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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORN HILL, LONDON, Ist JANUARY, 1844. N OTICE is her e by g i ven , th a t th e HALF-YEARLY tNTE.REST, at the rate of FIVE POUNDS per CENT. per A nnum on the CAPITAL STOCK of this SOCIE IY, due ttl the ll st u l t i mo, will become payable en the 10th inst., and Proprietors may receive the same at this Office, or its branches, tu that, or any subsequent, day, between the hours of Eleven and Three. By order of the Court of Directors, F. FERGUSON CANIROUX, Secretary. NATIONAL ANTI- CO RN-L AW LEAGUE. The COUNCIL of the LEA GUE h av i ng b een in iortued that some parties are now canvassing for subscriptions professedl y on their behalf—NOTlCE is hereby given that no ..1 11 : r ns whatever are, at the present time, authorised to collect be orbs for the Great League Fund in London or its 1,2'; ; and those parties who may be solicited for contr!- _" 1 . 1 1! are requested to give the individuals making the appli vation into custody. By order of the Council, GEORGE WILSON, Chairman. "Pe Offices 67 Fleet-street, 28th Dec., 1843. CHRISTNIAS HOLIDAYS.—AT THE O YAL POI, YTEC RN IC an increase of POWERFUL and BRILLIANT B,r,'PECTS in ELECTRICITY are exhibited by ARM - R9NG'S HYDRO•ELECTIIIC MACHINE. A new _ is op ene d for investigating, on a magnified sca l e, a 'ntriety of objects in ART, SCIENCE, and NATURAL PtSTORY, by means of LONGBOTTOM'S OPAQUE IROSCOPE, showing also ' an extraordinary OPTICAL LLUSION. New DISSOLVING VIEWS. A List . of the ON . LECTURES which will be delivered during N ec k i s suspended in the Hall of Manufactures. Iloilo uA !,IaYRTO original CRAYON DRAWINGS from RAPHAEL'S ONS numero MODELS in MOTION, DIV ER and DI VIN G' BELL. " Conduct ' or of the Band, T. Wallis, I NS. Doe. Admission, 0 Shill ing. Schools, MU-price. WILLESDEN CEMETERY COMPANY, Willesden, three and a half miles from Oxford-street, o_prising 1 00 acres of freehold land. Jenhehfeatures to whi c h t h e Di rectors o f thi s C om pany have particular attention, independent of the important considtereation of drainage, planting , : &c., is an economical arrange ment for decorous burial, suitable to those who do not conte ns m p l ate much outlay, nd a eneral inapt ovement in the pla adop ted at present., a g Ca p l ' to 2/.10, 3. - i;; Cl a ° ha , ° o o ,o. l., in 10,000 shares of 101. each. Deposit, at ' PPlications f or shares mg now be ma d e to the Secretary, e- 1 1 e r l C°m PanY's Offi ces, 5 , Ahyroarket ;or at the O ffi ces of Lineoils%sAnn Inesly a e nd Reade, Solicitors to the Company, 64, 'With th e n-fields; at eithe r o f which places prospectuses, obtained. cale of charges, and every other information, may be I E 6ISI I SU ANT to a Decree of the HIGH COURT °' CHANCERY made in a Cause CORBYN v:agakisAtrtthye ATTORNEY' GENERAL, the NEXT of KIN PHILIP PS Spinster, formerly of Halifax, in f,4"a Scotia, Nonh Atneriea afterwards of Rivers-street, in ne city of Bath, then of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbur e y r , lin the county of 111 iddlesex, but lately of Boulogne-sur-M $ in the kingdom of Prance (who died, at a very advanced age, deathat Boulogne, in the month of December, 1842), liv.ng nt of ; or the personal Representative or Representatives o of them who have since died, are by their Solicitors, or. or ! ) . o .lOre the 12 th day o f January 1844 prove , to come in and :iy:Lsox Their kindred, and ma k e out their claims : b efore Sir GIFFIN , tne of the Masters of the said Court, at his Cham ue Southampton -build' g Chancery - lane, London, or, in default thereof, they will peremptorily ln' be exclued the benefit Of the said Decree. The said Mary Philipps was a daughter of John Philipps, of dle se Carma rthen, South W ales, and of Kensington Gore, Mid x, who died about forty years since. PRICE and BOLTON, 1, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, Plaintiff's Solicitors. CADETS, Assistant -Surgeons, Officers, and Pas brited, p angrev ers proceeding to India or the Colonies, are strongly ious to their encumb er i ng themselves with the old lashionid Wooden Sofas and Iron Bedsteads, advertised as patent., to inspect JOHNSON'S (late Merriman) PATENT BEDSTEADS, which, for warm climates, require neither mattress nor bolster. e To b e seen at Johnson's Outfit Warehouse, 45, Jerinyn stret, St. James's. ckTRA IrtOCT from the FOURTEENTH SHEET of TESTI NIALS in favour of VARR'S LIFE PILLS, which are acknow , im troi —Bed to b e all that are required to conquer di seas e, and ong From Mr. J. SMITH, Glasgow. " GENTLIMEN, I have been troubled for years with a dreadful l'alPita tion of the heart, accompanied with great nervousness and debil potty' far which I have tried everything you could mention, all o„ eorpose, I heard of PAR Rs LIFE PILLS, and It friend oft mine desired me t try ' them, wonderfnl which I did. I bought comp i thenl,°etely r. Nelsonnd I am happy to say that a box of them has restored ; a ne. " If this will do anything to help your efforts you can make Use of it. " I remain yours, respectfully, "JAMES SMITH." Prom Mr. HENRY B kRBER, Druggist, Kuutsford. " To the Proprietors of Parr's Life Pills. !or." GENTLEMEN,--I forward yo u a case below, which Mr. T. CASH es to h ave published ; he speaks wonderfully of PARR'S . 1 LLS and feels as sured they have been the means of saving his life. We have also additional testimonials from respectable farmers •la this neighbourhood. " DEAR SIR,-1 have been for the last two years dreadfully 4 ea ffl t icte4 with a cou g h and pain in the chest, so that I could scarcely the least portion of food without causing greet pain in my Chest, and shottness of breath, with a violent cough, not being able to lie down for nine months; having had the advice of several medical men, without deriving any benefit, I was advised by a frnrieend to try PARR' S PILLS, but having tried so many patent nes I thought I might as well throw my money away. I u egan to think nothing would cure me ; I was fast wasting away w ill. a rioie t from n pain in my head ; at last my friend got me a box Yeur s hop, and advised me to try them, so I tried them, being !so strongly recommended, according to the direction, and before I had taken one box, I found so much relief that I tried another, Etril now happy to say I sun as well as ever I was in my life, and mall always have a few doses by me, for they are wonderful. " NVI (Signed) " THOMAS CASH. tnets—John Thorpe." Year s Mr ' PARRY has been afflicted with sore eyes for twelve nen "'"' has tried everything he could hear of without the least -e nt. but since taking two boxes of PARR'S PIL LS, his eyes e lull Well and have been for some time, I.3l.l4::,iy,;resa.riZM'lTH has been troubled with a pain In her head for has had the most respectable medical advice, without boxe on a ny benefit ; is quite recover e d s i nce s he h as t a k en t h ree Person PARR'S PILLS, w hi c h are wort h a sovere i gn a b ox ts sbPpl a tro ubled with a sick head- ac he ; I sh a ll a l ways h ave a roe. tel rheas cases I have selected from a number of others, and can pon 4, gh,inug them as bein g correct. I s h a l l f eel great pleasure in a wl. every information to any person who may favour me with " " I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, uraford June 30, 1842." " HENRY BARBER, Druggist." rro ta r. J. L. L. WOODWARD, Chemist, Bridgewater. .xaTL E ,,,,,, .—lf the enclosed letter is of service, you are at „.....urty to Pnblish it, the man seems rather to wish for the euolication of his case. " I am, Gentlemen, yours obediently, "J. J. L. WOODWARD, Chemist, " "To th e Proprietors of Parr's Life Pills. GesnEscx,--The benefit I hav e rece i ve d by th e use of OLD - AI M'S PILLS, induces me, out of gratitude to the Proprietors, and a wish to be of use to the whole world, to add another testi- Menial to the n umbers you h ave already received. For the last bp° ITYearn I havel been labouring under a complication of disorders MY head and stomach. I think I may venture to say I have not a d an hour's cessation of pain during the time. My sense of '4lQl ling was entirely gone, and the most agreeable perfume or the host intolerant stench were equally indifferent tome. I have had Iti,:wnitdvice of several surgeons and medical men, both in this d it i nd others, b ut without the least benefit, and I spaired of ever again regaining my health, in fact my life was, becoming burdensome to me, until I mrtunately h of the many cures which your valuable Pills had eff "'ed. heardchs a box of Mr. Woodward, druggist, and before I had taken the whole I was completely cured, and have "ter experienced the slightest symptoms of its return. I have t_ecernmended them, and shall do so, as I feel I cannot do sufficient fo r the benefit I have received.—l am, Gentlemen, your obliged and grateiul servant, " HENRY NASH. Bridgewater, June 13, 1842." From Mr. GEORGE WILLIAMS, Stourport. r, " "To the Proprietors of Parr's Life Pills. fli ”EinamEN,When I was appointed your agent for the sale there PILLS, I did not anticipate a large sale for them, I re being se many kinds of Pills already before the public; but ani ha, to inform you that I have sold nearly 1,000 boxes, and require a fresh supply. Numerous are the cases of relief being W h om ed • in rheumatic, asthmatic, and liver complaints, sick head. 4e n "h em, colds, and dis es of the stomach and digestive g r ♦ o - ", - . B)b Y t aking these pills. Medicine which produces so much t the human frame, and helps to prolong life, should be uni. „Q_EsailY recommended. Send me one gross by the earliest con " GEORGE WILLIAMS. "Stourport, March 5, 1842." ?rem Mr. S. SMEDLEY, Bookseller, Sleaford. "Ti MeBers. " Sleaford, June I s t , 1842 . T. Roberts and Co. Zs"(lENTLncrxrc,—l beg to announce to you (and it is a duty I 2 the public), that the demand for PARR'S LIFE PILLS con ne% t 0 increase daily, and why ? let the following case amongst many others testify JOHN GREEN of this place has for many )ears been afflicted with an asthma of the most painful kind, for Which i, , Pills uc nas had the advice of as many medical men as there arc 0;;:ni one of your boxes, hut, after taking, at stated periods, only ti a e t >oxes of PARR'S P 11,1,5, he declared to me this morning, ~ now he could sleep from nine o'clock at night till seven in the rni ng, brew l, r although for the last two ye ars h e h a d never laid down in 14ec1.,,,b. but was obliged to be propped up with pillows to at a ll . --1 am, Gentlemen, your's respec tfully , enable him to " S. SMEDLEY, Bookseller, &c." Prole Mr. THOMAS GOODE, Congleton. place E NTLEsteN ,—.At the re " Congleton, Jul y 12 t h ,1842. “C est of Mrs. Ellen Frost, of this ,I b eg to hand you the accompanying testimonial fo r p u bli cat i on . " I b e li eve she has received infinite benefit from taking PARR'S LIFE PILLS, and is anxious that others suffering from similar disease should be induced to avail themselves of the same means of recovery." —I am, your most obedient servant, " THOMAS GOODS, *To the Proprietors of Parr's Life Pills. " fintsnEstesi—l be g to tender my w aimestth m an ed ks ic f i o n r e t . he lg r h e a z d t benefit I hav e derived from your invaluab le ' nearl y two ears been in a st a t e of consumption, and was under ie c are of Y r• . several eminent medical men, but could o b tain no re- After takin l g three small boxes of your celebrated pills, I am a Pli9 to Say I am c , anpl etely restored to health, and am now fol -I°,,,wing ionent hi] Usisal employm ent. I beg you will make this acknow. C public for the b enef i t of others similarly a ffl icted. I shal ( e ba PPY to answer inquiries Paid) . either made perso na ll y or by letter "Witnest— l'o't ---I am, Ge ntlemen, you rs respect f ully, JAMES FROST. "ELLEN FROST. "July ll th, 1842." , CAUTION —BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. In order to protect the public from imitations, the Hon. Corn -1,41184:nes of Stamps have ordered the words " P.I.RR'S LIFE pastel ES" to be engraved oil the Government Stamp, which is round the sides of each box, in white letters on a red ground, • 8,,, Without this mark of authenticity, they are spurious. roprietors, T. Roberts and Co., 9, Crane-court, Flect. sit Londe i and sold wholesale, by their appointment' by E. I.,„W?dii, 67, St Paul's Churchyard ; also by Barclays and Sons, r,t'''r.,!)Fdon.sreet ; and Sutton and Co., Bow Church-yard ; ani ,t 4l ! bY at least one agent in every town in the United Kingdom, 2 ,. 9 ° ,l Y moct of the respectable dealers in medicine. Price Is. 1 . 1 1 d., •, and family boxes I Is. each. Full directions are given kith each box. %RA: lls ~,t, year's; se 15 2 " 1, The Life an d limes of Old Parr," who lived to of age, 32 pages, with fine engravings, anecdotes, Pr o ?' k e, and Remarks on Disease, Health, and the Means of ji,t,.414 Lite, may be had Gratis of all Agents for the sal of Ka% LIFE rius :--.:,-.:: . ..-.,,,,,,,,, / . . "••• ~ .-..., . , , 77.e ' ,- ( N 1 kil • . i . ..1.. 11 r A ct -44 -• ' ),.. `,....47,., r (rA . 9 - \i„._.•,...0.,„, : -6440 460/..„. _ f _ ..,, ...--,,,..,.„., -,,,_ 71 , , 0 1.... i . 47F ' N ' • 1 j; - I • 4,,,-- t o, u ..... ~.:: ,:-.-, ..,.. sk 4 ~.I * e\ 17 7e.i, Z • " 4 ~ , \ -- - 4 t? -v?-__ ' - ' - '. t. vA , ..... ! , _ •, c .. iv . , ,, :.... at ~.. . --, - ,,, ...4., , , , , • •:-: • if --- ,;,V' 1 ' t:il4. ~‘ ~,,., , ''''• ' -, V; r '\ ..; ' 2 . ' ~ . 4firilli f, - ' .. ' ~, + 0 sY .1.r . 1 , - ~ ( 4..1 ' Y p irl - Vg '. ‘ ;'...4:;1 • ..,• N '., ,-,...,- ~-•-•..' . . 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Tieket, to admit a Lady and Gentleman, 17s. 6d., to be had at Messrs. Duff and Hodgson's, 65, Oxford-street ; Mr. Hardy's, 136, Fleet-street ; and at the Bar of the Tavern. AT a MEETING held at LONDON HOUSE , on Saturday, December 2, 1843, it was resolved to form an ASSOCIATION for PROMOTING the RELIEF of DESTITUTION, and for IMPROVING the CONDITION of the POOR in the 'METROPOLIS, by MEANS of PA ROCHIAL and DISTRICT VISITING : and after several intermediate meetings, it was resolved, on Saturday, De cember 16, to adopt and circulate the following Address and Regulations : The object which this Association has in viewi s, not merely to administer immediate relief in cases of extreme destitution, or of pressing want, but to improve the social, moral, and re ligious condition of the poor, by means which have been tried, on a limited scale, in certain districts, and which have been uccessful in proportion to the completeness of the system which has been put into operation, and the care with which it has been worked. It is obvious that to dispense pecuniary re lief indiscriminately, and with reference solely to the apparent or actual necessity of the case, without inquiry as to the past, or provision for the future, is, to say the least of it, but a half measure of charity, and has a tendency to generate or increase the very evils which it seeks to cure. An inquiry into the causes of distress, and into the best means of preventing its recurrence, by infusing into those who labour under it sound principles of action, and forming them to habits of economy, industry, and foresight, is obviously necessary, to ensure to the exertions of benevolence their proper results. Mere liberality in almsgiving, unaccompanied by an endeavour to remove the causes of that destitution which calls it forth, will not answer theyequirenzents of Christian charity. This view of the subject plainly implies the necessity of com bining religious and moral instruction with the relief of bodily want, and of making the latter, as it were, a preparative for the former. Azd, therefore, although the primary design of the Association is, to furnish the means of administering to the extreme necessity of the poor, after due inquiry into the circumstances of each particular case, its ultimate object is, to aid in removing the moral causes which create or aggravate want; to encourage prudence, industry, and cleanliness, as parts of Christian duty, and to promote kindly feelings be tween those classes of society which are kept so far asunder by the difference of their worldly conditions. And this may be effected, it is hoped, by a judicious distribution of the funds entrusted to this Association, through which individual bounty may be applied to the relief of distress without fear of misdi rection or waste. A few only of those charitable persons, who are at all times ready to give of their worldly substance to the sick and needy, have either leisure to make personal inquiry into each case which presents itself, or these habits of investi gation which are required for the detection of imposture. Dis trict Visiting Societies, when conducted on right principles, opeis w safe and ready channel for the distribution of pri vate alms. The description now given of the objects contemplated by this Association clearly marks out the propriety, or rather the necessity, of attempting their attainment through the agency of the parochial clergy. They are, in virtue of their office, almoners, as well as instructors, of the people ; nor can it be doubted, that the evils under which the poorest classes labour in our crowded cities and towns, have been greatly aggravated by the inadequacy of our parochial system, with its existing machinery, to meet the wants of an overwhelming popu lation. Two things are necessary, in order to replace the social system in a healthy state; a more direct and friendly intercourse between the different classes of society, and the general incul cation of Christian principles. In both cases the agency of the Clergy is indispensable, and will be, under the Divine blessing, effectual to these ends, if means are supplied for carrying on the work, which is now so immeasurably beyond their strength and resources. An Association, which aims at the attainment of this object, may surely assert its claim upon the charity of those whom Providence has entrusted with the means of doing good, and who are bound to use them for the glory of God, in promoting the temporal and eternal welfare of their fellow creatures. ASSOCIATION for PROMOTING the RELIEF of DESTITUTION in the METROPOLIS, and for IMPROVING the CONDITION of the POOR, by MEANS of PAROCHIAL and DISTRICT VISITING. 1. The object of this Association shall be to relieve Desti tution, and to improve the condition of the Poor in the Metro polis, by means of Parochial and District Visiting, under the superintendence and direction of the Bishop and Clergy. 2. The Association shall consist of the general body of con tributors to the Fund, the Bishop of London being President. 3. The business of the Association shall be conducted by a Committee of Members belonging to the Church of England ; one-third to go out annually, but to be re-eligible; the vacan cies to be filled up by election at the Annual Meeting. 4. The Committee shall have power to defray, from the funds of the Association, such expenses as they shall deem essential for the efficient management of its concerns ; but no part of its funds shall be applied to the payment of District Agents or Visitors. 'I he attendance of five members of the Committee shall be necessary for the transaction of business. 5. An Annual Meeting of the Association shall be held—the President in the chair—to receive the accounts of the preced ing year, to appoint auditors for the ensuing year, and to fill up the vacancies in this Committee. The duties of the Committee shall be, to form and maintain a fund for the purposes hereinafter specified, by occasional ap peals to the public, to receive contributions, and to administer such fund under the following regulations :- 1. To obtain from the parochial clergy, and to afford to them, information concerning District Visiting. For this purpose, to enter into immediate communication with the clergy of each metropolitan parish. 2. In such parish where a Visiting Society is in operation, to request information respecting its working and results, and the general condition of the poor. 3. Where a Visiting Society exists, but is confined in its operations by want of funds, to render assistance. 4. Where there is no Society, to submit a plan, with the offer of effective co-operation. 5. Where no provision for District Visiting exists, or seems likely to he made, the case to be submitted to the Bishop. The fund shall be administered to objects deserving of relief without distinctien of religious persuasion. I. Upon application from any incumbent, or from the curate of any non-resident incumbent, a grant of money may be made, to be employed in the relief of the destitute poor by means of gratuitous district visiting. 2. Such incumbent, or curate, shall specify in his application the constitution of the District Visiting Society by which he proposes to dispense the money granted to him by the Commit tee, and the general objects to which it will be applied. 3. And shall render periodically to the Committee an ac count of the actual expenditure of the grant. 4. All grants shall be made for one year only, but shall be renewable upon similar application, at the discretion of the Committee. In distributing the fends of the Association, care shall Le taken not to interfere with the legal administration of relief to the poor. It was resolved to advertise the foregoing Address and Regu lations in the leading London journals. A Committee was appointed, with power to add to its tim ber. The following noblemen and gentlemen have already consented to act on the Committee : The LORD BISHOP of LONDON, President. The Lord Ashley, M.P. Philip Cazenove, Esq. The Lord Howard Rev. W. W. Champneys Viscount Campden Harry Chester, Esq. The Lord Dudley Stuart Rev. Thomas Dale The Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P. W. Clowes, Esq. • Hon. Wrn. Ashley W. Cotton, Esq. Hon. Wm. Cowper, M.P. Raikes Curie, Esq., M.P. Hon. and Rev. H. Montagu Rev. William Dodsworth Villiers G. Carr Glyn, Esq. Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, , W. Gregscn, Esq. M.P. 'J. G. Hoare, Esq. Hon. A. Kinnaird J. R. Kenyon, Esq. Hon. and Rev. Baptist W. Henry K ingscote, Esq. Neel John Labouchere, Esq. Hon. Mr. Justice Patteson J. G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge Rev. H. H. Milman. Rev. Sir H. Dukinfield, Bart. W. Norris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Stafford H. Northcote, Esq. Sir Robert H. Inglis, Bart.,, A. Robarts, Esq. NI. P. Rev. W. Short Very Rev. the Dean of Chi- Edward Thornton, Esq. chester Henry Tritton, Esq. Rev. R. Burgess Rev. J. Endell Tyler Rev. A. 31. Campbe 1 Rev. J. G. Ward. The Bankers of I ..ondon are requested to receive centribu tiens to the fund, and to place the same to the account of the following gentlemen, who have been appointed Trustees : The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart., Sir It H. Inglis, Bart., M.P., and Henry Kingscote, Esq. SUPERIOR CANDLES. 10 A. CANDLES, 51d. per lb. ; Wax Candles, Is. 2d. ; fine Wax, Is 5d ; Composite, Is.; extra fine Wax-wick moulds, 7d. ; Transparent Wax, 2s. ; genuine Sperm, 2s. ; genuine Wax, 2s. 3d; Yellow Soap, 465., 525., and 58s. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 60s. and 645. ; Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet ; Palm Is. 4d. ; old Bio . s Windsor, Is. 93. ; Rose, 2s. ; Camphor, ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; superfine Sealing Wax, 4s. 63. per lb. ; genuine Sperm Oil, 6s. per gallon ; Solar Oil, 3s. 6d. For cash. At DA VIEA'S old-established warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. fIABBURN'S ANTI-DOLORIC OIL, 1—) 'FOR THE CURE OF RHEUMATISM, GOUT, SPINAL AFFECTIONS, &c. "To Mr. CABBURN, " Dear Sir,—l have the pleasure to inform you many per sons in this town and neighbourhood have, and are receiving great benefit from your Oil, it has effected several extraordinary cures, the particulars of which I will with pleasure give to any one applying. A lady's case with a very bad stiff knee, and another with a spinal affection which was deemed hopeless by the faculty, may be mentioned as instances of wonderful re lief and cure. In rheumatic affections it is highly successful ; in fact, from its general goodness, it is a pleasure to recommend such an article. " I am yours truly, " J. CLAYTON. " Meeke's-place, Doncaster, July 17, 1843." Testimonials of importance within these few weeks have been sent from York, Sheffield, Hereford, Manchester, Durham, Brighton, Norwich, Hull, &c., to Mr. Cabburn's Dispensary, King's Cross, London, where the Oil maybe had in bottles, at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., 11s., and 225. ; likewise of all the principal Me. dicing Venders in the Kingdom. Ask for Cabburn's Oil for the cure of Rheumatism, &e. WHERE AS, THREE LETTERS, addressed to THOMAS HOOD, Esquire, io the care of Mr. COLBURN, have been sent adrift, endorsed " IsTct known to Mr. Colburn !I I" It is requested that all communications for me be addressed to No. 1, Adam-street, Adelph', where (in case of difficulty elsewhere) " Hood's Magazine, l " may always be procured. ''. H NATIONAL LOIN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. ' No. 2h, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. • T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. i J. Elliotson, M.D., F. RS. Georg e Lun g ley, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. John R aws on, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Joseph Thom p son, Es q . Clement abor, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R.S.—Professor Graves, A.M.F.R.S. Acx UA RV- W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The Bonus just declared at the Meeting of Proprietors varies from 97 to 36 per cent. (II Premiums paid, 17i per cent. in present Cash, or 10 per amt. permanent reduction of future Premiums. l A ONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.' No. 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, andbs, Chancery-lane. TRUSTEES. K. Kingsford, Esq. I B. Iffill, Esq. I J. Bidden, Esq. DIRICTORS. KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman. BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Alexander Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, E s q. I John Atkins, Esq. John 111‘Guffie, Esq. James Bidden, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq. I Captain F. Brandreth J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq. AUDITORS. H. H. Cannan, Esq. R V I V Robert E. Alison,'Esq. Medical Advi.er—Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S., L. and E. Solicitors—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed of constitution not to dispute any policy, unless they can prove that it was obtained by fraudulent misrepresenta tations ; and numerous cast s have shown how worthless may be a policy obtained from the most influential office, which is un restrained by this equitable principle, which removes all anxiety as to future dispute or litigation, and enhances immeasurably the value of the policies as documents of security. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who give to the assured on the mutual principle the whole of the mutual accu mulations' and also guarantee the sums assures). THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind them selves to pay the sums in the policies, although the debts for which thay were effected shall have been liquidated before the claims arise. 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Whether from chang e of climate, or my advanced age, I cannot say, but for six yea rs I have b een deprived of sight, a ny business. therefore unable to follow I do most sincerely be ieve I should have remai ned in dark ness and pain but for the kind recommendation of a friend to u se your invention. I f fae th ts at most inestimable purchased a 23. 4d. canister of your agent, Mr. Wil coc k son, to , and will bear wit- I de c l are h as p roce eded blessing n b e a s o s ee t n o i s l nt, of yo uwhor extraordinarylki f n e o — w a , the per f a er b ee o te v os e v i e t g o rhy b e e ,o from the use of your Eye S nuff. For th e sake of those suffer ing, you may maxe what use y ou p lease o f this letter, Mr. Wil cockson and many others will vouch for its truth. I refer the sufferers to this gentleman, being your Agent, and so well known in Nottingham. 28th Aug. 184117' Si r , your obliged servant, ANNIS ZENIA MASSENTA. P. 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This celebrated Snuff is shipped to all quarters of the g lo be , snit retains its benign quaithesin ereu climate 411 Snuffs aria Cigars shipped on the snortest notice. . 71 ( 1 1 at t he the H lIERIIARY HIGHGATE DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED I MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON Capital £500,000. This Office is provided with very accurately constructed Tables, by which it can ASSURE DISEASED LIVES on Egli! able Terms. The Extra Premium discontinued on restoration of the As sured to permanent health. SED ANNUITIES granted on unsound Lives, he amount varying with the particular disease. Members of CONSUMPTIVE FAMILIES assured at Equitable Rates. HEALTHY LIVES are Assured at Lower Rates than at most. other offices. Policies of twelve months' standing are not affected by Sui ciee, Duelling, &c. ' • and Assigned P o li c i es are va lid f rom th e date of the Poli c y, should death ensue from any of these causes. F. G. P. NEISON, Actuary. Loans granted on Personal Security. THE BANKS versus TIIE POST OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. SIR,—You will confer much benefit on the public by giving an early place in your independent paper, to the inclosed statement taken from the Edinburgh IVedly Chroniele of this morning.- In addition to the facts therein contained, I can state from my own knowledge than an order for 51. from the postmaster of Birmingham on our Edinburgh post-office, dated Dec. 23, and payable on the 25th, was then presented for payment, and every subsequent day since, but the only answer or satisfaction returned was, " No advice from Birmingham, _although written to." The note. now . lies in the hands of the holder, disgraced and dishonoured, under protest. Is such conduct to be any longer permitted to pass with impunity ?—I remain, your obedient servant, Edinburgh, Dec. 30, 1843. W. M. EDINBURGU, DEC. 28.—We have heard several com plaints relative to the transmission of money through the Post-office. When it is sent inclosed in letters, the letters sometimes do not reach their destination. When it is transmitted through the Money Order office, the Postmaster sometimes omits to send advice, and in such cases, payment of the orders is refused, and parties put to the utmost inconvenience. It was only lately that a widow lady in reduced circumstances was watching her son in bed, who was apparently dying of fever. His articulation might have been imperceptible to any other ear but that of an anxious mother. She, however, soon overheard " Oh, that I could only see Dr. Ay.—l would get relief." The mother had not the means of in viting Dr. Ay, upon the only terms agreeable to her feelings, but she had an affectionate brother at some dis tance, and a letter was soon on its way to him stating the situation of her son, the opinion of an able and at tentive young man from the Dispensary, and an account of the expressed desires of the youth himself ; the re turn of post brought a post-office order for what was re quired, and the widow flew to her cloak and bonnet, and in a few minutes was at the Post-office, " but who shall paint the mother as she stood," when she was told the order could not be honoured for want of advice. 'The feelings of women are strong, and when these point in the right way, they are unerring guides—a few seconds only was required to enable her to form a new resolution. She was soon in the presence of Dr. Ay, and in half an hour they were both at the bedside of her son, conveyed in the doctor's carriage. Her son recovered; the doctor would not accept of any fee, and thus the feeling and sympathies that ever accompanies genius, corrected in this, as in many other cases, the mischief that pampered indolence produces. We know a family who, about twelve months since, had occasion to complain to the rostmaster-General of a gross neglect of the kind alluded to from Birmingham, but the only answer was to this effect, that the Post office department was not responsible for its servants. The same family suffered for several days by a similar neglect in summer, and they are again suffering at the present moment by a third act of negligence, all occasioned ln/ the same postmaster within twelve months, and it has naturally occurred to the family that it is an intentional neglect in consideration of the complaint upon the first occasion. IS this be true, and we have reason to believe it is, then the postmaster referred to should be instantly dis missed ; but it is. possible the man may be so stupid, or so indolent, that he treats every body in the same way, and if that be the case, then, of course, he should ba treated just as other stupid and indolent men are treated by their masters who have an interest in their services. Let the Postmaster General, however, treat the ser vant of the public as he may be advised, and let the pub lic conduct their own private affairs as they may feel best for their own interest. They are just now giving thousaxds per annum to the Post-office for the transms sion of money, which may be much better and more sagely transmitted 'through the banks, of which there are most respectable offices in every town, and the bankers, we are told, now make it part of their business to ac commodate the public by transmitting the smallest sum without any charge, A 1 bile at the Post office he is charged threepence for the smallest sum he has occasion to send. —Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle. SH HIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIM MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. POST.—In another column will be found an able letter by Mr. Muntz on the subject of the Corn and Currency Laws. Mr. Muntz avows hiaisclt the advocate of a system of " genera protection for agriculture and coinmerce.'"This system of general protection is, he contends, to be attained only by means of sound money laws. The corn laws he condemns, as yielding only " partial and uncertain protection." We concede to Mr. Mintz that our protective system ought to be universal. We concede, moreover, that the most stringent corn-law does not, in itself, constitute a protective system. In opposition, however, to Mr. Muntz, we maintain that of every thoroughly-protective system a stringent corn-law must, in the case of a country so artificial in all its social relations as England is, form a part. The most whole some money laws would not render a corn-law unneces sary. This is the point of difference between Mr. Muntz and ourselves. We shall presently return to its consi deration. Let us, in the first place, however, glance at some other of the positions laid down by the Member for Birmingham. The corn-law of 1815 was, according to Mr. Muntz; " right in intention—but the working of it was bad and unjust, because it only partially pro tected the wages . of labour." "" Had the framers," con tinues the Honourable Gentleman, "of the corn-law of 1815 understood what they were doing, they would have obtained their protection by coining the precious metals of that nominal value which accorded with the nominal value which their corn had obtained during the war by the depreciation in the value of the unredeemable paper-money. By that - plan, they would not only have perfectly protected themselves—but would also have protected all the other interests." We admit, once more, that the corn-law of 1815 was imperfect; and that, in order to render complete their policy of protec tion, the legislators of 1815 ought to have coined the precious metals at rates according with the value of the paper-money which circulated in England during the war. We will add that, even after such an arrange ment, our protective policy would have lacked its surest bas's—laws directly protective of the manual labour of the empire. The prosperity of the labourer—that is the only sound foundation of protective laws—and that foundation hatbeen er delikrately weakened the action o f Alliar lasvagf:or been only in directly strengthen the case of the corn-law of 1815. Mr. Muntz having laid down the proposition that if the currency law of 1819 were repealed, the corn-laws, too, might be repealed without injury to English agriculturists—and Mr. Muntz having, more over, shown that the tendency of the Corn-laws has been to raise wheat to 10s. a bushel, while the tendency of the currency law of 1819 has been to lower wheat to 5s. — we argued, as our readers may remember, that this pro cess of double repeal would leave matters pretty much as they are at present. Mr. Muntz, however, regards our view of his positions as a misapprehension of their true nature and tendency. "I do not alone propose," he ob serves, " the abolition of the two laws. I also propose to alter the nominal price of silver from ss. 2d. to 7s. 6d. per ounce, in which the Bank would pay its notes ;—and in this alteration lies all my contemplated protection and improvement. It would protect produce and labour in England 50 per cent. against foreign produce and labour." Here, as it seems to us, Mr. Munta falls into error. We regard as perfectly sound his proposition to coin the ounce of silver into 7s. 6d. ; but such a change wise and necessary as it is would, _as suredly, not protect " English produce and la bour to the extent of 50 per cent." against the produce and labour of foreign countries. The producers of Eng land need a double protection, and that double protection it is the highest duty of every Government, to afford. Producers need to be protected, in the first place, against the influence of usurers and idle consumers. Producers in this country need, moreover, to be protected against the competition of foreign producers. Foreign producers are apt and powerful instruments in the hands of idle consumers and of usurers amongst ourselves. By means of freo trade, our usurers and idle consumers would mould foreign producers to their purposes. By means of money laws, like the money law of 1819, usurers and idle consumers have already abased, to a scarcely calculable extent, the condition of all English producers. The process of coining the ounce of silver into 7s. Gd. would, immediately, subvert that empire which our usurers and idle consumers have founded on the currency law of 1819. Such a process would invert—wisely and beneficially—the relations which now connect producers with idle consumers. Producers would become strong —idle consumers would become weak. The change would, almost immediately, double the strength of the British empire. The change in question would not, however, we repeat, protect English productive, industry against the productive industry of foreign countries. Let the ounce of silver be coined in this country into s. Gd. per oz.—and let free trade be established, at the same time ; foreign producers would, forthwith, to a fearful extent, supersede the native industry of England. Now —the ounce of silver being coined into ss. 2d.- fo reign corn growers could, if a free trade in corn were es tablished, pour into our markets a quantity of grain suf ficient to paralyse our agricultural industry. The coin age of the ounce of silver into 7s. Gd. would not affect the passer of foreign corn growers to produce such a disastrous result. After the suggested change in our money laws, foreign earn and English corn would rise in precisely the same proportions of nominal price. If English wheat be now worth, on the average, 50s. a quarter, foreign wheat may be grown and imported to any extent fur 40s. English wheat would obviously, after the coinage of the ounce of silver into 7s. 6c1., rise to 755., while foreign wheat would rise to 60s. ; sixty shillings of our money would, in short, after such a change in our currency laws, possess the same value as 40s. possess now ; and since, under a free trade system, foreign wheat to any extent might now be procured for 40s„ so might it be procured to any extent for 60s. ; if the change in our monetary laws, proposed by Mr. Muntz, were adopted by our Le gislature. No rvfbrm, in short, of our unsound money laws would render unnecessary comprehensive and strin gent laws for the protection of British industry from the effects of foreign competition. ADVERTISER.—And so the " Oastler Liberation Fund" is to be the Starvealls' instrument of mystifica tion and abuse, for damaging the characters of the manu facturing capitalists, in the hope of marring their efforts for emancipating industry from its fetters; and William Busficld Ferrand, M.P. for Knaresborough, is to be the Coryphmus of the party, in whose behoof it is to be em ployed. The work in which the lion. Gentleman is en gaged is most congenial to his feelings, and if he succeed as well in this mission as he has in former missions, having the like objects in view, the Starving interests will owe him not a few obligations. So long as Mr. Ferrand was satisfied with throwing the filth of his abuse at random, recklessly assailing every manufacturing capitalist who ventured to think that the working classes can have no interest in the maintenance of laws which limit the quantity of food to be distributed amongst them, while they force foreigners to become our rivals in the production of those articles which formerly furnished employment for the masses of our population, and wealth for the country ; so long as the lion. Gentleman was satisfied with such a mode of warfare against the objects of his malignity—imputing to them hypocrisy, ' fraud, oppression, and treason, in the wholesale, without descending to particulars, or specifying the precise nature or extent of their delinquencies, he could scarcely fail, in some degree, to damage the character of those he thus foully assailed, and to afford satisfac tion to those who found him the fitting tool for pro moting their selfish and sordid objects. To venture beyond this was, a hazardous undertaking for such a genius as the Member -for jinaresborough, and it sur prised us not a little to see that he was permitted to enter upon it. Dunderheaded as the "country gentle men" are, they are seldom found lacking that sort of cunning that avoids unnecessary danger or exposure. Mr. Ferrand, however, was permitted to essay his powers against the manufacturers in a more specific manner; and, as might have been foreseen, a more signal failure was never before witnessed. His " devil's dust" affair ended, appropriately enough, in smoke; his dis coveries in the practice of "trucking" proved to be "a mare's nest ;" and his equally confident averments connecting the master-manufacturers with the turn-outs and riots in the manufacturing districts, were proved, after a series of' gravely-conducted judicial investiga tions, to have been unfounded and malignant slanders. It might have been imagined that after all this the Member for Knaresborough, if so lost to all sense of decency himself as to still present himself to the public gaze, would have been thrown overboard and abandoned by the party in whose behalf he stood furward. But, no ; such is their utterly forlorn ease, that even Mr. Ferrand, " with all his blushing honours thick upon him," is not too contemptible a thing to be put forward as their champion and—Jack Pudding. Mr. Ferrand is making a tour of the country, avowedly to aid the fund for the liberation of Mr. Oastler ; but not less avowedly to assail and abuse the master manufacturers generally, and the members of the Anti-Corn-law League in par ticular. A tolerable specimen of his mode of proceed. ing was furnished at Liverpool, last week, at a meeting called in behalf of the Oastler fund :—" I am here," said this discreet and truth-loving gentleman—" I am here to bring forth evidence against a pa rty, and you have driven me to it. Those parties first en tered into their conspiracy at Manchester. They sent for O'Connell—and for the employment of O'Connell, let the factory children tell the price— the bargain was made for the destruction of the Pro testant religion ; and, in return, O'Connell was to be assisted in his efforts to obtain a repeal of the Union." Look at that, all ye quiet, peace-loving, church going old ladies in the kingdom ! It is none other than William Busfeild Ferrand that speaks, and his word is the word of—a Member of Parliament 1 A conspiracy was concocted at Manchester—O'Connell was sent for (the purpose does not clearly appear, but that there was one none can doubt, for) his employment was proved by his refusing to aid the Starvealls in adding to the wages and comforts of the poor factory people, by limiting their hours of work, enhancing the price . of.the articles they produce, and thus narrowing the niarkets fur their sale ! 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Observe—None can be genuine, unless the names of " &relay and Scn"are on the Stamp affixed t eau' Box EXAMPLES. •ci .- d g"g e. t.ll e av, g o 4 •FT -yi r, ...= to 0 = i c iii .4 z 04 e . z ..4 vi.: ..?, = 0 4 1 •:` c' b Z ~ C -t 4 14 A As.d.As IA s. d. As.d. 1837 99'1 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 6 58 19 9 819 4 1838 114 : 56 3,000 175 15 0 1296 9 7 123 0 3 16 9 7 N. B. Profits annually divided Moderate Premiums—Power to assured to borrow two-third of Payments. Prospectuses to be had at the Office, or will be forwarded (post-free) on application. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary. AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and GENE RAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COM PANY, 126, Bishopsgate-street, Corner of Cornhill. Capital 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares. DIRECTOWL Edward Barnard, Esq. F. R. S. I Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. Robert Brooks, Esq. Charles E. Mangles, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. I John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. BANscaits—Union Bank of London. COLONIAL BANKERS—The Bank of Australasia (Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1835), No. 2, Moorgate-street. Sommons—Messrs. Maples, I'earse, Stevens, and Co. PHYSICIAN -Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square. SECRETARY—Edward Ryley, Esq. ASSURANCES may be effected with this Company at un usually favourable rates, affording every variety of accommoda tion to the assured. Participation in profits, ascending and descending scales of premium, permission to retain one-third of the premium, which is charged as a debt against the policy. tables for the assurance of a sum payable in the event of death to the executors of the assured, or to himself upon the attain ment of the ages of 45, 50, or 60. TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES in particular, who are assured for the whole term of life, this Company offers' the dvantages of permission to proceed to, to reside in, and to return from those colonies without extra premium ; and to pay their premiums there. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AS SURANCE COMPANY, - No. 11, Lombard-street, at the Entrance of the Old Post Office, London. DIRECTORS. JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Chairman. JOHN LA BOUCHERE, Esq., Deputy Chairman. L7enry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. John W. Buckle, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. M.P. John Dixon, Esq. S. Marjoribanks, Esq. M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Robert Mitford, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. George Stone, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith avies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June 1829, exceeding One per Cent. per Annum on the Sums in sured, en an average of the different Ages; and two subsequent divisions of wearly equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divi sions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per Cent. en the total Premiums paid thereon during those seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuss allotted at the three Septen nial divisions exceeded 530,0C3/. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT a return of 8; per cent. was de clared on the 7th June upon the Premiums received on Policies which had been in force Seven years and upwards, at Christmas, 1842, and such return is now payable at this Office, daily (Fri day and Saturday excepted), between the hours of Ten and Three o'Cloek ; or by the respective Agents in the country. Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at :this office, •r with Mr. Sams, N.. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with the Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. 'ORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL EDITION. Just published, in 1,860 closely-printed imperial octavo pages, price 305., the complete POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1844. Main Divisions of the Work:— Official Directory I Street Directory Commercial Directory Trades' Directory Law Directory Parliamentary Directory Court Directory Postal Directory City Directory Conveyance Directory Banking Directory Assurance Directory. Being a series of Directories, with an . immense amount of Miscellaneous Information, all bound in one volume. For reviews of the work, see Times of 7th ; Morning Herald, of 6th ; Morning Post, 9th ; Morning Advertiser, Bth ; Weekly Dispatch, 10th ; Sun, 7th ; Globe, 7th ; Britannia, 9th ; Spectator, 9th ; Herapath's Journal, 9th ; Shipping Gazette, 14th instant. Wm. Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell•court,Temple-bar. ROBSON'S LONDON DIRECTORY. BOWTELL and CO., Proprietors and Publishers of " Robson's London Directory," beg to acquaint their Sub scribers that with the volume for the present year that work has terminated. It has been found impossible longer to contend with the " POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY," a work combining large capital with unequalled resources of every kind requisite for the proper production of a Directory of the metropolis. These ad vantages place that work on such an elevation, that further competition with it would be as injurious to Bowtell and Co., as it would be unjust to their Subscribers. Cloak-lane, City, December, 1843. kALLACIES of the '‘7STA'INDARD." TO THE EDITOR OF THE .SUN. Sin,Your paper of last night, received this day, alludes in its leading article to the monstrous falsehood that generally characterises the articles in the Standard newspaper. The same number of your paper co..ntains one of these Standard articles, in which is so glaring an instance of the justice of your imputation of this abomi nable vice of habitual disregard to truth in the editor of the Standard, that I cannot forbear mentioning it to yovt : t The article you quote from the Standard, amongst •Otlfet l similar insinuations, says, "The United btates are nearly the last part ,of the World to which an- emigrant ,would.direct.his course." While I 'Was reading this, the number of the "Companion to the Almanaelc," just publidled, was lying before me, from which I extract the following— . " Total number emigrated from the United Kingdom in the year 1842 Of which emigrated to the United States Or just one-haleof the British emigrants went to a coun try which the veracious Editor of the Standard says is " the last part of the world to which an emigrant would drect his course." Even in an article marked by no violent political feeling, the editor cannot avoid invent ing facts.—' our obedient servant, Dec. 30, 1843. VERAX. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The business transacted yesterday afternoon ranged a tolerably extensive lot of Derby favourites„ and after so dull a season, may ke viewed as a promising commence ment to the year. It comprehended the following bets : 700 to 100 ngst the Ugly Buck ; 71 to 1, to 1501.; and a fraction more to 1001. (a hedging bet) ngst Rattan ; 30 to 1, to 401., agst Leander ' • 25 to 1, to a pony, agst Cockarnaroo ; 1,000 to 30 each, agst Campunero, Run ning Rein, and lonian ; 1,000 to 25, repeatedly, and in one quarter (to hedge a previous bet between the same parties) 1,000 to 30, agst Voltri ; 1,000 to 25 agst Saddle Bow ; 50 to 1, to about 100, and 45 to 1, in fifties, agst the Marinello colt ; 1,000 to 20 each agst Attaghan and the Delightful colt ; 1,000 to 15 agst Apprentice ; l,OOO to 10 agst Johnny Broome ; and 500 eve n between the Ugly Buck and Rattan, the Buck's backer giving a couple of sovereigns for choice. Closing prices : DETIDY. 7 to I agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—taken 7i to I agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan—ditto It; to I apt Mr. Quin's Loaditone 25 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Cockatriaroo—taken 25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Orlando 30 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken 33 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lonian—ditto 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Wood's Running Rein—ditto 1000 to 30 agst Sir G. Hcathcote's Campunero—ditto 35 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's T'Auld Squire 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Saddle Bow—ditto 40 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Voltri—ditto 45 to. I agst Lord Exeter's Marinelli', colt—ditto 50 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's Delightful colt .50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Attaghan 66 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice • 100 to ,l agst Mr. Sadler's Johnny Broome We understand that notwithstanding the qui tam ac tions, and the extraordinary attempts to evade racing engagements on the plea of illegality, the nominations made yesterday afford the most satisfactory evidence of the prosperity of the turf. PROVIDENTIAL. ESCAPE OF LADY GRENVILLE.— Darihg the extremely thick fog which prevailed a few evenings since, the carriage of Lady Grenville, in which was her Ladyship, who was returning to Dropmore from a dinner party at Huntercombe House, Bucks, was upset by being driven upon a steep bank, close to the village of Burnham, about two miles from her Ladyship's resi dence ; and such was the position in which the carriage was overturned, that the footman and coachman found it to be impossible to extricate Lady Grenville from her perilous situation without additional assistance, which was speedily yrocured from the village. Her. Ladyship, who has attained a very advanced age, received several contusions, and was immediately conveyed to the surgery of Mr. Roberts, at Burnham, where she received every attention, and returned to Dropmore House shortly be fore midnight. Her Ladyship, who is still suffering from the effects of the severe bruises she experienced, espe cially in the left arm, shoulder, and side, has not since left her residence. Mr. Carew, the sculptor, has for some time been on a visit to General Wyndham, at the barracks in Dublin, blending, however, recreation with professional business (in which he is likely to be extensively patronised by his spirited countrymen). Ho has been, honoured with a commission to execute a bust of the Earl of Cardigan, which task he has perfected with much skill and fidelity. Carew has also made a bust of Father Mathew, the temperance leader. There are serious complaints owing to the scarcity of silver, which now bears a premium. The Master of the - Mi int - tould - do something to remedy this serious grievance. J • jest of the conspiracy was, the destruction of the Pro testant religion; the corollary was to be, the repeal of the Union; and for these two great purposes the Anti- Corn-law L9ague is prosecuting its gigantic labours ! Such is the staple of Mr. Pert.lnd's present philippics against the manufacturers and the League; and. the 'limes, and the rest of the Tory press, are not ashamed to occupy their columns day after day in retailing their trash. Verily, the Starreocracy is in a desperate plight to be reduced to such champions. NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1844. - - - In no department of the public revenue have so many improvements been made of late years as in that of the General Post-offie e , in consequence of the facilities afforded by the rapid p rogress o f St eam nav i ga ti on and railways. To the commerce of this great mercantile country the intredaction of ltxontative power since 1820 has proved of the greatest importance. Our wall-built steamers now cross the wide Atlentie to America and the West Indies, Portugal, Spain, down the Medi teranenn to Egypt, end the IndiatisTttesrdm;aup, ntn it A hela e l r t r, ie to St. Peterslurgin to =burgh,i, Ostend, Calais, F;oulogneeDieppa, and Havre de Grace, and run daily like a trip to Gravesend ; whilst by th e means of railways we arc conveyed in a few hours to in lan.l towns of England end Feotiand, which formerly oc cupied days and nights ef dreary travelling . . The fol• lowing is the offieial list of Post office arrangements for the present year, which cuma' into operation yee;erdase January 1, and the postsge on for, ign letters, which r o doubt will be interasting te the public, viz.--Calais daily (Sunday excepted), due in Landon daily ; Ostend, Monday, Tuesday. - Thursday, and Friday, due Sun day, Monday, Thursday, and Friday, by steams packets via: Doecr ; Holland, Tuesday and Friday,. tine Monday and Thursday ; Ilamburgh, Tuesday and Friday, due Tuesday and Saturday, by steam-packets fast London ; Vigo, Oporto, • Lisbon. Cadiz, and Gibraltar, every Tuesday morning ; Malta, Greece, and the lonian Islands on the morning "of the Ist and 15th of the month ; Egypt and India on the morning of the Ist of the month, by steam-packets via Southamp ton, to Malta, Egypt, India, and Hong-Kong, by the overland closed mail via Marseilles, on the 4th of the month. British and foreign colonies in the West Indies: -Madeira, Mexico,: Honduras,. Havannah, Bahpenas # Chagres, and New Granada, on the morning of ire 2d anti 17th of the - month ; BerMuda and St. Jago do Cuba, on the 17th only, by the morning mails eta South ampton. British North America, Bermuda, and the United States in the evening of the 3d and 18th of the month, except-in ..December, January, February, and March, and then only on the 3d by steam-packets via Liverpool. Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres on the first Tuesday of the month by sailing packets from Fal mouth. Postage on letters by steam-packets from London : -Holland, Is.; Germany, Denmark, Swedan,and Russia, IseBd.; Heligoland, Is.; Hamburgh, Cuxhaven, Lubeck, Bremen, and the Grand Duchy of Oldenburgh, 6d. By steam-packets front Dover :-France and Algeria (under quarter of an ounce), 10d. ; Belgium, Is. 6d. ; Spain, Portugal, Sardinia, and Southern Italy, via France, 10d.; Switarland, Turkey, the Levant, the Archipelago, Greece ' the lonian Islands, Austria, Venetian Lom bardy,Germany, Belgium, and Rolland, via France, per half ounce, 5d.; Baden, Bavaria, certain northern States of Europe, for Warded through the post-office of the Duke of Tour and Taxis, via France, sd. ; Alexandria, Smyrna, the Dardanelles, and Constantinople, by French packets, via Marseilles, on the Ist, lltb, and 21st of the month, a uniform Britisit and foreign rate of Is. 3d. (under a quarter of an ounce) ; Tuscany and the Two is. 9d. ; Roman States and Greece, is. 7d. ; Malta, by the monthly closed mail, via Marseilles, Is. 3d. ; Alexandria, Is. Bd. ; India, Is. 10d. ; Hang- Kong, la. 10d. ; and the lonian Islands, Is. Bd. By the steam-packets from Southampton :-Lisbon, ls. 9d. ; Spain, 2s. 2d. ; Greece and Egypt, Is. 6d. ; Gibraltar, Malta, the lonian Islands, India, and Hong- Kong, Is. ; the British West India Islands, Honduras, Panama, Chili, and Peru, Is. ; Hayti and the foreign West India Islands, Is. sd. ; Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba, and New Granada, 2s. 3d. ; Madeira, ls. 9d. By steam packets from Liverpool :-the United States, Bermuda, Halifax (Nova Scotia), New foundlaud, and British North America, via Boston, is. ; Upper and Lower Canada, Prince Edward's Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Is. 2d. By sailing packets from Falmouth :- Madeira, Is. Md. ; Brazil, 2s. 9d. ,• Buenos Ayres, 2s. 7d. N.B. All fareign letters must be prepaid, except to France. Holland, Batavia, Baden, Bavaria, certain nortivn States of Europe, forwarded through the office of T.tr and Taxis ; Alexandria, Smyrna, the Darda nelles, Constantinople, Tuscany. and the Two Sicilies, Roman States, Greece and Maha, via France ; Gibral tar, Malta, the British West Indie Islands and Canada, by their packets. Newspapers can be sent free of post age to all the British possessions in the West ladies and North America, Brazils and South America, France, Spain, and Portugal, and India, via Southampton ; Hatuburq,h, Sweden and Norway ; to Holland and coun tries through Holland, l,t. ; the United States, 2d. ; the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, South Australia, New South Wales. Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand, Id. ; India, via France, 2d. ; closed mail, 3d. The next mails for Matta, Egypt, India, and Heng-Kong, by the closed overland mail via Marseilles, in tine on Thurs day, the 4th instant. The-West Indies, this morning, the 2d instant, by the Teviot steamer, via Southampton. United States 61 America, Canada, &c., via Boston, to morrow, the 3d instant, by the Britannia steamer, from Liverpool. Madeira, the Brazils, anti Buenos Ayres, ditto, by her Maiesty's brig Penguin, via Falmouth. Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on Thursday morning, the 4th instant, via Southampton. MR. WILSON'S ENTERTAINMENT ON SCOTTISH MUSIC, AT THE MUSIC HALL, STORE STEM'. Wilson has returned fre in his provincial tour in good health in.d in excellent voice, and recommenced his de lightful Scottish Entertainments at the Music Store-street, where he was enthusiastically welc( met? by a crowded audience. " Oh, weel may the Bustle row" was his (wetting melody, and this was followed, by the beautiful, plaintive " Logic o' Buchan," which he gave with most exquisite tenderness and expression; this and " We're a' Noddin" were the gems of the evening, as far as sentimental songs were concerned. With regard to this latter song, all the lovers of Scottish music are under infinite obligations to Mr. Wilson for having res• cued this delicious melody from the absurd words to which it has hitherto been set, and for having substituted for them one of the most beautilAy pathetic lyrics ever penned, and which lASUy given by him with the most touching pathos and feeling. It vuis, of course, loudly encored, and we hope that henceforth these words will be, to the exclusion of all others, the words of " We're a' Noddin." We have said that these were the gems of the evening at far as sentimental songs were concerned, and many of the audience perhaps preferred them to any of the others : but greet as Wilson is in the pathetic, he is equally great in the humourous and the dramatic, and we delight to hear him in such songs as " There cam a young man to my daddy's door," and " Muirland Willie." In these songs he stands alone. How admir ably humourous was his acting in this latter song last evening—the rough wooer, the cautious father, the coy and coquettish maiden, were all delineated to the life. Then again, what could be better than his acting in " Come under my Plaidic ?" It was a perfect drama, the characters of Donald, the old wooer, Marion, the young maiden, and Johnnie, the rejected suitor, being sustained, and sustained with the most harmoni ously truthful effect, by Mr. Wilson. In " llooly and Fairly," too, what can exceed the ludicrously dolorous manner in which he gives time line " 0 gin my wife would drink hooly and fairly," Never were the suflering3 of the henpecked husband more humourously and ruefully represented. The finale was the excellent old ballad " Get up and bar the door." Mr. Wilson adds vastly to the humour of this admirable do mestic comedy, fer such it is, by his manner of giving it. Ire repeats the first line of each stanza, and then sings the other three—this, he says, was the old way of giving the ballad, and it is decidedly the most telling and effective. He was loudly encored in this song, and repeated it with, if possible, increased gusto. At the conclusion of the entertainment he announced that he should this day week give " Anither nicht we Burns." ROYAL EXCHANGE.—It is the intention of the Gresham Committee at once to take into consideration the possibility of giving the public a direct thoroughfare through the new area of the Royal Exchange, but as this cannot be done without mattrially interfering with the operations of Mr. Jackson, the contractor, and his workmen, who have engaged to finish the building in a specified time under a large penalty, a covered passage is the only one that can in any shape be acceded to, and even in this case, it would cut off a direct intercourse with the western and eastern portions of the buildings, and prove very inimical to that rapid execution already exhibited. With an open thoroughfare the attention of the workmen would naturally be called from their duties, and that system of guresillance, so necessary under such circumstances, would be rendered one of increased diffi culty, if not altogether impossible. At present the space afforded to the workmen is unprecedentedly small —indeed, it is calculated that the loss accruing for the want of more has been at least 4,0001. Upon the east side there are about eight feet between the hoarding and the building, and upen the three other sides there are scarcely ten. There is a fact which has not been com mented on during the progress of the works, which, by reason of its absence at other public buildings, demands a passing notice. It is the great unanimity which has throughout existed between the contractor and the work men. This comfortable feeling is, it would now appear, directly owing to a wise forethought in founding a fund for the relief of all employed upon the edifice. The principal source of such fund arose from the permission of the Committee to exhibit for three days the marquee under which his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and other distinguished persons, met to lay the first stone. From this means alone an exchequer has been furnished, out of which, with some trifling additions, no less a sum than 5001. has been dispensed to the families of the sick and maimed. The number of casualties during the erection has been very small. DEATH BY FIRE.-011 Saturday, a young man, named James Burrows, aged twenty-one years, in St. George's hospital, under thehisfolbliconawmia,ntgesceioxrfie'uitrinheed stances :—lt appears that Burrows, who was a labouring man, and resided at No. 15, White's-wharf, North-road, Paddington, arrived home at an early hour on the anmorn ing of the 19th instant, in a state of inebriety,ndlaced having proceeded to his room, lit the candle a ancr soon it on the table, upon which ` he laid reeee t went to sleep. Subsequent pannedho e s b •e y r e smell of ß tir - e, ows, he was discovered a ar s o tr u o g n ed g a dreadful state of ao - ony from by lying under the table in _ _. l loud i yg.rtohaen andso,t which e h n r i n e h proceeding w• o the apartment occupied by B urros`'', burns lie had sustained. Re was Fixed, y as possible removed to St. George's Hospital, where he died. The body awaits a Coroner's inquest. i I