The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-17 00:00:00

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THE SUN i s 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 ror the :AFT.ERNooN TRAINS awl a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARI and all Other NEWS in LONDON up to that Roar. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Neon, and Night, therelry insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. GRAVESEND and LONDON, by the BLACK `VALL RAILWAY and the STAR PACKETS. REDUCED FARES, and only ONE PAYMENT THROUGHOUT. The Public and the Friends of the STAR COMPANY are respect rally informed that the DIRECTORS of the BLACKWALL RAIL WAY COMPANY have made arrangements by which raSSCllgeni will he conveyed between GRAVESEND and LONDON, at the fol owing Prices:— Fore-cabin and Second-class Train--One Sa'oon and First-class Train—One Shilling and Sixpence. The STAR PACKETS leave the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, Morning, at a Quarter to Ten and Eleven ; Afternoon, Four and Six. From the Terrace l'ier, Gravesend, Morning, at Seven and 'Half-past Nine ; Afternoon, Four and Seven. •-• On Sundays from Blackwell, Morning, a Quarter to Ten and Eleven; Afternoon, at Six. From Gravesend, Morning, at Seven ; Afternoon, Four s Five, and Seven. Tickets to be obtained for the Down-passage at the Venchurch street, Mineries, Cannon-street, Shadwell, and Stepney Stations of the Blackwell Railway ; for the Up-passage on board the Packets. Star-Office, Gravesend, April 18, 1844. ICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. TRUSTRES. S:r JAW'S DUKE, Alderman, M.P., Chr.irman. BENJ A MIN HA \V ES, Esq , Deputy Chairm , ). BENJAMIN BA RN A RD, Esq. t•HARLES BALDWIN, Esq. Peculiar advantages are offered by this Company. Thus— Pdrties assuring the lives of others may make their policies secure, notwithstanding th. , life assured may go out of the limits of Europe, without the necessary permission of the Directors having I een pre viously obtained Credit of half the premiums for the first five years allowed on p 0..• licies effected for the whole term of life. policie. , of five years' standing, half the amount paid, after the firs year's premium, may be borrowed thereon by the Assured. Advances arc a'so made to Assurers on real or undoubted personal secdri!y, fir terms rf years, repayable by instalments. • Attention - is particularly requested to the detailed Prospectuses of the Company; which may b obtained at the Office, IS, King William.street, Ctv. or by lelter, addressed to the Secretary. WILLIAM R ATR AY, Actuary and Secretary._ AGED M A SON S' ASYLIT AI. The NINTH i'gNlVEltizAilY of this Institntbm will take 0,0..0 on ',VED.L.iDAY, the 14th of June, . Freemasons' hall, Great Queen-stni.ci. ANIEL O'CONNELL, Esq., M.P., has kindly consented to PRESIDE at a PCBLIC MEETING (previous to Ole ituraediate return to Dublin), to be held at the PRIN(7ESS'S ('ON('F.IIT ROOM, Castle-street, Oxford-street, on MONJkAY next, the •laih Inst., at One o'clock precisely, for the surrowr of the cyrnour P 001: SCHOOLS of ST. - JOHN'S WOOD. Tickets of admission, :Is.; Reserved Seats, :is. Gd. To be obtained of the Catholic Booksellers; at the chapeb.honse, Grove-eud, St. Joint's Wood ; .and at the door of the Concert Room. Ei;T.U3LISIIED 18'11 Tr lIE LONDON MARBLE' AND STONE wORKING COMPANY, are enabled, with their PATENT MACHINERY, to execute Chimney Pieces, Monuments, - Tablets., for Furniture, awl every description of sueh Work, with an accuracy, rapidity of execution, beauty and durability of Polish, and redaction of cost, which cannot be obtained elsewhere. The-Public are invited to inspect their extensive SHOW-ROOMS, containing the largest stock in this country. - • lunel the lion. t;l 7 ,o.lttlE ANSON, 31. P., in the Chair. STLwAap.,,.---P.rti. .1. liodgUns,,n, President ; lto!tt. 11,11, \lee- President ; Treasurer; Z. Watkins, lion: See.; and nutny other 13rethr(n. Dinner on Table at !-is o'clock pnnetuall, - . . Tickets, lbs., may be had , of the stewards; at Freemasons' Tavern; and of Bro. Z. Watkins,, honorary Secretary, lod, Regent street. MUSIC OF [TILT. IVithout Extra Charge t, titc•Public, at the The• Trade supplied with every description of Itough Slab MOO:St or Scantlings; or Mocks sent to the Works cut to order. _ , .. ....—..—.. , . Esher-street, Holywell-street, Alithank.'Westininster. ' Please to be accurate in copying', the Aildres,, ta prevent imposi tion, the Company having no connexion with any other Establish ment but that in Esher-street. _ . The rrethren will not timear in Costume, and Gentlemen not of the Fraternity are also milt - itwitc.il to attend. THE VONTERT. Thc co:towing iaqi,?,, and ,sr,entleraer,lal - e in tlie most obliging Maillir consented .to assist 111. - cause :—Mrs. Chatfield, Mrs. W. Seguin, Miss Turner, Miss E. Tnrner, Bres. s.ign , rs Ne,c, , Ti and Brizzi ; Jolley (and Pupils), panyists=Signors - Luigi, :%.;egri, (7.• Born, and Kingsbury, Signor Entil:ani wfli give a Solo on th e Vi ol i n. W. Seguin, Collyer, 'with Other friends. Aeoont- An ADDRESS (written Ly Bro. Douglas Jerrold) will he delivered. BANQUET TO. HER .MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. ORLEANS, TOURS,• AND BORDEAUX _ • RAILWAY. 41441 05 ,000,000 of Francs, in 130,000 Shares, of 500 Francs • each (2,600,0001., in Shares of 20/.), 'A bleb 70.000 are subscribed in France, and the Deposit paid ; t heremaining 60,000 to be subscribed in England. Deposit—One round ter Rare, T. Provide the usual Caution.meney, or Deposit, req aired by she :vet ch - Government, and which will be returned, wit tout any c e duction whatsoever, but without interest, upon the production of the Ranker's receipt, if this Company shall not become the Less, es of the Railway, pursuant to a Law of the present f-ession of tt e Pfenci Chambers. EO UNLISIONAIRES OR DEMANDANTS Or TEE LEASE. 41M. ALPHONSE LAURENT, Banker, Blois ; ANTOINE LUZARCHE, Chateau de Clavieres and Berry ; , WILLIAM MACKENZIE, of Liverpool and Paris. STANDING COUNSEL. MI de Haut, Avocat of the Cour Royale, Chevalier of the Legion of Ronan?, late Chef de Cabinet to the Minister, and now Standing Counsel for the Department of Public Works. Li(The Directors in France will comprise some of the most dis ngnished Members of both branches of the Legislature, locally "Mooted with the districts traversed by this Line, whets the law shall have been voted by the Chambers.) DIRECTORS ENGLAND. • ar WILLIAM PLUNKET DE BATHE, Barthe, London; THOMAS HOULDSWORTH, Esq., M.P., Blanchester; :11/ILLI GLADSTONE, Esq., London; ROBER T WILLIAM KENNARD, Esq., London; LEWIN MOSLEY, Esq., Banker, Liverprol ; RICHARD PATERSON, Esq., London. SOLICITOR IN LONDON. Vanheythuysen, Esq., John.street, Bedford-row. BANKERS. Denison, Heywood, Kennards, and Co., London; ane -MIT • I d on Bank of London; Barned and Co., Liverpool ; i t ., Rank of Liv er p oo l ; eurs• Cunliffes, Brookes, and Co., Manchester. t()Rs trr . Ttits c on s l t rlON AND OBJECT OF THIS COMPANY. 111,, itn Tan_ rich /,,,,,,P °ll 7 is founded on the law of the 11th of June, 184- 0 , k TUn i °r the carrying out of an extensive system of Railway in private eerprise, and for granting of the Ara en .., Railway to a Company, upon terrasto be agreed upon. UN * . p:,_" l ° Railways comprised in this law is the great Line At itoui - "' to the Spanish frontier, by Orleans, Tours, Poitiers, . k ,. tt ee, and Bout Beaux, to Bayonne. e e d e 7 u rn. section, from Paris to Orleans, has already been con. t° a Company, who conatructcd it wholly with their own - 7, , It was opened to the public in May, 1843. 1 .20 e original purpose of the present Company was to obtain the Z.'.-Taeaf the second section comprised between Orleans and Tours; .."'" 4 baying obtained a larger amount of capital :than would be ft li quired for that object, and encouraged by the terms offered by toe Minister of Public Works, the present proposal of the Com "in> embraces the whole distance from Orleans to Bordeaux, 295 mile `' Passing by the pop u lo u s cities and towns of Blois, Amboise, TG 's. Chatellerou lt Poitiers , Angouleme, and Libourne, to lardeaux . • l'he to ,at the cost of State, o the per tio 1 -- "recn works Or lea ns and executed Tours, are already' so the far adva n ced, that, ;1 th e hands of this Company, that important extension of the got met att and Orleans Railway could be opened to the public in the 1/ of 1845, with an expenditure of not more than 54 per Ste on the whole capital. TbulenedPed, :pis Comp anyof rt is reconstituted for this purpose. The Statutes peenand Rouen and the Rouen and Havre Compani e s have so far as they are applicable to this Company. I . o, _ . T he French portion of the Capital, 35,000,000 fumes, is all b ed, and the Depasit paid, in Paris and in the provinces. Lo• the 3 0,000,000 francs reserved for England (1,200,000).), a nsiderable portion is engaged by the Shareholders in the Orleans d Tours Line of last year, who paid their deposits. The Bard of Directors will consist of eight French and eight "auglimb, t wo of the latter resident in France, as the represk ntatives and guardians of the English interests in the administration of the affairs of the Company. T here will .be an Office in London for the registration and transfer of Shares, : or w hi c h every fac i l i ty w i l l be afforded, imme trelY after th e C ompany shall have obtained the authority of a i,7Ya I Ordo nnancc. Weekly reports will be transmitted to the glssh Directors for the information of the Shareholders. he staff of the Company will be composed of the most efficient Pita ) os whose set v7ces can be obtained at the head of every de- Potrlient requiring practical experience in the details of Railway Management. TER GUARANTEE SOCIETY. Established by Act of Parliament. SECURITY GIVEN for the FIDELITY of PERSONS in SITUATIONS of TRUST. Particulars may he obtained daily, at the Society's Office, No. 28, Poultry, between the hours of Nine and Five o'clock. AGENTS. Messrs. G. Edwards and Son.. —Bristol. Messrs. J. H. and G. Ridsdale Leeds. Messrs. Hughes and Ronald • • • • ....Liverpool. Mr. Nathaniel Lea • • • • • • • • Birmingham. Mr. Samuel Taylor . ... Mr. H. Callender .• • • • • • • • • • • —Edinburgh. By order, THOMAS DODGSON, Secretary. T o IRONMONGERS.—A GOOD WHOLE.- SALE and RETAIL GENERAL IRONMONGERY 1117 S- I, NESS, in a flourishing market town in the west of England, TO BE For particulars, apply to Mr. Etheredge, commission agent, Yeovil, SotnersV. DISEASED AND HIULTHV LIVES ASSURED. MEDICAL, INVALID. and GE 'CFR '‘.L LIFE IV_IL OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON. TRUSTEES. Charles Hopkinson, Esq., Regent street. Sir Thomas Phillips, Temple. Alfred Waddilove, D.C.!, Doctors' Commons. DIRECTORS. Edward Doubleday, Esq., 249 Great Surrey-street. George Gun Hay, Esq, 127, Sloane street. J. P,.rkinson, Esq., F 8.5., 80, Cambridge. terrace, 11) de-par k. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., 1.R.5., 17, Wirnpole-street. C. Richardson, Esq , 19, Bru ton-street, Berkeley.square. Thomas Stevenson,E.q., F.S. A., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street. Robert Bentley Todd, M.D., F. R.S., 26 Parliament.street. Alfred Waddilove, D.C. L., Doctors' Commons. Atmr John Pursord, Esq., 7, York- I terrace, Regent's-park. Joseph Radford, Esq., 27, I Cambridge terrace, Hyde. park. (TORS. IJ. Stirling Taylor, Esq 14, Upper Gloucester-place, Dorset-square. Martial L. Welch, Esq., Wynd- ham place Bryanston.square. STANDING Courtset.—John Shapter, Esq., Lincoln's Inn. B►NKERS—Messrs. C. Hopkinson and Co., Regent-street. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Richardson and Smith, 28, Golden.square. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL STanwrtcs—William Farr, ESQ., General Register Office. ACTUARY—F. G. P. NciAnn, Esq. This Office is provided with ver y accurately constructed tables, by which it can assure unsound lives on eqiiitable terms. Similar tables enable the Society to grant increased annuities on unsound lives, the amount varying with the particular disease. Members of consemprive families assured at equitable rates. Healthy lives are assured on lower terms than at most ether offices. -MS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LEASE. The Minister of Public Works has demanded of the Chambers, 0 " t he prts ent Session, a vote of 54,000,000 of francs, to be spread t ::" a Period o f fix years, for the construction of the works be- D ) , e elt Tours and Bordeaux. Of this sum 4,000,00 n of francs will aP p li cable to th e service of the present year, 18 4 4 , an d 1 1.1,000,000 for that of 1845. terms he Projet d e Loi' Bill, for this purpise, and for defining tho rilitted ax conditions of the Lease to be granted, has been sub befor t he approval of th e Ch am b er o f D e puties, and is now Coranlission, namely, in that stage which is termed in t he Pa lament, " in Committee on tne Ta e folio • 9, lfig are the principal conditions proposed by the Mi itre74llnd eMbodied in this Bill. The obligations of the State le tt to ; 10 by the Law of Ilth June, 1842; and there is good rea. tete Pe that the conditions to be required of the Company, in l ion . ' Will not be materially, if at asl, modified by the Commis -. l i t e r in the subsequent discussion in the Cham , ers bileeeto Mi nister of Public W or k s , i n th e name o f the State, en eteettt Pay fur the land, and compensation to landowners ; to M u te the earthwork, masonry, stations, workshops, police sta tthe atd buildings of every description ; in short, to make the it e:,, an d its dep en denci e s, u p t o f ormat i on l evel, b e t h e cost w h at fo r ;;Yi to Maintain the earthwork for one year, the masonry { lllriap: Yea rs, and the buildings for five years, after delivery to the ny, 4 h e c o .,_ sentw o „„"P a nY have only to provide, lay, and ballast the perma • kliegs` "v fem eigt-the Railway, supply the locanotive and car t. . th e i r as Yrork th e Line, and maintain it during the te rm o To th e i t Lela e f se alone their liability extends. . entire capi tal " h a terns of years sufficient to liquidate the Company's l etPrOYed the °Paration of a sinking fund of one per cen en t t ., at co the t er eVOUnd inter est . if so improved, at four per c Z et "'Glad be 41 y e s ar a s d 16 days ; if at three per cent., it eld extend to 46 e d e 324 days. The latter has been pro bytif b Gove M iniste y r ear . The term commenc..s from the doerliksvel'i tht e ere toent to the Company, of the whole of the w entire L i ne to Bordeaux. 41 nti re e 1 Line is to be delivered to the Company in work. su ch d r r v ....""^ - say between first class stations, and two years a ft er Ptfisii e are allowed to the Company for the opening to the ,Thai l b .. is to participate equally in the nett profits of the Atie b4 -1, after ten per cent. to the Shareholders upon the capital Ne t. ea ' namely nine per cent. dividend and one per cent. sinking t ' the e . of e r i se i ght of th e S tate so to participate i n t h e nett pro fit s does t elio n tth til a ft er the first five years of the opeping of the Lin e -Ut to Bordeaux. ittio *lll live to the Company about twelve years of undivided .41 114, 44'41 " the nett profits of the section between Orleans and I . 1 10 c c . • tiepe b ri n P a rlY are required to surrender the permanent way and i b or encl eas at the expiration of the term, without compensa. anal:ar.' i : a re to be p a id t h e actual value o f th e i r car rying stock, ''etse e a rid stores, tither by the Government or the new "ate.: Wit hin three months after the term of their Lease shall T he - 71)4w . l a* tar it Or l Cha nd . rate of charge, for the transports of passengers and /157. extra vrito se t it to be the same as on the Paris and Orleans R i Inman addition for third-class passengers,• to meet the W hich t C lie of covered-in carriages, wills curtains at the sides, , 4 Corapany will be bound to provide. lGipr e . 7 4-141 : 1 OBLIGATIONS OF SHAREHOLDERS. Uracts from the Statutes of the Company.) Tae It eeCer 'ear e represents a proportional part of the whole Capital u his ti " s Company and will be issued at par. t kit h -- " ti tY of Shareholders is limited to the amount of the e u ttely tehld by them —a "• Societe anonyme" in France, being pre; • '' e llar l d —e sa ates in this respect, as the Railway Company in The liabilitybyautbti of the original SubscriGers to the Company extends three .tenths, or 6/. per share, of the amount of their a r i thott litta e. anat amount paid tip, the shares may be transferred • %a% dhariction, and the liability of the original Subscr.ber Ti u ; • tlirtritieeraoUnt of each Share shall be payable as foll rws ;—One tbe ee ten allotment ; one-twentieth within two months after 11 " of the Le •se shall have been obtained ; the re -.Nis b y tenths as the - Directors may see requisite, but at in. *b olte r s ' et lex; than fourmonths between each call, until the 0/, shah bare been paid up. a eslbibear . Poll the interest, after the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, latuotint called up, to date from the Royal Ordonnance l ing the Company a,nd half-y,arly, until the open. O hl th i . ie e t ion of the , Line betws payable en Orleans and 'f ours, after et ; Pro Sha r eholders will be entitled to share, pro rata, in the -7 div ided half-yearly. tioeoe*e!tres will be in the names of the proprietor by subscrip. w iNreh ase, until th e w h o l e amo u n t s h a ll h av e been pa i d up, he es- htett t he bearer shall be deemed to be the proprietor, and Tts hand to hand like Exchequer bills. -64 a - 7,,, 5t 0n of one or more Shot*, s carries with it all the Mations of the original Shareholder. The first Life Assurance Society commenced business in 1705, and the principles of life contingencies, understood at that rinse to a very limited extent only, have repeatedly undergone important changes and improvements; but till the establishment of this So ciety in le4l no attempt had ever been made to assure the lives of persons who suffer from disease. The science of statistics has only within a recent period been successfully applied to the duration and mortality of disease, and hence tables on the probability of these results could not have been formed ; and it would evidently have been unsafe and hazardous for any society to have undertaken the risk of assuring the lives of persons afflicted with any particular malady. The statistical in. formation, however, now collected, and in possession of this office, is of so great an extent as fully to warrant the extension of life assurance to such cases, and, in fact, to place the application of life assurance on diseased lives on a more secure basis than even that on healthy lives. It is hoped that while kept clearly in view that this Society, in common with other offices, will assure the lives of healthy persons, it is as yet the only one established to assure the lives of persons labouritig under disease ; and to this latter feature particular atten tion is directed. In the first place, because it opens a larger field for business than all other offices can have unitedly; and in the Sec - nd place, because that branch of assurance must, from its own nature, be less hazardous, and its principles rest on a more permanent foundation. There are two highly important facts, and we shall enter into an explanation of each ; and first, as to the prevalence of disease. The period of life most important to an assurance office is that be tween 15-60 years of age, and in the following remarks we refer exclusively to this period of life. It will be found that the deaths in the metropolis for the two years preceding 1842 were, from all causes, 30,518 ; and from consumption alone, 10,688 ; showing that more than one.third of the total deaths in that period of life takes place from tie preys. lence of a single disease; and it the same inquiry were instituted with respect to other diseases, such as asthma, dropsy, diseases of the head, heart, &c., it would be found that more than one-half of the whole population would, on medical examination, be refused admission into an assurance office. If the inquiry be carried to the principal towns in England, like facts are elicited-1n Bir mingham, Liverpool and Manchester , t he deaths from all causes, per annum, are about 5,023, while those from consumption are 1,988, forming considerably mo re than one.third of' the whole. The same thing will be found to hold good in the large townsinScot land, in six of which the deaths in a g iven p eriod, from all causes, amounted to 23,078, those from consumption alone to 6,359, and from six important diseases, 9,754; in the latter case forming more than 42 per cent. of the deaths from all causes. On reference to the returns from the city of Glasgow for 1836-1840 It will be found that the deaths in that period, from all causes, were 14,107, from consumption 4,087, and a list of five diseases, 6,423, being more than 45 per cent. of the deaths from all causes. The diseases here alluded to are such as exist in general in a chronic form, frequently for many years prior to death, but which, en a strict medical examination, would effectually exclude the persons so affected from the benefits of life assurance ; and since it thus appears that a majority of the population is included in this class, tie value and importance of the new feature of this society cannot fail to be Justly appreciated. The second poeit to be explained is the fact that there is much less risk in assuring diseased lives. This is a feature of paramount and vital importance to the interests of this society, and deserves to be carefully considered. The real risk incurred in all assurance transactions consists in the chance to which an office is liable of experiencing a different degree of mortality from that expected by the tabjes on which its caculations are founded. This difference is termed the fluctuation of mortality, and will be found to be much less among diseased lives than over the general population, and among selected lives. The deaths from consumption in the metropolis per annum are sufficiently near the annual number which takes place in Glasgow, from all causes, to admit of a comparison, and by reducing the matter to figures it is found that while the fluctuation per annum in the latter case is as high as 45 per cent., in the former it is only 9 per cent., or, in other words, the fluctuation of mortality in consumption was only one-fifth of the other; and in Manchester, Liverpool, and Birmingham, even with the disadvantage of smaller numbers, the fluctuation does not exceed 3 per cent., showing a remarkable uniformity its the law which determines the mortality of this disease, and that it is more positive and absolute in its results than that which regulates the general population. Consumption has here been selected, not because it was consi. dered more favourable in its results, but simply on account of the larger numbers affording a more satisfactory proof of the question under consideration; hut the same test has been applied to a great number of other diseases, and like results obtained. Among nine diseases in the metropolis, including asthma, dropsy, rheumatism, disease of the liver, of the heart, of the nervous system, &c. the Pan e --- --- - - fluctuation was only 71 per (Tee, and in five diseases in a different sereAn, . L , district the fluctuation was about 7 per cent., while amosg eleven • `'''' VALUE AS AN INVESTMENT FOR in another locality, and even with small numbers, the fluctuation It te . ► CAPITAL. I did not exceed 6.2 per cent.; and taking the principal towns in l in ' f — er i e b. laki dawn, as a general rule, that any Railway having England, including Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham,. Leeds, . 0 7 4 teh id . ow er neb r . l r ts termini cannot be otherwise than greed. Every Sheffield, &c ., the fluctuation over eleven of the more important t ees betiie sin • the English Railways will readily see that the least diseases was 6'4 per cent. ....; te Ptltee on r y cir t i i gst them would be so, if the dividends were to ba The remarkable uniformity in these results cannot fail to pro. h i , f eecin Pen the capital required for completing the upper t, theh 1 duce a conviction of the positive character of the law of mortality 2, and stocking the Line. This is Precisely the case i on disease ; indeed, there seems to be nothing within the wo e 4'he French Railways - now before the Chambers. let of r esult ee tie e. the one year's experience (Mav 1844) after the open- ge of the doctrine of probabilities .so well defined as themor esthParis and 1 • , tality of diseased lives. The mortality of the general population la._ 1 trafe e _ Rouen, and the Paris and Orleans Lines, and, , has frequently been referred to by writers as an example of the cer but partially developed, on either, is conclu . t 1714 to the'. Yet show with 41 : 41 , 44 7 ; 204 ectiaprits irre d cooo a n t value of t m he ab F ag re e n rb ch eb ß L ailways, as an investment, tainty of common events, but the preceding remarks must how much greater certainty the mortality of diseased lives can be I depended on. a t B - - --ur mil_ th e Paris and Rouen Line , upon a length : of g ee , • The divi dend , It is perhaps right to state, that, in applying the test of es. rits a b • ee. for the month ending April 30th, 1844, were, i fluctuation to disease, it has not been confined to one place or • este em . currency 1 Y, 2 , 9 84/., or at the rate of 259,6621. per : class of lives, but has been extended to the principal towns i'n , e'esinns ~,,5 , 71 1 145 days ) . -I Rernbeg, ,_ actually paid from the 9th May to 30th . England and Scotland, as well as to many rural districts in Eng a2o '`A Ys) wax after the rate of eight per cent. per land, and included the experience of one or two large societies of 4, es. c ' ire of a sinking fund. The present market price of • Th e °are is 971 . los, select lives. This has afforded an opportunity of judging of the • vat soi t t e ttel P t s on th e effects of locality and its sanatory condition on the duraticn of 24 b th • "t'arn Mil Paris and Orleans Railway, upon a length ' life, and a remarkable fact has thus been developed, viz., T ii i r e .f. 7 1 ~. es, for the month ending April 30th, 1840, were . , ._ ed. or at the ' that the value of life generally is much greater in the coon ' iht",..„. 1 a cim ' i ,., rate of 312,7971 . 13s. 2d. per annum . ' try districts than in large cities; but that of those persons •ea -f o ".... of 50 ,000,000 of francs (2,000,0001.). to be who suffer from disease the value of life is nearly the same. As 4 sk i ," r ' The present ' we_ tbe borne , market price of a 201. Share is 381. an example of this—the expectation at the age of 30 in the country tiete al... _ cost n o m f i t n h d e l t a h n a d t :w in ork thz b c . as il e d o in f g tzt a h nd th e e f se s C ee om m- - - 4. ' tb e whole ' districts is 36.7 years; in cities (viz., Glasgow) 27.6 years—diffe rence 93 per cent. nearly ; but take the case of persons of that In the ! L was defrayed out of their own capital. age in whom the consumptive tendency is developed, and who will Zaet sieo uo v s the Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux Company, at ultimately hie of consumption, and their expect ati nof life in the IYed by the sta.ehe most efficient working Condition, will be de . re_ R e i hn Z i P:r t haPs three.fifths, of the whole cost of the com- counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, will be found to be 14'5, • es elle dui. t I ' in cities (Glasgow) 14•4, and in the metropolis , Manchester, Bir t;ol.o„—`erenee mingham, 13•9 ; difference 017 per cent. (or 1.57 per cent.) It 44, y 0 ,00 ‘. between the capital of the Paris and Orleans therefore appears that while the difference between country and „,_!, Detde nn , b e"„° l3l .) and that required for the Orleans, Tours, town life in the former case is about 33 per cent., that in the latter zee we er. eea"waY ( 2 , 60 0,0001.) which is amply sufficient, is instance (consumption) the difference is almost nothing, and the . ?nk of t ~.._ 1 e: while the latter is nearly four times the results nearly uniform. The same thing holds good with some "ttile, aee __! ° . rrner, and traverses some of the richest most , other diseases , which have been it:vestigated in this manner. This end Bouti7_losO POPulous regions of ,__een Prance. Western, South-W;stern, f g rail • understood, is only what might have ct, although not gene ) that the un Partance of this Railway , been expected by a careful consideration of the conclusion formerly twe nte-flve d dd may be inferred from the fact ' arrived at -that the fluctuation of the law of mortality in disease . !tet t. with it, departments traversed by, or collaterally con- is confined within a very narrow limit, and consequently little in. r i l l _ . o and eee,e,__ 28313/ . s aggregate population of 9,318,000 fluoneed by external circumstances.. ~...• 45 0 6 - . 06. pet z:•_ sv _ c i ti es and towns, with a population of s on in the mortality of diseased It hence appears that the fluctuation .I ' 4l a erin b e ~_ ' l ° hom the advantages of railway communi. li v es is than g se'ect lives and the population gene s Th e ,___ ...sus afforded , much less among . title' • r Cum., thus Possess the rally, and therefore the risk of assuring diseased lives must also be ee _ • - kesesg to the t most complete body of statistics ex- liss " v onSt 4 ed 11 „, m raffle of every description The details * this conclusion to the affairs of an assurance office, it are • Oft... t....,71•• thncial documents, obtained from * the To apply' Government the number of lives in a society, . sit i-lzk;.; f . ers a s and the local authorities in may be stated, that supposing fat Pi Deyal s) the provinces, under the taking only select lives , was such that the tab l e of mortality would 0 w e , - ~_ . rdonnance. The Tables are ' • 11 P 0 n --" P' ' '"ued YMt Robert complied upon indicate 100 deaths per annum, Woe . the tbe e , th ec e from Par' Stephenson, in hisable Report 145 deaths • always sufficient funds at immediate command to meet , ii-....netu.-u trulle onl IS to the Belgian frontier. They exhibit •on the other hand, an office assuring only diseased lives need not 47 1 ta be' char ed. 7, computed at rates under the Tariff autho.. provide for more than 109 deaths per annum; that is to say, the A . Sh areho Vert' They will be communicated in due time to risklives isthat of average lives as 9to 45, ~ --ePli" of assuring diseased eezi cati ons for the remaining Sh ar • • • . or only one fifth: This fact Is highly important to the interests of C/ flicee bed ' r ime •he "lade to Mr . w. e p s,and only in she printed form tits Society, and establishes beyend doubt the safety and correctness Rt. - the Cos , Watt 27 P . Needham, at the Temporary of the principles oil which it is founded. ~ t ie' i... 1,.., „ , Y. . Austin.friars, London, of whom, amid / Foy, o .."" w Panrs 'Dankars • ie. the countr P I e ' ' For rural r informa•ion reference is made to tbe prospeetuses Li.‘.: APplieation for Shares may Y, pspectuses and tie and other published documents of the Soei , ety which may be ob. -71.494 . 10th may a 844 be obtained. - taMed, en application at the Society ' s offices. • . s • F. 0. P. NEISON, Actuary. F.CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 4 34, BRIDGE-STREET, 31, ACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1R23. Empowered by Act of Patliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. The Met Hon. Tri OM A S FRAN t< LAND LEWIS, Chairman. HENRY FRE W RICK STEPHENSON, I. sq , Deputy. .Chairman. L +ocelot Baugh A‘len, Esq. Thomas Edgar, E,q. Stephen Nicntsou Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Henry Barnett, Esq. " Archibald Haste, Esq., M.P. Robert Baidulph, Es;. John Mendham, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq. William Routh, Esq. ___—.... AUDITORS. Francis numergue, Esq. I Charles Morris, Esq. Capt. Rohert G rd(,n, ft N. John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. PHYSICIAN— ohn Ayrton Paris. M D., F.R.s., 27, Dover.strect, • President of the Royal College hf Physicians. SURGEON— Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R S., 12, Bruton-street. SoLicrrost—Henry Young, Esq Essex-street, Strand. BANKERS—Messrs. Flankey, Fenchurch..treet AcTuA RlC—James John Itownes,j.sq., F. R.A.S. SECRETARY— Campbell James Downer, Esq. The following are among the advantages offered by this Society:— LOWER RATFS of Premium than those of any other Office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and con. siderab'y lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. TH E WHOLE OF THE PROFITS divided among the Assured. Three Bonuses have already been declared out of Three-fourths of the profit , : The first, in 183', averaged £l6 per cent. on the Premiums paid. Th.. second, 18 '9, ditto £3l ditto since the !st div sion. The third, 1814, ditto 35 ditto since the 2d division In addit n to which all Policies entitled to the absolute bonus will receive a contingent prospective bon--s of X! per cent, per annum, on the bum assured. on becoming claims before 1819. Assurances effect -d on the equal scale 'of premiums in the year 18 1, wit participate in the ' , onus to be declared in 1849. No extra charge fiar.res dence in an - part of Europe, nor for pro. ceed ng (i a decked, sailing, or steam-vrssel), from any one port there q'to another during i etc , to Assurers not being seafaring men by rofessio . .. Licenses Ure t ranted to go to any part of the world upon terms propol titmattl to the riAs. I.:iticifts oh the lives of persons dy,ng by suicide, duelling, or by the tutnds of justice, are not void a , respects the interests of parties to whom they may h:tve been legally assigned. Assurances may be effected t,n any and every day. By order of the lioard of Directors, CAMPBELL JAM ES DO WICER, Secretary. IMPORTANT to FAMILIES FURNISHING. —A considerable saving can be effected in the purchase of Furnishing Ironmongery, by visiting the PANKLIBANON IRON WORKS, Is, Baker-street, Portman-square, where may be in spected the most extensive STOCK of IRONMONGERY GOODS in the Kingdom, consisting of kitchen cooking utensils, German silver wares, drawing-room stoves, shower and vapour baths, ornamental iron work, garden implements, bed-chamber furniture, best Sheffield plate, kitchen ranges, fenders and fire-irons, tea trays, ornamental wirework, flower stands, table cutlery, &c. Every article . being marked in plain figures, at the lowest possible price, will fully con vince purchasers at this establishment of the great advantage result ing from Cash payments, as the proprietors warrant every article of Vie very beet manufacture, at a saving of at least 30 per cent,-.- TIIORPE, FALLOWS, and Co., 58, Baker-street, Portman-square. —A liberal allowance to merchants and captains. GILDING—FLY SPOTS—TARNISIL PARISIAN GOLD DETERGENT, 2s. 6d. per Bottle. Ormolu Lacquer and Bronze, is. 6d. each.—These compositions are perfectly innoxious, and their effect sudden,-asto nishing, and lasting. Gilding, Lacquer, and Bronze, are instantly restored to their original lustre, fly spots removed, and, covering from the fly rendered unnecessary. RECENT TESTIMONIALS. " I am highly satisfied with your Gold and Lacquer Detergents. I hope to recommend them to some of my friends, as they answer so well, especially the Gold Detergent."—From the Right lion. C. D'Eyn court, M.P. " We first tried the Gold Detergent on a costly looking-glass frame that had been a few years gilt. It removed the whole of the fly spots, the dust, and stains, and the frame has now the appearance and bril- Valley of the day it left the workman's hands. Next on two very old frames—from their colour we were almost in doubt whether they were gilded or not. The Detergent soon convinced us of the fact, by removing the accumulated stains and tarnish of many years; these frames have now the appearance of being nearly new."—Liverpool Chronicle, Jan. 27, 1844. " We have tried the Gold Detergent upon several old picture frames, and must confess we were very agreeably surprised at the result for it restores the splendour of gilding with very little trouble. A single bottle is more than sufficient for all the picture and looking glass frames in a moderate-sized house."—Vide Nottingham Review, April 5, 1844. Sold by Upton and Co., 33, George-street, Hanover-square, and 66, Basinghall-street, City ; and the trade in general. ILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive 1.:7 and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver sup planted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless ALBATA PLATE. C. WATSON, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON-FOL. GATE, aided by a person of science in the amalgamation of metals, has succeeded in bringing to public. notice the most beautiful article ever yet offered ; possessing all the - richness of Silver in appearance —with all its durability and hardness , —with its perfect sweetness in use—undergoing, as it does, a chemrcal prwessi by which all that is nauseous in mixed metals is entirely extracted--resisting all acids— may he cleaned as silver, and is manufactured Into every article for the Table and Sideboard. . Fiddle. Threaded. King's. Table Spoons and Forks, per doz.. les. 6d. .. 30s. Od. 23e. Od. Dessert ditto,. per doz.• • . 12s. Gd. • . 255. Od. 28s. Od. Tea Spoons, per doz. ....... ..... ss. 6d. .. 12s. 6d. 13s. 6d. Sugar Tongs, each Salt and Mustard Spoons, each .... 6s. Od. 13s. 6d. ...13s. Gd. Communion Services, &c. C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this metal is pecu liarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold, than his metal is from all others ; on Its intrinsic merit alene he wishes it to be tested, and from the daily increasing eulogiums he receives, he is convinced that nothing can prevent its becoming an article of uni versal wear. _ . u es str , a , t h ed o r C eg a a t r a d lo; e ft eo a m nd y P tu r i l d ce el C eg u7 n e e n e t , is s N t lr it;so o i l t i ' s s h l: d a , n handsomely should possess themselves of this useful book, which may_ be had gratis, and post free, tYom the above address. Ivory Table-knives, lls. per dozen, Dessert, 9s. ; Carvers, 3s. Gd. per pair. TABLE. DESSERT. CARVERS. doz. doz.•• pair. 3.1-in. handsome balance handle ..• • 18s. Od. 14s. OJ. 68. 6d. 1-in balance handle, largest and best • made.. Ditto with Watson's Alhata Plate handles, equal to silver ••• • • • ...• 225. Gd. 18s. Od. Bs. 6d. Forks half the above price. Paper Tea-trays, 355. the Set of Three ; very richly ornaments 50s. the Set of Three. A Five Quart London made Bronze Tea-urn 355. up to 5/. A Set of Six London made Dish Covers 18s. 6d. ; Imperial Raised Patent, 355. Gd. the Set or Six. WATSON'S, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and IG, NORTON FOLC ATE. These houses have for Fifty Years ranked pre-eminent for their Cutlery, which is always exchanged, if not approved. Send for his Catalogue. QCHWEPPE'S SODA AND POTASS 7 WATERS, and /ERATED LEMONADE The continued preference of the public for the above celebrated preparations (notwithstanding the low price at which imitations are frequently vended), so abundantly proves their superior quality, that it only remains for t”e manufacturers to express their acknowledg ments, and to caution consumers against an imposition often prac tised unprincipled persons filling Schweppe's bottles with a spu rious composition, and passing it off' as Schweppe's manufacture. None is genuine without slab .1 • epresenting the name of their firm. SCHWEPPE'S I )QUID MAGNESIA, for the cure of sea sick ness, gout, acidity, &c., is an invaluable medicine, scientifically made with the aid of their powerful machin ry, and patronised universally by the medical profession. Sold, together with the above, by most respectable Chemists in the United Kingdom; 51, Berners-street , London ; and at their Branch Manufactories at Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. • EASE AND COMFORT IN SHAVING VIESSRS. B. and S. COWVAN'S invaluab vt! CANTON STROP, or QUA ORILATERAL CHINE 13 A ZO,R SHARPENER (Patronised by his Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT), renders the operation of shaving no longer caiiitul to the most tender skin. By a very simple process the keenest edge may speedily be given tothe bluntest razor or penknife, 13. and S. Cowvan's peculiarly tempered razors and shaving powder. Specimens of the strips are now exhibiting at the Royal Polytechnic Institution a d Royal Adelaide fishery, Lowther Arcade, from whence the most fi•+itering certificates have been sent, which may be 'ten at the Inventors, B. and S. COWVAN, 164, Fenchurch.street, where the S,ropz, 4 , cc , may be obtained, as well as of all re.pectable fled; Sce.. in the United Kingdom, price ss. 6d., 7s. 6d., and .s. fkll Also may be had, Cowvan's Canton Razor Strop Paste, at ;8. per packet. Shaving Powder Is. fid. per box. Caution—None are genuine, except those marked and Spelt II and S COWVAN N.B. A liberal all )wance to the trade and shicpers. PUBLIC NOTICE. 434, OXFORD-STREE r. TO . SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAIN'S, AND OTHERS. Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. rumsToNE's EYE SNUFF.—Under the kir Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, anti the Lords et the Treasury, is universally re commended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing disorders ncident to the Eyes and Head. SIGHT RES TO RED !--NER VOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! By the most simple, delightful, and fra rant Compound! Its mode of application is fraught Is ith pleasure; many thousand cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling expense, yet certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary to induce the sufferer to mai, e trial, Kings, Lords, and Commons have used it. The Lords of the I reasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Ma 'sties, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical Practitioners -with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as "Grim. stone's Eye Snuff," for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and Head. G. J. Guthrie , Esq., P.R.S. See J. B. 'Lech field, Esq 's letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it a tuitional blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The late Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grimstone's Eye snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend." and the "Student's Vade Mecum." See the many thousand letters of Testimonies, of un • doubted medical authority, with others of Not tin e gham first respec tAug.2s abil itylB4l , , This extraordinary cure is attested by M r . James Wilcocksou, Foreign Snuff -nil Ciger Merchant, Nottingham. to Mr. W. Grimstone. 81r, f feel great pleasure in sending you the particulars of my ease, and the miraculous cure performed on myself, by using your truly valuable Eye-Snuff. Sir, I am now in my ninety.third year, and a native of Holland, have been in this country twenty-six , years. Whether from change of climate, or my advanced age, I cannot say, but for six years I have been deprived of sight, there ' fore unable to foltow my business. Ido most sincerely believe I should have remained in dareness and pain but for the kind recom. mendation of a friend to use your invention. I purchased a 2s. 4d. canister of your Agent, Mr. Wilcockson, tobacconist, who knows the aboveto be fact 3, and w 11 bear witness to my extraordinary re-overy of that most inestimable blessing of our life—" Perfect Sight"-1 declare has roceeded from the use of your Eye Snuff. For the sake of those suffering, you may make what nee you please of this letter; Mr. Wilcockson and many others will vouch for its truth. I refer the sufferers to this gentleman, being your Agent, and so wellknown in Nottingham. 1 am, Sir, your obliged servant, Aug. 25, 1.841. ANNNIS ZENIA MASSENIA. j P.S.—Sir,—l should not de you justice without stating my relief was almost instantaneous. My eyes became clear and free from humour, and by persevering in its use very frequently, I am enabled to read small print without the aid of glasses, and continue to enjoy God's blessing—Sight! tree from pain I have reason to be grateful, and do recommend your Eye Snuff to all 1 Know. Nottingham. A. Z. M. • Observe the Caution—W. GRUNISTONE is the sole inventor, and the only genuine is prepared by him. This Odoriferous Herbacei us Compound of Herbs is sold in canisters, at 141., Is. 3cl. ..it. Id., 4s. 4d., es., and 15s. 6d. each, by the Proprietor, W. GRIMSTONE at No. 434, wxford-street, Totten nem-court-road end (late of No. ?O, Broad,street, Dlnomsbury), and qt the Herbary, Highg ite ; and can also be obtained in all the principal Towna and Cities A liberal allowance to Shippers Owners, Captains, and all Vendors of Gimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated snuff is shipped to all quarters of tt e globe, and retains its bet,ign qualities in every climate All Snuff's and Cigars shipped o.i Ow shortest notice. IMRBARY,IIIOkWATIC . B ItISTOI. TO BOARDING-Ilarial KEEPERS, CO:',IMEItCIAL. GENTLE MEN, AND OTHERS. TO BE LET', an 014 E:;tablished COMMER CIAL BAARDING and LODGING-lIOrSE, centrally thated la one of th. , most respectable and principal thoroughfares in the City of Bristol, where a Lucrative ana Extensive Business has been carried on for many years, affording' at opportunity, but seldom to be met with, to any person teiiuing io embark in a first-rate and proiltabk, Bus'ness, as the reason or the t.Nsent Proprietor quitting the Premises is that be has taken to a Manufacturing Con cern, where the whole of his time and attention arc required. 'I he Fiu•uiturti Stook, Fixture's, &c., to be taken at a valuation. }'or Particular:, apply to Messrs. Fergus and son, Auctioneers and Appraisers, No. 4, Glam.:4ll;e% Eristol. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY DIVIDENDS AUTHORISED and (IVA RANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA contains Money Dividends of— £5O £63 £7O £4O £9O £lOl Xi IS £I2J £l5O £2OO £4lO £OOO .£aoo £l,OOO £1,300 £5,006 and 23,000 sterling. Distrikdku contains as many Dividends as Bonds. Every Bond A Dividend! Smallest Dividend - £5O Largest Dividend • - £23,000 Direct for Prospectus, with MI particulars, without delay to HEINF, BROTHERS, at Hamburgh. Or t• Ii El NE BROTH ER'S, at Lubeck. MONEY. --GRAND DISTRIBUTION of 70,1701. sterling, authorised hy his Imperial Majesty, and the Government of Austria, on the Ist JUNE NEXT, at Vienna. Highest Prize, 23,0001.; Lowest, MI. : 700 Prizes.—Apply for pro spectuses, to Messrs. F. E. Fuld and. Co., Bankers and Receivers- General, Frankfort ; or, to save postage, at 26; Bouverie-strect, Lon don, by letter only, from Twelve to Three. IA AV IE S'S FINE WAX CANDLES, Is. sd. per ; they only require trial to prove them the handsomest and ry.de.t economical candles in existence, that do not require - snuffing. 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In the Russian-Polish Loan the following Dividends will be re-im bursed:—One of 1,000,0000., one of 300,000:1 , two of 150,0000., six of 25,00011., eight of 14,0000., ts:c., together 7,000 dividends, gaining • 7,070,00011. Smallest dividend 7500., largest 1,000,00011. In the Austrian Loan 700 bonds will obtain 701,7000 , in lots of 230,00011., 50,00011., 15,00011., 10 , 000 f1., &c. Smallest dividend 50011. 10 florins are equal to 1/. sterling, a trifle mere or less, as per day's exchange. The prices are -1 Russian-Polish Scrip for 42 10 I 1 Austrian Scrip for £3 0 4 do. do. dO. 10 0 G do. do. 15 0 9 do. do. do. 20 0 13 do. do. 30 0 Payable by bank notes, remittances, or drafts. Dividends re-hn bursable at Frankfort, Paris, London, or New York, at the option of the holders To save postage!, foreign subscribers may apply to his houses in Paris, New York, and at Mr. A. Schwarzschild's. 1, Plough-court, Lombard street, London, by letter only. Prospectuses, with full particulars, and Lists cf the Distribution, promptly forwarded to every share holder abroad J. A. SCHWAEZSCII MD, Banker and Receiver-General. Frankfort-on-Maine' April, 1844. *. K . A Florin being 25., it follows that a fifth share at 12s. in the Austrian Government Distribution is relatively much more valuable than one Red Bond in the private speculation of the 25th. Svo. cloth, full gilt hack, price 45., THE SISTERS; or, ENGLAND and FRANCE. A ROMANCE of REAL LIFE. By li. COCKTON, Author of " Valentine Vox," " Stanley Thorn," &c., illustrated with 70 En gravings, designed by Kenny Meadows and Alfred Crowquill. 12m0., complete in.l vol. cloth, gilt edges, with numerous Wood Engraving, price 3s. 6d., THE DRAMATIC WORKS of SHAKESPEARE. With Life, by Chalmers. Square 16me., cloth extra, price 3a. 6d., - THE MOTHER'S GIFT. Being a Selection of Scripture Stories, in Prose and Verse, illustrated with 66 Engravings on Steel. London: G. Nodes, 331, Strand, opposite Somerset House. WTHEREAS, a PETITION of JEREmull RusT, formerly of No. 10, City-r oa d , and late of No. Lad brook-grove, Notting-all, Kensington, in the Middlesex, watch and clockmsker, having been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, and the interim order for protection from process having been given to the said Jeremiah Rust, under the provisions of an Act of Parliament pass:d in the Parliament holden in the sth and Gth years of the reign of her pre sent Majesty, intituled " An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," the said Jeremiah Rust is hereby required to appear in Court before Edward Hohoyd, Esq., the. Comailssioner acting in the matter of the said petition, on the 25th of May instant, at eleven o'clock in the fore noon precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, Lon don, fur the puiphse of being then and there examined touching his debts, estate, and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions .'4)l' the said Act. All parsons indebted to the said Jeremiah Rust, or that have any of his erects, are not to pay or deliver tins same but to Mr. Edwards, Use official assignee, No. , _, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, nominated in that behalf by the Com missioner acting in the matter of the said petition. JAMES JOHNSTONE, Messenger. , T HE TRUTHS and FALSEHOODS of the THEORIES of MEMO. The EDITOR of the MEDICAL TIMES (now the leading Medical Journal), will TO-MORR(,W (May 18), commence the publication of a Series of ORIGLNAL PAPERS, by a PHYSIOLOGICAL CHE MIST of EUROPEAN CELEBRITY, on the TRUTHS and FALSE HOODS in the THEORIES of LIEBIG, with entirely NEW VIEWS and Researches in some of the most important Departments of OR GANIC CHEMISTRY and PHYSIOLOGY. The Papers will have a utility for Students and Practitioners unique in works on Organic Chemistry, the distinguished author not only lucidly explaining all the modern discoveries, but ftgly &folding their application to Medi cal Practice. Orders should be given immediately to the Booksellers or News venders. Price 5c1.; Stamped, (id. ; 13s. per half-year, or 255. per annum, the stamped edition. J. A. Carfrae, 49, tssex-street, Strand. JCHARLES TAPSELL, at present, and for 9 live months past, residing at Bath-place, formerly .called: Ashinole-place, M±umark-road, and for four months previdusly Southampton-street, and for one month previously of the Cambtt well-road, all In the parish of Saint Giles, Camberwell, In the county of Surrey, and being an attorney's clerk, and for five years previously of George-street, in the parish of Saint Giles, Camberwell, afore said, and being a grocer and checsemonger and an attorney's clerk, do hereby give notice, that 1 intend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Ba,itighall-street, in the city of London, 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 fur payment of my just and lawthl debts ; and I hereby further give notice, that the time when the matter of the said, petition shall be heard is to be adver tised in the London Gazette awl in the Morning Sun Newspaper one month at the least after the date hereof; as witness my hand, this IGth day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1844. CHARLES TAPSELL. witness, J. F. Johnson, attorney, 86, Cornwall-road, Lambeth, surrey. JUN ON DON PROVED GUNS. r A SINGLE.BARRF:LLED GUN, with twisted barrel and patent breech A ditto, ditto, London proved 3ss. A double-barrelled Gun, with twisted barrel, and patent breech 595. A ditto, ditto, London proved 6ss. A single-barrelled Gun, ISs., us l iary charged Two Guineas. • • Single Guns, to £6 li'a. ; Double Guns, to £l5. Hitherto there hes been no certain way of obta.ning a good gun without paying an extravagant price. Guns sold at low prices have been made by those with whom quality has not been so much a con. cideration as the production of a showy cheap article , which has generally proved worth: ‘ se, if not dangerous. This has led RIPP• !N and BURTON to engage persons of known ability and great experience in the manufacture of guns, and they now solicit sportsmen to inspect their extensive assortment. Mahogany cases, fitted with cleaning t ac k le, shot-pouch, powder-flask, &c., i n great variety. THREE PAPIER MACTIE TRAYS FOR THIRTY-FIVE INGS. • A FULL SET of three SHlL ornam L ented PAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, Gothic shape, for 355. ; of three Gothic iron trays, 255.; of three convex trays, I's. From the unprecedented depressed state of the manufacturing districts RIPPON and BURTO N have b een i n d uce d to make large ready-money purchases ''a best japanned wares, with their previou s st oc k (already the most varied an d ex t ens ive in. Lrndon), is now re a dy f or inspection, at very re d Uce d rriees , of which the above ar e a cr i terion. A single tray at t h e s ame ra'e. Detailed cata'ogues, with engravings, sent (per post) fr ee. together . h IVORY TABLE KNIVES, ELEVEN SHILLINGS per DOZEN, Octagon Ivory.handled table.knives with high shoulders, Ils. per. dozen ; desserts, 9s. ; carvers, 3s. 6d. per pa i r ; white bone table. knives (Is. per dozen ; desserts, 4s. ; carvers, 2s. per pair; black horn table-knives, 6s. per dozen desserts, 4s ; carvers. 2s. I'd. ; table steels, Is. each. Table.knives with handles of the celebrated substi. tute ior silver, made only by Nippon and Burton, (which cannot be distinguished from sterling silver except by the urwk), 235, per dozen ; desserts, ISs. ; ca , vers, p er pa ir, Si. CO. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, 5, n t (per post) free by RIPPON AND BUR'TON, 12 WtLLS-STREET, OXFORD. TWE SFT, whose knives are all marked with their names, any of which they will exchange if not approved , of. ESTABLISHED 1920. THE PUBLIC PROMENADES OF t ONDON. THERE are few pl aces o f re s o rt in London more delightful to witness than the Public Promenades, and to the lovers of style, elegance, and fashion, it is pleasing to trace the rich and varied Costume s w hi c h are t h ere con gregated. Now, if the quest on was asked—Who i s i t t h at pro d uc e s the greate-t share of those beautiful garments? T rut h wou ld, at once, pronounce the name of L . HYAM, 36, Graeechurch.street. There beauteous clothi n g, exquisitely chaste, Are mt.de expr ess l y f r the man of taste, For every grade, his fashions, rich and rare, Are now produced with talent, tint, and care. L. HYAM, in gratefully acknowledging Isis warmest thanks for the splendid success which has attended his efforts in establishing first-rate fashionable Dress, begs leave most respectffilly to solicit at en , ion to his new and magnificent Stock of Summer Clothing, which, for superiority, and exquisite style of beauty, quite eclipses all past recollections, and as sp'endour and economy are both proverbially blended at his Establi,hment, all purchasers may rely upon a clear saving_ of forty per cent. , by obtaining their clothing at the Pantechnetheca, 36, Gracechurch-street, City. L. HYAM, Proprietor. A book, containing a list of prices, can be heist on application, er sent post-free to any part of the United Kingdom. I VIHE B U D G E T. TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. Well done, Mr. Chancellor Goulhurn ! we 1 done! You deserve the warm thanks of E. MOSES and SON. Your " Budget" (which all will regard as good news), PI tinly tells that you highly approve of our views. Most happy are we, that the fam'd " LONDON'S PRIDE " Has her Majesty's Government now on its sid..4 It appears that the joy of the public is full, On account of your taking the duty off' "wool. " No doubt, in reducing the article, thus, You have prudently taken a lesson from " Us." No doubt, Mr. Gouiburn, you've nam'd to tke Queeu The wonders we've wrought in the Tower's busy scene. No doubt you have laid a particular stress . On the very low prices we chtrge for our dress And, hence we account, Sir, for what y' u have done In adopting the views of E. MOSES and SON, Again we cemmend you for taking this ground, Which proves that your office is Pot a mere sound. We'll follow you up in your noble endea v o ur , By selling our articles cheaper than ever. Yes I the public shill fee what a service you've done Io adopting the views of E MOSES and SON. READY MADE. s. d. Tweed Faglionis Ditto, superior quality, with silk cellars, cuffs, and facings.... 0 16 0 An Cashmeretteimmene stockc coats s of Holland and inavarietyof6hareasti hatuizemely trimmed! I 0 0 blouses from 0 4 6 .... ....... ......... _____ _ ___ _ Splendid summer vests from 0 2 6 An endless variety of cashmere and Persian vests, splendid patterns ............................................................ . 3s. to 8 6 Washing satin ve,ts, warranted Cloth trowsers..... ...... .. from 0 a a Single milled does from 0 11 6 A great variety of summer trousers from 0 7 0 Ores s Coats edged from 1 11 0 Frock ditto ................................. .. ....................... ..... ........ 1 4 0 MADE TO MEASURE. Tweed coats, trimmed with silk, made in any shape, water proofed ............................ .. Cashmere, tine Saxony, and other light summer materials, made in the first style of fashion from 1 5 0 Figured quilting vests, 7s. each, or three for Cashmere vests, in recherche patterns from 0 9 8 Summer Trousers, in great variety of materials ... ..... ...... 016 0 Single milled Victoria, and plain doe trousers.— ....... 0 17 6 Best quality West of Englan d .1 2 0 Dress Coats .... . ....................... ....... .. .................... from 1 12 o Tailors, Best manufactured.. ............. .......................................... 2IS 0 Mourning to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the following prices :-... Men's Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers from 1 16 • Boys' ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers from 0 le 0 returned. IMPORT ANT.— Any article purchased er ordered, if not approved of o ,e bs xc e h r, a e n_get, Wholesale and Retail Woolen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Wareh ousemen, 154, Mi noiies, and 86, Aldgate,City, opposite the Church. Cativem—E. Moses and Son are obliged to guard the public ' f M t o h e S FT money y d SOFT, against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion whatever with any other establishment, and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent disappointment, &c.) call or send to, 154, 51mories, or 86, Aidgate, opp: site the Church. . N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on [Feday till sun et on Sattirday, when business is resumed till twelve 'c,lvek. GOUT, RHEUMATISM, &c.—Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, nothing has contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community, nor eoiiferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as that import ant discovery, and never-failing remedy for Gout and Rheumatism, BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, the immense advan tages of which are testified by the approval and recommendation of many of the greatest men of our day. They are for Gout and Rheu matism, In all its various forms, eluding sciatica, lumblgo, pains in the face, frequently treated as tooth-whe, &c. They require nei ther confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London, and by all respectable medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. td. per box. Ask for Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, :229, Strand, London," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the genuine medicine. MOR I S ON'S PILL S. ABOVE G M EN E E D E IC A I T N ' E A I G N E I N .O T IL F O G N AN RT D HE IIS S ALE Medical Dissenter Office, 369, Strand. Mr. Field, f 5, Quadrant, Regent-street ILicEniOnFyl:TE Mrs. Good, 53, Cambridge-street, Edge ware-road. Mr. Lofts, 3, Park-place, Mile-end - r oad. Mr. Chappel, 84, Lombard-street , Cornhi , n .le 11. Mr J. Eames, 20, New-road, St. George 8-1 t Mr. Baldwin, 33, Great Trwer - st reet. Messrs. Hannay and co., 63, O xford-street. Mrs. E. Dare, 55, Mrs. Baucher, 128, Tottenham - c eurt-road. Mr. Norbury, Post-office, Brentford. Watling-street. Mr. Loose, 7, Sloane-square, Chelsea. Mr. Batten's Library, Clapham. Mr. H. Langlsy, 53, Great Chart-street, East-road, 110Xton. Mr. R. Johnson, Perfumer, itc. 68, Cornhill. Mr. William Mallet, 83, High Holborn. Mr. Porritt, High-street, Deptford, Mr. Killick,: Dorking. • Mr. Harrowell, Epsom. Mr. Linroln, Finchley. Mrs. Merchant, Walham-green Fulham. Mr. Saw, Grocer, Hamscersmith. Mrs. Boulter, London-road, Kingston. Mr. T. Hussey; Peckham. Mr. Edmonds, High-street, Poplar. Miss smith, at the Library, Strainer. Mr. Porritt, 9, Royal Hill, Greenwich. Mr. S. Thompson, Library, Barnet. Mr. Kempson, Chertsey, C A UTlON.—Beware of Counterfeits. " No Chemist or Druggist is authorised to dispose of this medicine. None can be genuine without th e wor d s " MORISON'S UNIVERSAL MEDICINES" are engraved on the Government Stamp, in white letters upon a red ground. British College of Health, Nag, flualltoullace, New.rvad Londe% ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The Director. have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver A SERIES of LECTUREA on the MUSIC of EIGHT different NATIONS. The .NIUSEC or ITALY continence i on the 13th instant, and will he continued !luring the week, on Monday, Wednes day. and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock ; and on Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturd:tv% at Three o'clock, Nvlth VOCAL :ma INSTRU MENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the other LECTURES and EXHIBITIONS' as usual. LONGIIOI7O3I'S PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ARM STRONG's llypßo-ELECTRIC MACHINE, &c., &c. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. PUBLICATIONS. NEW SERIES OF LIFE IN SWEDEN. On Thursday next, 3 vols, post Svo, with Portrait of the Author, TH E II- AMIE, : TRALINNAN ; AXEL and ANNA ; and other -Tales. By FREDERIKA 'BREMER. Translated by MARY HOWITT. Ey the same Author and Translator, THE NEIGHBOURS. Third Edition, 2 vole. 18s. THE HOME. Second Edition, 2 vols. 21s. TIIE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTERS. 3 vole. 345. Gd. • A DIARY : with STRIFE and PEACE. 2 vols. 21s. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Just publlshed, price 55. cloth boards, THE ARITHMETIC of ANNUITIES and LIFE ASSURANCE, or Compound Interest Simplified ; e7t plaining the Value of Annuities, Certain, Contingent on One or The Lives, and the Values of Assurances in Single and Annual Payments; and comprehending the Values of Leases, Pensions, Freeholds, and Reversionary Sums, in Possession or Expectation, Immediate, De ferred, or Temporary. Ilinstrated with Practical and Familiar Ex amples. By EDWARD BAYLIS, Actuary of the Anchor Life Assurance Company. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman.?. Just published, price 4s. Gd., in boards, THE ANGLICAN CHURCH the CREA- T L'RE and SLAVE of the STATE : being a Refutation of certain Puseyite Claims advanced on behalf of the Established Churcir: in a Series of Lectures delivered before the Academy of the Catholic Religion, by the. Rev. P. COOPER, of the Church of the Conception, Dublin ; Prebendary, &c. London : C. Dolman, 61, Bond-street; Dublin : J. Cumming. This day is published, price 2s. 6d., 192 pages. HOW IS IRELAND TO RE GOVERNED? "I have come here, Sir, to make a protestation, and to ask a simple" question.—(hear, hear.) To protest, Sir, on behalf of my countrymen "against the commission of wrongs inflicted by England upon us ; and to " ask the simple question, how is Ireland to be governed ?—(Cheers.) I "don't ask who is to govern ns."—Speech of Mr. O'Connell in the House of Commons, on Friday, February 23, 1844. London : T. Jones, 63, Paternoster-row; Dublin: S. J. Machen, 28, Westmorland-street. REMOVED FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LONDON. Just published, price 2s. 64., and free by post (in &sealed envelope) Price f;s. 6d., THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on Physical Decay, its causes, and the baneful effbcts of exces sive indulgence aisd infeztion, illustrated by engravings, with ob servations on Marriage, and directions for the removal of certain d.squaltfl-ations. By R. and L. PERRY and CO. Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Berners. street, Oxford-street ; also by Strange, 2!, Paternoster-row; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho; Noble. 109 Chancery - lane; Crocker, I, Milford -lane, Strand; Ward, Strand (opposite Exeter-hall) • %VD. son, 5 5 4 , Oxford-street (two doors from Argy l e - street); J. Gordon, 146. Leadenhall-street, I ondon ; Guest, 51, Bull-street, Birming ham ; and by a , l Booksellers in Town and Country. The CORDIAL BALM of SYR'. ACUSI is exclusively directed for the cure of nervous and muscular debility, impuissance, &e. Price its and 7.35. per bottle. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, of whom may be had the " Sile nt Friend." The Five Pound ases may be had as usual. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS are the most effectua cure for syphilis and secondary symptoms in both sexes, price 2s. 9d. 4s. 6d., and I Is. per box. Consultation fee. if by Icrer, I/. A minute detail of cases is ne cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Eleven till Two. and Five till Eight, and on Sund.sys from Ten til Twelve One personal visit only is necessary to effect a permanent cure L MERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL. DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c. " He who it pleasure's downy arras Ne'er lost his health or yeuthei 'charms, A hero lives, and justly can Exclaim, in me behold a man !" Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price ts. 6c1., sr sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. ed., ELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on those concealed disorders, originating in youthful excesses , . and terminating In Nervous Debility, Local and Cclnstitutional Weakness, and all those Sinking., Anxieties, and Tremors, which afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for their perfect R.esteratien By SAMUEL LAMER''', Consulting Surgeon, 9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecary's Hall, London,&c. " The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented' through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of ne appeal even to the most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette. " The design of this work will be tolerably obvious from its title, and we cordially recommend the author and his book to all who are suilbring from nervous debility and general weakness."—Wakefield Journal. Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and 52, Paternoster-row; Stark, 0, I'ichbo'ne-street, Quadrant, Regent street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 114, Chancery lane; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; and by all Booksellers. At home every day till Three, and (Zorn Five tiN Eight. NO PUFF NOR IMPOSITION. SPENCER'S CELEBRATED CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. The thousands of individuals who have had the pleasure of using Spencer's Chinese Liquid Hair 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 we'ted with the liquid; one 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 neither washing, per spiration, or anything will in the least fade or affect the colour pro. H duced. undreds of ladies who wore false hair, because their own became grey, wear new their own. Also, thousands of gentlemen who had grey or red whiskers, vi hich was a great disfigurement, have become 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. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s. per bottle. To be had of the sole Proprietors, 20, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whitechapel.road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, CS, Corn Hill; 13ut!er, 4, Cl.eapside; Prout, 229, Strand; Sanger, 150, Ox. ford-street; Barclay, 95, Farringdon-street; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond. street; Edwards, f:7, St. Paul's Churchyard; Connell, Camberwell. green ; Kennaby, Brothers , 10, Westmoreland-buildings, Aldersgate street ; Fin igin , 30, Milsom-street, Bath; Elmore, 31, Bull-street, BirtninghsflT; Shirley, 40, tieorge-street. Hastings ; and of most Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in Town and Country. Sent to any part of the kingdom, by sending a remittance,post-paid. Please to ask for Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye. Merchaws and Captains will receive a liberal allowance for expor. Litton, and observe that the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. Wednesday the Lord Mayor entertained her Majesty!s Mi nisters and other olistinguished guests at the Mansion-ho u s e . The dinner took place in. the _Egyptian Hall. There Were present—Sir Robert and Ladyfeel ; Colonel and Lady Alice Peel, Mr. Peel, Mr. William Peel; the Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst, Lord Wharnehffe,- the%Duke and Duchess of P;ucciench. the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn (the Chan. collor of tbe Exchequer), Lady Emily Hardinge, Sir James and Lady Graham, Sir Edward Knaichbull, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone; the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl and Countess l)elawarr, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, the Earl and Countess Dalhousie, Lord and Lady Granville Somerset, Sir G. Murray, the Lords of the Treasury, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Pringle, and Mr. Young; Rear-Admiral Sir G. and Lady . Seymour, the lion. Captain William Gordon, the Right lion. Henry Thomas and Lady Harriet Corry, the Lord Bishop of Llandafl; Sir Thomas and Lady Fremantle, Sir George and Lady Clerk, &c. The company consisted of between 170 and 180 persons The Lord Mayor occupied the chair ; and on his left was the Lady Mayoress. Sir Robert Peel sat on.the left of the Lady Mayoress, and Lady Lyndhurst sat next to Sir Robert Peef. .The cloth , having been removed, the "loving cup" was sent round according to custom, and the benedichts was sung by the vocalists. - _ The LORD MAYOR, then gave "The Queen," which was drunk with three times three. The other loyal toasts were also given and responded to. . . The next toast was "The Army and Nevy." • It was ac knowledged on behalf of the army by Sir George Murray, and for the navy by Admiral Seymour. . . The Lynn Maron then gave, in an appropriate address, "The Lord High Chancellor of England." Lord LYNDHURST rose to acknowledge the honour they had done him and the profession to which be belonged by drinking his health. In the office he held he had to discharge two different branches of duty, that which related to the im provement of the laW, and that which related to the admi nistration of the law. He hoped with regard to the first that he bad always evinced a readiness to suggest or to sup port those improvements in our laws which in the progress of time might have become necessary, Wall regard to the administration of the law, he had taken his earliest and best lessons in the City of London. There the great Lord Chief Justiee Mansfield had sat, and, with the aid of the ju ries furnished by the merchants of London, he formed and • completed our system of commerciatjurisprudence. He (Lord Lyndhurst) early in life laboured in the same field, and he could not help calling to mind a conversation with reference to the subject, which he had once with a distinguished fo reigner, who stated that at the time the English underwriters did the greater part of the business of the merchants of Eu rope. The reason he assigned for it was, not so much that the foreign merchants had a greater opinion of the stability of our underwriters, but that they had so high an opinion of the justice and impartiality of the tribunals of the City of London, in the event of any disputes arising.—(Hear, hear.) His Lordship then proposed the health of the Lord Mayor. The toast having been responded to, The Lonn MAYOR, in acknowledging it, said it was a source of the highest gratification to him to see around him so many distinguished . guests on this occasion. It was a source of pride to him that they had received the toast as they had done, accompanied by the remarks which the Lord Chancel lor had thought proper to make. He hoped that when his year of office expired, he should be able to show that he had deserved so much kindness.—(Cheers.) The Lonn MAron then rose to propose the health of " Sir Robert Peel and her Majesty's Ministers." The Right Hon. Baronet had been called to the councils of the nation at a time of great difficulty, and the result of his interference, aided by his great character, talents, and perseverance, was that we were now iu a state of comparative case and affluence. —(Hear, hear.) Ile was sure they would agree that. the City was indebted -to her Majesty's - 11Iinisters for their ser vices, and that they would join heartily with him in drinking their health.—(Cheers.) The toast having been drunk, Sir R. Parr, rose to respond to it. He was received with loud cheers. On his own behalf, and on that of his col leagues, he begged to return thanks for the honour that had been conferred on them. Those of his colleagues who were present had seen the cordiality with which their health had been received. To those who were absent, and particularly to that illustrious man whose connexion with the Govern ment formed one of its chief claims on the public support— he meant the Duke of Wellington—(Cheers)—he should take care to -communicate the honour which bad been conferred' on them all. His Noble and Learned Friend the Lord Chan cellor had, in the course of his observations, defrauded himself of much of the merit which was justly due to himself, on ac count of any of those improvements in the jurisprudence of the country which was made under his (Sir IL Peel's) general superintendence. Without the advantage of pro fessional knowledge on the subject, it was impossible that he '(Sir IL Peel) could have succeeded, bad it not been for the cordial co-operation of 'one who had raised himself to the highest rank of his profession by his legal attainments, and who, rising superior to all professional interests and prejudices, had zealously co-operated in the great work of legal reform.—(Cheers.) It was the wish of her Majesty's Government cordially to co-operate with the municipal authorities of the City of London. Among the Court of Aldermen -there were very few with whom in the course of his long official life he had not been brought into some . relations, and he could bear testimony to the zeal and fidelity with which they had discharged • their duties.. They had co-operated for the public service with the Go vernment with an entire oblivion of all political differences. No man Could be more opposed to the Government in the House of Commons than was Alderman Humphern the late Lord Mayor, yet there never was a period during which a more cordial co-operation took place between the City and the Government than during his ma y oralty.—(Cheers.) He hoped that this cordial concert would long continue, and that conflicting political opinions would never prevent the due performance of executive duties.—(Hear.) As Ministers of the Crown, her Majesty's Government were proud of the 'confidence of tilt citizens of London. They had endea voured to use the influence they possessed for the mainte nance of general peace, and to avoid all causes of jealousy and animosity with other Powers. They had endeavoured to do this without compromising the honour or the interests of the country. If peace had been interrupted, he trusted the lustre of the British arms had been maintained unimpaired. At home they had endeavoured to maintain the authority of the law without any undue exercise of power, and still more without seeking any new or unconstitutional addition to that power. They had attempted to equalise the public revenue with the expenditure, and to avert the evil of incurring debt in time of peace. They had striven to maintain the public credit, and to show to other nations the truth of that maxim,, that honesty is the best policy, believing, as they did, that a country which scrupulously maintained the public honour was also acting on the most consistent and tree principles of economy.—(Hear, hear.) In effecting all these things then had been supported by their gracious Sovereign, *whose whore , heart and mind were intent on th 6 welfare of her subjects. They had received the undeviating support of an enlightened Legislature, and if they were adde to these sources of satis faction. and confidence of the City of London—the organ and fitting representative of enlightened public opinion, they would have all that. was required to insure them the conti nuance of a power to'effect those measures which they sin cerely hoped would be for the happiness and welfare of the country over whose destinies they were called on to preside. —(Cheers.) Sir R. Peel then proposed the " Health of the Lady Mayoress." The toast having been received with due honours, The LORD MAYOR acknowledged it, and then proposed, " Lord Ashley, and the Members of the House of Commons." Lord ASHLEY acknowledged the toast. " The Solicitor-General," " The Aldermen," and other toasts were afterwards given, and the company separated soon after eleven o'clock. . _ Mr. Toole, jun., emulated his father in his style of giving out the toasts. The vocal arrangements were under the di rection of Mr. Jolly, assisted by Messrs. Horn, Robertson, Shoubridge, Simmons, Force, Henderson, Miss ncombe, and Miss Porter. THE LATE DIVISION. (From the Times.) Mr. Raikes Currie complains, with very intelligible bitter ness, that he has been " unjustly gibbeted" as one of the re negades on Lord Ashley's amendment. Mr. Raikes Currie has been a consistent opponent of the ten hours' clause, and is not therefore obnoxious to the charge of having suddenly stultified his former votes. The clerks of the House of Com mons are alone to blame for the mistake, the Hon. Member's name having been erroneously inserted on the divisT n nl e is a t d s as having supported Lord Ashle y in the first division, instead of that of Captain Plumridge. - - - Sir, —Seeing you have distinguished my name, with the names of about a dozen others, as having voted against Lord Ashley's clause on Friday last, inconsistently with previous votes in favour of 10 hours, I beg to inform you that in every case where a restriction to 10 hours has been proposed, I have voted against it. The mistake has probably arisen from my having voted also against 12 hours, which, as a supporter (4' an 11 hours bill, I conceived the 'only course open to me. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, Houie of Commons, flay 15,1844. W. ALDABI. REFUGE HARBOUR COMMISSION. DOVER, MAY 14.—The Refuge Harbour Commission ar rived yesterday at the Ship Hotel, consisting of Admiral Sir Byami Martin, Lieutenant-General Sir Howard Douglas, Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, Captain Sir Wm. Symonds, Captain John Washington, R.N., Lieutenant-Colonel Colqu houn, Lieutenant-Colonel Alderson, Sir John Pelly, Captain Fisher, R.N., James Walker, Esq. As early as eight o'clock this morning they embarked on board the Trinity yacht, and have been the whole day out surveying. This place is getting quite gay from the constant accession of visitors, while th© passage to the Continent is decidedly on the increase, particularly to and from Boulogne. The Ma gician rises daily in favour with the public, and maintains her unrivalled celebrity. FIRE IN LONG-ACRE.—Wednesday . night, shortly after ten, a* fi re broke out at No. 7, Leg - alley , Long - a c r e, occupied by a number of personF. The flames were quickly extinguished ; not, however, until the whole of the upper part of the building, together with the furniture contamed therein was destroyed. The origin of the fire could not be ascertained. None of the parties were insured. BRUSSELS, MAY 12.—Her Royal Highness. the Duchess of Kent is expected to-day from Paris. The King's dispatches frOth Ardeune is delayed on this accounts EIGHT. • -- On some occasion in the Peninsular war ten thoiisnnd Spaniards were ordered .to attack a position on the brow of a till.. - 'They had scarcely caught a sight of the enemy when they found the work too hot fur them, and took to their heels, exalosed to a tremendons'cross-fire of grape all the way down the bill. Though their loss wasdreadful, it was inipossibtenet to be amused . at,their precipitation ; and the Duke, who was look ins' on, observed:that he had nev er b e f ere seen a race Tsui by ten thimaand men. The said Duke m u st fed a little of this, airusement at the sudden flight of the eighty-eight from the position which a month since they were storming with such gallantry.' Of course he thinks they could not da better, as was, we believe, the ease with dui aforesaid Spaniards; and it is - equally evident that Pie eighty-eight, like the ten. thousand, have not come . off with their skins entirely whole. Yet we doubt not that he and his colleagues have I- enjoyed - a little private amusement at the expense of these unfortunates ; and they are perfectly justified in doing so. Each of these eighty-eighteantienien hopes to escape individual notice by being lost in the erovsd. They run en masse, and think in that way to give plias opi. nion the go-by. - Nay, the subject is so excessively diseigrece able in some respectable quarters, that we don't expect they I will at present receive the duo reward of their sins. Ent we are not disposed to let them pass without haying a fling or two at them in tranQa; besides laying by the black list. fir i future use, just as - a judicious tradesman stores in his desk or his memory the names of uncernecated bankruate and ether I unsafe customers: In the first place, wnat do these gentle I men gain by cloing the thing with a high hand, and trying to I brazen -it out with numbers ?. Not much. Each in dividual will, escape a distinct and separate ex hibi- I then in that pillory which a tender rsnscience can not fail to have suggested ; but there is such -a thing as arcumulated - shame, the results of which are more scrims.. thin any single exposure. It. is impossible. to reckon the damage which has been done ill the present instance. Here I is - the name of Conservatism, such as it is, blackened forever; l Parliament tarried inSide out for the amusement or disgust of I the populace; Lord Ashley made a joke 0f... All this, besides other consequences Of a more public character, which the ' eighty=-eight - don't appear to feel very aeutely—such as the loss of national credit, and the perpetuated hardships of the poor women and young people. Not to he too indiscriminate, there are, we will grant, clegrees of delinquency in this busi lies's. First. and -foreunost comes that never-to-be-forgotten trio, Messrs. Arland, Liddell, and. Gaily _ Knight, who would not be content to-do-the thing quietly, but must needs blunt the edge of public shame by ostentatiously announcing that they were going to act contrary to their consciences. They remind one of the definition of ",a shameless man" in the Oheracters of Theophrestus:—" In the middle of the day he takes his station betore a tavern, and proclaims to the forum that he -is going -to get drunk." Mr. home is the only itlember who has hitherto hail the effrontery or the candour to declare his vote to be contrary to his opinion, and he has monopolised a certain sobriquet in consequence. The other day he gave an amusing illustration of his practice. lie bad made a point of at least one sessional attack on the folly of having a Viceroy at. Dublin, except' when Lord Ebrington, or somebody of the right sort, was there, and then, he said, he had held his tongue. Well, in the vicissitudes of human affairs, it is possible that we may before long have some body of Mr. Hume's right sort in Downing -street again. Deplorable as such a change would be, we shall .find a consolation in the circumstance that the above trio, and perhaps the eighty-eight, will vote as thew like. After the three come the fifteen who voted for ten hours in April. and twelve hours in May. Their numbers and their names will not be forgotten. 'ten of these gentlemen are zealous Conservatives, and either county Members or of that stratum. Sir John Chetwode is a nominee of the Duke of Buckingham, and indicates what, we are to expect in the Lords. Mr. Montagu Gore is an author, and has written on the corn-laws. Ile is under a professional obligation to defend his vote in writing. We expect another " Letter to the Duke on the Present Crisis." Mr. A. Hope is more than a Conservative—he boasts to be a " Tons" anal is a very promising one, fresh from academic; honours, and full of academic spieit. Surely the early wreck of such a .man's character might have been Spared I Next in honour are the eighty-eight, including the above fifteen. The great majority of these are Con servatives. After them must be classed somewhere about a hundred Members, still more prevailingly Conservative, who did not feel strong enough on the question to vote before Easter, but stood by the Premier on Monday. Some of their names will suggest the rest—Messrs. Bagge, Bruges, Cart wright, Cripps, - Escott, J. Round, Sir J. T. Tyrell, Lord Norrys—all patriotic men, and props of the agriculture! in terest. Last come the original opponents of the ten hours' clause. Of that body also Conservatism is the most prominent feature—Conservatism in every form, pious, agricultural, political, humble, ambitious. 'lf any of our readers can think of any recent election for county or borough where heaven and earth were moved to return some thoroughly sound, able, and conscientious Con servative—some particularly disagreeable, stingy, and ex clusive Conservative, perhaps, against some rather amiable Whig—when the salvation of the country was declared to de pend on the result, and every tradesman was solemnly required to offend half his customers, every doctor three quarters of his patients, and every clergyman nine-tenths of his parishion ers, to return this most valuable man—then yon will he sure to find him in Sir Robert's majority. It is useless to single out names in so large a list, but we will just mention six, be cause we find them in the Committee of the Agricultural Protection Society, which professes to protect, not capital, but industry. These are Messrs. Allix, Bell, and Buck ; Lord Ingestre, Sill J. Trollope, Hon. 'l'. Veseys and Mr. Wodes house;" of whom the four last, not. haviilespreviouslv in terfered, gathered on Monday to the Preniier'e rescue. Whom they pretend to protect, when they S'kon't lim tect 'women and young persons from worling"k tlateett hours and a half a day including meals, is a mystery to 'm aculae which we have in vain bestowed another lialf-hour on the pamphlet they have recently given to thy; world. We appeal to the understanding of every man of common honesty, whatever his opinion may happen to be on the ten hours or the twelve hours' question, whether so sudden and enormous a change in the opinions, or rather votes, of the H ouse , is n ot. a lamentable and a fearfuli event? It smack - ant' the successful introduction of a new argument—the MiniSterial argument. "Whatever we bring forward, you must support us, or we resign ; and then you are cast on the wide world again, with a dissolution, or the Whigs in prospect." No Minister would dare to use this language if he did not feel himself backed by some superior power, which, in the present instance at any rate, is not the power of the people. So there is an end of the representative system, liberty of the Parliamentary conscience, and of the House of Commons it self. It must only meet as the later Senate of Rome met, to record the decrees of the Consuls, who were of course the no minees of the Emperor. One now understands what the Duke meant by saying, in the debate upon the Reform Bill s that he did not see how the business of the nation could be conducted with a Parliament so chosen, i. e., with a strictly representative Parliament. He has been agreeably surprise& The House of Commons does the business of the nation ad mirably. It is as an fait at its work as a well-regulated Go vernment office. Sir'Robert is the head of the department, and keeps the clerks in order. But will these three hundred gentlemen, at least the half of them, who have openly giv e n their voters to the Minister, just look to the end, as a Gre cian sage advises all to do? Every act of any significance is only one of a series, and helps to determine the character of subsequent acts. Let them just ask the obvious question, What next? They have voted away the protection of the factory women and children this session, perhaps the con clusion of the series will be a vote in which their own pro. tection is concerned. When that shall come—for come it assuredly will, as no one knows better. than the Premier— who will pity the agriculturists? Who ever pitied these who were incapable of pity for others P—Thees. SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN'S AND MARINERS' SOCIETY. The sixth anniversary festival of this institution was ce lebrated on Wednesday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street. A few minutes after six, the Right Ron. the Earl of Haddington took the chair, supported by Mr. Vivian, M.P. ; Admiral Sykes, Lord James O'Brien, Admiral Skipsey, Ge neral Fair, Admiral Sir John Wood, Sir Edwin Stanhope, the Rev. Dr. Burnett, and others: Upwards of 250 gentlemen sat down to a very excellent en tertainment. The hall 'was tastefully decorated with flags, and on the different tables, in addition to the other lights, were miniature models of lighthouses already erected, and in process of erection. _ _ On the removal of the cloth, the usual loyal toasts were given and duly disposed of; General Fair and Admiral Skipsey returning thanks for the army and navy. The Noble CitAmmAN then proposed the health of the Vice patrons of the Institution, the Kingjof Prussia and his Royal Highness the Duke _of Cambridge. Of the latter it was un necessary to speak, while of the former he would only say that he had, unsolicited, transmitted a handsome donation in aid of the funds of the Society. The toast having been disposed of, The Noble CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the Rev. Dr. Burnett, and the Prelates, and others of the Clergy who had lent their valuable assistance, by preaching charity sermons in its behalf, and in other ways, to the Institution. The Rev. Dr. Burnerrr returned thanks. The Noble CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast, which was the toast of the evening, made a most feeling appeal to the company present, in behalf of an Institution which pre". sented so many urgent claims to the charitable consideration ofa community so eminently commercial as was this. The Noble Chairman adverted to the good which the Society had already, during its brief existence, effected, as a cheering augury of its future operations. Since its first establishment, 482 widows, 1,722 orphans, 315 aged parents, 5,891 shipwreck persons, and 502 distressed fishermen, had been relieved making a total of those who had experienced the benefits of sy 50 aged parents, 2,166 the Society of 8,512 persons in distress. During the course and 60 These distres s ed thingshad fishermen,onlyto be e h had mentioned become of last year 82 widows, 246 orphan objects ofits b P o e t rs u c) it l y ls . r to induce the charitably disposed to come forward and con tribute in the most liberal manner to th e funds of aSoeie; t which had already effected so much good, and was calc ul a ted if properly support e d, t o accomplish so much more . The Noble Lord then prop ose d "'The Shipwrecked Fishermen's and Mariners Benevolent Society, and the health of Sir George Cockburn, its Founder." Major OLIPHANT returned thanks, and stated, that on tlia 20th of June a fair would be held in the Colosseum, in aid of the funds - of the Society. The SECRETARY read the report of subscriptions for the current year, and which included, amongst other subscrip tions,from the Earl of Haddington, in addition to former donations, 201.; Earl St. Germain's, 10/. ; Sir G. Cockburn, in addition to former subscriptions, 5/. ; Admiral Sykes, 1 0 guineas; the Duke of Sutherland, 101.; Admiral Stopford, 5/. ; Lieutenant Waghorn (who stated that his life had often been saved by fishermen), 10/. ; Lord James O'Brien, 5 guineas, &c. ; the whole amount approaching to nearly 1,300. The musical arrangements, which were under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, gave great satisfaction, and included Mess*. Hawkins, toe, and Chapman, Masters Stevens and Sullivan, and Mr. Ellis Roberts, a Welsh harpist, whose performancee afforded much pleasure, and were encored. It is satisfactory to notice, from the increasing number of its supporters, that this valuable Institution is fast gainiegj public estimation. SHOCKING ACCIDENT OAT BOARD THE AIERCUR STEAMER,—On Monday whilst the General e h r ic a r l l S is t l e i r Navigt ; Lion Company's vessel, Mercury, waspassage Ramsgate, the passengers on board were greatly al arme d , when offithe lore, in hearing loud shrieks proceeding from the engine-room, and which were soon ascertained to come from a poor fellow named Navel], stoker, from having become entangled in the machinery. It seems that he had but a few minutes previous replenished the fire, and, on doing ae. sat down on a piece of skirting-board to smoke his pipe. Unfortunately, through some unaccountable cause, the board suddenly slipped and he fell amongst the moving machinery. Ilia cries immediately brought assistance, and e after great difficulty, the engine being stopped, he was ex tricated, when it was found that his left leg was completely crushed in several places, and was only hanging by ligatures. The steamer being close to Sheerness, she bore down to one of her Majesty's ships for medical aid. This was gained. and the vessel proceeded on to Ramsgate, where the man was landed, and in the course of the evening the limb was amputated just above the knee. He still lies in a bad way. He has a wife and six young children totally dependent on him for support. 1 et the wel felt tb. ra exti enc• 11 st rig r lost 3 ari§ , le I ° I th e 3 S t. eroll - oil otiDg irctv 6o u tal'" 0 , v 0 se ° f Ards t for cola' free; the iv . 4 0 16 , 0 l'' er ' ~ 0 0 ' .Izes' i, r 1160' , G , o 11121