The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-13 00:00:00

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' 31 ° 4 day and Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and c• 711 uck. 1))11 0 4k cations for Private Boxes to be made personally or by letter aluld.„""rda of regist ere d Members will admit, as heretofore, to Fit . ~.` a j i x~~ : r: S y ~, 9... f ..'. a ~ ='ti he conducted himself, and I believe he has been a 20,c1 husband and a tender father. • . I h ° t hati ;,. C ause 5.3 ar,4" i•V 1,4[01 4 41.1=f L. , CR ra•53212Cr.11113,r, '33 , 111:41. dr= — — - • • • N G . • . , APRIL 13 ) 1844. No. • 16,120. LONDON, sArru RDAY PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE` O'CLOCK, i n Ti m , f or th e EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINg and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, f or POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON ttp to that Hour. LITERARY • UNION of ENGLAND. Q hi 4 1 2:e object of thi s I ns ti tut i on i s t o do that for L iterature , 'I of LO alrelldon. adY , been dose for Painting and Sculpture by the at i, Th e PLAN. It..Lmeecription nis One Guinea. enbseriber will receive a copy of a work, written ex iceipi:Y the first authors of the day, of the inn value kn their !Jub a 3, - - &ay /of, t 4l l will obtain a rize of from five to fifty pound., and 4 1w ii.„ the amount in new w orks from the catalogues of auy pub- For ~,,li e ,Pnited Kingdom. 4 011%;;;; P rospectuses, apply to Mr. E. Churton% Li! racy, 26, Cavendish-square, London. VIE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF COPPER MINERS in ENGLAND. ~ Incorporated by Royal Charter, A. D. 1690. "Ilgtal 1 ,000,000/. in 10,0001. shares of 1001. each. Old Broad -street and Castle Baynard Wharf. G ovuxol—AßEL LEWIS GOWER, Esq. D IP UTT-GovEanoa—JAMES ALSTON, Esq. 8~ John ASSISTANTS. EnthOven, Esq.. Francis Mowatt, Esq. 447. Gladstone, Esq. I John Nix, Esq. t! !!! ta t!! Kennard , Esq. Archibald Paull, Esq. .""t.,., Tr,e, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq. ai 'Attie E. % Alfred Ricketts, Esq. Jold i jr;Pan, Esq..' William Scarth Moorsom, EN., Pred 4^ -donnell, Esq. 0 416 ...,_ Louis Vigurs, Esq. I'll e 4 .,__ 'ucketts, Esq. Gregory Seale Walters, Esq. v itiis s24) ' , an ti v.5...0f .Assistants of the Governor and Company of Copper /lib and hereby give notice, that the HALF-YEAR'S Dl ._,„..els.red on the 6th instant, at the rate of five per cent. ".4.k . Of the g-es of dedu c ti on f or i nco me-tax, on the paid-up capital •‘' and ...-.."MPanY, will be paid at their house, Old Broad - street , -...- MONDAY, the 15th instant. BY order of the Court of Assistants. W. INGLIS, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASUIt- ANTE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital ..£500,006. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies-- the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as beet to suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during lift, as well as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual divis)ou of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that the society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the amount already invested; an). this bonus, aceording to an equitable scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future premiums EXAMPLES- , 1 .9 order of the Court of Assistants. W. INGLIS, Secretary. Annual Bonus Cash Prem. ----....„ ..., Entry. Policy. Age. S um . , DR AL No.Prem. Added. B onus . Rci uced. D w „ rf 7e , TOM THUMB, the American - A .£ a. d. .£ s. d. Z s. d. A 1. d. 4th e --der the especial patronage of her Most Gracious 1837 39 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 65819 9 819 4 ter, b een, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen 1838 ll4 56 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 - .. er l Srtitt TOM THUMB, the American the es pecial patronage of her Most Gracious ',Len. his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen *"" A ,_ Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Queen of the P • _ 7, exhibiting every Day and Evening, previous to an - 7 1 1 2 1 0 14' A CATLIN'S spacious INDIAN GALLERY, ttalf ba ,';` , Ll,, Piccadilly, from Eleven to One, Two to Five, hire 1r . m. 14 to Nine o'clock . This wendertai Man in = 44 - lkat e ; e 4W i r Only FIFTEEN POUNDS, and is smaller than any l edi7 the _Walked alone. JOC-O-SOT, the Sauk Chief, deci `"di In that has visited Europe, is also present at Illustrating the Dances, &c., o f e, his Tribe. Th e +ortitssion One Shilling, without regard to age. rtsit,„ueral continues to wait on the Nobility and Gentry at their due notice. .It,"AL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Of th e ItAISERIES of LECTURES on the GRIGIN and HISTORY . lods, . s SIC of all NATIONS, from the earliest to the latest pe ,:vedr 4 , 3 " Q w being delivered by Mr. C. E. HORN, on Monday, Ahllrm a a Y, and Friday Evenings at Eight o'clock; and on Tuesday, h The a nd Saturday, at Thr ee o' c lock. The subj ec t a t p resen t of ENGLAND, which will terminate on the 17th inst., Bl'R6,,tteceeded by the MUSIC of AMERICA. The VOCAL an d IN tiod...__4TA.L MUSIC will be illustrated by Specimens of e ac h pe -4180-ZPlPanied by a PIANO-FOIITE and SELECT ORCHESTRA. Ativ LO ejtOBC n ,.Y , NGBOTTOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE and MI- NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, including the OPAQUE OLD and Lter v i lousti of PARLIAMENT, with the FIRE . PO PULAR BIItoZAES by Dr. Ryan and Professor Bachhoffner. ARM lijoe'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, OXY-HYDROGEN ' , 'SCOPE, DIVER and DIVING BELL, &c., &c. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. IfALL and ALLAN. of 69, 70, and 71, kaiiro ST. PAUL'S-CHURCHYARD, having completed the ex alterations found necessary by the great increase of their Ii h 4 Ng respectfully to invite Ladies and the Public generally to 4,4),Pection of their NEW and SPLENDID STOCK, selected in the 4444,1 Continental Marke.s for the Season, comprising every hii ev r ' 4 French, Figured, and Plain Satins ; Brocaded, Plain, and thn:s s t r ° l de Naples with most recherche designs in Paisley and Seas, &c. Lama and Cachmere Dresses In etY of style. else n 4 e 4 Illondes, Collars, Lace, and every' article in Millinery, in eatht,4 Initigniticent assortment of Ribbons, French Flowers, C otten ~,.. ace. Paris and Grenoble Kid Gloves. Lisle, Silk, and nos e & The Lt ' c • es of ~neu Stock is replete in every department, and comprises ''' 4 l3ki i ii' B l ll B and 4-4ths Irish Linens, Sheetings, Damask Cloths, ?A in ; ° , c., all of genuine iabric and warranted. and Printed Muslins in all the new designs. Observe—WATERLOO HOUSE, GS, 70, and 71, St. Paul's-Claurchyard. Pti t ----- -----__________ lelp s ,,, -AL SALE of REVERSIONARY INTERESTS, AN DESCRIPTIONS o' sL_TIES, LIFE POLICIES, and all ..,,Dvow. si;VJRITIES DEPENDENT upox HUMAN LIFE, k' S t ,' NEXT PRESENTATIONS, SHARES, DEBENTURES, &c. "SRS. FULL ER. isn't MARSH (Lite Francis Fuller and Co.) persons having adopted theS r Y t S o TEM of 12).k.a'ICAL SALES by AUCTION, are enabled to off , e I ri tion S t tor otherwise intereste in economical,` of the aboNe t esc p e of tit zp eigo Y the most prompt, and satisfactory mod Les a g thereof, as by classifying these interests and properties in 401441'ne Particulars and for the same day, much expense Is The i "d a far greater competition secured. follows 410DICAL SALES for the present year _wi o ll rs ta . k a e place 4 is ; Lhtirsd;Thursday, May 2 ; Thursday, Jur_ie 6 . Thursday, v ' ()Ctober 3; aa tirs( 7 ' 4 nglist 1; Thursday, September a ; _. 14e 17, November 7; Thursday, December 5 key Y. it Periodical Sale will take place at et kis._ the Mart on Thursday, f business, as they are 2or b",roY an: dition of this system o i n , se. - " I P aller a d M h beg to call the attention of the public to the small sum of 've s tiths - • enabled t exP p e ut up each property h ied •6l2 and a o half, including hill all expenses f , or should a sale not be Fuller and Marsh's *el% ~e, desirOus of disposing of property in the next reversionary 01,14.0u1d forward the particulars to Messrs. ‘2llere'n2t.Charlotte-row Mansion-house, on or before the 20th inst., 'Yet), '.laatlons may be obtained as to the actual market value of .t....._ellecles of life property, shares, &e. -- W AT CIIES, by-WEBSTER and SON, Chro lalvi )•eoin.obaeter Makers-to the Lords of the Admiralty, established or B.l 2_,ER and SON have REMOVED te 74, CORNIIILL. votk n _ - '' . vantages of the premises will enable them to bring the tleD;..on Mader their immediate inspection in the manufacturing ke'orient.. An extensive Stock, finished with the utmost cur b % sbta'itt_levrer price s. considering the quality, than can elsewhere kii„...2od, consisting of Compensated Duplex and Lever Watches, e k, , rett to the variations of temperature, on the principle of their I...." ren onietere. to which Government' awarded the prizes three years _ su ccession; the Detacanhet most r•dles, of the smallest ;ucket Chronometers, With lo° • Marine and and Ifia.z" ntal Watches for elegant p atterns '- orlainent makers* loctio n of Aland Socoo c hr I , g arset ra t es , also a smoltoyed en the • hair their original cost. Superior workmen nnorrie and Watches, ' by the are watche s and oloeks Pr ." ll l, 3 ",,in the repairing department, both for P oPaired by ', tor ... - elfin work of every description car , efully taken in:mbar, —" engaged expressly for the purpose. IN atehes and s on , Fre' ' roBt letters will meet with immediate attentiou. Alit b e „..„" Pnblication, with the Equation of Time for 1844, '" 4 , Pit fee, on the receipt of two stomPa. t. , 'cIE , RE A:St a PETITION of JOIIN YE° - rom, in - --v- , , the yo unger, of No. 5, Cole-street North, Dover Court f litheaniLontiritY Of Surr ey, having been filed in the l'l% coSsja gt to.Y. and the interim order for protection from antle Ache g beeragiven to the said John Yeomans, the younger, . provlslonS of an Act of Parliament passed in the Par li,°_ holden in the sth and 6th years of the reign of her present .. 1 4".yrintinn e d to "omens t "-A -- Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," the said _re J 8 .. . he younger, is hereby required to appear in Court be 'latter M. Fonblanque Esq. the Commissioner acting in the tw o o , tofthe said petitiOn on ' the 18th day of April inst., at } Atil ik , h . i ." "oa..llithe Kffertaeoll precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy. N,N.ll;`"ltreet, - Loudon, for the purpose of being then and there at ilt :4i .tpubing his debts estate and effects, and to be further Ite lebt t x t tao-eiinliag to the Provision ' sof the said Act. All persons tr hi s L''' tlte said John Yeomans, the younger, or that have any ' l ,.leh er s 'll,44l, are mot to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. A. B. ".osie o ....ke Official assignee, nominated in that behalf by the Com -raotlolg in the matter of the said petition. • . SILVER TEA SERVICES. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing ~,v (l tTnlths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of sh ci Pp,k quit the prices of the fsdlowing SI LVER TE,A and 111. „eet,•ti„ i t_PICES. The Cottage Pattern h %lain, standing on Ills, - 'ollie. Tea and Cofflt* Pot with a flower ornament on the ids. it ei th i - attern is richly emlsossed with flowers and scrolls. The s on ce tt r is new and elegant . 11 e Pa'tern King's Pattern t/N 84 "l e a P•-lt 1 . 12 0 0 Strong Silver Tea Pot.. EI2 0 0 hi l i t .° 6 Id 0 Ditte sug ir Ba-in 4vre r, ***** I. 10 (I Ditto Cream Ewer 7• 11 Pot ****** " 5 10 0 uleitift'itPlete ......... • .. 6 Ditto Coffee Pot ... Complete .. 40 0 0 o 7 ° ,,, f uPwards ... Fifty Tea and Coffee Services may be seen 01.111,43...0f ,tst.t7eirss. wheie may b • selected every article of Silver aideboard or plate chest. i titi 'Q ' lt e Of Prices , illustrated with sketches of the various '440'1 fli tiat and forwarded , postage free, to any par of the A. / 1 '1; b tan4 4 . 4 "eY and Sons, 14, Corahtll, 1 ondon, opposite the Bank of . .. litNS. — LONDON PROVED GUNS. hard „.1‘ SINGLE -BARRELLED GUN, with twisted barrel 28s. `"t breech ....................... .. . au. do ub t gato. tendon proved breech 58s. A ditto &barrelled Gun with twisted barrel, and patent 658. A . ditto, Lendon___; ed _ Ogle.barrelled Gurno,vills., usu al y charged Two Guineas. +tithe Single Guns to £4% 1. - 1,• Double Guns, to £l5. d gun Paying art extrava aitb e t te there h„ t b, rl ut been no certain way of obta ning a goo _ ve i e. Guns sold t low prices ha sieentade by those With wheat q u ality has not been so much ahcons n„,r: fa the P r OdUction of Ipu Proved worthless if nor y dangerous This Ins 'ea and a show cheap article i ha . beat eaper? RURTON to' engage persons of known they Niel; up eetst ::: in th e now Manufacture of guns, and 44 "' ftt ted with to Inspect their extensive assortment. Ma hoga ny ,_ treat variety cleaning tackle, shot pouch , powder-flask, & e., 'n THRr e . '' •..c. PAPIER M A FIVE -CHE TRAYS FOR THIRTY. .I,lt ruLL SET of th SHILLINGS. R MACHE TEA aftP"'S. Gothic sha ree ornamented PAM.— trays, 255.; 1„..,e0 convex t _. Pe l for 3 55. ; of three Gothic iron a.- or. . j .. _ hays, ,I . facturing ttlittiCti 'te,„,,o,P,PLecedented depressed state of the manu ,____ toady 1,017 Ar rpuull,lehand BURTON have been induced mak e '"'"' h to ether 71th their previe ases in best japanned wares, whi c , tensive in 11 1 .140 e) , us stock (already the most varied and e x tens _,. pitch th i e ._,nop, ready for inspection, at very reduced orice rate. iZtalle e ;?,Tre are a criterion. A single tray at the same ORy T A 7ltles, with engravings. sent (per post) free. d Qc taton j LE KNIVE ELEVEN SHILLINGS per DOZEN. olee • vory.handled tab ulders, 1 s. per k,s„ de.,_..e.knives with high sho . bone table_ ottes B s - *et... as. ; carvers 3s. ed. per pair ; white •si, k ..• Pet doze n • desserts' 43 • 2 r pair ; black horn k eels i nn Vilt Cis. Per dozen desserts , 4s. , carvers, . Pe s 2s 6d. • table. 14 te t i '''' each . Table k esaerts, 4s ; carver . h leb . ratect subst i -4 ti o t t isi ,,,,, , made only with il. bandlet oL u t n e o c n e , (which cannot 4,,„4,4?n; tished f ade sterlingbilTerexacenpt b the mark), 255. Per . 'n - "" 3 . 1 85. •ca ' 8 by Detailed catalogues, ippniva.N t _ , rvers, per pair, s. . 0 N ..,„.., ii. nt er . post), free by `'.4-, BURTON, 12, WELLS.STREET, OXFORD **II% kni t STREET, illexeites are all marked with their names, any of which they 4 hlte if het ap_prvved of. ESTABLISHED 11120. It C ORNS AND BUNI ONS. A. ,P Lat,toniaed by the R oyal Family and Nobility. U S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND 4 • , a su without 4 1 44, the re and speedy cure for those annoyances, ~„' terns . , L ast pain or inconvenience. Unlike all other remedies ~..rtit a1,,,„t tleration is such as to render the cutting of the Ine;—cetoer u nnecesbary i indeed w e v t letf` f °l,lll is at all times highly o a ts dange a ci d has been fre t. hlery attended with lamcnuble con.emenc s, besides its liability lira4„_,eale their growth. It adheres with the moat gentle pres uve, 1a1e;4 41, 1 kln instant and delightful relief from torture, and, with 'ete4 e r e_ l le4 in its application, entirety eradicates the moat in ,:r„,. .ztrria and bunios. ellylielrnehials have been received from upwards of one hundred rtn... 4 s and '%'llrgeons of the greabat eminence dkrred by bn Fox, la boxes at Is 1 e d., ov three in one fo lalj i Pa to be Out of C. King, 232, B 1 ckfliers-road, London, a '''' esale and retail medicine venders in town and country. The has the narate of John Fox on the stamp. A 2.. std- box ewes the most obdurate Corns. Ask for •. P.tul's Every Man's r nerd " INFLUENZA AND FEVER. ~1) It ; NOR.Rls's DROPS are a certain remedy -,it;.;,,,,_"?r Fevers, Colds, Influenza, and all Diseases that arit.e from Ersett;ru Perspiration Ihe Me' icine here recommended to the 'elleg,,,"ft . ,er. and the Public, possesses qualities of the me t mild and Anti ~:liat• nature ; it is comed of articles kriown to be the mo i st 5.4,,.t wrz:nott;iycnomerbtianedn i withthe iot,the for 1 ri g v e d v i ee Fevers korti o everywn to d t e h , o f In v .ith.,.. the disease is. produ:ed either from . cold, obstruction had di n , ZroeliptFet''lid:Z.n4n o si t t n ua r ti n, or nii i t; i Tn d L [1 e rn dict m e l a ; e v erts h e . t , n h e i r n t ri al it. t4n o a r a . t I, l 'd byhtetee's ornfe/uccesaut'oeae'most gentle and salutary perspir . ation. tat rest-. aPecitievty, pectf the Itself, not only expels the disea,e, l'ers O A % And inz•tgorates ystem. These celebrated Drops qtbab.." the the testimonies to their invariable effect., of kril ' - ' 1 of the Nobility 'Gentry and Medical men of this Kingdom, Ata4l'e extensive deriiand to; them f om the West Indira and hea rt ek PrOVe that in those countries they ate held in equal es . The . lhota enume will have engraved on the Government stamp, Sahl i ti Norris Moore." td_ w.,,_11 bottles at ?ii 9d. t lis , and family bottles, at 225. e ach, by elha''t ei, Bt. Paul's Chuiclayard ; Sanger, 150, Oxtord-street ; Us C orublili and moat reapectala le Chemists. vfier. aecon" e (Ac e ' Mins r reel uver to ked no h en the nesting see all wog re' widi is )ectabl i jo * e al 9 ' ll ' >0( is on, Sbe ON S lotion * of Jr of th e IWO ,0 haye► or 10* r gond; E 33 le n 46 1 38 30 Ite ,her Fite, ell rvice $ Ate'l' 1 0 1151 Ilg , Stl - ni gtP t ije_ n 9 tinaBl I o th flag (1 511 ' a • s is till°, nd o°' ng , omPle n. . o 0 1 me I.lo° „jog' ,to tv' ° , ranc h ;; rdiob" 5 C Ol/11 na g' t be* , relle 'th, 0 ra nk ° Ott, Chef s, s rs isstert , th, lets taintel' nilv : ;:f tell - )rs g eQll► - V .assi s° 1, and ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED i n ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Mornin g , Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. WANTED by a TRADESMAN (who is a Widower), a RESPECTABLE DOMESTICATED WIFE, of middie age, and whd has a sufall caPitpl. Letters (post paid) addressed " I. V. Y., General Post-office, to be left till called for," stating real name mid address, and particulars, will meet with due attention, and the strictest secres; will be observed. PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE and AN NUTTY COMPANY, 9, CIIATHAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established in IFS. This Society is supported by an ample subs ribed Capital, and by a considerable accumulated premium fund. Assurances are effected at a low rate of premium, without profits, or at an increased premium, with participation in the profits of the Office. A Bonus in ready money, at the rate of 15 per cent. on the pre miums received (equivalent to a reversionary bonus of ahciit 31) per cent.) was declared in May, 1842, on all beneAcial polioi s Oil whets three annual premiums had been paai in tha previous De cember. A division of the profits takes place every five seam, and th. , lichl ers of beneficial policies can receive their hont:Fes in ready money, or have them applied in augmentation of their policies, or in reduction of their future premiums Assurers may contractt o pay their Premiums either in one FIIIII, in a given number of payments, in annual, half-yearly, or quarterly pa:•- ments, or on the ascending or descending scale. . Officers of the Army and Navy, on active service, Persons afflicted with chronic and other diseases, and such as are going beyond the limits of Europe, are also Assured at moderate rates. Prospectuses and all necessary information may be obtained at the Office. 31 IC lIAEL SA WAli D, F.ecret ry. OYAL, FARMERS' AND GEN Eli \ NN IL, FIRE, LIFE, AND HAIL-STORM INSURANCE IN. STITUTION. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. Capital, £5OO OM. OFFICES—STRAND. LONDON. HONORARY DIRECTORS. Duke of Rutland, K.O. Earl Dude Duke of Bedford Viscount Torrington Earl of Stamford and Warrington Viscount Campden Earl or Stair Lord Rayleigh Earl Howe Lord Feversham E id of Stradbroke • Lord Stanley, M.P. The Proprietary of this Company exceeds 1,990 in number. The share of Public Favour this Institution ha+ obtained proves the appreciation of its system by a numerous body of insurers. Every kind of Life Insurance, of Deferred and Immediate flout ties, and of Endowments for Children, may be accomplished on term; as low as is consistent with security. A Dividend of Four per Cent. is now in course of payment to the Shareholder. In this office. A BONUS of one-half the profits on LIFE POLICIES held by Shareholders will be given at the end of every Five Years, by addition to the sum assured, or by the reduction of premium. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected a the lowest rates. ________ HAIL-STORM DEPARTMENT. ADVANTAGES OF INSURING IN THIS OFFICE. . _ An actually subscribed Capital of £500,000, secured by 1,063 shareholders, whose names and addre ses are enrolled f ecording to Act of Parliament. Insurances effctei in one sure. Division of profits amongst the insured every third year. All losses, whether total or partial, paid in full, as soon aftcethe occurrence as the valuati n can b comp'eted. No average cla se, so that the sufferer will be certain of receiving the full amount of the loss, to be settled as in the case of loss by fire. Premium—Sixpence per acre for Wheat, Barley, and Peas; Four. ence for Oats, Beans, Turnips, and Potatoes. Glass in hothouses, gre nhousea, or private houses, 20s. per cent. The surplus profits, after paying an annual dividend of £4 per cent. to the shareholders, and providing for a reserved fund. will be divided every third year bet een the shareholders and the insured. 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London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longinans. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet-street, next St. Dunstan's Church, April 8.1444. I.,,tice hereby given thAt the DIVIDENDS on the CAN I'AL STOCK of this Society for the year 1843, are in the course .al pay me) t, and can be received any day (Tuesday excepted), between Vac hours oflen and Three o'clock. By Order of the Directors. GEORGE KIRKPATRICK, Actuary. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COAIPAN Y. The BONUS on the STOCK of the ALLIANCE BRITISH and FOREIGN LIFE and FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY, de clared at the Court of Proprietors on the 3d Inst., along w:th the Half-yearly Dividends, will be iu course of payment on Iltraro.i, the 18th Inst. A. HAMILTON, Se:retary. Bartholomew-lane, April ID, 1844. ing •of interest, and the rise in the price of the public *ecuritie:l, . afford an index, is a bone file increase, not made at th e expense of coil)- , 'nerve, hut made in company - with great com mercial improvement; anti as a consequence of it. The rapid increase in the amount of money in a country is, however, according to Mr. Locke, the best proof of the prosperity of that country: . It is of no con sequenc'e, says that great man, to the happiness of a people what may he the absolute amount of money in a country as regards theuiselves, but the rela tive amount as regards their neighbours is im portant, for they who have least money must buy at the dearest and sell at the cheapest among strangers, anti the increase or diminution of money in a country is a certain sign of prosperity or the reverse, as the case may be. When, therefore.; we have arrived at such proof of an ex traordinary increase, both absolute and rela tive (the relative is proved by the differing rates of foreign interest) in the amount of money in the country, as the state of the market exhibits, we have a fair occasion tai congratulate our fellow-subjects, and we hoped that we might congratulate them without offence. There is, indeed, a question 'Wholly distinct from the increase of the national wealth, which dishonest. or short-sighted controversialists, on both sides of the question :that divides public opinion, are apt to confoundewith that, increase— namely, the distribution and employment of the wealth possessed. Money is a power, and the nation which possesses most money is questionless., other circum stances being equal, the most powerful for good or for evil ; it is not, however, the possession of power that makes the happiness of the nation or the individual, but its proper use. "To be weak is miserable." A weak nation must he a wretched nation ; but a powerful nation is not neces sarily a happy one. The happiest country is that which is rich, and in which wealth is distributed with the nearest approach to equality that the pre servation of order and the security of all men's rights will permit. The sacredness of the rights of property must for ever prohibit the inter ference of the State to produce this equality by active or direct means ; but nevertheless, though no Legis lature can properly interfere to correct the inequality in the distribution of wealth, the means of preventing that inequality growing to be an intolerable evil are not hey end the reach of bold and wise statesmen. .• There is no doubt much to undo, fur needy all the legislation of the last half century, down to the New Poor-law, has gone in the wrong direction—has gone to make the rich ri c her a nd th e poor poorer, until at last morality and common sense have been outraged by an arrogant c l a i m , b o ldl y asserted, for " the rights of capital," a phrase which, if it means anything, can only mean the right of the rich to profit at their own discretion by the privation, the extended labour, amid the sufferings of those who are not rich. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S P A LAcE, _APRIL 12, 1844. Notice is hereby given, that the carriages coming to her .Majestv's Drawing-room, on Thursday, the 18th of April, are to fall into the line at the top of St. James's street, come do , n the left hand side, and enter at the iron gate nearest to die Palace, set down at the Arcade. return by the iron gate nearest to Marlborough-house, and pass through Pall wall into St. James's square, by George-street. When called, they are to pass from St. James's-sluare, by Charles-street, into Regent-street, dermyn-st r,-t.t, come down St. James's -street, as !w-lore, take up, .and go away th roug h P all-mall. No hackney cAnrages will he permitted to come within the ki;te:.. For all perons having the privilege of the intiCe, tickets will be delivered at the Board of Green Clili. on Tuesday next, between the hours of eleven and three o'clock ; their 'carriages are to euter the ert,e at Constitution-hill, pr.ceed down St. Jame:-'s Park. through Staple-hard, into the Ambassa (Lr's•court, set down, and go out into Cleveland-row. The carrite...ei of the Arnba-sadors, Foreign Ministers, Ctabnii t Ministers, and Great Officers of State may at erwards wUt in the Ambassadors'-court, and. those of ether tersohs having the entree may wait in Stable yard or St. Ja , ,es's-park till called ; they are then to tak,, up in the stinie order as they had sat down, ar,d lass away up the left-hand side of St. James's street. N'o carriage will be admitted with company a send time with the same ticket, to prevent which, it must be prod ,, e. d at Constitution-hill-gate, and Stable. yard-irate a!so, where a corner of it will be torn oft by the Marshalnien in attendance ; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entree by any other approach to the Palace than the gates last mentioned. LIVERPOOL, Lord Steward. MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, keRII. 10. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Master George Grant Gordon to be Page of Honour to her Majesty, vice Wernrss. St. JAMES'S.-PALACE, MARCH 2 5. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Forester, to appoint John James Robinson, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen, at-Arms, vice Matthew Clement Walker, who retires. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL. 11. . - - The Queen has been pleased to appoint A. M Mundy Rig., to he Colonial Secretary for the province of South Australia. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint J. M. Collier, Esq., to be Treasurer for the Island of Tobago. - WAR-OFFICE APRIL 4. MEMORANDUM.—Iier Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit the 40th Regiment to bear on its rty,t mental or second colour, and likewise on its appoint ments, in addition to any other distinctions heretofore granted, the Words " Candahar," " Ghuznee," and " Cattbul," " 1842," in commemoration of the services of i t s h ttin el , te i g n im t r ie nt ye d a u r ri l n B g 42 th . e second campaign in Affghan- WAR OFFICE, APRIL 12, Sth Light Dragoons—Cornet E. Tomkinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smythe, who retires ; the Hon. 0. F. Toler to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Torn kinson, April 12. Scots Fusilier Gu 4r d s —C . T . W emyss , . Esq. (Page of Honour to the Queen), to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase, Aprit 11 ; Lord B. T. M. Cecil to he Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. J. W. Fortescue, who,e appointment has been cance;led, April 12. . _ 18th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel T. S. Reignolds, from 49th Foot, to bo Lieute nant C o l onel, v i ce - Adams, who ex changes, April 12. 24th Foot—Gent. Cadet, Hon. R. Handcock, from the Royal .Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Woodgate, uho r , tires, April 12. 26th Foot--Gentleman cadet R. W. Clerke, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sir G. Welker, Bart., appointed to the Coldstream Guards, April 12. 49th Foot—Lieut.-Col. H. W. Adams, from the 18th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Reignolds, who ex chanties, April 12._ 52;71 Foot—Lieut. J. H. Alleyne to be Captain, by piirehaie, vice the Hon. H. C. Grey, who retires; Ensign' L. 11. Peel to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alleyne ; A. G. Corbet, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Peel, April 12. 59th Feot—Lieut. W. Fulton to be Captain, by pur chase. viee i Fuller who retires ; Ensign R. C. Holmes to pt a in E. J. Elliot to the Major, by pur chase, Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fulton ; E. F. B. S. t,y purchase, vice Elliot, April Stanhope, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holmes, April 12. to have the rank 79tla Fo„t—Captain chase, vice Ishain, who retires ; Lieutenant R. J. M. Ensign W. A. Mainwaring to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Napier ; 0. Graham, Napier i i :E . r u n t s o t i o n g a n b n a t e , n C d:i p c l i l i u n l i ii i 1; t 11. Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mainwaring, April 12. CE, APR'', 9. ad West India Regiment — Lieutenant R. H. Mac donnell to be superseded, April 12. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant C. Lee, from the 77th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, April 12. -MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign Coxon, of the 45th Regiment, are George Stacpo!e. Royal oF ß F eg lC im E en O t Captain and Brevet Major J. H. 'Wood to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Darby, or William. re tired on full pay ; Second Captain F. Weller to be Cap tain, vice Wood ; First Lieutenant T. B. F. Marriott to be Second Captain, vice Weller ; Second Lieutenant James Drummond Teller to be First Lieutenant, F p: O inA ß ra p tn i N i d l e A r) lC ievet.m.i vice Marriott ; Ca Ernst Jackson to be Lieut. - C o lonel, vice the Hon W. Arbuthnot, retired on full -pay ; S econ d Captain T. Knatchbull to be Captain, vice Jackso n ; Fi rst Lieu tenant T. Elwyn to be Second Captain, vice Knatchbull ; Second Lieutenant C. J. Strange to be First Lieutenant, vice Elwyn ; Captain and 13 , evet Majo r G. Durnford to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Macbean, retired on full-pay ; Se cond Captain J. H. St. John to beCaptain. vice Durnford ; First. Lieut. C. J. Wright to be &eon! Captain, vice St. John ; Screed Li,. ut . R. Gregory to be First Lieutenant, vice Wright ; Second Capt. R. J. Daeres to be Captain, vice Morgan, neired on full pay ; First Lieut. G. A. F. Derinzy to he Second Captain. vice Dacres ; Second Lieut. 11. P. Newton te be First Lieutenant, vice De rinzy, April 1. BANKRUPTS. CHARLES CLACK. haberdasher, Beech-street. Bar - hice.n, to surrender April 19, at half past two, and May 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; James, Basinghall stree t. _ ... . . . SUSAN SAUNDERS, lodging-house keeper, Gol den-square, St. Jain, s's, April 23, at two, and May 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, offi cial assignee, Coleman-street ; Cheere, King's Bench walk, Tempe. . FREDERICK WILLIAM PALMER, colonial broker, Mincing-lane, April 23, at eleven, and May 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Shearman and Slater, Great Tower street. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. R. Dinham, farmer, Tiverton, Devonshire. J. Johnson, beer-seller, Birmingham. E. Gater, dressmaker, Oxford. I. Cohen, jeweller, Hastings. H. Channon, porter, Exeter. J. Larkin, hatter, I?atcliffe-highway. J. Bee, printer, 'rickhill, Yorkshire. W. Pugh, grocer, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. T. Hartshorn, beer retailer, Porto Bello, Staffordshire. W. Mardon, piano-forte manufacturer, Great .Portland street, Cavendish-square. M. Haynes, Weston-super-Mare, Somersetshire. W. Dickin, land surveyor, Chorlton-upon-Medloek, Lan- ca.shire. F. Whitehead, mail-cart driver, Long Melford, Suffolk. E. M. Buxton, lodging-housekeeper, Newington. W. G. Stanaway, coach painter, Hammormith. J. Burree, market gardener, Hale-street, Poplar. T. Nixon, plumber, Kettering, Northampton. W. K. Thurlow, licensed victualler, Chingford, Essex. E. Newman, dealer in . hay, Westbury, Wiltshire. J. Jewer, Pimlico. P. M‘Nolty, currier, Chanies-street, Bedford-square. J. R. Brook, printer, Rochester. G. Rhodes, cutler, Sheffield. C. Challiner, blacksmith; Rotherham, Yorkshire. J. Wall, jun., Bristol. H. C. Carter, carpenter, Hammersmith. C. Chard, sen., miller, West Lydford, Somersetshire. W. G. Sladden, Clrpton-square, clapton. H. I. Sladden, Clapton-square, Oapton. T. Johnston, travelling draper, Wellington, Shropshire. E. Dolley, manufacturing perfumer, Meards-street, Soho. Bourn, Lincolnshire, May 3—G. and S. Seccombe, tailors, Tavistlck, May 3—J. Rushton, jun., livery stable-keeper, Nottingham, May 3—J. W. Dyer, plumber, Colchester, May 3—T. Hancock, coach smith, Canter bury, May 3—T. Megary, coal merchant, Love-lane, City, May 3. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROX its. EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Four seats in Parliament are about to be vacated in consequence of the change in rank, and the appointments to offices under the Crown, which the death of the Chief Baron, Lord Abinger, has oc. casiooed. Theee new elections impose responsi bilides on the Liberals which they are bound to meet with decision of purpcee, guided by sound discretion. The duty ef exertion, for the sup port and advancement of the principles they pro fess, is obvious. Encouragement to employ every legitimate means for securing the objects they desire to accomplish, is found in the increas ing probabilities of success. To convert. these proba bilities into certainties, promptitude mustbe shown in 'taking the field, and zealous co-operation exhibited, from the commencement to the close of the several con tests. If these essentials to a successful result be dis played, two, at least, of the vacant seats will be wrested from the Tories, and filled by good and true Liberals. Divisions of opinion upon minor, and fre quently mere abstract question 3, in the Liberal party, have in many places given their opponents an obvious advantage, which they have diligently improved. These causes of dissension must be lost sight of in the hour of action—they must be merged in the absorbing determination to com bine against the party to which, in its main prin ciples of national government, they are, in common, opposed. The first sep to he taken is to come to an ' understanding as to the careii , late whom it will be expedient to bring forward in the Liberal interest. Though the gentleman in whose favour the majority of Liberals may concur, may not be absolutely approved by every individualof tth pirty, the minority—if they be not blinded to the Ali in; ions which devolve upon tlem, and deter mined to bAray the conim,n cause into the hands of the enemy—will forego mere personal pre ferences in the higher comeideraions oF public duty. A Liberal candidate, as such, must he more acceptable to a Liberal elector than a Tory :au be— fur this obvious reason, tUt if there b, :iny value in principle, those principles Ma diAiti;2;nish a Liberal from a Tory afe t , vowei by him. A pledge is thus given, that in pe!flnning the duties of a logs• lator, he will regulate hrs course in con:‘i-Aency with Liberal policy. No diTerences among R,:- formers upon political questions can be so great as those which separate them from the Tories, as a party. The former relate to mere c;rcumstantiajs— the latter to essential, fur.d.mental principes of go vernment. If, then, the minor points be elevated into an importance which produces d:vision, the result is inevitable defeat. The return of the Tory, in such a case, is accomplished—not by a positive majority of ebctors in favour of Tory principles, but be-- cause the Liberals were debating when they ought to have been acting in cone: , rt —squabbling, when each, in his appointed sphere, ought to have em ployed every legitimate influence in promoting the return of the Liberal candidate. Whelever defeats may be sustained in the approaching con teite, let not disgrace be asso.:iatA with &feat. If the opta , s;ng elements preset themselves too nowerftd to be counterected, they will be weak,-red by fair and honourable col,flict. But if the Liberals betray the cause they profess, the party to which they are professedly opposed, and against the ascendancy of which they ought to strive, might and mein, will derive encouraeement from their disunion, and triumph from their renegade abendonment oaf obvious duty. The Anti-Corn-law League is eTecially culled utein, by the great body of the Liberal pasty, to ah. stain from interference in elections, where that inter ference is likely to divide, al -d thus cause the def,at ef. the Reform candidates. This would have been the consequence at Hastinws, had the gentleman who was applied to by the Liberal electors of that borough con sented to come ferward, and Mr. R. R. Moore had not retired. By indiscreetly pressing into boroughs a candidate of their own, the local co-operation essen tial to success will be diminished in energy, if not utterly broken up. The interference of a foreign body will be always regarded with jealousy, and in many cases will be resented with indignation. Thus the Liberals will be divided ; a Tory candidate, who otherwise had small chances of success, will be returned ; and the very commercial policy which it is the object of the 'Anti- Corn-law League to advance, will be retarded by the additional strength thus given to the monopolists in the House of Commons. Where there is a proba bility of success—a probability ascertained by pre vious consultation with the Liberal leaders, and a careful investigation of the views entertained by the Liberal electors, upon the questions on which - they make their exclusive appeal to the constituencies—let the Anti-Corn-law League, by all means, make the trial. But where there is no reasonable chance of success, the obvious duty of the corn-law aboli tionist is to support the candidate whose views most approximate to his own, even though no expectation of his adopting the entire abolition of the corn-laws be held out. To stand aloof from such a candidate, and thus secure the election of a Tory monopolist, is indefensible on any known principles of action, per sonal or political—an exhibition of folly w Web would he ridiculous, were is not fraught w ith mischief to the public interests. With reference to such places as Devizes and Huntingdon, et id genus omne, it would he better to leave them u„neonte4ted, than to waste ex ertions, and hazard repuralkmn and influence in public opinion, by 'engaging in the contests against suc h odds as involve the certainty of defeat. The Tory papers which take care to keep out of view the peculiar position of the localities, seize on such defeats as opportunities for parading a triumph, when, in poTt:t of fact, there never was anything worthy of the name of a con test : and where, the Only object of the Anti-Corn law League in going to the poll was to disseminate .principles, and provoke discussion by means of the speeches delivered by their candidate and his friends to the electors. While we admit the ultimate advantages which may result from this policy, we are not con eieced that it is the best. Lectures, public meetings, and the copious distribution of the publications of the League, would accomplish more good in such places,' at less expense, and without the dieadvantages which, under any circumstances, attend upon defeat. STANDARD.—The remarks which the arrival of the Three per Cent. Consols et par seemed to us to call for, have .provoked an answer, suggesting some useful considerations, though undeeignedly, but an answer, as such, wholly unworthy of notice. The rise of the price of the British Securities ie the re sult of two causes co-operating, both of them, in our opinion, affording ground for congratulation ; the first of them—time universal conviction of the sol vency and good faith of the country—affording such ground, we suppose, b y the admission of ell ; the other, the increase of the general wealth of the coun try. It is upon this last point that it is attempted to raise an objection, and to this point, therefote, we shall a - ldress our few observations. First let us, however, explain the ground upon which we ascribe the rise in the price of the public securities to the increased wealth of the country. The rise is obviously the effect of the declining rate of in terest. Men will give 1001. for 31. per annum only be cause they cannot get more for it upon equally good security : this, we imagine, needs no proof. Now, the low rate of interest, like the low price of any other commodity, is the effect of the abundance of money (by which it is to be understood all at once durable and transferable representatives of pro. perty) in the market, and the lowering of the rate of interest is of course the effect of the constant in crease of money. It is true that money may be thrown into the market, not on account of an absolute increase in its amount, but because of the inability of employing it more profitably elsewhere; and, therefore, when we reason upon • an apparent increase, we are bound first to in • quire whether there has been a narrowing of the channels of enterprise and industry. The • result of such an investigation in the present case will be quite satisfactory ; it will be found that all the channels of enterprise and industry are at . this moment more amply and mere actively, and, generally, more profitably, filled (though profit is not the itninediate question) than at any period of our history. We have mor- ships, more colonies, more manufactories, and better culti vated land than this or any other country ever before possessed; and besides these we have railroads, docks, foreign loans, &c., opened new and wide chin - nets of trade unkeown to our fathers. The in crease in money, therefore, of which the lower- SECOND NOTICES. R. Roffey, bricklayer, New-row, Deptford, April 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee. T. March, warehouseman, Derby-street, King's Cross, April 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. W. Cooper, shoemaker, Camden-street, Islington, April 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. W. Charlton, carpenter, Dorchester-place, New North road, April 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore. official assignee. W. Collender, painter, Edward-street, Limehouse, April 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee. A. Rusher;cotfee- house keeper, Leather-lane, Holborn, April 17. at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee. H. Pimm, painter, Allhallows, Barking, April 16, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pimm; official assignee. E. Sawyer, quarryman, Long Crendon, Buckingham shire, April 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsa , ' rer, official assignee. J. Young, Panton_square, Haymarket, April 16, at one, -at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assign( e. T. Scott, carpenter, Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire, April 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee. S. J. Butler, watch and water gilder, Worship-street, April 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. R. Fish, sh 1.-maker, Chatham, April 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Vinten, shoemaker, Mount-street, Grosvenor square, April 17, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore. official assignee. J. Scales, land steward, Battle, Sussex, April 16, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. H. G. Huxford, gas-fitter, Broadway, Blackfriiirs, April 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. Stark, Cowley Peachey, Middlesex, April 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. B. Griffiths, coach-trimmer, Brewer-street, Pimlico, April 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. Yeomans, jun., Cole-street North, Dover-road, April 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. S. Benstead, accountant, Finsbury-street, Chiswell • street, April 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. E. Oliver, organist, Queen's-road, Bayswater, April 20. at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edvard., official assignee. H. Haslip, cutler, High Holborn, April 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Drake, beadle, Paddington, April 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. W. Andrews, corset trimmer, Winchester, April 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. J. J. Spitler, attorney, Camomile-street, City, April 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. ,)ohnson, official assignee. J. Bendel!, tailor, Welbeck-street, April 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. F. A. I)urnford, artist, Upper Portland-place, Wands worth-road, April 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. J. C. S. Kelly, livery stable-keeper, Wardrobe-place, City, A pril2o, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. W. Marriott, jun., hat manufacturer, St. Andrew's road, New Kent. road, April 20, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. I. Price, undertaker, Stepney-green, April 17, a t eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. Ai. Carter, jun., M.D., Reading, April 17, at eleven at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. E. W. Ferrar, boarding-house keeper, Mare-strew, Hackney, April 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee. J. M`Larty, licensed victualler, Ratcliffe-highway, April 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. T. F. Church, plumber, Rochester, April 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. G. Atherley, grocer, South-street, Chelsea, April 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. T. Cheshire, upholsterer, Dunstable, April 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. J. Quarrel!, clerk, Napier-street, Hoxton, April 16, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official as signee- T. Cooper, pianoforte key maker, Chapman-street, Liiverpool-road, Islington, April 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. J. Gerard, tallow-chandler, Little Keyford, Somerset-. shire, April 19, at half-past eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Kynaston, official assignee. J. Masters, jun., clerk, Bristol, April 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. W. Palmer, huckster, Wolverhampton, April 18, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee. J. Walton, butcher, Newsham, Yorkshire, April 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. W. Colbeck, clothier, Batley, Yorkshire, April 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. . . . J. Scott, labourer, Booth-town, Yorkshire, April 17. at 11, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official as aiignee, T. Tillotson, stone-mason, Bradford, April 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman official assignee. W. Pyrah, stone-mason, Bradford, April 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. J. Young, blacksmith, Calverley, Yorkshire, April 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. J. Roebuck, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, April 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. B. Kaye, journeyman woollen spinner, Halifax, Yorkshire, April 17, at eleven, at the Leed3 District Court. Freeman, official assignee. - J. Clarkson, bOot and shoe maker, Bradford, York shire, April 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. R4Spensley, innkeeper, Barningham, Yorkshire, April 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, of Acial assignee. J. Gaunt, auctioneer, Calverley, Yorkshire, April 17, tat eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official :assignee. J. Parrett, blacksmith, Bradford, April 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. I. Brooks, stone-mason, Bolton-le•Moors, Lancashire, April 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Scanway, official assignee. F. Hornby, Manchester, April 19, at one, at the 3 lanchcster District D Court. Hobs en, official assignee. IVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. 3. Piggoot. jun., cabinet maker, Richmond, Surrey, 'May 3, at half-past eleven—H. Bentall, coal merchant, Cecil-street, Strand, May 3, at half-past eleven—G. 13oggs, W. Taylor, and W. Shand, Jun., merchants, Great Winchester-street, City, May 3, at half-past :twelve—H. Prior, stationer, Sise-lane, City, May 3, a t .eleven—A. Jamieson, bookseller, Sion-lane, Isleworth, May 3, at half-past eleven—l. Worthington, draper, Manchester, May 3, at twelve. In the Country. W. and R. Heslewood and J. Skitt, white lead manu ' facturers, Kingston-upon-Hull, May 10, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be grant e d, un l ess cause b e shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. J. Hughes, painter, Liverpool, Nr "a 3 3—J. B. Watkin son, saddler, Maghull, Lancashire, May 3—W. Webb, hotel keeper, Leamington, May 3—W. Carpenter, sta lioner, Southampton, May 3—T. Redshaw, saddler, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. B. Beech and S. Cheshire, grocers, Chester—A. Duff and A. Peacock, silk manufacturers, Spital-square —J. Coleman and C. Hunt, charcoal dealers, Blaisdon, Gloucestershire—W. Hunt and T. M. Robertshaw, printers, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square—J. Coleman and G. Harrisson, auctioneers, Dover—J. L. and E. Smith and R. M. Kirkby, grocers, Kingston-upon-Hull (so far as regards E. Smith)—E. and W. Revans and J. B. Smith, grocers, Yoxforti, Suffolk—W. and H. Parker, curriers, Sevenoaks, Kent—R. W. Strong and H. N. Tilsey, surgeons, North Petherton—J. Briggs and E. Brook, pelt dealers, Huddersfield—R. Twisaday and C. Ham:deton, linen-drapers, Birkenhead, Cheshire—lt. and T. Dawbarn, , grocers, Wisbech— W. and J. Burgin, tailors, Sheffield. [ln our list of " Partnerships Dissolved," in last Wed nesday's paper, for " J. Ingram, J. S. Tonge, and D. Clarke, lime burners, Toxteth-park, Lancashire (so far as regards D. Clarke)," read " so far as regards J. S. Tonge."] SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. PETER SMYTH and CO., woollen manufacturers, Tillicoultry, April .17 and May 18, at twelve, at the Crown Inn, Alloa. GEORGE THOMSON, manufacturer, Collace, Perth shire, April 18 and May 9, at one, at the Star Hotel, Perth. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending April 9, 1844, is 345. 10d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain.- HEALTH OF TOWNS.-FILTRA TION OF WATER. The importance of pure water is admitted by all to he very great as one means of improving. and maintaining the health of large towns. The supply for the metro polis has often been complained of, as being by no means so clear, bright; or limpid as water for drinking and for other domestic uses should be. Any plan, therefore, that is calculated to remedy the evil, demands immediate and serious attention. On this account, attendance was yesterday given at Brownlow-mews, Gray's Inn-lane, to witness Stuckey's patent filter in operation. It was ex hibited on the scale of three feet square, the filter itself being thus of nine feet surface, and purifying the large quantity of 100,000 gallons in the 24 hours. The water filtered was from the New River; and, certainly, the process clarified it to an extraordinary degree. The ori ginal liquid appeared thick and turbid; but when it hal passed through the sponge of the machine, the stream was as limpid and sparkling as if just procured from a crystal spring. This new method of filtration has ex cited much attention in Parliament, where Lord Brougham has declared it to be of immense importance to the public welfare. Tho inventor, Mr. W. H. Stuckey, is a native of Russia, but the son of English parents. The principal novelties in the invention are the rapidity of the filtration, and the employment of sponge, in a highly compressed state, as the filtering material. The rapidity is of twofold importance—the saving of time and cost, and the preservation of the best qualities of the watee With regard to the latter object, it appears that any process that filters water drop by drop, or in very small quantities, deprives it of the carbonic acid gas it previously contained, thus rendering the flat, far less wholesome, and more liable to sp edy decomposition. By this invention, however, the W.lter is filtered with rapidity, and in large quantities ; tied thus every good quality is retained, while the agree able briskness and (to use the German expression) " the spirit of the well" is unimpaired. With respect to the filtering material, sponge, from its very porous and reti celate-structure. it net only allows the water to pass through with great rapidity, but arrests every extraneous matter mechanically mixed with it ; it can be more easily cleansed than any other medium, hitherto employed for filtration ; and it has this further recommendation, that it imparts neither taste nor smell to the water. Mr. S. thuS sums up the advantages of his invention over the present system of filtration—that it presents an economy, in space, of one foot for one acre ; in money, of 7,3001. per annum, as the current expenses, instead of the esti mate.l current expenses of the New River Company, of 19,0001 per annum ; and in time, of filtering in six hoefs by machinery of one foot to the acre, more than 2,100,003 gallons, which quantil in the Chelsea Water works, it takes twenty-four hours to filter. In an expe rime= made before Lord Brougham, and other scientific individuals, and the representatives of several of the i great water companies, Mr. Stuckey has, by a single machine of only five feet square, filtered water in a thick and• muddy state, and produced it bright, limpid, and sparkling, at the rate of 2,500,000 gallons in twenty-four hours. Sebsequently, a filter of not more than 100 cu bical contents has delivered at the rate of from three to four million gallons per day. The plan has already been in operation in Russia, in Government and other works, for tire years ; and it is about to be introduced, we be lieve, in Paris. It certainly seems calculated to effect it. purpose well and cheaply ; and, therefore, deserves at tention froth the metropolitan water companies, and all to whom pure, wholesome water is a desideratum ; and 1 to whom is it not ? HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE IN NORFOLK. • On Monday morning last the parish of Wbitwell, in this county, and the neighbourhood, were thrown into a state of excitement and consternation, in consequence of a man, generally accounted honest and respectable, named William Frost, having murdered four of his children in his cottage. He is a journeyman tanner, and has worked for Mr. Leamon, of Whitwell, for the last thirteen years. He had killed his three elder children by beating them on the back of their heads with a large heavy hammer. The youngest, an infant, he put head first into a large earthern pot full of water. The names and ages of the children are as follows:—Harriet Frost, five years ; Charlotte Frost, three years ; Eliza Frost, eighteen months; and Louisa Frost, only ten weeks. The father (William Frost) is only about thirty-six years of age, and was taken into custody immediately after the horrible occurrence, by Samuel Parker, an inspector of police, residing at Reepham. Notice was soon after given to Mr. Pilgrim, one of the county coroners, who instructed the constable to em pannel a very respectable jury from different parishes. On the following morning the Coroner arrived, and held an inquest at the Falgate public-house, occupied by Samuel Vyall. The jury having assembled and been sworn, proceeded to the cottage to examine the bodies, and when they arrived there they were shocked at the deplorable spectacle of dead bodies. The Coroner and jury having returned to the public-house, the following evidence was given:— SaraliAllen, the wife of Thomas Allen, of Whitwell, deposed as follows: —I live in a cottage adjoining that in which William Frost resides. I have known him about twenty years. I have always considered him a very steady man, and he always, as far as I have seen, conducted himself very respectably. I knew his four children well. Their names are Harriet Frost, about five years of age; Charlotte Frost, three years old; Eliza, eighteen months; and Louisa, ten weeks. I saw them all on Friday or Saturday last, in the morning. They were then in good health. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, or a little after, I saw Martha, the wife of William Frost, go out of her own gate adjoining her cottage. She told me she was going to Mrs. Wilkins for a shilling owing to her. She then walked on towards Mrs. Wilkins's, and very soon returned—l think in ab:,ut five minutes—and I saw her again by my gate, which is very near her cottage. She told me she was disappointed, as Mrs. Wilkins had gone to Rcepbaln. We stood together some little time, and she then . went into her own cottag., and I went into na . i , ne. o her as she was going into her cottage, r husband—is he got to work?" troat%hveorrkunwiemllmfoeraiasotemiye after she aware hevilh is s d a ly b d e o been o entl as if some- S I h i w i e a a d s s . a i f d o n lie a s! into• nothe her cot ; tage, I heard Mrs. Frost call out could.th i wasAftrhs€: Frostmatt was I ran into h o v ir t, house “ci 3' h , , as m fa y s t r a h s u l dreti I took hold of her, and asked her what was the matter. She was unable to explain what had oc curred. I turned round, looked into the pantry, and there I saw Eliza Frost lying dead. I then went up stairs, and there I saw Harriet Frost and Charlotte Frost lying on the floor quite dead. I saw there a quantity of blood. I then went down stairs and looked for the other child, but I could not find it. I call e d out violently at the , r se t n o t ro m m y e c i hi o. ld, I ss v ii i t o . door for some one to tt g ) c c ,t ern a e n ; eig an h d bou l was by my door, liani Frost, the father, was all this time sitting by the fireside, in his kitchen. I took hold of him, and said, " Oh, man! what have you done?" Ido not recollect that he made any reply. I then took hold of his wife to comfort her all I could; 'she was very much distressed. I went into the pantry to show Elizabeth Yarham, who was just come into the house, the child Eliza Frost, which I had previously seen lying dead, and as I was going into the: pantry I turned my eye and I saw the babe Lotisi Frost standing in an earthen pot, which was partly filled with Water, with its head downwards. I lifted the child sip. It was dead. I laid it on a b isket. A Mr. Savory, who was at this time present, made an observation that I ought - not to have taken the child out of the earthen pot. I was so much alarmed that I can not say whether I put the child into the pot again, or, whether Mr. Savory put it in. lam quite satisfied the child was dead. There was co person in Frost's house when I first went in but Frost., his wife, and the children. No person lodged in the house with Frost and his wife. I have since heard Mrs. Frost say, when she went out after the shilling, that she left the three elder children at breakfast with her husband, and the youngest in the cradle, and they were then all well. William Frost has lived under the same roof where I reside for four or five years, and I have had every opportunity of knowing bow DEFERRED ANNUITIES. Another Bonus will be declared In the present year. ----- The best and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered— every 21. 12s. per annum, paid from theage of twenty, will, at sixty. five, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 47/. 16s. W., or 3491. 11s. cash, or policy at death of 4661. 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"The design of this work w , Il be tolerably obvious from Its titl e , and we cordially recommend the author and hi, book to ;Al v ho are softring from nervous debility and general weakness "—Wakvileid Journal. Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gi !bet t, NI and 32, Paternoster-row Starie, tn, fichbo• ne street, Qumran!, Regent street ; Hmnav and Co , fi3, Oxford.street • Noble, Ili, Chtincery lane ; tiordm,ll6, LeadenhalLstreet ; and by a!l . ; ooksellers. j At home every si..y tiU hree, and from Fa.. Lit Writ Several other of the neighbours who had been calhel in at the first alarm, corroborated this evidence, but without adding any material facts ; and Robert Lemon, of Whitwell„ was then called. He said—l am a tanni r and farmer at Whitwell, and William Frost has worked for me, in my tan-yard and on my farm, about thirteen years. He has during that time been a very steady, so• her, and well-behaved man. He was unwell four ds;:s last week and not able to work, but he was at work "on. - Friday and - Saturday last ; he was then much better;• Frost had previously told me that he thought he had . got : ' - a rupture coming. I advised him to see Mr. ILrstint;;;::. the surgeon for this district, and I offered to give him a. • note. I saw Frost on the Saturday afternoon. I saw no more of him till after_the alarm was .given that his four children were dead. I was informed that he bad • killed them. I went to his house yesterday, imme diately on my hearing what had occurred. When I got . to his house, I found him in custody of Parker the.police officer. He was sitting, handcuffed, by :the table. I drew a chair and sat by him; I asked him: a few ques tions with a view to ascertain his state of mind, and - not with a view to criminate himself. I asked him what ' could possibly indace him to commit so horrible a deed? He remained silent. Some one . said, " It's of no use asking him any questions, he will not answer any sate." The house being very full, I asked the police-officer to clear the house. I think about half-a-dozen persons remained with me. I then repeated my question, how could he possibly commit such a horrible deed ? He shook his head, and groaned. I said, " Frost, you are the last person in this parish I should have thought could have committed such an act as this." I think Parker at this time came up with the hammer, anti "This is what the children were killed With ; here is blood upon it now, and the handle has been washe:l." My eyes are weak and I did not see any blood upon the hammer. I did not think it had been washed so recently. I cautioned Parker, the policeman, to remember what Lord Abinger said at Norwich respecting the police. I don't think Frost saw the hammer'; his face was quite to the table. I said, "Frost, you hear, what is said al'ont the hammer ; was this dreadful deed done with the hammer ?" He answered " Yes." I then asked him if he wa3hed the hammer afterwards ? He said " Yes." I asked him if such a thought as this had ever cutest ti his head before ? He said " Yes." I asked him if be thought s -by-41estreyint-his- innocent children, it 'woad . be the means of getting them to Heaven ? He said, he hoped so. I then asked him if he had any intention of destroying himself ? He said " Yes, he intended to have done so." I advised him to listen to the Rev. Mr. Blyth, the minister of our parish, who was then in tho room. I saw Frost again in the afternoon. I advist d him again to have some spiritual comfort, and I inquired if he would like to see Mr. Blyth again ? He said I.e had no objection. He said Mr. Blyth had read and prayed to him. I said " William, did you join with Mr. myth in prayer ? " He groaned, and said, "How could I ? " I saw him again in the evening, and then I advised him to have Mr. Blyth. I considered that Frost an swered all the questions very rationally. The evidence of the surgeon, Walter Harsant, of Reepham, was as follows :—I was requested yesterday morning to attend at Whitwell, to examine the childrea of William Frost, who had been murdered, as repro , . sented to me, by their father. I went over immedi ately, and examined the four children lying in Frost's house. I found the two youngest children in the pantry; one lying on the floor, and the other in a basket, both quite dead. The two elder children were upstairs, both lying on the floor dead. I first examined Eliza, whq was lying in the pantry on the floor. I feu; d there was a fracture on the back of the head. There was a little laceration about the scalp. This was not very extensive. I am perfectly satisfied that the injury at the back of the head was sufficient to cause death. It appeared as if the child had been injured by some bunt instrument. I then went to the infant in the basket. I discovered no external marks of injury there sufficient to account for death. The clothes were wet and e.p it to me as if they had been in water. I thick t had the appearance of having been drowned. I th, proceeded upstairs, and examined the two elder chil dren, who were lying dead there on the floor. I found . more extensive fractures on the back part of the head of both these children than upon the child below stairs, anti these fractures were quite sufficient to cause death. I am quite satisfied that these fractures were give:; by some blunt instrument. lam certain there must have been at least two blows given to each of the two elder childre upstairs. The Coroner then directed the policeman to prod , ca` William. Frost, and the Coroner cautioned him against • saying anything to criminate himself, ieforrning,hitn that all he said would be taken down in writing, a. d, if necessary, would be given in evidence against him ; t:ut. it' he wished to make any statement, he, the Coroner. was ready to receive it. The Coroner then read all the depositions over, to which the prisoner paid murk,. if attention, occasionally correcting the statements of the witnesses. The several depositions having been read aver, The prisoner: aid—With regard to Satah Alttn's position, it is perfectly correct, with the exception th e ; I think my wife was gone more than five minutes. I have nothint , to say against the evidence of Eliiabeth Yar ham. I have moiling to say against the evidence of Mary Allen. I had plenty of victuals in my house. I have no observation to make to the evidence of Mary Rye. I have no observation to make to Robert ]lye's evidence. The evidence of Alfred Savory appears pretty right. The evidence .of Samuel Parker appears inc to be pretty correct, except that 1 do not reoollect Turkel:4 sAying he would tyke me into custody•; but I do reeont-.t his saying he would put the handcuffs en me. I do 11 , t recollect my saying to Mr. Leamon • that I intended destroy myst lf. I don% think 1 had any thought of kind after I murdered the children, of destroying w; - self. I think the other part of Mr. Lew:eon's 'eride, ee is pretty correct. I saw the hammer produced • by, t.;.e policeman. I had washed the handle of th'e hammer at little. The hammer produced is the hammer I eo,c mitted the act with. I think the evidence of Mr. Her sant correct. I think I gare the children more than twa blows each. I wished to put them out of their miaery as quick as I could. I cannot say ho w many bl ow s gave the eldest child. I cannot say how many blows I gave them. I think I gave th e eldest child more blows than the others. The jury almost instantly returned a verdict " Wilful Murder" against ►William Frost, the father of the children. Die Coroner having issued his warrant for the com mittal of the prisoner to:the county gaol, to take-his triat at the assizes next ensuing, he was conveyed to Norwich Castle the same evening, singing psalms by the way- Ile has lately belonged to a new sect, called the ‘k itc vivalists," and been very active among them as a preacher.. Formerly he was a Methodist ranting preacher. It is. generally believed in Whitwell and the neighbourhood that he committed the above series of horrible murders. on his own children under the influence of fanaticism. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY. THURSDAY EVRNSIca TIMES.—As the holders of the Three-and-a-Half -eer Cents. 1818, in spite of what has already been said, way not be all aware of the peculiarity of their positio-.1 with respect to the operation of reduction, it is as wOl to re peat, that if they du not signify to the Bank of Englai.d. their assent in writing to the Government plan on or before Saturday, the 20th inst., they will be deemed to. have dissented. The annual meeting of the Shareholders of the Wye( Mail Steam-packet Company took place to-day, and passed over quietly compared with previous proceedings. The working of the steamers is not yet sufficiently pro fitable to enable the Directors to declare a dividend, but the result of the operations of the past year is favourable to the opinion expressed at the October meeting. that. the earnings of the Company would reach 120,000/. per annum, subject to insurance and wear and tear. :1 1 0' . ! resent accounts appear to contain heavy sharp is tor accidents and inexperience in the early career Or business, and hence the absorption of a consdeeithiss portion of the revenue received. However, as ati our,. standing claims accruing from past transaction* las'ete been satisfied, the service of the present year will com mence free from such liabilities. In conformity w i ll the ' resolution of the last general meeting, the insurances upon vessels have not been renewed, and henceforward. it is intended to set apart annual!): the sum of 25,000/. to. meet any loss that may arise in this respect. The. Directors offer no estimate as to the amount of sat-plus: likely to accrue during the current year, 3 et they say the.,K are clearly of opinion that a considerable sum will main applicable to the liquidation of debt, t ke e i s; replacement of capital, or the payrnent of a air{ dend. The sum remaining due by th e C ompany fur sincehans i t s he ", h e rli-j•carly meeting in October late which it seems is a d ecrease of 50 Of.gq i t. Teem was little discussion of an interesting eh 34,15`11. 17s. r 7 e d fe ., r p en ro ce ve l d v afsormDirectorsbring against the estate of Messrs. Aeroman and Co., the ring the difference, between their contr.at. price for the Avon and the Severn, and the sum p aid to them for end expended in finishing those vessels Wl •th res • p..ct to the desire ex- • pressed by several of the shareholders to be put in pos• - session of simplified accounts, it was promised on t 1 part of the Di rec t ors t h at attent i on s h oul d b e g i ven k this ao subject, as also to proper economy in expendie gre. The report was adopted unanimously, and there ostee peered to he a much more friendly feeling amonK. the shareholders, who now appear shortly to expect. some return for their invested capital. ST. STETHEN'S, WALBROOK.—Notice having in..ert given that a select vestry would be held yes to edgy, at twelve _22clock, in the church of St. StopirWs. WO" brook, for•the purpose of electing c.hurchwir..deno for the ensuing year, the gentlemen composing the select -c - i..*try • attended at the church at the appointed tire w h e n, findieg it had been taken possession of by the er ios it e pa rty, it wait proposed to hold the vestry in some e' Sher place ; in em-"" (pence of which, they proceeded to & a residence of Aldelioato Gibbs, in Walbrook, where the ab' ,ve_mentioned gentleman and Mr. Whitaker were elected et. mrc h wa rdeas. THE lIAIR.—Of the DIY . n US growth or repreduc compound* Con stantly announced for proiria ng . the o tion of the hair, few survice, ev en in name, beyond a very limited period; whilst " Rorilaud'a Macassar Oil , " with a er reputation unparalleled,,, is sf ill on the increase in public es timation. The singular yin; des of this successful invention for restoring, preserving, an d beautifying the human hair, are too well known and appr feciated to need much commor,t. The very facts of the high: and distinguished patronage it enjoys, its general use in . all countries, together with nu merous testimonials constantly received in its favour, are au thorities which stamp its, erior excellence and title over all attempts of a similar natio re. Being universally preferred. its consequent great dem= d excites the cupidity of un principled shopkeepers, who - von d the most spurious trash as the " genuine Macassar Oil : if hereas the genuine article wholly the invention and arty of A. Rowland and Son. and the amalgamation of its .a ,stly exotic materials renders abortive any attempt to disceri sr its component porter—thus proving the imposition of shit other articles bearing the titlef of " Macassar Oil." The enuine article has . the words " Rowland's Macassar Oirti on the wrapper.—All others are fraudulent counterfeits! \' e° o le lite ° 110 leek' Jrg PO ' : IfSri' ,er . 0 ail' e 4.11`0./ , r iclt ; IX I3 o f IV , of