The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-23 00:00:00

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D A OI T t , ' ''''.... - ----'. \N ' t-r.' ,,,,?. -- 4 --. ip, i ,• •• a'. 4, 7 Are, .1- 5' 0 -14 '\'l4 ' •'''.i llllllll6 lt .‘ Is ''`z•-•. „ ,.- - ,5, --- -tk , ~ , Deaths 1. 5 t,' , •-•`l% , .:.•-•'•/ . , aturda, the )mt. ett! , 1. Averag e , Five yeP' 178 il l 157 25 6 ' 21 9 42 94 5 MED 1J ceklf A le s fl FIVB 147 ;pe ctoP i ci *reek• s to 035 would he ° Y°.-40 0 4 :0 11e6 on 5 1 0 70# n the Ot eing" ;'" h' ortn is S e ;tem. comni ev )red berty ley a re 44 f all tf, sor 121° rice 031 /i' vend°'",, „fter i ;er:st Aricti, lea ;o .S r erl L tbe” ~ [to e, 0$ I,P 4 ' so' !i I , a°a t ~~e, GRA.ITESEND STAIt PACKETS. FURTHER REDUCTIOU OF FARES. SIXPENCE AND NINEPENCE, Boat and Blackwall Railway included. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, Daily Sundays included) at Ten, Eleven. Twelve, Three, Four, Six, and lialf-past At Se Fran, the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, --Yen, Half-past Nine, Half-past Twelve, Two,* Fottr, Six, Seven, and Eight. On Sundays at Five instead of Two. — v ere Cabin and Second-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and First-class Carriage, Ninepence. Star Office, Gravesend, July 10, 1844. lIE LONDON MARBLE AND STONE I . o RKING COMPANY, Esher-street, Holywell-street, Milbank, iralinster (established 1821), are enabled, with their PATENT Slabs ,XERY, to execute Chimney Pieces, Monuments, Tablets, ace, for Furniture, and every description of such Work, with an redn ' a cY, rapidity of execution, beauty and durability of Polish, and r eduction' of Bost which cannot be obtained elsewhere. conTLASublic ass invited to inspect their extensive SHOW-ROOMS, , I ,Z e utmg the largest stock in this country. or sc Trade supplied with every description of Rough Slab Blocks, pi &linings; or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order. ti on Tie, accurate in copying the Address, to prevent impost. roe,' the CoMPany having no connexion with any other Establish it but that in Esher-street. L IVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, and PRESTON RAILWAY, with a BRANCH to SOUTHPORT. Capital, 600,0001., in 24,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 2/. 10t. per Share. Sir Th PROYISION•L COMMITTZE, Hesketh, Tho Bart., Rufford Hall, Lancashire. suimas Joseph de Traford, Bart., Trafford Park, Lancashire. Weld Blundell, Esq., Ince Hall, Lancashire. "leo. D uekenfleld Bold, Esq , Liverpool, a Director of the Lan- W illi caster and Carlisle Railway. ans B oardman, Esq., Farrington Hall, Lancashire. Rober tßrowne, E sq., Wavertree-road, Liverpool. °Mal Brandreth, Esq., Ormskirk. Frederick W. Caldwell, Esq., Meshnish, Argyllshire, and Golden. square, London. .ii: 1 1;::: Cook, Es Kensington, Liverpool. Dixon Esq •, Glasgow. ra " Nowell Ffarington, Esq., Worden Hall, Lancashire. rte Gradwell, Esq., Preston. warn Fosberry, Esq., Everton, Liverpvol. ChartitinelGroves Esq., Liverpool. johyo G reenough , Esq., Southport. n :hts Rowell, E sq., Beaumont Villa, shepherd's Bush, Middlesex. H umber, Esq., Preston. Thos Harrison, Esq., Southport. jo,,as Kershaw, Esq., Ormskirk and Southport. Rosson, Esq., More Hall, Lancashire. ern tile c nt Royds, Esq., Mount Yalinge, Lancashire, Chairman of Preston and Wyre Railway Company. hll,iato Gillibrand Unsworth, Esq., Manor House, Lancashire. el W aterhouse, EsQ, Aiybusth, Liverpool. (With power to add to their number.) Metes BANSIIRS. Williams Deacon, Labouchore, and Co., London, Th e L' 1 , 1 4 de prestonPo Banking Compans, k Prestonpool.. Sir i John Macneill, L.L.D. .R.B.RS. 'Mixes Thomson. Esq. , F.R.ENGINEEI-.7;.E., M. R.I. A. Messrs. Dorrington By the construction of t ; I•A u l t a L;A 111 TA RY AGENTS. and Ellicombe, Parliament-street. be made between Li his railway, a direct communication will connexion foroiAA Yorkshire, b -7 erPool and the great Northern Lines, and a f cashire said ----' With the whole of the manufacturing districts o 7 the 8k.,- y orksh -- . -- , icourn and Preston Railway, ' and the Lan- This indepen ire Junction. will b e , dent entrance into Liverpool, from the . North, onl Pe at Ptiblic advantage, limited as the town now is to y one °Mkt by railway. A bra quented Means of froth the main line of Ormskirk will provide the cheap and expeditious access to the rising and much-fr e e- Ron o r t Watering.place of Southport, and by a contemplated jun t - R ewt his branch with t'ae Liverpool and Manchester Railway a itford oß, the shortest awl most direct route to Southport will be The ed frcirn Blanchester and the Midland Counties. Jam Thproposed line hg.s been surveyed by Sir John Macneill and tet ra? u ; : 3rn ... scm * P- 4 9-, whose report is highly favourable. T zo o r e--- *n one is at present intended to be near the Bo eaer Gaol in Great. Howard-street, from which the line will pro- A ught to on the west of Aintree Race Course by Maghull and It uffor tin_ ci, a t n e d th c e ros to towani I , t _ a wn, Where a of Ormskirk, and from thence by Burscough, to join the North Union Railway at Fa vston Railway A l o . • paw war line to the west by Scarlsbrick has also been surveyed, ion at aZ a ,, hr ough a country singularly favourable for the const a ru eo ct nii. datable "sag, but leaving out the coal fi elds (from whic h a.,-.ie nue may be expected) and the town of Ormskirk . , ",„._ would-ohave tq be approached by a branch ; the direct line is Ne e s tore deemed preferable ; at the same time, however, both wil l h ara l le mature consideration before depositing the plans for Par- Li ve en t• The present circuitous Railway communication between ri e l* * 4 and Preston, and places to the north and north.east, is ear ls C i 4 bylines originally projected for other purposes, and the traffic yew ence 'weet r ently subjected to unnecessary expense, d e l a y , an d i nc on- Li ee . the only existing route being by the Manchester and N ort r t rnl Railway to Parkside, and thereon to Preston by the fro m o Pnion Rail way, a d i stance of 384 miles, usually occupying th a .; to 21 i In :4o c ' , ours. The distance from Liverpool to Preston by 1° seri direct line, is only 27i Miles, which will be traversed n elle.h a ,. n t he t s thus effecting a saving of 11 miles, and m ore h This ime *ill * together w i t h the greatly diminished cost of construct i on, reducenable the Company to carry Passengers and Goods at such Um: lt :ate , as to ensure a considerable increase in the presen t _ or r , . LI ~,Pcmding advantages will be effected In the traffic between lisl y - .7°' and the towns of Blackburn, Lancaster, Kendal, Car. havenrenrith, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow ; and Companies Rau:been . formed for extending the Blackburn and Preston ley , AY `4l Accrington, Clitheroe, Burnley, Colne, Skipton, Keigh cootittenragleY. Bradford, and Leeds, these towns (all of which have benefits o h r ie In tercourse with Liverpool) will participate in t h e This n the Pro Posed direct line. ( "An Irelandne will form the direct route to Liverpool for passengers tb o e a :rest of Scotland, by steam packets to Fleet. T e the beetconjuncton with the Preston and Wyre Railway. places ' a :: : hitherto exc l udes 1_ . of coal will form tion, access . UdedFields of Bickerstaffe, Lathom, and other from the benefit of railway commu vi a will be gi ven by the proposed line, while the car. 1 " ; tile Comp any a sou rce of constant and increasing profit sad* med by means of a branch to connect with the tiel e T ent Docks, in the imiate vicinity of the terminus, fa iin e ~,ill h. ~, a ff orded for the shipment of coal and merchandise. The hhops . ' O f necessity, from its direct cou rse , b ecome th e ma il rou t e Th e L ive rpool to the north. k ip ,. Whole length of line to be formed, including the branch to - "Port i tltidi n . , 8 324 miles, and the estimated cost of construction, in- Sion io pand stations, engines, and other necessary outlay, is under th e fa ot., which may be con fi dently relied on as sufficient, from 44 vourable nature of the country through which the line passes, It; th e absence of any expensive or di ffi cult engineering works. do t ; therefore proposed that the capital of the Company shall be ine L ° ° l * (divided into 24 000 shares of 25/. each), with power to '4 4 %7. it tO 7 00,0001. in ' the event of its being deemed necessa r y an ;,,,, 4s able by the Directors to continue the line to Preston, wit h neeZePendent terminus ; and to provide for this contingen cy, . the Pila f , 4t Y Plans and sections will be made and deposited in corn. An ee with the standing orders of Parliament. tt s fn e estirnate of revenue has been made, based upon the existing tion for l from which it appears that after making an ample reduc antleipa Working expenses a dividend of '4 per cent. may be fa i rly *M ild *e t " without taking ' into accounf any of the tra ffi c wh ich BiS er ekb b 7 the continuation of the line already alluded to, a V, L eeds, - ,,, u h re , sl an easterly direction, to or towards Bradford 6 ;, ; '''e in ea .: e n sc'ould be very considerable, and also independent k, Le Itail er ,„ -- , t rani by the opening of the Lancaster and Car ‘, ertb of w se - 0 ": and its continuation to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the 31 ; : P Plicat ‘ n iand * Share (i n le 1 for prospectuses or other information, and for t nitte e t tie an nexed form) , to be made to the Provisional Corn. ts West V- t heir Office, No B, Exchange-alley, Exchange-street V n ke ' rs -r s e . 4l ; Messrs . Frs . rst h and Pritchard, Stock and Share. .t. v ia * ..rverp on , , *; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, Sharebrokers, re her eelit-Pla ce. Glasgow ; Messrs. Thomas Cardwell and Sons, teeth.% Blanchester • Messrs. Bell and Rhodes, Sharebrokers, Inn's 4 Mr. T homas ! Wren, Broker, Preston ; Mr. Thomas Ash *tock ~,inte-bsnk. Ormskirk ; and Messrs. C. and I. H. Macrae, 't and Sharebrokers, 57, Moorgate-street, London :- 0 c h .. "v Provisional Committee of the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Gerit Preston Railway. shares C . ", e n.—l hereby request that you will allot me -- -a d 1 h e r e Wen t7.five pounds each in the above proposed Railway; m bar o f y undertake t o p a y th e d e p os it th e reon, or on any le ss th e P 4l °' sh ares which may be allotted to me, and to execute t ltlittil , at nentar 'in do so. y contract and subscribers' agreement when re -11 lite r Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name -------- Description —..----. Residence Date No. 16,231. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING SU N 5 AUGUST 23, 1844. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O ' CLOCK, in Time for the EAR LY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS FIVE ADVOWSONS in EAST SUFFOLK, yielding together an income of 2,485/. per annum, independent of the Residences and Glebe Land attached thereto. MR. W. W. SIAIPSON has received directions from the Noble Proprietor to submit for SALE by AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, on THURSDAY, August 29, at Twelve, in Five Lots, The PERPETUAL ADVOWSONS and NEXT PRESENTA TIONS to the following valuable RECTORIES, situate near Lowestoft, in the Eastern Division of the County of Suffolk, viz., Blundeston, with Flixton, extending over Two Thousand One Hundred and Forty-eight Acres of Titheable Land, the rent-charge on which amounts to 610/. per annum, together with a modern parsonage house and out.buildings, and about Twelve Acres of superior Glebe Land. The Incumbent is in his 62d year, and the population is 626. Carlton Colville, extending over One Thousand Five Hundred Acres of Titheable Land, the rent.charge en which amounts to 3871. per annum, together with an excellent residence, offices, pleasure grounds, and gardens, and about Eighteen Acres of pro. ductive Glebe Land. The Incumbent is in his 73d year, and the population is 800. Lound, extending over One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifteen Acres of Titheable Land, the rent.charge on which amounts to 407!. per annum, together with a capital rectory house, with suitable offices, lawn, grounds, and plantations, and about Twenty-three Acres of excellent Glebe Land. The Incumbent is in his 55th year, and the population is 433. Bradwell, extending over Two Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety-four Acres of Titheable Land,ithe rent-charge on which amounts to 6311. per annum, together with a commodious resi dence and offices, extensive pleasure grounds and plantations, garden, and Glebe Land, containing altogether about Sixteen Acres. The Incumbent is in his sixty-ninth year, and the popu. lation is 274. Oulton, extending over One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen Acres of Titheable Land, the rent-charge on which amounts to 4501. per annum, together with a newly-built rectory house and offices, surrounded by shrubberies, ornamental planta. tions, and garden, and Forty-nine Acres of excellent Glebe Land. The Incumbent is in his forty.fourth year, and the population is 534. The above valuable Advowsons are situate In a neighbourhood distinguished for its beauty and salubrity, as well as for the re.. spectability of the resident gentry. Particulars may now be had of 0. J. Nicholson, Esq., solicitor, Raymond.buildings, Gray's Inn ; of Edmund Norton, Esq., soli citor, Lowestoft ; at the Auction Mart ; and of Mr. W. W. Simp son, 19, Bucklersbyy. GREAT YARMOUTH. VALUABLE FREEHOLD MARSHES, yielding a rent of 250/. a-year. MR. W. W. SIMPSON has received directions to SELL by AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, on THURSDAY, August 29, at Twelve, An exceedingly valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, forming an unexceptionable investment, consisting of Two Hundred and Fifty. three Acres of Marsh Land of a most productive description, to. gether with a dwelling.house and substantial draining mill thereon, eligibly situate in the parish of Southtown, adjoining the excellent market town of Yarmouth. These Marshes are occupied as ac commodation lands by persons resident in the town and neighbour. hood, and form a great acquisition to the upland farms in the dis trict. The property is in the occupation of a most respectable yearly tenant, at the moderate rent of 250/. per annum. Particulars and plans annexed may now be had of G. S. Nichol. son, Esq., solicitor, Raymond.buildings, Gray's Inn ; of Edmund Norton, Esq., solicitor, Lowestoft; at the Auction Mart; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, 18, Bucklerabury. NORWICH. BREWERY, with SIXTY INNS and PUBLIC-HOUSES, and other desirable Property. MR. W. W. SIMPSON has received directions from Messrs. Thompson, to offer for SALE by AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, on TUESDAY, August 27, at Twelve, in One Lot, )1. 4 , I t 5 ,.. Igb"' r ,„........ y it E GRUMBLING GROUSE A n . A FACT FOR THE FIELD. on.alenablage of 4 ' Grouse" had a lively debate. IV eern ing the deaths that had happen'd of late. By e '' debate was ass"commenc in the following strain,_ ..f a bird who was view'd the prince of the plain" : ‘, 74 dreadful" (said he, as he open'd his bill), ;4. hat s portsmen continue to worry us still ; I l i °, (said he) "We are not altogei her bereft, t l ink we've a very good remedy left. /I v uS try to revenge many injarieo done, 1., 4 ' 4 n same t petition to MOSES and SON. 1 ;1 11 oubt if we utter some pitiful notes, eirolll at once put a stop to the sale of the ir coatis. l c ertain." (said he) "that in MOSES' house, A e res a very strop r feeling in favour of ' Grouse,' , t s ki if selliniof 1 sE'ooting.conts• once could be stopt, ..iie Practice of shooting would shortly be dropp"cl." _ _ " l U 'h ! tush 1" (said the next, as he turn'd up his beak.) 1 , cannot but wonder while hearing you speak ;. W,XPected much more from a cock of your sense, " 1, boa t o f suc h ' lom and makes such pretence, A„ Sft chapl thought you knew more of E. MOSES and SON, .:t, think for a moment that this c old be done. it likely the MOSES' will study us, so S S l t ,°, end the vast sale of their' shooting-coats 1"—No." .; - 'oink" (said a third) " that it's quite out of reason, ..;taPpose they would give up the sale of he season, _ 1 , ,,,""e ' coats,' for which sportsmen in multitudes flock, A". li c in a principal part of their wonderful stock ; b " hence 1 conclude that no good can be done, 0 1.' 4 th'Y sen d'ng petitions to MOSE: , and SON." tteetio:,;nvenience of parties residing from town, on application, hiir °I. self - measurement will be forwarded post free. 1,, 'oti Z s. d. elv 41 Coat • t nAlblf LADE. 1,, ,, !teen ditto , in every variety p• T o e teen r . seven pockets from 01U 0 0 10 6 itt ano n' t. ho. ditto • 5 ...... ...... ..... 4 t i nar ett " w l th silk facings , cellars, and cu ff s ~- qu0,,,..e coats in every sh ' ape handsomely trimmed llO 0 c a llan ker ~e.e stock of Illouses ' lli an h ,tner e ; 4 „, .. ,t, . . 0 2 6 . ... 1.) —^ Mr -"" re. ;;Ca . n ... CliCt ... ~.in. ne ' V e. .; ......... ....... ... .. '3B. to lii 6 itto , lot ', vests ..... t o th 40 nditto.. ********************* ......... ic. U teri . ....................................... O,,,,enulled d............ .................................................. : 2 . 1.1 . 0 0 r e .. at varietlee._ .............. . ....................................... Pro t i l l:oat, ej!,Vinmer ditto • . .... ditto; clien, ......... .. ..... ... ...................................... . , 0 °.•"......... ....... - ...... .....••••••• ........... M.." 1 . i' tin. NV . , Oat, I „ MADIS TO MEAST/RE. I 1 1 6 ,1,, , , ete en d ,„ n tne most approved style i ., eel _,.,to,ditto, seven pockets v.4hroer:"t,trthemect withsilk 0 16 6 ash -. une s a " 1 3 0 o , 4 'ett e. Ne x"Y Oilt4 i • trimm ed v i . r ,a,_nd_tinproved article, .warranted water- I 10 0 phr n 42'esta, 7,. t:ns,tolkr, t zll e a e r, fo ci r iffs, ftt 1 e e ii,„re14%,7 !pita, in choice patterns _ 1 11c.,4 v. an aptecl for the season 1- " t Ituo l i e . t "la, and plain doe • 17 0 lig,_Per H aack West of England l3 6 ill,"rst i__, 'ltiess eZ4at .......................... .. ..... ..... 1 6 2 g . ...... notari . ........ in, c ()i t,. , _ f ................ .. .................... 2 15 0 . R t an7;f...,.~. . .cir,, lnir ,-"urett y ! v :o n.d arneyßsozn y t :e in be had at five minutes' notice, at the te t , z I ,ll l° n i dn trousers grousers r c . es s - - - from 1 16 0 ~tlsst.okat:;,iacket, vest, from 0 18 0 6 tle han ge — AnY article returned or ordered, if not approved w 0,, 1 1;e4,..... t , or the money . 4 ori " Ora 14 °SES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail e 4. abdaQns. Outfitters, and General Wareh ousemen, 154, Mt , sai.eto "".. Aldgate City , opposite the Church. f k tn,st inV—ct. Moses' am? Son are bilged is guard th N , ublic ts,;',.' s e l od 0 1 it9 ,11 1, having learned obliged the untradesmanlike ft.7een r.,,ving to sin them or it's the same concern, ;...heat,::irtt,e,dkato in many stances 'and for obvious reasons. 4 1 ,,,, he" ..., 0 connexion whatever with ' any other establishment, % / 74oio t ._^'‘o dean.° genuine Cheap Clothing should (to pievent ) call or send to, 154, blinories, or SO, Aldgate, :....1.,111. iie Church. ..1.1 4 , 2.:?, business transactei at this Establishment from sunset on v lotk, ''''' asset on Saturday, whon business Is resumed till twelve Cashler4 wanted. No premium regrdred: A valuable and extensive CONCERN (which has been in the family for upwards of a century), situate in the city of Norwich ; comprising a capital residence and brewhouse, with capacious tun_ rooms and stores, counting-houses, several large malt-houses, dwelling-houses, cottages, and premises, forming altogether a most extensive and complete establishment, together with upwards of sixty inns and public-houses, and other valuable property situate in Norwich and the neighbourhood. __ _ • c vir!c o l edie, s ieorbv ---' Nearly the whole of the property Is freehold, and generally in excellent repair. The public-houses arc all situate in Norwich, except eight, and arc in the occupation of industrious tenants. The trade of the brewery amounts on an average of the last three years to nearly 9,000 barrels annually. The plant and utensils are in excellent preservation, and comprise two open cop pers guaging respectively 73 and 60 barrels, mash tun to wet 40 quarters, with machine, hop and under backs, six coolers, six woi king tuns, guaging together about 370 barrels, refrigerator by Grigory, a cast-iron liquor back, guage '22.8 barrels, a high pres. sure steam-engine of six horses power, horsewheel, malt-rollers, powerful liquor and wort.engines, vats, and every requisite ap pendage. The property may be viewed, and particulars, with plans of the home premises, may be had of Messrs. Blake, Keith, and Blake, solicitors, Norwich; of Messrs. Wood and Blake, solicitors, 8, Falcon.street, London ; at the Auction Mart ; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, IS, Bucklersbury. E last' KENT. sbir e ' Thep , .btoo• Esq'' EXCEEDINGLY VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE and r l . ll of ` N of Reputed Manor. MR. W. W. STAIPSON has received instructions to offer for SALE by AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, on TUESDAT, the 27th day of August, at Twelve, • The Valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE and REPUTED MANOR called COOMBE FARM, situate in the parishes of St. Mary and Allhallows, in the Hundred of Hoo, in the county of Kent; comprising a farm-house, with gardens, three cot tages, barns, stabling, and other out-buildings, Three Hundred and Seventy-five Acres of Land, of which 234 Acres are arable, 25 upland pasture, and 110 acres of marsh, together with the rent-charge in lieu of rectorial tithes, amounting to 741. per an num, arising from 190 Aeres of the Land, situate in the parish of St. Mary ; held by the proprietor of this Estate, under the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, at a reserved rent of 30s. per annum, including Land-tax. The lease of the Tithe is renewable every seven years according to custom, and the last renewal took place at Michaelmas, 1843. The Arable Lands on this estate, which are of an exceeding'y convertible and productive descrip tion, are highly cultivated, and adapted to the growth of every variety of white straw and green crop. The marshes are of ex cellent grazing quality, and are abundantly supplied with fine water in the driest seasons. The farm is in the occupation of Mrs. Sarah Allen and her sons, William and Robert (whose fa. mily have held it upwards of half a century), to whom a new lease for 14 years was granted at Michaelmas, 1842, at an annual rent of 7101., which includes the Tithe Rent-charge of 741. per an num upon the 190 Acres. _ The property may be viewed. Particulars and plans may be had of Messrs. Bridges and Mason, solicitors, Red Lion-square; at the Auction Mart ; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, IS, Bucklersbury. ESSEX, NEAR MALDON. and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POS7, containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON tip to that Baur. CAPITAL FREEHOLD ESTATE for INVESTMENT, yielding a Rent of Two Hundred and Seventy-one Pounds per Annum. LIE 'W. W. SIMPSON has received direc tions from the Devisees in Trust under the Will of the late W. Kenrick, Esq., to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on THURSDAY, August 29, at Twelve, A desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE (free of Tithe Rent.. charge), called STANSGATE ABBEY FARM, situate in the parish of Steeple-cum-Stansgate, about ten miles from the ex. cellent port and market town of Mahlon. It consists of a conve. nient farm-house in excellent repair, garden, barn, stabling, and other requisite agricultural buildings, together with Three Hundred and Forty-six Acres of Land, of whisk One Hundred and Sixty-one Acres arc highly productive arable, pasture, and marsh, and One Hundred and Eighty-three Acres of green, formerly salt marsh, inclosed from the River upwards of thirty years since, and capable of great improvement. The farm is let to Mr. Edward Clay, a most respectable yearly tenant, at a reduced and very low rent of 2711. per annum. The marshes and lands generally are abundantly sup. plied with fresh water, and the river Blackwater, which forms the boundary of a portion of the farm, gives cheap facilities for ship. ping and reshipping corn, manures, chalk, &c., to and from tl.e London and other markets. The property may be viewed. Particulars, with plans annexed, may be had of Messrs. Wixaburn, Collett, Laurie, and Attree, soli. citors, 62, Chancery lane; at the King's Head tun, Malden i at the Auction I%lArti and of Mr. W. W. Binimn, 18, Ducklorlibury. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. SALES BY AUCTION. SALES BY AUCTION. ESSEX.—ON THE BORDERS OF SUFFOLK. THE AUBERIES," an IMPORTANT FREEHOLD MAN SION and ESTATE, comprising about 1,400 Acres, situate within a mile of the navigable river Stour, which divides the counties, and two miles only from the excellent market town of Sudbury. The Kelvedon Station, on the Eastern Counties Rail way, brings the Estate within thiee hours and a half of the metropolis. ME. W. W. SIMPSON has received directions from Colonel Merrick to offer for SALE by AUCTION, at the Auctic n Mart, on WEDNESDAY, the 25th September, at Twelve, in Lots, That valuable and much-admired FREEHOLD ESTATE called " THE AUBERIES," with its modern Mansion of hand some elevation, seated in a Park of 120 acres of delightfully varied and undulating surface, studded with majestic timber, and com manding most extensive and interesting views of the surrounding country. It is environed by pleasure grounds and plantations of luxuriant growth, in which is an ornamental sheet of water, bridge, and bath-house. The mansion, which opens to a beautiful lawn, fiower-garden, and terrace. walk, contains on the principal floor handsome reception and conservatory, en suite, 150 feet in length, and which communicate with an elegant drawing.room. The sleeping apartments and domestic accommodation are of a most perfect description, and the whole admirably adapted for the resi. dence of a family of distinction. The stabling, coach .houses, and out-offices, are of a commensurate extent. The principal lodge entrance to the park is on the high London road. The kitchen gardens, which are of considerable extent, are walled, and planted with the choicest fruit trees, grapery, and gardener's cottage. The demesne portion of the estate is in hand, and, including the park, consists of about 650 acres. The remainder of the property contains about 750 acres, and is let in four farms to tenants of the first class. The farm-houses, agricultural buildings, &c., upon the entire estate are adapted to the occupations ; and the lands, which are highly cultivated, are of deep staple, and, with few exceptions, are of a convertible and productive description. The estate is well stocked with game in all its varieties, and the country is hunted by the fox.hounds of Richard Marriott, Esq. _ Descriptive particulars of the estate are in preparation. Mr. Simpson, however, in the meantime, invites an immediate inspection of the mansion and lands, which may be viewed by cards, on appli cation to Messrs. Steadman and Son, solicitors, Sudbury; Messrs. Cox and Williams, solicitors: 62, Lincoln's Inn.fields; Messrs. Wharton and Ford, solicitors, 64, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Mr. Charles H. Branwhite, Gestingthorpe, near Halstead (who will show the estate) ; and to Mr. W. W. Simpson, 18, Bucklersbury. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause of SMITH versus GREVILLE, the creditors of the Right Hon. LOUISA COUNTESS of MANSFIELD, late of Richmond, in the county of Surrey, widow, who died on the 11th day of July, 1843, are to come in and prove their debts before Sir WILLIAM lIOIINE, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, on or before the 14th day of November, 1844, or in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree. NEAL and GANT, Plaintiff's solicitors, August 6, 1844. 5, Austin Friars. SI R W. BURNETT'S PATENT The cheapest and best process for the Preservation of Timber Canvas, Cordage, Cotton, Woollen &c. Licenses granted to Noblemen and Gentlemen to use the Prepara tion ; an to others for the purposes of Trade, on advantageots, terms. Hydraulic Apparatus and Tanks, for the expeditious preparation of the above materials, at the principal station Millwall, Poplar, nearly opposite Greenwich. Numerous Specimens and Testimonials may be seen, and every in formation obtained at the Office, No. 53, King William-street, Lon don-bridge. CANDLES TO BURN WITHOUT SNUFF ING, 61d. per lb. PALMER and CO.'S DECIMAL PALM CANDLES (10 to lb.) give the light of two common Tallow Candles, require no snuffing, and can be used in any Candlestick. Sold at the Oil-shops, Grocers, &c., at Gid. per lb. Also, at the same price, PALM CANDLES (6 to lb.) to be used in the Candle Lamps.—Manufactory, Sutton•street, Clerkenwell, London. DAVIES'S FINE Wilk' CANDLES, 18.5 d. per lb.; they only require trial to prove them the handsomest Ind most economical candles in existence, that do not require snuffing. Genuine Sperm Candles, 2s. 2d. per lb.—Superior transparent Wax, 2s. 24.—G enui n e Wax, 2s. 34.—Best kitchen and office Candles,sl(l.—Ex tra fine Moulded Candles, with the improved Wax Wicks, 7d.—Tellow Soap, 465., 525., and 58s. per 1121bs.—Mottled, 605. and 645.—Wind sor and Palm, I s. 4d. per packet.—Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d.—Rqse, 2s.—Camphor, 2s.—Superior Almond, 2s. Gd.—Superfine Sealing wax, 4e. 6d. per lb.—Refined Sperm Oil, 7s. Od. per gallon—Solar Oil, 3s. Gd.—For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane (opposite New Slaughter's Coffeehouse), Charing-cross. CHEAP LIGHT. EDWARD PRICE and CO., Patentees and Sole Manufacturers of the COMPOSITE CANDLES, respectfully call the attention of the Public to the fact, that, although the price of these is somewhat higher than that of ordinary mould Candles, they are ht reality much cheaper than these latter ; one real Composite Candle giving about the same quantity of light as three of the moulds. They require no snuffing, and burn more brilliantly thaw the best wax. The purposes of economy and luxury are therefore both served at the same time by the use of these Candles. Parties intending to try them for the first time, are earnestly requested to take care that they are served in the shops with " PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES:" the reason for this caution's given elsewhere. They are sold by biost of the respectable tallow chandlers through out the kingdom, and wholesale to the trade by Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall ; and by Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell. EASE IN WALKING. WILLIAM BADDELEY, of .130, STRAND, is induced to give publicity to his much-admires PRE. PA RED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOI•TNESS and DURA SILITY), in consequence of the patronage he has received, and the general satisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining elegance with ease. An extensive assortment of best made articles always ready on sale. Established 50 years. No l 0, Strand, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London. LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY. SUNDAY TRAINS at HALF FARES to BRIGHTON and BACK, at ss. On Sundays, the I Ith, 18th, and 25th of August, and the let of September, an EXCURSION THIRD-CLASS TRAIN will leave London at a Quarter-past Seven in the Morning, leaving Brighton, to return, at Half-past Seven in the Evening. London Terminus, August 5, 1844. PARIS via BRIGHTON—DAILY. London to Dieppe in .. Dieppe to Rouen (seven times • day) in • Zouen to Tarim In 4 hours. LO'..4DON to PARIS In ................17 hours. last and powerful steam-ships leave Brighton every day (Sundays excepted) for Dieppe, and sail from Dieppe so their return to Brighton six days In the week. A Ans steam-vessel plies regularly between Brighton and Havre, as before. Particulars as to trains and steam-packets will be suppllefl at 27, Regent-circus ; Chaplin and Horns's Offices ; and at this office. Brighton Railway, London Terminus, August 5, 1144. MADEIRA REGULAR PACKET.—War ranted to sail en the Ist September, calling in Channel for passengers, the splendid new clipper brig DART, A 1 for 12 years, 242 tons per register, thoroughly copper fastened and coppered, I. W. NEWTON, Commander, lying in the London Dock. ' This superior vessel is built expressly for this trade, with the strictest regard to the safety, comfort, and convenience of invalids and other passengers ; has a raised quarter-deck 18 inches high and 43 feet long, and has au experienced and attentive master. Passage money 201., which in cludes a liberal table, wines, bedding, &c. Servants and children half-price. . For freight or passage apply to the Captain, on board ; or to the owner, Richard Dart, 3, Walbrook-buildings. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. CAPTAIN WARNER'S EXPERIMENT. Inconsequence of the DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION oft' BRIGH TON, the Directors of the ROYAL POLYTECHIC INSTITUTION yield to the generally expressed wick that Dr. RYAN should adapt ens of kis Lectures to the subject of EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS. This LecturOillustrated by interesting Experiments, so far as they can be shown wits perfect safety, will be delivered daily at half-past Three &cloak, and in the Evenings of Monday, Wednesda y, and Fridays, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock. OR Mondays and Saturdays, at Four o'clock. Professor RACMHOFFNEWS Lectures, and all the other subjects of interest in the Institution. Admission, is.; Schools, Half-price. ROSIIERVILLE GARDENS.—These novel and interesting Grounds (which now present all their attrac tions) far surpass In brilliancy of effect any other in the United King dom. Their beauties are daily appreciated by hosts of fashionable visitors, who here enjoy all the delights of retirement with the com bined advantage of the amusements of Archery, Rifle Shooting, and the Maze, which of itself forms a fund of great amusement. As usual, a grand Fete and Gala, Mondays and Wednesdays, accompanied by a splendid display of Fireworks. Baron Nathan, M.C. The steam boats aro both cheap and expeditious, calling at the Rosherville Pier every half hour. Admission to the Gardens, 6d. each. TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. - AB SCONDED, on Saturday n i g ht last, taking with him about Two Hundred Pounds, in Notes, Gold , and Silver, GEORGE SCOTT, aged about twenty-three years, rather sallow compl ex i on, grey eyes, dark curly hair, sharp features, of some w hat muscular and propor tionate frame, high cheek-bones projecting under for e h ea d, an d pro minent mouth ; has a slight mark on the chin, and is about live feet nine inches in height; usually wears dark clothes. Whovover will give Information to Mr. Wood, "Weekly Dispatch" office, Fleet-street, that may lead to the apprehension of tho said George Scott, shall receive the above reward. Wednesday, August 14, 1844. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR. AWE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,0011. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DITISION 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 GO per cent. on the amounts invested on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. 7, il I Premium. 6 B e nue Bonus g r , g added. Cash . • 9. 1 ! s. d. £ S. d. 77 5 1 64 f 6 51 5 11 X s. d. 1 1137 170 9 3 74 3 4 1838 144 1839 116 16 0 s. 6. 12 2 3 9 16 4 17 11 9 'gt:str 'l X e. di 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 3 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 Annnities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex pense or tbrfelture of the Policy, two-thirds of tke premlim 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. FEIWUSON CAMROUX. Bee. LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITIES, THE following are specimens of the LOW RIMS of PREMIUM charged by the AUSTRALASIAN COLO NIAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY. Age........ Annual Prem. £ 1 10 3 £2 0 7 IX2 15 3 £4 1 8 £6 39 and of these Premiums one-third may remain unpaid in the hands of the Assured, at interest to be deducted from the sums assured, when they become claims. Peculiar facilities aro afforded for the assurance of the lives of per sons proceeding to or residing in Australasia and the East Indies. Immediate and Deferred Annuities are granted by the Company, on very favourable terms, and it is a peculiar feature in its constitu tion, that Annuitants participate in the profits. Eggs"EF,R.REL D y III.E E CTO R R y 9 I . eY, Esq. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. John Henry Capper, Esq. RobertE. lla Barnard, Brooks, ard Esq. William Walker, Esq. For prospectuses and other particulars, apply at the offices, N 0.126, Bishopgate - street, corner of Cornhill. DISEASED AND IIEA.LTLIY 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 LITES on Equitable Terms. The Extra Premium discontinued on restoration of the Assured to permanent health. • var ying with the particular di sease. M e mbers of CONSUMPTI VE FAMILIES assured a t E qu itable INCREASED ANNUITIES Rates. HEALTHY LITES are A ssured at Lower Rates than a t most o ther offices. - granted on unsound Lives, the a mount Policies of twelve months' standing are not affected by Suicides, Duelling, kc. ; and Assigned Policies are valid from the date of the Policy should death ensue from any of these causes. F. G. P. NEISON, Actuary. VICTORIA LIF _ E ASSURANCE COMPANY. TRUSTEES. Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M.P.hairman. BENJAMIN HAINES, Esq., De uty " Chairman. BENJAMIN BARNARD,' Fs CHARLES BALDWIN, F.q. P ecu liar advantages are o ff ered by t hi s C ompan y. Thus.— rartieS assuring the lives of others may make their policies secure, notwithstanding the life assured may go out of the li m it s o f Europe, w ithout the necessary permission of the Directors having been pre viously obtained. Credit of half the premiums for the first five years allowed on po licies effected for the whole term of life. On policies of fi v years' it e - —"ding , , half the amount paid, after the first year's premium, may he borrowed thereon by the Assured. Advances are also made to Assurers on real or undoubted personal security, for terms of years, repayable by instalments. Attention is particularly requested to the detailed Prospectuses of the Company, which may he obtained at the Office, IS, King William.street, City, or by letter, addressed to the Secretary. WILLIAM R ATR AY, Actuary and Secretary. , . EASE AND COMFORT IN SHAVING ESSRS. B. and S. COIVVAN'S invaluable CANTON STROP, or QUADRILATERAL CHINESE RAZOR SHARPENER (Patronised by his Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT), renders the operation of shaving no longer aintul to the most tender akin. By a very simple process the keenest edge may speedily be given tothe bluntest razor or penknife, B. and S. Cowvan's peculiarly tempered razors and shaving powder. Specimens of the Strops are now exhibiting at the Royal Polytechnic Institution acid Royal Adelaide Gallery, Lowther Arcade, from whence the most flattering certificates have been sent, which may be seen at the Inventors, B. and S. COWVAN, lft , Fenchureh.street, where the Strops, &c., may be obtained, as well as of all respectable perfumers, &c.. in the United Kingdom, price ss. 6d., 7s. bd., and gs. Pd. Also rns , r be had, Co wvan ' s Canton Razor Strop Paste, at is. per packet. 'he Shaving Powder Is. tiel. per box. Caution—None are genuine except those marked and Spelt B. and S. CO %YVAN N.B. A liberal allowance to the trade and shippers. ENGLAND AND FRANCE. The question of war or peace is the most mo mentous that can agitate the councils of two great nations. It involves such a magnitude of evil or of good as he must be dull indeed who contemplates without emotion, or makes his election without pause. The character of a nation is a topic which may not be jested with, as on it hinge the chances of a secure peace or a sanguinary war. We would treat this matter with the gravity it deserves. We would import a due measure of ear nestness and seriousness into every subordinate dis cussion which is linked to it ; we would, therefore, while we unwillingly depart from our usual practice ,)f disregarding the cavils of our contemporaries, treat the tone and temper of our antagonists who discuss it, with as much fairness, moderation, and gravity, as their mode of discussing it deserves. If we smile, it is not from any indifference to the importance of the dispute at issue; we leave it to our readers to explain the cause. A Whig contemporary yesterday handled the topic in his funniest way. He began by condemning the want of judgment we displayed in publishing the letters of British officers from Tangiers. He depre cated the temerity—he questioned the grounds—of our criticism on the seamanship of the Prince de Joinville and the gunnery of his fleet ; he proceeded to unsay all that he had most strenuously urged the day before ; talked with mild philanthropy of the be nefits of peace, as though he had not done his best to hound on the dogs of Ate, and raise a flame of inex tinguishable hate between England and France ; and then—after this exquisite specimen of self-ab sorption—quietly ended by quoting the communica tion of a correspondent at Tangiers, which confirmed in every particular the facts which we had stated, and the inferences which we had implied. So much for the feuds of party, when a question which affects the dignity and greatness of the country is at stake. It is human nature peeping out through the shreds and patches of faction. It is Winifred Jenkins asking " What are all these rarities and vagaries to the heavenly Jerusalem ?" and forthwith proceeding to comment upon a tippet, gauge the dimensions of a hoop, or the profundity of a flounce. The truth is, Englishmen of all parties feel alike on the present relations of France and England. They are zealous for the honour of their country ; they re member with pride the struggles and the dangers, the triumphs and the splendours, of the past ; they would not sully the glories of the olden by the humi liation of the present time ; they would not bequeath to their sons a less noble heritage than they them selves derived from their sires. Hence the anxiety that no unworthy compromise may be effected, no degrading concessions tendered—that France may not exult over a clever manoeuvre or an insidious vic tory. But the same men also remember the horrors and the atrocities of all wars—horrors and atrocities which the last great conflict between the two king doms realised in their gloomiest form, but which England, straitened and hard-pressed though she was, felt less than any other State of Europe. They remember the mass of human suffering accumulated in every hospital, the annihilation of human liberty in every city of the continent; and while they think of the severer woes which war brings upon mankind, is it strange that they should also remember the weight of taxation it imposes ; that remembering this, they should deprecate an appeal to arms, and pray that there may be peace in Europe ? Yes, it is not peace between two great and often antagonist nations ; it is not the harmony of the lily and the rose alone that men think of; it is the concord of many kingdoms, the tranquillity of in numerable States, and the pacification of Christen dom, that men consider when they long for peace. England and France at war, where would be the tranquillity of Europe? England and France in harmony, what great or desolating war can interrupt the happiness of the world ? It were as reasonable to suppose that the great bodies in the physical world could come into mutual collision, without carrying havoc and destruction amid their dependent satel lites, as that the two kingdoms of France and England could contend, without involving the other States of Europe in the fortunes of the contest. And it is the consciousness of this—of the peril to which a rash engagement in war would expose more than the first parties to it—of the responsibility which lies upon men in high station—of the enormous evil that one hasty or ill-judged measure may introduce amongst other elements of disturbance—it is this which, felt in a lesser way and with a less individual interest by men in private station—should exert a strong and intelligible influence upon the mind of Ministers, on whose every word and every sentence depend, humanly speaking, the chances of war or peace. A Minister of Foreign Affairs cannot but feel the momentous responsibility too deeply to act with precipitation. He should be cautious and wary, therefore, not to be the first to throw away the scab bard, and to plunge Europe amid the conflagration of an unnecessary and unnatural discord. But, in his anxiety to insure the blessings of peace, he should not be disposed to truckle with ignominious humility to exorbitant demands or insolent proposals. He well knows that between two great nations the only terms which one ought to offer, and the other to accept, are terms of equality and reciprocity. He must make no adulatory supplications to the magni tude of French power or the arrogance of French ambition. He must be aware that base concessions would stink in the nostrils of the English people; that his sacrifice of national dignity would be the certain excitement of national wrath, and that a peace founded on undue pretensions, and undue sub mission, would but pave the way to a war such as only an insulted people would wage to resent a foul dishonour and a monstrous injury. Lord Aberdeen and M. Guizot both know the value of peace, and the enormities of war. They both know the inte rests of their respective nations, and, left to them selves, we doubt not but that they would disappoint the rabid votaries of Bellona by doing all they could to foster the confidence and increase the amity of those whose Ministers they are. A word for ourselves. We have been—and may again be—accused of using our influence to foment the bad passions with which France and England are now disturbed. " God help ye, silly ones ! " What is the gist of our offence ? We report the ob servations of British officers present at Tangiers, eye witnesses of the operations carried on, and capable of testing their skilfulness from their own profes sional experience ; these accounts give us no exalted opinion of French naval tactics ; we publish them ; we draw inferences from them. What then ? Is this, too, to be a national insult to France ? Is England or the English Cabinet to be held respon sible for the records, however authentic—for the opinions, however just, of the Times It is no mat ter to us, whose opinions or sentiments we are sup posed to represent. But we do protest against any misrepresentation of our objects. We do protest against the imputation of ;fomenting hostilities be tween England and France. But, at the same time, we do protest against the mouse-like pusillanimity of being supposed not to know where our strength lies in the hour of danger. God forbid that there should be war, say we. God forbid that we should be the first to provoke an appeal to arms But we say no less firmly and sincerely—"lf we are to go to war, we know the secret of our strength. It is in the justice of our cause, in our clinging adherence to peace, as long as peace remained in view; it is also in that navy, which, under God's blessing, has carried our flag triumphantly to every quarter of the world, and which, we fondly hope, shall yet wave as proudly as it did at Ushant, at the Nile, at Trafalgar. It is no fault of the French that they are not made for sailors ; but it would be a great fault on our part, if we did not profit by our proficiency on our own ele ment.—Times. TIII3 RAILWAY AND TILE HARBOUR OF AYR.—We observe with pleasure that the original intention of the Railway Company to run a line of single rails from the terminus here to a point on the North Quty, is now in course of being carried out. It was at one time con jectured that, in order to accomplish this object, the house of Lottery-hall, now the property of the Company, would require to be taken down. This, however, has been obviated by making a slight curve in the line, after emerging from the garden at the rear of these premises. The contractors for building the additional berths on the North Quay are hurrying the work as rapidly forward as circumstances will allow; so that, ere long, we may confidently expect to see a great augmentation to the mineral traffic of our harbour. We understand that several coal-proprietors and iron-masters only wait the completion of this improvement to dispatch their pro ducts from the harbour of Ayr in preference to other ports along the coast.—Ayr Observer. TILE TRIAL or BELANEY.—The jury, on Wednes day night, slept at the London Coffee-house, under the charge of Mr. Harker, the crier of the Court. T h e pri soner yesterday morning appeared dreadfully agitated, and at the time his brother was under exa mination cried bitterly. He scarcely raised his hea d at an y one time. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—The Duke of Rich mond is preparing for the press a work of astounding . interest to the turfites, conta inin g a narrative of the "gut tam" actions, under the title of " Our Dies& ii—Punch. TO FARMERS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) At the end of August, 1843, I planted in my garden thirty-two grains of wheat, at six inches dis tance, an inch and a half deep; the seed was of the first rate quality. This seed produced this year thirty-two plants, having from 10 to 28 stems and ears each ; the average number of ears was 16 ; the average weight of each plant 11 ounce. An acre of land would contain, at six inches distance, 174,240 plants; the produce 304,940 oz., or nearly 19,600 lbs., 320 bushels, or 40 quarters per acre. The expense of dibbing would be more than saved by the diminished quantity of seed required. I do not mean to state that such a result would be obtained upon a large scale; but I think it is worthy of trial, when we know that the average produce is only 21 quarters per acre, and that it is possible to grow FORTY : it will be allowed that there is ample scope for improvement. Try a breadth in your fields an inch and a half deep; put one grain, and one only, in each hole—plant it at six or eight inches distant— be sure to plant good seed—get as much produce as you can, bolt GO FOR FORTY QUARTERS PER ACRE. Stock Exchange, Aug. 22, 1844. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The meetings of the Croydon and Epsom and Croydon Railway shareholders were for the special purpose of amalgamating the interests of the two Com panies, and resolutions to that effect were passed unani mously at both. It transpired in the course of the de bate at the Croydon meeting, that in the event of the south-Eastern Company taking a lease of the Green wich line, the Directors would be quite prepared to ac cept the terms which the Croydon Company have offered the Greenwich Company, as respects tollage and room for the experiment of the atmospheric principle. The result of the working of the Dalkoy branch in Ireland was stated to be most successful, and the cause of the late stoppage explained, as arising from necessary re pairs to the engine employed on the line. It is pretty generally understood that the deficiency bills deposited by the Treasury with the Bank to cover advances for dividends and other causes, are either en tirely paid off at this moment, or their amount so much reduced as to leave them altogether a matter of no im portance. This is the natural result of that disposition of the surplus revenue, ever since the country had such a thing to boast of, which has been adopted in applying the greater part to paying off deficiency bills ; but the incident has other bearings, which well deserve to be understood by the public generally as illustrating the financial position of the Government. The pub lie account with the Bank of England does not differ in principle from the account kept by any pri vate person with his banker. If credit is good, and money is wanted in advance, it is readily obtained at a fair rate of interest, and in this way the Treasury have been borrowing of the Bank of England for a number of years past on the growing produce of the taxes, such advances being represented by an issue of Exchequer bills, which were gradually cancelled as the new revenue came in. From various causes, mismanagement being at the bottom of all, the whole quarter had usually run out, and new ad vances were required before the old ones were paid off, thus presenting no very creditable account, had it been that of an individual instead of the Government. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, therefore, judiciously di rects his first effort by applying his surplus revenue to the diminution of these balances, to improving the cha racter of his account, and relieving himself of all obli gation to his banker. But beyond this his object pro bably had some reference to the operation of the new Banking Act, and to the possible contingency of 'latr ine- to require advances from the Ba n k, a t a time when the prescribad limit of the circulation had been reached by demands from other quarters, and thus making the Government interfere with the principle of their own Act, or otherwise submit to some inconvenience in making the great periodical public payments. Whether this motive has had any weight with him or not, his thus making himself independent of all advances from the Bank will certainly free him from all danger of the na ture described, as well as place the Government in that independent position towards the Bank which they ought always to have occupied. Instead of having interest to pay, as heretofore, for those advances, the Government may even derive seme advantage from the employment of the surplus balances. These things are peculiarly valu able, too, at a time when angry discussions with foreign Powers are going on, in showing our finances to be as free and unembarassed as they possibly could be. Our attention has been called to several evidences of a very decided movement among certain parties con nected with the shipping interest against the arrange ment (now pending) between the Government and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, for establish ing the communication between Suez and China. On the Bth inst. a petition was presented to Parliament, praying that the public money granted for the purposes of steam navigation might not be applied for the exclu sive advantage of any companies or individuals, but that all engaged in shipping might participate therein, or equally compete for it. No particular company was mentioned in this petition, but it is pretty evident that the Peninsular was the one particularly pointed at. The document from which we extracted some statistics the other day was connected with the same movement, and that same document has been reprinted, with some addi tional remarks against the proposed arrangements. The object of the statements is to show that the three con tractors received from the public for conveying the mails to Halifax, the West Indies, and Alexandria, more than twice as much as could be expected from Post-office re ceipts ; and that the nation therefore incurred a great loss by paying the contractors large sums for conveying the mails, which all other ships and steamers are obliged to convey without payment. Much of this loss it is de clared is caused by confining the public patronage to a few, the virtual monopoly having enabled the contractors to exact important concessions. The terms of the Pe ninsula Company are then described, and the remarks conclude with the observation, that measures ought to be taken to ascertain from Government the course to be adopted in bestowing 170,000/. of public money. That public money ought not to be expended without due consideration on steam communication, or anything else, will be readily admitted ; but we do not see, till further evidence is brought forward, .why we are to as sume that the Government acts quite blindly in making the contract with the Peninsula Company. A certain service is to be performed, and a certain Company under takes to perform it, nor do we see any competitors in the field who are ready to state their terms, and show that the Government had better engage their services than those of the Company in question. Or is it intended that the whole communication with India is to depend, not on any arrangement with particular parties, but on the Post-office shipping letters by such vessels as happen to sail, as in the case of the comparatively unfrequented parts of the world ? As it would be impossible to insure regularity under this system, it is hardly to be supposed that its adoption is intended to be recommended. If re gularity of transmission is designed, which of course it is, it ought to be clearly ascertained, before the contract plan is attacked, that there are parties ready to start at stated times, and with the uncertain chance of passen gers, without the sure prospect of Government remune ration. We have been informed that communications with India have frequently been worked at a loss, and that nothing short of a Government contract would in duce a person to undertake the gPrvieo ony loogth of time. Under these circumstances, it is premature to ob ject to the Peninsular contract till some more tangible reason is brought forward than any we have yet seen. At the same time all attempts that have for their object a saving in any department of public expenditure are worthy of favour and commendation. SUN.—The Stock Market closes quietly this after noon, Consols being 98i for Money, and 98i sellers for Account. Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 1021 and the New 1011 f. There was no alteration in the Unfunded Debt. Not the least increase of activity was perceptible in the Foreign Market, and prices, therefore, remained about the same as in the morning. Spanish Actives were 224, and the Three per Cents. 33i. Mexican brought 35i, and Colombian 131 1. French Five p er Cents. were 119 f. 50c. Dutch Five per Cents. were 100, to 1-. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these ;—Birminghain and Gloucester , 11; Bristol and Exeter, 10i; Chester and Holyhead, 11- ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 18i ; Great North of E n g land, 13i Great Western, Half, 33 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 1 ; Bir , mingham, 123 ; Ditto, Thirds, 361 ; Ditto, Quarter, 24 ; Croydon, .1• 15. • Manchester and L eeds, Half, 23; South Devon, 1* ; 'South-Eastern, 41 ; Ditto, New, 7 .i. York and orth Midland, Half, 27} ; Paris and Orleans, 17 to 161; and Paris and Rouen, 17} i premium. Eastern C,ountios were 11 ! j; and Greenwic, 3i dis. Eli ca.—The principal ground s o f divorce CA d ß S i tates area dultery, deserti on , an d v° i ß n C t E he IN U A ni intemperance. In New York adultery is the only ca use of divorce. he periods of intemperance and d esert i on necessa ry to c onstitute divo Intem ce are : perance. Desertion. States. Years. Years. ___ Mississippi I n di a na and Missouri 2 Maine and Ohio Pennsylvania New Hants ....... ""3 Connecticut ..._ Missachusetts and New Jersey. It appears the marriage tie is dissolved cheaper in New Jersey than in any other State, and whether this be an inducement to divorce or not, it is a fact that a large number of dissolutions annually take place. The mode of application in Mississippi is by filing a bill in the Court of Chancery ; in South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, by special law ; ir. Alabama, Georgia, and Touticsse, by a two-third vote of the Legislature. SUFFOLK. SOMERLEYTON HALL, a first-rate Mansion, standing in a handsomely-timbered Park, ornamented with a noble Avenue of Lime Trees, together with numerous Farms, the whole contain. ing nearly Two Thousand Nine Hundred Acres; several ex. tensive Manors, and two valuable Advowsons. MR. W. W. SIMPSON has received instructions from the Lord Sydney Godolphin Osborne to offer for SALE by AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, on THURSDAY, August 29, at Twelve, One of the most extensive and valuable FREEHOLD ESTATES which has been submitted to public competition for many years. It comprehends SOMERLEYTON HALL, a sub stantial Family Mansion, supposed to have been erected by Sir John Jernegan in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and forming a handsome specimen of the architecture of that period. Near the Mansion, which stands in the centre of the Estate in a park of about One Hundered and Twenty Acres, are the beautiful planta tions of Wicker Well and Summer House Water, embellished with ornamental trees, evergreens, and shrubs of luxuriant growth, and two extensive sheets of water, surrounded by sloping lawns and pleasing walks, interspersed with fishing seats, judiciously placed in the most picturesque situations. There is another lake on the Estate, whereof above Eighty-six Acres belong to this property, and on which is the productive Decoy of Ashby. The Estate is admirably adapted for the rearing and preserva. tion of game in all its varieties, and includes Mutfor Wood, con taining Eighty-two Acres, celebrated as one of the best pheasant covers in the country, and the lakes furnish excellent fishing. The entire Estate contains Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-eight Acres, consisting chiefly of fertile Arable and pro ductive Pasture Land, including nearly Four Hundred and Thirty Acres of Marshes, which are invaluable to the upland portions of the Estate. The residences, cottages, anti farm buildings are of a superior description, and in excellent repair. The land is in a high state of cultivation, and the tenantry generally unexception. able. The present rental, amounting to 2,728/. per annum, is very moderate. Gorleston Ferry, the water passage over the river Yare, at Southtown, belongs to the Estate, and yields a considerable in come, but is at present let at a low rent. Connected with the Property are the Advowsons of Somerleyton and Ashby, extending over Two Thousand Four Hundred and Twenty-four Acres of Tith eable Land, the rent-charge arising from which amouts to 5551. per annum. There is a handsome residence and offices, with extensive pleasure grounds, plantations, and gardens, on the Rectory of Somerleyton, together with Forty-six Acres of superior Glebe Land, and the Incumbent is in his 62d year. The Manorial property extends over the hundreds or half.hun. dreds of Mutford and Lothingland, with the rights, royalties, and franchises appertaining thereto, including the wreck along the sea coast in those hundreds, the income of which has, on an average of twenty-one years, amounted to upwards of 3301. per annum. The property has the advantage of a navigable communication with the harbours of Lowestoft and Yarmouth, and also with the city of Norwich. It is situate about five miles from Lowestoft, seven from Yarmouth, eleven from Beccles, and twenty-two from Norwich, and will soon be brought within six hours' journey of the metropolis by means of the railway. _ _ Particulars and plans may now be had (price Is. each) of G. J. Nicholson, Esq., solicitor, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn ; of Edmund Norton, Esq., solicitor, Lowestoft; at the Auction Mart ; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, 18, Bucklersbury. COUNTY OF LIMERICK. VALUABLE FEE - SIMPLEESTATESof considerable extent, within about seven miles of the city of Limerick. MR. W. W. SIMPSON has received directions from the mortgagees to SELL by AUCTION, at the Commcrcial.buildings, Dublin, on WEDNESDAY, October 2, and two following days, in Lots, EXCEEDINGLY VALUABLE FEE•SIMPLE ESTATES, comprising about 4,300 statute Acres or remarkably productive meadow, pasture, and arable land, generally in a high state of cultivation, and in the occupation of a contented and thriving tenantry, many of whom hold, under very old leases (on the fall ing in of which a large increase of rent will accrue), at rents amounting, in the aggregate, to about 3,5001. per annum, but of the present value of upwards of 5,0001. a year. The Estates comprise the lands, and parts of the lands, in the following deno. minations, viz., Ballynahalee, Bolsan, Kilmacat, Eallynacar. riggy, Mount Pleasant (alias Muckenagh), Cartown, Ballydoole, Shannen.grove, Drummaher, Summerville, Newmarket, Pallace, Shan Palace, Dromenine, Tubermurry, Ballyshonuckbaun, Bally. cahaan, Cragreagh, Graige, Druminoona, and Miltown. There are some excellent gentlemen's residences on the pro. perty, and the farm.houses, cabins, and buildings, are for the most part of a superior description. The soil, with but few exceptions, is a rich loam of considerable depth on a limestone substratum, yielding the most luxuriant white straw and green crops in all their varieties. The Estates are eligibly situate near to the river Shannon, which affords great facility for obtaining manure. The city and port of Limerick are about seven miles from the property, which lies midway between the excellent market towns of Adair and Askeaton, in the barony of Kenry and county of Limerick, and the town of Pallas Kenry forms a portion of the Estate. Further information and printed particulars of sale may be ob. tained of Francis Berry, Esq., Tullamore; Messrs. Coverdale and Lee, solicitors, 4, Bedford-row, London ; Henry Haines, Esq., so licitor, 88, Abbey-street, Dublin; Messrs. King and Son, solicitors, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-street ; Messrs. Clarke, Fynmore, and Fled gate, Craven.street, Strand; at the Royal Mail Hotel, Limerick; at the place of sale; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, 18, Bucklersbury, London. ASHFORD, near STAINES. Fifteen Miles from Hyde.park. SUPERIOR FARM, MANSION, and GROUNDS, TITHE. FREE, and LAND-TAX REDEEMED. MESSRS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS beg te announce that they are directed to SELL by PRIVATE CONTRACT, A very eligible FREEHOLD ESTATE,. in a dry and healthy situation, and genteel neighbourhood, about three miles Irons Staines, and seven miles from Windsor, comprising a neat, gentle.. manly Mansion, with attached and detached domestic offices, pleasure-grounds, paddock, walled garden and hothouse, green house, fishvond, double coach-house, and six.stalled stable, and every convenience far the comfortable residence of a family. The house contains a drawing-room and a dining.room, of good dimen sions, library, nine spacious and cheerful bed-rooms, housekeeper's rooms, entrance-hall, butler's pantry, large kitchen, and cellaring. Also, an excellent FARM, let on lease, which expires 26th March next, containing 228 Acres of productive arable, meadow, and pasture land, with a convenient farm-house, barns, stables, and other suitable agricultural buildings and labourers' cottages, toge ther with several Copyhold Cottages and Gardens. For further particulars apply to Messrs. Adam Murray and Sons, Surveyors and Land-agents, 47, Parliament-street, London, of whom cards to view the estate may be obtained. PUBLIC NOTICK. 434, OXFORD-STREET. TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. GRIMSTONE ' S EYE SNUFF.—Under the Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally re commended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing disorders ncident to the Eyes and Head. SIGHT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEADACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! Its mode •1 application is fraught with pleasure; many thousand cures have been accomplished by its use, at a triaing expense, yet certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary to induce the sufferer to snake trial, Kings, Lords, and Commons have used it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Ma jesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical Practitioners--with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grim. stone's Eye Snuff," for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eves and Head. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F.R.S. See J. B. Each held, Es - q.'s Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it a national blessing —see his Reports touching its utility. The late Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grimstone's Eye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the "Student's Vade Mecum." Dr. Andrews also recommends its use as a preventive. See his reports in Nov. MI. He states that the tenacious sympathy of the membrane, within the nostrils, with the nervous system, that Grim. sterae's Eye Snuff, when frequently taken, must be of the greatest benefit to the consumer; and, further, recommends its universal adoption as a preventative. 1)r. Thomas, of Hatfield, having witnessed many cases both of headache and ophthalmia, has kindly given his testimony thereof. A few of the many thousand Testimonials of Sight restored and Deafness cured by GRI MSTONE'S EYE SNUFF : " 1 To W. Grimstonc, Esq. " April 20th, 1144. " Dear Sir,—l feel bound by a sense of justice to inform you of the miraculous sure effected en myself by taking a few pinches of the far celebrated Gnmstone's Eye Snuff, which, is my case, ought rather to be called' Ear Snuff,' it having effectually relieved me frosts a deafness from which I have been suffering for many years. You are at liberty to make any use you please of this communication, since I should much regret if the extraordinary qualities of your Eye Snuff were not universally known. " I am, dear Sir, your obedient servant, Granton, Scotland. " MARGARET MACGREGOR. " I can vouch for the truth of the foregoing facts and statements. " May S, 1844. " JAM RS SHUTER, Kentbury, Berks." 0. W. M. Reynolds, editor of Chambers' London Journal, &c.. relieved of excruciating pains, and can now write without spectacles Stamford-street, Blackfriar's-road. Madame F. Lespis, facing the church, Park.street, Wiedsor • cured of dimness of sight and headache.-9th September, 1838, and J. B. Lachfield, Esq. ; cured of Ophthalmia. Whitehall and Thatched House Tavern —See his letters, IR% and.lBl2. Observe the Caution—NV. GRIIIIS is the sole inventor, and the only genuine is prepared by him. This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in canisters, at Sd., Is. 3d.t s. 4d., 4s. 4d., Ss., and 15s. 6d. each, by the Proprietor, W. GRIMSTONE, at No. 434, Oxford-street, Totten nana-court-road end (late of No. 29, Broad-street, Bloomsbury), and nt the Herbary, Highgate; and can also be obtained in all the principal Towns and Cities. A liberal allowance to Shippers Owners, Captains, and all Vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated Snuff is shipped to all quarters of the globe, and retains its benign qualities in every climate All Stint% and Cigars shipped en the shortest notice. Any quantity can be forwarded through the General Post, by SVl,ltling money orders. A 2s. 4d, canister, with postage, will cost 3, aid se on in like pygportlon. frARDARY. HIgIiOATE. PUBLICATIONS. ye • TITS PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body, what improve; Truths as refined as ,Athens even h ear d . " The Fiftieth Thousand. Forty Engravings, price Is., by post, 1 3 .61, ON CHASTITY —its Abuses and Diseases—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness —On Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experience—Law of Divorce, Ex. By It. J. CULVEItIV ELL, M.D., m .R.c.s. "Of human Ills and frailties I discourse, Those taught by nature and by art acquied. Of griefs conceal'd, and disappointments keen, Which young an d gentle—the matured an d sage— The lonely and the mated—all sustain ; In kindly spirit he rein counsel's given, How health, how hope, how, happiness to gain . " Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row earyallio, 147, Fl ee t -s t ree t ; Mann, ; and th e A u th or , 21, llannay, 63, Oxford - street ; Arundel-street, Strand. —At home daily till Two : Evenings, Seven till Nine. REMOVED FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LONDON. Just published, price 2s. 641.. r i ee ,?.y Post (in a se a l e d enve l ope ) Price :se. T HE SILENT FRIEN D ; a Medical W or k on D H u man Frailty and Physical Decay, it s causes, and the baneful effects of excessive indulgence and infection. illustrated by engravings, with observations on Marriage, and dire c ti ons f or the removal of certain disqualificat!ons. B y R. and L PERRY and CO. Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Berners. street, Oxford-street also by Strange, 21, Paternoster -row ; Purki's Compton-street, Soh o' Noble, 109, Chancery-lane, Crocker, 1, Milford-lane, Strand; Ward, Strand (opposite Exeter-hall) ; son, 359, Oxford-street (two doors from Argyle street); Phillips, 294, Oxford-street ; J. Gordon, 14(5, Leadenhall-street, London' Guest, 51, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and by all Booksellers in Town and Country. The CORDIAL SALM o f SYRIACUM is ex clusively directed for the cure of nervous and muscular debility, impuiss ance , h e. Price l m . and 235. per bottle. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, of whom ay be had the " Silent Friend." The Five Pound Cases may be had as usual. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS are the most erectile cure for syphilis and secondary symptoms in both sexes, ?rice 2a. 9d. 4s. 6d., and 11s. per box. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute detail of cases is ne cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Eleven till Twe, and Five till Ei g ht, and on Sun days from Ten till Twelve. One personal visit only is necessary to effect a permanent cure The Speaker of the House of Commons last week passed through Edinburgh, on his way to Taymouth Castle, to pay a visit to the Marquis of Breadalbane. He returned on Monday to Edinburgh, and left on Tuesday for England. 1-t 7 .. g THE START DITTIES TREATY. The treaty was signed in London on the 22d of July, by the Earl of Aberdeen and Mr. Gladstone on the part of her Britannic Majesty, and by Count Kielmansege . e and the Sieur Hupeden on the part of Hanover. The first article provides that Hanoverian vessels ar riving in British ports, and British vessels in Hanoverian, shall be subject to no higher dues or charges than na tional vessels respectively. By the second, third, and fourth articles, a reciprocity of free advantage is given to the British and Hanoverian vessels in carrying of goods to and from the dominions of either Power to the dominions of the other. Article five declares that, for the convenience of com merce, the advantages detailed in the preceding articles shall be extended to Hanoverian vessels entering British ports from the mouths of the Meuse, of the Ems, of the Weser, of the Elbe, or from the mouth of any navigable river between the Elbe and the Weser, or between the 'I rave and the Memel. The sixth article ordains that, from the Ist of October next, the Stadt charges on British vessels shall, with a few exceptions, be the same as those:specified in the con vention between the " Elbe-bordering States," signed at Dresden on the 13th of April last. The excepted articles are to be charged only the two-thirds of the duties speci fied in the Elbe convention. By article 7, the contracting parties engage that no reduction of duties, nor any powers, privileges, or immu nities whatsoever, in matters of commerce and naviga tion, shall be granted by either to the subjects of any other State, unless Hanover or Great Britain, as the case may be, be entitled to the same advantages and on the same terms. The eighth article provides for the continuation of the treaty until the Ist of January, 1854, and to a further period of twelve months after either party shall have giten notice of its intention to terminate the same. A conference was held at the Foreign-office on the 9th of August, between Lord Aberdeen, Mr. Gladstone, and the Sieur Hupeden. At this meeting the Hanoverian Plenipotentiary stated that it was not certain whether all the parties to the convention of the 13th of April would have finally ratified the articles of the convention on the Ist of October next. He, therefore, proposed that, until all the Elbe-bordering States have ratified the conven tiOn, the present duties shall continue in force with the exception of those on the articles distinctly specified in the 6th section of the treaty of July. To this proposition the British Ministers agreed, upoa certain precautionary conditions being conceded. THE STAMP RETITRNS.—After the passing of the Reform Bill, the Times newspaper, acting upon its pro fessed declaration of considering that enactment as a measure of finality, by slow degrees took up the advo cacy of Conservative principles, in which course it has since consistently persevered, with what advantage to the party and with what benefit to the country it is um necessary for us here to discuss. It b ecame b ru i ted abroad that such a li ne o f political advocacy had in jured the interests of the journal—that, having ceased to run with the current of what was conceived to be public opinion, it had deteriorated in character, and declined in circulation. Perhaps it was not unreasonable that such a report should find circulation, and obtain credence ; and those who wished it true were disposed to believe it. Two objects were to be attained by proving this fact, if such it were, to the world. The first the ruin of the journal in question, which was sure to be a consequence of the exposure ; and next, an accession of strength to the Ministry, by showing that the opposition to their policy, so ably evinced by the Times, had destroyed ita influence by decreasing its circulation. One mode sug gested itself to the prolific mind of Mr. Spring Rice, the. then Chancellor of the Exchequer, by which both those important objects could be achieved—move, quoth he to himself, for the number of stamps issued to each journal in the empire for given periods—the returns to be made up quarterly—and the thing is done. This was a pro ceeding against which the Whigs—whether in power or in opposition—had hitherto set their faces. But the exigency was extreme—the Times was to be crushed, and the politics of the Government jus tified—and the thing was d one . B ut the precedent being once established, the returns from thenceforward could not be withheld, even though the result of the move was diametrically opposite to that which had been. anticipated ; and accordingly the issue of stamps con tinued (alas ! how reluctantly, but still relentlessly) to be published at stated periods, as a Parliamentary paper, so long as the Whigs held office. On the accession of Sir Robert Peel to power, the practice was persevered in ; but at the close of this session, Mr. Goulburn, acting upon the converse of Mr. Spring Rice's proposition, and finding that the two papers in England, and one in this country, which advocate the policy of the present Go vernment, had so forfeited political confidence, and so fallen off in general circulation, that it was essential so unerring an indication of public opinion, and one so da maging and so damning to the Ministry, should be con cealed, discontinued the publication of the Stamp -office returns—and the barometer that indicated with too fatal a certainty the variations of public opinion, and the rise and fall of Cabinets and statesmen, was withdrawn from the philosophic gaze of a too scrutinising generation. The Evening Mail and journals of the same independent spirit, which have had the probity and the courage to decry and denounce a cowardly and treacherous system of policy, ungrateful to our party, and fraught with ruin to the country, will bo losers, to a certain extent, by the cessation of periodical advertisements (for as such the stamp returns operated) by which their position might be estimated and their progress marked : but the paltry device at concealment, and the palpable reason for dis continuing the publication of the returns, are too appa rent to make us apprehensive of any serious injury being inflicted by the cessation of the practice.—Dublin Even ing Mail. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE MAIDENHEAD STA TIoN.—A destructive fire broke out in a range of stabling within the yard of the Great Western IlailwaAstation at Maidenhead, in the middle of the day, on Tuesday last, which it is strongly feared was not occasioned by merely accidental means. The flames, when first dis covered, burst forth with inconceivable rapidity, and within less than half an hour afterwards the whole building, which was composed of wood covered with slate, was a heap of burning ruins. There were twelve horses in the stable at the time, eight of which were for. tunately rescued, after considerable difficulty, without sustaining any damage. Three horses, which obstinately resisted every effort to extricate th em , were literally burnt almost to a cinder. Their cries and moans while they were undergoing the horrid torture of being abso lutely roasted alive, were distressing in the extreme. The other poor animal was got out alive, but in so dreadful a state that it was necessary to kill it imme diately afterwards to put it out of its agony. Its eyes were burnt out of its head, and its body singed and burnt all over. A beer-house, for the accommodation of pas sengers waiting at the station for the train, situated within not more than two or three yards from the build ing in which the fire broke out, and constructed of wood, most providentially escaped uninjured. The station, which is an extensive building, and likewise composed of wood, and within twenty yards of the burning mass, was fortunately preserved. Bad not the wind blown from a contrary direction, it is more than probable that the whole would have been consumed. The stabling and horses were the property of Mr. Lovegrove, the pro prietor of the Bear Inn, at Maidenhead, who provides the omnibuses which convey passengers between tho town'and the station. We are informed that the stabling was only insured as late as Friday last. Mr. Lovegrove, however, will sustain a loss of upwards of 1001. Had it not been for immediate assistance being at hand, not one of the twelve horses, in consequence of the rapid pro gress of the flames, could, by any possibility, have been preserved. POTATOES.---A letter has been addressed to the editor of the Hereford Times, by Mr. W. Godsall, strongly recommending all persons interested in the potato crop to pull off the flowers as soon as they appear. Experience shows that flowers of the potato are pro duced at the expense of that oganisable matter which, gives its value to the tuber, and which is diminished in quantity in proportion to the number of flowers that have been fed. For flowers must exist and feed on something, and that something is what would, if not re moved by the flowers, descend beneath the ground and collect itself in the tubers. The mere production of flowers is a loss; but the mischief is infinitely increased if the flowers are succeeded by the berries. The actual amount of loss produced by each truss of flowers is not ascertained; but it is probable that if the flowers abstract one ounce of organisable matter, the berries consume at least twice as much. A bunch of potato•berries weighs half a pound. suppose that each potato plant bears half a dozen bunches, that makes 31b. of worthless produce.. An acre of potato-ground carries about 20,000 plants on the average; this gives 60,0001 b. of waste. But of this 54,3 9 41 b. will be water, according to Mr. E. Soly's ex. periments, and only 5,3221 b. organic matter. The latter, however, or 2 tons 7 cwt. 581 b., would, according to his calculation, be the amount of the loss sustained per acre, by r al o l p ow uL in Agn t o h N e potatoor SOUTHto flower A a u n s d r a 1. fruit.A --The first settlers landed in South Australia in July, 1836. Com parativelyfew emigrants have arrived in the co l ony year 1840: yet the number o f Euro sineeth e Euro pean inhabitants, according to the latest state ments, amounts to 16,516. The numbers were ascertained by a personal visit to the house of each of the settlers. They are classified thus :—ln Adelaide and neighbouring villages included within the municipality, 6,139 ; in the country districts, 10,377 total, 16,516. Males, 9,152 ; females, 7,364—t0ta1, 16,516. Adu1t5,9,507 ; children under fourteen years of age, 7,oo9—total, 16,516. Male adults, 5,516 ; female adults, 3.991—t0tal adults, 9,507. Male children, 3,636 ; female children, 3 , 3 73 —total children, 7,009. Tots/ males, 9,152 ; total females, 7,364—grand total, 16,518. Male adults in Adelaide and neighbourhood, 1,854 ; ditto in country districts, 3,662—t0ta1, 5,516. Fe male adults in Adelaide and neighbourhood, 1,6224 ditto in country districts, 2,369—t0tal 3,991 ; grand total, 9,507. From these statements, it is appa rent that the complaint formerly made of the people congregating in town, and neglecting the country, is no longer applicable—that the proportion of females to males is very considerable (an unusual circumstance in the Aus tralian colonies); that it is in the country districts chiefly that the disproportion of the sexes which does exist is found, and that the number of male adults in the country districts is very nearly double the number of that class resident in Adelaide and neighbourhood. Onthe e e r n s i night t Abscon,of the namedl 0t 1 , twoNic Nicoll and mounted e cnui Denis, to n• hous house e each with pur suedoudandnaryof h attackedte de Calais smugglers At the vi on horsebackilatoe of ltfe b Grandremy they seized two of the smugglers, 300 kilogrammes of foreign tobacco. s took Nvi t h part stones, w The inhabitants ith re t rescued e d thesmugglers, in ane n. °of d tl a le tta v c i k ll i a n g g e, th h e ow o e ffi v c e e r ; such an overpowering f o rce, and the goods. The officersancdouwlderedoebnliegtheid'ngtoargeatiunrnst to Abscon, covered with blood and mud, with only the the smugglers, lodged muggle againstrs, both the village of Gran valuable animals. A c t l o np h l o a r in se t s of has been 4 dromy.—French Paper. fe y )