, M.P. The Right Hon. Lord Abereromby James Oswald, Esq., of Aachen'. The Right H on. Lord Elphlnstone, ernlve' M.P. G.C.H. D. W. B. The Right Non. L or d Torphiehen A. Lammlngton, M Cochrane, Esq-, of gartia M.P. Rh' Willi Jardine, 4 Il Apple- Thomas ouldsworth, Esq., of Halt.Wh ld ham Carmic • Coltness, M.P. g.r... hael • Anstrn William Forbes, Esq., of Callander, her, *Carmichael, Bart: M.P. Rh' Frederick Pollock, M.P. John Denniatoun, Esq., M.P. Rersr-Idmiral Sir Charles Malcolm • John Campbell' Bin John Kirkland, of Climpy of Killermont, M.P. Colquhoun, Esq., Sir James Grant, the HUI, Carlisle William Ewart, Esq.; M.P. The Lord Provost of Glasgow Mark Phillips, Esq., M.P. • The Dean of Guild of Glasgow Charlet; Hindley, Esq., M.P. The Convener of the Trades-House, Colon el B. ElPhinsthne Glasgow The Lord P rovost of Perth J. Fullerton El p hi os t one , E sq ., ' The Provost o f Lanark 3lonkland The P rovost of Andersto Robert Garnett, Esq., of Wyerside, gow _ uof Was.: 44ucashire The Provost of Calton, Glasgow • 'Johnston y Douglas, Esq.' of Locker- The Chtitrinan of the Grand June.; Wellwood Maxwell, Esq., of on RallvrayCompany, J. Moss, . Munches Esq. Charles Stewart, Esq. , The Chairman of - the North Union 3. Wightman, Esq., of Courance Railway Company T. W Rath David • ' E of Hartree bone, E,,,, . • - Dickson, sq., of Hillside The Ch a i r - i ' nui • Co of - ... Colonel M ac d ona ld , o f Powder Hall and Preston Rail , the Lan caster Richard M ac k enz i e, Esq., of 80 l - w - Geor ge FlOrrow, 'Rya ?Company, Phinton The C hairman of the 3la Robert Monteith, Bolin, and Bury Railway nehester, William Forbes, Esq., of 31 Com- Thoinson Carmichael. Esq., of Req., of Car ed s wi tair n s PanY, James Braucker, Es The DeputEastend Putt' Chair Man of the Lan. Robert Steuart, Esq., of Catlin poeasante; jaonhdnCamrrlaiskl e e fi ß e a ld il , w E a sq Y C . °ln ' • Blythsvrood - Archibald Campbell, Esq., of The Chairman of the Ge.rnkirk James Ewing Esq., of Levenside . and Glasgow Raihrej Conipan Henr y d ' ikfark Sprot, Esq, The c • stounhill y, oul sworth, Esq., of Cron hairman- and Directors of; William Dixon, Earl , of Govan the Wlshaw and Coltness of Tennant, Esq., of St. Rollox Way Company )Robert Findlay, Esq., of Easterhill The 01.^,- - 5'.....E11iU1 and Directors o Robt. Bartholomew, Esq., Glasgow • the Moaklaad and Kirklutill .1f Laurence Robertson, Esq., ditto Itallway co umany c'c Henryi Brock, I:s4, ditty 4ku Dixon,'- pant' of Knells, Car-i Alexander Thistle, Esq., ditto lisle. Edinbu .if ' `.,,, R. ..., s. ", mg., of Itiekerby.'A.Eliott Lo tow, ckhart, Eeq., of Borth rgh - oils°, Carlisle P hilip U. How , q, .ard Es Corb wick Brae. Castle, C I R. Paterson, of Blackheath, ESQ. C. Niel are • . . Y J. Westerman, jun., Esq., Banker, , --sou, Kendal F.sq:, Cowan Head, London. • ZNaiNzz"—J esellh Locke, Esq., F.R.S. ;J. B. Errhatton; Req. Member of the Inst. C. E. PSILLIA MET SeetterAlT—Lient.-Colotiel litlinfr6Y. Assholate of thelnst. C.E. Aar AGENTs—essrs. Archibald Grahame, Mo. cri erAGENTS—:Messrs.. and Weems. Hope and Oliphant, W.S. . ACRNTS IN EDINCIBITRON—MeSsra. AGENT S IN GLAscow Messrs. Mitchell, Henderson, and Mitchell, and Adam Monteith, Esq. AGENT AT LANAILE—John Marr, Esq. . BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman and C 0... Mois and Co. ' .• • • Wakefield,' CrelvdSon, and Co. ... • Kendal. Head and. Co .. .... .. • • • • • • • . Carlisle. The Lancaster Banking Company •• .. Lancaster. Commercial Bank •• • • ~ Royal Bank ............ Commercial Bank • . • • • • • • . Lanark . . Western Bank. Hamilton. Airdrie. Lockerby. ~ Union Bank of Scotland •••• • • • . Moffat. Ant the Messrs. W. W. Brown and C 0... Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, at Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Provisional Committee beg leave respectfully to inform the Public that the allotment of the Shares in this undertaking was made on the 29t ed. ' h inst.', and consequ en tl y no more applications can be now rece wuThe Co mmittee take this opp or t un it y o f i nforming those parties u° have not received letters of appropriation or replies, that they have been unable to grant the Shares asked, and in consequence of the very great number of appli ca ti ons, i t h as been impossible to ad be gr ch party s e p arately ; and the Committee hope this notice will sOeufficient apology. °M J. H. HUMFREY, S ecre t ar y, ce, 22, Pa rliament -street, Westminster, March 30, 1844. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY. DIVIDENDS AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS ef4l- 4.J ESTT the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA contains Money Dividend ds tees £7O £72 £BO 490 £lOO £ l lO £l2O £l5O #2OO £250 4300 £5OO £6OO £750 41,000 £1,200 £1,750 ' Z 4,000 SG f 21,000 Amounting together to £154,308 sterling. This Distribution contains as many Dividends as Bends. Every Bond S. Dividend I Smallest Dividend - - £6B Dine _or Largest DiVidend - 421,000 I Prospectus, with thil particulars, Without delay to • HEINE BROTHERS, at Ilambnrgh. te HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck. IVORY TABLE KNIVES, 11s. per dozes. 95.; CARVERS. 3s. 6d. per pair. TABLE. DZIISBAT. CARYEBS. 6s. 6d. 31 1 - n in . doz. doz. Pair. , 4 alands aenome balance handle .. • • 18s. Od. 14s. Od. b ye handle, largest and best W. 76. 74. lam e . .. . 20s. Od . 16e. Ditto Ala bate Plate equal to silver • .• • • 225. 6d. 18s. Od. Si. id. Yorks half the price of the above. CuThtier7:l,:hineech s s i ha VeforFiftyTearsran o k t app edp r r o e y - e e d mia . D essert Knives P ottsßent for their Fruit always exchanged,of Watson's Watson if n 's new Alabata Plate, with French I vor T and Ivory Handles, . ss. per set o f 24 p i eces ; ditto with carved y Handles, or with Albata Plate Handles and Blades, Albert C. Pattr. 21. IN. per set of 24 pieces. Watson's New Alabata Plate possesses the following superiority eauver.al, l other mixed metals :—A perfect sweetness and purity, a rich dplyery §Pikearauce, and great durability. Strong Tea-pots for Nix ersousn4s. each ; Cruet Fr with four richly cut bottles, 12s. each ; and Is manufactured into aa.oyery other article for the table mid sideboard. Papier Machie Tea-trays, 355. a set of three op to Tea GlatleA. LAMPS. BRILLIANCY AND ECONOMY IN LIGHT. C. WATSON'S houses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Nrto tonFelgate, contain all the most approved Lamps of the day. 1. Pahner's Candle Lamp, which requires no snuffing, 91, 6d. 2. The medium Lamp, to bum a 3-wick candle seven hours for twopence, Us. each, complete ; Magnums, giving a splendid light, 428. Solar Lampe, now so much need, to burn common oil without smoke or omen, 225. 6d., and upwards. His Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current is just published, con emitting mad etailed list of his jugtty celebrated Albata Plate, ate. Which be had gratis and post-free, on application at his ware /genies, 41 and 42, Barbican and 16, Norton-Folgate. Paper Tea-trays, 355. the Set of Three. WILLIEASE IN WALKING, AM BADDELEY, of 130, STRAND, is Induced to give publicity to his much-admired leßiga ?AXED LEATHRIt (so noted for extreme SOhTNESS an DRASILITY), in consequence of min atronage he has received, Med the general satisfaction given by hi manufacturing the above ilt° BO OTS, Ac, On his peculiar fitting priaciple of combining degance 'with ease An is aseortment of best made articles always ready on sale. FAtablished 50 ears. No 130, St rand, corner of Wayter loo-bridge, London. THE TOAD AND THE ELEPHANT. A 'road and Elephant (to w've der) Were seen at fearful odds the ether The Toad, they say. began " the dread dispute," And foolishly attack'd the giant brute. It swell'd with rage, and spat its poison, too, And Pocili'd about as Toads are wont to do The pruisive Elephant rema quite calm, And laugh'cl at such attempts to do him harm, Till, a ll 0 once, the warfare ceas'd to wage— The spiteful lead had burst itself with rage. 14° W 4 ;sop would have thought , that after thi', He simple moral would not be amiss. AM we Would close this fabulous narration /iy something in the shape of application The " lephant" is that huge house of trade 'Where the fam'd name of MOSES is d isplay 'd.. LAnd that, of course, which fills the ToadB position. ikeat the reader guesse 5..-. Competition." the huge Ele ant, our giant M art B ..miles that the I' T vh oad" should act so vain a p art. ne h ouse of MOSES will un h arm ' d escape, r " , 41 Competition" in its fiercest shape. ) Which (bearing out t e story of th end , en— Will "well" with t " s. d. READY MADE. from 0 8 6 " envious rage"th Tweed Taglionts 0 16 0 " explode." Ditto, sullerior quality, with silk collars, cuffs, facing .... and 1 0 0 Cashmerette coats in a variety of shapes, handsomely trim med from 03 6 An inunense stock of Holland and jean blouses from 0 2 6 Splendid summer vest qutteAn endless variety ofscashmere and . Persian vests, splendid to _ 6 rns .............................. 3.• 8 0 0 0 „alma satin•yea; ... . .......................... , warranted ... from 0 9 0 Viotti trowsers w ak o m e mined ze.„......... ................. .•„ ........................ from 0 11 6 A great varlet f Z.; ......... ............................... ...... from 0 7 0 Dim a Co a t s ec g d .... tome trousers ...from I e 0 Prock ditto., a .. """" ............. " ...................... I 6 0 ............... ............... „. ..... ... ............... ....... with Te MEASURE. Tvread coats, trimlned • k • water. „,,,,,, t ...., . silk , made in any shape, from 015 0 cubvz 7 ..... !, .............................. ~ e ' fine al aorlY. and other li ht summer materials, ,_. made in the grit style of f • g . from 1 5 0 llnired quilting vests 7s a5hi0n.......... Casluziere vests, in , • each, or three for 0 9 6 Boa' .r.....0ws rgcherche for ....................... from 0 16 0 Sin .' romoo vtegi:i great variety of tnateriala 0 17 6 BaitsW) West of a ir 3 plain doe trousers 2 0 BeetDrees.coat. eland ........ risanufaclZ;a:."'"'"""............. • ..... .. ........ ....trona 1 . 1 1 2 5 0 Boomin g to any e_...e”.••••••••• ............ • - AZ in ran be had at five minutes' notice, at the an prices I Illen'sSuits, dress t I 16 0 Eve' ditto! iacket,rest . vest and trousers ................... „from no 0 to! / Any — artic l e . treur ................. ..... .f rora 0 r s o . v 94 exchanged, the money }:•eutrue ro a t s td ed . or ordered, if not app ea se r .. Wi)bri --. .IuSES and SON, 'tailors, Wholesale and Retail ou ell preDers Out 154, MI. tories. mid 66. Aild ' _ gate, City, s, and General Wareh ousesnen, Currie "Pposite the C .N.—t'.. Males and against imposition havi learned oblig e=e guard t he like -Salsehow pi• b eta , 6 n ng that the untradesman T __ las been resorted to t neeted with them, or it the same caner o s , ~thoy hav e no conn non 'main instances, and for obvious reason . •sent these who deer: 1" whatever with any other establishment, diaaPPel genuine Cheap Clothing shoulder ntriteut,Ece.) call or s . . pi event Aldgate. eppooite the Church and to, 154, Minones, or . Taxa NOTICE. —The above establishment will be closed on Thurs. day and Pride t , th e ___ . 7. toe lth and th of April returning business as usual .scuraay evening, at seven o'cloCk. ' FOR BI LE. INDIGESTION, AND DISORDERS OF THE STOBIACH AND LIVER DR. A. A.HARVEY'S ANTII3ILIOUS and FAMILY APERIENT PILLS have long been prescribed end found eminently experier.ced Itiernbers of the eolleu e se e fui by "e °f the Intmt his extensive Practice since he has f•esidredStirrigeßoantt, and he ff° _he East Indies While Sur ' Ser- Seen in the • Honourable East India Company's at h . —l4 .ad innumerable instances broug ht under his notice of e relief afforded by health Pills. Th have been found of an service in restoring ay action to eY the Liver, and in pre. eertti:g and also curing the Jaundice; and passing off' Gail Stones ails" ther sfrections °i the Liver • and being prepared from the siirnplest and purest drugs be taken withsafety by the most delicate fe 1 , . may . wi . .__ _. ma e ; are mild in their operation. and their occasional litse will preserve the organs of the stomach in perfect health. ...These Pills are a good preparatory Aperient to Sea Bathing, and AlLerrise previous to and while drinking the Bath. Cheltenham, and other Mineral Waters, or using the Warm Rath as they prevent Giddiness and other unpleasant sensations of the 'ead. They are also an excellent Medicine for all excesses of the table. Dr• Rulers patient., and the pubin are informed that Ids Pills are to be obtained ermine of Edwards 67, at. Paul's Church. lard. London ; also of Sangger, 150, Oxford -street • White, 24, Corn. hill' is most respectable `hr, ' ____.............. ARAB D ECT R s coßu.Tic DROPS. lON OF THE GUARDIANS OF BRENT. DEVON. eWe. the Undersigned, solemnly declare that before Thomas Re f e of our parishioners, comenced taking • .. Halse's Sr o. rbutie it. r , he sraa literally covered with large running wounds (some rs (a r eal so large that a person might have laid his fist in them) ; that "Co ehe had finished the first bottle he noticed an improvement, .414 that by eontinuing them for some time, he got completely eestored to health, after everything • else had failed. He had tried ens sorts of medicines before takin s. Halse's scorbutic Drop..." ft4„......_had prescriptions from the most g celebrated ph se ' s in this :IC•""'s.„.._trX. out deriving the least benefit. .. Halse's Scorbutic 77,! ,bpt boer.crnpletely cured him, and he is now .ti o a m ble.:l ter o attend idsoßmau.,,in tlirepliljtu. anystraroannglyinreocuormTireinsh Fr om ill " Hain's Scorbutic bt oPa.,. to iNt 9 011 of r. publc. M i n t a l h `eite liott sen Lord of the Manor, John Manning, Nati' Pearce3h. , „. .. ~ , I eng troodatan, Arthur Langworthy. %Lino 210813 ~..wholotale iseuile fin Loadon Barclay and Son, Farrinlid_el% cairnnett. 83, I-Ogh Holborn ; Brent, 229, Strand ; King, = It goad • And Johnston, 88, Combat. liii Bli lure to .aalt thy " Hain', Scorbutic Drops." Sold In a t V ad -- I'm' t Bottler, contgininl liee.a7 -114 . 111 ' l i t i ' • get li . and 411 out--V e er eQuF y disput e latter be' ;re ;It a ot; agree P y bytba: frow distriO, A procee“'' a-market/ Loar. to 0 6 deli It 0 . )!' I the el' eting /O a )fliers large CO 113 of the Meeting ;field, all; e in 1110) runes. 2 id ; a ,spital. at -Ilo ilo ITY 511 tuna• here e,,,,,Yr" is res t goiligy d ; the KA, on 0017 • . eft Lace: 11 0 , ;the .1 -1 A l'oleY, 4 111 ember, o'er sor, r ate lets , N'Skio dece o n verp ooi, ess dar e , ie pass 4 l t h erre d 1) 0 o ver beg • t_A lentiari bprgerfA bles, )i c kens i p mares inmodi e w t nufactig eiclay.LA the from ~S 4 C'l niei ientenne t igiiterL-4 the in OW me-rbe 'of Or eed, iii lest soilg, ige-04*,20 - - tt° ttli ~~"~i lict of t"° q. rau, reet, Lir iourr:f' Q u 'ariof ..Ntigee • 'Sir Ps Th'oro ..,e tith,;. l °4 lll3 \VOL; holao ,a orF ss e Liir:rek P bo r da,.° , (5,001. .stirgo.; Oh J0b.,34. A if t . ll7 : • • r xedhs: db ,S9r o ' 1.6 00 b c df-P 6 9411 010° 14 - or, 7/; . glee 'foil!. an ;00 Ice+ Boar fittgli° • 0, 44 t tii ul ap 10 - At t ' '" o. of GRAVESEND' STAR PACKETS FROM THE LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF, NINE and THREE. BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, QUARTER to TEN, ELEVEN, QUARTER to FOUR, said SIX. - TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, FOR BLACKWALL, • SEVEN and FOUR. FOR BLACKWALL and LONDON-BRIDGE, - • HALF-PAST - NINE, and FIVE.* ' * On Sundays Seven. THET - GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S splendid and poWerfld first-class STEAM SHIPS are appointed to leave LONDON for— MAMBURGH and ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majesty's Mails —Every. Wednesday and Saturday Morning. ANTWERP—From Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell —Every Thurs day, at Twelve, Noon. HAVRE—Every Sunday, at Eight, Morning. From London Bridge Wharf, for— OSTEND—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. BOULOGNE—Every Thursday and Saturday Morning. CALAIS—Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. HULLEvery Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. YARMOUTH—Every Saturday, at Six, Evening. EDINBURGH—From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, every Saturday and alternate Wednesday, at Ten Evening, April 6, and 13. From Down's Wharf, Reduced Faxes, for— SUNDERLAND—ApriI 5, 16, and 26, at Seven, Evening. NEWCASTLE—Every Saturday, at Eight Evening. Between BRIGHTON and DIEPPE, every Wednesday and Sa turday. • _ _ _ _ _ _ .. . . To secure Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of departure, Fares, dcc., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, Regent-circus ; and 33, LeadenhAß-street. DEAN FOREST AND HIGH MEADOW ESTATE, IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER. TO BE SOLD by AUCTION, on TUESDAY, the 9th of -Apriik about 800 LARGE "OAK TREES, with the tops and bark; 1,200 tons of bark from thinnings of young oaks, and 5,000 cords of Woods. Particulars to be had of Edward Machen, Esq., Whitemead, Cole ford ; and at the Office of Woods, &c., in Whitehall. ECONOMY COMBINED with ELEGANCE. A most valuable substitute for Silver has recently been Intro duced by TIIORPE, FALLOWS, and COMPANY, in which mate rial they have manufactured an elegant variety of Dish and Plate Covers, Liqueur Frames, Epergnes, Vegetable and Side Dishes, and every requisite for the table, in the newest designs. This. Elegant Assortment can be viewed at their Etablishnient, PANKLIBANON IRON WORKS, 58, BAKER-STREET, PORT MAN-SQUARE, where every article has the lowest price affixed, for cash. The PATENT THERMIO STOVE is In daily operation. PORTS, SHERRIES, and all other WINES. SHERRIES, of first-rate Shippors.—The following unprecedented terms, for GENUINE WINES, are quoted only for cash on delivery, which will be found from 15 to 20 per cent. under usual credit prices : Sherries, pale and brown, at 255., 275., 305., 365., 425., 485., 50s. ; Ports, from the wood, 265., 305., 345. ; crusted, in bottles, from 365. upwards ; ditto, very choice, highly flavoured, from five to ten years old, from 455. to 545. ; Clarets, 335., 403., 70s. ; Champagne, spark ling and creaming, 485., 605., 725. ; Hocks and Moselles, 405., 505., 605., 70s. ; Marsala, 235., 265. ; and all other wines equally mode rate, in quantities not less than one dozen. Delivered free in London. All country orders, accompanied with a remittance, or a reference for payment, will meet with immediate attention from J. SCHWEPPE and CO., 51, Berners-street, London, importers of German Seltzer Water, in quarts and pints. WATCHES, by WEBSTER. and SON, Chro nometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty, established 134 years. WEBSTER and SON have REMOVED to 74, CORNHILL, here the advantages of the premises will en able them to bring the workmen under their immediate inspection in the manufacturing department. An extensive Stock, finished with the utmost care, and at lower prices, considering the quality, than can elsewhere be obtained, consisting of Compensated Duplex and Lever Watches, adjusted to the variations of temperature, on the principle of their Chronometers, to which Government awarded the prizes three years in succession ; the Detached Lever and Florizontal Watches for Ladies, of the smallest and most elegant patterns ; Marine and Pocket Chronometers, with long and accurate rates ; also a large se lection of Second-hand Chronometers and Watches, by the most eminent makers, at half their original cost. Superior workmen are employed on the premises in the repairing department, both for watches and clocks. Foreign work of every description carefUlly repaired by workmen engaged expressly for the purpose. Watehes taken in exchange. Post letters will meet with immediate attention. W. and Son's publication, with the Equation of Time for 1844, will be sent, post free, on the receipt of two stamps. II 4 EGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, APRIL 2, 1844. Notice is hereby Given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEET ING of the MEMBERS of this SOCIETY, pursuant to the Deed of Settlement, will be held at the Office of the Society, No. 10, Fleet• street, London, on THURSDAY, the 18th instant. The Chair will be taken at One o'Clock precisely. The Vacancies, occasioned by Four of the Directors and Two of the Auditors going out of office on that day, will then be filled up. The Directors and Auditors going out are re-eligible. By order of the Board of Directors, T. R. EDMONDS, Actuary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered ►y Act of Parliament. The many Novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu tion, both In its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex pense or ferfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies— the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the amount already invested ; and this bonus, according to an equitable scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future premiums entry. Polle No. y Age 1837 39 59 1838 ll4 56 EXAMPLES. Annual. Bonus I Cash Prem. Sum. I Prem. I Added. Bonus.lßeduced. .0 s. d.I Xs.diX s. d. s. d. IS 1,000 67 4 132 14 6 5 8 19 9 819 4 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 DEFERRED ANNUITIES, Another Bonus will be declared in the present year. The best and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered— every 21. Its. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty- Ave, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. 6d., or 3491. 1 Is. cash, or policy at death of 4661. „Similar advantages at fifty, ilfty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment— two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re preseatatives in eases of premature death. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. T HE MARINERS and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Expressly established for Insurances on the Lives of Mariners, (whether members of the Royal or Mercantile Navy) and Military officers.—lt is to be noted that the Policies of this Company will cover voyages of every description and service in every part of the globe. • The • Lives of Fishermen and Boatmen also insured. High rates of premium have hitherto operated against this kind of Assurance, but as the scale now adopted :will be found as low as is consonant with the risk, it Is believed that this fact, coupled with other advantaaes, will induce a great increase of insurers. Deferred Annuities to Mariners granted upon very moderate Premiums. The Premiums for General Assurances are 'based upon a new ad jsisted table of mortality. Ten pound per cent. of the profits to be applied in malting a provi sion for destitute and disabled Mariners. Arthur-street, London-bridge. WM. 3PNIELL, Manager. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 34, BR IDGE-STREET 2. BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Ltaidiaied 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. IRECRS The Right Hon. THOMASD FRAN TO K LAND LEWIS, Chairman. HENRY. FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq , Deputy Chairman. Lancelot Baugh Allen Ext. Thomas Edgar, E q. Stephen Nicolson Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Henry Barnett, E sq. Archibald Hastie Esq., M.P. Robert Biddulph, John Mendham, ksq. Robert Davies, Esq, VG William Routh, Esq. AUDITORS. Francis Dumergue. Esq, Charles Morris, Esq. Capt. Robert 0 ;de n , K.N. I John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. Prirsiciare— John Ayrton Paris.. M.D., F.R.S., 27, Dover-street, President of the Royal College of Physicians. Suaalow—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R S., 12, Bruton-street. SoLtcrroa—Henry,Young, Esq, 12, Essex-street, Strand. BaNxims —Messrs. Hankey, Fenchurch.street ACTUARY—James John Downes, Esq., F. R A.S. SICRRTARY— Campbell James Downer, Esq.. The fOilowing are among the advantages offered by this Societe:— LOWER RATES of Premium than those of any other Office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and con. siderably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. THE WHOLE OF THE PROFITS divided among the Assured. Three Bonuses have already been declared out of Three-fourths of the profits The first, in Int, averaged £l6 per cent. on the Premiums paid. The second, 1330, ditto £3l ditto since. the let disosion. The third, 1544, ditto A 36 ditto since the 2cl division In addition to which all Policies entitled to the absolute bonus will receive a contingent prospective bonus of AEI per cent. per annum, on becoming claims before 1819. No extra charge for res;dence in any part of Europe, nor for pro ceeding Oa a decked, sailing, or steam.v ssel), from any one port thereof to another during peace, to Assurers not being seafaring men by rrofession. Licenses are granted to go to any part of the world upon terms proportionate to the risks. Policies on the lives of persons dy. ng by su'cide. duelling. or by the hands of justice, are tiw void as respects the Interests of parties to whom they may have been legally assigned. • Assurances may be effected un any and every day. By order of the Hoard of Directors, CA )1 PREL L JAM ES DO WNER, Secretary. NO PUFF NOR IMPOSITION. .S PENCE R' S CELEBRATED CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. The thousands of individuals who have had the pleasure of using Spencer's Chinese Liquid j••• Dye, pronounce it to be the only Dye extant which will effectually — change ' in a few minutes , red or grey hair to a dark brown or black, and it can be proved incontestibly that it is the safest dye In its use that ever was prepared. Red or grey hair, whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, &c.. are changed without trouble. by simply using a comb wetted with the liquid; o.se applica tion will produce a pleasing and a permanent change. The colour it imparts to the hair can never be discovered to have been ef fected by dye, it being so perfectly natural, and n..ither washing, per. spiration, or anything will in the least fade or affect the colour pro. duced. Hundreds of ladies who wore fake hair, because their own b e c a use grey, wear new their own. Also, thousands of gentlemen who had grey or red whiskers, v hich was a great disfigurement, helve b eco me quite dark from the use of iPENCER'S CHINESE LI QUID HAIR DYE. Any lady or gentleman may dye their hair with' ease and secrecy in a few minutes. 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PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND is a sure and speedy cure for those annoyances, without causing corns, the 'least pain or inconv en i ence. U n l i k e a l l ot h er reme di es for its oi.eration is su c h as to render the cutting of the cornsaltether unnecessary indeed, v e may say, the practice of cutting corns is at alt times highly dangerous, and has been fre quently attended with lamentlble con,eluenc a, besides its liability to increase their growth. It adheres with the most gentle pressure, producing an instant and delightful relief from torture, and, with perseverance in its application, entirely eradicates the most in. veterate corns and bunions. Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest eminence prepared by John Fox, .in boxes at Is. I } 2 d., or three in one fo 2s. Pd ., and to be had of L. King, 232 Bliickfilors-road, London, and all w holesale and retail medicine venders in town and country. 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T GEORGE GUINN, at present, and for twelve months past, residing at No. 1, Saint James's-place, Old Kent road, in the parish of Saint Paul, Deptford , and county of Surrey, and being a clerk on a railway, do hereby give notice, that I intend to present a petition to the Court of Bank ruptcy, Bssinghall-street, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be protected from all process, upon making a full disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects. for pay ment of my just and lawful debts ;.,and I hereby further give notice, that the time wheel the matter of the said petition shall be heard, is to be advertised in the London Gazette and in the Morning Sun news paper one month,-at the least, after the date hereof. As witness my hand, this 29th day of March, in the year of our-Lord, 1844. GEORGE GITNN. IFRANCES BOSWOOD, at present, and for 9 six months past, residing at No. 9, Tavistock-street. Tot tenham-dourt-road, in the united parishes of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields and Saint George's, Bloomsbury, and county of Middlesex, and for twelvemonths previously residing at No. 23, Bedford-street, Covent garden, in the parish of Saint Paul and county of Middlesex, and being a spinster, and not in any business, profession, or calling, do hereby give notice that I intend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, pray ing to be examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be protected from all process, upon making a full disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects for payment of my just and lawful debts ; and I hereby further give notice, that the time when the matter of the said petition shill be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette and in the Morning Sun Newspaper, one month at least after the date hereof, as witness my hand this 27th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1844. FRANCES BOS WOOD. 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This precaution is rendered necessary by unprincipled persons frequently filling_ Schweppe's bottles with their own composition, and passing it offer Schweppe's manufacture. SCH WEPPE'S LIQUID MAGNESIA, for the cure of heart burn, gout, sca.sickness, &c., in bottles at Is., 2s. 6d., 4s. 6d., and tOs. each, manufactured with care and skill, and sold by most respectable cnemists. London, 51, Berners-strret ; and at their Branch Manufactories at Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. FACTORIES The present interval of time and rest allowed to the various parties on the Factories Bill, while it gives opportunity for some arguments beyond the reach of public discussion, will also enable honest and serious minds to acquire more deliberate and deeper views of the subject, as a whole This reconsideration will be useful to everybody. The promoters of the ten hours' clause may learn to,give it a less objection able and factious aspect; and its opponents may be brought to a better and more humane mind. Some have voted for it, with the admission that they had found a difficulty on the subject, which, even at the point of voting, had not been entirely re moved. Some had no hesitation as to the intrinsic merits of the proposed measure, but could not agree to its paramount importanee. They liked the article well enough—it was the very thing they wanted, and they had not a fault to find with it; but they stuck at the price, it was exorbitant—a whole Cabinet ! like Mrs. Ramsbottom, they did not like "to be composed upon ;" so they left the faCtory women and children on the counter, and walked out of the shop with their fifteen Cabinet Ministers in their remember ei t mmi e g yi m e e t bt . foearcAtt,om hearts wh o ah n v g iacesh o ub t t l eeh i el e eln r aps c sro o e n tsm s (e) i nt cl inte e li r iain a nad t iissmo,nnatslotlewtedircleieai noticed pocket. Thus the cause of humanity, lik e v i rtue, l auc l atur di fi a n n sd d nn f ea o yr searchingg rmneeorawt cussion has brought to the surf ace , and which we do not occa sions.n We mean the important position of these factory women and young people in the State and the consequent `claim to sufficient and even peculiar protection We have to thank the Premier for th e f orm i n which we state the fact, though we regret to find ourselves forced to view it very dif ferently. Arrhour or two before the first majority against Ministers; on the-19th ult., Sir Robert Peel having stated the difference between . a'week's work under the existing system, and under the operation of a Ten Hours' Act, proceeded— " Let us consider to what extent this restriction is to apply. It is to apply to all labour in cotton factories, in woollen factories, in worfted, flax, and silk factories. . . Now, look at the foreign 'trade of this country. In the last returns there is an account of the declared value of the prin cipal articles of British produce and manufacture. The value of British produce and manufactures exported in the last year, if I recollect right, was about 44,000,000/. The return 'Elm ie whole of the articles of British manufacture was not given, .but for all the principal articles. , What proportion do you suppose of the manufactures which you are now about to deal with was exported? Your cotton manufactures, in cluding yarn, amounted to 23,500,0001. ; linen manufactures, 3,700,000/. • woollen goods, 7,500,000/. ; making a total of about 35,000,000/. out of 44,000,0004 of British manufactures exported from this country, in respect of which you are going . to impose restrictions upon labour.—(Hear, hear.) That.as to say, five s sixths of the exported manufactures of this country are about to be subjected to a new law, which shall provide that it shall not be legal to labour at them more than 59 hours a week, instead of 69 hours.—(Hear,.hear.)" Now, we will not demur to the Premier's assumption that the proposed measure affects all the labour employed in these manufactures, because we admit it does virtually affect all. But why does iraffect all? Because the women and young persons constitute the great majority of the whole number employed, and pull the minority along with them Bearing this in mind, look now to the above most important and not less affecting statements. Five-sixths—nearly all, one may say—of the exports, the foreign trade, of this greatest commercial country in the world, is the work of the factory operatives—that is, chiefly of the factory women and young persons. Hear this, you who talk of the factories as a national nuisance!-you who talk of the millowners as the enemies of their country! —you • who think we should not be much the worse for it if Lanca shire, and one or two other counties, were effaced from .the map of England !—but, above all, you who think that the miserable bondage of these factory women and young per sons, monstrous as it is, is not sufficient to justify an excep tional departure from the general rule of non-interference between the labourer and his: employer ! The position of this country among the nations of the earth, its empire east and west, and its sovereignty over the sea, all depend on its foreign trade ; its foreign trade depends on its exports ; and its ex ports are nearly all the work of a labouring class consisting chiefly of these poor women and children. Talk as we will of our wooden walls, and the BritiAi bayonet, and indomitable courage, 'and so forth ; your factory_ women and children are at the bottom of all ; they an your real soldiers and sailors ; theirs is our truest and most efficacious heroism. We demand, therefore; that they be considered accordingly as an arm of the national service. 'Whatever peculiar care England takes of her soldiers and sailors—that they be properly fed and clothed, and not over-worked, or oppressed by the tyranny of any adverse circumstances—let her extend, as the magnitude of the occasion requires, to the factory women and young persons. Turn it over again. The customs are about two fiths of the revenue--some twenty millions or thereabonts ; the customs are on' the imports; the imports depend on— that is, they necessarily balance--the exports; and the exports are, five-sixths, the work of our factory women and young persons, who thus may be considered as making up nearly two-fifths of the revenue—i. e. defraying nearly the whole amount of our national expenditure, after deducting the interest on our debt. This appears on the face of our financial returns. But if it strikes anybody as too astonish ing. to be believed on the credit of naked figures, we will re- . mind him of a recent great historical fact. Six years since the trade of this country, its exports and imports, began to de cline ; the Customs and Excise also declined accordingly ; and the revenue fell so considerably under an unhappily increas • ing expenditure, that a Ministry popular until then sank 'un der the general despair, and another came in whose first step was to lay on us an income-tax, which, though pro ducing between 5,000,000/. and 6,000,000/, is barely enough to keep the ship afloat. All this; besides what is far more important—an immense and long-continued pressure of dis tress, which neither Sir Robert Peel nor anybody else, we should hope, will ever forget. So, then, these factory women and Young persons, besides contriving to maintain themselves without coining on the land—of itself alone an incal culable boon to the landowner—besides clothing the whole pnpulation of the empi re better and more cheaply than it or any other population ever was clothed before—besides submitting hitherto to give a much greater quantity of clothing, the sweat of their brow, in exchange for the landowners' corn than that corn is worth in the market of the world—do also with the peaceful weapons of their ach ing fingers create and preserve the greatness of this empire, its • trade, its • comforts, its imports, its customs, its army, its navy, its royal, its judicial establishments. " Take care," says the financial Premier, " how you restrict this labour. The whole fabric of England's greatness an d g l ory — we our selves—rest upon it." True ; but do these women and young persons deserve nothing for the great work they are doing for us—no return of peculiar love and pr o t ect i on ? A re t h ey to make England great and glorious, and not themselves be free? After so great a fact is - established, so boundless an obligation revealed, are we still to sufferssur national glory to be sullied by the misery of those who have „worked it? Hardly even • to brute labourers can we bear to say Sic vos non wills. Much less to our Own flesh and blood—our fel . low-Christians.— Tines. ryeevaillreicee f inculcates the necessity of eldaTieous visitations at t S h P is itl i N w7i . o — d l o ' f he the P pre serving the Skin in a pure and healthy state, so that its func tions may be duly performe d. The great celebrity which " Rowland's Kalydor" exclusively maintains as an active yet mild and soothing agent for extirpating all impurities, and imparting a healthy freshness to the Skin, is most pleasingly evinced at the resent season. This balmy and odoriferous creamy liquid is composed o f extracts from thg most rare flowers and herbs of an „own elime—its discovery by a lady of rank, was no less sin,ular than its effects have been felicitous during the last thirty years. I's universally great demand excites the cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give the title of "Genuine Kalydor to som e com p ou nds of their own manufacture of the most deleterious character, containing mineral astringents utterly ruinous to the. Com plexion, and by their repellant action endangering health It is, therefore, imperative on purchasers to see that the words " Rowland's Kalydor" are on the wrapper. —All others are fraudulent tit.piteLf , git4 PPRPETUAL SISOW."77IU• Agassiz has made spme experimental researches amo ngst the Alps, to determine the limits of perpetual snow, and has read a paper before the Academy of Sciences. It app e ars that each succeediug year leaves behind it its region of snow, and that a vast •nuinber of years may thus be traced. The supafleial bed distinctly shows the quantity that has fallen in the preceding season, fiut little further linolledge hae yet been gelod.--• 1 Paytechnic Bev*. GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP COMPANY. We publish to-day the balance sheet of the Great *Western's earnings and expenses from the be ginning up to the present time. It will be seen that she has made thirty-two voyage:. , , and has' cleared on them about 33,8001. over and above her ex penses and insurance, of which 33,8001. there hag been divided among the shareholders 20,3001. This is but a poor. return for the great outlay which has been made, and the risks of the enterprising indi viduals who, to our country's honour, first solved the problem of steaming the Atlantic, not once, but regularly and systematically—a miserable re turn, indeed, for the benefits conferred on the nation. But when in England were public benefactors ever rewarded ? It would be perhaps almost as hope less to find an instance as to discover the longitude or square the circle, and infinitely more difficult to find the rule. In the case of the Great - Western encouragement has not only been withheld, but competition and opposition fostered and assisted with the nation's purse. Both Whig and Tory seem, indeed, to have striven to crush the owners of this noble vessel, with a fervour which is increasing annually. Cunard's line began with an allowance of 60,0001. per -annum, which was afterwards in creased to 80,000/. and now to 90,0001., while the Great Western is left without a penny of assistance ti) contend against such odds! How she has borne up against it surprises every one, but she has, and it is manifest to a profit, though not such as would justify the owners in continuing the contest if they could find a good market for her. There was at the end of last week a report in town that the Peninsular and Oriental Company had bought her for 32,0001., of which it was said that 16,0001. had been paid down. It is quite true, we believe, that the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany have agreed to buy her—but the exact sum we are unable to say, though we think it is very likely to be 32,0001.—the sale, however, is not yet completed, though the terms are settled. The contest going on between this Company and the Bristol Dock Company relative to floating out the Great Britain, has created a considerable sen sation in the steam navigation world. Many roundly blame the Company for having built a vessel in a situation not to be able to get her out without a favour from another party. The fact we under• stand to be, that when she was laid down it had been arranged with the Dock Company how and by what means she was to be got out, and that no difficulty whatever was anticipated up to the moment of the Dock Company making a claim, to which the Steam Company could not conscientiously submit. Then, and not before, a difficulty was started, and the Dock Company, which seems always to be governed by feeling and small reasons, were found to be intractable. An application, however, is reported as likely to be made to the Legislature, when these worthy conservators of mud and stagnant water may find it convenient to be more reasonable. by-the-bye we should like to know how it hap pens that the port of Bristol is virtually closed against the whole steam trade. Some forty years ago these docks were made, when there was .not a steamer thought of, and when, indeed, sailing vessels of a much less class than now visited the port. At that time the dock gates were ample, but not for the pre sent time, when vessels have not only grown in size, but a new class has sprung into existence. To keep pace with this other ports have provided the accom modation which the march of improvement has shown to be needful. Not so, however, the Bristol Dock Company. They stand in unimproved statu quo, and neither the fate of the William Miles in their crimping gates, nor the loss of the trade of the city appears to have any influence upon them. Their motto is, "these gates served the purpose of our fathers, why should they not ours ?" It is a fact, to the glory of this " do-nething body," that there is not a glasgow and Liverpool steamer - which can get into the Bristol Docks; and only those in the Irish trade, confined to 43 feet wide ! !—Railway Magazine. DEATH OF MR. JOHN BURN.—We regret to an nounce the death of Mr. John Burn, a worthy and excellent man, who expired, in his 68th year, at Manchester, on Wed nesday. Most of our commercial readers are acquainted with► a practical work of the highest value, which he published periodically, called " Burn's Glance." It gives, in a tabular form, a coup d'ceil of the annual imports and exports of the country, and,has often been quoted in Parliament as a stand ard authority.—Liverpool Journal. AN ENGLISH AVALANCHE.—On Monday last, the 18th inst., as a party of shepherds were out on Longdale Fells—situate betwixt Orton and the Yorkshire mountains— they had to encounter most formidable drifts of snow, in order to rescue the sheep from their icy prisons. Edward Wilson, yeoman, of Long Gills, was under the necessity of walking on a very steep acclivity, when the snow suddenly began to move in an immense volume from under his feet with such velocity, that the yoting man was unable to keep his body in an upright position, the rapid progress of the avalanche—for such it really was—making him excessively giddy. He managed, however, to sit as long as he could, till, having descend e d t o a rocky precipice, where, about fifty years ago, a person of the name of James Atkinson was un fortunately killed under similar circumstances, he, the shep herd in question, was dreadfully injured by the concussion occasioned by the stoppage. He, nevertheless, had presence of mind enough to tie his handkerchief or neckcloth round his head; to which probably he owed his preservation, as, although he bled considerably, he- did not lose conscious ness, and, on the whole, was much less injured than might have been anticipated under the circumstances, and in a place so dangerous. On reaching home, Mr. Noble, surgeon, of Orton, was promptly in attendance ; and we have much pleasure in stating that he is now in a fair way to recover.— Kendal Mercury. CORFU, MARCH 9.—Prince George of Cambridge, attended by the Hon. Captain James Macdonald, aide-de camp, has returned to Corfu from a tour in the Neapolitan and Papal States ; he passed three weeks at Naples, and his Royal Highness is expected shortly to visit England. Lady Seaton and Lady Pettrizzupola have given several balls. Prince George of Cambridge gave a ball on the anniversary of his father's birthday,, the splendour of which, with the beauty of the ladies, exceeds all description ; it was very numerously attended. The officers of the 97th Regiment have also given two balls, and nothing was left undone by Lieut.-Colonel Lockyer, and the officers of the regiment, for the comfort and amusement of their guests. The Royal Ar tillery and the Royal Engineers have issued invitations for next Tuesday. Lady Seaton intends commemorating Prince George's birthday on the 26th instant by a similar entertain ment, at the Palace. The fourth session of the seventh Par liament opened on the Ist, and his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner gave his speech on the 4th instant. A Gascon is not only a boaster; he is often a wit, and the French jest-books are filled with anecdotes of gas conading. From amongst a host of them we select the fol lowing ;—" Gasconading was a marked characteristic of the court of Henry IV. Though the Monarch was not exempt from the fault himself, he grew tired of it in others, and en treated his Minister Malherbe to endeavour to reform it al together—to de-gasconise his Court. Must I sweep them all away, Sire ?' asked the Minister. 'All,' replied the Prince. Upon which Malherbe slyly answered, Then I presume your Majesty wishes to abdicate.' Another Prince told a Gascon gentleman, who had former:y served him as Ambassador, that he looked like an ox. I cannot say what I look like,' replied the Gascon, ' but this I know, that I have frequently represented your Majesty's person.' A Gascon abbe, who lost a living from the indecent haste of which he was guilty in canvassing for it, declared he had run so fast after the benefice, that he outstript, in his flight, his guardian angel."'—Chamber's Edinburgh Journal. DEATH OF A GlANT.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Victory, Kingsland-road, on the body of Richard Turbox, aged 84 years. Mrs. Channess deposed that deceased lodged wit?' her at No. 32, Tottenham-road, West Hackney. He was a pensioner of the East India Company, and was a remarkably stout man, and of extraordinary sta ture, being six feet and a half in height. Notwithstanding his advanced age he enjoyed very good health. On Tuesday morning, about nine o'clock, witness was alarmed at perceiv ing a few drops of blood on- the floor of her room, which was beneath that of deceased's, and which fell through the ceil ing. She accordingly went up stairs and found him lying doubled up before the fire-grate, with his head against the bars. There was a wound on his forehead caused by a fall, and he appeared to be quite dead. Mr. Lewis, a surgeon, was sent for, who pronounced life to be quite extinct. From the plethoric habit of deceased, Mr. Lewis attributed death to apoplexy. The wound on his head was not sufficient to cause death. Verdict—" Found dead." MILITARY HEROES.--Mr. Field last night delivered his second musical lecture on the military service and its heroes at the City of Westminster Literary and Scientific In stitution. Mr. Field introduced the discourse of this evening by a chronological description of the various improvements in the implements for warfare, in short, tracing i hem from the hands of the rudest art to those of the most profound science. The costume of the army was also briefly noticed, not for getting the reminiscences of that so recently in use, but which appears, from having left no trace behind, to be as far removed as the buffjerkin of a couple of centuries gone by:, need we particularise the powdered hair, the well-nourished queue, and the white (and tight) inexpressible shorts of our tall grenadiers. A sketch of those hospitable retreats for dis abled veterans,,Qreenwich and Chelsea—and a reference to the visit to them made by the Queen and Prince Albert, ap propriately introduced a very good song, the - words a n d a i r of which were by Mr. Field, " Here's a health' to Victoria." The enjoyments of a soldier's life were briefly glanced at—his enfranchisement from all the ordinary perplexities of daily life—the hearty abandon of the bivouac--enlivened by n - tives, in which the narrator is often the hero of his own story—and the rousing call to arms in the freshness and beauty of the morning. Mr. Field here introduc aed fine hearty burst of cheering melody, "Our huinei and native land," which elicited an enthustastiC 'encore. This was a manuscript cbmiiogition by . Mr. West, of the Royal Academy of Music. In celebrating the achievements of nur meet no tinguished Generals, the sad fate of Sir Jahn Moore at Co. runna could Hot fail of notice; and the lecture was brought to a close by a neat sketch of the European career of the " Hero of a hundred fights," and including a personal narrative, by one of the survivors, of the defence of the chateau of Hougou mont, The " Army and Navy" was sung as a finale, and Dir. field retired amidst tine warmest plaudits. METROPOLITAN DRAPERS' ASSOCIATION. • A meeting of members and friends of this Association, whose object is to abridge the hours of business, was held on Monday at the Hanover-square R00m5...8.-Bond Cabbell, Esq., in the chair. - - Mr. HINDLEY: M.P., proposed "a resolution to the effect, that the hours of labour were prolonged to an extent in the drapers' and other businesses in the metropolis, which was destructive to health, and inimical to moral and intellectual improvement. He said there were thousands of young men in thiS metropolis who were exposed to labour for fifteen, sixteen, or seventeen, and, in some instances, eighteen hours a day.—(Shame.) Their opponents met them with the ob jection that the drapers' assistants were not in.the worst con dition, and referred them to the milliners, directing their at tention to an interesting young female who had been occupied during two and twenty hours in making a costly robe for a very high and illustrious personage; but the illus-• trious personage for whom the .robe was made, .would have sooner gone without it, were she aware of the fact, than have been the means of imposing- such toil on the young creature who made it.—(Hear.) The Rev. T. ARCHER seconded the resolution. The Hon. and Rev. MONTAGUE VtrxrEns - ;upported the resolution. He bore testimony to the tendency which late hours of business had to demoralise young men, and make them inditferent - to their religions interests. The resolution was put and carried unanimously. Dr. Sorrnwoon - S3nni bore official testimony to the de structiveness of late hours of labour to health and life, and concluded by moving a resolution—" That an abridgement of the hours of labour would not only move of incalculable be nefit to the assistants, but to the employers themselves, and to society at large." Mr. OWES, of Great Cormn-street, an employer, and an active member of the Committee, seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The Rev. DANIEL MOORE moved the next resolution— " That the Metropolitan Drapers' Association, having for its object the abridgement of the hours of business, with a view to the physical, moral, and intellectual improvement of the assistants, is well deserving support, and that this meeting pledges ibia hearty co-operation and encouragement, by ren dering it every possible assistance, especially by abstaining for the future from making eveningpurchases.". Mr. GEORGE Tnompsoli - seconded . the resolution. He re joiced to have the opportunity :of entering into the humane and Christian design which the meeting had in view. The excessive hours of labour in the metropolis were deplorable. If he in any way had been instrumental in contributing to the advancement of his fellow- creatures, he owed it to this circumstance under God, that he was not, during those years when his mind was most susceptible and -most inquiring, robbed of his evening hours. He adverted to his travels in India, and said that in all those travels, in all the countries he had visited, he had not seen any class of persons in so absolute a state of serfdom as the drapers and other em ployers' assistants in England. The resolution was carried. On the motion of Mr. REDMAYNE, seconded by Mr. TA VERNER, thanks were voted to the Chairman. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. TO THE EDI7'OI? OF THE SUN. Sut,—A short time ago a person was prosecuted for riding a pony to death, and we daily see fines and imprisonment inflicted for cruelty to animals. We sicken at the details of these atrocities, but fancy it is is only the sordid, the low, or the ignorant who perpetrate them. • But it is not so. Let us see : the London papers of Saturday give an account of a run with the Royal stag hounds, and state that the deer (Sweep) was taken, dead beaten, at West Wycombe, a distance of up • wards of 25 miles from the kennel at Ascot, and was obliged to be killed a short time afterwards. A fine horse, belonging to Mr. Dyson, of Windsor, rode by Mr. Jenner, and another, belonging to Mr. Sharpe, of Sl oug h, dropped dead; a third horse died at the Crown Inn, Marlow ; and another, making a fourth, at Beaconsfield. Now, Sir, in what is the differ ence of riding horses to death for sport, or riding them to death for gain? Are the agonies of the poor animals less in the one case than the other? Here is cruelty by wholesale; but will it be noticed? I fear, Sir, that while indignation, fines, and imprisonment are heaped on the heads of one class of offenders, these will hear of nothing but the splendid run they have had with the Royal stag hounds. You have al ways been the advocate of the oppressed, can you not devote a little time and space to this subject? Greenwood, April 1, 1844. A. T. COMMANDS IN CHIEF.—The following Commanders in-Chief will be relieved in the course of the present year, as their periods of service will have expired :—Of the Pacific station, Rear-Admiral Thomas, appointed sth of May,lB4l ; of the West India and North American station, Vice-Admi ral Sir C. Adam. K.C.8., appointed 17th August, 1841; of the Mediterranean, Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, G.C.H., appointed 14th October, 1841; and of the Brazils and Cape of God Hope station, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Jocelyne Percy, C. 8., appointed 17th December, 1841. Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, K C. 8., of the East India sta tion, appointed 12th May,'lB4l, is already succeeded in the command 414-thlef Ai bir who was second in command in the East tndies ; Captain Chadi, of the Cambrian, hoisting a commodore's broad pen dant, as second in command to Sir T. Cochrane. The admi rals and captains, superintendents of the dockyards, with the exception of Portsmouth and Malta, were appointed in 1841; but these officers hold their commissions for five years. POST-OFFICE CHANGES.—It has already been men tioned that a considerable increase has taken place in the number of twopenny-post letter carriers, and that a further increase was expected to take place in a few days. Since then two sub-sorters and three extra stampers of letters have received appointments, and an additional number of letter carriers, making a total of one hundred in addition to the ordinary strength of the establishment. Two houses have also been taken, one at the corner of Old-street-road, and the other situate in the vicinity of Brunswick-square. These tenements are now fitted up as sorting offices, similar to those now employed for that purpose in different parts of the metropolis. The object of these changes is an increase in the delivery of letters, and when the arrangements are concluded, which they will be in a few days, the public will have three extra deliveries of twopenny-post letters daily. There is an opinion, though nothing has yet publicly transpired, that the deliveries will be increased to ten per diem, and that the change will take place immediately after the official quarter day, the sth of the present month. `THE INDIA, MAIL. —On Monday morning the monthly mail for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, Egypt, India, and Hong-Kong was made up at the General Post office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and forwarded by the Great Liverpool steamer, via Southampton. There were 97 boies, besides smaller packages, of letters. Theoverland closed mail of the 4th instant, via Marseilles, is detained until Saturday, the 6th instant. The following new postal arrangements came into operation yesterday, the Ist of April :—" Letters may be sent unpaid, via France, to the following countries and places, or the postage may be paid to destination, viz., the Austrian dominions, the free city of Cracow, Moldavia, lacbia, Turkey in urope, together with the town of Scutari in Asia. Letters may also be sent through France unpaid to Southern Poland and Southern Russia. The combined British and foreign rate of postage to be taken on a single letter weighing less than a quarter of an ounce for the above mentioned countries, will be as follows :—To the Austrian dominions, the free city of Cracow, and the city of Belgrade, Is. sd. ; Moldavia and Wallachia, Is. 9d.; Turkey in Eu rope (Belgrade excepted) and Scutari in Asia, Is. Ild. ; Southern Poland and Southern Russia, Is. 6d. Letters to Greece, the Archipelago, the lonian Islands, the Two Sicilies, the Papal States, Modena, Parma, and Placentia, are charged Is. 3d. • British and foreign post age, or the British rate on ly (5d.), may be paid. Those letters which are directed to the German and northern States to be forwarded through the office of Tour and Taxis, if not posted unpaid, must in future be paid to destination. The next mails for Madeira, the West Indies, Mexico, Hond uras , Havannah, Bahamas, Chagres, and New Granada, will be made up this morning, the 2d inst., to be forwarded by the Tay steamer, via Southampton ; British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, in the evening of the 3d instant (to-morrow), by the Acadia steamer, via Liverpool; Brazils and Buenos Ayres, on the 3d instant, by her Majesty's brig Express, vici Falmouth. EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH OF LETTERS...--0119 of the largest dispatches of letters ever made from the General Post-office took place on Monday morning. The mails to Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Curava, St. Croix, and Porto Rico, when made up occupied upwards of 100 boxes. At a moderate estimate, each of these boxes contains 5,000 letters, and taking the number of boxes at 100, the number of letters amounts to half-a-million. They were taken to the terminus of the South-Western Rail way in six Post-office vans, which were opened at the top for the purpose of receiving them from the ship letter-office, on the east side of the portico. THE WILL FORGERIES.—After the final examina tion of the prisoners on Saturday, Mrs. Dorey was taken into the presence of her sister, and Sanders was subsequently in troduced to them in one of the waiting-rooms of the Man sion-house. The meeting of the sisters was stated to have been very affecting. The son of Sanders and Lydia Sanders, a lad about nineteen years of age, was present at the melan choly interview, and the father took the opportunity of ad vising him to endeavour to conduct himself in such a manner as not to run the hazard of suspicion in a world which was so ready to attribute the basest motives to men. Sanders has declared that he has been comparatively happy since his apprehension, as he and his wife es l ca ed pe a detection. life of in describable horror in endeavo u ring to Barber speaks with greater confidence than ever of ac quittal. Mrs. Sanders has expressed her deep sense of the humane treatment she experienced at the hands of John Forrester. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SUNDAY -SCHOOL TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.—Monday evening, a numerous meeting of the friends of education, in accordance with the principles of the Established Church, was held at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. The chair was taken by John Labou chere, Esq. The objects of the Institution are, the promo tion of union among the several Sunday-schools in and around the metropolis ; the supplying of teachers with such information uponvarious subjects as shall tend to the advan tage of Sunday -schools in general, &c. The Chairman also referred to the advantage derived from the Institution, and to the extension of education in general. Several reports, &c., were read ; after which, resolutions in accordance were agreed to, and the proceedings terminated. STEPNEY FAIR.—It may be recollected that a fair was held last Easter and Whitsuntide at Stepney, after it had been suppressed by the magistracy, as a nuisance, for 25 years. The conduct of the countless thousands who attended it was very orderly, and the absence a outrages formed a striking contrast to the tumultuons scenes which yearly took place before Interference for its suppression. The experiment having succeeded so well last year, and the police authorities not deeming it advisable to interfere with the harmless amusements of the people as long as they were properly con ducted, the fair is to be repeated at Easter. THE STATE APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR CASTLE. —Her Majesty has ordered that the State apartments at Windsor Castle shall be open for the admission of the public on Good Friday—a day on which, it may be observed, the State rooms have invariably been closed throualiont the Year, , Orders to the above effect were issued on MaA7 from the i glee Qf the Lord Chamberlain. • • • I EXTRA On Monday, at 'seven o'clock, a protracted inqpiry took place before lair. W. Payne, coroner for the city of London, at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, touching the death of Mary Griffip, a remarkably fine young woman, aged aboiit thirty years, lately filling the situation of housekeeper to Mr. G. Scratchley, surgeon, of 168, Fleet-street. Mr. Charles Scratchley, who described himself as a private tutor in a family resident at Peckham, said he was on a visit to his brother on Saturday last, and went to bed in the sur gery behind the shop shortly before one o'clock on Sunday -morning. About quarter past one he heard some person come into the room, and upon calling out " Who's that ?" the de ceased replied " Mary." Witness inquired what she had come into his room for, and the deceased said to request him to intercede for her With his brother, who had Ahreat ened to give her into custody for some robberies which ha charged her with having committed in his house. Witness said that if she confessed the truth, he was willing to do so, and the deceased's answer was a solemn denial of the charge imputed to her. Witness thought she was intoxicated, and desired her to go to bed, adding that in the morning he would speakto her on the subject she had alluded to. The deceased then &lid she had taken poison, but considering it en idle facet, witness took no notice, and shortly after she went up stairs. In about a quarter of an hour she came down again into the shop, and turm.d the gas on, whell witness, fearing something serious, got up, and on looking through the sur gery window, found she had a large bottle - to her mouth con taining laudanum, licfbre witness could 1% rest it from her, 'she had drunk a considerable quantity, immediately after which she became insensible, and witness having laid her down on the floor tf the passage, went up stairs to call the assistant, his brother being from home at the time. Witnees also sent for his brother and Mr Day, of Salisbury-square, l d \ e 'h cea en se lS d lr. n D ev a e y r and in the ,interval, before their arrival, administered four a le n d ea Pe ra ca l i v i i e e e d , r : a h A Juror (Mr. Watson)—You say that you•are a private mp d eltdii applied about tNl' half-pastistomach-pump, alaedh )n o ue ' c al l e e pti c ;e k ebt ot Sun day morning. tutor ; are you not a clergyman ? Witness—Yes, I am a minister of the Church. Mr. Watson—During the time the deceased was in the surgery with you, did she not cry very bitterly? Witness— Yes, she did cry a great deal, and very bitterly. Mr. Watson—,Did you hear her make a charge against some union ? Witness—No. Mr.Watson—Did you not hear her say that some person had been the cause of all her trouble? Witness—Yes, I did. Mr. Wat.on—Against whom did she make that charge? Witness—Oh, against me. Mr. Watson-Lbid she charge you with having seduced her? Witness—No-; I think not. 1 believe the words were that I had ruined her. Mr. Watson asked the witness whether he did not recollect deceased saying " God and you only know that you hays seduced me, and the sin is all on your head." The witness replied, that he had paid no attention to what deceased said, ' and did not recollect the conversation which occurred. If the jury would put questions, he would answer. A juror thought the witness• might recollect.so serious a matter, having occurred so short-a time p rev i ous . The Comixn—Did the deceased say anything similar to the obServations you have just heard? Witness—She did. Mr. Watson—Were you in the habit of coming to your brother's on Saturday? Witness—Yes, 1 came to preach. Mr. Watson—Not at twelve o'clock at night? Witness-- No; on the next day. Mr. Watson—Why did you not mention that which has _just been elicited? Witness—My reason was that I thought it was not materiel to the case. The CORONER said it was very material, in order that the jury might judge of deceased's state of mind : whether she was under a false impression, might be considered afterwards. In answer to a question from the Coroner, whether he had been intimate with the young woman, witness said, I deny the charges. My impression is - (checking himself) No, Sir, I wish to say nothing. The witness here sat down. Mrs. Mary Watson, wife of Mr. Watson, o f 167, Fleet street, said she lived next door to Mr. Scratchley, and while in her back parlour, about one o'clock on Sunday morning, she heard a woman crying very bitterly in that gentleinan's surgery. The partition between the rooms was very thin, and witness heard deceased say, You have seduced me—you have brought me to this." Some one replied, " You are a liar;" acid deceased said, " I am no liar—God and you know lam not-you alone have brought me to it." Witness heard much talking afterwards, but could not catch the precise words,, and about an hour after heard a great moaning as of a persoh in extreme pain. Mark Gosling, an errand boy in Mr. Scratchley's service, deposed to having heard deceased threaten to stab Mr. Chas. Scratchley between eight and nine o'clock on Saturday even ing; when she was perfectly sober. He said she had been in a desponding state for several weeks, and generally cried very much when Mr. C. Scratchley came. The CORONER having remarked on the extraordinary na ture of the case, said he thought it was most desirable before the inquiry was closed, that some of the deceased's friends should be present, an opinion in which the jury unanimously concurred, and the inquiry was accordingly adjourned until Thursday next, the Coroner giving directions to the sum moning officer to insure their attendance on that day. WOLVERHAMPTON, APRIL 1.--On Monday next a great free trade meeting will be held here, for the purpose of receiving a deputation from the National Anti Corn-law League, consisting of Mr. Cobden, M.P. ; J. Bright, M.P. ; It. Moore, Esq., and the meeting will be attended by the borough Members, Hon. C. P. 'Villiers, and S. Thornely, M.P. As we have no building large enough to contain one half of the people that will attend at this gathering, an im mense pavilion is now being erected expressly for the occasion ; and there is no doubt but this meeting will be by many thousands the snore numerous, and by far the most im portant in-door meeting ever held in Wolverhampton. BATTLE EXTRAORDINARY.—As Mr. Compton, of Southfield, near Lea, Wilts, was walking through a field in the parish with his gun, his attention was engaged by a hawk hovering over what he imagined to be a mouse. After due deliberation, he suddenly made a dart at his intended victim, and which proved to be a weasel. The old adage. " catch a weasel asleep," held good in this instance • the weasPi caw his 14A.Litiay susi,ea use slawk Ysy the head ; A severe struggle here ensued, but at last the hawk succeeded in disengaging himself, and got away. Nothing daunted, however, he returned to the conflict as game as at the first ; the struggle then recommenced, and very soon atter the weasel was seen dragging the dead hawk towards the hedge, when Mr. Compton shot the weasel, and found the hawk, as before described, quite dead, and his head bitten entifely through in several places.—Hampshire Advertiser. SUICIDE OF THE GROOM OF SIR J. KEY.—Mon day Mr. T. Wakley, M.P„ coroner, held an inquest at the Watermen's Arms, Old Brentford, on the body of Charles Shepherd, aged 23 years, groom to Sir John Key, whose body was found floating in the river Thames on Friday last. On s3h,Sesoilters, and hope the bank had been discovered deceased's hat ; in it was found a pair of leather gloves, in which was the following letter in the deceased's handwriting, in pencil :--" Dear Father and Mother,—l wrote this with a broken heart to you, and ,dare say it will hurt yours as well when you'll hear of my last end. I had a good place, that you know, but Mrs. hindered me of It by giving me such a shameful cha racter, which .1 did not deserve. I know I have done wrong, but I could not help it. After vgiollo n d l s y bu - 3ff,ee t r r a a nfi v dr e s l: o n ifd g about with an empty stomach day after day, and suf fering so much as I did, and then getting a place, I thought Mrs. would not hinder me from it ; but she is capable bn of loet s s a si n y y i t n ohu g i sa a l i . 3 o • r t l h Gd i:t i vigne, the ye very t- to likely coaililem. they will do well In the world and take care of themselves. I have one wish before I die, which is, that my sister Jane should have my Bible that Lady Key gave me. It is at Mr. Pearman's, and I hope she will take care of it for my sake. So no more from 'your broken-hearted brother, Charles Shep herd." On the envelope w as wr itt en, " Charles Shephaed now lies beneath the water, all through Mrs. preventing me from a good pl ace , an d ma d e me broken-hearted.' Verdict_" Found drowned, suppoied by his own act ; but as to the state of his' mind, there was no evidence to show." While the jury were signing the verdict, Hughes, the con stable of Brentford, asked the Coroner what was to be done with the deceased's clothes. The reason of his asking was, that the friends of the deceased were too poor to bury him, and the expense would, therefore, fall on the parish of Ealing, the officers of which had directed him to seize the clothes on their behalf, towards defraying the expenses. Mr. Wakley, who, with the jury, appeared much surprised at the orders of the parish officers, said, "Give the poor fel low's things tolls mother, and leave the body for the parish officers." CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY.--• On Monday a general meeting of the donors and subscribers to this charity was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, for the purpose of electing six pensioners out of a: list , of fourteen candidates, to participate in the benefits afforded by the institution. Thomas Davies, Esq., in the chair:" The report of the last year stated that the society was founded in 1818, for providing a permanent relief to decayed artizatis, mechanics, manufacturers, tradesmen, aril the widows of such persons, above sixty years of age, by a monthly allow ance, which at the present time amounts to 11. 2s. per month to men, and 15s. to women. The income of the society during the past year amounted to 1,794/. 12s. 6d., and the expendi vtuerseted( i i n n cl t u h d e in l i g fe 6 f 2 u B n / d . ) 7s t . o p L a 4 i 7 d n t . oupse.nhsiimeiresa, ving a5OO/ balancein- at the Bank of England in favour of the society of 316 k, l a s t . 6 t d he 14s. 7d. The sum collected at the last annual dinner, at a w n h which amount td exceeding,John us e l b l y pr esi ded, ea rly 250 a mounted that receivedto 9341 previous festival. The bank stock of the society now amounts to 5,6041.65. 4d. The number of pensioners on the society's books are at present sixty-six. The election of yesterday will increase them to seventy-two. The ballot closed et three o'clock, when the names of the successful candidates were announced. FACTORIES (N 0.2) BILL.—The new Factories 13111, brought into the House of Commons by Sir James Graham and Mr. H. Manners Sutto n , M . P . (the Secretary and Under secretaryatawittsei for the H ome D epartment), has just made Amenditappearances th of f L B r a el p a r t i i n n t g ed t o sh i a a p bo e . nr lt i s in Factories," entitle A d and ß Bill tocon tains as many as 73 clauses, with schedules, &c. The Act is to take effect on the Ist day of October next ensuing. • The factory inspectors are authorised to appoint certifying sur geons, for the purposes of the Act, and to fix the amount of their fees. Full powers are conferred on the inspectors of fac tories, for the purposes of ascertaining the real age of chil dren to be employed therein. Special provisions are enacted for the annual hme-washing of factories, the protection of the workers in wet-spinning flax-mills, the due guarding and boxing-off of machinery, and the general prevention of acci dents, as well as for their cure, if any should unfortunately occur. The hours of working for children and young persons are to be observed with strict regularity. Respecting . the peculiar clauses relative to the time of working, we may simply state, that children may be employed in fac tories at eight years of age ; that no child is to be employed more than six hours and a-half per diem, except in certain cases (hereinafter -specified); that no woman above 18 years of age is to be employed in any factory say e for the same time and in the same manner as " young par - sons" may lie employed in factories ; and that work is t o cease on Saturdays at half-past four o'clock, P.M., &c. factory in which the labour of young persons is restricted to ten hours a day, it will be lawful to employ any " child" ten t g ion th s e m ti a n d i e e wi los t t h b l y eap m hours in any one day, on three alternate days of every w ee k, provided that such child shall not be in any way emp l oyed in the same or in any other factory on two successive days, t B't o iac m i s e t a Po lii va n gi l s e ei s n a ai n ns d dn holidays,''d made additionalforr and n cr it eu l n i l e an attend an c e of childremat school. Silk mills are exempted from certain provisions of this Bill, it being enacted that any child above eleven years old employed solely in the winding and throwing of raw silk may work without any proof of haiTing attended a - school for ten hours a day, but not after half-past four o'clock on Sa turday afternoons. The 73d or " interpretation" clause enacts that the Factories Act as amended by this Act, a* this Act, shall be construed together as one Act ; that the word " child" shall be taken to mean a child under thirteen years of age, and the words " young person," a person aged thirteen and under eighteen years of age, &c. Thus it will b'e seen that the disputed question of "ten" or "twelve" ho , :irs, Wikh has already been so strongly contested in the Howse of Commons, is, in the present or new Bill, tacitly consgied to the shelf. The Bill will not, of course, be read a seACrud time until after the forthcoming Easter recess This day is published, VIZ BRITISH AND FOKEIGN REVIEW, No. XXXIII. CONTENTS. 1. (joins and Currency.—The Bank Charter. 2. Discoveries in Central America. 3. Books for Children. 4. English Cathedral Music.—State of the Choirs. S. Louis Blanc's " Ten Years' " Reign of Louis Philippe. 6. Anglo-Catholicism—The Oxford Controversy. 7. The Penny Postage and the Post-office. 8. Sir Charles Bell's Essays.— Anatomy of Expression. 9, Life and Correspondence of William Taylor, of Norwich. 10. Thierry—" LQS Recits .11erovingiens." 11. The Atmospheric Railway. , Recent German Literature. London : it: and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers. On 6aturday Will be published, price As., T HE DUBLIN REVIEW. No. XXXI, CONTENTS. Art. 1. The Religious and Social Condition of France. 2. Prescott's Conquest of Mexico. 3. Dr. Mant's Romish Corruptions. 4. Moehler's Symbolism. 5: The Nestorian Christians of Kurdistan. 6. Irish Archaeological Society—Statute of Kilkenny. 7. State Frovision of the Irish Clergy. 8. Recent Publications on the Irish Question. 9. Suppression of3lonasteries. London:. C. Dolman, 61, New Bond-street. Dublin : J. Cumming. Edinburgh : W. Tait. Liverpool : Booker and Co.. LA POLKA. • MONSIEUR JULLIEN has the honour to an nounce that he has just Published the POLKA, price 25., Postage Free, splendidly illustrated by Brandurd, with a short De scription of the Figure, by E. COULON. The Music composed on National Melodies, by JULLIEN. Many spurious Imitations of M. Jullien's Polka having been sold to the Public under so ninny . assuine4 forms, he has published the Polka Dance at his own Office, Et, MaddOx-Street, Bond-street ; and in order to secure the public against the possibility of purchasing In correct Copies, he has attached his signature to each. None can, therefore, be relied on which.has not his Autograph. 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