The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-25 00:00:00

the 1 8 th Ili % le met ber I that before of, se about her 70 ture, and she injurP W ee a witness „be be should v iolett a itting I .4 0 Lnitenanee,Lia, ity of the o Pi t p and 0 11 011 , a n g wit h - oa t; Servelg il e t be ad, an dant, 511 / 1 . ' bar would gi fe 14 t, an d b 0 104 mil, and in ettel .jA be attack liww- "ERP AY.) HoWevernt'boo i ite equ al ~t ve i t r i p tions, pnsidered, t bi been dolt very dul l net' rt. Sur ftiO repo t ve r Y lily a . a MO at whiletnu;he r l 'o .•, • • ;tations Beans at 1*.. . dull. ksints. 0 to , C • • ••r, t° re a"" 25J feed ••• • ';',1"5 . 1;, to ..„ ........ t o o ', e ..•••••" gio 40 ..... 56 t o ........ to!: ........ situ t o; .•••••••"" 1 ,10 .......... ............ 3 1; to .2'; made tO 34 0 °'" r 801 49 ., 10 ,0, 1 ' ... toli, ... 0 to o can •••••• at pric per 5 1134 , 11 0 ti an l " ll `sitt'f ° P e e O; r aver B g o, to, out 3 ' I ott' e " alue of 45 4 4 t from 3tor er the li „,crtd prow— I d IU ditto. 9 it ether s / i "cool 3 ........ 5 jo *- ... .1;16 I,eic 4 ........ .114S%'1e . de ci4 re cow — f 2clc, i v ance ber , PA Y ittle poro- Ily §uP s. 4 . t. ; 2 6 ng ..... 3 6 s •••••"' 9 6 NEE IC rio Calves. fA -- ; 0 -. 4 5 54 t° 25 f ° .... 50. , "ifth 9 0 4 ro <, ......." 0 , '2ll 131. 0°. 0 11111' we Vel d car enho ce Ari l , ir e a wer e t m f „,o chase d A O ld . irr•g 0 15 tV , * Sing; " , 2 35e/C S i re s i )° at bsre.; iu af doco,,P - Itok ode— no t tt i d et4 the s r t be d, ofr er buyers I 0-ItAVESEND STAR PACKETS. FURTHER REDUCTION OF FARES. SIXPENCE AND NINEPENCE, Boat and Blackwell Railway included. 41 17 Proln the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, ""L'ays included) at Ten, Eleven Twelve, Three, Six, and Half-past Seven At g o From the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, (1 4 Ids.lf-past Nine, Half -past Twelve, Two,* Four, Six, Seven, and Eight. ta re--pn. On Sundays at Five instead of Two. e uat))11 and Sem:Vl-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and St ki . First-class Carriage, Ninepence. ree, Gravesend, May 29, 1844. ~E GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION %hips ' °II PANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM- Ilkut r e aPPointed to leave LONDON for— ,l-i,ROH and ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majcsty's Mails my, esday and Saturday Morning. m Y, at El" ey ' r— From Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall—Every Thurs hob_ en, m orn i ng. ' 't--Every Sunday, at Eight, Morning. OsT E From London Bridge Wharf; for— totu,,, Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. _OAQT", 14 .„ E— EveryWednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. BOLL, " -- z•very Thursday and Sunday Morning. 10JEvery Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. hASfe luU TH—Every Saturday, at Six, Evening. thix ° ,9„ A TE—Daily at Half-past Nine. 5140 v. B U RGH — From Brown's Wharf; Poplar, every Saturday 4 0, 2 4 -r Y alternate Wednesday, June 26, and 29, and July 6, 10, 13, ' a nci 2 7, at Ten Evening. From Down's Wharf, Reduced Fares, for— klag. "`-kSTLE--Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight, Eve fitjx„, 84,,'.ra I LAND—Every Tuesday, at Seven, Evening. lITON and lIAVRE—Every Tuesday and Friday. een BRIGHTON and DIEPPE, every Monday, Wednesday, 1 c. 7 4 7 1 , , Y, and Saturday. • 7 0 se t it and B O I.7LOGNE--The Magician, Daily, according to tide. part r e . u r, Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of nnt.;,„ s • atr ar es, &c., apply at he - Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, ; and 35, Leadenhalltreet. I)ISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. 1 ,1 4 t dh .he Committee issociated to oppose this Bill are not disap :o lihe unfavourable divisions against all the amendments pro- Pttril' t h e Committee of the Bill on Friday, in the Commons House li ne i i t• After a coalition as to the measure between the Irish lmite Whig patrons of the few but active Unitarians in Eng -48,41 „ Ir eland, and her Majesty's present Government, though pro tstitiLe°4Bervative if constitutional legal rights and of established u,"%gh to ns, the Committee could not be sanguine as to success, ergl i Z e 'eY did venture to hope that the petitions of One Thousand of many Hundred Congregations of the Wesleyan Meth°. 4 of O an . t ` e Irish Protestant Presbyterians, of the Orthodox Dissen escho;,- ,i enotninations and of the Free Church of Scotland, might tse p r " - ,._a Pause in the car ' eer of passion, injustice, and folly, and avert t heir 6r ess of the Bill. Even now, faithful to their pledges given to ddenln every ' part of the empire, and to the cause of con tp, c, w istian truth, and the sacredness of trust property, the . ttte 1 , „ h e their entreaties that even on the third reading oi le opinion of the House of Commons rnay again be de 17s4t:1%and that their Parliamentary supporters, (whose integrity disin- Atinn and dauntless zeal thankfully applaud), will then, aan and by a final record of their votes, exculpate kek s - t res from the guilt and degradation of the passing of such a ti % ;intrv -e '... a lld will, in fact, inscribe for the information of the ."`nites" n n",„u of future times, their protest against an act which mul 'Ate, o 'l the best and wisest of their fellow-citizens devoutly de.preo '44o,4"' Which posterity, instructed by experience, will not fail t Xete n r 4 ,„ VERNON HARCOURT, R.N., Chairman. June 24,.1844. E• B Y SHARES, AP THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE PROPERTIES : D th .le'l . CELY CHATEAU, with the Grounds and AS S belonging thereto, situate on the banks of e L 1, -- a-* of Geneva, Switzerland, valued at • • • • • • • • • • • • £32,000 , ENDID MANSION, and its Dependencies, situated a. th, • A tINE own of Vevey, Switzerland, valued at . BATH HOTEL, and its Dependencies, with a Wl./ abundant Spring of Mineral Water, situated on the - " 4 s Of the Lake of Geneva. •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 3,000 T 1 4; e —. a Total of • • v , p tlal y s ' O l ue will positively take place in the town of Sion, Canton of 'at Si . wltzerland on the 16th of SEPTEMBER, 18 44 . The value of l altn t l t l r es sold will ' be deposited in tire hands of a Banker in London ; transfer of the property to the new Proprietors. S4g, ar ticulars and Conditions of Sale, and for Inspection of Title ,6e 4 flans of the Grounds and Buildings, Valuations, Prospectuses, t ql•k t , d P 1)1 3 7 , to Mr. Frederick Quin, No. 25, Southampton-street, %kr ; and to Air. Joseph Thomas, No. 1, Finch-lane, Cornhiil, 0 ill% BEST MEDICINE CAMOMILE INDIGESTION confi. N . t , .9, 34r , f lentiy recommended as a simple, but certain remedy, to all 47:14ti ?.. from Indiiestion, Sick Headache, Bilious and Liver Com , mey act as a pwertlil tonic and gentle aperient, imparting Sold LI te. the stomach, Mid composure to the nervous system. NI kes'cileilnaetevße 44 .._ 6,, 1 n bottles at Is. lid., 21.9d.,.and 1 la i each, by A. Willoughby ' and nearly . nd G. Wnidus, 61, Bishopsga e'Without; OTS. A, FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH. --- 0 b Price 4s. 6d. — . l by her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and 4 I , her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. il • THOMAS'S SUCCEDANEUII, N - i k il l ity . „or STOPPING DECAYED TEETH, however large the de w ' or ,-,!,` is placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any pres- A,;utg ," ,11 , and will remaiu firm in the tooth for many years, ren- Z DAXtraction unnecessary, arresting the further progress of decay. -", it % , 118 can use Mr. Thomas's Sueeedaneum themselves with 60'e 4 : 411 directions are enclosed. `d only b Mr ;sandThorm Surgeon-Dentist, 64, Berners-street, 4 t tr. ;greet. PrTc - e is. 6d. ' can be sent free by post. 4 4 , at Z r o„ as continues to supply the loss of teeth on his new sys •;: e„„. I - adhesion, without springs or wires. This method does Zioil lre the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any painful ope whatever. At home from eleven till four. - 11 - R. W ARBUR G'S b 2114.„,, VEGETABLE FEVER DROPS. 'we Zedielne has been proved in :many thousand cases to be far Sui"leacious than any febrifuge hitherto known, while its use b„ 4°9 e of the unpleasant consequences too frequently pro ''+e quinine and other preparations of bark. )17 4 • vegetable • its operation is uniform—its effects imme 1Z % to ' - ` 31 ., (1 it may be safely ' administered to infants at the breast. 4: 9 s 'Of the medicine is slightly narcotic and highly sudorific ; .. 4 1 •7,15 - c ,, t t head, back, and limbs are immediately relieved, mid d i th e f '. 9 lcated in from six to twenty-four hours. It is exhibited 1 • , 111/ 1 : ° ' 19 of a tincture, a phial containing two doses of three 4 7, being sufficient in any case. It has been extensively b .,"Qatu tfi `ne East aild West Indies, France, Germany and Italy, with Success in cases of the most malignant nature, and with tm.4s 1t Yin feN ' 'ers of every type. tOtY 01 11 L 4 Y be safely taken under any circumstances, with a eer thi•e, vi:"fluediate relief, Travellers who, either on business or plea -4,,;•", the South of Franee Italy, Greece, Turkey, E gypt, and lighbouring countries, above all, residents in the East Spi“..est Indies, the Mediterranean, African, and South American lyin do well to avail themselves of a remedy, the perfect f b l i t y2 l ,,:ztraordinary efficacy of which have been proved in st -Y Dr0, n 1 494 instances, and . in every climate. lt themselves with a supply of this medicine, owners I,, r les v rs , of vessels trading to the coast of Africa, the southern t „,_ , vemtzunerica, and other parts where fever is prevalent, will ravages fro m carrying off or disabling their crews, at a , . c arrying ITN" ig gtterly insignificantcompared with the value of i„ 1114 the lost and the expense incurred for hired labour, the duy, t o; °9 ials e most craWincing nature from Sir Andrew Hal e'rt, e P u ty In s pector General of Army Hospitals (in his official igu t dated British Guiana, Oct 5 1854, and ill his letter to the tr ees i° 4.lllrahl er ker e . Lord Viscount . HoWick, Secretary at War, on Sick -1.41.9118 cti 7.l•tality In the West Indies, March 8, 1839), and nu t,' dmembers of the profession, British, Co "'Ills le •of Dr. Warburg. At- Bn ied c C ontinentai, are in the possession - "Ito '2P l es of the official reports &c., may be obtained on applica dir&.llranYrh°f th , e Agents for ihe ea ' le ot• the 'Medicine. burg g Febrifuge is prepare 4 wily under his immediate an a r ,.„ issu e d exclusively' from his Laboratory, No. 27 . , King_ 7gen ts Charing.cross, London • but it may be obtained of 44 43, 1 ; 1 1 c % part of Urea ' t Britain, andl in molt of the 13ritish Co • per phial. 1 11 i r m E R — E . STING TO LADIES , ° — ^ k46 4S. ROWLAND AND SON, 20, HAT roN fi A RDEN, LONDON. Percy —place, I.andport, Portsmouth, April 4, 1814. the L "eit think it but an act of justice to inform you o '""tPt • have de'ived from the use of your admirable Macassar Oil. " month d and s . ago I found my hair getting daily more weak and th ep iiti4 much discoloured irons a practice I had adopted of wetting at e e11i 4411 4; fearing that I should lose it entirely, and heaving of rdiTTY used yogi Macassar Oil, I have for some time past eon_ tl i Y" - (1 a crd and She result is, that my hair is now perfectly re. 4 l ek, (o :lnnen improVed star : ppe and . colour, having become ke lel, it ra v a "dOossy ; purls freely without the use of paper, d i .Zed „.stid before. To ad my friends I have warmly recoffi. 4: for th e "T 'naeassar Oil as an restorative and presrrv4- p r .. wi „lair. As have an objection to . see rgy name in . print, 1 :hak e not publish it ; but you are at 'liberty to show this letter, Y other use you please of it, and re'er applip9nfs to me, ... ec essar Y , in proof of the efficacy of your Macassar O4L ht.() Your obedient servant poetp r '6' 4 n'S MACASSAIt OIL preserves and renroduccs the i t „ i i ri t from falling or turning Grey; Changes Orey p r .s i t •kt al Colour ; frees it from Scurf and Dandriff, and leek nautifully spit and curly. "" , 7g., Family tiottles (equal to 4 small), 10s. ad., and double I'Lek k e t) Tlo4 p that pze, 21s. th„,--,,,` b • - •-. , ..a01i genuine butt bp the words RO WLAND'S "dek e — '" OIL engraved in lines on the Wraper ; and on ld by thee Wrapper nearly 1,500 times, cenr.aining_29,o2B letters. — .don '„,`„•,e Preprietors, A. Rowland and Son, 20, HiAtoo-gaFden, bY Chemists and PertOroialts• Nittu ai ,`°lulk for .` Rowland's" Ad ethers are --Iriullartettat 94-* JUNE 25, 1844. No. 16,180. LONDON, TUESDAY EVE Ny 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 and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TO WN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. MIDSUMMER HOLIDAYS, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, LONOBOTTOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE exhibits the human face with its varied expressions, on a gigantic scale, curiously contrasted with the living man. The OPAQUE MICROSCOPE magnifies ef fectively a succession of WORKS of the FINE ARTS ; also casts of ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS, taken by Miss Wilson from the WALLS of the TOWER of LONDON, cut by Lord Guilford Dudley and other State Prisoners. The DAILY POPULAR LECTURES abound in in teresting experiments. ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MA CHINE. DIVING BELL and DIVER. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, &c. &c. The Music is conducted by T. Wallis, Mus. Dec. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. GENERAL TOM THUMB.-RE-OPENED for the MIDSUMMER HOLIDAYS.—Owing to numerous requests from parents and others, whose children will visit London during the holidays, the General has returned to CATLIN'S IN DIAN GALLERY, EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY, for a short period ; exhibiting in the day-time only from Eleven to One, and from Half-past Two to Five, representing the Grecian Statues, Na poleon musing, songs, dances, &c., &c. The elegant presents from her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, the Duke of Devonshire, and others, may be seen in the Hall. The General will give Grand Con certs at the Adelaide Gallery, on each evening of this week, from Seven to Nine o'clock.—Admission, is. E GYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. (Patronised by the King of Saxony.) The Nobility, 'Gentry, and Public are respectibily informed that the CELEBRATED GERMAN DWARF FAMILY, consisting of Two Brothers and a Sister, who by their astonishing pantomimic performances have gained the applause (testified i Y certificates) of the several Continental Courts before which they have had thu ho nour to appear, are exhibiting daily at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, Open from Eleven until Two o'clock, and from Three until half past Eight o'clock.—Admission, Is. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY DIVIDENDS AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA contains Money Dividends of— 450 460 470 480 £9O 4100 4119 4120 4150 4200 4400 4600 4800 41,000 41,500 £5,000 and 23,000 sterling. _ _ ._ . . _ _ _ _ This Distribution contains as many Dividends as Bends. Every Bond a Dividend! Smallest Dividend - £5O Largest Dividend - - £23,000 Direct for Prospectus, with bill particulars, without delay to HEINE BROTHERS, at Hamburgh. Or to HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck. GUARANTEE SOCIETY Established by Act of Parliament. SECURITY GIVEN for the FIDELITY of PERSONS in SITUATIONS of TRUST. Particulars may be obtained daily, at the Society's Office, No. 28, Poultry, between the hours of Nine and Five o'clock. AGENTS. Mr. Nathaniel Lea .. Messrs. G. Edwards and 50n.... • • •• Bristol. Mr. H. Ca11ender.........• • • • • . • • .Edinburgh. Messrs. Alsop and Son .••• . • • -Hull. Messrs. J. H. and G. Ilidsdale•• • • • • Leeds. Messrs. Hughes and Ronald Mr. Samuel Taylor ........ ..... ...Manchester. F. W. Bulman, Esq. • • • • . • • •Newcastle-on-Tyne. By order, THOMAS DODUSON, Secretary. IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Sun-court, Cornhlll, and No. 16, Pall-mall, London. Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL DIVIDEND on the Shares in the Subscription Capital of this Company will be paid to the Proprietors at the Office in Sun-court, Cornhill, on and after WEDNESDAY, the 10th of July next, between the hours of Eleven and Three o'Clock. By order of the Directors, June 17, 1844. SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. 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 second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAM 'LES. R OYAL ACADEMY Or' ARTS, TRAFAL GAR. SQUARE. The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. Admission (from Eight o Clock till Seven) One Shilling. Catalogue c 2" 0 Er' N.eo g " uPremium ABonus Bonus in 5 o w g 2 added. Cash. —g. OEt r e?, P. £ £ s. d. I X a. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. ds 1837,170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 60 1 1000 74 3 4 1838'144 2 2 64 5 6 916 4 296 13 4 1839 116 16 0 51 511 711 9 247 4 5 One Shilling. HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Sec. F. MPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time A to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, for the sale of their celebrated teas. Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-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 little trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per annum, and many during the last nineteen 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 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 CAMBOUX. Sec. DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE. 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Capital, £500,000. This Office is provided with very accurately constructed Tables, by which it can ASSURE DISEASED LIVES on Equitable Terms. The Extra Premium discontinued on restoration of the Assured to permanent health. _ . INCREASED ANNUITIES granted on unsound Lives, the amount varying with the particular disease. Members of CONSUMPTIVE FAMILIES assured at Equitable Rates. HEALTHY LIVES are Assured at Lower Rates than at most other offices. Policies of twelve months' standing are not affected by Suicides, Duelling, &e. ; and Assigned Policies are valid from the date of the Policy should death ensue from any of these causes. F. G. P. NEISON, Actuary. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 34, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. THOMAS FRAN KLAND LEWIS, Chairman. HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Lancelot Baugh Allen, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. Stephen Nicolson Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Henry Barnett, Esq. Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. Robert Biddulph, Est. John Mendham, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq. William Routh, Esq. AUDITORS. Francis Dumergue, Esq. I Charles Morris, Esq. Capt. Robert G rdon, John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. PHYSICIAN—John Ayrton Paris. M. D., F.R.S., 27, Dover-street, President of the Royal College of Physicians. SURGEON —Benjamin Travers, Esq. l F.R.S., 12, Bruton-street. SOLICITOR—Henry Young, Esq., 12, Essex-street, Strand. BANKERS—Messrs. Hankey, Fenchurch.street ACTUARY—James John Downes Esq., F.R.A.S. SECRETARY—CampbeII James Downer, Esq. The following are among the advantages offered by this Society:— LOWER RATES of Premium than those of any other Office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and con. siderably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. NO PROPRIETARY to participate in the Profits, the WHOLE being divided among the Assured. 3'he first, in 183 t, averaged £l6 per cent, on the Premiums paid. The second, 1839, ditto £3l ditto since the Ist division. The third, 1844, ditto A 36 ditto since the 2d division. In addition to which all Policies entitled to the absolute bonus will receive a contingent prospective bonus of X! per cent. per annum, on the sum assured, on becoming claims before 1849. Assurances effected on the equal scale of premiums in the year 18:4, will participate in the Bonus to be declared in 1849. No extra charge for residence in any part of Europe, nor for pro. ceeding (in a decked, sailing, or steam-vessel), from any one port thereof te another during peace, to Assurers not being seafaring men by profession. Licenses are granted to go to any part of the world upon terms proportionate to the risks. Policies on the lives of persons dying by suicide, duelling, or by the hands of justice ' are not void as respects the interests of p at ti es te whom they may have been legally assigned. Assurances may be effected on any and every day. By order of the Board of Directors, CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, 1, PRINCES-STREET, BANK, LONDON. This Institution is empowered by Special Act of Parliament, (IV. Victoria, cap. 9,) and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Life Assurance, in their fullest extent, to Policy Holders, and to present greater facilities and accommodation than are usua ll y offered by any other Companies. Among others, the following important advantages may be enu merated : A most economical set of Tables computed expressly for the use of this Company, fain authentic and complete data, and presenting the lowest rates of Assurance that can be offered without compro- mising the safety of the Institution. DECREASING RATES OF PREMIUM. By this Table the l'olicy.holder has the option of discontinuing the payment of all fiirther Premiums after Twer.ty, Fifteen, Ten, and even Five Years ; and the Policy still remaining in force—in the first case, for the full amount originally assured ; and in either of the three other cases, far a portion of the same according to a fixed and equitable scale endorsed upon the Policy. Increasing Rates of Premium on a new and remarkable plan for securing Loans or Debts ; a less immediate payment being required on a Policy for the whole term of Life than in any other Office. PUBLICATIONS. Just published, price 2s. Gd., it is enough to rouse the dead ! LORD CHATHAM ROUSED, by the PRE SENT CONDITION of BRITAIN, POLITICAL, NAVAL, and MILITARY. Pelham Richardson, 23, Comhill ; and John 011ivier, 59, Pall-mall. .THE CHRISTIAN GRACES.—Three new SONGS, illustrative of " Faith," " Hope," and " Charity." Poetry by the Rev. J. R. WREFORD and C. JEFFEREYS ; Music by STEPHEN GLOVER. " These songs are excellent alike in poetry, music, and illustration ; while the musician must be delighted with their harmonies, every lover of music must feel the charm of their melodies. ' Charity' is our special favourite."—Musical World. Post-free, 28. each, of Jeffereys, 21, Soho-square. In a few days will be published, T HE BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW, No. XXXIV. CONTENTS :- 1. The Italian. Drama.—Allieri. 2. L. C. Sulla's Revolution in Rome. 3. The Protestant Reformation in England. 4. Sclavonic History and Literature.—Mickiewicz. 5. State and Prospects of British Husbandry. 6. Modern English Dramatists. 7. Prince de Joiriville on the French Navy. 8. The Sugar Trade and Duties.—French Slave Colonies. 9. Maximilian Robespierre. 10. Lord Ellenborough's Indian Government. London : R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers. Just published, price Twopence, to appear Weekly, Annual Premium payable during Age. Ist Five I 2d Five I 3d Five Years. Years. Years. 4th Five Remainder Years. of Life. -.- 20 I £l 1 4£l 510 £1 10 11 £1 16 '.E2 3 8 30 1 6 4 112 2 119 1 2 7 4 217 6 40 116 1 2 4 4 214 6 3 7 3 4 3 4 50 216 7 3 9 4 4 5 5 56 3 613 7 PETER ➢iORRISON, Resident Director. A Liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents. THE BEST ENGLISH WATCHES. AB. SAVORY and SONS , Wat chma kers , No. • 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank, request the atten tion of purchasers to their Stock of London-made PATENT LEVER WATCHES , which are manufactured by themselves in their own house. In Siver Cases, with the Detached Escapement and jewelled, th e pr i ces are F our G u i ne as and a Half, Six, and Eight Guineas each ; or in gold cases, Ten, Twelve, Fourteen, and S xteen Guineas each. The very large stock offered for selection includes every description, enabling a customer to select that which is more particularly adapted to his own use. DAVIES'S FINE WAX C A NDLES, 1 8 .5 d. p er lb. ; they only requir e t r im to prove them the handsomest and most economical candles in existence, that do not require snuffing. Genuine Sperm Candles, 2s. per lb.—Superior transparent Wax, 2s.— Genuine Wax, 2s. 3d.—Best kitchen and office Candles, W.—Extra and 58s. per 1121 bs.—Mottled, 60s. and 64s.—Wind sor Moulded Candles, with the improved Wax Wicks, 7d.—Yellow s. 4d. per packet.—Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d.—Rose, 29. —Camphor, 2s. —Superior Almond, 2s. 6 d.—Superflne Sealing 4s. 6d. per lb.—Refined Sperm On, 6s. per gallon—Solar Sealing wax, Cash, sitesAS'S Old Established 'Warehouse, 63, St. 3s. I e (oppo New Slaughter's Coffeehouse), Charing-cross. Sor Soap,a n4d6ls'a,lm 525., Martin 2, an CAR'S GOUT and RHE U MATIC PILLS. ----- The decided superiority of this Medicine over iltherto offered to the public for the cure of those dreaafeuvitry other diseases, gout, rheumatic gout, rheumatism, lumbago, scia i i Painful is so fully manifested by the increasing sale, and the testi mo n yc„,., thousands in every rank of life, that those who are aware of the ex istence of such a remedy, and have not availed themselves of tryin g its efficacy, cannot truly be objects of sympathy. The testimonials or ;hp astonishing effects of this medicine are universally accompanied by the fact that no inconvenience of any sort attends its administra tion, but that the patient, without feeling the operation of the medi eine, is universally left in 4 stronger and better state of health than experienced previous to being afflicted with this disease • and in all cases of acute sufferin g great relief i s ex p erienced in a 'few hours, and a cure is generally effected in two or three days. Sold by Thomas Prout, Q• 29, Strand, London ; and, by his app slot ment ,by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the 'United Kingdom. Price 2s. Scl. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and; RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe hp name and address of " Thomas Prout, 2•29, Strand, London," ropresip eewb ri , -•1 Government S.3mp affixed to each Box of the Ciiiilfill she was not sent for as a . witness, but came up of her own accord to see after her niece. A person of the name of John son asked her if she had any wish to come up to town ? She borrowed the money for the journey; but she intended to pay it back to the parties who lent it, and whose names were down in a list. She could not say whether it had been raised by subscription. In answer to a juror the witness said her niece was always kind to her when Mr. Belaney was not present. Mr. George Hobson, of No. 8, Crombey'S-row, Commercial road, bookseller, knew the prisoner six years ago, and had received from him half a dozen copies of the " Steeple Chase." The prisoner then resided at Cannon-street-road. The witness then proceeded to state the renewal of his ac quaintance with Mr. Belaney and his introduction to that gentleman's wife after their arrival in town on Tuesday, the 4th instant, and his evidence was similar to that given by Captain Clark. Mr. BAKER said, that as other witnesses were expected up from the country, he would postpone the inquiry untiliThurs day next. Sergeant M'Cardell said there were two ladies in attend ance who had lived in the neighbourhood of Mr. and Mrs. Belaney down' in the north, And who could speak to the pri soner's ill-treatment of his wife up to December last. The witnesses, however, were not called, and the, inquest was adjourned until two o'clock on Thursday. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE NEW BALLET. We have .githered from the rehearsal of yesterday the principal points of the outline of the new ballet, which may serve to convey a general notion to our readers, and to serve as a guide to the spectators. Such sketches are always im perfect, and of all subjects the mythological are the most insipid in description. But the grouping, the scenery, and the dancing in this ballet are in the highest degree effective. To their merits must be added the nitsjo s which full of admirable melodies, alternately plaintiveand sprightly, and throughout perfectly descriptive and characteristic. The music is by Pugni, the plot and action by Perrot. There is one circumstance in Perrot's conduct, during the rehearsals, which contributes to explain the surpassing success of all his ballets. As long as any member of his troupe is imperfect in his part, he accompanies each step by an extempore dialogue of his own invention, explaining the feeling the performer is to express. Perrot has likewise introduced an other feature in ballets—every portion of the action is danced, which avoids the tedious gesticulations and mimickry between the pas, which the public had formerly to endure, and avoids those sudden transitions which mar the illusion. Our present ballet master is of opinion that this portion of a ballet should bear the same relation to the grand feats of dancing, which the recitatifs do to the bravuras in an opera. The title of the ballet is Lelia, ou la Nymphe de Diane, divided into four tableaux. The principal dramatis persona are Diane, Copere ; L'Amour, Plunket ; Zelia, Cerito ; Amyntas, St. Leon ; Fiume, Perrot. In the first tableau, you see on one side a temple and a statue of Diana ; on the other, a bower of flowers, which conceal a statue of Love, and which is the hiding-place of L'Amour himself. In the first scene, Love is seen reclining and asleep. He awakes at the sound of the horns, which announce the approach of Diana and her nymphs. The thought of his chaste enemy excites his anger; and he swears to be revenged for the con tempt of her votaries by seducing one of her nymphs from her allegiance. As he retires Diana and her nymphs arrive ; she teaches the fair sportswomen the use of the bow; they fire their shafts at a target. Here the attitudes, the graceful evolutions, and the dexterity of the Amazons are sure to create a most agreeable surprise. Zelia, Diana's favourite nymph, wins the prize, which is a rose. After this, Diana, on the point of leaving her temple for the forests, commits the guardianship of the fane to Zelia. Diana gone—Zelia amuses herself in collecting flowers to make a crown, which she deposits at the feet of the goddess's statue. This she does whilst she dances, and here occurs the pas de la cou ronne. At this moment Amyntas, a shepherd, in love with Zelia, arrives endeavours to steal the crown, and convey it to the statue of Love, which has ap peared on the opposite side of the stage. This struggle produces another graceful step. Zelia resists all Amyntas's declarations, and flies away to avoid him. He, in despair, attempts to kill himself, but Love arrives, consoles him, and prqmises him success. The second tableau represents a moonlight scene—a circular temple of Diana, with the sacred fire burning on an altar in the centre; while the statue of Minerva and other allegorical figures are seen grouped in di vers attitudes at the sides; Diana and her nymphs appear, and the goddess confides the maintenance of the vestal fire burning on the altar to Zelia. As soon as the severe goddess has disappeared, Love shows himself. By his touch lie ani mates the marble effigies, who bend towards Zelia, and by their gestures first, and next by their menaces, invite her to join in the adoration of Cupid. At the moment that Zelia, by dint of persuasion, consents, Diana returns, and her truant votary runs away. The third tableau represents a forest where Zelia has fallen asleep from the fatigue of her flight. In her uneasy dreams she remembers her disobedience to Diana. Whilst she slumbers, a fawn appears, and steal a rose which she holds iu her hand, and which Diana gave her as a talisman, and the reward of her dexterity. She awakes, tries to regain her flower, and here takes place the pas de la rose, the struggle itself being intended to typify the contest between wisdom and passion. The rose is lost—Love L'Amour forstalls the arrival of Diana, and Zelia is car ried away on the gossamer wings of little Cupids to the realms of love. The fourth tableau represents a spot con secrated to Venus, whose statue occupies the most prominent spot. The centre of the gay and embroidered scene repre sents a sheet of water, filled by rushing cascades. Zelia, wafted here, is tempted by the coolness of the stream, and bathes. Whilst bathing, a butterfly, careering in the air, attracts her notice—she rushes out of the bath—pursues it in a pas, called the "Pas de Papillon"—at last she catches the butterfly, which she presses to her heart. It makes her heart beat violently—she throws it off, but it is too late—she has caught the contagion of love; for the butterfly was the arch-god disguised. Cupid comes to enjoy his triumph, bringing with him Amyntas, who now experiences but little resistance to his suit. The triumph of love is celebrated by the most fascinating dances, too numerous and varied to be described in our allotted space. It is impossible to convey any idea of the beauty of the coup d'feil, particularly in the scene of the Temple, where the statues are animated by Love, and in that of Venus's Bowers, where Zelia bathes in the stream. As to the ruling idea of the ballet, it is intended, from beginning to end, only as an illustration of the well known lines of Voltaire, inscribed under a statue of Cupid— . Qui, que to soi, voici ton maitre, Il est, le fut, ou le doit etre." CAPTAIN 1 5 .1bDINOr'S CHINESE 'OLIO AND TEA TALK. No. VIII. CONTENTS :—Life of Candida Bin, a Christian Chinese Lady of Rank (continued)—Chinese Regimen for the Aged— Regulations in China for Family Meetings—Chinese Maxims and Proverbs—The Life of Tsing-che-hoang-Jo, Emperor of China, Builder of the Great Wall, and Incendiary of the Books of the Chinese Empire (continued) —The Emperor Kang-Ile's Table-talk (continued)—The Port of Fuh-chow-Foo—The United States and China—The Emperor of China and the Opium Trade—Tea Talk—Weekly View of Tea Mar ket—Clearances, Imports, and Stocks of Tea, &c. Published for the Proprietors by George Berger, 19, liolywell street, Strand, and sold by Booksellers and Newsvenders. THE POST-OFFICE. A discussion took place last night on Mr. Duncombe's mo tion fur a Committee of Inquiry respecting the statues which empower a Minister of State to open letters passing through the General Post-office. The interest which the House took in the matter is not confined to the walls of Parliament ; it is looked upon as one of personal application, as well as of public importance —as involving considerations of private comfort and security, not less than of national character and constitutional privileges; and those who took part in the dis cussion of last night seemed to be fully aware of the atten tion with which it is likely to be regarded by the constituent bodies of the kingdom. For our own parts, we have already expressed our opinion with tolerable candour upon the con duct which has provoked complaints and petitions. • That opinion remains unaltered. We believe that State necessity alone warrants the occasional exercise of a power which habitual toleration would make arbitrary, vexatious, and op pressive. The privilege of opening private letters—in other words, of violating confidence—is one which it would require some eloquence,. and more sophistry, to reconcile to English notions and English habits. It is, perhaps, the most odious privilege with which a British Minister could be entrusted. It offends the pride of individuals ; it does more, it rouses a jealousy for the liberty of the subject. It is one which should be used very seldom; and then only with extreme caution and the most tender moderation. But still, even under a consti tutional Government, and among a people keenly alive to the slightest infringement of their civil rights, it is not un wisely reserved as a defensive instrument against the machinations of intrigue and the plots of sedition. In every state there are times when danger may be apprehended from sudden tumults and secret conspiracies; and often where alarm is not felt for outbreaks at home there may be reason to suspect the residence of foreign conspirators and designing exiles—men who make the land of their - adoption the point from which they may best assail the land of their birth and their,4'oimer crimes. In the first of these cases domestic policy: in the second the unwritten compact of international obligations, necessitates the adoption of measures which nothing but emergency could justify. In both of them, however, the vigour which is beyond the constitution may be the best upholder of the constitution. It is far better that one or two dozen letters should be opened than that the nation should be shocked and its character sullied by some madbrained tumult or some monstrous outrage on the persons of distinguished foreigners visiting in the character, and entitled to the immunities of guests. So far, then, we differ from those who de claim against the existence of such a power. But we agree with them when, as in this instance, they say that not only ought it to be exercised with discretion, but also that the cause of its exercise ought to be fully explained and justified. The constitution of this realm wisely challenges examination and discussion for every other act of Ministerial authority. Why should the most unusual and the most ob noxious be permitted to pass unscrutinized and unexplained? Yet this is the striking feature in the present case. Mr. Mazzini's letters—no fewer than seventy—have been de tained and examined at the Post-office before they reached his hands. Of Mr. Mazzini we know nothing. Mr. Carlyle informs us that, he has " a martyr-soul," and a great many other properties, perhaps more indicative of an heroic person age than a quiet citizen. He may be a restless, enthusiastic, and, in the minds of certain Ministers, a dangerous man. But this is no reason why he should be treated worse than theinmate of a felon's dungeon. His political vagaries and his political zeal cannot palliate conduct at which Peachum would have blushed, and Lockit have cried "Shame!" If he Was suspected of carrying on a treasonable or seditious correspondence with foreigners in this country, or foreigners abroad, it might surely have been left for Lord Lowther or Lord Aberdeen to intimate to him that his movements were watched, and his letters would be examined. This mode of proceeding would have been strong and severe ; but it would also have been honest, manly, open; and, on explanation, might have been justified by the emergency of the case. But, instead of such a proceeding, in steps Sir James Gra ham and takes the whole management of the matter into his hands; simply. we suppose, because it required to be treated with the greatest delicacy, the most consummate moderation, and by one who enjoyed fully the confidence of all men and all parties. Sir J. Graham—with the " great Mott case" staring him in the face Sir J. Graham, who was taunted with having opened the letters of several Mem bers of the House—Sir J. Graham, who, whatever he had to do, 'was sure to do it in the most offensive and arbitray way —why, if there had been the strongest a priori reasons in the world for opening Mr. Mazzini's letters, they would all have been neutralized by the official interference of the Home Secretary. Had Lord Aberdeen, on the remonstrance of some friendly power, felt it his duty to examine a sus pected correspondence, some people might have murmured at the arbitrariness of the act; none would have censured the motives of the agent. Lord Aberdeen's public character is known ; it is, therefore, respected, and his actions would be construed fairly and favourably. Sir J. Graham's public character is equally well known, but we cannot append the same inference of opinion to any action in which he is mixed up. But the best commentary on the conduct of Sir J. Graham is supplied by the division of last night. 162 Mem bers voted for the Committee of Inquiry, 206 against it; thus giving the Home Secretary a majority of only 44 on a question which really went to determine his fitness for con tinuing to hold the seals of his department one day longer. We wish him joy of his majority; and we trust that Minis ters will learn from this division how dangerous a thing it is to intrust extraordinary powers to a colleague whose acts and whose character, instead of inspiring confidence in the gooaness of his intentions, never fail to excite suspicion, jealousy, and alarm.—Times. ALLEGED POISONING AT STEP- NEY. Yesterday the inquisition touching the death of Mrs. Rachel Belaney, whose husband, Mr. James Cockburn Belaney, is at present in custody, charged on suspicion of having caused her death, by administering to her a quantity of prussic acid on Saturday, the Bth instant, was resumed before Mr. Baker, at the Fountain Tavern, Stracey-street, Stepney. With the facts of the case so recently and fully before the public, it is only necessary to say, that Mr. Belaney and , his wife arrived in town on Tuesday, the 4th instant, and took lodgings at Green-street, Stepney. Their only acquaintance being a Captain Clark, a retired master mariner, his daughter (Mrs. M'Eachern), and Mr. Hobson, a boo kseller in the Commercial-road. According to the evidence of these parties, as well as of a Mrs. Heppingstall, in whose house they lodged, the prisoner and his wife, who, it appears, was a very handsome woman, lived on the fondest terms. On Saturday, the Bth instant, the prisoner called Mrs. Hep pingstall to his wife's assistance, and in about ten minutes afterwards she died in that person's arms, the prisoner at the same time observing that her mother died of a somewhat similar attack nine months previously. A post mortem exa mination was subsequently held upon the body, and after that the prisoner admitted to Captain •Clark, Mr. Hobson, and afterwards to a surgeon named Garrett, that he was in the habit of taking prussic acid to correct his stomach, and owing to an accident he left some exposed in a tumbler in his wife's bedroom, into which he presumed she poured some water and drank it off in a mistake, having previously taken some salts. The prisoner explained his not making this statement before, by saying that he was ashamed to admit such neglect respecting so deadly a poison on the part of a medical man. The first witness examined yesterday was Mr. Thomas Donoghue, the surgeon from whom the prisoner had pur chased the prussic acid, as well as some acetate of morphine, a most deadly poison, together with salts, senna, and carbo nate of soda. In his evidence before the magistrate at the Thames Police-court, on Thursday, the witness stated that, on the Monday after the death of the deceased lady, Mr. Belaney and Captain Clark called upon him, about half•past eight in the morning, when the prisoner said he had had a mis fortune with the acid, as the neck of the bottle had come oft; and lie wished witness to attend the inquest. Being more closely examined upon this point yesterday, the witness en•• tered snore fully into detail, and stated that Belaney, in the presence of Captain Clark, told him that the phial being tightly stopped, in trying to open it, lie broke off the neck, and being desirous of saving the acid, he put the contents into a tumbler in Mrs. Belaney's room. Having left the room for a while he heard a scream, and coming back he found that his wife, who had taken some medicine, had, as he presumed, by mistake poured water into the glass which contained the prussic acid,. and drunk off the contents. He, at the same time, requested witness to attend the inquest which was to be held that day. This evidence excited considerable surprise in the inquest room. It will be recollected that Captain Clark deposed that the prisoner never mentioned anything to him about the prussic acid until the evening of Monday, and yet Mr. Do noghue was quite as positive that the whole facts were de tailed by Mr. Belaney, in Captain Clark's hearing, as early as half-past eight o'clock on Monday morning. The CORONER, who seemed to think that there must be some great mistake as to dates, questioned Mr. Donoghue closely as to whether that conversation did not take place on the Tuesday morning subsequently to the death, but the witness persisted in saying that it was on the Monday, and lie was confirmed in his memory of the date by the fact of his having been summoned to attend on that day at the Ce ntral Criminal Court in a stabbing case. Mr. Donoghue's servant-boy was then sent for. He re membered Captain Clark and another person calling at his master's house; but could not possibly tell on what day of the week it happened. Captain Clark was then again called, and asserted most positively that it was on the Tuesday morning that Mr. Be laney made the statement to Mr. Donoghue. Mr. BAKER said that was a fact which it would be very important to have ascertained correctly. Mr. Donoghue said, that on hearing the statement lie thought it odd Mr. Belaney had not called on him on Sunday. Captain Clark said he thought Doctor Garrett could throw a light on the doubt, and that gentleman being called, said he understood the interview had taken place upon the Tuesday. Mrs. Mary Stobbs, a widow lady, and aunt of Mrs,Belaney, was then called. She trembled a good deal, and appeared greatly affected when first sworn. She said she resided at North Sunderland, in Durham, and rented a farm from her late sister, Mrs. Rachel Skelly, mother of the deceased, at lOU a year. She went twice to see her sister before her death. Her sister was then living at the prisoner's house ; but she did not see him there on those occasions. On the Saturday she saw Mr. Belaney, who told her Mrs. Skelly was asleep, having had a little laudanum, and expressed a hope that she would be better when she awoke. Witness under stood Mrs. Skelly died that day ; but her niece did not ask her in. Mrs. Skelly generally enjoyed good health, and was not subject to fits. " Mr. Clarkson here interposed, and asked whether it was intended to try a double inquest. He had no objection to the production of every possible evidence; but, if the case went to another place, good reason would be shown why the wit ness should not have been with her sister. The CORONER said he had no bias whatever in the case, his only object being to do justice and elicit the truth. Mrs. Stobbs then proceeded to state, that she understood the property which she rented from her sister passed on that lady's death to Mrs. Belaney, and from her to her husband. Witness received notice to quit from Mr. Belaney, whose wife, on Mrs. Skelly's death, she looked upon as her land lady. Witness told Mr. Belaney she did not expect a notice to quit ; but he replied it was Mrs. Skelly's express wish. Witness, however, had reason to think otherwise. She did not know on what terms the prisoner and his wife lived, as she had not seen them above twice together. Mrs. Skelly had five houses, aad had no child but Rachel. Witness, before Rachel's marriage, placed some money to her account in the Newcastle Bank. The prisoner, besides the work on Falconry, wrote a little poem called the " Steeple Chase." Mr. Clarkson here again interfered, and requested, if this evidence was considered material, that it should be taken down ; if not, he could not conceive why it should be gone into. Mr. BARER said, that lie perhaps had a clearer view of the case than the Learned Gentleman, having been furnished with more materials than the Learned Gentleman, who, it might be, had not seen this book. ‘ a S b t o e t e lt pl a e m C o h n a g se ili a e j sin ur a o l r l s P . co Mr. Cl ar k son— Oh yes , I h ave. I h ave neg l ec t e d no thi ng necessary t o my c li ent ' s case. 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Sir,---The votes of certain free-traders who supported the Government on Monday night last agaivAMr. Miles's amendment have been the subject of severe animadversion in the columns of your paper. There has been much misre presentation, and, I trust, unintentional sophistry in those comments. The conduct of public men is fair matter for comment or controversy ; but political polemics need not altogether eschew the maxims of political morality. " A Thorough Free-Trader" in your paper of Saturday, undertakes in a letter addressed to Mr. Cobden, to "vindicate his principles," from the charge of " impracticability," which that gentleman, he says, has for a moment stamped upon them by his vote on the sugar duties. To vindicate a prin • ciple from the charge of " impracticability," would seem to require some relation between thee argument s used, and the particular mode in which that principle was sought to be ap plied. But throughout the lengthy letter of this "Thorough Free Trader," there is not a single attempt made to connect the purpose of the letter with the principle of free t rade. It is, from beginning to end, a tissue of special plead iegs, irrelevant pretexts, and a most uncandid substitution of technical forms for practical realities. The fair and only question which this "Thorough Free Trader" had to consider, reference to that debate, was simply whether or not Mr. Miles's amendment proposed to give more or less protection to the West India planters than the measure of the GOVern ment. That was the question. There was no other before the House. Not a speech was made on either side, during the Friday or Monday nights' debate, which did not altogether proceed upon this assumption. There was no shifting of the qaestion at issue upon a mere technical form. It was a direct and acknowledged division, on both occasions, for or against Mr. Miles's amendment. It will not do to plead the letter of a mere form against the spirit of a direct pm pose. To place the issue on any other grounds than the express and avowed conviction of every man who took a part in the dis cussion, is an uncandid paltering with the common sense of the community, and an attempt to salve sensitive con sciences into a quibbling acquiescence with suspected fraud. The "character of impracticability," which your corres pondent says Mr. Cobden has stamped on the principles of f. ee trade, requires a little more explanation at the hands of a "Thorough Free-Trader" to make his meaning clear. It is one of those phrases which men sometimes use to reconcile party purposes with the practical repudiation of recognised principles. Had Mr. Cobden thought more of displacing a iovernment than advancing a great principle—had the free traders thought less of free trade, and more of the chances that political anarchy might have thrown up for political speculators—they would not have been charged with stamp ing the principles of free trade with " impracticability," but would have been hailed as the patriots of party, purchasing political reputation by repudiating past professions and avowed principles. A" Thorough Free-Trader"says the vote on FridaAnight was simply as to whether theold sugar duties should or should not be continued till July the sth. That the technical forms of the House necessitate se.l, a muposition as preparatory to the introduction of certain modifications of an old law, to be afterwards introduced, is undeniable • but can any man, without a gloss pref erence f or subterfuge over plain dealing, maintain that in that proposition was not con tained, or held to be contained by the whole House, the sanction or rejection of the general scale of duties proposed by the Go vernment, in contradistinction to the sanction or rejection of the duties specifically stated in Mr. Miles's amendment ? Was there any doubt in the public mind, or real difference of opinion in the House, as to the consequences involved in the division ? Did the almost fanatical cheers that followed the announcement of the majority against the Government, on Friday night, proclaim or not that the amendment "of Mr. Miles had been virtually carried ? Look to the newspapers of the next day. What was the announcement made by every one of them, without exception, to the public? Why, that Dlr. Miles's amendment had been carried against the Government. In face of these facts it is an idle attempt to defend policy against principle, when the mere forms of the Ilouse—in contradistinction to the known consequences which they involved—are raked up for the purpose of complicating and mystifying to the simple apprehensions of the public a plain question of more or less protection to the West India monopolists. A "Thorough Free-Trader " goes into some lengthy animadversions on the conduct of Mr. Cobden, for not voting on Monday night for the 20s. duty on colonial, produce propssed by Mr. Miles, and then reserving to himself the right of moving the rejection or modification of the 345. duty on foreign sugar at some future stage of the proceedings. That, he says, was the proposition then really before the I louse. Does this " Thorough Free-Trader" honestly believe this ? Can he believe it ? had not a distinct vote been previously taken on the question of differential duties ? 1I ad not Mr. Ewart, supported by Mr. Cobden and the free-traders, proposed an equalization of duty on all sugars, foreign and colonial, and had not that proposition been negatived by a large ma jority? The only question the free-traders could have originated had been disposed of; an equalization of the duties had been been rejected ; and as no free-trader could consist ently originate any motion recognizing the principle of differential duties, their business, and their sole business, was to make the nearest possible approximation to their own prin ciples, by supporting the measure that gave less protection to the colonies, in opposition to that which practically proposed to give them a great deal more. The "Thorough Free- Trader" agrees with Mr. Cobden " in preferring the measure of Sir Robert Peel to that of Mr Miles; but then he asieerts, " that neither of those series of modifications was under discus sion." What was under discussion ? Why, he says, the 20s. duty on colonial sugar proposed by Mr. Miies ; and he professes honestly to believe, that no other con sequences were involved in that vote than the simple diminution of the duty on West India sugar from "as. to 20s. the cwt. Now, is this a'fair or candid statement ? It was open, he says, to Mr. Cobden to have moved any amendment he pleased when the 345. differential duty came under discussion. That such a course was open to Mr. Cob den, or any other free-trader, is unquestionable ; but what was the real position of affairs in the House at that time? Mr. Ewart had already moved for an equalisation of the duties on all sugars. That motion had been rejected by a large majority. Who composed that majority? The monopolists of every section, whether Whig or Tory. What peculiar grounds, then, for confidence, had the free-trade party, under such circumstances, in the representatives of the late Go vernment ? They had preciously voted with the monopolists to reject JVIr. Ewart's motion, and they were at that very mo ment in strict alliance with the most bigoted and extreme section of the protectionists, to uphold a nieasure which "the Thorough Free-Trader" himself admits was worse than that of the Government. What would have been the position of the free-traders, had they (-cited with the Whigs? One of two consequences must have ensued. Either the Goveria ment would have surrendered their measure, or they would have retired from office. In either case, the present prohi bitory duty on foreign sugar would have remained - precisely as it is, without modification or amendment. Had Sir Ro bert Peel resigned, does any man believe that any possible combination of parties could have re-constructed a Govern ment on a more liberal basis, either economically or politicall = y, than that which had been overthrown? Would the Whig party have attempted to form a Government? If they had, what would have been the fate or policy of such an administra tion ? Would a dissolution of Parliament, at the present moment, have given them any additional strength ? Pos s ibly some accession to the numbers of the " thorough free traders" might have resulted from such an experiment; but the Whigs, as a party, would probably have found them selves as powerless as before. Under such circumstances, what hope could the free-traders have entertained of consise tently advancing their principles by any wild and objectless renunciation of the practical advantages that were before them ? There was little in that debate to inspire confidence in the party leaders on either side. Nothing to justify the free-traders in promoting a transference of official power, by voting against their own principles. Throughout that debate the sole object of the so-called leaders of the Liberal party had appeared to be, to bid for monopolist sup port—by proclaiming themselves better monopolists than their opponents. Both Mr. Labouchere and the late Chan. cellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Baring) distinctly avowed that their policy, when in power, had been to give more protection to the West India planters than that proposed by the Peel Ministry. It was the to quoque argument altogether— " Codlin's the friend—not Short." What have you gained, asked Mr. Baring on Friday night, pointing to the discon solate planters and Cornsen - atives behind the Ministry— what have you gained by rejecting us and accepting Peel ? We promised you 12s. differential duty —and a final measure. Your pet Minister gives you 10s, and transition 't" That cry was the main bearing of the debate. There was no great principle at issue between any of the real combatants in the strife. It is a hollow and unveiled sophism to assume that any other consequences were involved in the issue than the retention of a little more or less protection to the mono polists. The hot rancour of party has been stirred by the failure of close chances in what, at the best, can be regarded only as an aimless struggle for a fruitless and momentary triumph. But calm and reasoning men will look only to the plain and palpable merits of both sides of the real ques tion—and I, for one rejoice that the principles of free trade have suffered no contamination in this contest, by any com promise of honest conviction with the self-seeking plausibih ties of political expediency. One word more as to the political consequences said to be involved in this division. Your correspondent terminates his letter to Mr. Cobden by asserting "that the free-traders have saved from annihilation a Government which tramples freedom under its feet in Ireland. The instant," he says, " a rumour reached Ireland of its destruction, there was almost a uni versal jubilee. O'Connell released, the wishes of the Irish considered, justice obtained for Ireland, the termination of the Orange rule and of packed juries, instantly rose as visions full of hope to the Irish." Surely the " Thorough:Free-Trader " himself must have been dreaming when he penned the above passage, for a more visionary disregard of plain and sober fact was never exhibited in waking hours. Let him turn from the division on Friday night to the state of ' parties upon Irish questions, only forty-eight hours before, as evi denced on the Wednesday night previous, • on, Mr. Ward' s motion for a Committee to inquire into the state of .the Iri s h Church, and he will find a clear majority of 95 ** favour of the Government. And this has been about the worki ng ma _ jority of Ministers on all questions of Irish policy during the present Parliament. What there.Nas in the heterogeneous combination of extreme protectiaffists and Liberals on Fri day or Monday night to reverse this majority, the vision of your correspondent does not seem to have disclosed. Such monstrous and most unfair attempts, however, to create in the sensitive minds of the Irish people an impression that the free-traders have been instrumental in retarding the recogni tion of their claims to justice must fail from its utter and transparent absurdity.-1 am, Sir, yours respectfully, June 22, 1844. A. W. PAULTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE, Sir,—From comments which have appeared in several of the public papers, an impression has been created that I pur posely abstained from voting on the last division on Mr. Miles's amendment. lam avTious to explain the reason of my absence from that diiision. Not expecting any such important divisio n coming on I had made arrangements which required my ab sence fix : a town, and was, therefore, unable on the second division to vote against the proposition of Qui Member for Bristol. I may, say, however, that I fully coincide in the view of the question taken by those free trade Members who supported the Government, and regret exeeedinfly that I was not able to join them in their protest against giving more pro tection to the sugar growers of the colonies. May I ask the favour of th e i nsert i on of this in the columns of youriournal ?—I am, respectfully, JOHN BRIGHT. THE BENCH AND THE BAR IN IRELAND. 4R Ire. land the bar is deplorably servile towards tho bench ; for judges in that country are not subject, as in England, to the wholesome restraint of public opinion ; and they of tentimes put down a barrister in a fashiowthat would not be tolerated in Westminster Hall. nothing can be more dangerous to a professional man in Ireland than to get into a contest with a judicial personage ; and o larg e practice has often been put in jeopardy by what 4ttor• neys would call the " headstrong independence" of Oa owner.--Hood's Magazine for June. The Mermaid steam-ship, Joseph Uearn, cern. minder, arrived yesterday a ft ernoon, at t wo o ' clock, from St. Petersburgh, having left the Thames at noon -on the ittli inst. Thais the quickest voyage yet made with carg9 00! tween Unden and the Room capital. • CREDIT TABLE. By this Table the Premiums. may remain unpaid for five years, upon satisfactory security being given for the liquidation of the same at the expiration of that period. Premiums payable either Annually, Half-Yearly, or Quarterly, in one sum, or in a limited number of payments. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'Clock. Age of the Assured in every case admitted in tho Policy. Medical Attendants remunerated In all cases for their reports. EXTRACT FROM INCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM, FOR AN ASSURANCE OF L £ IF IOO E. FOR WHOLE TERM OF POLICE NOTICE.-FIFTY POUNDS REWARD, I.OST, or STOLEN, from the person of a Gentle man, between Spring-gardens and St. Ann's-square, between two and three this afternoon, A BILL CASE, containing BANK NOTES to the amount of 3451.: viz., Four 501. Notes, dated 18th February, 1843, and Numbered 35,670, 35,329, 33,838, and 36,875 ; One ditto, for 1001., dated February 22, 1844, Y-X, Number 67,624 ; One ditto, for 301., dated February 21, 1843, V-J, Number 32,703 ; One 101. ditto, and one 5/. ditto, dated February 24, 1843, No. 48,316 ; also Two Cheques, one for 1211. 45., by Castelli and Guistiniani and Co., and one for 28/. 18s., by Schwabe and Gobert, on Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co. Payment of the above is stopped Bankers, Shopkeepers, and others, are requested to detain any person offering the above in payment, and give immediate informa tion to Mr. /tichard Beswick, Chief Superintendent of Police, De tective Department, Town-hall, King-street, Manchester. If Found, the above Reward will be paid on Recovery and if Stolen, in proportion to the Amount Recovered. June 22, 1844. _ Post Bvo., price 25., ON INVETERATE SKIN DISEASE, SCRO FULA, SCORBUTUS, SMALL-PDX, SCARLATINA, &c., and upon the great importance of Hygienic treatment, (PHygienic of the French,) in the prevention and effectual removal of these and some other Constitutional Disorders, and with Cases. By FRANCIS PEPPERCORNE, M.C.S. (formerly a Resident Surgeon of the West minster Hospital). "Hygiene," a study, in point of importance to man's welfare, se cond to religion."—Hunterian Soc. Univ. Ediu. Churchill, 46, Princes-street, Soho ; Highley, 32, Fleet-street ; Harrison, Briggate, Leeds. VICTORIA THEATRE. An excellent melodrama, teaching a most important moral lesson, was produced a t thi s th ea tre last eve n i ng , with most triumphant success. It is entitled the Tempe rance Pledge, and we doubt not but that the members of the Temperance Societies alone will fill the theatre every evening for the next month. The drama repre sents the career of two individuals, one, Richard Farrell (Mr. Meld), at the commencement of the piece, a miserable, squalid drunkard ; and the other, George O'Meara (Mr. James Vining), a young man of fortune, who is fund of his bottle. Farrell has reduced his family to starvation ; his son Henry (Miss Arden), a young boy, in order to procure food for his mother and her family, commits a petty theft, and is apprehended ; his father, horror-struck at the crime to which he has driven his child by his drunk enness, takes the temperance pledge, keeps it, and by his industry acquires an independence, restores his boy to society, and redeems himself and his family from the misery and degradation into which be had plunged them. O'Meara, on the contrary, becomes a confirmed sot—neglects his wife, who elopes with one of his boon companions ; and after en during every variety of wretchedness, ends his miser able career by murdering his wife and her paramour, and then poisoning himself. There is a comic under plot, supported by Gardner as a publican ; Paul, as a drunken tailor ; and Seaman, as an Irish servant, which, by its fun and humour, affords a seasonable relief to the more tragic portions of the drama. James Vining's deli neation of the character of O'Meara was very fine, and the other actors exerted themselves to the utmost. The scenery is excellent, and the manner in which the drama has been put upon the stage reflects the highest credit on the management. At the fall of the curtain,Miss Vincent spoke an appropriate and well• written epilogue, which, we believe, is from the pen of the manager. The lively operetta of Our Lady of the Willow followed; after which Hamet Bey, a Creole posture-master, exhi bited some of the most astonishing specimens of flexi bility of limb we have ever seen. It is no exaggeration to say that lie can " tie himself up in a knot." The house was very well attended. LARGE VIPER.—The other day a large viper was killed in the Bishop Woods, the property of R. L. Watson, Esq., of Calgarth, by Jonathan Stalker, woodcutter, which measured full three feet in length, and neaely five inches in circumference. On making an incision in the belly twelve young vipers made their appearance. Its colours were vari ous and beautifully mottled. These animals breed in the month of May, and are supposed to be about three months before they bring forth. They have seldom more than eleven eggs at a time. They usually bring forth in the month of August.— Wectmoreland Gazette. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PlLLS.—Debtors' Prison Infirmary, Whitecross•street, London.—Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula by the use of one large pot of Ointment and a Box of Pills.—Captain Jarvis, an inmate of the above prison, had for two years past several dreadful scrofulous ulcers on his legs and other parts of his body, which resisted every other kind of treatment. His case was so desperate as to con fine him for several months to the infirmary, until ho was miraculously cured by the use of these medicines.— Sold at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all re spectable Vendors of Medicine throughout the civilised world. MYSTERIOUS FIDDLER. — This ingenious son of Orpheus, who has for some time been fiddling in the Fife villages, under pretence . of winning a wager of 5,0004 to be given to the Antt:Corn-law League, has fallen into the hands of justice and the police. On Wednesday last he was apprehended in the act of pur suing his patriotic labour in the streets of Leven, and straightway carried as a vagabond before her Majesty's justices at Kirkcaldy. On being questioned, he gave his name as John Wotherspoon, from Perth, a pensioner of the Royal Artillery, and felt it his duty to disown all connexion with the League. The justices dismissed him with a severe reprimand, and gave directions to the police to see him out of the county.—Fife Herald. The contemplated alliance between Lord Charles Wellesley, M.P., Clerk Marshal of the Household, and Miss Pierrepont, only child and heiress of the Right Hon. H. M. Pierrepont. and niece to the Marqnis of Exeter, and Earl Manvers, is fixed to take place next Thursday se'nnight. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governors of the West India Colonies. SOMNAMBULISM. A young gentleman, known as Alexis the Somnambulist, has just arrived from Paris under the care.of M. Marcellet, and was exhibited yesterday, for the first time (we believe) in London, at the residence of Dr. Elliotson. Alexis has for some period excited much interest in Paris by the wonderful powers of clairvoyance which he manifests whilst in a state of magnetic sleep. Through the kindness of Dr. Elliotson a large number of ladies, and scientific and distinguished per sons, had an opportunity yesterday of witnessing M. Marcel let's experiments. It is but just to Dr. Elliotson to observe, that previously to the commencement of the experiment he stated that lie did not hold himself at all responsible for what M. Marcellet had advanced. Knowing M. Marcellet to be a gentleman of undoubted respectability, Dr. Elliotson permitted him to hold his first levee in Conduit-street, taking no part what ever in the proceedings. Without admitting that we have be come believers in the possibility of producing such a condition as that known by the name of clairvoyance, we must, neverthe less honestly confess that we have been much staggered by what we saw after M. Marcellet had thrown his patient into the magnetic state, and exhibited the tetanic spasm or rigidity of the muscles of the arms and legs which usually accom panies this condition of the nervous system. Preparatory to the phenomena of clairvoyance being shown, the patient's eyes were bandaged. We pledge ourselves that we did this effectually. To see, in the ordinary sense of the word, a ray of light was physically impossible. Two large pieces of wool were placed over each eye, and above this were bound with great care two linen handkerchiefs folded several times. Thus blindfolded, he was placed at a table, and commenced play ing ecarte with a strange gentleman in the room. It was, indeed, wonderful to see with what accuracy he played, not only knowing every suit he had in his own hands, but, by a species of divination, being able to detect the condition of his opponent's hand. Several persons played with him, and among others, Dr. Jerden, who, however, was fortunate enough to beat the Somnambulist. To exhibit the man's extraordinary powers, a large book of plates, nearly two inches in thickness, was placed between Alexis and his opponent, and, notwithstanding this physical impediment, the Somnambulist was able to tell the person with whom he was playing, the cards he held in his hand. It may be said there was collusion. We know such was not the case. Alexis then had a letter placed in his hands by Colonel Gur wood, with the view of ascertaining whether he was compe tent to make out the name of the party who had written the letter. It appears that Colonel Gurwood had placed himself in communication with Alexis, some time back, in Paris, in order to discover whether he had it in his power to give him any hint by which to enable him to discover the resi dence of a French soldier, whose life Colonel Gurwood had saved during the siege of Badajoz. Alexis during the mag netic state gave Colonel Gurwood some valuable information on the subject of his inquiry, and, acting upon this, he was fortunate enough to find not only the name of the person, but his place of abode. Colonel Gurwood wrote to the sol dier, and the letter wl.ich he placed folded in Alexis' hands was the answer which he had received. Alexis, after a little examination, wrote down the person's name, and told Colonel Gurwood the purport of the letter which he had in his hand. He made, certainly, one mistake in the final letter of the person's name ; but this did not in the slightest degree de tract from his extraordinary penetration. Another gentle man, who had not seen Alexis previously (Colonel Gardener, we believe), asked the Somnambulist to describe his resi dence. This he did with great accuracy, telling him the number of pictures he had in his drawing-room, their peculiar position, and the subject of the pictures. Watches were then placed in his hand, and, by merely feeling, on the back of the case for a few minutes he pointed out, with one exception, the exact position of the hour and minute hands. A large book of plates was subsequently held to the back of his head, and to the amazement of every person in the room Alexis was able to describe the various pnnts to which his attention was directed. We have thus endeavoured faithfully to record the facts which we witnessed this day. It is our belief that the expe riments were performed fairly, and that in no single instance did anything like collusion exist. , We do not pretend to account for the strange, the wonderful phenomena which this youth certainly manifested. Of course there were many present who refused to admit the possibility of any person seeing uuder such circumstances. One gentleman, more in credulous than the rest, declared most emphatically that Alexis was able to see down his nose—an hypothesis, we must confess, at variance with all our anatomical and phy siological knowledge. With his eyes almost hermetically sealed he was able to read a book taken from among a num ber of works on the table. Independently of this, a hand kerchief twice folded was placed over the printed page of a large volume, and through this the Somnambulist was able to read with facility. We have thus endeavoured faithfully to record the experiments performed this day. We draw no conclusion from the facts : we confess they are mysterious and inexplicable—beyond our comprehension. Let those who are disposed to be sceptical examine the matter for themselves; they will, we understand, have frequent oppor tunities of doing so.—Times. DEFENCE OF THE COAST.—The plans for harbours of refuge in the English Channel are progressing as fast as their important nature and the improvements which suggest themselves will permit. ' Every port is to have a strong ad jacent defence; and three propositions have been made to effect this desirable end.-Ist. Line-of-battle ships with screw propellers. 2d. Steam-frigates like the Penelope. 3d. Bat teries on shore. A plain and simple question arises—why not have both land and sea protections? This seems to be the most naturally adapted ; for if ships are compelled to move away in pursuit of an enemy, the refuge harbour might be left defenceless ; and if nothing more than a battery is erected, it would be impossible to cha;se.—United Service Gazette. . Cerito appears to-night in a new ballet, Zelia ; ou, La Nymphe de Diane. It is in four tableaux. The music by Pugni ; the 'wise en scene by Perrot ; the scenery, &c., is from the pencil of Grieve. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the Royal Gardens. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness took an airing in a carriage in the after noon attended by the Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Arbuthnot, and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, went yesterday morning to the Old Chapel in the Savoy, near the Strand. After inspecting the sacred edifice, the Prince took his departure and re turned to Buckingham Palace at two o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken an airing in the Parks yesterday in an open carriage and four. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, yes terday evening, included the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, the Earl of Ripon, L or d B roug h am , L or d an d Lady C olville, and Mr. Hallam. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attend ance at the Palace during dinner. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, honoured the Marquis of Lon derry with his company yesterday evening, at Holder nesse House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Marchioness of Londonderry with her company in the evening, at the grand bail given by her Ladyship. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharnliffe, the Duke of Buceleuch, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, , the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Mr. Gladstone, Sir Edward Knatchbull, and Lord Granville Somerset. The Council sat two hours. Baron Brunneiv,Clie - 17ssian Minister, transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. Brickwood had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: TATTERSAL'S--YEsTERDAv. The room was respectably, although not very numerously attended. Several of the professionals having taking_wing for the north. The spirit of speculation was not, however very rife, and, with the exception of the following investments we did not remark anything of influential importance. It was stated that a judge's order had been obtained for the examination of Running Rein's mouth, with a view to de termine his age, as far as the judgment of veterinary sur geons could establish that important point; but whether the order will be complied with remains to be seen. Both par ties, to judge from appearances, were alike confident ; but Orlando had clearly gained additional confidence, although his friends were not disposed to back their opinions by in creasing the odds. THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 5 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Parthian—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poussin—taken 5 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bay Momus—take 6 to 1 7 to 1 agst Johnstone's The /Era—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Whistle Binkie--taken 10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Pompey —taken GOODWOOD STAKES. • 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Lucy Banks—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Elegance filly 20 to 1 agst Sir S. Spry's Subduer—takep 20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Gunter—takeit 22 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Canton 25 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Franchise 25 to 1 agst Mr. Brooks' Ajax—take 30 to 1 GOODWOOD CUP. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's The Squire—taken. THE LATE DERBY. 400 to 200, 200 to 100, and 100 to 50 on Orlando. 25 to 1 was laid to 1001. agst Running Rein, for Derby and St. Leger. THE CONVICT DALMAB.—Yesterday afternoon a most distressing interview took place between the prisoner Dalmas and his twe eldest daughters, in the condemned cell at Horsemonger-lane gaol, in the presence of the Governor of the prison, Mr. Kene, the chaplain, Mr. Gilham, the solicitor for the prisoner, and two of the turnkeys. The interview lasted nearly two hours. It has been officially communicated to Dalmas that the High Sheriff has fixed Monday next as the day on which the extreme sentence of the law will be carried into effect, should the convict not be reprieved. Of this there is scarcely the slightest hope, an ineffectual appli cation having already been made to the Secretary of State for a mitigation of the sentence. That application was re ferred to the Learned Judge (Baron Gurney) who presided at the trial, but who, it is stated, replied that there was no ground on which he could, consistently with his duty, recom mend the prisoner to the clemency of the Crown. Dalmas since his condemnation, has been constantly attended by the chaplain of the gaol, who has been unremitting in his atten tion. Dalmas is a professed Deist, and the Rev. Gentleman has been most anxious to convince the convict of his erro neous views. He has hitherto made no confession of his guilt, but, on the contrary, stoutly maintains his innocence, and says that he was fully confident of an acquittal up to the very moment when the jury returned into Court with a verdict of guilty. He built his hopes upon the rejection of the dying declaration of the unfortunate woman Sarah M'Farlane, and says that the rest of the evidence was of a purely circum stantial nature, which affected him in a very slight degree. Mr. Barnett, the banker, has greatly interested himself to procure a mitigation of the sentence, but hitherto all the efforts of this humane gentleman have been unavailing ; and, as we have before said, we believe there is not the slightest prospect of a reprieve. It may not be generally known that Dalmas is considered one of the ablest chymists in England, and has made a number of highly interesting chymical discoveries. At this moment he is in the posses sion of some valuable secret relative to the different pro perties of sulphuric acid, for which an eminent house in the City is in treaty with the prisoners's solicitor. The sum asked is 5,0001., which would be appropriated for the benefit of his daughter's. We have good grounds for stating, that a very handsome sum has been offered, but the exact amount has not transpired. Having been known to say that he would never die on a scaffold, he has been most narrowly watched, and two turnkeys are constantly with him both night and day, and the greatest precautions are taken that nothing of an improper nature shall be conveyed to him, INcLanort.—This admirable singer, who retired from the stage in 1815, could never restrain the anxiety he felt when the turn for his benefit at Covent-Garden came round. Every morning for more than a week previous he would go to the box-book-keeper's office, to see how many places were taken ; and a week before his last benefit, observ ing the names to be few besides those of his own private friends, he said to Brandon, " D—n it, Jem, if the nobility don't come forward as usual, I shall cut but a poor figure this time." " Don't be afraid," said Brandon " I dare say we shall do a great deal for you to-day."—" Well 1" replied In cledon, " I hope you will ; and as I go home to dinner I will look in again." Incledon, who was not very familiar with Debrett's Peerage, returning at four o'clock in the afternoon, hastened to the book, and read aloud the following fictitious names, which Brandon, as a joke, had put down during his absence :—" The Marquis of Piccadilly,"—" The Duke of Windsor."—" Ah !" said he, " that must be one of the Royal Family!"—" Lord Highgate,"—and " The Bishop of Graves. end 1"—" Well !" said he to Brandon, quite delighted, " if we get on as well to morrow as we have done to-day, I shall have a numberof distinguished titles present !",—Tlie Maestro. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO DROWN A LAD.—Yester day, at the Feltham Petty Sessions, held at the Red Lion, in the village of Feltham, near Hounslow, a man named Fair man Marshall, a farming labourer, living at Stanwell, was charged, before Mr. C. Devon (Chairman), Captain Carpen ter, and Messrs. J. Roe and A. Wood, the sitting magistrates, with having on the previous evening attempted to drown a lad named James Hanley, 16 years of age, in a river belong ing to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Stanwell 1 It appeared from the evidence that, on the previous day (Sunday), a number of persons (about twenty), including the prisoner, hired a boat, called a " mud boat," drawn by a horse, to go an excursion down the stream in question as far as Longford. The injured lad had the care of the horse, and towed the boat under the bridges, &c., and on their return in the evening, about eight o'clock, he got into the boat. The prisoner ordered him out several times, but the lad p a id no , attenton to him, upon which the prisoner put his arms round his waist and threw him into the stream, and, not satisfied with that, he pushed the lad to the bottom of the water, which was near six feet deep. The prisoner took no further care of the lad, who was, however, got out by some persons tut shore, at which time his nose was bling. After the lad's clothes were wrung, he again . folloWed the boat, and got on board of it at Pennyoak-bridge, where he became insen sible, and was conveyed in that state to his father's house, where he was attended by Mr. Curtis, a surgeon. He, how ever, continued insensible until yesterday morning, and a certi ficate from Mr. Curtis was produced before the bench to prove that the injured youth was quite unable to attend the exami nation. Police-sergeant Regailsford, T 26, stated that, upon apprehending the prisoner, about two o'clock that morning, he did not deny the charge, but said they might drown him for what he cared. The prisoner was remanded until Mon day next, in order that the state of the lad may be ascertained. DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY.—We are much gratified, and we feel assured our readers will be pleased to know that the above Society, which was established under the presidency of Mr. Alderman Farebrother, at the Man sion-house last January, has received animportant addition to its patronesses in the accession of the Marchioness of Clan ricarde, the Countess of Gainsborough, Viscountess Sydney, Viscountess Canning, the Lady Francis Egerton, the Lady Ashley, the Viscountess Jocelyn, and the Right Hon. the Lady Aylmer, who have honoured the institution by their support, through the philanthropic exertions of the Right Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P., patron. HAYMAKING IN THE VICINITY OF WINDsoR, The late excessive drought, which continued for upwards of eleven weeks, has caused the most serious injury to the hay crops throughout the county of Berks. Mr. Cantrell, an extensive farmer at Old Windsor, snowed eight acres of grass land on Monday last, and the whole produce was carried off the ground at once in a cart, which was not above three-parts loaded. The same quantity of land upon Mr. Cantrell's farm last year yielded upwards of sixteen loads of hay. The grass land upon the farm of Dir. Stroud, at Clewer, will yield thi ' year, upon th e average, not more t h an f rom t wo to three trusses of hay p e r acre ; and this, it is mu c h feared, will be the general average throughout a 1 great portion of the county of Berks. The farmers are naturally looking forward to a good second crop, should the weather prove favourable 1 but upon many lands the long-continued drought and sultry days hay( trifling improvem en t i n t h e late crop' so completely injured the roots and dest ro y e d vegeta . lion, that 4 very is expected to be the result. Hay, within the last two mouths, has risen in price from 65 W ZS per cot. CPITY OF LONDON FASHIONABLE s'und e _ I AILORING ESTABLISHMENT, 52, King William-street, I 4/4 -brid ge. ,kefaL L BURCH and LUCAS, Tailors, Bcc., late J. ALBERT, re -401t,,,,Y invite Gentlemen and Families to view one of the largest ,it,lis 11,,,,, assorted Stocks in London, of Superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, `,0at,,, , riaeating of the most novel designs, Cachmeretts for Summer I,' , y „„„_ e • &e., for the present season. The style of cut and make of olis es "'ulent are guaranteed equal to the first and most expensive , t at th ''a will e West-end, and for cash payments a saving of 40 per Na t nferior garmenh be effected, an ts d will be found to the wearer much cheaper t 1 p l . l 44 er l 74astonish and delude the public, which description of goods ely excluded from this establishment. , A ,__ 42 , King William-street, City, Established 1818. i". - ----___Tlte assortment of Summer Over -Coats ready made. A, JOIIN BROTHERS, at present, and for more 11 titan twelve months past, residing ,at Farnley House, ti - cod, i n 1 , ng, „ the parish of Croydon, and ',county of Surrey, and h ultti , lieutenant in her Majesty's Navy, do hereby give notice ?4,11,1,,,atend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Zt,n,rall-street, London, praying to be examined touching my debts, hlettlit disclosure and and to be protected from all process, upon making n . at o f .._ -Ture and surrender of such estate and effects for pay- Ott th ". Just and lawful debtshereby further give notice, : h, i c_ tune when the matter of the said petition shall be heard N ~,,,.."c advertised in the London Gazette and in the Morning 4 % ia,„'PaPer one month at the least after the date hereof; as wit ' "and, this 24th day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1844. t imed JOHN BROTHERS. i rw ilY the said John Brothers, in the presence of Ric hard ' ens, 7, St. Milded's-court, Poultry, attorney. J • AMES PROUT, at present, and for three IkA ti !, it ionths past, residing at No. 2, Castle-court, Cornhill, in the kki uof 8.,„ . Perfumer, for three months immediately previous at No. 3, li oh;h: t eet, Hackney, Middlesex, out of business, and for seven 1, i dch eee ?nnedlately before then of No. 44, Mayfield-street, Dalston, t Da ti ' at the same time of No. 2, Finch-lane, London, 1 „ 11,f,,.. i atship with George Kebbel, of the same place, as 'leh d ` dresser and perfumer, do hereby give notice, that I i',et to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall 074eu ndon, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate, and ,klo,4 a nd to be protected from all process, upon making a 11111 ' 1 ,7,i sa d c and surrender of such estate and effects for payment of my h„gelith: ft Wful debts ; and I hereby further give notice that the time • th e ',Matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised 7 . 14 1 London Gazette and in the Sun newspaper, one month "'id arlaat after the date hereof ; as witness my hand this 19th walle, in the year of our Lord, 1844. Wit h __ JAMES PROUT. - 7,7 a. John J. Spiller, 38, Camomile-street, London, attorney 4 .- -.........__ ur the said James Prout. JAMES PHILPOT, at present, and for iN i . , twelve months past, residing at a house known as the Crown 4 thi' iorden, in the - parish of Morden, and county of Surrey , an d tttoo l icensed victualler, do hereby give notice, that I intend to t ,ada n a Petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, ',..'eta,'„ Playing to be examined touching my debts, estate, and t ,‘103 4 , f1 u to be protected from all process, upon making a full ' Ay ; e and surrender of such estate and effects for payment Nti and and lawful debts ; and I hereby farther give notice that vern._ .‘" When the matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be In . - 7a in the London Gazette and in the Morning Sun Newspaper 4 124,e1l at the least after the date hereof as witness my hand ciaY of June, in the year of our Lord, 1844. JAMES PHILPOT. fitne ss,4.•i..:,.._ . 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