The Sun. — London, England, 1839-03-21 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. 1,~2~~ D&_ 7 u:N. 41 eii 74 I • _____---1 ountry tution. most tate he nose he )fiether Or gold ?ss that was ays were Ile then opened to will you 0-morrow the night r on the you nevy orne time or-law to gising for which the , n corning me of the ving hint w hich he Ines a a no i n for t Lilo act el I__~' SAL s_: _~~ a leading - 37 .'s charter cm not .eir rift. o this new • ion wigbt :its of the v, in fac t ' 1, the tail' ia i n st th e li,nitaric.s stsof then' ;t stronger. eneotto ttors. ,nee to t , b , B mmous s a dem o o f es ne a c sitl real' only g bY tbe r , of its ell been de sl j r : , ces sful ou Ne' f " emp rarl o depr o e„ it the on f E n ght o ; a thing :I nd tol e , " ,i, the v e (J o be f i ° r " p e o can u ° : injustl n to 1)10° CV. RD A l ' he ell have bed iat nu nl 'ver at the ribe oin in , f t, l ed ;1 the ra e , to c arri t -,, ef e asion, - s of earlio o dg L , rve vett e, Alr• 3jetl io , ), POT 1„ rave, :; sO OVVing horSe i , c b° o4 °, by °lob; 113 t. )r(sieasr: 15`11,:ici n to b e Lirtl) 5 ...... • p•rope rtY t horothi be • -0/. Owner ) Oren tO fltp [Ural ° ' OP , 5 1e ° rates ' fi t;.) (4 S il l ) 3 I a _Jr 4 • lat nrC 6' SOTO L o /Of Min a" (A re 0 , ' , l ef' a. feet' t ; in in Pe- P oo a n C §hrl ch• er i° e ltb tf . ,te,A, ( i i ! or o' 47, il )eCl°st e td k°' C ' ,rs,to,ro,it ti 511." Of „s, late ,f the"' 1-1 pr iv et tell' Stu er daur rr, f ie l r o l f rebar-' is mai. 3.-„,ty'i ES . ' loP' fr• Cpl'll ugbter 01 11, • 14. i c et irie l "' b e ' 11 ' ,ri bi dg ll , ree'' . Gen eo l t, Vge' 0 An a, * lll l JNG' I 113 on'► p HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. lIIIREE EXHIBITIONS will take place at the Garden o f th e S oc i ety a t T urn h am G reen on the tillowing Saturdays, n ame ly—M ay 18, J uno 15, J u ly 6. Fellows may obt a i n 18 tickets eac h , f or t h e a d m i ss i on o f t h eir fzie 'lds, at this office, price 3s. 6d. each, on or before April 'I; and any Number price ss. each after that (lay. All tickets issued at the Garden will be charged 10s. each. 21 , Regent Street L ONDON AND WESTMINSTER MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, for .sst4rance on Lives and Survivorships, for Granting Annuities, 4 ° ans, Endowments to Children, mkt for the purchase of Re %;,ersionary and other Interests. PATRON. The Most Neble the MARQUIS of !WESTMINSTER. Prospectuses may be had, and application for Shares made, b Y applying to the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, !.nd W aterloo-place, and at all its Branches : and to Messrs. !'°Y, Blunt, Duncan, r: and C.and Johnston, 42, L o thbury ; and Messrs. aliester. Kempson, Solictors, 31, Abi ng d on - s t r e e t, West- FRANCIS EIVART, Secretary.. CONTRACTS FOR HAIR FOR SEAMEN'S BEDS. DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPTROLLER FOR VICTUALLING VICES, SOMERSET-PLACE, M ARCH 19, 1839. TRE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT -0). ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of A ,r—NITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN 1t IRE do hereby give Notice, That on THURSDAY, the 28th ~Mtit, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such el.sons as may be willing to Centract for supplying and deli ienrnig into Her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, ' O OOO lbs. of CURLED HAIR for SEAMEN'S BEDS. A Sample of the Hair, and the Conditions of ,the Contract, Ila4be seen at the said Office. 4,6, 9 T ender will be received after One o'clock on the Day 1 reatY, nor an noticed, unless the Party attends, or an 'en for him duly authorized in writing.,' Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad kr,,,"l.,„tY, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender e ' l air," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, ac e°r9aniesl by a Letter signed by two responsible persons, en flg2l n t!a e t to, become bound with the person tendering, in the sum per cent. ou the value, for the due performance of the PRIVATE TUTOR. A CLERGYMAN, for some years Tutor to a k rito his Nobleman, and subsequently receiving SIX PUPILS I lad tn house, a moderate distance from London, would be J.io n n ,7 1 a VACANCY with a gentleman's son whose educa- Lc ::. uealth may reqnire more thon common care. t t on 'ters addressed to the Rev. J. C. C., Post-office, Ilamp .e°ll", :Middlesex, will be forwarded to him. By order of the Board, h THOS. AIULLINDER, Secretary. l‘lare clo 1839. • READ-STREET WARD. w At , At a MEETING of the INHABITANTS of the th BREAD-STREET, held at the School House of the Co rdwainers and Bread-street Wards, on WEDNESDAY, Pr: 20th day of March instant, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon '' l55l Y, before the Worshipful JOHN LAINSON, Esq., Al dermantr of the said Ward, to take into consideration a Bill in troduced into Parliament, intituled " A Bill for the further Prtmi t ,- g the Police in and near the Metropolis," pursuant to 4 r,equisition for that purpose very numerously signed, was resolved unanimously— millytt this Meeting has seen with surprise and indignation a thid Introduced into the House of Commons proposing to make un e ,City of London part of the Metropolitan Police District, c 'lee the management of Commissioners appointed by the if i. "`n, and this Meeting is decidedly of opinion that such Bill Passed into a Law will be an unjust and arbitrary infringe tent of the chartered rights of the citizens, and an indirect attack upon ever y cor p ora ti on i n th e ki ng d om , b e i ng a t once des tructive of their privileges, and vesting power in an English Minister hitherto unheard of. That the Citizens of London have from time immemorial Possessed the right of electing their own Magistrates, and ' fl aking regulations for the security of the City, and the pre servation of the peace, and their powers have been adminis tered with prudence and vigilance, and such improvements adopted as the altered circumstances of the City required, of which the recent regulation of the City police is a most im portant instance. That this meeting agrees in the sentiment expressed by Lord John Russell when he introduced the Municipal Corporation Bill, viz., " That the only notion he could form of a Municipal Government, was, that the keeping the peace should be tinder the control of the persons who were deemed proper to have the Government of the Town ;" and this meeting is also °f opinion that as long as the supreme power of the State is rated in the hands of one or many, over whom the people t ay e no control, the tenure of civil and personal . liberty must a f rtil and uncertain, and that the only . efficient remedy ,Zust oppression is,. for the people to retain a share of that PT„,seine power in their own possession. A t That this meeting confidently hopes that her Most Gracious tIZIO . will not sully the splendour of her reign, by inflicting tize tl , l4 ?l Pains and Penaltie s up on her Majesty's faithful ci • r ~ght;` „London ; thereby depriving them of prescriptive ker i ce -11 '' privileges acquired by great pecuniary and personal Pee it,4; arid co-existent with the establishment fi of the E of par, ,--rights and privileges, moreover, con y Acts her m a rolent, and unquestionably as much the mh e eritanc:of and faithful c itizens, as are the grants of the rights tion,7 o 'esnons of th e C ro wn, procured for a like considera the real ' IT former Sovereigns, the inheritance of the Peers of That • of the D i n the opinion of this meeting, it is the imperative duty eitizn;lresentatives of this City in Parliament, and all her the t i e rte have seats in the House of Commons, to oppose T hat in every stage of its progress. fered , , t he thanks of this Meeting are due, and are hereby L of •l'e the Press of England generally, and . the London vo eate l d n Particular, for the efficient manner in which it . has d ad 7 04 r t o th e interests of the Citizens of London in their en ea -1,1,4„ maintain their ancient rights and privileges. ahlpful ithie thanks of this Meeting be presented to the Wo.r t,o Lainson, Es Alderman, for his diligent attention ntte e - O i t i e the interests of ' this City, and his impartial conduct That air this day. " Ate r the above Resolutions be advertised in " The Times," ' - un , ” ning Chronicle," "Morning Advertiser," and " The tran Stllitt and a copy thereof signed by the Ward Clerk and vitt, a _ e ed to each the the City Representatives in Parliament, r quest that they will oppose the Bill. JAMES JOSIAH _MILLARD, Ward Clerk. COUG HS, Fo HO hiRSENESS, and SORE THROATS. T 14,E e xtraordinary efficacy of GIFFO RD'S li r °4 rsei l `',,9ZENGES in curing the most severe Cou d gh h s e ,. ehrifid e m anti Sore Throats, can not be too generally known, and t keds. -ently rttica i n eus re ) . trat_,••• this ecommended as the most agreeable a , br,44:utt,,a,,,adfre;tr‘eyeadration the mediFf r. f h n fruit are concen ;.and being judielovuisltynceombt,i,ihreedthweirtharltisiecingaefutrionm sin4 el ti u s ra relief in . every , species of Cough,ecunar to asthmatic or con_ ervous h or exj ben eti t ,!,• • In Hooping-coughs and p Fevers they are also pa!- rirn i , ; they allay thirst and s inflammation,y be taken by chi'. promote a tree V r.. uld i a 4 2 and b e i ng perfect l y harmless, In s ZPar e d 0 2 of the mo s t d e li ca te constitutions. tna .I're trod •' l 3', and so!d by J. Girl' ird, Chemist to his late Majesty, and 'd° bo •es at Is. 11.0. and '2s each; also by M•ssr; War A, ati,i" aw le Dublin ; Butler, Edinburgh ; F rbes, Inverness; . . nl nth. Co.; Perth, and by most respectable venders in the a b ° Ye al se May be rocured his PECTORAL C UGH PILLS, C Which a e g admirably adapt: d for the Chronic Catatrh, thig6W:4,lPtive Habit, which so generally affact delic.tb• consti. u. Also 61 ) :-. a hallgeable climate. V th e • FON D S APERIENT FAMILY PILLS, which a•e one e. etirn - t °s t efrect al medicines for Bilious, Nervous,. Gouty, an d d _atie A ffections, Indigestion, Pains, and Giddiness in the Ilea , 41 ' 0 "I all I , true ions or Irregularities of the Stomach and Bowl ; Mls. I%d. and 2s. 6d. each. RA MPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH Th• is , Px ice Is. 1 1 / 2 d. per bx. eXee.lent family PILL is a llede of long tried efficacy for syn Th ec t ll 4 all Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, the common tit e, e s ,!)rris of which are Costiveness, Flatulency , Spasms , Loss Ef i c z sihew"ek Headache Giddiness, Sense of F Ind i °r the Eyes,browsiness, and Pas ' i u th n e e Stomach and ficiwels. Iharlion, producing a Torpid State •f ' t i tle Liver, and a constant th. e . t vity of the Bowels, causing ai L anization of every function of • came , will, in this most excellent preparation, g by a little perse the e!, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince its afflicted of its salutary effect:. c l e lie liv st e rch will speedily regain bowels, and kidneys will ; a healthy action f h 0, 0 Iy take place , and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaun aed appearance, strength, activity, and . renewed health, will be the eck result of taking this Medicine, according to the directions accom_ eY rallyinff each box ; and if taken after too free an indulge at table, quickly restore the system to its natural state:of reposeenc. „ callous of a FULL HABIT, who are subject to Headache, Gidd i . Ala'. Drowsiness and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a 44n w ize o r f Blood to the Head, should never be without them, as many symptoms t will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. silit.l3ll.°'l•lALES, these pills are most truly excellent, removing ' o bstructions • the distressing Headache sun very prevalent with the 11 -e iti,Depression Srits, ullness of Sight, 'Nervous Affections, /10:2. 1 esi Pimples, and Sallowness . of the Skin, and give a healthy and 4.!nle bloom to the complexion. Aperient, they unite the recomnrenda. ti nb s a ,a pleasant, safe, and e h• r ,"f 4 . rnild operation witahsytheptenrost successful effect, and require btllicttraint of diet or nfinement during their use ; and for EL. PEOPLE they co will be found to be the most comfortable Solane hitherto prepared. tinr .7 T. Prout, 229, Strand, London , e 3 Prifels 1 ; and by the Venders of Medicinthroughout and 2 s. t 9 h d e . 4 , ,si t • generally .(l f " FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEA H d , a Lo nd nd o „ b n, ej voen the G 0 Mme Address of '‘ lhomas Prout, 129. Stran , --teent Stamp. NI ---, O. .v i --) i - , 'S AND DEBILITATED CONSTITUTIONS.. ,A, -._ Medicine hitherto discovered has n a m s a D in r " . ,y\ ._Medicine so extensive and durable a rept fbr ibp nri.h. 3 CELEBRATED Ct ill DI AL_ v ß st A em gener al 14 'ng and invigorating the Neryous S. If the ..n,estorativc to Debilitated Constitutions. , and acting as a O f its r ,, e 'neacy of a medicine is to be judged of by the permanency t alids `P, ''tittion, and the extent to which it is resorted to by a Dre-er; l l`. l . 4 ' celebrated Corbial may claim, without exagger t a i t a io t n r , io. t hing jent distinction; and it may he further averred, that been 4 1 , 1 a9 I ?etter adapted to assist . the youth,consfitutambn hich has h its.of studious tlicati o " l, l :i l u if red by the irregulardies ie o n f e , 1 V= r . e , , ae r a r e't hot climates; or bl ind 7 11° f rorn e an o f , I fille e n sit into a despondent state of hat ed , r ,°, l i n that distressing train of symptoms, commonly denoini ebreeblea. er "us." In such persons the mental powers are not less ril e d thethan the corporeal, and to them is recon mended .. a 7 6 - a lestieh a ,`,.els with prompt efficacy, without interfering with il ~,,CAUTO' ' - 'n Gile ad - '..—. l ti many imitations of Dr. Solomon's Cordial Balm or connected therewith. eine 5... a re ort Sale, - D octor soloint.hneTublic will be sure to ask for that Medi ," as no other " Cordial Balm" is Genuine, ALSO, THE feet the- They are ANTLI MPETIGINES, or SOLOMON'S IMIOPS.. Pray ed b. Effectual cure for such disorders as originate in a De tin,, a Aabit of the Body, as Obstinate Eruptions, Chronic Rheuma een tri those hard, schirrous, and often indolent tumours that at_ Beath t e h glands of the neck, under the chin, and most commonly be e ears. For these complaints 0_ edwith very little success, and the whole Materia Medico has tio u lamentable to state, alarge per. ~,_ 1 .the community is now' suffering under the accumulated t,„Tearising therefrom whom the Anti-Impetigines would restore `",,!1, health and vigou, if recourse were had to it There" be 444" e bro?s are the best substitute hitherto discovered for that At)cianterbas Mineral - MERCURY • they are mild, safe, and effectual, taken with the greatest advantage by both sexes• of cas are few families in which their great utility does not admit rof, th wholthey are highly the blood recommended for purifying 4.7 ~. _doo and lymph promoting the natural secretions. by Messrs W. s on Bow Church-yard ; Mr. Thomas Butler, wh.heapside ; Mr ' Sanger, ' 130, Oxford-street; Mr. Mackrill, 33, str sp it i ft . h , a 11,..el • Hanay and , Co. 63, Oxford-street, corner of Wells.. ein e - V „°_,. Stirling,w: 86, High: street, Whiteehapel; and all :Medi ofweh"o.ers. es at i H. and 30s. each. GUIDE of SOLOMON'S T may be had, mice 3s, The latest Edition , Person 0 I-ILALTH containing r deice and Instruction toel ery des of preserving that most - Invaluable Blessing. ""mansi No. 14,520. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause of SAMPLES against OLIVER, the Creditors of PETER SAMPLES, late of St. James-place, in the Parish of St. James, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, who died in the month of November, 1837), are forthwith to come in and prove their Debts before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Lon don, or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said decree. CURRIE and WOODGATE, No. 3, Lincoln's Inn. ..,._ ~.,..,....„.. --..,.. .. ~,i, •••,:ve....3 . 4:! --- ,42 ........„ .a " k.- ,t (41„, ' ~ ,,t-, !i' ' ' .' 4 ;-:,:,... 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ACCOUNTS BEALL and CO., ACCOUNTANTS, C• 27, Mincing-lane, offer assistance to Merchants, Bankers, Executors, and others, in the arrangement of Partner ship, Disputed, and Intricate Accounts, and in the Annual Balancing of Books. Concise Plans of Book-keeping for Public Bodies, with effi cient check and key to the whole in one person. Information furnished to Executors and Administrators, respecting Legacy and Residuary Duties and their payment, and to Insolvents and others, who may require arrangements with Creditors. Debts, Rents, &c., collected. Respectable re ferences given. REGULATIONS under which UN STAMPED PRINTED PRICES CURRENT and COMMERCIAL LISTS, may be forwarded, by Post, to all Parts of the United Kingdom, to the British Colonies and Pos sessions Abroad, and to Foreign Parts, by Packet or Privat- Ship, at the reduced rate of ONE PENNY. Ist.—The sanction of the Postmaster-General must be ex pressly obtained for each Publication and recorded at the Gene ral Post Office in London, before it can enjoy the privilege of circulating by Post at the reduced rate of One Penny each. 2 l.—No private Price Current or Mercantile Circular of any - description, whether printed or otherwise, can be permitted to circulate by Post at the reduced rate above mentioned. 3d.—Prices Current must only contain the Names and Prices of the Articles, with general information as to the Mar kets, but the Names of the Parties dealing in such Articles are to be excluded ; nor must they or any other Publications cir culating under these Regulations contain any Advertisements or &latter subjecting them to the Newspaper Stamp Duty. 4th.— No Price Current or Commercial List circulating at the reduced rate must exceed the weight of Two Ounces. isth.—Every Price Current or Commercial List must be posted at the Post Office of the Town or Place where the same is published, within Seven Days after its Publication ; and no such Publication can be reposted or forwarded a second time without being charged with full Letter rate of Postage. 6th.—Each Copy must be made up in the same form as a its being with Covers open at the ends, admitting of being withdrawn for the purpose of examination. 7th.—The Title of the Publication must be written or printed immediately above the address : and any other writing than such address, any Name or Initials, t.r _any mark,for-resie renec of any kind, calculated , to ectraTq inOVifroli as to the party by whom such Publication is forwarded, will subject the same to full Letter rate of Postage. Bth.—The payment of the reduced rate of One Penny each upon these privileged Publications circulating by the Inland Post, within the United Kingdom, is optional, and may be made either by the sender or the receiver ; but the Penny must be paid when posted in this country upon all such Publications forwarded to the British Colonies or Pogessions Abroad, or to Foreign parts, either by Packet or private Ship. 9th.—Those privileged Prices Current and Commercial Lists published in London, the Penny upon vihich is to be paid by the Receiver, must be brought to the Lobby of the Inland Office at St. Martin's-le-Grand before Six o'Clock r. at. as hitherto, those to he paid for on posting must be delivered at the paid Window of the Inland, Foreign, or Ship Letter Office, according to their destination before Six P.M. They may also be pasted and the Postage paid at any of the Branch Offices or Receiving Houses within the Three Mile Circle Lefore Six P. Ai. General Post Office, March, 1839. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AS SURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, at the Entrance of the Old Post Office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN SHORE, Esq., Chairman. ROWLAND MITCHELL, Esq., Deputy Chairman. W. C. Brandram, Esq. Stewart Marjorbanks, Es , _ _ . _ John W. Buckle, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. William D. Dowson, Esq. Nicholas Garry, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. John Labouchcre, Esq John Loch, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. - . John Martin,'Esq., M.P. Robert Mitford, Esq. Jamas Morris, Esq. • John G. Ravenshaw, _Esq. A. H. Poulett Thomson, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Tulloch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. I Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. In the Life Department, a Bonus was declared in June, 1829, exceeding Ono per Cent. per Annum on the Sums in sured, on an average of the different Ages; and a second Bonus of nearly similar amount was declared in June, 1836. At each period the Bonuses allotted to the different Policies averaged rather more than 28 per Cent. on the amounts of Premiums paid thereon during the preceding seven years. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Lady Day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or withAlr. Sams, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the kindgoin, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. IMMEDIATE BENEFITS OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. LIFE ANNUITY RATES, CALCULATED en EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES ! ! ! FOR EXICATPLE : For every 1001. deposited, this Association will grant the An nuity placed opposite the Age of the Party depositing. [From 601. and,upwartls, in proportion.: - Age3Oto4Oto4s to 50 to 55 to 60 to C 5 to 70 to 7S to 83 £9 ol£o 101.£10 101-£l2 101.£15 101£20 0 r 25 . Per Per Per Per Per Per Per' Pe r Per C e nt. Cent. Cent. Cent. Cent. Cent. Cent. Cent. Cent. LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE RATES, Reduced 30 per Cent. per Annum. LIFE ASSURANCE RATES. ------- . Age '2O to Ll 5 to 30 to 35 35 :38 to 45 to 50 Premium] oll s. d.l£ s. d.l.f, s. d.l£ s. d.l.£ s. d.l£ s. d. 111 15 012. 0:012 6 01210 012 15 01 i 5 • This Company make no cha so rges for intermediate ages under years. FIRE INSURANCE RATES. Common Insurance. s. d. Private Houses and Shops (not hazardous)... 1 0 per Cent. Hazardous Double Hazardous Farming Stock INDEPENDENT AND WEST MIDDLESEX ASSURANCE COMPANY, Opposite the Bazaar, Baker-street, Portman-square, London. South St. David's-street, and High-street, Edinburgh ; Ingram-street, Glasgow ; And Sackville-street, Dublin. Established and empowered under the several Acts of Parlia ment of 14th Geo. 111. e. 4S; 22d Geo. 111. ; 53d Gco. 111. c. 141 ; 3d Geo. IV. c. 92 ; and Ist Vic. c. 10. CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. In 20,000 Shares of 501. each. MANAGERS. --......__ James Alexander, Esq. ..... Thomas Knowles, Esq. George Anderson, Esq. 11. R. Perkins, Esq. James Drummond, Esq. Thomas Price, Esq. Samuel Eyre, Esq. William Reid, Esq. Robert Ferguson, Esq. Edward W. Taylor, Esq. Thomas Hope, Esq. John Wilson, Esq. J. D. Hustler, Esq. William Whittaker, Esq. G. Williams, Esq. AUDITORS. Samuel Eyre, Esq. I John Wilson, Esq. I G. E. Williams, Esq. SECRETARY—Mr. William Hole. {The Bank of England ; N BAKERS Bank of Ireland; and Western Bank of Scotland. SUR<SEON—James Devereux Hustler, Esq., Park-street. So ItVEYOR—Simon Thurston, Esq., 9, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-square. SOLICITORS—Mears. Williams and Son, 2, Hart-street, Bloomsbury-square. RAPER'S PATENT WATERPROOF. Patronized by the QUEEN, the Nobility, and several Public Establishments. Messrs. RAPER and Co. be; respectfully to inform the Public that they are now carrying out Mr. Raper's newly in vented process of water-proofing all sorts of fabrics used in clothing, as well as leather, with increased and extensive ma chinery. Receiving Houses—No. 8, Bridge-street, Blackfriars ; 12, Marshall-street, Golden-square, and 46, Basinghall-street. *, 4 ' Messrs. Raper and Co. have no connection with any Public Company, No. 32, GREAT RUSSELL-STREET, BLOOMSBURY, and 9, HALF MOON STREET, PICCADILLY. MINERAL SUCCEDANEITM FOR FILLING DECAYED TEETH. LOOSE TEETH FASTENED, AND LOSS OF TEETH SUPPLIED. Monsieur MA ELAN, and Son Surgeon Dentists, 22, GREAT RUSSELL. STREET, BLOOMSBURY, and 9, HALF MOON STREET, P I CCADI LEY, continue to restore DECAYED TEETH with their MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM, (of which they are the Sole INVENTORS an d POSSESSORS), without pain, heat, or pressure. and FASTEN LOOSE TEETH, whether arising from age, neglect, disease of the Gums, the use of Calomel, or any other cause. They have also discovered a NEW COMPOSITION for ARTIFICIAL TEETH. A peculiar advantage attending Teeth made from this SUBSTANCE is, that they are totally impervious to acids. ARTIFICIAL TEETH have hitherto been found ob jectionable by INVALIDS taking MEDICINES which have a ten dency to DISCOLOUR them, and by persons of bilious habits. Messrs. M. have been successful in obviating these objections by their NEW DISCO VERY, and they can fix the above without ex tracting the STUMPS, or tcausing any incumbrance, and even on GUMS efthe most tender nature protecting the adjoining Teeth, however loose. No WIRES or LIGATURES are used, and they MATCH the ORIGINAL TEETH in point of Shape and Colour. GUARANTEED for MASTICATION and ARTICULATION. In consequence o Itheir improvements in the mechanical department of Dentistry ,they are enabled to reduce their charges to the following scale: — A Single Artificial Tooth £o 10 • A Set Teeth AA Setsa Incorrodible Teeth, highly finished in the first style 2O ft 0 of ef Natural Messrs. Loose Teeth Fastened Filling 5 u t N.B.—A ltussell-street. Bloomsbury, and ii, Half Moon- street, a D Piccadilly.3,caty e r e d a Tootht sliiHr AND HEARING, INVISIB LE Newly-invented operative VOICE CONDUCTOR, effected by the Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS, opticians and aur ists to the Ro y al Family, Xi, Albe marle-strei t, recadilly, by which thousands of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, is the size of a seven-shilling piece, and when fixed into the cavity of the ear is soft and easy, and not more percep tible than having a piece of wool in its place, by which the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard with distinctness. The same name of " Voice Conductor," quoted from the Messrs. Solemons by other persons, are large, and when worn are shriller te having a large pair et horns projecting from the ears; besides which the serious inflammation they cause, and a buzzing noise in the head. And defective VISION is brought to nature by the use of newly. invented SPECTACLE LENSES: immediately they are placed be fore weak and imperfect eye-sight, either by day or candle-I:gilt, envearriynogbject become bcco m m u e c s h e i l m eal p • ro a v n e d . distinct , and the most minu te p article is seen with exact distinctness, d by the useof which both th e si g ht and The Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS have also made, after thirty years` practice and experience, a most important discovery , by a simple method, t o remove d i mness o f s i g h t an d cer t a i n cases of cata racts,wOibtslre,eperation, pain, or inconvenience. i r d T A R lb A em v a E rl L e- L st E re n e s t, E oli i p r ost o e y th E e D Y . ork Hotel. 11111111Pleemes _ • PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the house of Commons.) TUESDAY, MARCII 19, 1839. BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY BILL. _ _ Order for Second reading read; Motion made, and Question proposed,—" That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question :"—The House divided : MAJORITY -AYES, 11g. Acland, Sir Thomas Acland, 'l'. D. Arbuthnot, Hon. H. Bailey, Jcseph Bailley, Joseph, jun. Baines, E. Barnard, E. G. Benett, John Berkeley, F. H. Bewes, T. Blair, J. Blakemore, R. Bramston, T. W. Broadley, Henry Broadwood, H. Brocklehurst, J. • Brotherton, J. Bruges, W. H. L. Buller, E. Buller, Sir J. B. Y. Burr, Higford • Butler, Hon. P. Chichester, J. P. • Chute, W. L. Clay, W. Clive, R. H. Collier, J. Corry, Right Hon. H Courtenay, 'l. P. Crawford, W. Cripps, J. D:imistoun, J. Divett, E Dunbar, George Huncombe, W. Evans, William Filmer, Sir E Finch, Francis Fres hfield, J. W. Gaskell, J. H. Gladstone, W. E. Graham, Sir J. Grattan, J. Grey. Sir G. Grimsditch, T. Grote, G. Guest, J. J. Hawes, B. Hayter, W. G. Heatbcote, Sir W. hector, C. J. Herries J. C. Hill, Lord M. Hodges, T. L. Houldsworth, T. Howard, P. H. Hume, Joseph Hurt, Francis James, Sir Walter Jones, John Labouchere, H. Lamhton, H. Lascelles, W. S. Law, Hon. C. E. Lefevre, C. Shaw Long, W. Lowther, J. H. Lushington, C. .Lushington, Dr. Lygon, lion. Gen. Mackenzie, Thomas Marslaud, T. Martin, John Miles, W. Miles, P. S. Moreton, Hon. A. H, Muskett, George A. O'Connor Don Packe, C. W. , Pakington, John S. Palmer, C. F.. Patten ' Wilson Pease, Joseph Pendarres, E. NV. Perccval, Captain Philips, G. it. Phillpotts John F. Powell, dolonel Pi. , wer, James Powerscourt, Lord Richards, It. Round, C. G. Round, J. Rundle, J. Rustihrooke, Colonel Sandon, Lord Sanford, F.. A. Scholefield, J. Sinclair, Sir G. Stanley, Lord Strutt, Edward Stuart, Lord James Stuart, W. Villiers Style, Sir T. C. Teignmouth ' Lord Tennent, J. E. Turner, E. Vivian, J. H. Wallace, Warburton, H. Ward, H. G. White, Andrew Williams, W. A. Winnington, 'I Winnington, H. Wood, Sir Matthew Wood, G. W Yates, J. A. TELLERS. Fremantle, Sir T. Hope, H. T. Alirourt, Capt. E. Archdal). General Baker, E. Berkeley, C. Maclutone,' W.S. Boldero, H. G. Bradshaw, James Bruen, F. Byng, G. S. Castlereagh, Viscount Clietwynd, Major Codrington, Sir E. Compton, H. De Horsey, S. H. D'lsraeli, Benjamin Douro, Marquis of Duff', James Duißela, T. D. Duncan, Lord Evans, Sir G. Dc Lacy NORITY—NOES, Fitzalan, :And Fitzroy, Lord C. Forester, Hon. G. Fox, G. Lane - 2. French, F. Granby, Marquis Greenaway, Charles Hardinge, Sir H. Hencage, G. W. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Billsborough, Earl Hodgson, It. Holmes, W. Hurnphery, J. Hurst, It. H. Ingestrie, Lord Jenkins, It. Knox, Hon. T. Langton, Col. G. Lennox, Lord A. Mackenzie, W. F. Maclean, 1). Manua.% Lard C. MauriYell, T. P Meynell, 11. Murray. A. Nor r' Lord O'Neil,i 'J. I'attison, J. Pechell, - Captain Polhill, F. Somer;et, Lord C. Standish, Charles Surrey, Earl of Villiers, Charles P. Waddington, H. S. Wyndham, VI. TELLP.RIC Berkeley, Grantley Sibthorp, Culonel Mr. Hawkes, M.P. for Dudley, has paired off till after Eas ter, with Mr. Lister, M.P. for Bradford. ADULTERATION OF FOOD. In large towns the goodness of bread is judged of by its colour, and even the cheaper sorts are required to be very white. Now unless the best flour is used, bread cannot be made of such a colour without using alum ; which bleaches the flour, and thus gives to bread made of inferior or damaged wheat the appearance of the better quality. The quantity of this salt employed is comparatively small; but it is notwithstanding sufficient to induce constipation in the weak, either very young or very old, and to aggravate it when already existing ; persons thus circumstanced should therefore abtain as much as possible from eating baker's bread, using in its stead home-made or brown bread. Beer is the favouritebeverage of the immense majority of the English people ; and if no other ingredients were used in its composition than those which the law permits, viz., malt and hops, it would be a nourishing and whole some as well as favourite liquor. But this unfortunately is not the case. Beer is mixed with a large proportion of water, and a great number of drugs, more or less dele terious, are employed to make the mixture resemble genuine beer in its sensible qualities, at a smaller expense than malt and hops can be obtained for. One of these ingredients is a composition of extract of quassia and liquorice-juice, which goes by the name of " multum," and is very extensively employed. Of a worse description than this are those adulterations which are intended to make the beer heady, and thus give to weak liquor the appearance of strength. For this purpose a variety of narcotics is used, such as coculus indicus, nux vomica, &c. In addition to these, several other substances are employed in the adulteration of beer ; for instance, sulphate of iron, wormwood, capsicum, &c.* It should be observed, that the greater number of these illegal adulterations are supposed to be perpetrated not by wholesale brewers, but by the publicans, who in many cases retail the beer at a lower rate than they purchase it wholesale. It is to be feared that, in spite of the numerous heavy fines imposed upon persons found guilty of such practices, they are still carried on to a considerable ex tent ; at least, it is difficult, if not impossible, in some parts of London to procure good genuine beer. I may mention as a proof of the extent to which the adultera-- don of beer is carried, that there is a class of men called brewers' druggists, whose business it is to prepare the compounds for brewers and publicans. Ale is made of pale malt, and is frequently adulterated with several of the articles used for porter, as well as with opium, tobacco, grains of paradise, &c. Stale or sour ale is converted into mild ale by the admixture of pre pared chalk, soda, or carbonate of potash ; and to give new all the appearance of old liquor, oil of vitriol is em ployed. Now there can be no doubt that a beverage containing even minute quantities of such articles as those above enumerated, must be detrimental to health ; and as the law has hitherto proved unequal to the task of preventing their employment, all who regard their health, especially inva lids, should drink home-brewed beer, or procure their porter direct from the brewers. And here I cannot but observe that the abolition or reduction of the malt-duty would be a great boon to the community. The induce ments to adulterate malt liquors would thereby be much diminished, and private persons would then be better able to brew their own beer, and thus escape the hazard of consuming what is frequently little better than a slow poison. It has been frequently noticed of late, that London porter is becoming worse and worse ; yet we seldom hear of convictions for the offence of adulteration. Some strenuous measures ought to be forthwith adopted for the repression of the evils in question. Few articles are more commonly and largely adulte rated than wine. Being a foreign product, msny of those who consume it in this country are unable to distin guish the adulterated from the genuine. Many of the substances used in doctoring wine (as it is termed) are of the most pernicious nature, and cannot fail to prove highly injurious. Of this truth, not a few striking and appalling proofs have from time to time occurred. Port and Sherry, the wines commonly drank in England, are those most liable to adultera tion, and unless known to be genuine, should not be taken by the aged. What, indeed, can be expected of port wine sold for a guinea a dozen? which it not unfre quently is at public auctions. Port is mixed with water, and adulterated with alum, oak-bark, and other astringents, for the purpose of imparting the flavour of the genuine wine ; and with logwood and alkanet root, as the means of colouring it. Spirit of wine is also employed to give strength to the compound. Sour Sherry is adulterated with acetate of lead, for the purpose of neutralizing its acidity; and when thick, is fined by gypsum, and is then often passed off as good, genuine wine. Other foreign wines are frequently adulterated in various ways, which chemical analysis alone can detect. Our home-made wines, such as grape, currant, or gooseberry, if properly made, with sufficient quantities of fruit and sugar and kept long enough, are far superior to the common Spanish and Portuguese wines as made up for the London mar ket. In my opinion, the most wholesome wines, both on account of their original qualities and because they are comparatively little adulterated, are the light French and German wines. The reduction of the duty on these wines is much to be desiderated—at present they are too expensive for general consumption ; so that many are compelled to put up with an unwholesome, and at the same time high-priced beverage, or with the home-products of ardent sprits, on which latter a tax of the same amount of those removed from malt, hops, and wine, might very beneficially be imposed. Meanwhile, let the aged drink moderately, and of the best descrip- I tion of wines. Perhaps few articles are more adulterated than brandy, rum, and gin. A false strength is frequently given to weak liquor by infusing in it cayenne pepper, which imparts to brandy or rum an extremely pungent taste ; burnt sugar is also employed to colour these two liquors. Gin is adulterated by the mineral acids, and is frequently quite poisonous. Tea, it is well known, is frequently mixed with the leaves of the sloe, ash, or elder ; in the preparation of which, various hurtful substances are employed. Log wood is used to die a counterfe it black tea ; and the substitute for green tea is coloured by means of Dutch pink and verdigris, the latter a deadly poison. Coffee is adulterated with ground beans and peas, and sometimes also with fine gravel. The best way to ensure genuine tea and coffee, is to purchase them at respectable houses, and to pay the higher pricesfor them. If any articles are adulterated, it may be taken for granted that they are the cheaper sorts. As to coffee, it should be purchased unground ; it cannot then so well be adulterated. 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At length assistance arrived from shore, and the fire was subsequently subdued, but the injury to the vessel is very extensive. During the time of the confusion one of the crew (a youth about 17 years of age) fell through the fore-hatchway, from whence the flames were pouring forth, and it was generally believed that he perished. As soon as the fire was got under the men proceeded below to search for his body, when thoy . discovered him in a s itti ng posture at the very bottom , half immersed in wate r , an d not the least injured. The vessel is stated to be uninsured. AN ACTION BROUGHT FOR KILLING A MAD (?) DOG. —At Aylesbury Assizes, on Tuesday, the Rev. Mr. Peers, clergyman of the parish of Lane-end, near Marlow, brought an action agai nst a publican of that place, named Oxlake, for having killed a favourite dog, believing it to be mad. Several witnesses were called t o show that the dog was not mad an hour before A was killed, but other witnesses proved that it was foaming at the mouth and had attempted to bite a pig, as it was pursued through the village by boy s . The Jury found a verdict for the de. fendant. Any wanton fool or arrant coward may say that a dog is mad, and thereupon destroy a dog as sane and sagacious as himself. THE LATE FIRE AT WOOLWICH.—The Phenix and Norwich Insurance Offices have awarded the sum of five pounds to the Royal Naval Police belonging to her Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwich, for their prompt exer tions, under the skilful di rec tion of Lieut. Pearse, R. N., at the late disastrous fire in that town, accompanied with a vote of thanks from the Directors. The Commissioners of Woolwich havo also given their thanks. THE CORN-LAWS. TO THE RIGHT HON.7IIY LORD WESTERN. MY LORD,-I have read with great attention your pamphlet on the Corn-laws. It does credit to your heart. And your disinterestedness in passing by the loss to the landowner, relieves me from the only difficulty that ever presented itself to my mind. But lam still convinced they are both impolitic and unjust. Your Lordship states that "the object of the Corn-laws," and your "object in supporting them, is " plenty." Till now I had thought they were passed and supported with the view of benefiting and protecting the landowner. The term "plenty" is not very explicit ; but I may make it to mean plenty of cheap provisions and plenty of work for the labouring poor, I must own that my object in opposing them, and your object in supporting them are identical ; and I contend that they have not accomplished this object, and are not adapted to do so. Your Lordship states that " for sixty years" (some century and a-half ago) " the price of wheat was generally lower than on the Continent—that our exports of wheat exceeded, for many years, the imports, to the extent of .500,000 quarters annually ;" and further that your Lordship firmly believes we possess the means to double or triple the present growth of corn, and other articles of food, for the sustenance of man. lam not going to deny the abstract truth of this proposition ; but I deny the prac tical application of it. At the period referred to, our population was not half what itis now ; and ourgood lands only were cultivated. But as our population increased. the consumption of food also increased, and brought into cultivation land of inferior quality, and as the cost of production per quarter is nearly double what it is on rich land, the produce of both good and poor land fetched prices sufficient to remunerate the grower on poor land ; the difference of price between the cost of production on the good land, and the amount it sold for, went to the landowner as rent. This rise in the price of agricultural produce yonet Lordship aicribes ti the growing -wealth of the country. But if your Lord ship will bestow a little more attention to this point, you will perceive this was not the cause of the rise, but it enabled us to bear it. The causes were, the neces sity of cultivating poor lands and the cost pf pro duction thereon. To maintain to high' pii6tg, it became necessary to impose restrictive laws, to prevent the foreign from competing with the home grower. This view of the case I will endeavour to make more plain. Although a practical man myself, I am not vain enough to suppose I can inform your Lord ship on any matters connected with agriculture. Your Lordship is aware that the coat of cultivating poor land is equal to that of good ; that poor land requires more seed, and yields only half the crop, which makes the cost of production per quarter double what it is on good land. You are 8159 aware that we have no rich land uncultivated—that the average price wheat has sold for the last twenty years, does not more than cover the cost of production on moat of the poor land now under cultivation ; that the land which now remains uncultivated would require a great outlay of capital to make it productive in a moderate degree ; and as no one is foolish enough to spend capital, without a prospect of a return, it is vain to ex pect a larger home growth of corn, till the price is considerably advanced, to effect which we must impose greater restrictions on the importations of foreign grain. I do not charge your Lordship with advocating this ; but I maintain we cannot extend our home growth without it. Your Lordship says that our Corn-laws have secured to " the people of this country the most abundant and regular supply of corn possible." This, my Lord, is begging the question. The result of my observation, which has been very extensive and varied, is, that at the relative price of wages and provisions for the last twenty years, the bulk of the industrious and frugal poor have not been able to obtain a necessary subsistence. But my testimony to this fact is not wanted ; you have evidence of it in the thousands of petitions for relief presented to the two Houses of Parliament—you have it from the tens of thousands of emigrants who have been forced from all the endearing ties of home, to seek in a foreign clime a release from its rigors—you have it in the ag gregate amount of the poors'-rate for that period. It will not do, my Lord, to compare the condition of our poor with that of the poor in the uncivilized countries you refer to. You admit, that our poor are superior in industry, and of course their condition ought to be su perior. And if civilization be a blessing, if the disco veries in arts and science, and the introduction and pro gressive improvement in machinery are advantages, (and who can deny it ?) ought not those advantages to be participated in by the poor? And they would participate in them mote than they do, were it not for the Corn-laws, which divert the beneficial result from their natural channels, to the pockets of the landowners. Are you, my Lord, quite certain that the low price of corn, in 1822, was occasioned try the " operation of the Act of '1819.7 Were not prices as low in 1835, as in 1822, and yet this could not be occasioned by the cause you assign ? Rather, may we not ascribe both effects to the same cause, or the operation of the baneful system of the Corn-laws. And yet, my Lord, you would endeavour to scare us from a free trade in corn, unless it should possibly produce effects similar to those we have experienced, at least under, if not absolutely and entirely created, by the restrictive system. But, my Lord, to talk of " a flood of corn bringing down prices 50 per cent." is, to say the least of it, extravagant Where is the flood to come from ? And should it come, are our merchants so poor as not to be able to hold it over one year, and by ceasing to import the next, relieve the market? But I ask again, where is this flood of corn to come from ? Foreigners will not imitate the kind frolics of nature in 1820 and 1834, which gave us an extra supply of corn, and required no other return than the homage of a grateful heart. This return, my Lord, will not suit the foreigner, he will require a more substantial one. We will suppose he will be contented with our manufactured goods, but it would take our surplus po pulation years to manufacture to this extent. But your Lordship supposes that they will not take our manufactures : so much the better for the landed inte rest, we should then have first to manufacture, hen to _hawk it all over the world, to exchange for specie to pay the foreign grower, and this would furnish a protection to our landowner fulty equal to the burden of the tithes and land -tax, which they talk so much about. Your Lordship will recollect that our currency (thanks to Sir Robert Peel) is now based on a foundation, which, though perhaps not quite perfect, will discourage all wild and visionary speculations. Your Lordship seems to have an instinctive dread of our being at all dependent on foreign countries, and paints a gloomy picture of the horrors to be appre hended from such a state of things. In the fore-ground are " the elements conspiring to discomfit a fleet of corn ships on their way to our relief." Are we then vo luntarily to submit to a certain, a constant, and an increasing evil, for fear of being visited with one un certain as to its occurrence, temporary in its duration, and trifling in extent ? In the back-ground you have Boreas " prematurely sending his frosts to lock up the seas whence .some of our corn is to come." Your Lord ship, with your usual candour and fairness, has well said, " some of our corn is to come." This evil, then, is to be only partial and trifling, and the frosts not be ing of long duration, will only delay, not lessen our supply ; and as our merchants will have the whole year for their operations, their own interests will prompt them to ship early, to avoid the expense of being frost bound. It is, my Lord, the spectre of the present system that haunts your imagination ; under it our merchants are utterly at a lost to know what to do, till they ascertain the extent of the deficient harvest ; this they cannot learn till late in the autumn, and are consequently cramped for time. Your Lordship re marks that "Governments may interfere occasionally to stop exports." They may do so—one, or even two, may simultaneously do so—but it makes too large a de mand on our credulity to believe that all c ountr i es would conspire to act the suicide to injure u s . B ut are we not already de p endent on forei g n countries fo r half the comforts (I may almost call the m t h e neces saries) of life. Is it not now in the power of th e Ame ricans to produce results quite as disastrious as any you o much dread ? May they not stop the export of cotton, and at once deprive upwa rds of a million of ou r population by stop of the means of su bsistence as effectuall y as ping our supply of corn ? But they cannot do this witho u t inflicting as great an in j ur y on themselv es ; theref ore we feel assured they will not do so. The same reasoning will apply to the co rn trade : if the exports of a country be small thei r stopping it cannot materially in jure us ; but should they be very ext ens i ve, and an effort be made by a d es p ot to stop it, hi s h ead would be the penalty of his rashness. Your Lordship very , I truly remarks, that " the idea of bri nging down the price of corn and the rate of wa g es to that of the Continent, is perfectly visionar y ." perfectly agree with you. And, with regard to wage s , I am assured a free trade in corn will ha vt a tende ncy to r a i se t h em. And till our merchants ar e willin g to embark th e i r capital without a prospect of a return, and our ship owners, sailors, acc. are willing to work without wages , we expect that wheat in this country will fetch 20s. a quarter more than it sells for in the markets of export ing countries. I am, my Lord, A `YELL-WISHE R TO BRITISH AGRICULTURE, The Emperor of Russia, convinced of the mis ehievious effects of the lottery on the poor a n d indus trious p easan t r y of Poland, has published a decree or daining that the lottery shall be abolished in the king dom of Poland on the Ist of January, 1840.—L e Commerce. PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, ASSUR. ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 19. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton and Oldham.. Average 97/. Itis. eh. 135 ,082 41. Ashbp...e-le-Zouch ......Average 1151.5 h. 73 1,260 Basingstoke 1001.5h. 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150 i. sh. 91 0,0001-1 C at). 91 65. Birmingham, 1-16th share 811. & 71/. 220 4 WO ...... ~, Ditto and Liverpool Junctlun/ eh. 100 pd 26! 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunto n . 100/ sh. all p d 64' 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater ICOL sh. 101 500 48/. Coventry 100/. eh. 735 4,545 ...... ... Croydon . t verage 31 /. 21 10 d. sh. Si 2,0601 41. Os. Dudley ...r. 1001. sin 65 600 14, . Derby 100/.5h. 155 20,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 4ll. Ms. 4ti •pd 26/ 3,575 f 31. Ellecmcre and Chester...Avera.ge 113/. sh. 81 231 62!. Erewash ICU/. en. 775 1,297 281. Forth and Clyde ....Average 4001.165. th. 60 / 1,600 I'2l. Grand Jurrstion 1001. eh. 1904 ii,B49i 11. Grand Union 1001. sh 74 ;1,500 Grand Surrey 0,000/. 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. e 3, 31)06 600 111. 12s. 9d. Glarnorganshire, Aver. cost 172/. 11s. 44. 23f 749 10t. Grantham . .... . ISP f. sh. 203 6,238 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. (is. dd. sis. 351 100 Kensington 1(10 sh. all pd. 10; 5 -929 11. 58. Kennet Lini Avon, Aver. 39/.185.10d. eh. 29 2,8971 30'. Leeds anti Liverpool 100/. sh. 740. 5451 131. Leicester t 140/. sh. 225 1,897 6!. Or. Leicester and Northampton Aver ea Ifts. 90 2.400 101. Monmout hridre 100/ .sh. 204 150 10/, Melton Mowbray IOC:. eh. 202 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 560 3.000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. eh. all pd. 51 2417 171. Neat h 100/.sh. 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest Avei..ge about 78/. sh. 104 1,418 Ha. Regent's (or London) Av. 151 5,669 6/. per cent. Boehdale Average 851.5 h. 109 500 81. Sh ro p s hire 125/. sh. 137 800 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 151 3,6001. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/.los. sh. 111 700 40/. Stafibrd and Worcester l4O/.sh. 7101 500 9/. Shrewstniry 125/. eh. t:80 300 91. Stourbridge ..... ,_ 1451. sh. 3.90 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-on-Avon Average 791.95. Cld. sh. 40 533 15/. Swansea 100/. sh. 290 3,762 1/. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway AT 35/. sh. 351 ' 1,6 66 1!; ) 0 .1 : b o():30 s 8i n .I . }, 4.1 2 11 2 :.1:11 . . .. . 1 . 66. T W Warwicki i Tl T v h i , eay a yrr m i, : , , t :.:,,i.., e ny a s s tti n ac a d ri n aArda, d l% :n in i dj a w i t e d:) l l3 r : e d cai. e nr: 3' w r mms li t: . l y ni ,Ting s s A h h,: m ! , l e e r . A l: 7 5 8 ,6 1 1 . 1. ( ,08: 2d ) 8 0 . 1 . . . . t: s h h h h . .." 281670320 1,0510101, , . 980 15 s. Warw i ck and Napton lOOl. oh. 201 ;6;000 • 255. wilts and Berk. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 25 1251. sh 75 126 Witibeach ........ ....... . ...... ...1051. sh. 40 COS llOl. sh. 221 1: 085!3i , - ap. c.Commerc al .. , ,,001.5h. 65/ East and West India ......5t0ck 115 3,238,31011. 555. p. ct. London Stock 681 Ditto Bonds lOl 2,209 2/. 19s. Bristol 68,524/. 5/. per emit. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,152,752 5 per rent. St. Katharine Stock 112 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lOll 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years )(X) 4500 ..... Deptford Fier "01. sh. 201. pd 11 BRIDGES. 1,600 IN, Hanirnersmiti• 5O/. sh. 21 Southwark, Old 7,931 .Av. 631.25. Sd. sh. 2 1,700 1/. 15s. Dive, New, of 7,1 f , cent. OOl. sh. 14 5,000 ... ...... W a t er l o o lOOl. sh. 31 5000 18s. 8(1. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 23i 5, , 000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 201 60,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bouds l2O 5,318 178 Vauxhall Average 70/. 10s. 3d. sh. 251 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3i lns Albion 500/. sh. 501. pil 74 t and 15s. Alliance Britisn &Forcignloo/.sh. 10g. pd 16 100/. s. 5/. pd 6; 50/. sh. 5l. pd 141 501. sh. 55/. pd 107; 5 5 21 : 4 0 2 :, 0 0 0 : 1 0 0)0 0: h 6 5 4. 1 ; p r r e c c Sr e e is n n .h t t . : DAlliittrit:o:,,i,:lhaariniric• Fire 20,000 4l percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 4(1 12,000 6/. per cent. British Commercial 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 6 5,000 2 51. per cent. County Clerical & Media 1 Life, IC(11/0.0s111..,121.11100sLppdd 42 4,000 20,01)0 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 5 2A, r an p d 301 bs. er cent} Economic Liik: lOOO l. s h . 2501. p d 575 "'" l 2,271 225. percent. European Lite 0 0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 Os. Ditto, N ew 0 01. sh. 2/. pd 11 1,000,000/. 71. per ct Globe Stock 145 20,000 51. Guardian lOO/.sh. 271/ pd 40 40,000 Gs. 6d. Hope 2,400 51.75. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd 1074 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 10/. pd 10; 13,458 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine ... 1001. eh. Si. pd 25 2,020 3/ lOs Kent Fire 501. sh. all pd 82 3/. Ditto Life 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 284 5,000 I Os. London, Fire 25/. sh. 121. Ills. pd . 171 3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 18 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. 500,0001. :10,000 51. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 2/. pd 219 s 50,000 41. per cent. Protector Fire 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 16s Od 9.500 11. Provident 1.1,e lOO/. *h. 101. pd 20 00,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. sh. 1/. pd 7 *19,2201 Si. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 229 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. *h. 5/. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 71 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 S per cent. Agric. and Com. of Ireland 25/. sh. 101. pd 5,000 Australa.ia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 10000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 10,000 IQ per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 5!. pd 31,000 5 per cent. London and VVestminsterloo/ sh. 201. pd 60,004 5/. London Joint Stock 50/. s h. 1 01. pd .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. 20/. pd 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 100,000 %per cent Manchester and Liver. l 50/. sh. 151 pd pool District 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/. pd 20,000 Provincial Bank of lrelandloo/. sh. 25/. poi 50,e00 National Bank of Ireland 5 , 1. sh. 17 1 !. pd 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. 100/, sh. 351. pd 19,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. oh. 5/. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1103 Od Bath 2O!. sh. 161. pd 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 5,000 p a i r ir i e g s. e gi Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 19 pd 028 5110 s Birmingham 50!. sh. 4,250 SU Os Bristol .......................................204 sh. 1,500 .31.103 - Brighton .201. oh. 750 31 1011 Ditto, New .201. sh. 184 pd 2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General .201. ob. all pd 4,000 W. 10s. Continental Consolidated .... 751. Mil. pd 1,000 101. City or London ..... ......- .100 t. oh. all pd 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. 10s. Equitable 50/. pd 10,000 2f per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. SOO 51 per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 2,350 61. per cent. Independent 3O!. oh. all pd 0,000 4!. per cent. Phcenix 50/. Oh. 391. psi 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 100!. sh. 80/. pd 4,000 South Metropolitan 5O!. sh. 19/. pd 8,200 4/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 461. pd 240 N. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 5/. per cent Wakefield 2,000 3!. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5( 1. oh. 10/. pd 730 Si. per cent. Yarmouth 201. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS. 1,800 9s. Birmingham .5/. sh. 251. pd 4,434 61. East London lOO/. oh. 5,500 21 lOs Grand Junction Average 41/. 13s. 4d. sh. 2,000 2 /. Kent 100 .sh. ~, ..... Li.., 0, • 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 1,500 21 106 Now Brier London Bridge Water Ann 6,486 1115 s Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 1,000 4 per cont. South London 1001. sh. 8,294 41. 'West Middlesex Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 1,360 11 14.3 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. let 23i 13• 30 231 1164 114 IBS 241 49.1 8,300 Birmingham and Derby 6Ol. pd 40 I 9590 Birmingham and Gloucester . pcl 244 15,0 10 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 4 . 0 pd 8 t;6O Calcutta and Saugur 5Ol. sh. 2/. pd 04 7,500 Cheltenham and G.West ern 1001. sh. 29/. 14 3,000 Clarence lOO/ sh. 1001 pd 4 0 12,000 5,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 5/. pd 4 60,009 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 134 pd 84 Grand Junction 100!. sh. 95/. pd 205 Great North of England V/. pd 15 5,000 Great Western l6O/. sh. 65/. pd 76 2,0(10 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 1001. pd 1001 5,000 Hull and selby 501. sh. 25/; pd 15 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 51. pd 2,100 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 654 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington .50/. sh. all pd '75 5,100 10 per cent. Liveri9ool and Manchesterlol Lsh. 100/. pd 205 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares °M. pd 61 36,000 ... ...... London and Brighton 5O/. sh. 171 pd 11 , 4 12,000 London and Blackwall 501. sh. 3/. pd 61 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich -.201. sls. 'lOl. pd 17* 25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 274 3'1,090 London and SeuthamptonAv. 3134 17s. 9d. 42f 11,000 6,000 Ditto New Scrip 11. pd SZ 12,000 13,000 Manchester and Leeds ...100/. sh. 50/. pd 69Z 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh 15/. 114 I)itto Extension -/ pd 5 N -- •th Miellar , -- • - .ort. midland 1001. sh. 551. pd 51 Northern and Eastern 1001. sh. 151. pd 5 ; 2,600 Preston and Wyre ..501. sh. 30/. pd 36. 26,000 South Eastern and Dover 91, pd 11 1,600 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington IOPI. sh. 240 0,000 1,400 Westminster and Greenwlchlso/. sh. 2/, pd 0 0,000 York and North Midland 110 . sh. 12/, pd 20 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. O. 31/. pd 12 4,000 IL 58. Alton 15/. sh. 121. ii :pd JO 10,000 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/ pm.loo/. sh. al 1 1 d I Ditto Subscription 251. no 1 2,000 1°! Bolanos . ...t 150/. sh all pi 72i 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 35/. sh. 21(1. pd 39 6,01'0 Macaubas t3c Cocaes United 25/. sh. 25/. pd 141 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 9 0/. sh. 11/ :rid 17 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 20/. pd 5 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 101. pd 10 20,000 British iron ....... ........... 5O/. sh. 50/ pd Si. 6,000 British Copper Si. sh. 4!!. pd 1 Cata Branca 61/, I:c1 8 Candonga 72/. pd 5 10,000 11 Copiapo 20/. sh, 13/. pd 10 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 5/. pm—. 55/. sh. 55/. pd 3 2,850 3/. English 12/ Ks. pd 3 20,000 6,155 ... 3,000 Polberon Consols 10/. sh. W. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 9l Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 160 10,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm.. 40/. sh. all pd 11 Ditti. Scrip o t Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 4 West Cork .501. sh. 30/. pd 39 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 1,500 700 King' College 1001. pd 9.6 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural.lool. sh. 2fil /. pd 46 6,000 4/. per cent. British American Land Company 234 pd 9 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 301. pd 25 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 9l City Bonds, 4 par cent lOO 20,000 11.65. General Steam Navigation 151. sh. 14/. pd 25j 104 per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,00 0 ii, London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 754 sh. 19 8,000 .., ...... Caoutchouc Company: 1211. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Compamyil...Bo4 pd 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary hit. 50c....100/. sh. 1004 pd 134 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 754 pd 108 4,000 10,000 6s. Van Die ner.'s Land 1001. sh. 174 pd 10 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, FEB. 7, 1839. BANKS. /,500,00f1/. fit p. ct. Bank of Scotland —B3l. 6s. Ad. sh, all pd 1891. 2,000,0001. 54 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1004 sh. all pd It2l. 500.0001. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 2574 3,000,0001. 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 1751. 5.4t00,0005. 50. et. National lOOl. sh. 104 pd 161. 2,000,0001. 61. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 501. pd 821. 4,000,04,04 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 40/. pd 511. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h. 61p. ct. Scottish Union 201. eh. 14 pd sp.. 7,500 f)/ 5 p. ct. Hercules 1001 . sh. 1 01. pd 16/. 0.. 100,000 p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. sh. all pd 91. 16s, 50,000 6p. ct. North British 200/.Bh. 10/. pd 201. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pc! 16/. Os 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh 5A lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 14/10s 100,000 31 . ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 710 s MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 ..... Edin. and Glas. Un. Canalso/. sh. all pd 101. Ditto Allocated 961. sh. all pd 471. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 251. sh. all pd VS/ Carron Iron Company ... 2501. sh. all pd 441. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundcry 501. sh 4F31. pd 524 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 201. sh. 161. pd 81. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 6111. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 594 750 71 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 201.8 h. all pd 51/, 1,200 ..., Edinburgh and Dalkeith Raihvayso/. sh 361. 5,010 5 per cant. Equitable Loan Company 7151. sh.pd 1111. A POOR MAN'S ARGUMENT pop CHEAP BREAD. (From a Penny Pamphlet by JAMES YOUNG, a Journey man Mechanic.) How stands this question, so far as we are concerned? what do the opponents of these Corn-laws say—the ' great and intelligent manufacturers ?—why, that if they are not removed, so that bread may be cheaper, they shall be ruined. Well, and what do the great lands holders say, who wish to continue these laws ? why, that if they arc removed, bread will be so cheap, that they shall be ruined. Both parties, we see then, admit that the removal of the Corn-laws will cause 'heap bread ; there is no dispute about that—so that all we have to ask ourselves, is, whether we are for cheap bread or not, and on this point I do not feel any doubt as to what will be your reply. These landholders, however, instead of wishing to enlighten us, seek to confuse our understanding, by turning our minds to another matter—they say, if bread and provisions get cheaper, wages will ,fall, and that will be a bad thing for the poor. Now I think we can answer this argument in favour of dear bread, from our ice n experience ; we know whether we are best off when provisions are dear or cheap. In this place there are a vast nember of per sons whose incomes are stationary—men paid by fixed wages ; there are also numerous journeymen pa►d so much a-day ; and others, as printers, tailors, shoe makers, and so forth, who are paid for their work by the piece ; now the wages of such of us as arc in this situation do not fall when things get cheap, nor rise as they get dear—our employers are mostly too liberal to desire to screw down the wages of their workmen ; they rather delight in seeing us happy and comfortable ; besides which, the prices are generally fixed by rules of the trade : mad as regards all this class of persons, it stands to reason, that dear bread must weigh heavily upon them—it just takes from them their comforts and independence. It is the land lord s and the great capitalist manufacturers who advo cate low wages, and who never hesitate to screw up the profits out of the blood and bones and bellies of the poor workmen. But even among these, wages never rise so fast as provisions do, nor do they ever sink so fast ; so that dear bread, even to these must be a curse, and cheap bread a blessing. But this question is settled in a mo ment—we all know that bread is almost double what it was a year ago ; well then, are our wages doubled ? if not, where is the argument of our enemies ? There is another part of this question, which, how ever ignorant .we may be, I yet think we may all understand. The effect of these Corn-laws is to keep corn from coming into this country, lest it should be too plentiful. Does not this seem an ac cursed law ? can we be so ignorant as not to feel sure that it must be easier for the poor, and for all classes, to get a bellyful when bread is cheap and plentiful, than when it is scarce anti dear ? Is there one of us who has not said lately, " ah, bread is dear now, we must be careful of it!" If a poor person comes to our door, do we not think more of giving him a piece of bread when it is a shilling a loaf than when it is sixpence? Or, if we give a beggar a penny does he not get a less loaf for it? Is there a poor woman in this country with a limited income, and four, five, or more children to cut bread and butter for, that does not sigh, every time she takes up the loaf at its high price, and that does not feel it necessary to stint them of a bellyful ? I ask you, if you do not know this—if you do not know how this accursed tax affects us all ; and know ing this, can we hesitate to petition against it ? With regard to the interest of the rich landholders, who cry out for dear bread, that they may have more money to squander upon their luxuries—and with regard to the great capitalists, who cry out for cheap bread, that they may screw down the wages of their workmen for their own profit—we will take their interest into consideration when we find they pay more attention to ours. I must confess, that if I heard of these great land holders saying to their tenants, " You must give me so much for this farm ; and I must insist upon every la bourer having sufficient wages to find himself and family plenty of bread, and a bellyful of meat once or twice a week," I should have quite a different notion of what is called the landed interest from what I have now. But instead of this, their only object is how to get the highest possible rent ; and in order to secure this, they set their wits to work to find out the cheapest food which will hold body and soul together. The Scriptures tells us that the ox shall not be muzzled while treading out the corn—and in every age it seems to have been a maxim, that all creatures that help to till the land should be fed upon its fruits without stint—but such I fear, and know, is not the case with our "la bourers, who are worse off in this respect than the oxen of the Jews. Yet St. Paul tells us, that for our sakes this is written : that he that plougheth should plough in hope ; and that he that thresbeth, in hope should be par taker of his hope ; Solomon also tells us, that he that tilleth the land shall be satisfied with bread ; but we know very well that our agricultural labourers do not plough in hope, nor are they satisfied with bind ; potatoes, and an abominable compound of barley flour and bean meal, are their diet, and even of these they do not get a bellyful. This is owing to these accursed Corn-laws. You have only to walk into the neighbouring villages to see the deplorable state of the poor agricultural labourers; no description that I can write will give you a just notion of their misery and wretchedness. Yet there's enough of everything grown in them in one year.- to keep the inhabitants weil for ten. But it's all draggeli away to London, or some l a rg e m ar k e t t own ; t h e motley is spent in keeping horses, carriages, or for the main tenance of pride and luxury, while the tillers of the ground are left to starve. This is all true enough ; and the Corn-laws must be blamed for it. If corn were allowed to be brought freely from the foreign countries in which it is plentiful to sup . - ply our large towns, there can be no doubt hut more would be left for the consumption of the poor labourers., on the land. But do not these corn-laws and dear bread seriously affect the tradespeople of this city, and of all others Is there anywhere a baker, a grocer, or dealer, that does not find that the journeymen with families, who a short time since could pay their bills, weekly, are now obliged to put them off? and if these people have 4s. or ss. a week more to pay for bread, they must of course have less to spend in clothes and other matters. The tailor, shoemaker, draper, hatter, and all this class of shop keepers must suffer. THE HOME TRADE and TAXATION, An estimate may be made of the extent of the home trade of this kingdom, by the average expenditure, week:y and annually, of the whole population, consisting of twenty-si.:: millions, as follows: _ Weekly. Annually. One Shilling expended a c .:1,300,000 £67,600,000 Two Shillings , 2,600,000 135,200,000 Three Shillings 3,900,000 202,800,000 Four Shillings 5,200,000 270,400,000 Five Shillings 6.500,000 338,000,000 Six Shillings ...... Seven Shillings ... 9 100,000 475,200,000 Eight Shillings 10,400,000 544,800,000 Nine Shillings 11,700,000 608,400,000 Ten Shillings 13,000,000 676,000,000 Eleven Shillings Twelve Shillings 14,300,000 743,600,000 15,600,000 811,200 000 Thirteen Shillings 16,900,000 878,800,000 Fourteen Shillings Fifteen Shillings 19,500,000 1,014,000,00 0 If we take fifteen shillings a-weak for the average ex, penditure of each class, rich and poor, of the whole pore lation in food, clothing, and the comforts of life, aniouut: , the sum of 1,014,000,000/. annually. If that sum were alone taxed five per cent., it would raise a revenue of 50,700,0001., which is more than is now annually raised by the present system of taxing the food consumed by the people, instead of their incomes, and which can be jus. only on the supposition of the appetites and incomes of al's qeing equal But if fifteen shillings a-week be considered too musk take only ten shillings, and tax 676,000,000/. at five per cent. produces a revenue of 33,800,0001. annually ; and it that sum be not enough, raise the per centage to seven and-a-half to produce 50,700,0001,, as it would be pre ferable to forty or fifty per cent., that all classes arc now taxed, who spend their entire incomes in the mainte. nance of their families. This concise view of the subject is sufficient to she. that the present system must be wrong, when 5 to 71',- cent. on the average expenditure of the whole poptilati would be sufficient for all the wants of the State ; and c , ,m_ sequently a more simple and efficient system might ha zub. stituted for it, without tax in g any provisions, and leave commerce free from the shackles of customs and excise laws. All that is first required is a dispassionate investigation o f the whole system of taxation by a Committee of the Ho use of Commons, and a just Report made upon it :—but so lone • . as the people are le d astra y with shadows, as they now are e by petitioning only fo r reformation of a part, instead of th whole system of taxation, the substance escapes the; which would secure the comforts they want, by relief from, the unnecessary burdens they bear. According to a return made by the Minister o the Interior, the number of electors in France in the year 1837, was nearly three millions, and of these o n i 3 one-half exercised the right of voting. Monday the annual scramble for the loaves o i bread given away under the bequest of Nichol as Cl ay, Newark, was attended with the loss of life. A widow wet,, into the crowd for the purpose of getting a portion of tl bread, when, in a rush made, her child was crushed tc death.— Stamford Mercury. SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIVES. ---I n t h , snow storm of last S unda y evenin g a Slo op from k ides.- laden with bark, &c., for this port, was driven un the b E s a h e x o s t r c : D adr: a\io : trd b nuE l . i ncl n si D i near Portaferry, and totally lost with all on board. Tore.. of the bodies of the unfortunate crew have been washe,' on aa P dts t ru t o eur i s rnd i :S k . an K eyan i mi: N leei G.—in the emirs of drunkenness, it Walker,t , - whosel t a b n ad e t . : ao tnohen wa tlio last week edofba) deceased drank nineteen quarterns of gin. Ii could earn 91. a week at his business, and yet has left hi family in great poverty. • •=rr,Middlesex, will be forwarded to him. COIVINIERCIAL GAS-LIGHT and COKE COMPXNY, iv Offices -60, KING WILLIAM-STREET. " ot . AlE l , l 7„,is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL Co ra ,"iNG of the SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the 'to be r 'Y's Offices, on THURSDAY, April2sth. The Chair 11-I:lcen at One o'Clock,precisely. e Shareholders only who have executed the Deeds of e n'ent before the day of meeting will be allowed to attend. By order of tho Board, THOS. MULLINDER, Secretary. arch q 0 1839 CQMYIERCiAL GAS-LIGHT and COKE COAIP KNY, Offices -60, KING WILLIAM-STREET. NOTICE TO BUILDERS. Pyi N an , s and Specifications for the ERECTION of a PURI lie HOUSE on the Company's premiies at Stepney, will ati, - ..1 the Company's Offices, 60 King William-street, after o ara - e "taY, March 30, and Tenders will be received for the until April 6. T e 2: rs Directors d o no t p l e d ge th emse l ves t o acce pt th e l owes t •