The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-19 00:00:00

t z ) ~- f . -; ~~ r e " t {~ ~! ~~ GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS. FURTHER REDUCTION OF FARES. N- 0 1 SIXPENCE AND NESEPENCE, Boat and Blackwell Railway included. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, • 411 7 Sundays included) at Ten, Eleven Twelve, Three, Your , Six, and Half-past Seven From the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, ••4 ir r 'en, Half-past Nine, Half-past Twelve, Two,* Four, Six, Seven, and Eight. • • On Sundays at Five instead of Two. nn --Fore Cabin and Seco:A-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and First-class Carriage, Ninepence. ......fLtar (Mee, Gravesend, July 10, 1844. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. Addition to Acceleration of, and Alterations in, Trains, on and after Monday, the 26th inst. Notice is hereby given, that TWO SECOND-CLASS ENCLOSED CARRIAGES will be attached to the undermentioned Trains, .viz.:— From Londoa.... • • 10 30 A.M. and 2 P.M. • From Brighton ... • 11 30 A.M. and 3 30 4. ; .m. Fares by the same, Ios. 6d. Also, that the 4 45 P.M. Train from London will be accelerated so as to Perform the journey in an hotir and a half, and the present 9 O'clock Train will start at b 4b A.M., from Brighton, performing the Journey , in the same time. These Accelerated Trains will stop only at litigate, and day tickets will not be available thereby. ADDITIONAL TRAINS, consisting of First and Second-class Car riages; will be put on from London at 11 A.M., and from Brightori at A P .M. The 6 30 Train from Brighton will be altered to leave at 7 Pat. By order, C. R. MACKENZIE, Secretary. 'London Terminus, August 19, 1844. LONDON - and WESTMINSTER, hANK. The DIRECTORS hereby give Notice, that a DIVIDEND " ' Mee Per Cent. upon the paid-up capital of the Companr, - being after the rate of Six per Cent. per Annum, will be PAYABLE on and after the 10th day of SEPTBMSZA next, at the Bank, L with out dedaction f or I ncome -t ax, wh i ch w i ll be paid by th Bank. e Transfer Bookt. will be closed from the 19th of August to the 10Ih 'September, By order of the Board, I gthb JAMES WILLIAM GILBAItT, General Manager. urY, July 26, 1844. INVENTORS and other GENTLEMEN in the Possession of INTERESTING MODELS or WORKS of ART, _I!Flo intend to deposit them at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI TUTION, are respectfully requested to - ferivard them on or before the 31st inst., in order that they may be inserted in the REVISED CAT ALOGUE. All such works are received gratuitously, and the 'dDaily epositor has free admission to the Institution. Working Models are Explained, andrwhere the subject admits, are described in a L ecture. R. J. LONGIIOTTOM, Secretary. N.B. The Institution is open Daily, as usual. TO 'BE SOLD., pursuant to an ORDER of the Ir, H COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of LAN 'r. BUCK, with the appr o b a ti on o f Si r G IFFIN W ILSON, .7f o C ihe Masters:of the Court, at th e R o y a l H o t e l, N orw i c h , some in the month - of September, of which due notice will he given, the IMPROPRIATE RECTORY of GREAT ELLINGHAM, in the county of Norfolk, consisting of the Tithes of Corn and Grain of about 1,773 a. la. 10r. of land, which have been cOmmuted, under the Tithe Cornrautation Acts, at a rent-charge of 4301. a year. Also !t Barn, amt.! A.,Ott. 39r. of Pasture-land (tithe-free) in Great Effing ham, occupied by Robert Large. • The lanl-tax on the premises has been redeemed. Particulars and conditions of sale are in the Course of preparation, r naY• shortly be had (gratis) at th e said Master's Chambers, in mithanipton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ;of Messrs. Trehern 3 6 ,:r 'bite, 13, Barge-yard Chambers, Bucklcrsbury, Solicitors ; GZl!rs• Brid ger and Blake, No. 68, Londo'n-wall, Solicitors ; of Mr. alit and Mr. Press, Hingham, Norfolk, Solicitors ;of Messrs. atud I . ', M „ and Clarke, Wymond ham, Solicitors; and Messrs. liallachey '" 0 , Holt, Norfolk, Solicitors ; and at the place of sale.. • - s n 'r FORD, near STAINES. Fifteen Miles from Hyd e -p ar k. —4-ERIOR FARM, MANSION, and GROUNDS, TITHE. „ FREE, and LAND.TAX REDEEMED. MESSRS. ADAM HURRAY and SONS be g • C O to announce that they are directed to SELL by PRIVATE 14' ril A CT, • A v ery eligible FREEHOLD ESTATE , i n a dry and healthy a+tuation, and genteel neighbourhood, about three miles from „„,"' ln es, and sev en m il es f rom W i ndsor, comprising a neat, gentle :ansley, : ,,h. M ansion , with atta c h e d an d d e t ac h e d d omest i c o ffi ces, •I'Lleeasute-grounds, paddock, walled garden and hot-house, green_ u pond, dcuble coach-house, and six-stalled stable, and ever y convenience for the comfortable residence of a family. The qouse contains a drawing-room and a dining-room, or good dimen do ns, l ibrary, nine sp ac i ous an d c h eer f u l bed.rooms, housekeeper's "'ng, entrance-hall, butler's pantry, large kitchen, and cellaring. Also, a n excellent FARM, let on lease, which expires 25th March next, containing 228 Acres of productive arable, meadow, 4 nd pasture land, with a convenient farm-house, barns, stables, and tohtehrer suitable agricultural buildings and l a bour ers ' cottages, togs' with several Copyhold Cottages and Gardens. Fo r further particulars apply to Messrs. Adam Murray and b us, Surveyors and Land.agents, 47, Parliament-street, London, c ' t whom cards to view the estate may be obtained. BURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES, Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. "1-1 N 1 1UPPFSS •nd SON' bein apprised of the numerous en •• a • - , .g ' . knn , made by many persons to impose a spurious article for theb „,anFt feel it incumbent ou them to request the attention of the . • ;a1 in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to oh- Zye the Name and Address correspond with the above. Theiggene t A PPearance of the spuri ous d escr i pt i ons w i ll deceive the un , rl O ; and, for th e i r d etect i on, J. B. and Son, submit the following Ilia in appearance at first sight, " the genuine," but '..uout name or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," .• Li!al thers• Burgiss's ; an many mor without addres. John . tjfrlAoss and" Son, haring " ben d many years e honoured u with such dis i„liolled approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the e, and earnest' solicit them to inspect the labels previous to • 1n'r, .... ,, . e14 " 11 .g.what they Y conceive to be of their make, which they hope it:: 'Le s a v tl e s n f ta many n disappointments. ( .. ) t , CIESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such Vlas . continues to be prepared by there, and is recom imateeds a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good In all • e ,, onse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. I T, " W. BURNETTS PATENT The cheapest and b es t p rocess f or the Preservation of Timber CM, Cord age, Cotton, Woollen &e. %an Lic h , Co rdage, granted to Noblemen and Gentlemen to use the . Prepara- Iten ns. 4ll4 to other s fb r t h e purposes of Trade, an advantageous, akellay,draulleApparatus and Tanks, for the expeditious preparation of Oppo,,lT:ttrtaterials, at the principal station ,Millwall, Poplar, nearly rn; ro " r etnivieh. lerzna t i,,„ U , specimens and Testimonials may be seen, and every in tiou.b "" Obtained at the Office, No. t'3, King William-street, Lon- C---- ARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION I re ,l, T AINT, especially patronised by the British . and other Go pan 'Me n l the Hon East India Company, the principal Dock Coal. and most bile bodies, is particularly recommended to the ' M.- .t r 1 b ... i1 1%. gentry, public bodies, is particularly recommended to the )rietor,' C*ntry, agniculturjss, Manufactnrers, WeSt 'lndia • p nearly Go and otheis, it having been 'proved, .by the practical test of ti 7 e r . t Yt. o ,Years. to surpa ll other paints as an out-door preserva com,,," a danted fo description of iron, wood, stem-, brick. also 'y' • r stucco r every w exposed to sun or weather It is . cry e conomical, any labourer being abl to lay it on thereby avoiding the enormous charges generall m d e by painters. ' Colours —light stone, drab, or Portland d tto, B y ath a di e tto, yellow ditto, light atlllidedatk lead, light and dark chocolate, bright and dark red and It, 31.5. per cwt . ; invisible green, 505.; bight and deep green, r - f7_.l)er cwt. : in casks of 28. b., `6lb , and 1121 b. each. Oil and 471,n:. More detailed _particulars will •be sent free of post. The 'At 1 Anti-Corrosion Paint is only to be obtained of. Walter Carson ~successor to the inventors), 15, Tokeu house-yard. hack of the Bank 7. t; .,,Kland, who will show upwards of ONE HUNDRED VOLUN _,..',9Y TESTIMONIALS from the Nobility, Gentry, amt Clergy, Otnave used the Anti-Corrosion for many. ears No agents. All Cyders to he sent direct. Prl-I E GRUMBLING GROUSE. IE L FAC FOR THE D. An assemblag e of T " Grouse" had F a lively debate. Concerning the deaths that had happen'd of late. The (6 debate was commenced in the following strain, 1 ..1Y a bird w h o was vlew'd as ' 1 the prince of the plain" : - • - 'Tie dreadful!' (said he, as he open 'd his bill), il That sport smen continue to worry us still; • " But" (said he) "We are not altoge; her bereft, , •• I think we've a very good remedy left. fLet us try to revenge many idtiries done, , • ,7 % an tame t petition to MOSS S wid SON. o doubt if we utter some pitiful notes, . hey'll at once . put a stop to tie s a l e o f th e i r , coats. I am certain" (said he) " that in - MOSES' houre, • There's a very strong feeling in favour of ' cirouse,' . ~.And if selling of ' shooting -coats' once could be stop!, the practice of shooting would shortly be dreirp'd.' Tush! t us h !" (said the next, as he turn'd up his beak,) • e, I e 1 c annot but wonder wh i l e h ear i ng you spea k ; Who much more from a coc k o f y our sense, vvho boasts of such wisdom, and makes such pretence. And 1. thought )ou knew more of E. MOSES and SON, Tha n to think for a moment that this c aild be done. Is it llkely the MOSES' will study us, so A s to end the vast sale of their' shooting-coats ?'—No." • `` I think" (said a third) " that it'. quite out of reason . 1? K l Ppose they would giv, up the sale of the season. . ' ' PI) these 'costs ,' f o r which s p or t smen i n multitudes flock, rin a principal pal t of their wonderful stock ; And hence I conclude that no good can be done, l'or .._ ll y se nd i ng petitions to MOSE • and SON." tlis,"l,, convenience of parties residing from town, on application, ~. nns for s clf-measurement will be forwarded post free. .it: 4 nti r . r , READY hIADF. X s. d. elver.. - .: s n .sta in every variety. .... ............. .. .. ... ... from 0 10 u 0 10 6 a„,....,-..n ditto, seven pockets — lft ti.„ ~a, &ghoul s U S 6 a. sh- rWst i r tt % wit h silk facings, cellars, ind culls .• a of,„z,,,:ntztlinexry shape, handsomely trimmed , ..... 0 1 6 Blouses I N ?ugh Tn e r vests 0 6 4111:Lek eP f and Pend Ent •ii every variety 3s. to 0 6 Date viii'' ve is a" 1 o ' 1 t kitc't el °th ditto , 41 41 tro users ... 0 9 0 A ..,._ Min ed ,:•2 ........ 0 11 0 gasgvat , aritt "'e 0 7 0 tr,,l Co.. Yof summer ditto .. — .ad. set. esd` ........ „......... ........ 1 0 ditto. ditt0;...............-....." " ..... 1 6 0 ••••••••••• ....... . ••• MADE To II EARDRE. .I%ilettitentCOß.. ta in the most ap raved style 0 1 ' 6 I , :eatt 1 ,;:,' nittO, ditto, seven pockets • tii: u nler.. at tlmemeo with .ilk 0 16 0 othra a ;Lune Saxony o..rt-xe. Nevi and improved article, warranted water_ C.,ir ‘ ,,,,nns' with silk, collar , cuffs, .te.... T r „ ere ''' ,ll . 7s each or three ' for aNser 6 " „ eg ta, I ' D Ch i )fi l ed -r''. su4 Pted for the !attenrns . ... '. * SI , 9 0 6 0 11 - Z_ gins i t c . t°s „la. and plain doe 847, Illaji t . "'eat of England . 1 3 0 I) 16 0 1), ‘ ,. 4 2,, ............. . 1 6 0 LAN ` .. iSvit ........ e ..... • ...... 1 15 0 er ch ioitt o ...... , ... ...... * tit ! : Co.. best manufactorea otiplltiei.4%,••iu..r.,...ci ............ ......... '3 3 "0 ... ' 4 ll to aia ly • any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the hos s s mint s following prices :—. f t dittr, ..drests coat, vest, and trousers from 1 16 ft •r:hilt/ 4 ;,,,J,,a(*ket, vest, and trousers ' from 0 18 0 e' t tan....... -- UY article poichaterl or orders .:, if not approved vt. - mer, e a-..... or the monereturned. 5t,41,41en ic-rair-s,,,,,MOSES a nd SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail c,.. and a _ .. Outfitter., and General Wareh ousemen, 154, Mt atenaapi.Z:..Aldgate,Clty, osite the Church. N .st ; in rt Moses and S on are obliged to guard th public hits th Xkl rrlttnn. having learned that the , untradesmanlike a te t he & c -ire tit4 th ::: .se . r . : 1 :" co nnected with them or it the same concern, inq h ha ve e' n o o tted to in many instances , for obvious reasons. t n 9exinn whatever with any other establishment, a n c u tr itiA at i Cloth i t n ng r s e h s ou o l r d_(to p i:l ey: t o: v,N,e' the ch uh ) call or send to, 154, M 6 i , 80, Al g , w e ' l o i l k ; . ? till bt ,,, l n si _n_;;;; t h h el is P Esteblishment from sunset n . sunset ay, when business is resumed till tw e l ve Cashiers wanted. No rycluium rcquired i tt iatip. RS. j, A rt I NFANTS IN CUTTING THEIR TEETH. Mt, S'Iri,,,,,FINSON'S AMERICAN SOO I lIING lkvith, - „Pwar ds -,,-.,.-. This effleacious Remedy has been in general use oit'',.'ufTer.,T,',,..' his Years ' and has- preserved numerous Children 'he i'.° the s„',...'ro!tt Convulsions arising from painful Dentition : As nie4erg tend g 13 rubbed on the Gums, the Child will be relieved, M tmotis;.an4 the i nflammation reduced. It is as innocent as " 10 tild .ehild I ' l 'g to produce the Teeth with ease ; and so pleasant, Botts very refuse to let its Gums be rubbed with it. Parents . •iitil le , Ilcro sy Particular to ask for JOHNSON'S A MERICAN ,the; s'.. Pan: R uP, and to notice that the names . of Barclay and sa e ine) 'rngdon.str Ntle. 1 are on t ._ eet. London t o whom Mrs. Johnson has old the Stansp affixed to ach Bottle. -Price 2s. d .g per TO A / /- 4. ~., )'atk. Cot,;`of I'ROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON. ~s ir . . a Letter limn William Wilson, E.sq., Clifton, near N,,,..5.01.2r%vgth the greatest ples. u ' r ' e C; h lf a t t on i , in Y f o o r r tt rn , y F o e u b. w s , , th lA w 4l h . at ' l tild;"Y trim it rur and Rheumatic Pills have effected a cure in me. et, 0 .1 ... ' I have had the Rheumatism ; and, in spite of all I te.inin ^as not - mkk e nded to able to oh ain the least redef, until a friend _ O 4. .te e t; me tlair a Pills, which, after a few ' tria's, effected a / o t , re. 1 0 ti. ah oy at lib , e rtY to use my name if it will be of anv servi-e ' Yours truly , • .. WILLI AM WILSON.' of th . ah oy „ts vai e,re,ent test' ' • ' 425 Ith4au'e inedicirnmeenialys .t further proof of the great efficacy 40 I . ii.tt Pa z ts" . Sciat ila w Lu ic m h ha's oth.; ° llolo ir r ' o c i u l; e P r a e i In n s e i l n y t f f:e r 1 / - 4" e lpo w i e `e?. often misstaktn 14 toothache , and f'r all Gouty t the_ a m aratl.eryle,ities. * tit:7 4) . en rei 'Mg to have (Tin' ' trefer to the following *14,4 114 ~,‘ eeted f r ,, u , . m p .. is,ion o u nude of others, whoe station in AIL .....j:.. tributed to ad li t ;a i li et ., ; v it. mai.dal ilanc ‘ e this popular medicine in rublic AN ctlki•Nine chevalt, R., Ccroner, Doncaner, the Rev. Dr .• •ti 14,1 it eWr OUlldi •de la Garde, Lieutenant Masters, late of , g,..._ er, a nd :Veteran. 'Companies, I.lr. Makin, brewer ' i i i t u ;ri ev ; i t i: , Mr. _Richard Stone, Luton • John J. Gl' es, % "ere tak i"R tic "wood, Perbright ; all of whom have received 1 ,„. old h_et puts „, ~,,i, rnedicme, and have allowed the prim , ietor the Ern bj r a 74 g the same tor and. benefit - f the a ffl icted. -- stt d( 44l r ,,,,__- , rotit, 110, St and, L ;Won; and ti, his appo nt. ' ,114,k4 47 „Pric;s".`,:a!ile Re lei- e Venders "ihroughout the United stsi o Nre,' r , Alk.s i p. Per box: . . 911,e404 -- -' 4 &dare _our and Ft HEITM ATIC P 1 LLS, and observe Islue -s:tlmn th, G ' " ' Thomas - rriaut„ ti 9, Str nd, London." aa,4i,,_ overntneritrStanlya...xed to each box of the me. . ICE. Aug. IG.) ;enerally en Lr to reall o 'eduction es tions; thes e irchasc on occurred 1 . 0 West Ind!! orts fetal 11 sorts, an d lases for the a of 6d to P day a goodonstimptioo, Town Luig i wt. Bondel aced ratesj having soP demanding Dd, but in' vices rath . e t rket beta lower de' ~ large ply' r the whole • 6d per col ilow fetch 595, mid 5 0 r low brow ° 51s, fine 05 has been ?u' lers worlo estricted, „ 11/ ors to se _,' C ngal Sur, tll rater, 134 : nd very fin,,: nd good b id r to god I. ere taken" the value. still murl -isacted, b 0; further f."' th firmn 64 : s ; fair blot at ig made cwt. Bret ° and refinia, .ome t have bee ° -the transo ibmitting able incre.O . ?n extengt at 22s to 2 `,,," itt's, low 24s per )r, althoug" Tea ina 4el prices th w e r e : sales of ; a better ar cl were ,nt id to er, still 1 0 ; ,ckages we'" ket has be ell )wn for tr, r principtl4, lean qus ll . l L being sur:,;, met 01 4 809 bags. id, of e) at very was all [ass went' a 6d, t b d d repac l, 4 owever, s°; . Of Dfoc °,l gysore 5° 4 Len in at s of CO a I, 55s 6(17 0 1, and 21 5 igs of Sol eo 3t. Dom,F Tb s loury. 3 is the"' for given. ing to 2, 71 e i gs c0n5 15 , at full roLi at 25 5 ra ,e va1ue,4,141/10 at 2shinch, d for lb Ind 15 Pet Ana roreign, at© treaty r ove previol 46s for gr' ° : )r middli?; id for gr e l s i d selling. , ,nd middlll), h a s been, of Jams, f '' de hare P' Id to 2d P e o proof at so ;, fine 3 6 , 4 to 5s 6d rj > f, and g 9 a at 35 0 ,1 , Over. 1. with eeo ol , . sorts 11 %,f t brands , 5s 2d , d ' t o 5s Id, PrA, o 184 21 '9 dung 35 4 , j t for du t) t oi pirits at ;n Abe rease i a ftertl', clean Wh ey n all br°` t. bee° e has ly has 40e , mon t° %• may be c ot II g ood, $ O , 4 Is to 4' v atelyt ° e f ;., 4 This * ft i oi rs lideP e lh '7d pet ters suPP re lf • ns ar e A Pper d to 4 " J O n shelf il l' ish Ole mop tb. Lam beth , roc, fsq' of Tllo°lls Tore' the , - - - --* . : Duga laE. so -51013 of ast lent- f S t ' ceon CeolP of uttt ivai n d wil . nes Shod, V lvillia'a S, of Cut. Freder ick bury , the No. 11. i ,- , . . - • . . _ . . . . _ • • - ' • . . . . . . 4 .. •?' 4 4 - ~.. . e* -4- . 4 ', -. 4;i*i. ~, 3 , : ; 1 , • N ~. , t 4, , ...: , t 4 4,„,,, • ._.. ,--) ,-- _____„,.........:-..:.• • -•,-,i.,- - ,/ . • • ~ . • • * ~.).„.0t, -,f:-...,,.. i, -•-•.„ • _ • • , , . „, -',,zv.. 9 e.7' ~,, e , .i • (1. ' ; r„...,,r • t-f,,, , iiie,' _- ', _4-- ~ ,•_ - ~, ..,.. i . „. .. , .. , .. _ ••• , ' I ~ 1 ft , * ,: 45„....,,..z ,_,. ,* 2. ~,,,,,,..,,,,.„..,,,_,,,,,,.,-..., ~ j. :.4 : vr 44. 9 ": - / ik_, 4l -1 4.... ~,,,.Aseit4 . vfr ilif - 4111 - ,.,..„..V,i) . 11 . ,AN' 5 ;,;\.- .-- -,„ y . A l p , . ~,,44 94, 0 , _,:... " /4 -- 4,,. , - I . 4 i c ~ . ~.." T.- ° - , 1 0. • s s4 4. 0 14 .., .... bli r' • 4, - ''' - - - 4,1 11 2 1 ) 1 .\.- : ' I \ .. / ).,,,... i \ . , ' 4 ... .etr:i5...... , -", s ' -' ' . . 74&k41 ; fig , f; , DI • • ••• .7, N ., ... - 7,- . —. ~ - • ':,,,,---- itorr: -, _ . . . __ No. 16,227. LONDON, MONDAY II CORNING SUN, AUGUST 19, 1844. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time' for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS , mad a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O ' CLOCK, for POS7, containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up So that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS Morning N oon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE, N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR - ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. • Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PIIOFETS. The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual Investigation, to declare a ' Bonus, averaging 60 per cent, on the amounts invested on each frected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. second Policy so >. I moo! Bonus Premium. ti added. .£ s. d. .£ s. d. 1837 170 9 3 74 / 3 4 1838 144 2 2 1839 116 16. Bonn!' in Cash: X a.`d. 77 5 :1 61 5 6 51 5 11 O 42'4 B.P. .- s. d. 12' 3 9 9 16 4 7 11 9 e, E , gs X s. ds 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De• cember of the present year. This institution offers many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, tWo-thirds of the premium (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and. the ccinversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. PELICAN LIFE A 70, LOMBARD-STREET E3cal fished 1797. DIREI M. Attwood, Esq., M.P. John Coope, Esq. W. Cotton, Esq., F.R.S. Sir W. Curtis, Bart. Wm. Davis, Esq. Richard Fuller, Esq. J. A. Gordon, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. SSURANCE OFFICE, r, and 57, 'CIIARING-CROSS. TORS. Sir Wm. He}•gate, Bart. Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq. It. 11. Lawrence, Esq. J. Petty 3101 watt, Esq. G. S. Storey, risit. C. H. Turner, Esq. M. Whiting, Esq. The plan of this Office will be found to comprise all the solid ad• vantages of Life ASsurancv. Persons have the- option of Insuring upon the Return or Non- Return Systems; and the Tables,. which include Ascending mid De scendin ;* Scales of Premium, ,have been formed to suit the con venierre of all parties. The Rates have recently been reduced agreeably to the most ap prove 1 calculations ; they are also verified by the experience of the Office during forty years, are as low as consistent with safety ; those adapted to the RETURN SYSTEM entitle its assured to an equitable parthipation in the surplus premium, according to the plan detailed in the Company's Prospectus. The Assured under both Systems will possess the guarantee of a large Pitid-up Capital, and the further security of a responsible body of Proprietors, without being exposed to the liabilities of partnership. Policies are purchased on liberal terms when the object of an assurance is effected ; or, loans will be granted thereon to the extent of five-sixths of such purchase-money..- Prospectuses and every information obtained on application at the Offices as above, or to the Agents of the Company appointed every city and principal town In the kingdom.' R. TUCKER, .Secretary. Bth do. ASYLUM FOREIGN and DOMESTIC LIFE OFFICE, 70, Cornhill, and 5, Waterloo-Place, London, Established in 1824. ` DIRECTORS. The Honourable William Fraser, Chairman. Major General Sir James Law Lushington, G.O 8., Dep. Chairman. J Harvey Astell, E•q. C. W. Hallett. Esq. - J. Clarmont Whitem-in, Esq. Foster Reynolds. Esq. " Gen. Palmer, jun., Esq. Thomas Fenn, Esq. W. Edmund Ferrers, Esq. G. Fa rren ,Esq., Re siden t Director MEDICAL OFFICERS IN LONDON. R. Ferguson, M.D. 9, Queen-street, May-fair, J. Forbes, M.D., FAi.S., 12; Old Burlington-strict. T. Callaway, Fsq., Wellington-street, Southwark. P. , rsons suffering from chronic disease or irregularity of form, in pregnanc., or old age, are insured at . proportionate rates, the Aylum I , eineth Co party which originally (in 1320 extended the benefits of li fe in.tiraoce to such eases Ist Life-Guards 2d coo . Royal Horse-Gds Ist Dragoon-Gds 2d d 0 ... 3dd• ....... 4th do sth do. 6th do ..... ... Regent's Patti Hyde Park Windsor . Canterbury • l3allincollig Dublin Longford Manchester 7th do Ist Dragoons ...... 2d do 3d Light do 4th do Pith do . 7th Hussars Bth do 9th Lancers 10th Hussars ... 11th Hussars 12th Lancers 13th Light Dragoons, 14th do ....... 15th Hussars.. 16th Lancers . 17th do Gren. Gds York ...... Cape of Good Hope Dublin. Edinburgh' Bengal Ipswich Brighton Birmingham ...... 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Wight Chatham Clonmel Chatham Londonderry Chatham Templemere • Clare Castle IChatham Newbridge Chatham Paisley Cork Carlow Isle of Wight ITemplemore Chatham Kinsale Chatham Isle of Wight Chatham Chatham Athlone Isle of Wight Rifle B. / Ist 2d bat. Reserve Bat. ) Chatham, for Lew South Wales. (2) For Bengal. 3) . Fer Bombay. • (4). For Bengal. (s).For Ireland. • NAVAL STATIONS. " - (From the Naval and Military Gozene.) Acheron, st., 2, Lieut.- Com. 8. Aplin, Mediterranean. Adder, 1, st., Master-Com. J. Hammond (act. ), Pembroke. Advice, I, st. ' Lieut.-Commander C. A. Petch, Pembroke. African, st., b laster-Commander J.-King (act. ), Sheerness. Agincourt, 72, Rear-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, Knight, Captain H. W. Bruce, China Division, East Indies. A igle, 24, Capt. Lord C. E. Paget, Mediterranean. Alban, 1, st. yes., Lieut.-CoMmander J. Jeayes, Ireland. Albatross, 16, Commander R. Yorke Coast of Africa. Albert, st., Lieut.-Commander D. W oodruffe, Coast of Africa. Albion, 90, Captain N. Lockyer,___C. 8., Gibraltar. Alecto, st., Lieut.-Commander W. Hoseason, Mediterranean. Alert, 6, Commander C. J. Bo'anquet, Coast of Africa. Alfred,so, Commander J. B. Purvis, Brazils. Alligator, 26, tr. sh., Master-Commander J. N. King, China America, 50, Capt. Hon. John outh America. Anson, 72, convict-hulk, Com. F. R. Gordon,aoghlan, Hobart Town. Apollo, tr., Commander W. Maclean, particular service. Ardent, st., Commander J. Russell, Coast of Africa. Asp, 1, st., Lieut.-Com. W. W. Oke, PortpatriCk. Basilisk, 6, Lieut. Hunt (act. ), South America. Beacon, 6, sur. yes. Corn. T. Graves, Mediterranean. Beaver, st., Lieut.- Com. R. Mudge, Dover. Bee, st., tender fur the use of students on board the'Excelleht, and at the Naval College, Portsmouth. Belvidera, 38, Capt. Hon. G. Grey, Mediterranean. Bittern, 16, Commander E. Peel, Cape of Good Hope. Black Eagle, 'at.' yes., Master Com. S. B. Cook (act.), Woolwich. Blazer, 3, st. ves.-, Captain Washington, surveying. Bonetta, 3, Corn. T. S. Brock, Mediterranean. Bramble, 10, Lieut.-Corn. C. B. Yule, East Indies. Caledonia, 120, Adm. Sir D. Milne, G. C. 8., Capt. A. Milne, Devonport. Cambrian, 36, Capt. H. D. Chads, C. 8., China. Carysfort, 26, Capt. Lord George Paulet, Brazils. Castor, 36, Capt. C. Graham, China. Ceylon, 2, receiving ship, Lieut. R. Curtis, Malta. Champion, 18, Commander J. Clavill (act. ). South America. Charon, steamer, Second blaster E. C. Rutter (act. ), Dover. Cleopatra, 26, Capt. C. Wyvill, Cape of Good Hope. Clio, 16, Corn. J. Fitzjatnes, on home passage. Cockatrice, 6, Lieut.-Com. J. Dunham, South America. Collingwood, 80, Rear-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, G.C. H., - Capt. H. Eden, Portsmouth. Columbia, steamer, Lieut.-Com. J. Harding, N. America. Comet, steamer, Lieut. W. Prettyman, Portsmouth. Confiance, 2, steamer, Sec. bias. J. Jagoe (act. ), Devonport. Conway, 26, Capt. W. Kelly, Cape of Good Hope. Cormorant, 6, steamer, Corn. G. T. Gordon, South America. Cornwallis, 72, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, K. C.D., Capt. P. Richards, East Indies, on passage home. Crescent, 42, rec. sh., Lt.-Com. W. G. Hemswortb, Rio Janeiro. Cuckoo, st., Lieut.-Corn. A. Parks, Weymouth. Curacoa, 24, Captain Sir T. S. Pasley, Bart., Brazils. Cyclops, 6, st., Captain W. F..Lapidge, Ireland. Cygnet, 10, Corn. H. Layton, Sheerness. Daphne, 18, Captain J. J. Onslow, South America. Dasher, st., Master -Corn. R. White (act.), Weymouth. Dee, 2, st.. blaster-Com. T. Driver, Ireland. Devastation, 6,5 t., Corn. W. H. Kitchen, Mediterraneal Dido, 18, Captain Hon. H. Keppel, passage home.- Dolphin, 3, Lieut.-Com. W. 013. Ifoue, - South America. Doterel, at., Dover, at., M aster E. Lyne (act.), Dover. Mas.-Com. J. G rey ( act. ) , H o l y h ea d. Driver, 6, at., Corn. C. G. Hayes, China. Dublin, 50, Rear-Admiral R. Thomas, Capt. J. J. Tucker, South America. Dwarf, st., Lieut.-Com. IV; C. Chamberlain, Portsmouth. Electra, 18, Coin. A. Dailey, West Indies. Emerald, ten, to St. Vincent, Sec. Mast. S. Beggs, Ports mouth. Espoir, 10, Commander A. Morrel, Coast of Africa. Eurydice, 26, Captain G: Elliott, America. Excellent, Captain Sir T. Hastings, Knt., Portsmouth. Experiment:l, st. v. Lieut-Com. J. Harper, Lake Huron. Fair Rosamond, 2, Lieut.-Commander Rulman, W. Indies. Fanny, ten. to St. Vincent, Sec. Master G. Allen, Portsmouth. Fearless, at., Commander W. L. Sheringham, Plymouth. Ferret, 6, Commander J. Oake, Coa3t of Africa. • FirFiefly, 2, steamer, Captai n F. W. B eec h ey, survey i ng I re l an d . guard, 42, Captain J. A. Duntze, South America. Flamer, Lieut.-Commander C. J. Postle Ireland. Fly, 18, C a pt a i n F . B. Blackwood, East Indies. Formidable, 84, N'ice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, K.C.8., Capt. G. F. Rich, Mediterranean. • Fox, 42, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood,'Brirt, Ireland. Frolic, 16, Commander C. B. Hamilton, South America. Geyser, 6, steamer, Commander Carpenter, Mediterranean. Gleaner, 2, steamer, Sec. Master H. Hill, Bermuda. Gorgon, 6, steamer, Captain C. Hotham, South America. . 'Griffon, 3, Lieut.-Commander Jenkin, West Indies. Growler, 6, steamer, Commander Buckle, Coast of Africa. Harlequin, 16, Commander Hon. 'G. F. Hastings, E. Indies. Hazard, 18, Commander C. Bell, East Indies. Hecate, 4, steamer, Commander J. P. Bower, Ireland. Hecla, steam-vessel, Commander J. Duffill, Mediterranean. Helena, 16, Commander Sir C. Rickets, Cape of Good Hope. Hefines, 2, steamer, Lieut.-Com. IV. Carr, America. Heroine, 6, Lieut.-Corn. H. R. Foote, C oast of Africa. Hornet, 6, Lieut.-Corn. R. B. Miller, West Indies. Hyacinth, 18, Commander- F. &etc, Coast of-Africa. - Hydra, 4, Commander H. B. Young, Coast of Africa. Illustrious, 72, Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam, K.C.8., Captain J. E. Erskine, America. • Imaum, rec. ship, Commodore A. R. Sharpe, C. 8., Jamaica. Inconstant, 36, Capt. C. H. Freemantle, West Indies. Iris, 26, Captain G. R. Mundy, China. Isis, 44, Capt. Sir J. Marshall, Knt., K. C.H., Cape. • Jasper, st., Alaster-CommanderE. Rose, Pembroke. Lark, 4, sur. v., Lieut.-Com. G. B. Lawrence, West Indies. Larne, 13, Commander J. W. D. Brisbane, Coast of Africa. Lightning, 2, at., Sec. Mast. W. Roberts, particular service. Locust, 3, steamer, Lieut.-Cora. J. Lunn, Mediterranean. Lucifer, st. surv. v., Corn. Frazer, Ireland. Lynx, 3, Lieut.-Commander.l. T. Nott, Ireland. Madagascar, 44, Captain Foote. i O te r r k r n an ey ea . n. Medea, M astiff, s s t u e r a . m y e . r , , li c la o s in te m r- a Co nd m er . w. G a .. rd T e h n o , m i as ed , Medina, 2, st., Master-Com. Smithett ( acting), Liverpool. Medusa, 2, st., Lieut. -Commander J. G. Raymond, Liverpool. Mercury, tender, Second Master J. Scarlett, Portsmouth. Merlin, 2, st., Lieut-Commarider E. Keane, Liverpool. Meteor, 2, st., Lieut.-Corn. G. Buttler, Ireland. Minden, 20, hospital ship, Captain M. Quin, China. Modeste, 18, Corn. T. Bernie, South America. Mohawk, Com. W. N. Fowell, Lake Ontario. Monkey, 1, st., Second Master W. Bryant (acting), Woolwich. Alontreal; Lieut.-Com. J. Tyssen, Lake Erie. Nautilus, 10, tender to Victoria and Albert, Lieut.-Com. W. Tringham, Portsmouth. Nereus, store-ship, Master-Corn. F. W. Bateman, Valparaiso. Netley, 8, tender to Caledonia, Second Vaster F. 11. May, Deyonport. Nimrod, 20, Commander F. H. H. Glasse, East Indies. North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Hom e , Bart., East Indies. Ocean, 80, Captain Superintendent P. Fisher, Sheerness. Orestes, 18, Corn. E. St. Leger Cannon, Mediterranean. Otter, st. v., Lieutenant-Commander H. Jones, Holyhead. J. Sullivan, Brazils. Pelican, 16, Commander P. Justice, China. Lieut.-Commander of f e A r f G ri r c e a e . t, Tower. ander J. A. Bainbridge, W. Indies. Pigmy, ppp P ihe e er n i kiseolpleinuo,pe2,e: receiving6sLs t t ,ei . ec , auin C ot m. a :v p c 0. e t a sf i m n .ei Lieut.-Com. C. A utridge, Pembroke. PfC°llrhidni's7 W est n. , Indies. C. B. Pike, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Com. A. Boyf er, P ortpatr i ck. PP P Pilot, Plover, 36, r . Com. vCapt.Hon. cap A,.L Jervis,R S. t Co W. H. essel, Pluto, 2, Lieut.-Commander P. Crozier, Irela nd. China. Poictiers, 72, Capt. Sup. W. H. Shirreff, Chatham. Polyphemus, 1, st., Lieut.-Com. T. Spark, Mediterranean. Porcupine, steamer, Captain Bullock, Woolwich. Princess Alice, Mast. Com. Smithett (act.), Dover. Prometheus, at., Commander J. Hay, Portsmouth. Prospero, 1, st., Sec. Alas. P. Rundle (act.), reserve packet, Pembroke. Queen, 110, Capt. W. F. Martin, Portsmouth. Racer, 16, Com. A. Reed, Brazils. Rapid, 10, Lieut.-Corn. E. C. Earle, Coast of Africa. Raven, 4, Lieut.-Com. J. Stephen, Sheerness. Redwing, steamer, Corn. T. Bevi s , Li verpoo l. Resistance, tr. a., Corn. C. G. C. Patty, Ireland. Rhadamanthus, 2; st., Mast.-Com. Leen, particular service. Ringdove, 16, Corn. Sir W. Daniell, Knt., Coast of Africa. Romney, depot, Lieut.-Com., R. Al`Clure, Havannah. Rose, 18, Com. H. R. Sturt, West Indies. Royal Sovereign, Capt.-Sup. Sir W. Pell, Pembroke. Royalist, Lieut.- Com. G. Hill, East Indies. 'St. Vincent, 120, Admiral' Sir C. loamy, llarrt.,' C 41,,, G. C. H., Capt. R. F. Rowley, Portsmouth. Salamander, 4, st., Corn. A. S. Hamond, South America. Semarang, 26, Capt. Sir E. Belcher, C. 8., China. San Josef, F. W. 110 Bugy ,Rreoarn-eA, p y th dm i ir m al ou Sir . Samuel Pym, K. C. B. Caps. Sapphire, troop ship, Alas.-Com. J. R. Fittock, China. s Sa av p aa pho e: 1 1 0 6, ,L T: u rn. Hon. George t...corn. LH. H 33ow ol k ie e , r, C iv a i p ed e it o e f Good rrnean. Hope, s S c a o te u lLite lB , , l C B, orn Co . m Hmoann.d J. R. HR.. Drummond, on H r . u ß m . m ßowle d , Mediterranean. RRoley,w ley, 16, Command er R . Sharpe; North Amer i ca . Seaflower, 6, cutter, C om. N. Robilliard, Portsmout h . • Sealark, 18, Com. T. L. G ooch, Coast of Af r i ca . Serpent, 16, Comma n d er W. Nevill, China. Shearwater, 2, steam-vessel, Commander C. Robinson , sur Brazils veying C oast of Scotland. Siren, 16, Commander W. Smith, East Indies. .Skylark, 4, Lieut.-Commander G. Morris, part. service. Snake, 16, Corn, Hon. W. B. Devereux, Mediterranean. Snipe, 2, Lieut.-Com. G. Raymond, particular service. Sparrow, 6, ketch, Lieut. H. C. Otter, Chatham. Spartan, 26, Captain the H o n. C . G . J. B. Elliot, W. Indies. Speedy, 2, Lieuten an t-C om. G. Beaufoy, Sheerness. Spider, 6, Lieut.-C om. R. E. Pym, South America. Spiteful, steamer, 6, C orn. W. Maitland, China. Sprightly, 1, steamer, Master-Com. Moon (aet.), Holyhead. Spy, 3, Lieut.-Corn. S. 0. W oolr i dge, S h eerness . Star,.lo, Corn. R. J. W. Dunlop, Cpast of Africa. Stromboli, 6, Corn. the Hon. E. Plunkett, Ireland. Styx, 6, steamer, Capt. A. T. E. Vidal, Azores. Swallow, 1, at., Master-Com. R. Sherlock (acting), Dover. Sydenham, st., D. R. B. Mapleton, Mediterranean. Sylph, 2, tender to Caledonia. Sylvia, 6, Lieut. Tumour, tender to Seaflower, Plymouth. Talbot, 26, Capt. Sir T. Thornpson Pacific. Tartarus, steam vessel, Commander J. Wolfe, Ireland. Thalia, 42, Capt. C. Hope, Pacific. Thunderbolt, 6, steamer, C o. rn G. N. Broke, C. of G. Hope. Tortoise, 12, Corn. W. Finlaison Ascension. Tyne, 26, Capt. W. N. Glasscock, Mediterranean. er, 6, Urgent, 2, steam-vessel, Master-Com. J. Emerson, Liverpool. v T ve h es ' s i t n av d il css steamer, surveying oT v a e rnl is .o e .Co C hi n a . m EE. Barnett, West Indies. , 26, us, 6, Victoria and Albe r t, yacht, °Capta inrnman Lord.ey , Portsmouth. Victory,"lo4, Captai n H enderson, C. 8., K.H., Portsmouth. Mediterranean.A. Fitzelareee. Vindictive, 50, Capt. J. T. Nicolas, C. 8., K. H., Portsmouth. Viper, 6, Lieut.-Corn. J. Carter, South America. Virago. 6, st.-ves., Com. G. G. Otway, Mediterranean. Vixen, 6, steam-vessel, Com. G Giffard, China. Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart., Ireland. Volcano, 2, steamer, Lieut . Corn E. C. Miller, Ireland. Warspite, 50, Capt. W. P . Wallis, Gibraltar. Wasp, 16, Com: S. B. Usher, coast of Africa. Widgeon. 1, steamer, Lieut.-Com. T. S. Scriven, Dover. Wildfire, an 1, steamer, Lieut.-Coin. A. Darby, Weymouth. William d Mary, yacht, Commodore Sir F. Collier, Knt.; C. 8., K. C. H. , Wool w i c h . • Winchester,.s2, Rear-A nm i ral the Hon. J. Percy, Captain C. Eden, Cape of Good-H ope. . Wolf, 18, Commander A. V yner (act.), China. Wolverine, 16, Corn. C. F. Brown, China. Young Hebe, Lieut.-C om . W . T. Bate, China. Zephyr, 1, st., Lieut.-Co m , J as. Smail, Holyhead. THE LEAGUE and ITS ADVISERS. p o s e e r e n i i ri l a l y w w w a e i s th nz League.loal advicermania T b f i l ea i rs s e ;fsAir'r the physician to is givingvS e u r ny counseldry courteoust o ot have a et v h e Ae Tnbi especially es been called in, and no nfvieesie,cdbtahteeaedtn tendered. The great the League convinced, by such feed, amounts to arrant tP,,he(eeulTa prescribeprincipleeakm e quackery." o b. , r e, t f h o r i Ne s d n o t r c h h t i u e r s i s testimony as has been offered, of its own failing health and energy. We believe ourselves t o b e as vigorous as ever, and moving onwards, with firm and steady pace, to the accomplishment of our object. The vo lunteer doctors of the League must first demonstrate its disease. The pilots of party should h ave waited good ship, We for the signal flag .of distress before th ey put out so hastily, some from a Whig, and 1 to o ur admo nishersothers from shi a p, T a o n ry d as utterly to neglect' their cou nse l s. They N t v : il w 1 shall each he heard in turn ; and, first, th e - Morning port, herto not, like assume haw ewv t r h eer e c, k g bo u eu i d t s a oo n f c ent the, o et f hraen t a h keefhu; Chronicle, as hoisting, i ii its professions, the broadest flag of friendliness. • The leading article of the Ch r onicle , on Saturd a y, the 10th instant, commences with what it terms a frank confession of inability to comprehend the policy , of the League "in sending candidates for the mere pur pose of experiencing a certain defeat at elections." The Dudley contest only served, as our Contemporary thinks, to expose the nakedness of the land, and make apparent the fact, which might not otherwise have been so clear, how "completely in a minority" were the conscientious free traders of that constitueacy. Now, if the leaders of the League had any parti cular apprehension. about being ".completely in a mi nority, the Anti-Corn -lacy agitation would never have been commenced and continued; nor any other movement for obtaining justice from a predominant class interest. It was the very fact of being in a mi nority that rendered agitation necessary, and that requires its continuance. To transform an electoral and, through that, a representative minority into a , majority, is the v?ry end and aim of our exertions. We shall not accomplish that by - false appearances. To acquire a fictitious prestige by only fightin g whet* sure of winning may be clever tactics for a faction, but is not, the-simple-course of honest men: working out an honest purpose. Our defeats are the seeds of future victory. They excite local discussion. They leave increased knowledge of the subject, more en lightened principle, and stimulated zeal, to germinate in men's minds. They leave the conviction of truth and justice, which, with deference to our counsellor, we hold to be a more efficient thing than " the repu tation of power" founded upon the dexterous avoid ance of collision. To ascertain, by actual experiment, the fact, as to such a constituency as that of Dudley, is a portion of the pledge under which the League has laid itself to the public. Its course of operation, distinctly marked out, and not that we remember condemned by the Chronicle when promulgated, is to appeal to the constituencies of the kingdom on the free-trade question. Into that court the cause was carried, when petitions to Parliament were abandoned. Now, such a town as Dudley, by the occupations of its inhabitants, the amount of its population (which is about 30,000), and the number (600) of its regis tered electors, is fairly marked o u t f or a vo i ce i n the verdict asked for by the League from the elec tors. We cannot pass it by. We desire not to blink the truth. Is Dudley for trade or for mono poly ? Let the world know its answer. The League is bound to put the question. For the character of the reply, the Dudley constituency is responsible. That reply may not accord with public opinion; it may have nullified the voices and crushed_the wishes of their non-voting neighbours, as expressed on the day of nomination ; but that is the business of the Dudley-lectors. - They have their consolations—they have pleasea Lord Ward ; and we wish them joy of their bargain. Those who are toiling for truth and justice through out the country, should see what they have to con tend with. The full extent of difficulty and obstacle should be before them. Not only should they be aware of the sixty or seventy close boroughs, com pletely under aristocratical and monopolist control ; as entirely nomination boroughs, as any that existed in the days of Gatton and Old Sarum ; tut they must also be made to perceive the amount of un - due influence over the larger constituencies, the wide-spreading malignity of corruption and intimi dation, the gross ignorance in some cases, and the base unprincipledness and spontaneous servility in others, of the electoral system ; and the ever-dis turbing power of party spirit. Instead of forgetting, palliating, or glossing over such elections as those of Dudley, and yet more, of Birmingham and South Lancashire, we would fix the gaze of the public upon them; just as we lead a startled horse up to the object that annoyed him, and walk him round and round, till he recovers the alarm. In these chapters of defeat, free-traders find the texts of their work and duties. It has long been understood and pro claimed that our agitation involves an electoral puri fication, the raising of voters' minds to a better con ception' of the sacredness of their trust, a diffusion of knowledge and principle amongst those with whom political power is deposited ; and who could ever dream of achieving this task without encounter ing, again and again, the, risk of being left at the poll "completely in the minority ?" And who would not brave this while the corrective fact remains unquestionable, that we never are so left in a minority at a fair open meeting of the people, whether of a borough or of a c oun ty? The obvious truth is, that the Chronicle Tears we are damaging the Whigs by these contests. It wants to sink the League into a section of the Whig party, not " inclined to pursue its -ciwn particular object, without co-operation with others." But the League is so inclined. It exists for that very purpose. A Whig may be " an open enemy of our cause," not less than a Tory. Whether a Ministry is to be " turned out of; or maintained in, office on one single question," is. no concern of ours. The adoption, by whomsoever the country may be governed, of a dis tinct principle and policy, in commercial matters, is our object. In causing the defeat, should we chance to cause it, of that curious animal, a- monopolist Li beral, we lose no friend. Nor is it true, as the chronicle insinuates, that the League has thrust candidates forward to the injury of those who were partially with us, as opposed to candidates who were entirely against us. is either at Hastings, nor at Exeter, did the free-trade candi date prevent "any other kind of Liberal candidate" from offering himself, and ascertaining his better chance of success, if such chance existed. The field was perfectly open. The Whigs ran away, and we fought. It is rather toa much for them now to cry , out that their glorious victory was obstructed by our not running away also. The article on which we were commenting is not very erroneously estimated in the assurance of another of our counsellers, the Morning Herald, that "the Chronicle • backs its friends of the League in a style more hostile than we (to abuse whom meetings have been expressly called), have ever adopted." When and where these meetings were held is not specified by our venerable Contemporary. Of course they have been reported in the journal interested : but that ensures no very large publicity. How large, or how limited, the friends of "the speculation" in office seem averse to letting the world know, as we are not to be favoured in future with the usual stamp returns, indicating the number of stamps bought (whether used or not) by the different newspapers. However, the fact certainly is, as the Herald confesses, that the mere " mention" of itself, and " such newspapers" is generally very " productive of merriment in the intelligent audience at Covent garden," and we may add, in any other intelligent audience throughout the country. But our most solicitous counsellor is—who would believe it ?—the Agricultural Protection Society, " Richmond, President." A circular from this for midable body, with the a'love august signature, de scribes th e L eague t o b e i n a " f earful state, and one requiring the greatest skill to remedy." Such kind ness, from such a quarter, quite melts us. We must take till next week to show our gratitude. We trust we are not beyond the skill which can grace the Duke's name with a prize for a thoroughbred stallion from the judges of the Royal Agricultural Society by a "roarer" to which his steward after wards confesses ownership. To return to the Morning Chronicle. The writer wishes us to be one with the Whigs, both in our object and in the means adopted for its attainment. That object would then become such as he states it; the practical result to be, "-the transferring political power from the aristocratic faction now predominant to more liberal statesmen," i. e., Lord J. Russell and his colleagues. Now, for making this the object of the League, the writer has no better warrant than big own wishes, in defiance of repeated declarations to the contrary. On such ground we should confess the League at fault most grievously. And the admis sion would establish a charge of unprincipledness and deception against its leaders which the whole his tory of the agitation rebukes and repels. The writer knows better. He is aware that what he assumes to be our end is only his own. He complains of the " erroneous impression" of the leaders of the League " that they are going to carry all before them, merely by the strength of their own great principle." Why, then, should he affect to try their conduct by his own little principle ? Why urge the objection that might equally hai , e been made to Clarkson in his warfare against the slave trade, and to the Parliamentary Reformers anterior to 1829 ? Why treat the assertion of a principle, as if it were only a trick of party policy ? And why mis state some facts, and suppress others, to drive free traders into the ranks of Whiggery by the penalty of being deemed impracticables ? A writer who as sumes to be so well informed about Hastings and Exeter should also be aware of the mode in which most of the late vacancies have occurred, and of the previous arrangements between the retiring and succeeding parties. The monopolists, as at Devizes, Cirencester, Dudley, &c., have chosen their own opportunity. Yet our " friend" makes the most of defeat, just to submit the charge of wrong headedness if we do not consult the policy of the Whigs. And there is also a practical mis representation in his mode of isolating the League from the constituencies in which these gallant, though unsuccessful, efforts were made. Why, they, these minorities, are the League too, as much as those of us who, being its members, live and vote in London or in Manchester. They profess its principles, aid its funds, and teach its doctrines. Where has the League fought an electoral battle but as the ally of its own members upon the spot ? Where has it not left them the initiative? Where has it not deferred to their opinion, when decidedly opposed to putting a candidate in nomination? Is it then for the Chronicle, or for any party journal, whether Whig or. Tory, to revive the calumny and cant of last October, and talk of " strangers whose homes are in Lan cashire ?" We tho ug ht th e c iti ze ns of London had abolished thatnonsense f o r eve r. The Chronic l e pro. fesses to desire our " complete success." Let it help, then, not by striving to link us to the fallen fortunes of a beaten party, but by advocating principle pars mount to all party ; and secureof eventual s ?cce!s, not by dexterity and mystification,but by the inevit able though progressive enlightenment and determi nation of pnblic opinion.—The League. COURT OF SEWERS. A Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of We't minster and part of Middlesex was on Friday held in the Sewers Court, Greek-street, Soho-square ; J. L. Donald son, Esq., in the chair. The orders of Court on the 2d and 9th of August were read. The Court then heard memorials and petitions. An application was made by the watermen of Temple stairs, for leave to be allowed to maintain a floating-pier at Essex -street outlet. The applicants had received notice to remove a barge which was stationed there, and Mr. Dowley, the surveyor to the Commissioners, in formed the Court that the order had been unattended to. A solicitor appeared for the watermen, and stated among other reasons for non-compliance with the order, that riots might ensue between the rival claimants to the landing, and life be endangered in consequence. He also added that the Navigation Committee had granted the necessary powers required by the applicants, but that the forms had not yet been filled up, and the sig- nature of the Lord Mayor was wanted. After a short discussion, in which the Chairman, Captain Bague, R.N., Mr. Willoughby, Mr. Gunter, and Mr Leslie, took part, it was finally agreed that the barge should be all Owed to remain until the 6th of Sep tember, when they (the watermen) would be again re quired to appear before the Court with the perfected deeds then wanting. The cases of parties summoned to appear to answer to charges of il regular drainage and improper construc tion of sewers, were then disposed of. The CHAIRMAN then rose to call the attention of the Court to certain imputations which had been made against him, on Friday, the 2d of that month, .by a Commissioner. If it had been a matter purely personal he should have acted as on previous occasions—namely, by passing it over without any consideration. He might not have the ability that he ought to possess, in order to fill his situation as Chairman of that Court, but it was in the ,power of any man to be honest, and where his personal character was called in question he felt bound to require an explanation. He had read a report in The Sun of the 3d of August, where it was stated that when the question arose of paying the contractor, Mr. Ben , nett, a cheque of 1,0001., the Commissioner had cautioned the Court against signing that cheque without due con sideration. The Hon. Member proceeded to say that a gross fraud had been committed—that he was in a posi tion to prove all he alleged, and that he would not hesi tate to do so. It might appear irregular to call their attention to any statement appearing in a newspaper, but they had two records of this assertion, that of the newspaper alluded to, and the other offi cial one, the minutes of the Court. The Com missioner said that Bennett had obtained a con tract to which he was not entitled, and he questioned the propriety of signing the cheque without further in quiry into the mode by which he had got his contract. He (the Commissioner) goes on to state, that a fraud had been committed, and that the Bennetts, father and son, were relieved from that fraud ; and after some discussion, of no consequence to this inquiry, he said, that the three persons he should refer to in his remarks were, Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Dowley, and Mr. Doull. Ile regretted that the first was not in Court, but he would be corrected by the surveyors if he stated what was incorrect in reference to these transactions. He (the Chairman) found by a reference to the official record, that this was in substance, a correct report of what took place. (The Chairman then read from the minutes of the August 2.) He (the Chairman) was extremely sorry that the Hon. Commissioner should have thought proper to bring forward the matter in the manner he did ; and he was sorry for this reason, that a charge of fraud ought to have been brought forward only after due notice, and then it might have been pro perly inquired into. They were bound by the terms of their contract to pay Mr. Bennett his 1,0004 and there fore it was quite unnecessary, on the part of the Hon. Commissioner, to have brought forward this matter when he did. The matter might as well have been brought forward on another day. He thought that the Hon. Commissionor did not well understand the fraudmean ing a p i a n r c t l y u d b e e d n e fi t t h e i d s ~ and that an injury had been inflicted and a benefit do ne , fr i a n n jte injured, and with the collusion of a thi r d p arty , an d b y some act, one pa b r e ty r ' evasN bei ng no imputation intentionally up injuredon Mr. B and another en ne t es, benefited. T that in g there o the was word a party and as Mr. Donaldson and Mr. Dowley had referred to it, it appeared that they were the three great conspirators who had committed the fraud upon the public. From the period that he had first the honour of sitting in that Court he had endeavoured, withoutfavour or partiality, to discharge his public duties. He did not want to enlist the prejudices of the Court in his favour. He wanted only the justice due t o ever y h onest man . I n 1836, t h e year a f ter he had the hon our o f b e i ng ca ll e d to t h e c h a i r, the new contracts were entered into. At that time the surveyor had been dismissed, and Mr. Doull and a new clerk had been elected. To these officers was entrusted the task of filling up the quantities to be tendered for in the new contracts. The contracts were sent in, and the officers had to make out the total in the adjoining room. The matter was then deferred for the consideration of a spe cial Court—the bills were sent in, and the Court ac cepted that of Bennett. At that time there was an error in the amount of bricks and in the digging, for it ap peared that the quantities for the latter were too small and the former too large. When the numbers came to be submitted to the Court, he certainly suggested that odd numbers should be made even, for the purpope of expediting the contracts. So far the contracts went, and it appeared certain that in the way they were made out the quantity of bricks inserted was enormous. He did hold, however, that they were not to be held responsible for the minute details which the officers of the Court were called on to discharge, and if they changed 150 into 110, it was for them to be called into account for it. The contract was taken on those quantities. In 1841 a new contract was ordered to be entered into, and it ap peared that the same quantities were taken as on the former occasion. Some gentlemen suggested that as it would take two days to cast up the accounts, it would be desirable to give the same quantiries as at the fdriner period to the contractors, and so test them. He had never taken a serious step without submitting it to the opinion of the Court, and he found that the papers given out to parties who proposed tendering were given out after an intermediate meeting of the Court, at which he had no doubt the subject had received due consideration. He again admitted the great quantity of bricks and the small quantity of digging, but was - he - to be held respon sible for what in truth was the business of the officers ? As well might he be held responsible, if he had hap• pened to be in a street where a sewer was in progress of formation, and something going wrong at the time, it should be afterward said, " Oh, it was done under the inspection of the Chairman." And now as he was con nected with the " fraud." He could not conceive how it could attach to him at all, because he must in that case have made up the numbers, which the officers were to do, and he must give a chance to one party, when in fact the same forms were given to all ; and therefore he said again, that he could not conceive how this charge could attach to him at all. Any assertion of his own was un necessary, because the mere facts as stated could not carry conviction. The Hon. Commissioner had said that he was dissatisfied with that Court; he (the Chairman) would only say, that if the Hon. Commissioner wished to have the matter heard in any other Court, he would give him the opportunity of investigating the matter most thoroughly. He (the Chairman) imagined that the Hon. Commissioner was acting under a misappre hension of the word " fraud," and under a mistaken con ception of the facts of the case. Mr. LESLIE thought that the Chairman had made a most temperate and proper statement, and if every word of it were taken down, it would prove his (Mr. Leslie's) case. The Hon. Gentleman fully bore him out that a fraud had been committed on the public, and he (Mr. Leslie' had only said, and he again stated, that the three parties he found connected with the transaction were the chairman and the two surveyors. He had never imputed fraud to Mr. Bennett, because he had nothing at all to do with the contract. He was very sorry to find that the Chairman was connected with the contract of 1836, because the evidence of Mr. Dowling and Mr. Dorell said that he had had nothing to do with it. His charge was against every commissioner in that Court, for how came it that Bennett was receiving from the public 14/. 6s. per cent. more in digging than any other man. Mr. WILLOUGHBY rose to order. He could not allow the time of the Court to be wasted by inquiring whether any other person had committed a fraud. • The question was, did he (Mr. Leslie) impute fraud to the C hairman ? Did he persevere in that accusation ? The question was brought forward by the Chairman, and he had a right to be answered. Mr. LESLIE said that after that interruption he would go on with his statement. The CHAIRMAN would appeal to the honour of the Hon. Commissioner. If he (the Chairman) understood rightly, he averred that there had been a fraud com mitted on the public. Was he (the Chairman) mix e d up with that fraud ? Mr. LESLIE had told that Court over and over again that a fraud had been committed somewhere, a n d t h at the only names • Mr. Leslie was interrupted by Mr. BROUGHTON, who said lie could see no object in continuing the discussion. H e would intreat Mr. Leslie either t o a d mit that the Chairman was no party to a fraud, o r at once enter a notice investiga up ted on t on ahe p f a ut per, ure day and have the subj ect thoroughly After a stormy discussion, during which several reso lutions were put, but which either fell to the ground f or want of seconders, or w ere afterwar ds withdrawn, the Chairman, with the sanction of the Court, vacated the chair, and Mr. Broughton was elected to that office pro tern. Mr. LESLIE again made' an attempt to be heard, but was interrupted, and after a scene of indescribable con fusion, which lasted for a considerable time, It was at last moved by Mr. WILLOUGHBY, and seconded by Mr. J. 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FRIDAY EVENING.—A highly influential meeting of the leading gentlenien connected with the above trade in this district, has just been held at the Royal Oak, Dud ley Port, Tipton, for the purpose of taking into consi deration the great decrease in the sales of South Stafford shire coal in the midland counties, occasioned by the late sudden rise in the tonnage rates of the Warwick and Birmingham, Warwick and Napton and Coventry canals, and to determine on the propriety of laying before the Board of Trade a memorial stating the difficulties, bur thensonae regulations, and heavy compensation and mileage tolls to which the products of South Stafford shire are subject, in passing from the Birmingham canal to-the midland counties and the metropolis ; also to de termine on the propriety of taking the necessary steps for obtaining from Parliament, in the next session, power to shorten and improve the navigation communication between Birmingham and London. Amongst those pre- sent were Messrs. P. J. and IL Williams, Piercy, Esq., R. Sena, Esq., M.P. for Walsall, and chairman of the Birmingham Canal Company, and Messrs. J. Haines, V. Houghton, J. Bagnall, J. Spittle, T. Bolley, T. Jes son, J. Tilsisy, and many other principals of the largest establishments in the trade. • Mr. J. Williams having been called to the chair, reso lutions to give effect to the objects for which the meeting Ras called were unanimously agreed to. CAUTION TO TRADESMEN.—An attempt was made on Wednesday •to swindle Messrs. Hunt and Rosteel, goldsmiths and jewellers, New Bond-street, by means of a spurious cheque on Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith for 2001. A person entered the shop under pretence of . wishing to purchase some fashionable jewellery. lie de sired particularly to see the diamond ring tray, but as his appearance was not altogether' satisfactory, an excuse was made. After some conversation on business mat ters. the assumed customer conclud, d by giving a very good order, pr , senting at the same time a blank cheque on Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co. ' which he filled up for 2001, and si g n e d it John Russell, jun. The cheque was presented, but the answer was the drawer had no account ;here. The address given was Russell-square, which of coarse was incorrect. As good grounds exist for b l'eving this is not the fit st attempt of the same kind, no- iikel y to. he the last, trade-Men would clq v ell to be 0:1 tLeir Tne indivi abut five feet six in h fight, sell , w eomple x i n. •ti , :ipaed appearance, and was dressed in a brown coat. MILITARY STATIONS. (From the Naval and Military Gazette.) Regiments and Corps Troops or Service Companies. Depots. MR I S thisO N session,M E T IB44 FOR t r o D d u cEe DEB n T o new The l A P c t of system; it only ma k es such additions to the Act of 1842, as experience had recommended. The two Acts of 1842 and 1844, taken together, com pletely put an end to imprisonment for debt. Whoever is in debt to an amount not exceeding twenty pounds, exclusive of costs, if there has been a judgment, is pro tected absolutely from all imprisonment, and if he is at present in prison, he is immediately discharged, non t_iipplication to the Court whi c h or d ered his arrest. Whoever is indebted to an amount exceeding twenty pounds, has only to petition to the Court of Bankruptcy if he lives in London, or the District Court if he lives in the country, and he obtains an order protecting him from arrest, or an order for his discharge if he is already in prison. He must surrender his property, and give an account of that, and of his debts. This is all he has to do ; and unless he shall be found by the Court to have been guilty of fraud, or of crime, or of gross extrava garm•e, he is free from all arrest. If he is found to have practlsed any fraud, as having ebtained goods on false representations, having made away with his property to defraud his creditors, or having cummitted.any breach of trust, and so forth, or if he has incurred debt, upon a judgment in an action on assault, slander, seduction, or other wrongful acts, or if he has run. extravagantly into debt, without any means whatever, or even any probable expectation of paying it, he does not obtain' his imme diate discharge, but may be imprisoned for a time by order of the judge who examined the wholeease. But it no longer depends upon the will of the credit 4 whether or not the debtor shall be imprgOiresl,_ or if imprisoned, bow long he shall remain in confinement ; this now depends solely on the court ; and the court has now no power to order or to continue the imprisonment for more than twelve calendar months, in any circumstances. Thi s imprisonment is manif es tly no t punishment for debt, but punishment for crime, and it is-absolutely necessary that such punishment should be inflicted, to protect honest creditors against the frauds and other mal•practices of dishonest, evil-disposed, or grossly extravagant persons. It is also to be borne in mind,:that .yo. debtor can obtain either the protecting order, or if in.cuabody, the liberating order, unless he discloses the nature and amount, b ah of his debts and crediti, and property, and that this property, and those credits, are taken possession of by the Court, and distributed amoni , his creditors, if the final order for his protection is made. All persons, who sire not traders within the bankrupt laws, or who, being such traders, do not owe above three hundred pounds, are entitled to take the benefit of these Acts, 1842 and 1844, Whether they are in custody or not. Persons being traders within the bankrupt laws, and owing more than that sum, are left to the remedies and the process provided by those laws in the case of ba• krupts. Debtors of twenty pounds, and under, do not come within the description cf persons who must obtain their protection or liberation by means of the. Court of Bank ruptcy. They cannot be now arrested at all for such small debts ; if already arrested, they are uncondition ally s< t free, t heir property only being liable to the pro cess of their creditors. But if it shall appear to the judge trying the cause, that any such debt of twenty pounds or under was' incurred by fraud, or by running wilfully in debt without any reasonable proipect of being able to pay, or that the debtor has fraiidnlently made away with his property, or retuned or concealed it with intent to defraud his creditors, then theludge may order his imprisonment, as a punishment for such misconduct, but only fur such time as the Small Debt Court now has power to imprison, and in no case , for more than six calendar months. To obtain the protection given by the statutes, 1842 and 1844, it is necessary that a debtor' 'should present a petition to the London Court of Bankruptcy, or the Dis trict Court of Bankruptcy, and make ati affidaYit in the form set forth in the schedule hereunto annexed.• Each sheet of the petition and schedule should be signed by the petitioner, and attested by some one.acting either as his agent or his attorney. In order to obtain a protecting order, or an order libe rating from custody, or in any way to ohtskin the benefit of these Acts, 1842 and 1844, it is not necessary to em ploy an attorney or solicitor. Any one may act as a debtor's agent, and sign witness to his affidavit. Any one may sign the petition and schedule ; for the order of the Court of Bankruptcy requiring an attorney to sign the several sheets of the petition and schedule, does not require that it sho u ld b e an attorney-at-law ; any one may act for another as a common attorney. - Also, the late Act 1844 expressly allows the petition to be witnessed by an attorney or agent. The affidavit must be sworn before a Master Extraor dinary in Chancery, who is also a Commissioner for taking affidavits. All attorneys or solicitors are Masters Extraordinary, and are bound to take affidavits, without being employed profeisionally by the parties. Ascertain writers in the newspapers have completely misstated the provisions of these Acth (1842 and 1844), especially representing them as inflicting no imprison ment or punishment upon persons who run in debt through gross and culpable extravagance, it, is necessary to attend particularly to the foregoing statement of the law. There can be nothing more mischievous as regards the interests of honest tradesmen, nor more wantonly cruel as regards thoughtless and extravagant persons, than to encourage the latter running in debt, beyond any hope of being able An pay. by tellin g th em t h at they may do so with impunity. It is believed that the error here pointed out arose from great inadvertence, or fro& a desire to attack the late measures of the Legislature ; but its consequences are equally mischievous, whatever may have been its origin. - -Another Act has just passed to tender Compositions of debtors with their creditors more,easy , and advantageous to all partif s. But as it relates not to the release of per sons in custody, there is no occasion here to state its provisions. Brougham (Penrith), Aug. 1.5, 1944. FORMS TO BE COPIED AND SIGNED BY THE DEBTOR. (A. No. 1.) FORM OF PETITION FOR PROTECTION FROM PROCESS. To the Court of Bankruptcy, London, • or To the District Court of B an k ruptcy. The humble Petition of* Showeth, That your petitioner is not a trader within the meaning of the statutes now in force relating to bankrupts.t That your petitioner has resided twelve calendar months within the diArict of this Honourable Court,t that is to say, That your petitioner has become indebted to divers eriditors, whose names are i nserte d i n t h e sc h e d u l e (A) [lff as the case may be] to this his petition annexed, and that he is unable to pay his debts in full. That your petitioner bas examined the said schedule, and that such schedule containi &full and true account of your petitioner's debts, and the 'Maims against him, Kith the names of his creditors and claimants, and the dates of contracting the debts and claims severally, as nearly as such debts can be stated, the nature of the debts and claims, and securities (if any) given for the same, and that there is reasonable ground in his belief for disputing so much of the debts as are thereby men tioned as disputed, and also a true account of the nature and amount of his property, and an inventory of the same, and of the debts owing to him, with their dates, as nearly as such dates can be stated, and the games of his debtors, and the nature of the securities (if any) which he has for such debts ; and that the said schedule Both also contain a balance-sheet of so much of his re ceipts and expenditures as is required by this-Honour able Court in that behalf, and -cloth fully and truly de scribe the wearing apparel, bedding, and other such necessaries of your petitioner and his family, and his working tools and implements. That your petitioner has not parted with or charged any of his property (except for the necessary support of himself and family), and the necessary expenses (not exceeding £ ) of this his petition, or in the ordinary course of trade), at any time within three months of the date of filing this his petition, or at any time with a view to this petition. That your petitioner is desirous that his estate should be administered under the protection and direction of this Honourable Court, and that he verily believes such estate is of the value of X at the least unincumbered, and beyond the value of his wearing ap parel, and other matter which your petitioner is autho rised to except by this Act,lJ and that the same is avail able for the benefit of his creditors. §That your petitioner submits to this Honourable Court the proposal for the payment of his debts con tained in the said schedule. That your petitioner is ready and willing to be exa mined from time to time touching his estate and effects, and to make a full and true disclosure and discovery of the same. _ _ Your petitioner, therefore, prays such relief in the premises as by the .statutes now in force for relief of insolvent debtors, may be adjudged by this Honourable Court. And your petitioner shall ever pray, &e. &c. Signed by the said petitioner on the day of 184 , in the pre sence of of , attorney or agent in the of th e petition may be m a A t t n e y r o the friend f said petition. takes charge the agent and sign as a witness. (A) 0 . • AFFIDAVIT VERIFYING PETITION AND SCREMILF.. In the Court of Bankruptcy, London. In the A. B of District Court of Bankriptcy. . etitiner named in the p et i t i on hereunto annexed,the [if the petitioner affirm, alter accordingly], maketh oath and saith, that the sr-veral allegations in the said petition, and the several matters contained in the schedule hereunto an nexed, are true. Sworn, • Insert at full length the name, address, and quality of the petitioner, and also the descriptio the trade or burl ness, or (if more than one) trades inesses, which he carries or has carried on during his t c months' residence within the district of the Court. If a trader strike out the word "not," and add after the word "bankrupts" the word, "but owing dobts, amounting in the whole to less than 3001." _ I Insert the places and periods of residence. 11 He is allowed to except clothes and tools to the value of 20/. k r Omit this paragraph if no special proposal. It may be sworn before a Master Extraordinary. OTE.—The Commissioners of the Bankruptcy Court. and of the District Courts are bound, in the discharge of their duty, to be at all times ready to receive petitions and grant protecting and liberating orders. No vacation can dispense with this imperative duty. Hone is absent for any cause another must be on the spot. Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews are performing at Plymouth, whence they proceed to Eieter. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The reeipts of-twenty Rail imy Companies for the last four weeks are, in the ag gregate, greater by u p war d s o f 50,0001. than those of the corresponding period of last year,--Railway Record.