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LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING SUN , AUGUST 17, 1844. PRICE sd, :-LE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class LITILAII actin are appointed to leave LONDON for— iI.A.IIIIURGH and ZOTTERDAM, carrying her Msktosty's Maib w edneSday and Saturday Morning. .AVRE--Bery Sunday, at Eight, Morning. J NTWBB.P—From Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell—Nvery There .lll7, at Eleven, Morning. _ _ 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 and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hoar. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Ni g ht, th er eby insuring► a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. From London Bridge Wharf, for— ". TE " — Tus 4 d 4 Y, Wednesday, T hursday, nd Sunday. —O ULOGNIII--Every Wednesday, and Saturday. CAL AIS —Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. I nTLl.—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. TAR MOUTII—Beery Saturday, at Six, Evening. RAM SGATE--Dally, at Half-past Nine. lIDI NIIURGH—From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, every Saturday en 1 1 4 1 1 ev er,' alternate Wednesday, August 17, 21, 24, and 31, at Ten From Down's Wharf, Reduced Fares, for— NEWC ASTLE--Every Wednesday and Saturday, at light, ETC.. lllnv :• B ares, 10s. and Sc. .ABERLAD—Every Tuesday, at Seven, Evening. _ etersen BRIGHTON and DIEPPE, daily (except Sundays). tRIGIITON and HAVRE—Every Tuesday and Friday. To rev° and BOULOGNE—The Magician, Daily, according to tide. ~....,_re Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours f 0. fares, &e., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, ; and 35, Leadanhall-street. SALES BY AUCTION. TITTIES.-PRESTBURY,,CIIESIIIRE RAILWAY EXCURSION from LONDON to BATH, BRISTOL, TAUNTON, and EXETER, and back, on MONDAY, September 2, and following days. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex. The Hon. C. H. Maynard to be Deputy Lieutenant, July 25. at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to an ORDER in the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause of DIZEVER v. MAUDESLEY, with the approbation of - Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the Court, at the Maccles field Arms Inn, Macclesfield, in the county of Chester, on TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY, the 17th, 15th, and 19111 days of Sep temher, 1844, each day's sale to commence between the hours of Two and Three in the Afternoon, in Lots, The GREAT and SMALL TITHES arising from the FARM LANDS and lIEREDITAMENTS in the several townships of Old Withington, Lyme Handley, Sutton, Rainow, North Rode, Winch., and Kettleshtdme, and parts of the townships of Lower Withington and Birtles, in the parish of I'restbury, in the county of Chester, containing together upwards of Twenty-two Thousand Acres. Particulars may be. had (gratis) at the Master's Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London; of Messrs. Lowe, Sweeting, and Byrne, solicit° 5, Southampton-buildings ; of Messrs. Wharton and Ford, solicitors, 64, Lincoln's Inn-fiords; of Mr. Thomas Griinsditch, ,olicitor, Macclesfield ; of Messrs. Brocklehurst and Bag thaw, solicitors, Macclesfield; of Mr. John Whitley, solicitor, Liver pool ; of Messrs. Slater and Jteelis, solicitors, Manchester ; at the Angel Inn, Knutsford ; and at the place of sale. Plans of the Estates may be viewed at Mr. James Cowley's, land surveyor, Macclesfield. The Directors of the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY have determined to afford to persons desirous of 'visiting BATH, BRISTOL, TAUNTON, EXETER, or LONDON, an opportu nity of so doing, by means of the following "EXCURSION TRAINS," at RE duced Fares : Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Bucks. C. G. Du Pr(6, M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; M. A. de Rothschild, Esq , to be ditto, July 31. Commissions by th e L ord Lieutenant of Devonsh i re. First or East D evon Regiment of Militia—W. D. Band, Gent.,to be E ns i gn, Jan. 23. Royal First Devon R eg i ment of Yeomanry Cavalry — Sir J. T. B. Duckworth, Bart., to be Major ; E. A. San • ders, Esq., to be Captain, July 29 ; J. B. Smith, Gent., to be Cornet ; T. Daniel, Gent., to be ditto, Oct. 17. WHITEHALL, AUG. 12, 1844. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Hands comb, of Ampthill, in the county of Bedford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chan cery. T: Greenwood, dealer in woollen flocks, Halifax, Yorkshire, August 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. 1)IVII)ENDS. At the Court of Bankru - Ptcy,l3asinghall-street. R. Evans, J. Foster, S. Z. Langton, and T. Foster, East India merchants, Barge yard, Bucklersbury, Sept. 10, at one. Special Trains will leave London for Bath and Bristol on Mon. day, 2d September, at 7 o'clock, A. M., and on Friday, 6th Septem. ber, at 3 o'clock, P.M. Returning from Bristol and Bath to London either on Wed. nesday, the 4th September, at half past 7 o'clock, A.M., or on Saturday, the 7th September, at 4 o'clock, P.M. Special Trains will leave Bath, for Taunton and Exeter, calling at Bristol, and starting thence half an hour later on Tuesday, 3d September, at 8 o'clock, A.M., and on Saturday, 7th September, at 5 o'clock, ?Jr. Returning from Exeter to Bristol and Bath either on Tuesday, 3d September, at 4 o'clock, P.m., or on Friday, 6th September, at half.past 7 o'clock, A.M. The Reduced Fares will be, for these Excur ion Trains, In the Country. W. Carpenter, innkeeper, Chippenhatn, Wiltshire, Sept. 10, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—B. Gibson, builder, Kendal, Westmoreland, Sept. 13, at one, at the Liverpool District Court—R. Hentig, merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull, Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. P ARIS via BOULOGNE. REDUCED FARES. fiver Saloon, Bs. ; Fore Cabins, 68.0; Children, 4s. Y Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday Mornings, by the NEW 0,,y-lUMERCIA.L STEAM COMPANY'S superior vessels, Emerald, CRY of Boulogne from London-bridge Wharf (weather per- M ltting). inerald Sunday, August 18, One o'clock, morning. of City o f ßoulogne, Tuesday, August 20, Two o'clock mornin;. f Boulogne, Friday, August 23, Six o'clock morning. Emerald, Sunday, August 25, Eight o'clock morning. The Lo advantages t o th e pu bli c b y a di rec t communication between n :rdon and Boulogne are the great saving of expenses, particularly to allies having luggage, which is at once put on board the vessel free 7„ har fage, and landed at its destination without being liable to loss Y age from removals by train or otherwise, and the accommoda -2).0 afforded to passengers in the above vessels by having private i r 4 _ ol / 1 14 for ladles, as well as excellent sleeping berths. The distance " r t Port to port is frequently done within ten and seldom exceeds , twelve OtHees —Fish-street-hill ; 12, Water-lane, Lower Thames-street ; Ulaplin's Universal Office, Regent-circus. Ist Class. 2d Class. London to Bath and Back 1 28s. 19s. Bath to London and Back.. London to Bristol and Back 30s. 20s. Bristol to London and Back ...... Bristol to Exeter and Back 1 ls. Exeter to Bristol and Back ... lBs. _ _ _ WHITEHALL, JUNE 13. The Lord Ch ance ll or has appointed Alexander Ander son, of Aberdeen, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland. UP TON SCUDAMORE, midway between Westbury and War minster, DESIRABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, with comfortable Dwell ing, Gardens, Paddocks, &c., within the means of moderate Bath to Exeter and Back 1 20s. 12a. Exeter to Bath and Back Bristol to Taunton and Back 1 I Is, 7s. Taunton to Bristol and Back Bath to Taunton and Back Taunton to Bath and Back The Tickets will enable Passengers to travel by any of the Ex cursion Trains, Up or Down. LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY. SU N 55DAY TRAINS at HALF FARES to BRIGHTON and Ln at . Sundays, the 11th, 18th, and 25th of August, and the Ist of "temper, an EXCURSION THIRD-CLASS TRAIN will leave to rto l'flon at a Quarter-past Seven in the Morning, leaving Brighton, London at Half - past Seven in the Evening. Terminus, August 5, 1844. Ro-AL 'POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. In CAPTAIN WARNER'S EXPERIMENT. TON, the of the DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION off BRIGH ,,, the Directors of the ROYAL POLYTECHIC INSTITUTION yield te the one of h. - generally expressed wish that Dr. RYAN should adapt •rh t . ts Lectures to the subject of EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS. ho Lectu relillustrated by interesting Experiments, so far u they can o'clo, k vrn with Perlect safety, will be delivered daily at half-past Three Mondays O' Mondays and Saturdays, and in the Evenings of kond a 2 edn'eaday, and Fridays, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock. On Tic li' ‘ ,•,„anci Saturdays, at Four o'clock, Dr. POTT'S PNEUMA WAT s '„ u t of forming SUBMARINE FOUNDATIONS in DEEP 110).A.". with various interesting Experiments. Professor BAClE rant Lectures, and all the other subjects of interest ia the t ''' - edt 'S :Litton. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. SALES BY AUCTION. IX BUCKS, NEAR TO BOXMOOR.STATION. CAPITAL MANOR FARM, NEARLY 300 ACRES, in the ; CCUP ATION of a FIRST-RATE TENANT. LOTS of -14°/3 SHOOTING, and in a HIGH and HEALTHY MPUSITION. R. GEORGE ROBINS is directed to SELL. th e 20 by AUCTION, at the Mart, in London, on THURSDAY, A n ' th °f August, at Twelve o'Clock, in One Lot, sit uate el eeedingly desirable FREEHOLD FARM, pleasantly th , e , within four miles of Boxmoor, and less than three miles of It i s P ek r, sa ed bt Market...town of Berkhempstead, and the two stations. on, anYEW TREE HOUSE, WHELPLEY HILL, ,nrinded by good ro a d s , w i t hi n t wenty e i g ht m il es o f L on d on , easy distance of the best markets. Chesham is three and°ff. and H eme l Hempstead witn hi five, so that the produce ready vent at a trifling The land is of a quality .nat . ti on aY always b e depended on under a healthy course of cultiva. and the abundant crops this year, after being subject to a . 6"ere discipline f or the last four or fi ve years, arising out of a sad .or getfulness of manure , still the land exhibits four or five quarters of ~,,?i t4l wheat and barley, ' and the crops of clover are most abundant. 1; 14 farm-house, as well as the buildings, are of ancient date, and, n e44l° nr, it must b e proc l a i med, w i ll b e greatly b ene fi te d b y a —.melons outlay of three or four hundred pounds. pith .THE WORTHY TENANT, BASSILL, his family, have sojourned here near half a century, will ettaleu to n happy to hav e a l ease, an d cont i nue t h e tenancy ; but his t rent is a very inadequate one. The estate numbers near THREE HUNDRED ACRES, ge ne , 444 With the exception of less than two, is entirely within a ring . tiOne. T here are about 50 acres i n t h r i v i ng woo d s and plants'. by do '.. it will be in accordance with good judgment to have them Itubstinete (rubbed up, and good crops of corn become their land ~,u 4 " - a farmer does not need the luxury of wood. eari oo r • sen erY, to interfere with his more important awn. been c T he outgoings are not high, and the tithe has of rh e " a bted at less than 4s. per acre—such is a faint outline a li ne ar z zon ,„ l : u r iars ° P e r p tY which is committed for positive sale, and off ers — "mely eligible and secure investment for small cap i ta lists. c fourteen days prior to the sale, at the Georg a e, ; al es .; h am : lCln g's Anne, Berkhempstead and Hemel Hempste d aoto„....,..ewy7todnieTat; Boxmoor; of Messrs. Nicholas and Pardoe, so mi. Mr. Wm. Allen, solicitor, Worcester; Mr. Hod. Tr: 4e4icitor. - Lichfield ; Mr. Benbow, solicitor, Stone buildings, plat,_""' ca in o 's Inn; the Auction Mart, and in Covent-garden; with t accompany the printed particulars. VALUABLE AND —EXTENSIVE SLATE QUARRIES IN MERIONE T HSHIRE, NORTH WALES. ArtiCAPIPA be L AND PERFECTLY SECURE INVESTMENT. 0 DISPOSED OF, the EXTENSIVE SLATE QUARRIES, upon which a considerable capital has been expended in arriving at the present favourable state. defin er Per t h as capability t o carr y it ou t t o an ex t en t almost ate The royalty i s very low, and the terms o f t h e l esse Unusually favourable. It will afford to a company or a few ospitaliits an opportunity of investing 'ith a FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS, zeh4itieatr t h e o pros fee.simple view most encouraging, and the oppo rtunity to blo . on very advantageous terms,is amongst ,rh. prominent of its numberless advantages. " c I u aTTY (in Merionethshire, close to Carnarvonshire) is identi. tai r wi t he game vein of slate as the three large quarries on Mrs. Isrn i . ke , d e r B Property, which are the most extensive slate quarries now th e in M erionethshire. It is situated upon the opposite aide the c w sarn e bill, the summit of which is the boundary between latte r ernorthin and Oakeley properties ; and the vein, which in the n r , lb state is divided into three extensive quarries, has an extent hei o f ewroorthin side equal to all three together, and capable of dia_lll,4%ll-lade the largest quarry in Merionethshire; and, after Llanberris, the largest Slate Quarry in . Wales. A omeleeetrient in the partnership. arising out of a d ifferen ce of I 'Y th e n 44 to the best mode of working the quarry, was terminated te kion wc°kunno.n consent of all the parties, and this is the sole Pre 4e ,. "Y this valuable property is now to be disposed of. The 1842. it tenants hold under a linty years' lease, dated 20th March, !Mde: t w ,,,, hi ell in all its conditions is more favourable to the capitalist Petir o ,""Mll to work the quarry, than those of any of their corn. terr o .' s I n the market. But the fee.simple can be bought upon zetie. twhheilchaarwroipuald enable the purchaser to secure large profits, paying heavy royalties merely enrich the land- With,:„;44oPendently of being able to work the quarries wholly to obt":1 interference, and to such extent, and in such manner, as the greatest possible profit from a property which, Managed, increases in value the longer it is worked, 144..a1,re Slate is continually opened, and which will not be ex /. `ed in oto L. Ma nY generations. The present openings are so madeZeine ao ea Pable of indefinite extension—a small outlay would wie di.: MI Me diate return of Slate, which might be increased at temetwretion of th e proprietor. The metal is of the purest Port. blernt u h e S ia'e, easily worked, durable, and free from spot, stain, th e Though the vein is , barely opened in the top (as shewn 144 4 1 _ 0, of )+ above eight hundred tons of Slates have already been ' 4 14 0 , a quality in every way satisfactory, and it continues to itirh the d eeper the rock is gone into. An extensive farm, N es. "7 o t!t tw o hundred acres of land, available for various pun. 4 rty MelUded he property—it will be of great value to the fnotkio_ ed t. a tr!e quarry. A ll of water gives all the power si e l` Machinery to saw and plane slate; the use of which lldin„ et" furniture and in house building is rapidly and daily ex. 444'. T here is cheap and easy carriage by the Ffestiniog so kt Yto Portmadoc And when the increasing demand at home ess°l,t,e continent for Portmadoc blue Slate, the extensivepro. t atit a .. e ' s 00fruildings throughout the kingdom, and the peculiar ad . 1 .1 r o : d ered b ,Cwmorthin Quarry are considered, it w . i the b, tha t a more favourable opportunity is seldom met with matted '''' e atnient of capital, with large immediate profit, and con an '4 er: cumul ation of the value of the principal in perspective. itbatie Cie .„, many admirable sites in the vicinity for the erection . of I Wen known to the proprietor of these works. The situation e t4 Dital - Z s " to be one of the most beautiful in North Wales, with D4 ,„, n try. a—rti nit and the best salmon and trout fishing in the rri ne . "D t r t, ls Will make application at Mr. George Robins's n n Of the ent- earden, who takes this opportunity to call the atten. r no neYed world to this valuable undertaking. s. rtio Gton 13 IMPORTANT TO CAPITALIST S. J e SOLD by PRIVATE TREATY, by Mr. n A VER Y P ROMISING , INVESTMENT AND SLATE aity att i _ QUARRY, TheCarnarvenshire, North Wales. tan be 6,, e is of Excellent quality, of a rich grey-blue colour, and hint Th e ,:" in abundance under but a very thin cover. extended -.° alr eady about 40 yards wide, and is capable of r, to Upwards of iiiecti 4 rare 0 here s'NE H UNDRED AND EIGHT'z YARDS, botio. and number of men may ' a lar moat advanta to . J. and with investment af. stlin g out the slightest risk. This is an be employed capital to ti ulate PPortunity to any party with moderate ooservar LARGE FORTUNE. Quarry, and Der. „ ions which follow are extracted from a Welsh b 4 1 '4,, I have been in Carnarvonshire, to see t he eki be - 2 1 1 is, that there is something extraordinary in it; it Tht, " d e, with a few thousands outlay, " MOST EXTENSIVE CONCERN OF THIS SOIL The vein . IN THE WORLD. artlB wile, th Ptire slates is ascertained to be no less than 180 Ittucti and at least half a mile in length, without an t ) , ob leb r u ° and as deep as any parties may feel inclined . i 0 g o, Toe q.;there is sufficient quantity of that useful mater 4,1 c1 v,;.‘'i THE WHOLE WORLD FOR CENTURIES; ess tha n W l ' good Management the pro fi ts would—could no t . be l in Drap e , " ii ° 1 00 to 150 per cent, upon the outlay, after i t . is put n is that°rder. Another desirable thing belonging to this concer 4 44 , th e corer of t o ' 'gel-c a. , earth on the surface is only two or three yar d s vcc,most of the quarries are under ten or fifteen yards hoc" , r , .4oe workshops, waggons, and working utensils are in St the Pair, as also the road, three miles of which has been ma de . Piatt*lN'ente of nearly 2 ,0001. The distance to a capital ship. ~„ Clg,, i s only seven miles, and but nine to the intended 4 e r,,,,ER AND HOLYHEAD G'EAT RAILWAY. v l en Ic i i"e of the concern is the ' Cedryn Quarry,' situate about 441arkrwele frorn Banger, and the same distance from Conway and N 4. i t i ;...i1l the centre between the three towns. AN "eld under the Rieht Hon. Lord Newborough for an un ti,nt to under of twenty eight years, which can be extended at any In -4 ee ,a Z. 40 ,41, we c an only add that the Quarry ought to pro_ 7 Ncitrable sum, as it is Ith If Marl" ORTUNE FOR ANY SPIRITED PARTY , .e lucky enotioh to get it " ,4411 stet"4lsll°,ed of b; Private contract before the 28th day of ;Alt, lo u i ; wi ll be Sold by Auction by Mr. George Robins, at the 117.4-i'e"WaY, North Wales on the 16th October, 1844. n -• Ow -41 e. full , Particulars may be had on application to Mr. "' 4—`o"beer, Ruthin ; or to Mr. George Robins, London ci the •# forty con pre' cause loner me of ;oula capitalists. Akdi ESSR S. CROCKETT and SON are instructed 1 7 to SELL by AUCTION, on WEDNESDAY, August 28, 1844, at the Bath Arms, Warminster, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, subject to conditions which will then be produced, All that very desirable ESTATE, consis'ing of Fifty Acres, and at present in the owner's occupation, who is leaving the country. Comprising a comfortable Dwelling-house, within a few steps of the parish church, with Lawn, and two productive Gardens and a young thriving Orchard. Adjoining thereto an enclosed Fad. dock, Cart, and Nag Stables, walled in Burton.yard. Also Forty. two Acres of capital Arable Land, and three Cottages, well tenanted; rental, 101. per annum. The above ofrPrs a very eligible opportunity either to the capi talist or for occupation, and is capable of great improvement. The projected railroad will pass near the boundary of the Estate. Early possession may be had. For viewing, apply to Mr. Edward Willes Knight, on the Estate, and further particulars may be had of George W. Anstie, Esq., solicitor; and of the Auctioneer, Devizes. ASHFORD, near STAINES. Fifteen Miles from Hyde-park. SUPERIOR FARM, MANSION, and GROUNDS, TITHE. FREE, and LAND-TAX REDEEMED. MESSRS. ADAM HURRAY and SONS beg to announce that they are directed to SELL by PRIVATE CONTRACT, A very eligible FREEHOLD ESTATE, in a dry and healthy situation, and genteel neighbourhood, about three miles from Staines, and seven miles from Windsor, comprising a neat, gentle manly Mansion, with attached and detached domestic offices, pleasure.grounds, paddock, walled garden and hot-house, green house, fishpond, double coach-house, and six-stalled stable, and every convenience for the comfortable residence of a family. The house contains a drawing.room and a dining-room, of good dimen sions, library, nine spacious and cheerful bed-rooms, housekeeper's roo.ns, entrance-hall, butler's pantry, large kitchen, and cellaring. Also, an excellent FARM, let on lease, which expires 25th March next, containing 228 Acres of productive arable, meadow, and pasture land, with a convenient farm-house, barns, stables, and other suitable agricultural buildings and labourers' cottages, toge ther with several Copyhold Cottages and Gardens. For further particulars apply to Messrs. Adam Murray and Sons, Surveyors and Land-agents, 47, Parliament-street, London, of whom cards to view the estate may be obtained. KOLLMANN'S RAHWAY, LOCOMOTIVE and CARRIAGE IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, Established pursuant to Act if Parliament, of 3d Vic., cap. 98. Capital £lO,OOO, in 500 Shares of £2O each. Deposit .f 2 per Share. DIIIHITORI. The Very Rev. the Dean of Here- William Kuper, Esq, ford, F.R.S., &c. Capt. M. Montagu, R.N. F. Marcus Beresford, Esq. Samuel H. Powell, Esq. Capt. E. Blanckley, R.N. Capt. F. Bayly Wardreper, Thomas Davidson, Esq. Walter White, Esq. STANDING COUNIEL.—H. A. Merewether, Esq. SOLICITOI.—George Smith, Esq., 14, Golden-saaare. BAxxxxs.—Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., 43, Charing-cross. Sicarraiv.—A. W. Barnes, Esq., F.S.S. Of Chambers, Adarn-street, Adelphl. The object of this Company is to bring into general notice and operation the improved system of Locomotion, invented and patented by Mr. G. A. Kollmann, which offers the following advantages : Security ftom overturning. Security from running off the rails. Perfect facility of passing on curves at any practicable speed. Greater flexibility, to accommodate the carriages to the inequali ties of the roadway. Power of ascending and descending gradients, hitherto held to be impracticable. Diminution if dead weight and friction. Saving of expense in the construction and wear and tear of the line, carriages, and engines. Prospectuses, with dill details, together with forms of application for Shares, and terns for granting licences, may be had at the Com pany's offices, Albion Chambers, Adam-street, Adelphi ; and of Mr. George Smith, Solicitor to the Company, 24, Gloden-square. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a iecond Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAM 'LES. 1 . NEW SERIES OF WATERTON'S ESSAYS. Published this day, foolscap Bvo. 6s. 6d., cloth :!.....: 7 ' ' F. SSAYS on NATURAL iIISTORY, chiefly i c l . i Premium. ...: :,4 nsmus 13 " 1 " in g' l g''' r; added. Cash. —a g 5-'1 ; '" ' i iat e, 8 4 ORNITHOLOGY. By CHARLERWATERTON, Esq., Author e ` 44 o m of " Wanderings in South America." Second Series, with a continua tion of the. Autobiography of the Author. —,— ; X Xc d. ! £ s. d. £s.d.As. d. A s. ds " This racy, fresh, and characteristic work."—Spectator. i 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans ; 601000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 9 16 4 296 13 4 Of whom may be had, just published, the Fifth Edition of the First 1839 116 16 0 51 bll 711 9 247 4 b Series, Bs. 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 paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMEO OX, Sec. DR. MAGINN'S_POSTIIUMOUS WORK, ILLUSTRATED BY - GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Now ready, at all the Libraries, JOHN MANESTY, THE LIVERPOOL MERCHANT. By the late WILLIAM MAGINN, LL.D. " It is told with the power which always marked the pen of its talented author "-- - Edinburgh Weekly Register. " John Manesty' is certainly a powerfully told tale." —Cambridge Advertiser. London: John Mortimer, Adelaide-street, Trafalgar-square. T FIE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Constituted by Act of Parliament. Capital 500,000/. EDINBURGH-3, George.street, LONDON-82, King William-street. GOVERNOR. His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUGH and QUEENSBERRY. DEPUTY-GOVERNOR. The Right Hon. the Earl of ELGIN and KINCARDINE. DIRECTORS, IN EDINBURGH. James Robertson, Esq. James Hay, Esq. George Moir, Esq. J. M. Melville, Esq. Humphrey Graham, Esq. John Sligo, Esq. Alex. James Russell, Esq. 'ood, Esq, , NDON. Right Hon. Lord E. Bruce, M.P. James Gadesden, Esq. Sir James Eyre, M.D. William Haigh, Esq. Matthew Forster, Esq., M.P, Edward Thomas Whitaker, Esq. George Frederick Yourg, Esq. MANAGER.—WiIIiam Thomas Thomson, Esq. Alex. Clapperton, Esq. George Patton, Esq. Chas. Pearson, Esq. Thomas Innes, Esq. Eagle Henderson, Esq. David Smith, Esq. Adam Paterson, Esq. William ' IN Li This Company is constituted by Act of Parliament IL Gul. IV., cap. 81, and in accordance with that Act its whole affairs are con. ducted„ It was established in 1825, and the success which has attended its business places it among the first Institutions in the kingdom for the Assurance of Lives. The Assurances effected during the year 1843 alone exceed one-third of a million sterling. THIRD DIVISION OF PROFITS. Parties assuring before 15th November next will participate in the Division of 1845, when the Profits for the Five Years then completed fall to be divided, and they will secure one year's addi. tional claim for Profits at each future division. FANIPLOYMENT.—Persons havirg a little time to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, liishopsgate-street. They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but ittle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per annum, and many during the last nineteea years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss. Application to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above. THE ADDITIONS TO POLICIES DECLARED IN 1835 AND 1840. Guaranteed With Bonus Sum in Policy. Addition. £1,000.. 1825 £1,337 10 0 £l,OOO 1826 £1,312 10 0 £I,OOO £l,OOO Further Additions will be made in 1845 and every fire years thereafter. Later Policies have also large additions. PETER EWART, Resident Secretary. 82, King Villiarn.street. Persons intending to effect Assurances should observe the ap. proach of their birth.d.ty, as each year adds to the annual payment required. JIMPORTANT to FAMILIES FURNISHING. —A considerable saving can be effected in the purchase of Furnishing Ironmongery, by visiting the PANKLIBANON IRON WORKS, 48, Baker-street, Portman-square, where may be in spected the most extensive STOCK of IRONMONGERY GOODS in the Kingdom, consisting of kitchen cooking utensils, German silver wares, drawing-room stoves, shower and vapour baths, ornamental iron work, garden Implements, japanned water cans and toilette pails, best Sheffield plate, kitchen ranges, fenders and fire-irons, tea trays, ornamental wirework, flower stands, table cutlery, &c. Every article being marked in plain figures, at the lowest possible price, will fully eonvince purchase .s at this establishment of the great advantage re sulting from Cash payments, as the proprietors warrant every article of the very best manufacture, at a saving of at least 30 per cent.— THORPE, FALLOWS, and Co., 58, - Baker-street, Portman-square. —A liberal allowance to merchants and captains. SILVER-PLATED DISH COVERS. A• 13. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill. London, o posite the Bank of England, submit for choice in tneir Plate rooms, many Patterns of SILVER.PLATED DISH COVERS, of Sheffield Manufacture, from Fifteen to Twenty Guineas the set, viz. -- Double Dome Pattern. The Melon Pattern. Size. X s d. Size.X. a. A. latcd Dish Cover, 2t in. 5 13 6 I Plated Dish Cover, `.-0 in. 5 17 0 Dish Cover, 18 in. .s 7 6 1 Dish Cover, 16 in. 414 0 Dish Coyers,l6 in. 5 12 6 2 Dish Covers,l4 in. 6 6 6 Per set £l5 IS I r Per set . The above have silver handles sand mountings, and silver shields for .Igtaving the crest or coat of arms. A Price Current, illustrated by Drawings, and containing every Information relative to the purchase of Silver or Sheffield Plate, way be had on application, or will be sent into the country, fre.2 of postage, in answer to a paid letter- LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SA UCE Prepared from the recipe of a Nobleman in the county. " Great Western Steam-ship, June 6, 1844.—The cabin of the Great Western has been regularly supplied with 'Lea and Perrins' Worcestershire Sauce,' which is adapted for every variety of dish ' from turtle to beef—from salmon to ste aks— t o all of which it gives a famous relish. I have great plea s u re in recommending flits excel lent sauce to captains and passengers for its capital flavour, and as the best accompaniment of its kind for a voyage. (Signed) " JAMES HOSKEN." Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Messrs. Lea and Perrin's, Wor cester ; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Farring.(lon-street ; and the prin cipal oil and Italian warehousemen in London ; and retail by the usual vendors of sauces. READING SAUCE, FOR FISH, GRAVIES, HASHES, STEAKS, &c. T and C. COCKS, the Sole Proprietors and 95 • Manufacturers of the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg most i espectfully to caution the Public against the daily frauds and impos"tions practised by many London and Country Oilmen, who are offerh g for sale their own spurious compositions as Reading Sauce. Th's SAUCE is patronised and recommended by mos' Families in the Eingdom, and as a Sauce tier general use it stands unrivalled. It is retailed by all respectable Oilmen and Fish Sauce Vendors in the Kingdom. Be particular in asking for " COCKS'S READING SAUCE," Warranted to keep twenty years in any climate.—All others are Counterfeits. —Observe the name " J. & C. COCK,S," on the Seal and Xaabel if each Bottle, SHEFFIELD PLATE. MESSRS. HORTON and CO., Silversmiths and Jewellers, 36, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's, opposite Messrs. Everington's, offer to their Friends and the Public, at considerably reduced prices, their STOCK of GENUINE PLATED GOODS, which they warrant to be the manufacture of the first Sheffield Houses, and are of the most tasteftil and modern designs, comprising Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, Waiters, Ice Pails, Cake Baskets, Coffee and Tea Sets, Candlesticks, and every other article useful and orna mental. No common Birmingham ware kept. A large Stock of Jewellery and Watches, Fancy Silver and other articles, at prices well worthy the notice of Visitors to, as well as Residents of London. lIEARTBURN, Sze.—Certain and immediate relief in the hours of business, by night, or on a journey, is given by the. Pure Alkaline Preparations of 81-CARBONATE of SODA and POTASS, compressed into Pills by Brockedon's Patent Process. They furnish an ever ready and Instant remedy to those painful diseases of the digestive organs, Heartburn, Sick-headache, Indigestion, &c produced by Acidity. Sold wholesale by Barclay and'Sons, Tarringdon-street ; and by every Chemist and Druggist in the United Kingdom. Price One Shilling per Box, or in Family Boxes, Half-a-Crown. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM LAW, draper, Read ing, to surrender, Aug. 23, at half-past ten, and Sept. 26, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Meger, Paternoster-row, London. HENRY CHARLES YORK, lodging-housekeeper, Cheltenham-place, Westminster -road, Aug. 23, and Shpt. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street ; Hubbard, Queen- street- place, South wark-bridge. FREDERICK COCK, painter, Lambeth, Aug. 26, at half past eleven, and Sept. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Marsden, Cloak-lane. HENRY CHRISTMAS WALTON, surgeon, Liver. pool, Aug. 29 and Sept. 26, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Chester and Co., Staple Inn, Lordon ; Tyrer, Liverpool. JOHN CHARLES WHITE and GEORGE HOR WOOD WHITE, music -sellers, Bath, Aug. 30, and Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acra man, official assignee, Bristol ; English, Bath. JOHN TAYLOR, licensed victualler, Birmingham, Aug. 27, and Oct. 1, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Capper, Birmingham.. JOHN SHORE, flannel manufacturer, Rochdale, Aug. 27, at eleven, and Sept. 20, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Man , SWtapiliseoni Manchester ; Inn, London. Lincol ns hi re , A u g. c c h hH e e s s t Et e eN r r ,R ; Tyo H ul e Nir a mE t j o s :l l,T , g: l n l gd oc rcoc h h d ee a rs l , et Burgh, e;r, 30, and Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Overdale and Co., Bed ford-row, London ; Ingolby and Co., Louth ; Black. burn, Leed.. GEORGE SHORTRIED RUTHERFORD and SAMUEL RUSSELL, Britannia -metal manufacturers, Sheffield, Aug. 30, and Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds ; D un .. can, Featherstone -buildings, London ; Unwin, Shffield; Blackburn, Leeds. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. T. F. Sawyer, tailor, Romford, Essex. R. Anderson, farmer, Angerton Broomhouse, North umberland. G. Carstairs, cabinet maker, Foley -place, Marylebone. H. Green, omnibus driver, Park-street, Camden-town. G. Richardson, farmer, Leamington Priors. J. F. Hennessy, carpenter, Cheltenham. M. Graham, attorney-at-law, Middlesborough,Yorkshire. J. Sabine, brewer, Oyster-street, Portsmouth. T. Wharton, labourer, Skipton, Yorkshire. G. Reynolds, blacksmith, Blacktoft, Yorkshire. J. Nunn, Cambridge. T: Tarrant, Cambridge. M. Nicholson, mercer, Bedlington, Durham. H. Rice, currier, Leicester. W. Hinks, Portsea. SECOND NOTICES. C. W. Bond, eating-houskeeper, Long-lane, Ber mondsey, Aug. 23, at half-p as t one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. 11. Fowler, grocer, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, Aug. 23, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. A. Pyle, Great Yarmouth, Aug. 23, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. Glazebrook, coach-maker, Long-lane, Bermondsey, Aug. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. H. Nash, Yarmouth, Aug. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. R. Higgins, meat-salesman, Newgate-market, Aug. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. E. Morton, Winchester row, Paddington, August 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. A. Newcomb, cabinet maker, Albion-place, Walworth • road, August 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. Mash, coal dealer, Hoxton Old-town, August 22, at two, at the Cou r t of Bankruptcy. B e l c h er , official assignee. J:Sibley, blacksmith, Luton, Bedfordshire, Aug . 22, at half-past two, at t h e Court of Bankruptcy . Be lc her. official assignee. J. F. Reclshaw, upholsterer, Frederick-street, Regent's Park, Aug. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bel cher, official assignee. J. Goom, Oxford, Aug. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Pennell, official assignee. G. Mather, teacher of mus i c, Bront i place, Walworth, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee. H. Cornish, butcher, Woolwich, August 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Ellard, furrier, Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road, August 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Al sager, official assignee. J. Wilson, chenelle manufacturer, Sclater-street, Beth nal-green, Aug. 22, a t e l even, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmor e , o ffi cial assignee. R. Brook, cab proprietor, Claremont-mews, Clerken well, Aug. 22, at e l even, at the Court of Ban k ruptcy. Whitmore, official assi gnee. W. Roffey, d anc i ng master, Elm lane, Bayswater, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrnptcy. Alsager, T official assignee. S. Dear, b a k er , 22, at eleven, at th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. Whi tmore , official assignee. J. Cottee, cabi ne t- maker, Maldon, Essex, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Co ur t o f Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. BOW -street, Covent garden, Aug. J. Berenburg, c omm i ss i on a ent S ou thampton-street, Strand, Aug. 22, at e l even, at the , Court of Bankruptcy. g Whitmore, official assignee. I). buncombe, 22, at eleven, at th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. Al sager , coffee hou se k eeper , D r ury-lane, Aug. official assignee. W. Childs, grocer, Bury St. Edmunds, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Cou r t of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. W. Charingbold, barman, Lower Edmonton, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Co urt of Bankruptcy. Whi tmore, official assignee. G. Brown, blacksmith, Malden, Essex, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Quelch, jun., hair-dresser, Reading, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Cotterell, boat-builder, Neithrop, Oxfordshire, Aug. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. •R. S. Kersey, cabinet-maker, Ipswich, Suffolk, Aug. 22, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee. ser, Aug. 20, at twelve, J. Robson, butcher, Manchester, Aug. 20, at twelve, Court. at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. C. Whitlow, laceman, Salford, Aug. 20, at eleven, at Valpy, official assignee. Valpy, official R. Isabel], builder, Swansea, Aug. 21, at eleven, at the aats the sji .gtllll ee eMasse},. Birmingham Manchester ta i District lo r , iinidid C s te o rr u ime r t t i n . Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. S. Lenox, sail-maker, Liverpool, Aug. 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. R. Jones, farmer, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Aug. 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. Liverpool Di str i ct Court. J. Du fton, post-office messenger, Birk en h ead, Cheshire, Aug. 20, at twelve, a t the Turner, official assignee. _ p er ack p e i r s , tr , Liverpool District Court. Turner, at twelve, at the H. Brereton, farmer, Croesfryn, .Anglesey, Aug. 23, official assignee. M ict an c ch ou es r t t e . r, Aug Court. *23, twelve, at tf.e Liverpool District Turner, official as- R. Derbyshire, butcher, Liverpool, Aug at signee. Manchester, Aug. 21, at 21, at eleven, at Stan way, Manchester. Court. ' twelve, at the Manchester District .rarer, official as signee. Hulme, Manchester, J. L. Roberts, t j h o e ur 3 a f e a y n A. Morris, butcher, Manchester District Court. Fraser, at eleven, at the m c Blanchester t J. Drinlchall, porter, official assignee. gent , Bawtry, a J. Birley, commission District Court. Yorkshire, Court. Hope, August 23, at eleven, at the Leeds official assignee. clothier J. Firth, journeyman ,Leeds, Aug. 23. at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. man cloth weaver,York shire, I). Wilcock, journey _ Batley, at t h e Leeds District Court. Aug. 23, at eleven , Hope, official assignee. Bin le greengrocer, gY, Yor ks hire, Aug. 23, G. Leach, green,,, __, . pistrict Court. hope,official at eleven, at the Leeds assignee. W. Alcock, N o rmanby-grange, Yorkshire, Aug. 23, ~,.~ _.. Just published, Svo., 2s. 6d. ON the JESUITS and their INSTITUTE, &c.; a Translation from the French of the Rev. M. de Ravignan, the celebrated Preacher. By W. C. ATCHISON. Published by John 011ivier, 159, Pall-mall ; sold by Little, Hen rietta-street, Covent-garden ; J. Brown Duckett, Manchester-square ; and Machin, Dublin. PROLAPSLTS, PILES, FISTULA, &c. Just published, bound in cloth, price 55., • by post is. 6d. extra. ON the CURE of the SEASES of the RECTUM and ANUS ; particularly Prolapsus, Piles, Fistula, Hemorrhoidal Tumours, Excrescences, Ulcers, and Strictures, WITHOUT CUTTING or CONFINEMENT ; illustrat.ng the origin and progress of these diseases, and the success of the Author's mode of treatment in numerous cases, The whole embellished with Plates from Nature. By Dr. SILVER, Physician Accoucheur, No. 70, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury-square, London. Sold by Sherwood and Co., 137, Strand ; J. 011ivier, 89, Pall-mall ; Maclachlan, Stewart, and Co., Edinburgh ; Fannin and Co., Dublin ; and also by the Author at his residence. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body, what improve ; Truths as refilled as Athens even heard." The Fiftieth Thousand. Forty Engravings, price Is., by post, Is. 6d., ON CHASTITY—its Abuses and Diseases—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—On Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experience—Law of Divorce, &c. By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D., M.R.C.S. " Of human ills and frailties I discourse, Those taught by nature and by art acquied. Of griefs conceard, and disappointments keen, Which young and gentle—the matured and sage— The lonely and the mated—all sustain ; In kindly spirit herein counsel's given, How health, how hope, how-happiness to gain." Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand.—At home daily till Two : Evenings, Seven till Nine. CANDLES SUPERIOR IN THEM BURN ING QUALITIES TO THE FINEST WAX are now retailed throughout the Country at One Shilling per lb. Parties who are in the habit of burning two tallow moulds of four to the lb , are respectfully requested to make the experiment whether a single " PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE" of six to the lb. will not give more light ; and whether, therefore, these Candles do not afford a cheaper source of light than the commonest tallow ones, notwithstamding the difference in price per lb. Care must be taken to ask for them in the shops under the name given above, as there are some imitations sold under the name" Com posite," by which Price's Patent Candles were originally made public. The trade may obtain them wholesale from EDWARD PRICE and CO.. Belmont, Vauxhall; or from PALMER and CO., Sutton street, Clerkenwell. By this means, parties may travel from London to Exeter or Taunton, by taking the 7 A.M. Train from London, on the Mon. day, to Bristol ; proceeding thence to Exeter or Taunton, on Tues day morning. They can remain at these places until Friday morning, when they will return to Bristol, and reach London by the Saturday Evening Train, from Bristol. In like manner, the Excursion from Taunton or Exeter to London and back, can be performed thus : - From . Exeter or Taunton, to Bristol, on Tuesday evening, the 3d September. From Bristol to London on Wednesday- evening ; the traveller remaining in London until Friday afternoon, when he can return to Bristol, and from Bristol to Exeter or Taunton, on Saturday afternoon. The Trains will run from London to Bristol and Bath on Mon. day and Friday, and back on Wednesday and Saturday. From Bath and Bristol to London on Wednesday, and back on Friday. From Bath or Bristol to Taunton and Exeter on Tuesday Morning, and back on Thursday or Friday ; and from Exeter and Taunton to Bristol and Bath on Tuesd.ay Evening, and back on Friday. Morning. Further particulars may be obtained by application at the Pad dington, Exeter, Taunton, Bath, or Bristol Stations, where Tickets are to be obtainedi and for any number exceeding twenty, taken by one individual, an allowance of I s. per Ticket will be made. RIBBLE NAVIGATION. Notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET ING of the PROPRIETORS of the RIBBLE NAVIGATION COM PANY will be held at the Company's Office, Chapel-walks, in Preston, on FRIDAY, the 30th day of August instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, to take into consideration the Report of the Directors re lating to the formation of a Branch Railway from the North Union Line to the River Ribble; to assent , to, or dissent from, the Ribble Navigation Company, in conjunction with the North Union Railway Company, making such Branch Railway, and to authorise and em power the Directors of the Ribble Navigation Company to join the Directors of the North Union Railway Company in making the ne cessary surveys, plans, and sections, in applying to Parliament for the necessary powers to make such Branch Railway, and the raising of Capital to accomplish the same, and on other special business. By order of the Directors, Ribble Navigation Office, P. HAY DOCK, Secretary. Preston, 15th August, 1844. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court" of Chancery, made in a cause of lIATDON v. MILLER, the CREDITORS of ROBERT HARBOR WOLFE, late of Cranley, in the county of Surrey, clerk, who died on the 3d day of October, 1843, are to come in and prove their debts before Sir WILLIAM Hoams, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in South ampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, on or before the 6th day of November, 1844, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said decree, PRICE AND BOLTON, 1, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, Agents for George Shurlock and William Hayden Smallpiece, of Guildford, in the county of Surrey, solicitors for the plaintiff. PUBLICATIONS. THOMAS'S PRIZE FRESCO, THE PHILOSOPHER. THE BUILDER, No. 80, price 3d., of THIS DAY, contains a very beautiful Engraving of " PHILO SOPHY," drawn on the wood by W. C. Thomas, Esti., from his Prize Fresco, exhibited in Westminster Hall—The Round Church and the Cambridge Camden Society—Timber, its Treatment and Uses—the Nature of Design—and many other articles of the greatest interest. Office, 2, York-street, Covent-garden ; and of all Booksellers. FIE LANCET of TIIIS DAY, SATURDAY, T August 17, contains a VERBATIM REPRINT of Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S NEW MEDICAL BILL ; a FULL REPORT of the ANNIVERSARY of the PROVINCIAL MEDICAL and SURGICAL ASSOCIATION, &c. ; also a great variety of articles of interest. Price 6d. ; stamped for post, 7d. Orders may be given to all Booksellers and Newsmen, NEW WORK ON ST. LUCIA. On Friday next, Aug. 23, in Bvo., with Map, 12s. cloth, ST. LUCIA : HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL, and DESCRIPTIVE. By. HENRY H. BREEN, Esq. Thir teen Years a resident in the Island.- London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. J. Hodge, licensed victualler, Abchurch. lane, Sept. 11 —B. W. Blake, merchant, City-road, Sept. 10—F. Mar gabs, wine -merchant, Oxford, Sept. 7—F. Stokes, French warehouseman, London-wall, Sept. 10—J. CatelL clo thier, Ilolmfirth, Yorkshire, Sept 6—R. Baxter, mer chant, Sheffield, Sept. 6—J. B. Lord and M. Coghlan, woollen cloth manufacturers, Almondbury, Yorkshire, Sept. 6—J- Gould, cheese factor, Sheen, Staffordshire, Sept. 6—J. Porter, victualler, Honiton, Devonshire, Sept. 6—E. Hodson, linen draper, Thrapston, Northampton shire, Sept. 6—J. Smith, wine merchant, Warwick, Sept. 6—W. H. Nash and W. Gardiner, drapers, Exeter, Sept. 6—R. Ellis, laeeman, Manchester, Sept. 6—R. Youd and W. Rennards, cheese factors, Liverpool, Sept. 6 —J. T. Boor, eating- housekeeper, Lower Thames-street, Sept. 6. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. F. G. Swift and C. a Swift, stock makers, Addle street, Wood-street--W. Thornlinson and E. Robson, farmers, Hesket, Cumberland—Jas. Park, John Wemyss, L. Chalmers, John Park, J. Lovie, G. Walker, J. Walker, and J. Webster, Fraserburgh Ship and Boat Building Company—R. Williams and P. Williams, silk mercers, Chester—W. Weedon, J. Barker, and A. H. Codner, London (so far as regards W. Weedon)—O. Jenner and C. Jenner, mealmen, Chelsea—R. Hind and R. Clarke, brass founders, Carlisle—T. Phillips, T. W. Cooper, and R. Rough (so far as regards R. Rough)—T. Penny and G. J. Penny, painters, Berkeley-place, Con naw.,,ht-square—W. T. Hesketh, H. Hesketh, and E. Hesketh, corn dealers, Manchester (so far as regards E Hesketh)—D. Reddin, M. J. Reddin. and E. Reddin, contractors, Castle-yard, Holland-street, Blackfriars-road (so far as regards I). Reddin)—G. S. Chapman and C. T. Chapman, eating-housekeepers, Bishopsgate-street— T. Mellersh, H. Marshall, and H. Mellersh, attorneys, Godalming, Surrey—C. Green and E. J. A. Dimsdale, merchants, Coleman-street--J. Shuttleworth and R. W. Godwin, boatwrights, Lincoln—M. Davis and H. Aaron, dentists, Bristol—R. W. Cronk and W. Tapley, drapers, Seal, near Sevenoaks, Kent—W. Beeby and T. Brown, slate merchants, Maryport, Cumberland—J. F. Cork and J. L. De Carle, coach builders, New Bond-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. ROBERT CRAWFORD, farmer, Greenock, Aug. 23 and Sept. 13, at twelve, at the office of Dunlop and Neill, Greenock. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Aug. 13, 1844, is 325. lid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. SPIRIT of tfte PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—We never could quite understand Mr.. Goulburn's reas o n s f or re f us i ng t o p u bli s h the en dence taken before the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry, concerning the conduct of the members and officers of the Board of Customs. Probably Mr. Goulburn, not the clearest of thinkers, did not understand his own reasons. The report of the Commissioners, which is published, dis closes all the charges made against the different members of the Board of Customs and Custom-house officers ; gives the circumstantial denials—which must be satisfactory to every one who reads them— of all the persons accused, and absolves them all. The evidence can contain nothing material, in addi tion, in the way of charge—certainly no more serious charges than what are given m detail in the reportZ.and answered. The only effect of with holding the evidence can be to excite suspi cions that the Commissioners doubt the conclu sions of their report; and are unwilling to let the public test those conclusions for themselves. The evidence might have been published with the omission of names, if there were any object in such omission ; which, after what we have read in the report, we cannot conceive there could be. The public would have seen the nature of the evidence as well as if the names were given. This, however, seems the very case in which the House of Commons should have exercised the power for which it has so lustily contended, of publish. ing names and everything. The conduct of the mem bers and chief officers of an important public board is directly in issue. Charges against individuals are the very matters inquired into and reported upon ; and it greatly concerns the public to be able to satisfy itself whether the charges are true or false. The House of Commons claims immu nity in the courts of law for libel in its pub lished reports; on the ground, that the public cannot be placed in a position to judge on a sub ject of public inquiry without the publication of libel lous matter. This is just one of these cases. The libels are here material. We find that the House of Commons uses no caution about publishing charges against individuals with their names, in other cases, where no object whatever is to be gained by ex exposing the names of individuals. For instance : in the published Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Gaming, we find Cap tain Rous expressing opinions about a person whose name is given, but which we shall withhold. Captain Rous may, or may not, be justified in his opinions ; but the person whose character he impugns has no opportunity of clearing himself, as the members and officers of the Board of Customs have had; and a knowledge of the character of this individual was utterly immaterial to the ob ject of the Gaming Committee's inquiry. The minutes of evidence taken before the Dog-stealing Committee contain a number of choice com pliments to individuals who are named. The publica tion of the name of the party whom Captain Rous holds in such contempt was unnecessary for the purpose of describing turf malpractices. But dog-dealers, and the individuals attacked by Captain Rous, are persons of a humble condition in life ; and of course no one in the House of Commons troubles himself about their feelings, or the injury which may be done them in business, by the publication of these attacks upon them. The members of the Board of Customs, on the other hand, are all fine gentlemen, many of them aristocratically connected ; and worthy, therefore, of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's protection. But they are unfortunate in hav ing a blunder-headed protector, who only in jures them by his protection. The Commis sioners of Revenue Inquiry have pronounced the charges unfounded. The only effect of withholding the evidence will be to excite suspicion that Mr. Goulburn, the protector of the Customs Board, fears to let the public judge for themselves between the evidence on the one side, and the other—the answers of the parties accused and the report of the Com missioners. STANDARD.—There is no doubt that in the long run " honesty is the best policy;" but they who look merely to temporary objects will sometimes see great advantage in expedients deflecting considerably from the rule of right; and of such expedients perhaps none presents a stronger temptation than to misrepre sent the principles and designs of a political opponent. You have only to impute to a public man, or to a party, principles and designs odious from their in justice or extravagance, and you succeed at the time in heaping unpopularity upon the object or objects of misrepresentation, and lay up a good opportunity for imputing tergiversation and inconsistency, when the facts prove that you have been dealing out falsehoods. It is not you who have been lying, but the men who have deserted their principles. This convenient channel ofes cape, too, is very much favoured by the fact that there are dependent upon every leading statesman, attached to every political party men who mean more than they say, expect more than they profess to look for, and some of these, when disappointed, will be always sure to justify the charge of inconsistency brought against their late political patrons or brother partizans by affirming that their extreme views were the understood, though not ex pressed, views which all held in com mon. The Opposition journals are just now very freely employing this reaction, as it were, of their own falsehoods, poured forth when the Con servatives were in opposition. For nearly eleven years those journals described the Conservative party as, by their selfish desire of monopoly and by their religious bigotry, unfit for the 'admi nistration of the government-r-th r ee years ex perience of a Conservative Ministry, supported by a great Conservative majority in Parliament, has however proved that the Conservatives are neither monopolists nor bigots, and now the Whig-Radical press turns round and charges the Conservatives with apostacy, appealing -to the poor Morning Post as the only remaining tyke ,of true . Conservatism—" the faithful found 'among the faithless," though it would be difficult to show what useful light our melancholy Contemporary shed upon Conservative principles during the eleven years of the party's eclipse. We, for ourselves, can only recollect that it abused us with much regularity for the shortcoming of our Conservative notions. Now, the true test of consis tency is surely not the exaggerated imputation of enemies, or the absurdities promulgated by very slightly regarded hangers-on, but the farmer professions and the previous acts of the party against whom the charge of inconsistency is alleged; and, tried, by this test, the Conservative party generally, or its distinguished head, has little to fear—neither the one nor the other professed monopoly or bigotry, or any opinion or design that could be properly described as monopolist or bigoted. if either did let the proof be advanced. We do not affect to conceal that both enemies and hangers-on have, in the practice of former Tory Govern ments, an apology for imputing to th 3 pre sent, an under system of policy, very dis tinct. from that which is_ _professed. The re cently published " Life of Lord Eldon" proves that, from whatever course arising, the administration of Lord Liverpool, and the latter part of the admi nistration of Mr. Pitt, had generally two faces, one to the public, one for the Cabinet, and sometimes (when it was convenient to keep the just and vig►lant Sovereign in the dark) even a third face for the King. A letter of his father, lately read at a repeal meeting, in Dublin, by Mr. Henry Grattan, presents a curious picture of the Protestantism of even Lord Sidmouth's Government. The letter from which we are about to quote was addressed to Mr. Fox, and bears date Dec. 12, 1803: " All the subjects you mention—Catholic emancipa tion, for such I must call it—payment of the Catholic clergy by the State, and perhaps some little improve ment regarding our Church—and, above all, a- faith ful and cordial execution, by the executive magistrate, of the laws in favour of the Catholic—their appoint ment to a share in offices to which they are now qualified (I believe there are scarcely any of them so advanced) the withdrawing ' from any intrigue to exclude them from the corporations to which they are admissible, but excluded by a faction—the im posing silence on any Government press who would wish to sustain a religious war—the withdrawing of the coun tenance of Government from all such who are notoriously and inveterately foes to the Catholic body—the gracious reception of their persons (it was so in the time of Lord Fitzwilliam)—these things, themanners of the Court as well as their measures would be absolutely necessary for that security and unity which you desire. Legislative provisions are not enough ; it is necessary that the Minister should love those provisions ! " The writer of this letter was, at the very time of writing it to the great leader of the opposition, the adviser—we should rather say the master—of Lord Sidmouth's Viceroy, the Earl of Hardwicke, and con tinued to really exercise the Irish Government until March or April, 1806. TIMES.— Since the Emperor Charles V. retired to the monastery of St. Just, the world has scarcely witnessed so singular and unexpected an act of volun tary abdication-as that of Mehemet Ali, which has just been announced by the French telegraph. Al though the retirement of the Pasha of Egypt from public affairs to the precincts of the Holy Cities can not be compared, in political.importance, to the seclu sion of the august head of the House of Austria in the 16th century, yet as an instance of individual force of character it is not less remarkable ; and it would seem as if the most signal renunciations of political greatness were to crown the lives of those men who had been must eager in the pursuit of it. Mehemet Ali will occupy a conspicuous position in the history of Oriental nations, as one of the greatest, and probably the last, of those men who rose by the sole energy of their natures and the capricious in fluences of Asiatic manners from the lowest orders of society to all but the supreme dignity of Mussulman empire. f d ike Hyder Ali, or the low-born heroes who, in pas t ages and in various countries, disputed the ascendancy of the cross over the crescent, Mehe met Ali found within himself resources equal to the pressure of the most eventful times, and superior to the declining tendencies of his race and of his creed.' But, unlike any of the other heroes of Mahoramedan history, he was resolute without fanaticism ; and he combined to a remarkable degree the habitual exercise of arbitrary and absolute power with a true respect for more civilized countries and a practical tolerance of other forms of religion. If we attempted to sum up his character in one word, it would be in that of " self possession." The most cruel and violent acts of his life, such as the destruction of the Mamelukes, were performed with a coolness and design quite distinct from the ordinary excesses of Oriental vengeance. The administration of Egypt was conducted with the same stern indifference to all but the steady growth of that power which the Pasha was labouring to esta blish. During the events of 1840, when a less pru dent or a more timorous man might have compro mised his existence by an act either of defiance or of submission, he kept his temper, and therefore he kept his pashalik. To his immortal honour,he forwarded the British mails to India whilst our fleet was attack ing Syria and menacing Alexandria; and on no sub sequent occasion has he betrayed the smallest resent ment for conduct which, on the part of certain high servants of the Crown of England, was harsh, impo litic, and unjust. Indeed, w e ma y h ere allude with peculiar satisfaction to the very marked reception given by the Pasha to the present Governor-General of India when he passed through Egypt a few weeks ago ; and we trust that the treaty which was rapidly aegotiated at that interview will afford a permanent and effectual protection to our overland communica tions with India. Lastly, as if even death itself was not to find him unprepared, or as one wha is anxious to witness at least the commencement of his own pos terity, the old man retires from the shores of the Nile, which he has once more opened to life and to a second greatness, and betakes himself in meditation, if not in devotion, to the consecrated City of the Prophet. It is, however, premature to assume that his career is already closed. His life is probably even now better than that of Ibrahim ; and in the vicissitudes which are now crowded on the surviving members of the Ottoman empire, it is impossible to foresee any secure repose but in the grave. Some uncertainty, indeed, still hangs about the actual fulfilment of this great land sudden determination. Within a few weeks, and by the last accounts from Egypt, the Pasha was in all his usual vigour of body and mind —full of projects and active designs which seem calculated rather to prolong the duration of his life and power, than to forestal the close of them ; and at no time was the abrupt cessa tion of his interest in public affairs more unforeseen. The personal remarks arising out of this singular event are not unconnected with other and more ge neral considerations. It is impossible for any one who takes an enlarged view of the condition of the countries contiguous to Europe, whether in the south or in the east, not to perceive the same universal symptoms of decrepitude, wherever the Mussulman rule and Mahommedan institu tions still maintain their ground. From Persia to Morocco, and throughout the whole expanse of the Turkish dominions, the same results obtrude them selves on our notice ; the causes are probably different—sometimes foreign agression, as in Al geria, or foreign intrigue, as at Constantinople— more frequently a bad internal policy, and a corrupt and depraved class of public servants, most unfit to be the organs of absolute power ; but the results are the same. Every part of these Mahome tan countries is more or less insecure ; none of them are in a condition to defend their independence , if it were seriously attacked; and since they w t le their e . be present aran e eo political f tb e Christian existence to Powers, t he t b p e r y o protection ntorfo morer- s t e h c a u n t e tenants atth the contemn. will Theofinevitable those w hom eo t n he e y q still u ence is, that rights so ill - defended a re peculiarlys liable encroachment; and that the resistance to such en croachment proceeds , mefdrsc:n the e from indirect the consequences power di directly affected affected by it , it might produce on the European states. The Govern ment of Mehemet Ali has furnished a solitary in stance in our time of a Mahometan state sufficiently enlightened as to its true position, and invested with a sufficient control over its own resources, to will what it thought expedient, and to accomplish what it willed. The use of absolute, power in the hands of the Pasha has doubtless created anew the land of Egypt, and restored the valley of the Nile to the im portance which it justly held in the ancient world : but he leaves behind him no tradition of his system of government; that system has called into existence no other men capable of fulfilling his designs ; and as far as the descendants of his own house are concerned, it may be apprehended that they will relapse into all the vices of that fatal system of misgovernment which he either entirely shook off or adapted to the objects of a wiser administration. The retirement of the Pasha of Egypt cannot but be regarded as an event of the more importance, since it will show what ex pectations or apprehensions we may entertain of the fate of that country under his successor ; and the per manent establishment of the overland route to India has rendered this subject one of the greatest interest to the British possessions both in Europe and in Asia. whichAD VanEßacTculSraE.D te ß e — stim a a ta are no estimate may ayb w e f f u o r r n m is e h d ed of fr t o h m e value of the squirearchy--of that intelligent body' which, on all occasio ns , i s found steadily opposed t`o those general improvements in government by, which the character of the nation is continually advanced. A Parliamentary return has just been published of all the inquests on the bodies of gamekeepers, taken by the coroners of England and Wales, since the year 1833, together with the number of persons convicted of offences against the game laWs during the year 1843. Though fully aware that much of the immo rality with which the agricultural districts are charged is directly attributable to the strict preservation - 'of game, we were by no means prepared for the extent of the misery which the magnificos of the plains, the illustrious vendors of hares and rabbits, annually in flict upon their respective neighbourhoods, for the sake of the paltry profits derived from this species of traffic. Before the French revolution there were poachers, but they were the exception to the rural population. The peasants then met with regular em ployment, their wages were either se.gicient for their wants, or the commons and wastes supplied wha.%lbeir labour failed to procure, and there being no pro7:ilii:ion against importing corn, the necessaries of life were within the reach of the humblest. Few men fors'ake the advantages of a constant and reinuneratin&m ployment for the precarious occupation of a poacher, subject to the horrible contamination of a gaol, or the everlasting disgrace of transportation. The pea sant was generally contented, and the squire Conse quently enjoyed the undisputed monopoly of the rabbits, hares, and vermin, the possession of which is the proud characteristic of his caste. .Afatters have somewhat changed since then : the squire'll'assaeized upon the commons and wastes, as profitable addititins to his preserves, and the peasant is, consequently, de prived of the means by which he was enabled to eke out his subsistence. In order to obtain - a higher -rent for his land than it is worth in the market, the Stye has raised the price of food, thus causing an 'advance in every other article essential to life, and the difficul ties of the peasant atreincreased. The means' . of `the farmer are crippled by the same cause, and be, to eke out the rent demanded by the squire, is cotripe4,4l to give only half employment., with less wages than•fer tnerly, to the impoverished. and Stareing-'-iaticinter. That the latter should beCerne an offender against the game laws under the circumstances, equally exa.'pe rating and tempting, in which the squire has con trived to place him, is not surprising, since men have been known to commit robbery and murder under less exciting causes. Having converted the work ing population in the neighbourhood of his estate into famished depredators, the squire next entered into a sort of league with the more desperate and notorious poachers, .010, -re ceived into his service, now patrol those grounds which they formerly plundered, and with deadly weapons, furnished for the purpose, occasionally maim or murder their old companions. The latter natu rally endeavour to defend themselves, and, always fighting at a disadvantage, are frequently worsted. No wonder, then,. that ex-poachers or gamekeepers are sometimes waylaid and murdered. A similar esprit de corps actuates•both parties, and every assize in the agricultural counties furnishes several instances of the very frivolous pretences on which these ruf fians will destroy each other's lives. It is not twelve months since a gamekeeper attempted the murder of a man, whose whole offence was frightening a couple of partridges, and the - niaa himself was nearly hanged for a necessary act of self-defence. We defer enter.. ing into this part of the subject, as a ease not very dissimilar, the aggression having been committed by the game-keeper, awaits adjudication. If the game-pre servers can acquit themselves of the guilt of blood, which these returns fix upon them, they will accomplish more than their countrymen will be able to, do for them. The document which his suggested these few..nbser vitions, is a most valuable addition to the statistics of crime in England and Wales. It furnishes us also with a clue to tEe mystic causes of the extravagant amount of county-rates in the- agricultural districts, as compared with those parts of the country Where extensive manufactories and a dense populathin.sre always certain to find employment for the adminis trators of criminal justice. In the thirteen-l Wish counties that have the largest proportional population engaged in agriculture, in none of which it is less than 45 per cent., it is found from official tables that the numbers committed for trial vary every year but little from 4,290, two or three more or less. On the other hand, in the thirteen English counties having the largest manufacturing and mixed population, the numbers committed are about 16,000. It is scarcely necessary to observe that these manufacturing counties are not noted for abundance of game, and that, consequently, it is not here that we are to look for offenders against the gaM - e-laws in any number worth taking into consideration. From the return, just published, it appears that dur ing the past year the number of convictions for of fences against the game-laws in England and Wales amounted to 4,577, of which 4,402 belong to the former, corresponding very nearly to the annual com mitments in the agricultural counties, where game preserv. 3 abound. Putting down the annual amonnt of miscellaneons offences, not against these laws,- at the excessive number of 1,400, we have no fewer than 3,000 criminals whose offences are directly connected with the system of game-preserving. There is another consideration which this return suggests, and that relates to the administration of the game-laivs. The squires make these laws in Parliament, and they put them into execution in their capacity as justices-- a truly convenient system. Of the 4,402 poachers, only 144 were convicted at the assizes, where a judge administers the law ; but at petty and quarter sessions their worships, the confederated Noakeses of the fieldand the bench , convicted the enormous number of 4,258. In Wales only eight were convicted - at the assizes, but 125 were variously punished, at the dis cretion of the game-preserving Justices. These are open mouthed facts, and require little comment. We had once thought that the frequent recurrence of sanguinary affraysTheiween armed partio of game keepers and poachers, often terminating fatalry;•weuld have occasioned some little relaxation of a system which is altogether indefensible upon any rational principle. But when it is found that the game-pre servers are the chief cause of the criminality of their counties, and that the honest and industrimis rate payers are severely taxed for a purpose by which in dustry is checked, honesty corrupted, and families recklessly plunged into the deepest miser, from des titution, people may be induced to pay a'little closer attention to the legislative and magisterial doings of their game-preserving neighbours. ' CIIEESEN:ONGERe BENEVOLENT INSTITLITION.—The members and friends of the above institution held their annual festival onThuraday, at the White Conduit Tavern, when about two hundred gentlemen sat down to an ex cellent entertainment, at which Mr. R. D. Rea presided. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were given and duly responded to, which were followed by that of " Pros perity to the Cheesemongers' Benevolent Institution ;" after which the chairman addressed the. meeting at some length in an eloquent and energetic speech, intimating that the institution had been established for granting annuities and otherwise relieving distressed members of the trade. The institution had, by the exertion of its friends, gradual) , progressed, and ,hour! such exertions be continued, they would soon be en tbled to assist a greater number as well as to establish the contemplated alms-houses. The eloquence of the chairman's address, followed by a donation of 10/ los., had tl;o effect of pro ducing contributions to the amount of 3001, in addition to the annual contributions of 700/. The present funded stock is about 6,5001., and there are at this time thirty , two annuitants at 241 per annum. The evening was spent in general hilarity, and the health of the chairman, and of Mr. Simpson, the secretary, &c., having been drank and duly acknowledged, the company broke up. THE NATIONAL SWIMMING SOClETY.—Yesterday the swimming matches for prizes given by the Society were brought to a conclusion. The matches commenced on Monday morning, in the Serpentine, Hyde Park, and the arrangements made were, that the list of contending parties should be divided into four 'classes, and that one class should contend' each successive day previous to this morning, and three of the winners from each proceedin g should be selected, when the grand heat for the cham- Pionship should take place, and the medals awarded, and accordingly all parties were on the spot by gxo'clock the spectators amounting to between, two and t h ree ' thousand. Flags were staked on either side of t he water for the direction of the swimmers, and other efounder preliminaries(bythe competitors, ri.Onfutmhe. Society, Mr. Strachan ) ber, all of whom were wi nners on the preceding mo'rn ings, were placed in equal positions for the start, and th e signal bein g, ; given, they simultaneous l y plunged into4he water, ea ch strenuous effort s for the lead. The distance to be contested is once across f and ba.cli,,which is about 400 yards. The e:c .i h th c h on l et e ite d r h iaph geared to be different, one swirmi o n out of the water, while another was scarce lyswimmin g perceptible; eg some making short and rapid strokes, and others took a long and easy one. They made great exertion for the winning goal, and came in as follws:—Antonia, first; Turner, second; and Nicholson, third. The time oc cupied in swimming the distance was live minutes and twenty-eight seconds. During the race, Townshend, one of the competitors, when within 100 yards of hope, was seen to go under water, from exhaustion, when Pewtress, another competitor, swam to his assistance. and a boat being at hand he. was safely rescued. • INCENDIABISM IN YORKSlllRE.—lnformation was on Thursday received at Bow-street Police- office, tha t early on the morning of the 10th instant several stacks of wheat, belonging to,Mr. Brigham, of Slingsby, in the county of Yerk, then standing in a close in • he parish - of Slingsby, were feloniously set on fire and destroyed. The following rewards have been offered for the appre hension and conviction of the incendiaries, viz.:—By the Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle, 101; by the County Fire I Insurance Company, 100 /; by the Yorkshire Fire In surance COmpany, 501; and by Mr. Brigham,. 5!. It has also been intimated to the police authorities that prolier means will be used to obtain her Majesty's- gracious pardon to any acco mplice who will give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the principal. Camels are the only animals that cannot swim. ' is an extraordinary fiet that the moment they lone thlir footing in a sir am they turn over, and can make 1.0 effort to prevent themAelve3 from being drowned, ~rs- ity. r en 11013$ ;ter d the s on ad in had af the !Pile Oekr Lt the pass, Et few a to same sone vould i give Le de rial. e l 5 tola Jae , e by s fir. just ,she .!rirne not s ut he se nd ) go; fur . ill an ) e V said s she on er, well rica 7son• riollrt Id be earl,' Ec3 91 isigo • ....---- MO' l iter , atilt 00 . Mead *if ts 4 01 ',.„ 00V :at' a pdr rolP ;oncr )tin- d, of late lig,. Ir 01 of !19, of