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'...v" elt ..;•,* ''4.1., s -.,,,, 1 at the NOW lin Russell EXCHEQUER BILL•OFFICE 2, WHITEHALL-YARD, MAY 20, 1844. Tte EXCHEQUER BILLS dated in the months of Apiil and hne, 1843, viz.:— laving heed Bill. The rtaining Lord Lyn 4 ed, when, 0 1 aced on the No. 16,150. LONDON, MONDAY MORNING SU MAY 20, 1844. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE ‘ f7Locji; i n Ti me f or the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time or the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. B ETTERS , of CREDIT on BOMBAY. — The A UNION BANK of LONDON having been appointed AGENTS tbr the BANK of WESTERN INDIA, are authorised to receive suns not exceeding 5001., to be accounted for in Bombay, in rupees at the exchange of the day. By order of the Directors, W. W. SCRIMGEOUR, Manager. Union Bank of London, No. 8, Moorgate-street. M ° 7 lN O E . 170/.sterliGngßl‘D authorised 1181iTli U Imperial Majesty, f and the Government of Austria, on the Ist JUNE NEXT, at Vienna. Highest Prize, 23,0001.; Lowest, 501.: 700 Prizes.—Apply for pro spectuses, to Messrs. F. E. Fuld and Co., Bankers and Receivers- General, Frankfort ; or, to save postage, at 26, Bouverie-stract, Lon don, by letter only, from Twelve to Three. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERIES P. 6 Vic. cap. 1, £262,000, 1843. 6 Vic. cap. 17, £9,050,00, 1843. Also, The EXCHEQUER BILLS, dated April, May, and June, 1843, p. 3 Vic, cap. 10, for carrying on Public Works, &c., with the interest due thereon, will be paid off on the 18th day of June, when the in terest will cease. Such Bills will be received daily from half-past Ten o'clock till Two, until and including the 7th day of June, at this °lllo e, where Lists are to be obtained, containing instructions for ar "Meng the Bills. The bearers must indorse each Bill with their al signatures, and write th e i r names an d res i dences at the b ottom 0 1 each List ; and where the names of holders are inserted in Bills, the bearers, not being such holders, must previously obtain their en dorsEtnents. The bearers must attend to give receipts 'for the payment. .„_ Ps YMent may be obt a i ne d, if requ i red, previous to the said 18th O sY of June, upon leaving the Bills for examination one day prior to that on which each payment is desired, New Bills, bearing an i n t erest of One Penny-halfpenny by the day ti every On e H undred Pounds, and dated the said 18th day of "' Me . may be obtained in w h o l e or in part payment of principal of Lae Exchequer Bills issued under the above-mentioned Acts of 6 'Vic., liUp. I, and 6 Vic., cap. 17, upon stating the required amount on the sts, delivered on or befo re th e said 7th day of June, which New ills, day sfJune. The Bills to be classed in separate Lists, according to the Acts tin der which they have been issued. The Bills issued for carrying on Publio Works and Fisheries will • 1 41 Mid off la Monday. as 4 All Exchequer Bill s c h arged on Supplies dated prior to April, 3. have been advertised to be paid off. OFFICE • of the GAS-LIGHT and COKE COMPANY, 19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London, • 110 1' 18 , 1844. I do hereby give Notice, that the following Proprietors, viz. : WILLIAM RICKFORD, Esq., WILLIAM ALLEN, .Esq., and Director, WILLLIAM SAMUEL JONES, Esq., la yer Tairssant to the Bth lay-law of this Company, severally given tne notice in writing of their intention to offer themselves for re-elec tion as Directors, at the :Election which will take )lace at this Office • on PaIDAY, the 31st lust. By order, CHARLES BURLS, Secretary. . . . S. T. PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX COALS. . The DIRECTORS of the POOR of the said PARISII will meet at •---;.T kanclocerk"ltlVl threkh. fo o r us en e w , o n n , t T o u ß Es E DE E r, n tl ,E ie 2 4 , t i li ,,N d D a E y R o s f , June next, , at th ' l r,!2T With so me o a f n 3 d os to t CON- f Person or persons for . the supply ete?Ss f e r T OX'S. LAMBTON'S or STEWART'S WALLSEND . to te sent 1 the use of the Poor in the said Workhouse. Forms of th e ve th Pailleulars, may be obtained at the Clerk's-office, or a " or • -Tenders sealed, and endorsed " Tender for Coals, Win b e ~ %before the above hour of meeting; and some person . . equir to attend on behalf of each tender. 1, G0rdn,,_...... • AY order of the Directors, --- "` 141 4. fiord JOHN APGAHEY, Clerk. . - - MaY Idr 1844,°}"giarei • A"TS t own . m , .. WAX li 7 in London and varioul of silo - ...netand, Scotland, and Ireland, to take the SALE ~„ ~, ES for effecting the transfer of certain valuable properties 7:l_lne Continent. Good references, or security for the Shares in ...llldr Vrill he required. kre A pd t e d n res . i s tr OX,e-pitid) to Frederick Quin, General ,, Agent, 25, South e . eet, Strand ; or to Mr. Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, ..-___ Ir I „,RGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES. ove . Zarehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. BURGESS and SON, being apprised of. the numerous en pit-lir. Ittade by many persons to impose a spurious article for their al,l l - 2 rel it incumbent on them to request the attention of the e, ht Purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob. ''„ t he Name an Address correspond with the above. The gene- PPeltrance oft he spurious descriptions will deceive the un ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following wi t Z °lls :---Some are in appearance at first sight, '• the genuine," but ik ii Vlllanie or address • some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," )11.,2 4 " e rs Burgiss's and many snore without address. John ih s — Osts and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis- Witshed approbation, ftel every sentiment of respect towards the kr etuksin ' and earnestly solicit th em t o i ns p ec t th e l a b e l s previous to wini, . r e!it many pre g what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope ~ .disappointments. ' O ESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such tritietsatisfaction, continues to be prepared by them, and is reconA en,_"4 as a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all —euttec 'Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. WHEREAS, I, the undersigned JOHN AU bade. GUSTUS' SHARMAN, of Paradise-street, Birmingham, 'n Musical Instruments, have caused to he Engraved a Plate hl fr s . A.len of on e f ormerly used by 3lessrs-' JOHN BROADWOOD fort e m Of Great Pult eney - s t reet , Golden-square, London, Piano- Pheakers. And, whereas I, have caused numerous Copies of such up , be struck off, and have, in some instances, put such Copies wer'enro,pl9-fortes sold by me to other persons, but whichPlano-lortes Ln __ r Messrs. Broadwood's manufacture. And, whereas, proceed tro.,,,r! In consequence been instituted against me by Messrs. r oe ;,,°_o l l ; Which proceedings they have consented not further to th ey zn c onsideration of my making an apology in such terms as 1ip0i,„..,"“ approve. Now, I hereby express my sincere regret, an brn t , zs for the offence which I have committed, and engage and j', e 4 r un ati not to repeat the same, and also undertake to make every Wood tu " in MY p ower. A n d I h ere b y a l so au th or i se M essrs . Broad ta "elr S olicitors, or Agents, t o g i ve the most extensive publicity in i a.,,statetnent, eithe r b y a d vert i sement, or ot h erw i se, as th ey s h a ll t• Dated this 16th day of May, 1544. , JOHN SHARMA.N. PARGILDING -FLY SPOTS-TARNISH. ISI AN GOLD DETERGENT, 2s. 6d. per ee,„,_ Bottle. Ormolu Lacquer and Bronze, Is. 6d. each.-These ..---.positions .hip. - are perfectly innoxions, and their effect sudden, asto rettorZ and lasting. Gilding, Lacquer, and Bronze, arc instanty e l e u e s s t s r a e r3 , ~f ly spots removed, and covering tr i: 4olpe ., M l ta:eo ilfireiYgeohrilimeyenirdsearuteirdigiuzn: ENT TESTIMONIALS. stied with your Gold and Lacquer Detergents. mend them to some of my friends, as they answer so recommend the Gold Detergent."-From the Right Hon. C. D'Eyn - . NP. thet lV ,,,, e nrst tried the Gold Detergent on a costly looking-glass d frame ots til, dust been a few years gilt. It removed the whole of the ysp .d , 11 1 ,,.`ust, and stains, and the frame has now the appearance and la - 4.,4: Of the day it left the workman's hands. Next on two very old Wart : 1 1,,acn their colour we were almost in doubt whether they laritoiT h ' e4 or hot. The Detergent soon convinced us of the fact, by Aritraes_gthe accumulated stains and tarnish of many years ; these Clu o oave now the appearance of being nearly new."-Liverpool • alo e J .„ „,. e "'l.:a 1844. triir„,have tried the Gold Detergent upon several old picture rt a iii, arld must confess we were very agreeably surprised at the Este"r it restores the splendour of gilding with very little trouble. ,;,:: bottle is more tha sufficient for all the picture and looking- APrii 5. 1e 4 s In a moderate-sized house." -Vide Nottingham Review, it t B nid by elk., U pton and Co., 33, George-street, Hanover-square, and 66, ...an -street, City ; and the trade in general. A‘• LITTLE WATER, applied with Dr. Scott's etiri n ,;t P ERITIVE VASE, is the best aperient in the world, po l°he in „anal:My the desired relief, and should be adopted by every taae74ll.,,iely)rt.lie, pernicious habit of swallowing purgatives. The in w it i' t : s 'e self-applied, even amidst the severest restraints of social divest the most sensitive ...7LY or . 5 ( perfect ease and privacy w hich tiat...l ll Y ellibarritBSmellt adopted it r ecommended by In usi n g i s t f an em d i o n n e n t e h e a , t a a n c d c o h : i a n s t been t alger oY the highest personages .-- Sold only by Mr. W. Pine, ma- Z h aete'r,. ° 4 l. i t', r. Scott's Dispensary , 369, .Strand, the third house from e „„ - "YAlso SONIFERS, by which deaf persons may receive --"ting-„,-e of aid that enables them to hear best. Descriptions, 4 it - ''''ces, sent post free. N S. — L 0 N DON PROVED GUNS Ai A te i d S INGLE-BARRELLED GUN, with twisted barrel tuttunt breech 4 4 alibt e !,,.. it tu. London proved • A . 355. ditt o "arrelled Gun, with twisted barrel, and patent breech 58s. kw_ ditto. London proved 6ss. A , 911e-barrelled Gun, 189. usually charged Two Guineas. ;Althe eta tSinele Guns, to l4. ; Double Guns, tp £l5. ow gun omit .bef i ts he been no certain way of obta, a n t ing g ti4 a r t lytd; 7 o,o o ,ll extravagant ,h prict t g a u s nssold low prices have not been so much a con. k e n ia erajj: as t he az p a rVu t ct s i v on um ef g a ua sh:wy cheap article hi led Itse„ - q h 9 I ; l4° ved worthy 'lie if not dangerous. This has led Solt_7 4 ; -". BURTON t 'engage persons if known ability and easn2.te.-pPerrieace _in the u map - ufaeture ef guns, and they now bz, fitt ed "!en to inspect their extensive assortment. Mahogany ••- "., With cleaning tackle, shot-pouch, powder - flask, &c., in THR EE 7;., . ‘rIER MACHE TRAYS FOR THIRTY.FIVE . I ., a A u, HILLINGS. - ' l lfS -.l ' SET of three s ornamenttedhreePAPlEß MACHE TEA 6 lthr -. Gothic h Gothic iron trays, 255.; p a t% con vex . 11 , ape, for 355. ; of Mots al th_ trays, 7s. letalairecedented depressed state of the manufacturing Ns, _hi l Y tha or ley " p uN and BURTON have been induced to mke lare urchases t ti best japanned wares, which, t ogeth e r _ Isl i n i e r tari), t ir i r evleus stock (already the most- varied and extensive in ~. the ab ov e ready for inspection, at very reduced prises, of Wailed ca..rare a criterion. A single tray at the same rate. 'Oily "`'.llues, with engravings. sent (per post) free. Octa l I' AIILP de, on i„ - KNIVES, ELEVEN SHILLINGS per DOZEN. ae,.....0ry-handled table-knives with high shoulders, 1 Is.. per _ tab ' e a Se -- tta. 9s. ; carvers Ss. 6d. per pair; white bone table. .. i.ee .. leis-kai;,:seirGtosen ; desserts: 4s. ; carvers, 2s. per pair ; black horn bite . Is. Ca • per dozen ; desserts, 45 ; carvers. 2s. 6d. ; table t* ~...tor silver ' Table-knives with handles of the celebrated sub:ti do '''''•ine tl t made only by Rippon and Burton, ( which cannot with ; , e z er f , id from sterling silver except by the m r , . p kpitaltrayi a 's las. ; ce•vers, per pair, Bs. 6d. Detailed ) catalogues, (:)1, 1 „go, sent p( er post), free by *l--,,, as 4 t ) BURTON, 12, WELLS-STREET, OXFORD triII . knits a STREET, - lehAa te i rall marked roved wit f h their names, any of which they c i n o t a VSTABLISHED 1920. /1' IT 3 . Yhe n ,„ C C E S - Lie* „,,, - . O SES and SON first appear'd in the tra ,4 e, I ""ers were seen-new improvements were trade, • • In hey much to surmount , as you very well know), II ue their goods so remarkably low. . Of 7 6 1 ,w,,a1 the public alive to the worth . . _ And„,, vtnES' warehouse-though then in its birth. Their proprietors have to express, ..‘, r heartiest thanks at their cheering " Success." -.` nit fir ..4111( ba the public c E. MOSES and SON 4 It b ear "e are suited in what has been done. Is hi 4 1 , t hem a proof that their glorious Mart It h r : .9 esteem'd for its Tailoring art. A ir ; vves that the moderate prices they charge fJel, al ued, alike, by the public at large. . .- T h „ ut they had s ited in prices and dress, 'l' ne'er could u have met with such boundless " Success... • Ae4 • • No . t r ill the success of their Warehouses cease ? Th e ~..`ne favours they've witness'd shall daily increase. Bhaik'' ° .vids that have honour'd their mart all along, W hile for their clothing in multitudes throng, • *l%l'; . to merit such favours, E. MOSES and Sall, , In - a do for the public what ne'er has been done. , trii:ne rate of their charges-the worth of their dress, I St "fill try, more than ever, to merit " Success." ht: e4 o t, OllOl ll . READY MADE. X s. d. tesi,VUPerio - 44 ~7erette r quality, with silk cellars, cuffs, and facings.... 0 16 0 g, c4 "fte ath , e .etriats in a variety ofshapes, handsomely trimmed 1 0 0 Ae ll nild stu w ,.. atn ek of Holland and jean blouses from 0 3 6 ._endi eia "Ler vests from 0 2 6 spr: s itz e - variety of cashmere and Persian vests, splendid ii...!.. .................... .- .....................................3a. to g 6 riNatrVtin vests wari ... ted , um, __,..ser e... ... .. an from 0 9 0 I _, tai te v iii ed d„_ fro. 0 il 6 Pres a .,„ arlehM, _ . . ri.e e r_ 'usits e,i_s"-aluumer trousers from 0 7 0 . a di tto fed ..... 1/0111 1 0 0 ..... . ..... .. ..... .. i h .. ...... .... ............... .. ....................... •• g with Ti MEASURE. eati.- a tt. trt- - e.eqrrooed .. 'wined with silk, made in any shape, water tlet. ............. ... pa Mad:lne salon . y .. : . a .. n . c . 1 .. e71;e"r: ............... summer .... ..." 711 . ; ta g a l le i ad --qur4l_e first style ef fashi 1 5 0 *l!; l raere v ek 7 vests, 7e. each, or three for Sul n 'r Tr ,n recherche patterns 1L.. 1 5e tniii e d 6Us e v rs. in great variety of materials from 0 9 g ibp it:l. 74 l al ...l it. w es tet t c' e d f a En . an gu di d lain doe trousers..... 0 16 0 0 17 8 1 2 0 wit zilii n z__,.. .................................. .from 1 12 0 , v Urrilu s t'atUred ............. , .... ....... ............... 'AG, ' nnY extent can . .1) ...... .... . 6 .................. ...... ......... ..... at the 11. -1 1 l Suit s A following irices • --ys. 4itt ..aill CORI , vest, and grouser .- tat 4 reese r . a ,' Ili cket, vest. and trousers usen from 1 16 0 from 0 18 0 , _ leit ehling ed - ' e I ITY article purchased Sr ordered, if net approved V47r5e.,..„ E ! I, , Re money returned. lie s i a Tn Draa ers 'a'AES and SON, Tailors Wholesale and Retail . tr*. . Sim 6 , 1 ~..Outf l tters, and General Vilareh ousemen, 154.Mi im 14,N.Vant..gate,City, opposite the Church. f __t _imp o it„ t; rause* and Son are obliged to guard the public has h ° or beiV. connect.havin learned that the untradesmanlike 11_ been e "`, h butted t o m I ed with there, *r it's the same concern, aim Perth ave ne co ___ . many instances, and Cur obvious reasons. 441 aP e * ha s pir e whatever with any other establishment, sitztn,~... mite eb„-:::. ac e.) call or send to, 154, Minories, or 86, AlsigZte. I.: .4. N_l , -preh. zzld ay ti c_ itle: transacted at this Establishment from sunset on -...._°.....*.. ull c% n Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve ---......._____ IT A p opi ..ExypirED '.I.rtI:IMIIsTATION of BLOOD to the HEAD, he etIY9PLrtY, Sce... eftectually prevente.. by the occasional sttee'RAMPTON'S PILL OF IIEALTIL" which, by Vtalye tu iu_S the action of the stomach, and promoting a healthy .014 1 se U. Mgsstion ef t?' etbed prevents a tecurremce of those symp -11411, • this atartning disci:der,'as, ppress on of the brain, 440114.4t.:Fiathoiunt tehtei,eitalr:, head!ac ( he, e Ac. ° They are an eteelleht or prostration of strength, create appetite, seihA t t_ Aour, and invigorate the spirits, while to he free liver or tSaid 1:7..T . 1 7 hfrer advantage' that will not fail to be appreciated. in : 4o f a rrout, 429, Strand, Lou ton; generally . I 4d. and 2s. 9d. , r 4' . alto by the.venders of medicines throughout the "d" f F uid ß ASIPTON'S PI Q LL of HEALTH , and observe tbe i k ." t umpi res' of:. Tavgagg Prout, 229. Strand, London,'' on the re a the ir s!' 1 61 ,, 11 0 op"' t ; e ver 13 eO 4 could bee ic its It so d no. off of Arb ° I do° J 8 Of Jabs' 10 6". or iotte , re' fov l*f OIP/0 IP/ Cow"t NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. THE WEEKLY MEETING of the. LEAGUE will be held in the THEATRE ROYAL COVENT-GARDEN, on WDONESDAY EVENING NEXT, May 22. The Chair will be taken precisely at HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK. The meeting will be addressed by Mark Phillips, Esq., M.P. ; George Thompson, Esq. ; and other gentlemen. Cards of admission may be had on application at the Offices of the League, on Monday and Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and four o'clock. Applications for Private Boxes to be made personally or by letter on Monday. The cards of registered Members will admit, as heretofore, to Pit and Galleries. DOORS TO BE OPENED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. ci TAR PA CK E TS.—GRAVESEN D and • LosDoN-, By way of the BLACKWALL HALLWAY. EIGHTPENCE THROUGHOUT. BOAT AND RAIL INCLUDED. From the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, Morning, Seven, Halfpait Nine, and Half-past Twelve ; Afternoon, Two, Four, Six, and Seven. Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, Morning, Ten, Eleven, and TwOve; Afternoon, Three, Four, Six, and Half-past Seven. Sundays from Gravesend, Morning. Seven, and Half-past Nine ; Afternoon, Four, Six, and Seven. From Blackwell, Morning, Ten and Eleven ; Afternoon, Three, Six, and Half-past Seven. From the Old Shades Pier, above London-bridge. Daily at Nine. Star Office, Gravesend, May 17, 1844. LONDON TO PARIS, via BOULOGNE. THE NEW COMMERCIAL COMPANY'S superior packets CITY of BOULOGNE or EMERALD, will ru❑ every SUNDAY, TUESDAY, and FRIDAY, (weather permit ting), from London-bridge Wharf, as under :—Saloon, ; Fore cabin, 10s. ; Children half-price. Sunday, May 19th..-11 morning. Tuesday 21St •• • • J - *,. - Friday „ 24th .. 3 „ Sunday „ 26th .... 5 „ Tuesday „ 28th .... 7 Friday „ 31st .... 9 „ . The advantages to the Public by a direct communication between London and Boulogne are the great saving of expenses, particularly families having luggage, &c., which is at once put on board the vessel (free of wharfage) and landed at its destination without being liable to loss ordamage from removals by trains or otherwise, and the ac commodation afforded to Passengers in the above vessels, by having private cabins tier ladies, as Well as excellent sleeping berths. The distance from port to port is frequently done within ten and seldom exceeds twelve hours. Offices, Fish-street-hill ; 12, Water-lane, Lower Thames-street, and Chaplin's Universal office, Regent-circus. MUSIC OF FRANCE. Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The Directors hare engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver A SERIES of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different NATIONS. The MUSIC of FRANCE commences on the 20th instant, and will be coptinued during the week, on Monday, Wednes day, and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock ; and on Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock, with VOCAL and INSTRU MENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the other LECTURES and EXHIBITIONS as usual. LONGBOWOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ARM STRONG'S lIYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, &c., &c. Admission, le.; Schools, Half-price. GENERAL TOM THUMB (for a few days longor), the American Dwarf, under the especial patronage of her Majesty and the Royal Family, exhibiting every Day and Evening, previous to visiting Paris, In CATLIN'S spacious INDIAN GALLERY, EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, from Eleven to One, Half-past Two to Five, and from Seven to Nine o'Clock, giving illustrations of Napoleon, the Grecian Statues, Singing, Dancing, &e. This wonderful man in miniature weighs only FIFTEEN POUNDS, and is smaller than any infant that ever walkod alone. The elegant presents from her Majesty and the Queen Dowager may be also seen. The General wears his Court Dress daily at Half-past Twelve. The General continues to wait on the Nobility and Gentry on due notice. Admission One Shilling. The General has never appeared on the stage of the Haymarket Theatre as has been represented. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, Arthur-street, West, London-bridge. (Established in 1837.) DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN —Robert Currey, r. q. Edward Baker, Esq. Thomas Bax, Esq. Jasper Capper, Esq. Joseph Cooper, Esq. Thomas Dakeyne, Esq. Russell Jeffrey, Esq. Giles Redmayne, Esq. William R. Spicer, Esq. Janes Spicer, Esq. Joseph Sterry, jun., Esq. Henry Starry, Esq. Robert Wileoxos, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co. ADVANTAGES. A BONUS of Two-thirds of the Profits allotted to the Assured. LOWER RATES of PREMIUM charged for Assurances without Profits. PREMIUMS Payable Annually, Half-yearly, or Quarterly. ASSURANCES of EVERY DESCRIPTION may be effected. Among others, the important one, originated by this Society, of se curing a sum to the Assured himself on his attaining any given age, or to his family in the event of his earlier death. A POCKET DIARY, containing detailed particulars, may be bad on application at the Office, or of the Society's Agents. JENKIN JONES, Actuary and Secretary. IMPERIAL RUSSIAN•POLISH LOAN of 150,000,000 Florins (of 1835), IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN of 30,000,000 Florins (of 1839), guaranteed by their Majesties the Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Russia. GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS AT WA fiSAW AND VIENNA. In the Russian-Polish Loan the following Dividends will be re-irn bursed :—One of 1,000,0000., one of 300,00Cfl , two of 150,0000., six of 25,0000., eight of 14,0000., &c., together 7,000 dividends, gaining 7,970,0000. Smallest dividend 7500., largest 1,000,0000. In the Austrian Loan 700 bonds will obtain 701,7000 , in lots of 230,0000., 50,0000. 15,0000., 10,0000., &c. Smallest dividend 5000. 10 florins are equal to 1/. sterling, a trifle more or less, as per day's exchange : The prices are— I 1 Russian-PolishScrip for .£2 10 1 Austrian Scrip for £3 0 4 do. do. do. 10 0 6 do. do. 15 0 9 do. do. do. 20 0 13 do. _do. 30 0 ... .. . . . . . . Payable by bank notes, remittances, or drafts. Dividends re-lin bursable at Frankfort, Paris, Loudon, or New York, at the option of the ladders lllwo postages, foreign subscribers may apply to his houses in Paris, liVirfork, and at Mr. A. Schwarzschlld's, 1, Plough-court, Lombard street, 'Loudon, by letter only. l'rospectuses, with full particulars, and Lists of the Distribution, promptly forwarded to every share holder abroad T. A. SCHWABZSCHILD, Banker and Receiver-General. Frankfort-oz-Maine, April, 1844. *,,,* A Florin being 25., it follows that a fifth share at 12s. in the Aturtrian Government Distribution is relatively much more valuable than one Red Bond in the private speculation of the 25th. IMPERIAL and ROYAL AUSTRIAN LOAN. The DRAWING of this eminent DISTRIBUTION of MONEY will take place on the Ist of Jr NE, 1844, and contains Im portant Premiums of 230,000, 50,000, 15,000, 10,000, 8,000, 6,000, two of 4,000, two of 2,000, three of 1,500, five of 1,200, five of 1,100, five of 1,000, six of 900, ten of 800, twenty of 700, forty-three of 600, and five hundred and ninety-three of 500 florins, Convention Money. One florbi being equal to two shillings, the smallest Premium is 501. sterling and the highest Premium 23,0001. sterling. Frices of Bonds:—One whole Bond, 31. sterling; one-fifth, 12 shil llutzs ; six whole Bonds, 15/. sterling, For further particulars apply without delay to Mr. M. MAUGER, Gazette Office, or to Mr. EUGENE TILLOT, Commercial Arcade, Guernsey. All applications for Bonds from England, Scotland, or Ireland, will be punctually attended to by return of post, provided they are accom panied with a remittance, either In Bank notes, Bank post bills, or post-office orders, or by depositing the amount in the hands of Messrs. J. L. Pickstock and Co., bankers, Clements-lane, Lombard-street, London, who correspond with Mr. Eugene Tillot, at Guernsey. j PETER WILLIAMS, at present and for seven months past, residing at 5, Drury-lane, in the parish of St. Giles, in the county of Middlesex, journeyman shoemaker late residing at 13, King-street, Hammersmith, boot and shoe maker, for one year and upwards, do hereby give notice that I intend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basingluill-street, London, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be protected from all process upon making a full disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects for payment of my jest and lawful debts ; and I hereby further give notice that the time when the matter of the said petition shall bo heard is to bo advertised in the London Gazette and in the Morning Suu Newspaper one month at the least after the date hereof; as witness my hand, this 16th - day of May, In the year of our Lord, 1844. PETER WILLIAMS. Witness, John J. Spiller, 38, Camomile-street, Bishopsgate, attorney for the said Peter Williams. IMPORTANT to FAMILIES FURNISHING. --A considerable saving can be effected in the purchase of Furnishing Ironmongery, by visiting the PANKLIBANON IRON WORKS, .58, Baker-street, Portman-square, where may be in spected the most extensive STOCK of IRONMONGERY GOODS in the Kingdom, consisting of kitchen cooking utensils, German sliver wares, drawing-room stoves, shower and vapour baths, ornamental iron work, garden implements, japanned water cans and toilette pails, best Sheffield plate, kitchen ranges, fenders and fire-irons, tea trays, ornamental wirework, flower stands, table cutlery, &c. Every article being marked in plain figures, at the lowest possible price, will fully convince purchasers at this establishment of the great advantage re sulting from Cash payments, as the proprietors warrant every article of the very best manufacture, at a saving of at least 30 per cent.— TROUPE, FALLOWS, and Co., 58, Baker-street, Portman-square. —A liberal allowance to merchants and captains. SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver sup planted by the introduction of a new and perfectlymatchlese ALBATA PLATE, C. WATSON, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON-FOT.- GATE, aided by a person of science in the amalgamation of metals, haS succeeded in bringing to public notice the most beautiful article ever yet offered ; possessing all the richness of Silver in appearance —with all its durability and hardness—wills its perfect sweetness in use—undergoing, as it does, a chemical process, by which all that is nauseous in mixed metals is entirely extracted —resisting all acids — may be cleaned as sliver, and is manufactured into every article for the Table and Sideboard. Fiddle. Threaded. King's. Table Spoons and Forks, per doz.. 16s. 6d. .. 30s. Od. .. 355. Od. Dessert ditto, per doz. 12s. 6d. .. 255. 04. .• 28s. 01. Tea Spoons, per doz, •• • • ...... ss. Gd. 12s. Gd. •• 13s. 64. Sugar Tongs, each Salt and Mustard Spoons, each . Ge. 04. • • 13s. 6d. . • 13s. 6d. Communion Services, &e, C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this metal is pecu liarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold, than his metal is from all others ; on its intrinsic merit alone he wishes it to be tested, and from the daily increasing enlogiums he receives, ho is convinced that nothing can prevent its becoming an article of uni versal wear. C. Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current is Just published, and families who regard economy and elegance, should possess themselves of this useful book, which may be had gratis, and post free, from the above address. Ivory Table-knives, Ile. per dozen, Dessert, 95.; Carvers, 3s. 6d. per pair. TABLE. Dk3SEELT. CAavEmsi. doz. doz. pair. 31-in. handsome balance handle.... 18s. Od. 14s. 0(1. 6s. Gd. 4-In. balance handle, largest and best made.. 20s. Od. 16s. Od. 7s. 6d. Ditto with Watson's Albata Plate handles, equal to silver ••• • • 225. Gd. 18s. Od. Se. 6d. Forks half the above price. Paper Tea-trays, 355. the Set of Three ; very richly ornaments 50s. the get Gf Three. A Five Quart Louden made Bronze Tea-urn 255. up to 5/. A Set of Six London made 14 - .1) Covers 128. 6d. ; Imperial RalJed Patent, 355. od. the Set of Six. WATSON'S, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NOWEiII.; FQT,GATE. rrinLis houses have for Fifty Years ranked pre-eminent liar their Cutlery, watch 114 always exchanged, if not approved. gpl4 for his Catalogue. SCHWEPPE'S SODA and POTA SS WATERS, constantly used at the 'loyal Palaces at Windsor and Londnn, as well as by the principal Nobility and Ge n tr y o, the United King: dom, and recommended by all the leading medical profession, Con. tinue to be mannGetured with the utmost care by J. S. and Co , aided by their powerful machinery, and the v a luable experience of half a century. Every bottle has its due proportion of alkali, which is rarely, if ever, the case with the infcrior waters. To prevent )yriposition, a red label, with their signature, is fixed on the cork, withAßtwhich none is genuine. SCHWEpevp LIQUID MAGNESIA, to supersede the use of Magnesia in its solid Wm, is attaining a high reputation, and is generally recommended by the fat:pity Ni a most valuable anti-acid. Sold by all respectable chymisto and patent inecliPille yepdors, in bottles at Is.. 2s. 6d., 4s. ed., and les. each. Every genniact battle ic distinguished by a label.-51, Berners street, London, and also at those brancia manufactories at Liverpool, litittol, and Derby. GENTLEMEN'S VELVET HATS 10s. Gd. to 18s. Those who wish to dispose of their money to the beet advantage will save much by visiting PERIUNG'S ESTABLISHMENTS CECIL HOUSE, 85, STRAND, and 251, REGENT-STREET, where will be found the most extensive and varied Stock in the kingdom, the prices and qualities of which must give universal satisfaction. Superior Beaver Hats, 14e. ; better, 16s. 6d. ; the best short nap, 21s; best livery hat, with lace band 11 inch wide, 245. Cape of every description, from Is,faris Silk Hate, 6s, 6d, to Bs. Gd. OBSERVE THE ADDRESSES, LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 4, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and 18, Chancery-lane, London. DIRECTORS. KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman. BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. Alexander Anderson, Esq. I James Hartley, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. James Bidden, Esq. Captain F. Brandreth. John M'Gunie, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq. J. )farmaduke Rosseter, Esq. AUDITORS. H. 11. Cannan, Esq. I Robert E. Alison, Esq. MEDICAL ADVlSER—Marshall Hall, 31. D., 1.R.5., L. and S. SECISTARY—John Emerson, Esq. Somcrrons—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. _ . THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed of constitution not to dispute any policy, unless they can prove that it was obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation ; the great aim and object having been to render Life Policies COMPLETE SECURI TIES aud.NEGOTIABIX DOCUMENTS, which shall owe their value to the certainty of the contracts upon which they are founded, and be independent of the liberality or caprice of those who shall be in the management of the affairs of the Company when the claims arise; and for this purpose the Company have, by a clause in their deed of constitution, unhesitatingly deprived themselves of the power of objecting to any policy, unless they undertake to prove that it was obtained from them by fraudulent misrepresentation. The regulations common to all other Life Companies, which make the validity of assurance contracts dependent upon the perfect correct ness of the many statements required from a proposer for a Life Policy, and which have given rise to almost all the questions which have been argued in the Courts, and to ninny extra judicial com promises, are thus entirely abrogated ; and nothing but fraud, proved to have been committed against them, can vitiate a policy granted by this Company. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY from whom the assured on the mutual principle, receive the whole of the mutual accumulations, and also a guarantee from the Shareholders for the sums assured. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay the sums in the policies, although the debts for which they were effected shall have been liquidated before the claims arise. The Company considering it only just towards the assured that where premiums have been paid for assuring a given amount, that amount should be paid ; and they undertake to do so without reference to the state of the accounting between the assured and his debtor. THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour of creditors whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured, although the dshter should go beyond the limits of Europe. The premiums calculated according to the Carlisle Tables, are lower than usual upon young lives, where participation in the profits is not required ; and for short assurances, which, at the option of the assured, may be continued for life, the rates are as low as a due re gard to complete security will permit.. TRIENNIAL ASCENDING SCALE TO ASSURE £lOO. First Second Third Fourth Remainder Ave. Three Yrs. Three Yrs. Three Yrs. Three Yrs. of Life. £ s. 1. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. £ s. 1. 25 •••• . 1 2 7 1 9 9 1 116 11 2 4 1 211 3 1 9 9 119 6 2 9 3 219 0 3 0 9 45 •••••• 2 1 0 214 10 3 8 8 4 2 6 416 4 55 ...... 311 1 410 9 510 5 610 '1 7 9 9 60 .. •... 4 81115 17 4 7 5 9 814 2 10 2 7 BY THE HALF PREMIUM PLAN only one-half of the first seven years' premium is required, the other half being payable at at the convenience of the assured ; thus allowing a Policy to bt continued for seven years at one-half of the usual rate, or to be dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice, and entitling the assured, seven years hence, when loss of health may prevent him from effecting a new Assurance, to continue a Policy at a rate of premium applicable to au age seven years younger. The Half-premium plan of Assurance, as practised by this Company, thus enables persons to retain to their own use the one-half of the premiums for the first seven years, at 51. per cent. Interest. Thus, suppose the or dinary premium for an assurance of 5001. to be 101., the first pay ment by the half-premium plan will be five guineas, being the one half of the 101., and interest for the retained half; and, if death should occur in the first year, the sum of 5001. would be paid less the 51. retained. The assured may thus have the use for the first year of 51. ; for the seeped, of 101. ; and so on till the end of 'the seventh year, when the retained sums, amounting to 351., may either be repaid, or retained at 51. per cent. interest until death, when the 351. would be subtraeted from the 5001. then payab. • the Company. TO ASSURE ONE 111 DRED POUNDS ON HALF PREM.IIM SYSTEM. Age. . s. d. Age. s. d. 15 - - - 016 1 40 - - - 1 n 20 - - - 018 0 45 - - - 116 IS 25---10750 - - - 2 3 9 30 - 1 3 6 b 4 - - 212 Prospectuses and schedules are forwarded to applicants, free of ex pense, by the Manager and Agents. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. AGENTS. - Tyrrell, Win., Merchant - Roberts, C. 11., Surveyor Lipscombe, L., Solicitor - Davis, W., Postmaster - Crosse, M., Civil Engineer - Sill, R., Solicitor -. Broadley, J., Wine Merchant - Salmon, W., Solicitor - Nicholson, R. T., Publisher - Brown, S., Tea-dealer - Harris, C., Solicitor - Kennett, W., Solicitor - Jones, J. Manufacturer - Griffiths, E., Postmaster Abingdon - - Aberporth - - Alresford - - ..IWrystwith - - Atlly - - - Agliby de la Zouch Bath - - - Bury St. Edmund's Berwick - - Brentwood - - Bristol - - - Brighton - - Broseley - - Bishop's Castle - Breuieev - Keutgen; C., Merchant Bruton - - - Mitchell, C. C. Solicitor Bridgewater - - - Deacon, F., Solicitor Belfast - - - G. Emerson and Son, Merchants Ballinasloe - - Boyd, Win., Brewer Bordeaux - - Cutler, F., Merchant Brecon - - - Maybery and Williams, Solicitors • Cork - - - Coates and Lefebure, Merchants Chelmsford . - - Williams, T. W., Auctioneer Chichester - - Pascoe, T., Draper Carlisle - - - Hodgson, T. H., Solicitor Canterbury - - - Davey, J., Land Agent Cirencester. - - - Box, W. 8., Solicitor Corwen - - - Roberts, John, Land Agent Chatham - - Whitehead, T., Accountant Cambridge - - Dimmock, J., Printseller Chard - - Adney, F., Solicitor Chertsey - - - Kempton, J., Bookseller Church Stretton • - Robinson, J., Agent Chudleigh - - - Prowse, J., Draper Carlow - - Johnson, W., Merchant • • Cape Town - - - Hart, W., jun., Merchant Dublin - - Pike, W. and 1., Wine Merchants Darlington - Taylor, W. 1., Druggist • Dorking - - - Lanham, Hy., Agent Deal - - - - Brothers, J., Chemist Devonport - - - Tucker, H., jun., Solicitor Dorchester - - - Froud, J., Chemist Drogheda Hamilton, J. B. and H., Booluellers - Bytes, M., Solicitor Donee - Wilson, J., Draper E nn i scor thy - - Davis, S., Merchant D a Donegal wiis - Rankine, W., Merchant h Epsom - - - Darling, J., Bookseller Ellesmore - - - Cooley, C. E., Land Agent Exeter - - - Belle, T., Bookseller Enniskillen - - - K e rnaghan, T., Merchant Emsvvorth - - Stone, R., Surveyor Edi n burgh - - Veitch, James, Attorney Gosport - - - Wright, A., Grocer Greenwich - - Fisher, T. 8., Draper Gloucester •- - - Needham, J., Bookseller Gravesend - - - Powls, J., Harmer-street Galway - - - Costello , J.; W ine-merchant Guernsey - - Queripel, E., jun. , Solicitor Greenock - • - Erskine, H. , Me rchant Gainsborough - - Lovell, G. W., Academy Honiton - - Robertson, C., Banker Horsham - - - Elphick, G. W., Conveyancer Haverfordwest - - Reynolds, W., Auctioneer Hampstead - Paxon, F., Plumber Holyhead - - • - Roberts, It., Banker Hastings - - - Burgess, J., Ironmonger Harm - - - Duteil, L., Merchant Hindon - - - Harrison, G., I'ostmaste Huddersfield - Battye, T. H., Solicitor Hull - - - Hewitt, T. F., Merchant Hitches - - - Allen, G. L., Grocer Halifax - - - Garlick, M. P., Solicitor Ipswich - - - Mills, W. P., Surgeon Isle of Man - - - Hemsworth, C. W., Douglas Kilkenny - - - Prentice, B. M., Banker Kidderminster - Saunders, H., Solicitor. Kingsbridge - Jenard, P., Solicitor Limerick - - - Jones, R. L., Merchant Lewd'. - - - - Griffith, J., Appraiser Lampeter - - Parry, T., Chemist Lincoln - - - Dawber, W., Merchant Leeds '• - - - Compton, N., Architect Liverpool - - - Davidson, J„ and Elliston, E., Merchants Leith - - - - Cassells,,W. G., Merchant Loughrea - - - Cowan, J. Agent Listowel - - - O'Connor, M. Merchant Lostwithiel - - Kidd, 11. H., Academy Lynn - - - Edwards, H., Solicitor Leicester - - - Trull, J., Surgeon Mallon - Digby, 0. W., Solicitor Manchester .; - - Langston, E., Sharebroker Maidstone - - - Bartlett, S., Silversmith .• Monaghan - - - Fleming, J., Surveyor Mullingar - - - Fitzgerald, J. Brewer Morpeth - - - Wilkinson, S., Stationer Moffatt - - - Reid, T., Solicitor Midhurst - Wardroper, E., Solicitot Newmarket - - Simpson, A., Bookseller Newtown - - - Richards, J., Draper Norwich - - - Long, E. S.D., Solicitor Newbury - - - Ryott, R. A., Chemi s t Newcastle Warburton and Co., Sharebrokors N No ec r i l c , a a s n t l l p e to E u ralyn - Jones, W., Printer - Pywell, H., Solicitor Newington - Browne, J. 0., Surveyor Newport (I. Wight) - Wray and Son, Merchants Newport (Monmouths.) Long, S. 1., Auctioneer Oswestry - - - Price, W., Bookseller • Oakharcipton - - Townshend, J., Stationer Oxford - - Whitby, F., Accountant Pwlheli - - Pugh, Hugh, Banker Penzance - - - Britten, A. K., Banker Portmadoe - - - Lloyd, R., Banker Petersfield - - - Duplock, G., Bookseller Plymouth - - - Saunders, W., Ship Agent Paris - - Daly, M., Banker Poole - - Aldridge and Cribb, Merchants Reading - - Hubbard, W., Accountant • Rochford - - - Green, J., Surgeon Rochdale - - - Molesworth, J., Solicitor Sheffield - - - Mitchell, S., Accountant St. Columb - - • N'ankivell, J., Draper St. Austie - - Andrew, J., Printer • Southampton - - Hunter, D., Merchant Stroud - - Kearny, W. W., Solicitor Shaftesbury - - Brettell, W., Printer. Sligo - - Boyle, J., Merchant S t eb - Merry, W., Academy - Crompton, W. M., Solicitc: Salisbury - - Fulford, G., Draper Flo a u r r o b r r i o d u g g e is Sherborne - Ificary, J., Printer Somerton - - Walton, V. 8., Auctioneer Tewkesbury - - Thomas, J., Solicitor Thornbury - - T. H. Harris, Agent Tunbridge - - - Stenning and Carrell, Solicitors billbritifie "woo - - Delves, J., House Agent Torquay .1 4 0139 f A., Jeweller Truro - - - Braithwaite, F., 91tpitcir Totnes - - Williams, W., Currier Tenby - - - Walkingten, J., Chemist Tauntnn - - - Joyce, J., Chemist Tralee ' r r z Benner, Solicitor Teignmontis heater, 1., Collector Thornbury . Harris, W. It., agent Woolwich - Cassel% W. G., Banker Worcester - Holden, 11., Solicitor Welshpool - - Edwards, E., Draper Wineanton - - Caines, R., Banker Westerham Wigton, N.B. - - Palmer, C., Academy - Carson, W., Town Clerk Winchester - - Faithfull, E. C., Solicitor Yarmouth . Cobb, J., Solicitor TVB 7 Foggitt, J., Bookseller lreovll pFpc)ler, G., Ironmonger lrer4, • a BACitgrr • PUBLICATIONS. Just published, in 3 vol s . Svo, with 52 Illustrations, price 2/. 10s. THE ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES. From the German of V. A. 111311E11. Edited by FRANCIS W. NEWMAN, bite Fellow of l alliol College, Oxford. 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Marsham discount Antrobus, Edmund Duncombe. A. Martin, i. W Bailey, Joseph, jun. Escott, Bich kam Mundy, Ed. Millar Raithe, Colonel H. Flower, Sir James Nichol!, J. Baird, Willi am Forbes, William O'Brien, A. S. Bankes, George Gardner , J . D . Peel, Hon. Sir R. Beckett, Willi am Gaskell, J. M. Plu m pt re, J . P . Bentinct, Lord G Gladstone, Cantata Rashleigh, Wm. Blackburne, J. I. Gordon, Captain Shaw, F. Bolder°. H. G. Goulburn, Henry Sibthorp, Colonel Boyd, John Graham, Sir James S m i t h , T. BC. Brisco, Musgrave Oreenall, Peter Sinollett, A. Broadley, Henry Grimsditch, Thomas Somerset, Lord G. Bruce. Lord E. Grogan, Edward Stanley, Lord Buckley, Edmund Hamilton, W. J. Sutton, Hon. H. N. Burrell. Sir C. M. Henley, .1. Werner Thesiger. F. Cardwell, Edward Hepburn, Sir T. B, Trot ter, , J.l Clive, R. H. Hussey , A mbr ose Vesey, Thomas Crrry, Hon. Henry Johnstone , H ope Wortley, Jas. Courtenay, Viscount Lincoln, Earl of Wortley. Hon. JohnS Cripps, William Lockhart , William Young, John Darby, George M‘Geachy , F . A. TELLERS. Dickinson, F H. Mackenzie. Clerk Sir George ackenzie. W. F. Douglas, Sir C. M'Neill, D un can Pringle, Alexander MINORITY-NOES, 22. Aldans, W. Martin, John Talbot, C. M. R. Brotherton, J. Maule, Hon. /ex Warburton. Henry Duncan, Georgo Mitcalfe, Heenry Williams, W. Wyse, Thomas t E w lp a h r i t n i st vv on . e, Howard Granger,7Thomas C. Philips, M. TIMMS. Hodgson, Richard Sandon, Lord Forster. Matthew Hume, Joseph Scholefield, Joshua g o • D wring, r. Hutt, W. Stuart, Lord J. ohl.oFrerrisr,ll34aßvi.dx A GOOD DAY'S WORR.—A legal gentleman of Colchester left that town, after very early breakfast, on Wednesday morning, by the mail train for Warwick, which he reached by eleven o'clock, and went on to Leamington to complete his business, where he had twenty minutes' inter view with the respected Dr. Marsh and his son, the Rev. W. Tilson Marsh. Our traveller then returned to London via CovePtlY, and re4Pllea town by 4ix o'clock r t g„ dined, 441 4 kept three appointments during a stay o f two bows an d a half, returned to Colchester by the mail train to a late tea at eleven o'clock, after which be finished the labours of the day by communicating through the same night's up mail, to his friends at Leamington, Warwick, and London, his safe arri val and the result of his journey. The di s t ance th us travel led in twenty hours, besides the pedestrian tour in London, was as follows :—From his house in Colchester to London, fifty-two miles; Shoteditch to Euston -square, four • to Co ventry ninety-four; to Warwick (posting), ten ; to Learning , ton, two; to Coventry, ten; to London, ninety-four; t o Shore ditch, four; to Colchester, fifty.two; , •,•• three hunc44,4114 tYretq - two ,-, Zfiti" 4fMciciall . 1N THE MOON. THE MONSTER TELESCOPE. (From Hood's Magazine for May.) [We feel infinite pride and gratification in being able to present the following letter exclusively to our subscribers; who will thus be in possession of discoveries, which for some days, probably some weeks, will not appear in the scientific journals. The astronomical reader will readily recognise the stupendous instrument referred to by our Correspondent, as the one constructed at the expense and under the direction of a nobleman of distinguished mechanical genius, and de voted to the sublime study of the stars. • Its dimensions may be estimated from the fact that it is twice as long (eighty feet) as the famous telescope erected by Sir William Her schel! at Slough. The diameter of the speculum is two yards! --Enrron.] Dublin, April 21, 1844. My dear ****—Since my last, an event has occurred here of unusual interest to the scientific world, and the astrono mers in particular :—nothing less than the testing of the monster telescope!—with results so extraordinary and of such thrilling interest, that, jaded as I am with fatigue and excitement, I cannot resist sitting down to give some ac count of our discoveries. It was my good fortune, you will remember, to be present at the casting of the great speculum, when his Lordship so signally exhibited his skill, energy, and presence of mind: and on Friday last I was agreeably surprised by receiving a courteous invitation to assist, as the French say, at an ex perimental trial of the powers of the stupendous machine, at last happily completed after the expenditure of so much time, labour, and money. Finding that my friend Maclure, the well-known author of a " Treatise on the Differential Calculus," had received a similar card, we hired a chaise and proceeded together to the appointed rendezvous, his Lord ship's country seat. To prevent interruption, or intrusion, the affair was a profound secret, except to the initiated—in all about a score of persons, several of whom had come over expressly from England, and one or two from the Continent. According to Maclure, there was even a Professor from the Swedish University of Upsala. The company being all mustered, we repaired in a body, led by our noble host, to the grounds, where we found the telescope, erected pro tempore on a gentle emi nence i n th e park ; the abundant brass work glittering brightly in the moonbeams, and the huge frame, throwing a complicated skeleton-like shadow across the smooth grass. Seen against the dark blue sky by the dubious lunar light, its dimensions seemed even greater than they really were. Altogether it looked more like some gigantic engine of war—a " hollow tube" of that artillery described by Milton as pointed by the rebellious angels against the host of Heaven, than a machine intended to aid in the peaceful achievements of science—a quiet victory over space. Some minutes were spent in walking round the telescope, watching its singular appearance in different aspects, and then In testing and admiring the simplicity of its construc tion and the facility of the movements. The workmanship was perfect. Not a screw was loose ; not a hinge was stiff; every joint and pivot moved as easily and as silently as those of the human frame. So delicate was the adjustment, so nice the poise. A child could have turned the enormous tube, at will, in any direction. No vibration, no oscillation. None but the operatives o f our country and our own times could have produced such a result. It was verily the triumph of modern mechanic art At last, we all congregated in a group round the inferior end of the machine. The huge brass cap over the larger disc had been removed : the covering of the smaller lens was now withdrawn, and the tube stood ready to disclose its wondrous visions to the human eye. Expectation Was on tiptoe—curiosity wound up to the highest pitch—anxiety on the rack—but nobody stirred or spoke. There was a dead, solemn pause of wonder, and I might say awe, for who knew what sublime revelations might be in store for us ! sights invisible to tke mortal organ since the creation of the world! What perplexing problems were perhaps about to be solved ! What long-cherished theories confirmed or overturned for ever ! In the meantime the glass was carefully levelled at one " bright particular star," and through the intense silence came an emphatic whisper distinctly audible to us all. " Now, then, gentlemen, for the first look through the virgin instrument." This honour was assigned to a person age who stood beside me :—the Astronomer Royal, probably, or Sir John Herschel; but my old infirmity prevented me from catching the name, and I am acquainted, personally, with very few of our seavans. Possibly you will recognise him from my description—a large square-built man, very bald, with a bland countenance, and a peculiar hitch in his speech. He trembled visibly as he applied his eye to the glass, and to judge by myself we all quivered more or less with the same nervous excitement. By a stop-watch, his gaze would perhaps have occupied some forty or fifty seconds : but to my feeling, and doubtless to that of the rest of the company, the long, long look endured f or severa l minutes. Nevertheless, nobody hurried to take his place *hen he turned away from the glass : every eye was in tently riveted on his face as if to guess by its expression the nature and amount of his emotions. But to all our glances and inquiries he only answered by the exclamation —" Look ! look ;" with a gesture of his arm towards the telescope. The noble proprietor was now urged to take the turn ; and after a very hasty peep, resigned his place to a foreigner, whom I should have guessed to be Mons. Arago, who cer tainly ought to have been there, if he had borne the least resemblance to the portraits of that distinguished philosopher. But he wanted the commanding figure, as well as the marked features, of the French astronome r . However, he wore the star of some foreign order on his bosom ' • and another of his attributes was a prodigious gold snuff-box, from which he drew and inhaled an intolerably long-drawn pinch before he settled to the glass. Like his Lordship, his politeness did not allow him to engross the sight for more than a few seconds ; but they sufficed to convince him, that the spectacle was " superbe ! magnifique !" as he continued to ejaculate between each prise from his tabati?re. We now stood rather less ceremoniously on the order of our peeping. One after another hurried eagerly to the glass, curiosity sometimes taking precedence of good breeding; but the expressive faces of those of us who had looked, their excited gestures and vehement expressions of surprise and admiration, had worked impatience into a fever. These rap tures, however, owed a portion of their intensity to some gra tification vouchsafed only to the scientific : for, when my own turn came, my first feeling was one of disappointment. The two brilliant stars that I beheld, magnified almost into moons, were indeed beautiful objects—their discs sharply de fined, and without any prismatic halo, or diffused light from scratches on the speculum,—defects which had been appre hended as likely to occur with lenses and a mirror of such enormous size. But that was all. I was not aware till after wards of the true value of the phenomenon—that up to the hour, those twin orbs had been supposed to be one. The company having warmly congratulated the noble pro prietor on the signal success of his enterprise, the Gigantic Telescope was turned towards another quarter of the heavens, by this time studded with stars. Th e F renc h ma n now took the lead : and whatever he saw, the spectacle was too much for his equanimity. Ile hastily seized on his nearest neigh bour, whom, with a " Mon Dieu !" he literally dragged to the glass—still exhorting every one about him 'to regarder, as if they could all have looked simultaneously through the tube. His successor was also a foreigner, possibly the Swedish Pro fessor, for he had the same cast of face, with the long light hair flowing over his shoulders, as our old friend Jorgenson of Stockholm. He was also strongly excited, as was a very venerable white-haired gentleman, who followed him in turn ; the last indeed, by the glistening of his eyes, was even in tears. And really there was cause for such strong emotion, considering the singular beauty of the spectacle, and the interesting nature of the discovery which I shall endeavour to describe. In common with many others, I have often wondered at the little resemblance between the constellations and the objects after which they are named. With trifling exceptions, they suggest no figures at all, certainly not the monsters, real or fabulous, that sprawl on our celestial maps. For example, it would require a very courtier's imagination to detect in the stars of Taurus any similarity to a bull, or in Cetus anything " very like a whale." As to the Bear, he much more re sembles his vulgar alias, the 'Plough. But we did injustice to the Chaldean seers, and the patriarchal shepherds, or who ever recognised the ancient signs in heaven, and bestowed on them their names. In the course of ages, many of the stars belonging to the Constellations have receded, and disap peared, like the remarkable one missed from its place by llipparchus of Rhodes, about 160 years before the Christian era. These lost stars, till now invisible to modern eyes, were however plainly discernible through the Monster Telescope ; and it was obvious, that when they occupied their original places, the Constellations to which they belonged must have presented a striking, not to say startling, resemblance to the figures with which they were associated. For instance, Leo, which was as well defined in its outline by its stars, as our Royal Crowns, Lc., in illumination lamps ! The excitement produced by this brilliant discovery it would be difficult to describe. One little brisk personage ac tually capered with delight ; while the Frenchman threw himself, after the national fashion, upon his Lordship, whom he overwhelmed with his embraces and his voluble felicita tions. Another, a tall, large man, walking rapidly to and fro, rubbing his hands vehemently, and muttering to himself, "It beats the solar eclipse at Pisa !"* In the meantime some of the more composed of the party took occasional peeps through the telescope, and from their successive reports, be held not only double, triple, and quadruple stars of various colours—blue, red, green, and purple, but absolute swarms of comets; not less than sixty-four being counted within the same field of view—some with a single tail, others with two, and one projecting from its nucleus three distinct trains of light, diverging from each other at angles of about twenty degrees! Judge of our state of enthusiasm and rapture at these thronging novelties 1 Every body seemed more or less in a state of delirium 1 For my own part, I can only compare my feelng to the exaltation which I once experienced after inhaling the laughing gas. I seemed literally lifted Above the earth And possessed joys not promised at my birth. Nothing but the dread of alarming the neighbourhood, and attracting a concourse of the peasantry, prevented our join ing in a general shout. As yet nobody had positively mentioned the Moon ; but sundry glances at the planet had shown that she was not ab sent from our thoughts. These significant looks now became more frequent ; and her name even began to be uttered c amongst us, in spite of a previous understanding bo ndin uhe. Butg that she was to be left to the last, by way of a bonne for r e thewondersm anlo we excited of allou r t . ho appetite eci e s. tial bodies the moon, the nearest to t he earth—our owe satel lite'elus had to already a ravenous seen pitch;liad with her map-like face—her dark and bright spots—her prodigious mountains, valleys, and active volcanoes, hfts cver been a subject of supreme interest in human &peculation. fancloa Monster Telescope, with its ilia • These conjectrirni mense powers, now promised to set at rest, together with the romantic theory of Fontenelle, of a plurality of worlds, each inhabited like our own. Inspired by these hopes, and eager to realise them, there sprang up among us a sort of agitation, carried on by mur murs and gestures which finally led to the investigation of the Moon, in preference to Jupiter and his satellites, Saturn and his ring, the Nebula, or the Milky Way. The venerable gentleman already alluded to was the first to look, and after a while actually staggered away from gh tza with" after ejaculation, which, thoub FAcv 4 val unaer he c i rcumstances, w 9. 414 soul pi:l:Jane it deliberately committed to paper. * Prebably Mr. Bailey % the astrouotuer.—Erb. • However, it sufficed, with his look of concern, if not horror, to drive us from our propriety. There was a general rush towards the glass, each individual who succeeded in turn, having to endure the entreaties, remonstrances, and even re proaches, from the more impatient of the throng. In this unsatisfactory way I obtained a hurried glimpse ; but it served to show me such a scene of desolation as I had never contemplated even in a dream. Wide dreary wastes of white sand, bounded by barren rocks, enclosing gloomy valleys dark as that of the Shadow of Death ! Vegetation there was none ; but one immense shady tract proved to be a vast forest—literally a Black Forest—of charred trees. In its shape I seemed to recognise one of those dark patches on the surface of the full moon,• which are visible to the naked eye. Dismal as these features were, there were others of quite as melancholy a character. Thus the bright spot named after Kepler by the astronomers, was made out by the Swedish professor to be a great conical hill of bones bleached to a dazzling whiteness. To what class of animals they be longed it was impossible to determine ; but none of them resembled the bones of the human species. From these indications we at first entertained sanguine hopes of seeing some living creatures; but not the least sign or stir of life could be detected in any part of the planet. But the most astounding discovery was yet to come. Amongst the dark patches on the face of the moon, dis cernible by the naked eye, is a remarkable one, supposed to be a valley or cavity, which has been estimated by some astronomers as fifty miles broad, and nearly three miles in depth. It is called after Tycho Brahe, I believe, by the learned. In the midst of this huge hollow, there appears a bright spot, formerly the object of much speculation and controversy, but now ascertained, by the extraordinary powers of. the new telescope, to -be the skeleton of a gigantic animal—of dimensions so enormous as to surpass the mam moth or mastodon as much as they exceed in size our ordinary oxen! The skeleton was lying on its side ; and most of the bones retaining their places, afforded a very good notion of its figure. According to the Frenchman, who professed to have studied osteology under Cuvier, the structure was very pecu liar, and unlike that of any known terrestrial animal, living or fossil. From the valley where it lay there ran a long narrow ravine, which you may trace by referring to a map of the moon. It was strewed with detached bones, and was doubtless the passage by which the monster issued and re turned from his foragings. The total absenceoflike, and the conical mound of ble,ached bones, were now accounted for; the monster, after ravaging all around, had at last perished by famine ; but there is some thing bewildering in the idea of a creature of such magni tude inhabiting a planet not so large by two-thirds as our own. To give you any idea of the effect produced on us by so unexpected, and, I may say, so appalling a spectacle, is im possible. It was absolutely stunning. We stood and looked silently in each other's faces like men suddenly awakened from a sound sleep. Could it be real? Was it not all a dream? And that, then, was the Moon, the favourite haunt of romantic and poetical love fancies—one of the retreats of the fairies! Well might the Frenchman shrug his shoulders and exclaim that it was " triste—vraiment affligeante !" Nor did it much surprise me to see the old white-haired gentle man, sitting on the grass, weeping like a child. In reality there was something depressing and shocking in the horrible desolation we had witnessed; yet withal so strangely fasci nating, that we returned to it again and again. But we made no new discovery; except of the crater of an extinct volcano, in the vicinity of the charred forest already de scribed. At this point the party broke up, and Maclure and myself took leave. But there are myste r i ous w hi sper i ngs afloat of subsequent explorations by a " select few ;" and in par ticular of some supposed ethereal or angelic beings discovered in Vesta. Their shape, it is said, cannot be distinguished; nor are they visible whilst withi n t h e d i sc of the planet, which is a very bright one; but when beyond its edge they are discernible, against the dark sky, hovering about with a soft greenish light, like that of the fi re fli es one sees on the banks of the Rhine. As soon as I can obtain any authentic particulars you shall hear from me again. In the meantime, adieu.—Yours ever, __ CHARLES MAITLAND KILGOUR. I omitted to mention that, observing how everybody rubbed their eyes after looking through the telescope, I de termined to watch my own sensations, and detected a slight drawing or shooting pain in the organ ; of course from the immense power of the lenses overstraining the optic nerves. I have just learned that several of the party are suffering from the same cause: one of them with a temporary blind ness of the right eye. • Perhaps the one called Cleomedes.—ED. [We have extracted the above from Hood's excellent Ma gazine, but we entertain grave doubts of its authenticity It is a very bonnie subject for a Commission of Lunacy.—ED. Sun.] THE CORN LAWS. The near approach of Mr. Villiel•s's motion for the immediate and total repeal of the corn-laws increases the interest which is felt in the question. That there will be a considerable addition to the minority of last year is a point on which there can be no doubt. Much, however, we feel assured, may still be done in the way of swelling the minority. If the constituen cies of populous towns will properly bestir them selves, where the Members are only fixed-duty men, a goodly number of converts to the cause of total and immediate repeal will be made before the day on which the motion is to be brought forward arrives. Let no constituency be deterred from fully and fearlessly ex pressing their views to their representatives, from an apprehension of being twitted in the same way as the electors of Edinburgh have been twitted by Mr. Macaulay. The subject is one of the gravest im portance, and the electoral body have a duty to per form to their country as well as themselves. Consti tuencies not only have a right to call on their Members to give effect to their wishes' on any important ques tion, but it is their bounden duty to do so. The franchise being limited, those who possess it are to be considered as holding it in trust for that portion of their countrymen who are debarred from the enjoy ment of their political rights. On the question of the corn-laws, public opinion in populous towns has been expressed in the most unequivocal manner in which it were possible to give it utterance ; but, as Members often imagine they can safely disregard public opinion when they cannot with impunity disregard the wishes of their constituents, it is right that the latter should remind their representatives of the way in which they ought to vote on Mr. Villiers's motion. The representations of the electors of Edinburgh have not been lost on Mr. Macaulay, though he is sorely offended that they should have been made to him. They have had the effect of eliciting from him an avowal of his intention to vote, on the approaching occasion, for im mediate and total repeal. That, it must be allowed, is something. Let other constituencies only extort from their fixed-duty representatives a similar promise, and it matters not how many angry epistles the latter may think proper to- pen. Let them, if they please, imitate the conduct of Mr. Macaulay in underrating the influence of the League, by way of revenge for the sound information which it has diffused, and the healthy tone of feeling which it has created on the corn-law question,—let them do this, or do or say any thing else they please, if they can only be induced also to imitate the Member for Edinburgh in voting for immediate and total repeal. In the mean time, it is gratifying to know that correct notions on the subject of the corn-laws are rapidly spreading among consti tuencies where the densest darkness has hitherto pre vailed. As already remarked, in all the populous towns the people are corn-law repealers to a man ; but in many agricultural districts, much yet remains to be done in the way of dispelling the mists of ignorance. Last night, at the anti-corn-law demonstration in Co vent-garden Theatre, Mr. Turner, a Somersetshire far mer, brought before the meeti ng — a mee ti ng as nume rously attended and as enthusiastic as ever—a large amount of interesting information respecting the existing state of corn-law intelligence and feeling in the agricultu ral districts. The farmers are as open to conviction on the subject as any other class of the community; and they are rapidly coining over to the views of the League. There are two great . difficulties in dealing with the farmers, with which the corn-law repealers have to contend. The first is, that of procuring a calm, dispassionate, and unprejudiced hearing to the case which the repealers wish to submit to them. Their landlords have in many, perhaps in a majority of cases, so far succeeded in poisoning their minds against free trade doctrines, that they will hardly accord a hear ing those t o cases, a n a n h t o i w - c e o v rn er - , 1 i w n o free-trade views. The other difficulty is in prevail in on those who have become proselytes to out in h en th t is or di a ffi r e gu ul m ty en i anti corn-law principles, to avow and carroyted. So practice the new views they have .p st.oveltrn for free-trade pro tection of the ballot, they dare not vote made up their candidates, unless they had previously . _ Jut families ruined. though, minds to see themselves and the League must not calculate on any for these reasons, considerable number of farmers voting, when a general long as they are tenants-at-will, and are denied the don the enterprise of enlightening them on which it has entered. If the repealers cannot expect the suffrages e e l l e e e c t t i i o o n n s come s that ignorantfree-trade andstuphied candidates, be enthusiasm Wit musthig or r n o o n t b a e b h a a n- f of the agriculturists, there will be wanting in future of monopolist candidates, which used to characterise county contests. And in this absence of wonted corn law enthusiasm, there will be seen a sign of the times, which will not be without its effect on the Minister of the day, no matter wh ether Tory.— Morning Advertiser. - - - OFFICIAL CHANGE. —Sir Henry Hardinge goes to India as Governor-General, and Sir James Graham, who ex pected the appointment, goes for the present to the Wall.— Punch. To LAIMIS.--Th e high and universal celebrity which Rowland's Kalydor continues to maintain, as an active yet mild and soothing extirpator of all impurities of the skin, is, during the period of Spring, most pleasingly evinced. This preparation, eminently balsamic, restorative, and invi gorating, is equally celebrated for safety in application, as for unfailing efficacy in removing all impurities and discoloura tion ; and imparting a healthy freshness and transparonoy to the Skin and Complexion. Its universally gm's!, demand the cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, o give the title of " Genuine';lydor to compounds c of their -tl in own anufActv i ro, fhe most deleterious char ter, collt4ll*kg pi ttiineral astringents utterly ruinous to the Cotelexon, and, by their repellant action endangering heAltil• it is, there fore, imperative on purchasers to 400 that the words " Row land's Kalydor" are on the tiraPl others aro fraudu lent Counterfeit. SPIRTT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE. —Sir Robert Peel's Administration was opened by high-sounding announcements of approaching law reforms. Public expectation was on tip-tJe Lord Lyndhurst was Chancellor. As head of the law, whatever changes were proposed in the existing eco nomy of the law courts, must, of course, be first sub mitted to him for his sanction, if they were not ac tually the suggestions of his own mind. The name of Lyndhurst and Reform, of any kind, was rather an unpromising association for any beneficial results ; no very strong anticipations in the public mind, or among professional men, were therefore caused by the announce ment. Still there was hope. Political chemistry is possessed of extraordinary powers. It can neutralise antipathies, and bring into affinity bodies which once seemed to be incapable of cohesion. Lord Lyndhurst was Chancellor. For the purpose of pro ducing a favourable impression, law reform might be seriously taken up by the Cabin e t. E ven Lord Lynd hurst might consent to forego his well-known dislike to reform ; take the part assigned him in the State drama, and play Reformer of flagrant abuses in the adminis tration of the law, as a means of obtaining popularity The Court of Chancery was the first Court in w hid' Lord Lyndhurst's newly kindled zeal for Law Reform was to be tested. The Six Clerks' Office, with its enor mous impositions in the shape of fees, and incessant im pediments to the progress of litigation in the Court, had long drained the resources, protracted the suits, and exhausted the patience of the unhappy suitors. There was, therefore, a considerable degree of satisfaction, tic companied by a more than equal portion of surprise, when Lord Lyndhurst's Bill for the abolition of these useless offices was announced ; satisfaction, that the nuisance was likely to be, at length—abolished, surprise that its abolition should emanate from such a quarter; proposed, as it was by the very individual who had pertinaciously contended for retaining it when a Bill for its removal was introduced by his predecessor. Still, as we have said, there is a vast difference between being in, and being out, of office. The same measure which faction may oppose 1 nd de nounce as impolitic and unjust, will be taken up, and recommended to Parliament as excellent, when its adop tion is likely to give eclat to a Cabinet, or will minister to the personal advantage of a Minister of the Crown I Lord Lyndhurst's Chancery Offices Abc:ition Bill is a fine illustration of the mysterious influences which a seat on the woolsack exercises over the visual faculties of its possessor. In 1833 Lord Lyndhurst violently and successfully opposed a Bill introduced to the House of Lords for the very objects his own Bill of 1842 carried into effect. True, Lord Lyndhurst would not have had the power of awarding the compen sation under the Bill of 1833. There would then have been no compensation clauses smuggled into the Bill at the last hour, enabling the holders of the abo lished offices to claim upwards of a million ster ling. No " orders" would then have issued, with " Lyndhurst, C." affixed, by which that enormous amountof compensation would be allowed, and annual pensions assigned to these sinecurists during life —with remainders after death—which should exceed the an nual salaries of Cabinet Ministers.- These concomi tants of Chancery Reform were left to the ingenuity of Lord Lyndhurst to devise and carry into effect. They certainly throw a halo around the measure, by which the distinguishing characteristics of Law Reform, under such auspices, are seen by their own light. They serve to show how much the country is indebted to Sir R. Peel's Administration for improvements in the judi• cial institutions of the country ; and will ensure a cer tain kind of immortality to Lord Lyndhurst, as one of the most extraordinary law reformers of his times. We are glad to see that the Lord Chancellor is se cured in the possession of undivided merit in the' matter of these enormous compensations. Sir James Graham, in the course of the debate on Mr. Watson's motion on the subject, endeavoured to produce an im pression that Lord Cottenham had assented to the scheme. It appears, however, that Lord Cottenham declines the honour assigned to him by the Right Hon. home Secretary. It is Lord Lyndhurst's own. The compensation plan—with all its munificent provisions for the holders of the offices abolished by the Bill—is tho emanation of his mind and will. The Chancellor must li have consented, after a long struggle with himself, if not with his colleagues in the Cabinet, to abolish these offices ; seeing that in 1833 he regarded them as an essential part of a perfectly wise and good system of equity jurisprudence. No wonder, then, that his com pensation-scheme was so munificent ! The value of the offices to the public was in the Lord Chancellor's eye when he drew up the schema which allots a million sterling to the holders of such posts. The idea of continuing an interest in the compensation fund to the holders of the offices for a given period after their decease, is also worthy of commendation. Lord Lyndhurst, possibly, had a reference to, and put a liberal interpretation on, a much-controverted pas sage of Scripture:—" Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness." We have remarked that Sir James Graham endeavoured on Tuesday night to assign a part of the merit to Lord Cottenham. The mistake into which the Right Hun. Baronet fell was very properly rectified, at the Noble and Learned Lord's instance, by Lord John Russell. Sir James Graham said something about having been misled by Mr. Wainwright, who drew the Bill. There will, however, be ample opportunity for ascertaining who occasioned the mistake, so derogatory from Lord Lynd hurst's merits. The subject will be resumed, when, in colloquial phrase, " the saddle will be placed on the right horse." - STANDARD.—The Globe undertakes to criticise our remarks upon the foolish speech with which the Dublin Conservative Association was dissolved, and charges us with inconsistency, because we formerly gave our support to the Society in question. But there is no inconsistency in our conduct. The Association was formed for a temporary purpose—to rescue Ireland from the tyranny of Mr. Daniel O'Connell ; and, under the guidance of such men as Mr. Butt, whom we do not find taking any part in its late proceedings, it nobly accomplished that purpose. "Thenceforward its occupation was gone." Mr. O'Con nell is not now the tyrant of Ireland. lle is " scarcely lord of himself." Nobody complains that any good class of Irishmen is either injured or oppressed, or of any danger threatened to any good institution. Why, then, might not the Dublin Conservative Associa tion follow the example of so many similar associations in England, that have dissolved themselves because they have fulfilled their mission, in restoring Con servativelagislation and government ? Why should the few, who may have kept the thing alive beyond its proper period, for the indulgence of personal vanity or the prosecution of personal gain, reflect disgrace upon the pure and useful period of its history, by ascribing to the whole body their own mean feelings? It is of that that we complain, and there plainly is no inconsistency in this complaint with the highest possible respect for the Association in those days when it was the rallying point of the good and the wise, because it was necessary then for the good and wise to take an active part in public life. By the way, it may be the means of saving tho Globe some labour, and sparing the Irish Chief Justice some abuse, if we remind our Contemporary, that Mr. Ed ward Pennefather was a Whig when he advised th e Corporation of Kilk enny , and was Lord Grey's first At torney-General. FRENCH RAILWAYS. In the Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday, the Minister of Public Works introduced several Railway Bills, which have been looked forward to with great interest by specula tors both in France and in England. The Bills introduced on Wednesday are for the construction of the following new lines of railways:- 1. A Bill for the c/asscinctit (fixing of the line) of the railway from Vierzon to Chateauroux and Limoges on the one part, and from Vierzon to Bourges and Clermont on the other. 2. A Bill to raise 28 millions of francs for the continuation of that part of the railway from Paris to the Atlantic, si tuated between Tours and Nantes. 3. A Bill for the classement of a railroad from Paris to Rennes, by Chartres and Laval. 4. A Bill demanding a credit of eighty-eight millions of' francs for the completion of that part of the railway leading from Paris to the frontiers of Germany, situated between Paris and Hommarting, and passing through Epernay, Cha lons, Bar le Due, and Nancy, with a branch railroad to Rheims and Metz. _ . _ These different Bills comprise the formation of railroads to the extent of about 500 leagues. They are all to be made according to the mixed system laid down in the law of 1842. The Debate says—" The outlay on the part of the State will be about 60,000,000 f. per annum during six years. With th e re sources at the disposal of the Minister of the Interior the amount set aside for railroads is available without any embar rassment to the Treasury. The outlay, at the exp ense of Coru panics, will be about 250 millions. The whole comprises an operation of 600 millions, without cou n ti ng all the other public works which the State executes on the roads, rivers, the canals, and in th e harbours, and independently the o f that which is expended by powerful public compani es , suc h as the Rouen and llavre Railway Company, whose works alone will absorb about forty millions." FABRI ES‘ cATED tm i ns The extraordin ary c h arge tMr RA Edward Fry, son of a magistrate of the mnty last, at Roscommon, was gentleman,sions of B o yle. who, The it is further investigated on Monday ra the Petty Ses n stated,ature of ish t h i a e s h charge eei c againsted ia this he county of Roscommon, must be fre g sh y in t i h n e e re t collection of our readers, as the proceedings at the opening in quiry were so recently reported. The accusation is di vided into two branches—first, Mr. Fry was accused of inducing his herd, Edward Cox, to kill a mare, his pro perty, and, subsequently, swearing an affidavit, in which he stated that the mare was killed by some person or persons unknown, his object being to recover compensa tion of the county for the alleged malicious injury. Ho was also charged with having got a person of the name of Burns to write a threatening letter to him, signed " Young Smart." The original of this notice, it was stated by one of the witnesses, was retained by . Mr. Fry, in order that its contents should be embodied in his affi davit for compensation. After the examination of witnesses, chiefly persons in the employment of the accused, the Magistrates received informations against him, and he has been held to bail to stand his trial at the next assizes. Under the circumstances, we shall refrain from any observations on the case, as regards the guilt or inno cence of Mr. Fry, merely referring to the report of the investigation, which seems to have been conducted with fairness, by . Mr. Wray, R.M., and other Magistrates. The matter in issue is of the deepest importance, espo chilly to the county of Roscommon, where so many outrages of an agrarian character have recently be en committed.—Dublin Post. U NCLAIMED lIORSE.—Some person unknown, left a horse at the Angel Inu, in this town, on April fair day, and although it has been advertised, no person 1123 come forth to own it, consequently it was sold by auction, Ly Mr. Foster, at twelve o'clock, on TheadeY, for W & guineas.