The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-23 00:00:00

—/ • • s..fit - - • . , • • - _ _— .4 4 _. 4 32 06.- .° I g*, ;41' 4 • *, • aty , _ y et . • - _ illir l 1 4111 ::Mtb % • t. 4 • e Op! A t.! • 11 mit4:7 --- DI :24 _ 111. /N ..------- n, May 2 : 5 ; girds, oflitati STAR. PACKETS.—GRAVESEND and LONDON, Ay way of the BLICKWA.LL RAILWAY. IGHTPENCE THROUGHOUT. BOAT AND RAIL INCLUDED. Prom the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, Morning, Seven, Half-past );11ne, and Half-past Twelve ; Afternoon, Two, Four, Six, and Seven. Brunswick Wharf. Blackwell, Morning, Ten, Eleven, and Twelve; Afternoon, Three, Four, Six, and Half-past Seven. Sundays from Gravesend, Morning, Seven, and Half-past Nine ; Afternoon, Four, Six,. and Seven. • From Blackwell, Morning, Tea and Eleven; Afternoon, Three, and Half-past seven. Item the Old Shades Pier, above London-bride, Daily at Nine. Star Once. Gravesend, May 17, 1844. reet. J a na lig ,on, lien &no r, F. • K IP 11, at )ridge, Jur ° Dedelingon, r merchant, n:t , at one --B . re. No. 16,153. LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING s 'Ty N 7 MAY 23, 1844. PRICE sd. WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. THE- SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Ti me f or the EARLY ,TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK,' for POST, Containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS , Mor ning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. EXCURSIONS on the EASTERN COUNTIES and NORTHERN and EASTERN RAILWAYS, at HALF the CSUAL FARES. COLCHESTER LINE—To Stratford, Ilford, Rumford, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Witham, Kilvedon and Colchester. CAMBRIDGE LINE—To Stratford, Lea-bridge, Waltham, Brox bonnie, Ware, Hertford, Harlow, Bishop's Stortford, &e. On Whit-Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, Holiday Day-tickets will be issued in London to all the Stations on the above Lines, for which the fare down only will be charged, and the tickets, if presented on • the same day as issued, will free passengers back to London. Offices, Shoreditch Station, May 22, 1844 . M o NEY. — GRAND a - NTH IBUTIO N of 70,170( sterling, authorised by hislmperial Majesty, and the Government of Austria, on the let. Julia Nail, at Vienna, Highest Prize, 28 ,0001. • - Lowest 501. ; 700 Prizes. Apply for PrOspoctitees, to Messrs. F. E. Feld and Co., hankers and t o . ivers.gener a l, F rankfort ; or, to save postage, at 26, Botiverie eit* tree by letter only. Office hours from Twelve to Three. IMPERIAL RUSSIAN-POLISH LOAN of of 18 0,000,000 Fl or i ns ( of 1835), I MPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN ~,,f°, 000 ,000 Flori ns ( of 1839), guarantee d b y th e i r M a j e sties the '' , .Peror of Austria and the Emperor-of Russia. GRA ND DISTRIBUTIONS AT WARSAW AND TIENNI. _ the Rnssiaia-Polish Loan the following Dividends will be re-im r of 1,000,0002., one of 300,00011 , two of 150,00011., six of 74 ,ne eight of 14,00011., &c., together 7,000 dividends, gaining ',,_°°°a• Smallest dividend 75011., largest.] ,000,0 0 0 1 1. the Austrian Loan 700 bonds will obtain 701,70011 , in lots of ira or i n g s ” 40,000 4., 18,0001., 10,0000., Ste. Smallest dividend 5002. ettha. aro equal too 11. sterling, a trifle more or less, as per day's 1 i.. The prices are— P olish lis P an Scrip for £2 IS . I Austrian Scrip for £3 0 "•• do. do. 10 0 I do. do, 15 0 do • do. do. 20 0 13 do. do. 30 0 lhunibr e l t h r y nt io n ank o notea, remittances, or drafts. Dividends re-im thllsoldees Frankfort, Paris, London, or New York, at the option of Ire ew y„„''',PcHatiges, foreign subscribers may apply to his houses in Paris, ettliet. and at Mr. A. Sehwarzechild's,l,TlOtighcourt, Lombard s ani 1,47 1 'lox by letter only. Prospectuses, with full particulars, 'Otte ob ro — e llie Dietribation, promptly forwarded to every share ad J . A - raatt o ,a• SCIIW kitZSCIIILD , Banker and Receiver-General. s us, A F - 7,_ l4 taine, April, 1844. eatrio n being Is. it follows that a fifth share at 12s. in the Lntomii t Strrunent Distribution Is relatively mush niore valuable isond In the private speculation of the 25th. id URGE SS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur ruptrit:Z:tegh;uhinavtnggnacrinlde s , uch great approbation, and the demand gto i JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most as r c t r etlY to offer th us th e i r b es t ac k now l e d g ments to the Public their liberal _rex Patronage of the same ; its utility and great convent in an climates have recommended i. to the most distinguished zAinentt, t c o on f t a n:c i t ti i e o . n , s, who have all spoken highly in its recornmenda- It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint all possible care has been resorted to, by each es t „„ tie ,heing sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well ' - "ea label having their signature, without which it cannot be " lot' • F ENCE BURGESS and SON t S long-e,stablished and much-esteemed A WEXCE of ANCHOVIES continees to be prepared by them after ,ye s g u lt . e Manner that has gives the greatest satisfaction for many 'Warehouse 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. THE LONDON GENUINE TEA COlll - PANY beg tn inform Families Visiting the Provinces, that th,l„,flulF procurt GENUINE TRAS direct from the Company, of b,`,Z_A)lents, in Nearly every town and village in the kingdom, locked in Lead, and warranted Genuine by the Company. th e - 77, rt "Ps and English made Tea being now commonly so d by to,.,l&ecpers in the country, the greatest caution is necessary. lithe Company's sea l on eac h p ac k ag e. by wident for Agencies for the sale of the above Genuine Teas, eo'"Pa ns _ ri a coneiderable income may be derived, to be made to the at their Warehouses 2, Lswrence Pountney-hill, London. E MP LOYMENT.—Persons having a little time 1 0 ,„, to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in „:; - 27 :: :9, and country towns, by the East India Tea Company, for the f their celebrated teas. T w b n ees, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. Iso und e Y are packed i n s h owy l ea d en c anisters, from one ounce to a with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but ann trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per Eder, ' a nd many duri ng the last nineteen years have realised con ble incomes by th e agency without one shilling let or loss. c'••••- A PPlication to be mo de (if by letter post paid) as above. ITY OF LONDON FASHIONABLE to n , TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT, 52, King William-street, m on -bridge. Spetr,'• BURCH end LUCAS, Tailors, &c., late J. ALBERT, re alm ..7 Invite G en tl emen an d Families to view one of the largest and 'best, assorted stocks in London, of Superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, Cum, ttesiating of the most novel designs, Cachmeretts for Summer *,,very'„"r• B re., for the present season. The style of cut and make of nee se rnnent are guaranteed equal to the first and most expensive • Plait a n t 'the West-end, and for cash payments a saving of 40 per • . untri . Z" be effected, and will be found to the wearer much cheaper °Pries! inferior garments made up by uffing slosellers and hosiers, to astonish and delude the public, which description of goods • ''' r elY excluded from this establishment. A , 52 , King William-street, City, Established 1818. fie t of Summer Over-Coats ready made. E N•TLEMEN'S VELVET HAT S Th 10s. 6d. to 18s. ,111 , - 1 - "n0 wish to dispose of their money to the best advantage • t:t t 'l";e much by visiting PERRINO'S ESTABLISHMENTS .. 1411 t x ,..' II3 USE, 85. STRAND, and 251, REGENT-STREET . , where t he p ri : °4ll o the most extensive and varied Stock in the kingdom, niter' - "and qualities of which must give universal satisfaction. 4 4 :, 'leaver Hats, 14s. ; better, 16s. Gd. ; the best short nap, 21s; ' a lerim7Y hat, with lace band 11 inch wide, 245. Caps of every — ° ll , from Is. Paris Silk lists, 6s. Gd. to Bs. 6d. OBSERVR TIIE ADDRESSES. NG " OFF, CARPETS, CHINTZES, SILK and WORSTED DAMASKS, TABOURETS, and CA uLpaYURNITURE. tsar,`';',XENT, and CUMMING, of No. 4, Regent-street, opposite ‘ad i , th • public, and James's, beg respectfully to inform their Friends ?key that in consequence of one of the Partners retiring, ?lli,„ ',end relinquishing their West-End Establishment, and are tuNtr at a n t l a e l s f s p t ri hr e. Prime Cost. A splendid Aubusson Carpet, . Lease of the Premises to be Disposed Of. A, THE BEST ENGLISH WATCHES. , . IS. SAVORY and SONS, 11 ate r hm ue a s k t e v r ,e s, at N te o n: t 1 ,41 1. 9, Cornhill, London, apposite the_ Ba nk , odo _m e? ~LEVri„letirehasers to their Stock of I n ade PATENT t4 eir f .." WATCHES, which are 4 ej e ",,,"„ house. In Slyer Cases , , wit , hoi , a s e p l o v m e so Escapement o ein r -° "ed, the prices are Four , Giiii:e and a Half, Six, and Eight r T u t f i m e ctu l r Ye ca tae b h y et t i Oui nv ag Sari ; or in geld case,s, len, ever,4 l e ach. The very large stocs o s ffered for selection includes r m velve, Fourteen, and S xteen krti r e ,, e ,'eription, enabling a customer to select that which is more " dr lytlapted to his own use. N .,_, TIiF BEST MEDIC "IiTON'S CAMOMILE PI LLS are confi- INF: FOR I NvICIESTION. Bilious and Liver Com- Who .„ clently recommended as a simpe, b l at l eertain renieely, to all tlain.:`.ll-er from Indigestion, Sick Head ache,. gentle ap erient, imparting powerful tonic and lls each, by A. 11 illotti, )3 , Rola ', ' 0 the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. . ,hi 4 114 ( ~01 bottles at Is. Ild., 2s. and 9d., . 101 km•Llate It. G. Windus, 61, Bishopsgate Without ; and nearly i lli c ie Vendors. W°X DERF LIL DISCOVERY.—LLOYD'S 1,!..1th mate /21 XESIS, for Shaving without ..cii4,r comfort, and in much less time . than is usually required. the use of Soap or Water, 1 t Z, °l l I L'' , and Cenl , men who have skin of thin texture,.nnd suffer ' , ill i -dati .. teeby 0 , s (th o u g h of the most emo llient kind) , _ 1. 5 _ if. on caud s , p.... is, to ;,. 1- ile nei,. "l .st agreeably surpris c e e ( s l is a . t f t o l r ie absence of these ineon it peculiar property Z i l ve tb, f in the use of the E heat to cold, experienced It i t i og th2ce beautifully smoo u thaitcl:s i ci o ft m , and more capable . of re teariat,i.eeffic.ets of sudden tran sitions n The Euxesis may besafe . ly used n i t l , d in tb„. ' rtaicttnat.e like. Indite r o c ' slid all the Colonies, as climate a! Ito tt4 ter ior " ate its q \l ua cs ll t tles, ni t ime ' depreciate its value!-Sold in l'e ' 4t , 8 r e , ' the Inventor and Proprietor, S. Lloyd, 444' ' ~ Po ' i l i . li c er a t' h s- l b a 3 ce . , Regent-street. ...... ; _ i„..... e . 1 5 • p ti C C E S S. made, 14 4 ° MOSF 8 and SON first appear'd in the tra , le, -w offers were seen-new improvements were now eY had much to surmount ms you very wel l k ), I," selling their g oods so rernarkahly low. Of soo-wa_i th public alive to the worth . . 4 4 osEs Fs e warehouse- though then in its birth. i: xeress, The new the roprietors have e .o eir hearties p t thanks at their to ch eert g .. Success. " 1 1 1' 4 firmly c onvinces E MOSES and SON It beat t h 0 iublie are suited in what has been done. " 1, ~- -a rs them a p roo f th a t their glorious Mart li ighly esteem'd for its Tailoring art. A - ""el that the moderate prices they charge Are ro ve" 1 by the public ut large. had . li r , ' , l ; ss o tili c a oo e li t o ted ,. • prices an i dress, h l in n et with such boundless " Success." 4 41 will the success of their Warehouses cease? et?. Th e f avours they ' ve witness, d shall daily increase. i'', o e crowds that have honour'd their mart all along, V i 11.1( Still for their clothing in multitudes throng, ih' h jte ! to merit such favours, E. MOSES and SON, Inll, au for the public what ne'er has t been_done. TA e rate of their eharges-the wor . h f ir dress, l' ir 'Y Will try, more than ever, to merit l o ' Success." £ s. d. 14 41 :1 t . READY MAIL (:,, c) 0 614.1 1 !° , 11, An.:Nerc.,-,40r quality , with silk cellars, cuffs, and facings..., 9_ I! 0_ h oi ‘rtiT4-‘e coats in aeariety of shapes, handsomely trim f m m e m d I 7 1 .ti a Niid :we stock of Holland and can blouses. _ ~.e°,ll,,,,t4°Mer vests from 9 2 6 weltorn7.variety of cashmere and Persian vests, splendid .. to • I .............. el Zlottt't kati . .... r'''''''- ......... .e;:f........................ g ti 0 aid we e r eta, %arrant from 0 9 9 tigr a e : t e , il: rd 5 c i;;4••..... . from 0 6 FrZ,S " Coatl rte ll of su mmer trousers • (rem • 11 7 0 I 'd . e dged 49 .. from 1 9 U . 1 '* ..................................................... • I4 0 rid t._ firoo,t9,trinarned with silk, made in any shape, . . MADE TO AI RAMIE. water mlirn re d .. .... frein 0 IS 0 C tireo quit> 111. Y y , and f 44 cle ' t 6 " 8 1 " X ... ..................... ............. summer mater f r o l o; s 1 5 • 441 in., quilting Vests:,-,L o o a h a.' or three for Ilion etIORIN!' ,vests, is - --c ' patterns from 0 9 6 o „,:lre n , 4 „ . _ recherche 0 le 0 - ' of materials e r st ,Q i lled v ie 'L ri great a s a, d v plain sloe trousers .... hr: t 4 Ce a t t _Z West of England 16 Io u t rial iu .............. . ..................... from 112 0 ,„ 0 e,,,,,, ...................... 2 15 0 nl ba ed minutes notice at the tens.. a n y extent can be hart at five minutes , .""Siq.eits, a rch , following prices:- 14 p itto i.,., , coat, vest, and trousers from 1 10 9 1 9 of tko,lera',47,Ket, vest, and trousers ....... ...... ... :*„ ................... j 14,4,4491igeci5-,,..k0i article purchased or ordered, it i.o°,4lonip--E. MUS HO .oney returned. hr. h•aos,„ and SON, T a ilors, Wholesale and Retail ,C..„,... 9 rel p c , 11, O utfitters , and General nen 154, Mi- Wareh ousel , `esi - ' l 4ev •• ,Idgate,Citi opposite the Church. fal.2,itt i„,,,--t• Moses- • ' obliged to guard the public harooo, d '"Peeiti.. and Son are d that the untradesmanlike l' lle 4e ll r ut' of C onn a ec cin te l d with e them or it's the same concern, thet. ha4vorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. 41 , 60 9 e 4° connexien Whatever a•itii any other establishment, ° l"ig',; s 7nit tni ,,° desire genuitie Cheap Clothing should (to mevent N h t e the dl , 8 m) call or send to, 151 Minories, or lib, Aldgate, ; ( i;'• No b ',.' . oreh - ° :el o 4 till bn'n°°ess transacted at this Establishment front sunset on --•"''-- . • et " Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve It o Iv T TO LADIES i, b 'hily l h it RoyI;,AND'S KALYI) 0 R. f - e °ll t q Lslorifor Patronized and universally adopted S f p o c x c t i fi ra c c i t s . ~.1 • t l y f roi "lo r st rare",;•oworrearny liqu'd, composed t c _n hic cli Y me c anl per -4n.1,, ~.,,,,,..,,, all i n niße __. • a a o i d . herbs of l a t n .septa the most ' soothing, th o Te por es " lin g, and I - a puriflyin mixture. ° freet r fAce i nd r olnute s g ac t ion on . . ; the c skin •nd by its agency fr eel 441 Y ' al4, ‘ ever t ecretory vessels, dispels .1 "11 impurities from and thus most p‘itt.lo., 4 4ii, inates Z II eitiodzicy to inflam mi rna l t , Tn p 'blotches, spots, hitti t h, the ebt)eteh,Cr Futaneous v e i s siatio a n n s'. p The ra'diant bloom it ins brltate.p.ns.,"l%:,..l?(l the softness and delicacy it induces on the .t.orideho!_trilinc.,,,,,a4,,,rocinerfie.r it iiidispensable to every stings tir'tneen.tiorn7ni inalltlinMation. in Crewe of sun-burn, . 4 s °f th; skT i r , ' h aving, will find it allay all irritreion and tee 1J p i r ‘ i•Lce 4,. h,. ° l l . __tt . sl , er it soft, smooth, and pleasant. ~,er r , ~,, e. A; z.-_.,,, Njan y a.;: % N I ; .e 6(, I, rs r y l ; i t , t il eii . c. , i out o u s i e t d n lu sp c u ' rious trash iii?nß44llnou„o 4, l , entiin e I; --ary dor," containing Mineral astringents ' , a t i ),,,,I health. It e,rminlexion, and by their repellant action en " 1 1.(j‘ r t", 16. therefore, imperative on purchasers to see - •%.., A 141 D' s A. flo w K ALYDOR"are on the wrapper; and tatßtjr..4 (bY authorilt I NT) and sON, 20. Hatton garden . • Y, on the Government' Stain - p ‘ affixed on each B ,l' ll hy them . ad b , ...zreita!! Rowi and .,„ '.l. y Clionit is and Perfumers. • flie-- L ' a lYdor. All others are fraudulent coun lIES'Ip Ap ERIENT AND Vlt A A F°l t OC ' ' A NTIBILIOUS Me:DICINE IPTON, CASIONAL USE. *lon e ffeetu ali . S PILL OF HEALTH ,i,4,,,iictoutirily,inretes the stornach and bowels by gentle relaxa t4/ the 5t0,..,_,-.-dizzihessilioastration of Ptren g t h . They remove head. i",,d et en re " . 4 m h, pr omote s digion.stim the chest, &c., are highly grateful tine,' Who are n e °r Nit• its • ...,_,TI. create appetite, relieve langotir t o ,_ ig in the h ontinu a N' su w a o l.e te those of a full habit and free ''' re,i ta ll and ear nag from drowsiness, heavine,e, and . ~„.• ed. s, they offer advantages that will not fail , `h e lp 4 Prout, 229 s tr li . As k ~,,, ,rs of medl _, arid, Lo n d on, Price Is. I}o. per box t and a ._ _ ta . ~,....... cities generally throughout the Kin dom s4zt .ir'a•en!rot.',ON'S ',IL our HEA LTH, and Observe the Silt hti iii j; . t l'honlasP, 228, Shand, London," on the gtofforchilit )istrict COW: June 2 4, " earce, talli th Birmingbas! uth, D° r 7, curt —H• leven, at ?r, LivetP uir ° ° ' c at the Lifer' nanufacturli the Litotes, June 1% nd R. 6° ,1, 111 ; leven, at shown to tb s d. • ona lire, J 10, Lmbetb , °;l4 Ball, eabilt lune 13- L e ) Deane, r ot , ch propo e D. Laver A t . , baker , bt, n, 001, June T Pe ° z—ebre.oktier Toder, !vier, 'PePrit June 11•••%, Blake, :er, Jun io t• 8.1100, o„, r erianith , Lant-sir°- D. J. Graf, lila, , gard4 brokerF, urnbrells, phard 0,1 R. Snotl,oo, ell and B• e yi, 31. 13° 6 J. p a rli!r —G. Elha T, )orsetshi r, neon, J. nd. Hors Tr Robin"' op ►. ornnibu l if. !eropehall)l,, ,rherhitbe;er tuff rosn n G. Kinio , e o arch :ewa rt, clrs tr o, Tylerj S. "I• ge alker, G1:01 ''dinburg rn V int) 5/ 9 Leith, iinburgb' lON' tr ig rd 011 hd" of t he A t y,f !tiou, sou, an in3P° .10 ivo )00 o k "K' ;ay 1,506 THE ONLY GREAT CHORAL MEETING for this Season of the UPPER SINGING SCHOOLS, in structed on the method of Wilhem, as published under the sanction of the Committee of Priyy Council on Education, will be held at EXETER-HALL, THIS EVENING (Tnuasnay), May 23, 1844, at Eight o'Clock, under the direction of • Mr. JOHN HULLAIL The SEMI-CHORUS will consist of FIVE lIUNDRED VOICES, and the CHORUS •f ONE THOUSAND FIVE lIUNDRED VOICES. Tickets, for the Reseried Seats on Platform, price Ids. 6d. ; Re served Seats on Upper Platform, Is. ; Reserved Seats, Western Gal lery, ss. ; Ares, 3s. ; to be had only of Mr. Parker, publisher, 445, West Strand, between the hours of Eleven and Five, daily. MUSIC .OF. FRANCE. Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver A SERIES of LECTURER on the MUSIC of. EIGHT different NATIONS. The MUSIC of FRANCE commences on the 20th instant, and will be continued during the week, on Monday, Wednes day, and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'cleek ; and on Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday, at Three 'o'clock, with 'VOCAL and INSTRU MENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the other LECTURES and EXHIBITIONS as usual. LONGBOTTOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE DfICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ARM STRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, &a., &c. . AdintSsion, Is.; Schools, Half-price. GENERAL TOM THUMB (for a few days longer), the American Dwarf, under the especial patronage of her ➢iajesty and the Royal Eamily, exhibiting every Day and Evening, previous to visiting Paris, in'CATLIN'S spacious INDIAN GALLERY, EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, from Eleven to One, Ilalf-past Two to. Five,• and from Seven to Nine o'clock, giving illustrations of Napoleon, the Grecian Statues, Singing, Dancing, &c. This wonderful nitutinininiature.weighs only FIFTEEN POUNDS, and is smaller than any infant that ever walked alone. The elegant presents from her Majesty and the Queen Dowager may be also seen. The General wears his Uourt Dress daily at Half-past Twelve. The General continues to wait on the Nobility and Gentry on due notice. Admission One Shilling. The General has nover appeared on the stage of the Haymarket Theatre as has been represented. DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. Th/EEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIFE 1. OFFICE, 25, PALL.MALL, LONDON. TRUSTEES. Charles Hopkinson, Esq., Regent-street. Sir Thomas Phillips, Temple. Alfred Waddilove, D.C.L., Doctors' Commons:: DIRECTORS. Edward Doubleday, Esq., 249, C. Richardson, Esq., 19, Bru- Great Surrey-street. ton-street, Berkeley-square. George Gun Hay, Esq , 127, Thomas Stevenson,Esq.,F.S.A., Sloane street. 37, Upper Grosvenor-street. J. Parkinson, Esq., F.A.S., 80, Robert Bentley Todd, M.D., Cambridge.terrace, Hyde-park. E.R.S., 26,Parliament.street. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S., Alfred Waddilove, D.C.L., 17, Wimpole-street. I Doctors' Commons. AITDITORS. John Pursord, Esq., 7, York. I J. Stirling Taylor, Esq terrace, Regent's-park. 14, Upper Gloucester-place, Joseph Radford, Esq., 27, Dorset.square. Cambridge. terrace, Hyde- I Martial L. Welch, Esq.. Wynd park. I ham.place Bryanston-square. STANDING COUNSEL—John Shapter, Esq., Lincoln's Inn. BANKERS—Messrs. C. Hopkinson and Co., Regent-street. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Richardson and Smith, 28, Golden-square. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL STATISTICS—WiIIiaM Farr, Esc]., General Register Office. ACTUARY—F. G. P. Neison, Esq. This Office is provided with very accurately constructed tables, by which it can assure unsound lives on equitable terms. Similar tables enable the Society to grant increased annuities on unsound lives, the amount varying with the particular disease. Members of consumptive families assured at equitable rates. Healthy lives are assured on lower terms than at most ether offices. The first Life Assurance Society eommenced business in 1705, and the principles of life contingencies, understood at that time to a very limited extent only, have repeatedly undergone important changes and improvements; but till the establishment of this So ciety in 1841 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 labouring 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 Second place, because that branch of assurance must, from its own nature, be less hazardous, and its principles rest on a more permanent foundation. These 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. twee!) 15-60 years of age, and in the following remarks we refer exclusively to this period of life. It will he found that the deaths in the metropolis for the two years preceding 1842 were, from all causes, 30,518 ; and Irons consumption alone, 10,688 ; showing that more than one-third of the total deaths in that period of life takes place from tt.e preva lence of a single disease ; and if 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—in Bir mingham, Liverpool and Manchester, the deaths from all causes, per annum, are about 5,023, while those from consumption are 1,988, forming considerably more than one-third of the whole. The same thing will be found to hold good in the large towns In Scot land, in six of which the deaths in a given period, 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 snore 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, on 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, the value and importance of the new feature of this society cannot fail to be justly appreciated. The second point 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 in 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; but the same test has beets 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 fluctuation was only 7i per cei.t., anti in five diseases in a different district the fluctuation was about 7 per cent., while among eleven in another locality, and even with small numbers, the fluctuation did not exceed 6.2 per cent. ; and taking the principal towns in England, including Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, &c., the fluctuation over eleven of the more important diseases was 6'4 per cent. The remarkable uniformity in these results cannot fail to pro. duce a conviction of the positive character of the law of mortality in disease; indeed, there seems to be nothing within the whole range of the doctrine of probabilities so well defined as the snot. tality of diseased lives. The mortality of the general population has frequently been referred to by writers as an example of the cer tainty of common events, but the preceding remarks must show with how much greater certainty the mortality of diseased lives can be depended on. It is perhaps right to state, that, in applying the test of fluctuation to disease, it has not been confined to one place or class of lives, but has been extended to the principal towns in England and Scotland, as well as to many rural districts in Eng land, and included the experience of one or two large societies of select lives. This has afforded an opportunity of judging of the effects of locality and its sanatory condition on the duration of life, and a remarkable fact has thus been developed, viz., that the value of life generally is much greater in the coun. try districts than in large cities; but that of those persons who suffer from disease the value of life is nearly the same. As an example of this—the expectation at the age of 90 in the country districts is 36.7 years; in cities (viz., Glasgow) 27.6 years—diffe rence 33 per cent. nearly; but take the case of persons of that age in whom the conswmptive tendency is developed, and who will ultimately die of consumption, and their expectation of life in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, will be found to be 14 . 5, in cities (Glasgow) 14.4, and in the metropolis, Manchester, Bir mingham, 13'9 ; difference •017 per cent. (or 1.57 per cent.) It therefore appears that while the difference between country and town life in the former case is about 33 per cent., that in the latter instance (consumption) the difference is almost nothing, and the results nearly uniform. The same thing holds good with some other diseases, which have been investigated in this manner. Thi s fact, although not generally understood, is only what might have been expected by a careful consideration of the conclusion formerly arrived at—that the fluctuation of the law of mortality in disease is confined within a very narrow limit, and consequently little in. fluenced by external circumstances. It hence appears that the fluctuation in the mortality of diseased lives is much less than a.nong select lives and the population gene. rally, and therefore the risk of assuring diseased lives must also be less. 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On the motion of T: LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., J. C. Ruding Esq., was called to the chair. We observed that the following Directors and Pro prietors were present :—J. C. Ruding, Esq., Chair man ;:.T. L. Murray, Esq., Maurice O'Connell, Esq., Robert Sutton, jun., Esq., Hon. Colonel Leicester Stanhope, JaMes Reade, Esq., J. J. Keene, Esq., Jphn Rawson, Esq., F. B. Renshaw Esq., Fowler Newsom, Esq., A. P. Johnson, Esq., W. L. Wheeler, `Esq. ' J. Wheeler, E sq ., J o h n G reen, E sq. (Wex ford), -Charles -Rule Esq., Charles Bianconi, Esq. (Clonmel); R.:M. Jones, Esq., J. L. Wheeler, Esq., „' illiam King, Esq., E. J. Daniell, Esq., Morris Bixter, Esq., John anson, Esq. (Hitchin), Nicholas Maher, Esq., M.P., and J. B. Bacon, Esq. The. CHAIRMAN said he was happy to meet the Shareholders on this their ninth meeting, and ex pressed his regret that it should become his duty to take the chair in consequence of the unavoidable ab sence of the Governor of the Bank, Daniel O'Connell, icir. N. S. KING, the Secretary, having been called on by the Chairman, read the advertisement conven ing the meeting. The CHAIRMAN then called upon the Secretary to read the report, which was accordingly read as follows : The Directors of the National Bank of Ireland, in pre senting the ninth annual report to the Shareholders, have to revert to the events which occurred during the year 1842, and exerted so powerful an influence in mili tating against the usual prosperity of the banking inte rest generally, by interposing a difficulty in realising profits equal to those which have been obtained under more favourable circumstances. The continued depression in trade, and the consequent reduction in prices, have co-operated to limit the demand for the resources of the Bank, and thereby occasioned a large amount of its means to be diverted from those channels whence the profits of the Company have usu ally been derived in periods of greater p ros p er ity. The Directors have carefully watched the business transacted during the past year, and have taken advan tage of every opportunity of extending it, where they considered such extension to be safe and beneficial, and they feel confident, by a steady perseverance in this course, together with a constant supervision of the affairs of the Bank, that the result will prove satisfac tory to the Proprietors. The difficulty of finding employment for money, and the low rate of interest obtained, induced the Directors to reduce the annual dividend from 6to 5 per cent. In adopting this measure their object has been to consult the best interests of the Proprietors ; at the same time the Directors have to assure them that from the present prospects of the Bank, they have a firm reliance on its increasing prosperity, proportionate to the improvements that may take place in the trade and commerce of the country. The Directors hope that no alteration will be made by the Government in the laws relating to banking in Ireland that can have a tendency to limit the amount of accommodations which the joint-stock banks have at present the power of affording to the respective interests in that country, where the absence of private capital has been one of the chief causes which have obstructed the development of its resources, and it is therefore the more necessary that a sound end liberal system of bank ing should exist, and that no measures should be adopted that would deprive the joint-stock banks of the capability of meeting the requirements of the public, as the effect would be to oppress the industry of the agri cultural and commercial classes. It now remains for the Directors to lay before the Proprietors the usual statement s of account : The undivided profits at Dec. 1842, were £31,316 14 0 Net profits for the year ending Dec. 1843 49,536 3 4 Deduct half-year's dividend for Midsummer, 1843 .£10,500 Do. do. do. Christmas 8,750 19 ' 250 0 0 Leaving atiount of qadivided pro fits at Dec. 1846; • £30,286 3 4 There are now to be elected six Directors, of whom four are in the room of A. P. Johnson, Esq., Fowler Newsom, Esq., T. B. Renshaw, Esq., and S. I'. Rick man, Esq., whose seats at the Board arc vacated by ro tation, and all of whom (excepting Mr. Rickman, who is deceased) are candidates for the office, and eligible to be re-elected; and two in the room of Directors who have disqualified. J. C. RUDING, Chairman. The CHAIRMAN moved that the report be received, adopted, printed, and circulated among the Pro prietors. M. BIANCONI, in seconding the motion, said that he had great pleasure in finding that the Directors had been enabled to lay before the meeting such an agreeable state of their affairs. It was gratifying to find that so small an amount had been taken from their rest to pay the dividend. The amount taken from the rest was much less than, under the circumstances, he had expected it would have been. The motion was then pit, and carried unanimously. Mr. WHEELER then moved that A. P. Johnson, Esq., Fowler Newsom, Esq., and F. B. Henshaw, Esq., whose seats at the Board were vacated by rota tion, should be re- e l ecte d D i rectors. The motion having been seconded, and put by the Chairman, was declared to be carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said it had now become their duty to elect a Director in the room of S. P. Rickman, Esq., deceased. Charles Bianconi, of Clonmel, had been proposed by Ed war d Brenan, Esq., of Clonmel, and seconded by Sir Benj. Morris Wall, of Water ford. 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The Court was made special for the purpose of receiv ing and considering the report of the surveyors as to whether tho line of arch adopted for the main line of the ltanelagh sewer, in Gloucester road, P a dd ing t on , b e t h e best for the purpose, and detailing the causes which have led to the necessity of rebuilding, with any other cir cumstances attending the failure of the sewer. Captain Gaunt, the Chairman of the Commissioners of Sewers for the Tower Hamlets, was sworn in a Com missioner. Upon the suggestion of the Chairman a Special Court was ordered to he summoned for Tuesday next, for the purpose of considering the report of the surveyors as to the covering in the King's Scholars' Pond sewer. The surveyors of the Court presented their additional report with respect to the Ranelagh sewer, in Gloucester road, Paddington, from which it appeared that, after opening thirty feet and sixty feet of the line, they were clearly of opinion that the accident that had taken place was attributable to the wall not being properly backed up, and to the bad materials used. Mr. Dowi.Ev, the principal surveyor of the Court, suggested, at the conclusion of the report, that the work should be inspected by some persons of the highest pro fessional reputation, in order that they might give their opinion as to the present state of the works, and the best means of remedying the accident that had taken place. Mr. HAwKiNs, the last appointed assistant-surveyor to the Court, stated that he had put his name to the report because he understood that he was called upon to do so by the regulations uf the Court. He wished, how ever, to make some short explanation to the Court, in order that they might understand the precise situation in which he stood. Not having been an officer of the Court at the time at which the sewer was built, he could not speak with such certainty as to the cause of the acci dent as Mr. Dowley and Mr. Doull, who had superin tended the erection of the works. ' ry After some discussion, it was determined that Mr. Hawkins should be at liberty to withdraw his name from the report that had just been read, and should make a separate report of his own. Mr. Hawkins then retired, and in the course of an hour he returned to the Court with a report of his own drawing up, which stated that he attributed the accident principally to the gradual subsiding of the ground upon which the sewer was built, together with the extremely bad backing that had taken place of the walls. lie considered that the execution of the building was not of that sound character which a. work of such importance and such magnitude required. _ _ On the motion of Mr. LESLIE, both reports, together with the 35 sections that had been made of the defalca tion in the sewers, were ordered to be printed. Several of the officers of the Court were then exa mined, among whom were Mr. Dowley, Mr. Bell, Mr. 1)oull, Mr. Ilawkins, and Mr. Philips, as to the state of the works, and from their evidence it appeared most dis tinctly that the defalcations that had taken place in the sewer were attributable, not to any malformation of the sewer, but to the inferior workmanship and materials. that had been used in it. The last witness, Mr. Philips, stated that a more slovenly or disgraceful piece of workmanship he had never seen turned out by any person in his life. If the walls had been properly backed up they would never have given way. There were only 50 bricks in the arch, whereas there ought to have been 54. Mr. BIRD, the contractor for the Company, said it would be impossible to put so many bricks into the arch. After some discussion, Mr. CIIMBERLEDGE moved that notice should be given to Mr. Bird, the contractor, of the failure of the sewer in Gloucester-road, and that the Court held him re sponsible, and expected to receive from him an imme diate proposal for its restoration. He was afraid if they did not hold Mr. Bird responsible on the present occa sion, they would have their works very inefficiently per formed in future. He thought Mr. Bird ought to come forward, and say he was sorry for the failure, and was willing to take his part in rectifying the matter. Mr. LESLIE seconded the motion. M. LE BRETTON moved, as an amendment, that two eminent civil engineers should be called in, and examine and report on the state of the sewer. Mr. MAnmorr seconded the amendment. Mr. WILLOUGHBY supported the motion of Mr. Cumberledge. He thought the circumstances that had been brought forward were overwhelming to call upon the Court to give notice to the contractor. After some observations from Mr. Harrison, Mr. F. Byng, and Mr. Hawkes, the Court divided, when there appeared — For the amendment ... 4 Against it ll Majority against the amendment The Court again divided upon the original motion, when there appeared— For the original motion Against it M ' - ajority for the original motion... —7 The original motion of Mr. Cumberledge was, con sequently, carried. The Court then adjourned till Tuesday, the 28th inst SUGAR AND COFFEE DUTIES. THE WEST INDIA BODY. On Tuesday, pursuant to public advertisement, a general meeting of planters, merchants, and others interested in the British West India colonies, took place at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, "to consider the propriety of peti tioning the Legislature against any alteration in the duties on sugar, coffee, and cocoa, which should not embrace a re duction of the duties OR similar produce from the British possessions." Viscount Combermere was called on to preside. The Earl of Harewood, Viscount St. Vincent, Lord Saltoun, Lord Reay, Sir W. Codrington, Bart., M.P., Sir A. L. Hay, M.P., Sir A. Grant, T. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P., Sir W. W. Dolling, Bart., Sir John Rae Reid, Sir R. C. Dallas, Sir Alexander Crichton, Colonel Lindsay, M.P., Sir R. Houston, Bart., Mr. John Stewart, M.P., Mr. R. Bernal, M.P., Mr. J. B. East, M.P., :Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P., Mr. J. A. Mackinnon, M.P., Mr. J. Irving, M.P., Mr. Neil Malcom, Mr. Barge, Mr. Hibbert, Mr. Carrington, Mr. Kynaston, Mr. Maxwell Alexander, and a number of other influential West India proprietors were present. The Noble CHAIRMAN observed that the meeting had been convened in consequence of the determination of her Majesty's Government to make such an alteration of the duties on sugar, &c., as would, unless a strenuous effort were made on the part of the West India proprietary to resist it, involve the whole of them in utter ruin. A variety of representations had been made to her Majesty's Ministers upon the subject, but without success, and the only course now open to them was an appeal to the Legislature.— (Hear.) The resolutions it was intended to propose, were as mild as under all the circumstances they could be expected to be, anti exhibited forcibly the injuries which had been in flicted on the West India body of proprietors since the aboli tion of slavery.—(Hear.) All they now sought for was pro tection, and they had a nght to demand that, if the duties on the sugar of foreign colonial produce were to be reduced, the duties on British colonial sugar should be reduced also. The Noble Lord concluded by hoping that the representations which would be made that day would induce her Majesty's Government to take the matter into their earnest and serious con sideration.—(Cheers.) The Earl of HAREWOOD proposed the first resolution. He felt the greatest reliance on her Majesty's Government ;Istill he was convinced that if their proposed measure were carried out it would tend much to the injury of the British colonies. (Hear.) He possessed an estate in Jamaica, upon which his grandfather had expended from 11,0001. to 12,0001. in hard cash, and which had generally yielded no return. Indeed, since slavery had been abolished, he had felt it necessary to lay the land in fallow, and give up entirely the cultivation of the estate.—(Hear.) Prior to the abolition of slavery there were 400 slaves on that estate, but now there was net a quarter of that number of labourers. He hoped the Govern ment would see the necessity of altering their opinions. Sir EDWARD HYDE EAST seconded the resolution, and contended that if the project of Ministers were carried, it would not only destroy the West India colonies, but tend greatly to depreciate our commercial and State navy. The resolution was carried unanimously. Lord SALTOUN proposed the second resolution. He was received with applause. He thanked the meeting for the warmth with which they had received him on his return to England. He had had very little to do with the West India colonies in his own person, but he had ample opportunities of knowing the claim which the West India colonists had upon the kind feelings of the mother country, and he could not shut his eyes to the fact that great injury would result to the British colonies if the proposition of the Government were carried out.—(Hear, hear.) It was not only the West India proprietary body that had to be looked to; they must bear in mind the vast amount of money wholly arising from West India property, upon which widows and fatherless children were dependent.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CARLNGTON, in seconding the resolution, showed that it was by legislation on the part of the mother country, and through no act of their own, that the British West India islands were reduced to their present position. He repudiated the idea that the colonies themselves had established slavery, and declared that, although his property, by its abolition, had dwindled from thousands to hundreds, he would sooner that it dwindled to nothing than return to that most inhuman and debasing system.—(Cheers.) If the present Government were determined to carry out certain dogmas of political economy, such as cheap sugar, &c., for the mere sake of po pularity here, they had no right to do so at the expense of the British colonists. The motion was carried. Lord REAY moved the third resolution. Mr. MACKINNON, M.P., seconded the motion. The British Government had given the colonists 17 millions by way of compensation, when it was proved, in 1832, that the value of their property was 140 millions; therefore to say the former sum was compensation was absurd. He contended that the Ministry had no right to earn popularity at home by taking money out of the pockets of the West India colonists.— (Hear, hear.) The duty and freight of sugar of West India produce did not amount to less than 335. per hundred weight, and add to that 275. for the cost of production, it amounted to nearly 60s. Now, we could purchase Manilla *agar for 17s. per cwt. in bond, and adding a duty of 345., made 51s.— thus underselling the West India proprietor by Bs. or 9s. per cwt. in the market. If the Government were really desirous of giving the public cheap sugar, why did they not reduce the duty on West India grown sugar to 205., and keep fo reign sugar at 345.?-(Hear.) Viscount ST. VINCENT moved the fourth resolution. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT, in seconding the proposition, ad verted to the loss the planters had suffered from the term of apprenticeship having been abridged. Abolition of slavery , reduced the annual importation from the West India islands and British Guyana from between four and five million hun dred weight of sugar annually, to three million five hundred and twenty thousand six hundred and seventy-six hundred weights ; and, in 1841, when the apprenticeship was abo lished, the importation fell to 2,148,218 cwts. The loss upon this, including the eight out of the twelve years' apprentice ship, which the colonists had lost, amounted to upwards of fourteen millions sterling.—(Hear, hear.) He therefore de nounced the present attempt still further to take money out of their pockets.—(Hear.) This resolution was adopted. Sir W. Codrington, Sir A. Leith Hay, Sir 'R. Dallas, Mr. J. Stewart, M.P., Sir John Rae Reid, Mr. P. M. Stewart, M.P., Mr. J. Smith, M.P., and other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and the remainder of the resolutions, fifteen in number, were agreed to, as ,was also a petition to the_Legis lature founded on them. Thanks having been awarded to the Noble Chairman, the meeting separated. MUNIFICENT DONATION.— Mrs. Gee, of Earls Colne, has given the sum of 2,0001. towards the erection of a third church in the parish of Halsted; and a further sum of 1,0001. towards the endowment. The church is to be erected at Greenstead-green, about two and a half miles from the town.—lpswich Express. PEEL'S NEW MONETARY SCIIEME.—The leading London journals have hailed the new monetary project with acclamation—eminent private bankers have given it their concurrence—and the economists regard it as a bold step towards the 'realization of their principles. At this we are not much surprised. The English, having never enjoyed the advantages of a safe paper currency, are not unwilling that it should be held severely in check ; and the dread they have of panics from over-speculation, and loss from the failure of unsound banks, has blinded them to the rcater danger of a constant and steady decline in commercial greatness, from a despotic carrying out of the principles of reel's Bill Of 1819. That any of our Scottish journalists should take the same one-sided view, is to us, however, a matter of some astonish ment. They know that paper issues can be rendered per fectly safe, and a very little reflection should satisfy them that, if there be any truth at all in the alleged influence on prices of contractions and expansions of the currency, a sys tem which provides a fixed amount of money to measure the value of a constantly-increasing quantity of goods, must produce a constant sinking of prices —a reduction of profits— and, consequently, manufacturing and commercial distress. It is strange, too, that they should not perceive the real effect of Sir Robert Peel's proposal, which is neither more nor less than to give Government the virtual control of the whole issues of the country—a power which few Ministries ought to be invested with.—Aberdeen Herald. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH LANCA SHIRE. MANCHESTER, MONDAY EvENING.—Mr Brown, the free trade candidate, continued his canvass this morning, accom panied by Mr. Cobden, Mr. Thomas Potter (son of Sir T. Potter), Mr. Thomas Bright (brother of the Hon. Member for Durham), Mr. Scholefied, of Rochdale; and our first movement was to the beautiful vale of Todmordeb, or the "liappy Valley" as it h as b een called. We proceeded by the Manchester and Leeds Railway; and the journey, which is little more than twenty miles, was accomplished in an hour. Mr. Brown was received by a host of friends here, in cluding the following eminent manufacturers:—Wm. Haiti well, Esq. ; Abraham Ormerod, Esq. ; Royston'Oliver, Esq. ; John Veevers, Esq.; Greenwood Stones, Esq.; William Bar ker, Esq. ; W. Ormerod, Esq. ; Peter Ormerod, Esq. ; John Greenwood, Esq.; James Greenwood, Esq.; John Earnshaw; Esq. (Bacup); William Chambers, Esq.; Charles Chambers, Esq.; Robert Howarth, Esq. (Bacup); Robert Greenwood, Esq.; William Fielden, Esq. (Clough); and James Fielden, Esq., brother of the Hon. Member for Oldham. lam told that Peregrine Edward Townely, Esq., father of the late candidate for the representation of the division (Charles Townely, Esq.), had been here till within a few minutes of our arrival, intending to introduce Mr. Brown to the elec tors, but the train being behind its time, he was compelled to leave before it came up. Mr. Brown, on his arrival, at once proceeded to address the large assemblage of people (between 3,000 and 4,000), and was received with most enthusiastic cheering. Mr. W. Halliwell occupied the chair, and after Mr. Brown had finished his address, a list of not less than twenty questions were put tolim by a Chartist, and most of them answered apparently to the satisfaction of the meeting. Mr. Cobdenfollowed in one of his most telling speeches, after which a resolution was put, to the effect that Mr. Brown was a fit and proper person to represent the southern division of Lancashire, and carried by a large majority. There are from 170 to 180 voters at Todmorden, and out of these the free traders calculate on a majority of at least 100 1 After the meeting, they adjourned to the hotel. The next place in the route was Rochdale, and as Mr. Brown entered his carriage, the whole neighbourhood seemed to have sent forth its entire population to greet him, and he left umidat the cheers of more than 6,000 people. The distance from Todmorden to Bodidate by the turnpike is about ten miles, and with thaitid of four good horses the first half of this road, which gases through one of the most romantic and picturesque voted, in England was performed in little more , than twenty minutes. The journey forward from this point, however, was much slower. arties of gentle men on horseback, and groups of carriages werO in waiting at the junction of the different roads with that along which the route lay, and as we neared the town of Rochdale still more, a procession on foot, with bands of music, and colours flying, joined, so that considerable time was consumed. /51r. Brown entered Rochdale about on e o ' c l oc k. At this time there were in the procession not less than one hundred and fifty gentlemen on horseback, a string of open carriages reaching a third of a mile, and there could not be less tha n from 15,000 to 20,000 people on f oo t, w h o greete d t h e candi date with deafening cheers, until he reached a plot of ground called the Butts, behind Tweedale's Hotel, Rochdale. Here the hustings had been prepared, and Mr. Brown was formally introduced to the electors by John Fenton, Esq., late Mem ber for the borough. The chair was taken by Mr. Fenton, and . Mr. Brown at once proceeded to deliver his sentiments. He was afterwards interrogated by some of the extreme Radicals; and though not coming exactly up to their "mark" in all his answers, he went through his facings with a success equal to that which had attended his catechising at Todmorden, and was loudly cheered. Mr. LIVESET, the chief questioner, said they had put the same questions to Mr. Brown as they had a few days before to Mr. Entwisle ; and though Mr. Brown did not go so far as he could wish, there was a degree of toleration about his sentiments much more deserving of their applause than had been displayed by the Conservative candidate. Mr. COBDEN was called for afterwards, and was received with great cheering. He said Mr. Brown did not come up to his point on many questions; but he was a free trader, and he believed him to be an honest free trader. This was a free trade contest ; and as the result of the contest went in favour of Entwisle or Brown, so would the rest of the coun try set the people of Lancashire to be free traders or mono polists.—(Loud ,cheers.) The Chartists, who had come for ward here, had said first that free trade was humbug, and then they said, " Give us the Charter, and we'll repeal the corn-laws and all other monopolies." But bow could they with any honesty call upon him to support the Charter, in the hopes of getting free trade through it, when the Chartists professed to be against free trade ?—(Cheers.) A resolution, pledging the meeting to support the free trade candidate, was carried unanimously, and amidst im mense cheering. A cold collation had been prepared at Tweedale's Hotel, and to this the candidate and his friends were invited, im mediately on the termination of the meeting. The chair was taken by John Fenton, Esq. (magistrate of the county), the vice-chair by William Chadwick, Esq. (magistrate of the county); and the following gentlemen were also among those who took seats at the table : Henry Kensall, Esq. (county magistrate), Robert Schofield, Esq., James Schofield, Esq., Jam es Gibson, Esq„ Thomas Turner, Esq„ James Chadwick, Esq., George Ashworth, Esq. (county magistrate); Robert lleape, Esq., Robert Taylor Ilene, Esq., Thomas Bright, Esq., James Schofield, jun., Esq., Benjamin Schofield, Esq., Robert Pagan, Esq., Robert Leach Tweedale, Esq., James Leach, Esq., Robert Tweedale, Esq., R. Kelsall, Esq., James Hoyle, Esq., John Hoyle, Esq., James Hoyle, ,jun. Esq., Thomas Hoyle, Esq., James Holt, Esq., Tomas Booth, Esq., Thomas Holland, Esq., W. Molt, Esq., John Ashworth, Esq., Thomas Ashworth, Esq., Andrew Steward, Esq., and James Howard, Esq. Refreshments hav ing been partaken of, the health of the candidate was given and responded to with enthusiasm. Rochdale has 1,465 voters on the list (the district of which it is the polling place), and here, in ' 1837, the Tories polled 510 votes, and the Liberals 509 ; on this occasion there will be a great majority against the Tories. Oldham was the next place of meeting. The free trade candidate left Rochdale as he entered, accompanied by an immense procession, the greater part of which were left be hind at the outskirts of the town, but the horsemen and car riages went on to Oldham, a distance of nearly six miles. About midway between the two towns the escort was in creased to nearly 500 horsemen and about fifty open carriages; and this splendid cavalcade entered Oldham about four o'clock, where it was received by a con course of people lining both sides of the road, amounting to many thousands, and extending nearly two miles. A. meeting in the spacious Town-hall of this borough was awaiting the arrival of Mr. Brown, and by this meeting, which was densely crowded, he was received with loud laudits. The chair was taken by Ho ra ti o N e l son , E sq ., (county magistrate) ; and amongst the principal gentlemen present were—Jonathan Mellor, Esq., (county magistrate); Elijah Hibberts, Esq., (magistrate of the county); Josiah Ratcliffe, Esq. ; John Platt., Esq. ; Joseph Platt, Esq. ; John Lees, Esq. ; Samuel Lees, Esq. ; Jesse Ainsworth, Esq. ; Esau Lees, Esq.; Job Lees, Esq. ; Thomas Robinson, Esq.; J. Cheetham, Esq. ' • Jonathan Hague, Esq. ; J. Scholes Hague, Esq.—[ This list of gentlemen includes none of the escort who accompanied Mr. Brown into the town on horseback and in carriages, these gentlemen being shut eut by the meeting having previously assembled.] The candi date addressed the meeting for about half an hour, after which some questions were put, and though the latter were not of much interest, both his answers and speech served to create a decidedly favourable impression. His sentiments on free trade were received with unanimous aid enthusiastic ap plause. After Mr. Cobden had' addressed the audience the usual resolution of fitness, &c., was passed, and the meeting adjourned. . The party left for Ashton about a quarter to six o'clock, where another meeting had been called to receive the free trade candidate. The distance is about four miles, and Mr. Brown was escorted the whole distance by a large body of gentlemen on horseback, who had come over on purpose . from Ashton. There were also about a dozen open carriages in the escort here. Almost the whole line of road was lined by people who cheered the party as it passed. A crowded meeting had already assembled in the lown-hall when they arrived, and the proceedings were at once commenced, not withstanding loud cries foran adjournment to the open air. Among the principal freeholders present were—John Cheet ham, Esq. (county magistrate) ; John Whittaker, Esq.; William Bayley, Esq. ; James Lord, Esq. (county magis trate) ; Samuel Robinson, Esq. ; Oldham Whittaker, Esq. ; Ralph Kershaw, Esq. ; T. B. Potter, Esq. ; Henry Bayley, Esq. ; Nathan Lees, Esq. ; George Higginbottom, Req. ; Nathaniel Buckley, Esq. (county magistrate) ; Watkins Lees, Esq. ; J. H. Southern, Esq. ; John Knott, Esq. ; Hugh Mason, Esq. ; J. S. Buckley, Esq. ; Samuel Earnshaw, f Esq. ; Henry Gartside, Esq.; John Buckley, Esq. ; James Kershaw, Esq. ; W. H. Sutcliffe, Esq. ; Dr. Campbell ; Charles Jos. Buckley, Esq. ; Frederick Rayner, Esq. ; Alfred Rayner, Esq.; W. Peacock, Esq.; James Dean, E sq. ; Henry tees, Esq. ; Edward Davies, Esq.; Samuel Peacock, Esq. ; John Woolley, Esq. ; and Dr. Strange. John Cheetham, Esq., was called to the chair, and intro duced Mr. Brown, who spoke for about forty minutes, and was loudly cheered. Mr. Cobden followed, a nd the usua l vote, pledging the meeting to support the free trade candi date, was carried unanimously. Mr. Brown and his friedds returned to Manchester at a late hour; and he is to address a meeting of freeholders here to-morrow. Mr. Entwisle, the Conservative candidate, has been at Bury and Bolton to-day, where the spirit manifested on his behalf was very tame, and the proceedings of little interest. THE DESTRUCTION of NAWORTR CASTLE. IifONDAY, MAY 20.—The fasts mentioned in our communi cation of Saturday are all confirmed. The beautiful Castle is a ruin, and all its relics of antiquity are destroy e d. By the untiring exertions of Mr. Ramahay, the Earl of Carlisle's steward, and some of the principal tenantry in the vicinity, the family papers and muniments were rescued, and some unimportant parts of the furniture are preaerved, but from its extreme antiquity the greater part of it could not bear removal, and what the fire spared has been hope lessly damaged. The books, furniture, &e., in Lord William Howard's apartments were thrown from the window, and of cotuse destroyed ; but the apartments themselves have escaped, although the lower part of the tower is much burnt. The fire, it appears, was first discovered about half-past three o'clock, and not at noon, as before stated, by a son of Mr. Orridge, the governor of Carlisle gaol, who happened accidentally to be present, and it was owing to his presence of mind that assistance was procured in time to save any of the property. Thera were none but women in the Castle when the fire was discovered, and the young gentleman ran not less than two miles to Kirkhaus, where there are some collieries belonging to the Earl of Carlisle, to procure as sistance, and also dispatched messengers to Carlisle and Brampton. The fire is supposed to have originated in the Porter's lodge, in consequence of the flues being out of order or too much intersected with wood ; and although there was an impression at first that it was the act of an incendiary, this is certainly not the impression now. The Castle is said to have been insured to the amount of 10,0001., and it is gratifying to be able to add that there was neither life nor limb endangered by the fire, although there were thousands present. THE -LATE RIOTS IN THE ISLE OP MAN.—The house property of Douglas has been valued at 356,7814, and on each 1001. a levy of ls. 3d. has been made to defray the wages done to property by the copper aud potatoe rioters IMPORTANT TO FOREIGNERS. (From the Boulogne Gazette.) GRIEVE V. LUDDY. This is perhaps one of the most important cases for foreigners that ever came before the tribunal of France. It shows to perfection the hardship of their position, and the robbery and plunder that may be committed, and for which the unfortunate foreigner has no redress from the French law. That our readers may perfectly understand the whole case we shall give a summary as stated by the , counsel for the defendant at the trial. Mr. C. R. Broughton died in Boulogne, 1832, be queathing all he possessed to Mrs. Luddy, and appointed Messrs. Kirkham Fowell and Samuel Heyward Budd, two Englishmen, his executors. The defendant was then in America; on returning to Europe he called upon the executors for their accounts. These they refused him. Fearful from this that everything was not right, he insti uted inquiries, and after, in vain for three years, en eavouring to get an account from them, he called upon ' he Tribnnal of Boulogne to compel them to give an a the c c o i p i l n e t a and tha t d t i i s i t e r i c b o u u t e r , t 8 at of l e F a r s a t n , c t e h e h a f d u n n d o s in ti executorsff and resisted e this nda on n t s had be a o u b s e t a i t n h e e d d i c u e e F a r s a e n d c , the e.Tiplelajurisdiction, which they were all English. The Court by their decision in 1836 eni th ed at y s t o o lo t n h g e • but they o refused this,. us and ed t 0 sent part the,it with one plaintiff on e p fnoyr ofr English Courts. Whilst the executors remained in ' France he had no remedy in England. In 1838, however, he got a sort of account from them by which they acknowledged to have received upwards of 6,000/., as a chancery suit existed, vi hich had been com menced against the deceased and was carried on by a bill of revivor against Mr. Budd, who alone had proved the will in England. lle found, therefore, he was at their mercy, as they might prolong the suit of chancery till lie was in the grave. Ile agreed then to their terms, insisting , upon one thing, that they should not meddle in any of the affairs of the estate, that they should hand over to him all papers, and give him an irrevotable power of attorney to transact all the business of the estate, to receive all moneys due, and settle and com promise all demands. Armed with this power he has tened to England and commenced a correspondence with Mr. Grieve, the plaintiff in the action before the Court last week, and who was Trustee for the parties plaintiffs in the chancery suit. After four years it was agreed between them that the suit should be compro • mised on the payment of 2,375/. which was to be paid out of a fund in Court, consisting of 1201. a year long an nuities and 900/. interest due thereon, the defendant ex pecting to touch 6001. of that, and to be enabled imme diately to call upon the executors either to pay the money which they held, or to give security for it. Fowell and Budd were partners in a bank in Boulogne ; no sooner was the above compromise made, than Budd separated himself from the firm, which shortly after be came bankrupt. Fowell fled to England to escape his creditors here, and his conduct there was the occasion of the suit before the Tribunal last week. On arriving in London he went to the attorney of Grieve, stated his name, and his sorrow that the affair was not settled with the executors, and offered, if the parties would agree, not only to hand them over the whole of the fund in Court, but also to pay them eleven hundred pounds be sides, being seventeen hundred pounds more than they had previously agreed to take, the deed for which had been already prepared and should have been then signed. Without informing Mr. Luddy of what was passing, the offer of Fowell was accepted and reduced to writing, Fowell still farther binding himself, that if the eleven hundred pounds was not paid within a month, that all his commercial establishment in France was liable for the debt, and that he empowered Mr. Joseph Woollett to dispose of it, and hold the funds accruing from it, for the benefit, of Mr. Grieve to the extent of 1,100/., although he was then a bankrupt, and knew that nothing in France be longed to him. On this agreement, to which Mr. Budd consented, the parties obtained an amicable decree from the Court of Chancery forthwith, and after this decree was obtained, the defendant, for the first time, knew the shameful and disgraceful proceedings that had been car ried on, evidently to injure him, for both Fowell and Budd knew that they had made away with all the funds of the estate, and had nothing wherewith to pay the 1,1001. On the failure of Fowell, the defendant had applied to the assignee and had his claim allowed. But no sooner was a dividend declared than the plaintiff Grieve ap plied to the Tribunal for the dividend of 6,000 francs— not a shilling in the pound—to be paid over to him, in consequence, Ist, of the agreement with Fowell, anti, 2d, of the Decree in Chancery against Budd to psy the eleven hundred pounds, not one farthing of which he had paid, although he had received upwards of 6,000/. This the defendant resisted, Ist, declaring the Court in competent to act, as all the parties were foreigners, and he read to them their former decision ; 2d, from the iniquity of the whole proceeding, which he proved by the letters of the attorney agreeing to take from him 2,375/., and he had already received much more than that sum ; 3d, that Powell had no right to make such an agreement, as it was fraudulent ; 4th, that the decree in Chancery was a dead letter, so far as he was concerned; inasmuch as it was a decree against Samuel Heyward Budd, who ought to pay the money he had agreed to pay, out of the 6,0001. he had received for the benefit of the estate, one farthing of which the defendant hail never seen ; and that the decree was not against the defendant, and that therefore the Court had no right to consider it for one moment ; sth, if the decree had any force in France, it was against Budd, and against him they ought, to proceed. Such are the facts of the case, which were ably argued by Mr. Martinet fOr the plaintiff, and by Mr. Cannier for the defence. The judgment of the Court was as fol lows, upon which we shall, with all due deference, make a few observations next week : "That Mrs. Luddy by the death of Mr. Broughton was entitled to his property and proved on the bank ruptcy of his executors for one hundred and forty-four thousand eight hundred and eleven francs, as being due to her by the bankrupts, upon which she was entitled to a dividend exceeding 6,000 f. " That Mr. Grieve, a pretended creditor, placed a saisie arret upon that dividend in the hands of the syndic ; that the French tribunal is competent to take into its consideration the judgments of a foreign tribunal; that Grieve produces such a judgment, but not as ren dered against Luddy, and this tribunal not being able to decide between Luddy and Grieve, still is bound to look after the interest of both parties, and it therefore gives Grieve six months to obtain the decision of an English tribunal'against Luddy, at the end of which time the Court is to be again applied to, when the expenses will be considered." STATISTICAL SOCIETY, May 20. Lieutenant-Colonel Sykes, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. The subject for the evening was entitled " A Third Con tribution towards a knowledge of the Influence of Employ ments upon Health, by Dr. Guy." On this occasion the at tention of the members was confined to the disease - known, unfortunately too well in this country, as pulmonary con sumption. The number of deaths from this dreaded and dreadful malady occurring in every year in England and Wales, is in the round numbers 36,000, being rather less than one-ninth of the mortality for all cases, at all ages, and one in less than six of the total deaths occurring above fifteen • years of age. Dr. Guy classed his patients under three heads, gentry, tradesmen, and artisans, and found, the result of great labour, that the per centage proportion of deaths was far less in the gentry than in the artisans, the tradesmen holding an intermediate place. Dr. Guy inquires, "is it possible to place the tradesmen and the artisans in the same favourable cir cumstances as the gentry?" It would be a great stretch of imagination to suppose that it could be done at once. In all great ameliorations time is an essential element— time for the reformation of bad habits—time for the widening of streets, the enlarging of houses, the re constructing of workshops, the shortening of hours of labour, for drainage and ventilation, for the more abundant supply of water, for !public baths, for the increase of open spaces, for exercise and recreation. Habits of intemperance will not suddenly grow into disease, nor will a desire for pure air be created in a day. As in the case of temperance, so in that of ventilation, the example must be set by the higher classes, before the contagion can be expected to spread to the lower. So long as the rich shall be content to endure the stifling atmosphere of crowded places of assembly, whe ther public or private, the poor may be expected to remain indifferent to the foul air of their workshops, and to submit without a murmur to the manifold inconveniences of their places of residence. It is only, then, after the lapse of years, that the condition of the tradesman and artisan can be ex pected to be so improved as to reduce their present fearful mortality from consumption to the low level of the more for ward classes. Much, however, may be done at once. Some provision at least may be made for the ventilation of houses and workshops, and for the shortening of hours of labour. Such a provision would save, in the metropolis alone, many hundreds of lives every year. This is not a matter of conjec ture, or a loose estimate merely, but admits of demonstra tion. A very spirited and interesting discussion followed the reading of the paper, and the meeting, which was very nu merous, separated at a late hour. BlRTH. — Yesterday - morning the lady of Captain John Rhodes Pidding, of Sydenham, of a son. DEBTORS AND CREDITORS—=LORD BROUGHAM'S BILL.—The Bill introduced by Lord Brougham, which has been read a second time, contains only fourteen sections. It is entitled "An Act for facilitating arrangements be tween Debtors and Creditors." The preamble declarek that "it is expedient that trust deeds, and other amicable modes of arrangement between debtors and their creditors should be facilitated, and that better means should be provided for carrying the same into effect." After the passing of the Act, "it shall be lawful for any debtor who is unable to meet his engagement with his creditors, such debtor not being a trader, with the concurrence of one-third in number and value of his creditors, who shall sign a peti tion, petitioning the Chief Judge of the Court of Bankruptcy, setting forth all his debts, property, &c., and praying to be protected from imprisonment, and he shall make a pro posal to pay the creditors, to which one third shall consent. A commissioner is to examine in private the mode of contracting the debts, and then to appoint a se cond meeting at which an official assignee may preside, and the resolutions adopted to be reported to the commis sioner. The first meeting to be called by notice, and at the second a certain number of creditors must agree to accept the arrangement proposed, the resolution or agreement of such meeting not to be valid unless one-third in number and value of all the creditors were present either in persOn or by an authorised agent. The resolution is to be confirthed, and a temporary protection afforded: The property is to vest in a trustee without any deed, as fully as if such trustee were an assignee in bankruptcy. Examinations may take place if it is suspected a full disclosure has not been made. Trustees to be freed on performance of their duties, and a "certificate" to be granted to the petitioning debtor, which shall have the same effect as a certificate of conformity in b an kruptcy. The Court of Bankruptcy is to make rules and regulations to carry the Act into operation. This measure will probably be considered at the same tine as Lord Cottenham's Bill, but the Bills clash considerably,. and render the law of debtor and creditor very perplexing. A Government measure is expected to be brought forward on the same subject. . Several workmen are busily employed in making additions and alteration s a t the l oyal Observatory, Green wich, for the purpose of facilitating the scientific labours of the Astronomer Royal. The ship Louisa; Captain C. McCabe, arrived at . Lima, on the 15th of February, with loss of boats, &c., in a severe gale of the Falkland Island—passengers and crew all well,