The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-25 00:00:00

T,,,,, NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. L 'E - COUNCIL OF THE LEAGUE beg to 4,...uounce that the next Meeting in COVENT-GARDEN h e ,r-E.WIII tak e plane 011 WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 27th inst. Nttil' 434 ' C. P. VILLIERS, M.P., will take the Chair precisely at /%Z . ock. J, "'sae Esq., M.P., John Bright, Esq., M.P., and W. 11t.7 1 .. will address the meeting. 4 •447. ol admission may be had on applieation at the Offices of the heau y '. Fleet -street, from eleven to four o'clock en Monday and 4ed Members admitted as heretofore.—Doors to be opened ."., Six o'clock. ~COLN AND WAKEFIELD RAILWAY. "lour PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE to announce that the kti f or " the SHARES in this UNDERTAKING have been ap istation. and will be allotted after the sth of April, with due consi ,ll4 local and other interests involved. ii..._womnittee have also the satisfaction of stating that they have VI ; 7 1 , n utt meats for investing the amount of deposit at an interest t ' , aor t a "ot• per annum, until it is lodged with the Accountant -14% IteXt year, in accordance with the Standing Orders of Par ENTWISLE, Chairman of the Provisional Committee, pro. tem U114.,,....ED0N1A.N RAILWAY, from Carlisle to ( 41ft a ir e : a iourgh and Glasgow; being the line recommended by the t Commissioners. Capital 21,800,000, In 36,000 Shares of £5O each. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. L a .._ The Right Hon. Lord BELHAVEN, Chairman. ill lt,f• - Colonel GRAHAM, of Mossknow, Deputy-Chairman. ' n e "it Noble the Marquis of John Dennistoun, Esq., 3 1 . 1) 11417 g btrr i Y Wellwool Maxwell, Esq. of ~,,esii, i ,,, -on. the Earl of Cath- Mangles ~,,qt lii ''';‘ ,l l., K.S.W. Charles Stewart, Esq. of Hillside 'lt 4 1 1 ; Hon. Lord Abercromby J. Wightman, Esq., of Co n uran r co 4 1 .CR . ` Ron. Lord Elphinstone David Dickson, Esq., of ee Ili It ight Ire Col. Macdonald, ofPowder-hall Wu nazi -h. Lord Torphichen Richard Mackenzie, Esq., of Dol- Jardine, of Apple- phinton ke t ZLl,lart. Robert Monteith, Esq., of Carstalrs ~Iliei,, Carmichael. Anstru- William Forbes, Esq., of Medwin tieh..„ .. „' `''' Carmichael, Bart. Thomson Carmichael, Esq., of .4 1r.rea Pollock, M.P. Eastent h - I ' 4ll lnd Sir Chas. Malcolm Robert Stouart, Esq., of Carfln ' l t j... garkld of Climpy Archibald Campbell, Esq., of hi —". Grant, the • , Los . Hill, Carlisle Blythswood 24 bZ.Provost of Glasgow James Ewing, Esq., of Levenside ‘ 4 t c o r,' of Guild of Glasgow Henry Houldsworth, Esq., of Cran (▪ iler of the Trades-house, stonnhill 4 llt- - ``'w William Dixon, Esq., of Govan tw, host Provost of Perth John Tennant, Esq., of St. Rollox hk l'rest of Lanark Alexander Dennistoun, Esq., of tli e TvOlit of Anderston o 4olfhill itte /7: - Robert Findlay, Esq., of Easterhill . , 1104 (14t ah of o C f Calton, Glasgow GrandG a gd o a w n a _ Robt. Lam ,a Erth e Barthßobertsolomew, E E s s q q " . , Gas ditto g ow i:0, WaT Company, J. Moss, Henry Brock, Esq., ditto AlOXlUlderHastm, Esq., ditto e lminnan.. of the North Union C. Niolloison, Esq., Cowan Head, 11 0 , ItY Company, T. W. Rath- Kendal 1 114 etb ~ N. J. J. 'Hope Johnstone, Bsq., of dr , illtp,, nun of the Lancaster Annandale, M.P. e gtton RailwayUompany, William Lockhart, Esq., of Milton t `it o h aurrow, Esq, Lockhart, M.P. ll4:2 O Man of the Manchester, A,, Eliott Lockhart, Esq., of 80rth ..)4474. and Bury Railway Corn- wick Braes. ; ( NS 14 Ja mes Brancker, Esq. A. D. W. 13.. Cochrane, Esq., of si 4 . 7l; lxity Chairman of the Lan- Liunmhlgton, M.P. 62 dearlisleßailway Com- Thomas Houldsworth, Esq., of i ' 'John Wakefield, Esq. - Coltness, M.P. .1 -ma., of the Garnkirk William „ Forbes, Esq., of Callender, z ow Railway Company, .m-r7- John Campbell Colquiloun Esq 1 4 °1 41r4( 1•9,.. E lu s til Directors of o . Kiliermont„ M.P. ' •' kitty ( Cfaw and Coltnees Rail- William Ewart, Esq., M.P. i4l eh wi n Parry Mark Phillips, Esq., M.P. k b .* Inrn and Directors o Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. ,Ittif`ollkiand and Kirkintilloch Colonel B. Elphinstone ilk, ii Z, , tY Company J. Fullarton Elphinstone, Esq., ttl i i ). 'ou, Esq., of Knells, Car- 3lonkland Robert Garnett, Esq., of Wyersido, eetib ß „ e ,arY Howard, Esq., M.P., Lancashire , 11 . 1 ,,, , a5t1e, Carlisle Johnstone Douglas, Esq., of Lock kta,"ead. Req., of Rickerby- erby ti ghh..._ , Carlisle G. M. Barstow, Esq., Edinburgh ''°' Joseph' Locke, Esq., F.R.S. • J. E. Errington, Esq., 40,...1ect Membtr of tile Inst. C. E. - _.. 4 . parti , ea w l ith farm of ha ap h p a li d ca a ti a o a n fo l r ica sl t l i a o r h es ta at plans, with thwaite, 64, Particulars, may ITroad-street, London ; to Messrs. Mitchell, k so i ,,,,4,. and Mitchell, or to Mr. Joint Lang, Glasgow ; to Messrs. A - 7, Oliphant, or Messrs. J. Robertson and Co., Edinburgh ; to le' „?ra7th and Pritchard, Liverpool ; to Mr. J. B. Locke, share lakti-atrttehester ; or to the Provisional Committee, 30, Great t, Westminster.—March 15, 1844. U k LED . ONIAN RAILWAY from CARLISLE p., to EDINBURGH and GLASGOW. % LI" ;; I VISIONAL COMMITTEE of the CALEDONIN ILttltLe - / IlA r etar., Cl tinhgisthdeYr met. and w ta h k ic e h n w in e to re co mad msid e er a a t tio a n certain rY , Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Com Mee t 1 3,1 Q the 20th instant, think it right distinctly to state that with 170414, 1 , 41 °a Of one gentleman, whose name has been withdraw n, e the express authority of every Nobleman and Gentleman ' ll l4 t it arn,_ e appears in the published List of the Committee. llat tle ' , Race that the Committee have. not over-estimated the ad o ilia Line of Railway, it may be sufficient to mention that, N 1 3 1„... '° ll to the sum of 600,0001. provided for Shares previously to ril t before the public, the application for Shares has amounted $ 11,p."2 Week to upwards of 900,0001. in London. on latnent-street, Westminster, March 23, 1844. TO TRAVELLERS IN THE TEA TRADE. )4 7 . ANTED, a Gentleman of ability and perse verance, who has been accustomed to do business with Cash Znvrh.2 3 . o Will be exected to take the first journeon Commis "N. 'u. if found dese p rving, expenses and liberal salary will be to A. 8., Mr. Magnus, 127, Fenchtuch-street, London itCalE NEXT DISTRIBUTION O F MONEY 1 5VIDENDS AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS l'Y the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA contains Money Dividends s.6g £7O £72 £5O £9O 410 0 £llO £l2O £l5O £2OO 4 250 £3OO £5OO £6OO £755 41_na. . •••.o £1,200 £1,750 £4,000 & £21,000 1011 i _ Anis:nutting together to £1 54,308 sterling. h `4. - '..t.riloution contains as many D ividends as Bonds. Every 4 'brldendl Smallest Dividend - - £6B bi teti Largest Dividend - - £21,000 for Largest witlt full particußOTHEßS,lars, without delay to IUINB B at Hamintrgh. ',.._ Or to HEINE EROTIIEItS, at Lubeck. C° It T .^" ~ ~ - LW 11, E f 4, ,-- The following unprecedented terms, for )"114 2 0Z wiNER, ari. , quoted only for cash on delivery, which i: ount from. bro w n, t0,,246tpe2r58c.en • ic un a d o e i r ., usual 36s 4 er u edit 4 zrices sc4 :— . ; ° l B . the wood, 26g., 20s, 345. ; crusted, in bottles, from 365. , s i i .,very d i oice, highly flavoured, from live to ten years , Z1C,,,,, t d 455. to 545. ; Clarets, 335., 400., 70s. ; Champagne, spark- V.. e learning, 485., (10s., 725. ; Hocks and Moselles, 405., 505., 1,7 , Marsala, 285., 205.; and all other wines equally mode- I. ete4Lbthtitles not less than one dozen. Delivered free in London. 4014,14,7 order., accompanied with a re mittance, or a reference *d 00 e P, er t, will meet with immediate attention from J. SCHWEPPH 3 4 41•: 4 . Berns-street, London , i m p orters of German Seltzer t v , -4 ( Warts and pints. , - Ity TABLE KNIVES, 11 s. per dozes. amasy k ur, go. ; CARVERS, 3s. 6d. per pair. TABLE. DESSERT. C RIMERS. 41; 41. d oz . doz. pair. • 4 p!dsonle balance handle ..• • 18s. Od. 14s. Od. as. ad )4 1 111 4 7 cdhandle, largest and best 20, Od. 168. 8,1. k444::1; • Watson's ..... Al;l3;ta * Pia te . ' ecliutl to silver ••••• • • .. • 225. Gd. 18s. Od. losses Forks half the price of the above. k 'Uses have for Fifty Years ranke d p re-eminent for their 8‘ 781„ e k 7448 rt h_ wh ieb is always exchanged , if not a pp roved. 448,,. Knives of Watson's new A labata Plate, with French -4 7 Alf: 3,.+Yory mandles, 2/. ss. per set of 24 pieces ; ditto with carved ‘NID,r, Vies, or with Albata Plate Handles and Blades, Albert Ij . Ita t ,,„ - • I . o s. per set of 24 pieces 14 ; itilZl 4l-8 New Alabata Plate possesses the following superiority i tk iff,, -4 Lier mixed metals :—A perfect sweetness and purity, a rick ti, beZ,T2ilVearanCe, and great durability, Strong Tea-pots for IN ek t i" . .., 245. each ; Cruet Frames, with four richly cut bottles, l i-- LicittSandrd. le manufactured into every other article for the table ward. Papier Machin Tea-trays, 355. a set of three up to 78. 74. Ss. lid i LAMPS. ig:;,II4PYGILIA.NCY IND ECONOMY IN LIGHT._ _ nc yi,,, SOS's houses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, N ton . - rete r ,t°, contain all the most approved Lamps of the day. The tintei,._`• oo dle Lamp, which requires no snu ffi ng, 9s, 6d. 2. l"P, to burn' a 3-wick candle seven hours for twopence, am ',, c° l llplete; Magnums, giving a splendid light, 425. Solar Ne w so much used, to burn common 01l without smoke or ti,.. -.•r,,, s,tii„' --.., and upwards. k ~ Ciliated Catalogue and Price Current is just published, eon , 010 1 . detailed list of his juStly celebrated Albata Plate, &c., lei be had gratis and post-free, on application at his ware -41 • ' - le. 1 (1 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton-Folgate. `.....„........2'aPer Tea-trays, 355. the Set of Three. et ll 'is,,_ MARCH OF IMPROVEMENT. —.la, toyer we look on--wherever we turn, • • :,,,,` t_lie March of Improvement" we daily discern. ii”rough the mighty advances of Science and Art, Ow i n are seen, while the old ones dePert.; ly MOSES " the march of Im" is ii and SON in provoment their movements in chiefly tradedisplay'd,. 4,,e0• mighty achievements assume such a cast, • 2‘ completely outrivals the present and past. ir're are many surprising improvements—but none IT l ellual the wonders of MOSES and SON. A h , *ll A of their glory is daily unfurl'd, 1e.„ 84 e trump of their fame is arousing the world, ury should doubt what these verses express, . I_l t e nt think of their warehouse — their o ff ers in dress— sp'• them look at the fashions their show-rooms unfold — I'S * them think of the prices for which they are sold , i s 'R ti:em thinrof the thousands at home and abroad, • 4,° 8 4.re in the good which the MOSES' a ff ord— T'"*., then they'll acknowledge (as millions ha ve d on e) , ", ' tsmi x, the rival improvements are " MOSES and SON." • IteanY mane. X s. d. t elkj it e -..4 ° yet eollar and cuffs, lined throughout from 09 0 ~ ertield, velvet collars and cuffs, ditto from 010 6 ,7 1118 tthi e d reltos, York Wrappers, &c., handsomely .4,„ - es vi r from II 15 0 biAttl e A„ te_c Trousers, lined from 0 4 6 N. 4 4 „,_*,_ . 11 0eskin, ditto ' see s - tea Winter Vests ts from 0 3 6 ~._ dit to 411 1 0 d from 1 • 0 w ilit e „, from I 4 0 MADE TO MEASURE. N i tg ri t Zr Zl ti ef the most approved make and material, 6,...iri the most fashionable style from 1 5 0 I, ti e of lad Tweed Wrappers, lined ......... from 018 0 ), tolititi 4 1 to te wie newest fabric front 010 6 w aistcoats, for 1 10 0 Nte ilk ^ , ter n ' r . a isteaate, in endless variety of material and ..4 1bulkti,.."`•••••••••• frog 1 12 0 Ite tk.Z4 4 iintifaat ure fro:r 2 15 0 t ltti t° 4 °Y extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the • 42: 40 1 following prices i t ta, dr e „14 1 , tut. d oh coat, vest, and trousers. from 116 0 ‘'llit;;,.- 44,,' — 'ets Test, and trousers from 0 18 0 ( b .,niv,t i rticle purchased or ordered, if not approved of, ex ..see. ''" b e Money returned. _ laliZ' Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the , ri 6 ,.., or h lr o Positien, as they learn that the uradesmanlike j 07 n ra ik ;:.•__, o 6 connected with them, er it's them ame concern, 1 lie (1, gave W.= to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. x .,. 0 connexion whatever with any ether establishment. .14 , 410 ‘ . 1 . 0 desire genuine Cheap Clothing should call or send to it s .. t E. Cl* • guard against disappointment , &c. „,M, ONES and SON, Tailors, IA bolesale Woolen Drapers, .081 Outfitters, 154, Minories, and 86, Aldgate. b._ ,39 AT ~,„. . '''' W -- ""eal A RLE-S TREET, PICCADILLY. A I' l-'INVENTED SPECTACLES, p i ._ C ou b li t 4 7. 1 14 opvaTlC INSTRUMENTS for DEAFNESS, TELE. by GL ASSES MICROSCOPES, &c. &c. t bil 4l4 ° ll it 7, , bill biajesty th'e King of Hanover, her Grace the ' 4 34,the e ig,,." Of Bedford, their Graces the Archbishop of Can ' ' , Mu ree of Norfolk, Devonshire, Argyle, Marlborough, sal% x,, er .• t o: —Les sri s MEDICAL TESTIMONIALS. 44; 1 tit 4 . l Blabi n and B. Solontons' newly-Invented Spectacle Lenses tA . L. ". t de e i ded g relief C. extremely imperfect vision. We give te k 7 l % , ._ i h ° tra Preference to every other kind •f Lens—the clear. s„, , s . l ldiel d „rency brings every object very distinct, and q: B ,l,l,Xi si i . th e , l': . " 8 te view the most minute particle with perfect ge, 1, lo thi' s r2_Particularly pleasant by candlelight, se theyaapp e ar 01 , ,,—, , 34. 1). .1t, and so ft en bright and brilliant lights.—J. 11111 ,- . it ioea ts e.. tre,. B, ,Lb p u.i i tid i gi „ Great George-street, Westminster; T. J. Petti s, Saville-row ;J. bottnt, Esq., M.D. 8;74 .tool e c HP ; A. White, Esq ,Surgeon, 3, Parliament, l o bo :, . ..!irshara, Esq., bf.D., 5, Saville-row' Frederick s ' 2 8;34'40 s 7, Upper Gower-street ;H. Golburn, Esq., 1114Nin Pk tr e lt s; 7 - 6 7 4d 0 - Plece, Kennington ; Alexander Farquhar, 44 e, 4 1141 ort i l; jel if h art i li on lac pe e, r, Belgr ., ay s e4c i r en a n re , ; 29 W , W. Day, ew s N ington . .. k.‘ h 4 4. k li tt iTi , Nl A set ~SOJLOILIONS, Opticians and Aurists, 30, Albe ' y, t.7 -. . 11 2. opposite the York Hotel, Invisible and all -ewly.m qt‘' A, r od a b le . . vented and improved ACOUSTIC 1N5TRU .411:4,,, n vidi n .. , _ _ individuals at an advanced age, and of 40 and 50 k - "mi t ': , 4 ,4 1 t r eaextreme deafness, instantly to join in general con tell the round of a distant low speaker at Church, t4 llt e ‘ll O 4; ~: 4c. • Te et in z uost Y . Mir the conversation into the ears to suck an a l,_ evere eases dea cannot be ob , erved. me toae4_ 2n ~,,,,f Tw erf ulNewly.invef nessn ted ACHROMATIC OPERA 'Zi," ,elrf , i i 1 7 . 1 ° , 1 are invaluable en tkie race-course, as well as at ' 4 11 4 .- I *lleet4 f ec° P" ho al, e waistcoat-poeket possess extraordinary lerei oe shoal ku . sal 0b..,_,.,,fit. sea prposes, kc. ; and with he tor s t ltll.7....pare n iV r iirollis, with the celebrated Lenses of the most fl oa li ti tZ'eosee m b ri umc'fs the powers are se great over all others, e ._ . Lrassedi na „, _,Va and brilliant, that the most minute objects 'Ai To uri V ta " lice are brought completely under the eyes. riOle s ow r,... end Sea.side Visitors, will here have a great C,k t lood 07.14/Plind MICROSCOPES, by which the circulation 134 14...... ye r, ' end a Fl li t any e sn ... „ ea can be seen flowing in great streams. ~,i ke di tel ival , and e , nuee -- t 13, Solornens, Opticians and Aurists, are 4 8i8tal isl°41 hborimod ed wily a Person of the same Name in their a4e, be Cau ti ons nor iv; guy part of the country. To pre. i and tmaerve only to be had at 39 Irtfleadill ' 11 1, - Y. opposite t e 91.. —OWL nsegg* hs russeiae. P o i ni onl o o Lets wh° coni_ i n' eoe" odor' stif law e of L b ,. f iti 4 - the rcile cceed 15 '4 the I ° s° , amr • . . c . ` _ )10%'s, 4: . . WP ' ' • • .04 / b. ~„ 86 - t - L 6.,R0m .• .. _ r ts• I No. 17,003. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING f -j 9 MARCH 25, 1844. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (E ven i ng S un ) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THEEB PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. BURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. JOHN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en deavours made by many persons to impose a spurious artiste for their make, feel it incumbent en them to request the attention of the public, in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob serve the Name and Address correspond with the above. The gene ral appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un guarded ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following cautions—Some are in appearance at first sight, '• the genuine," but without name or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," and others " ilurgiss's ;" and many more without address. John Burgess and Sou, having been many years honoured with such dis tinguished approbation, krei every sentiment of respect towards the public, and earnestly soleit then to inspect the labels previous to purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope will prevent many disappointments. BURGESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such great satisfaction, continues to bo prepared by them, and is recom mended as a moat useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all climates. Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. The Qriginal Fish-sanoe Warehouse. L ONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN lUD/ ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-row, Maasion-house, and:lB, Chancery-lane, London. DIRECT WU. KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman. BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. Alexander .Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. John M`Guffle, Esq. James Bidden, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq. Captain F. Brandreth. • J. Maruaaduke Reeseter, Req. AVDITORS. H. E. Carman, EM. I Robert E. Alison, Esq. Munteas AlretsZit—Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S., L. and E. lisourrair—John Emerson, Esq. • Soiremotri--Messrs. Palmer, Prance, and Pahiaer. THIS IS TIM ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed of constitution net to dispute any policy, unless they can preys that it was obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation ; the great aim and object having been to render Life Policies COMPLETE SECURI TIES and NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENTS, which shall owe their value to the certainty of the contracts upon which they are founded, and he 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 iu tueir 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 ether Life Companies, which make the validity of assurance contracts dependent upon the perfect correet mess 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 many extra-judicial com promises, are thus entirely abrogated ; and nothing bat fraud, proved to have been committed against them, can vitiate a policy granted by this Company. THIS IS THB 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 Ig THIS 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 boon paid for assuring a given amount, that amount should be paid; and they undertake to de so without reference to the state of the accounting betweea the assured and his debtor. THIS IS ALMOST THB ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour of creditors whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured, although the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe. The premiums calculated according to the Carlisle Tables, aro 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 .. ... Bard to complete security wlll pert TRIENNIAL ASCENDING nit. SCALE TO ASSURE £lOO. (Age First Second Third 1 Fou r th 'R emainder ' Tkree Yrs. Tkree Yrs. Three Yrs. Three Yrs. of Life. .£ s. 8. A s. d. A s. d. A s. d. A s. d. 95.... . 1 9 7 1 9 9 118 11 2 4 1 211 3 35 ...... 1 9 9 119 6 2 II 3 219 0 3 8 9 2 1 0 214 10 3 8 8 4 2 6 416 4 55 ...... 311 1 411 9 510 5 610 1 7 9 9 60 ..., .. 4 811 517 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 be 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 rank 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 prentium for au assurance of 5001. to be Ica., the first pay ment by the half-premium plan will be five guineas, being the one half of the 10/., 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 second, of 101. ; and so on till the end of the seventh year, when the retained sums, amounting to 351., may either be repaid, er retained at 51. per cent. interest until death, when the 351. would be subtracted from the 5001. then payable by the Company. TO ASSURE ONE RE /RED POUNDS ON MALI . PREMIUM SYSTEM. Age. .s. d. Age. X. s. d. 15 - 016 1 40 - - 111 4 20 . - •18 0 45 - - - 116 6 25-1•750 - - - 2 3 9 30 - 1 3 4 04 - - - 212 51 Prospectuses and setedules are forwarded to applicants, free of ex pose, by the Manager and Agents. _ - ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. AGENTS. - Tyrrell, Wm., Merchant - Roberts, C. IL, Surveyor - Lipecombe, L., Solicitor - Davis, W., Postmaster - Crosse, M., Civil Engineer - Sill, R., Solicitor Broadley, J., Wine Merchant - Salmon, W., Solicitor - Nicholson, B. T., Publisher - Brown, S., Tea-dealer - Harris, C., Solicitor Abingdon - - .Aberporth - Alrestord - - Aberystwith - - Athy - - - Ashby do la Eolith Bath' - - - Bury St. Edmund's Berwick - - Brentwood - - Bristol - - Brighton . 'Broseley - - Bishop's Castle - Bremen - - - Kennett, W., Solicitor - Jones, J. Manufacturer . Griffiths, E., nstinaster - Keatgen, C., Merchant Breton - - - Bridgewater - - Belfast - - - Ballinasloo - - Bordeaux - - Brecon - - - Cork - . Chelmsford - - Chichester - Carlisle - Canterbury - - Cirencester - - Conven - - Chatham - Cambridge - Chard . Chertsey - - Church Stratton - Chtulleigk - - Carlow - Cape Town - Dublin - - Darlington - Dorking - - Deal - DOVOISPOrt - Dorchester - - Drogheda - - Donegal - Dawlish Enniscortky - Epsom - Ellesmore - - Exeter - - Edinburgh . - Enniskillen - - Emsworth - - Gosport - - Greenwich - - Gloucester - - Gravesend - - Galway - - Guernsey - - Greenock - Galnsboreugh - Honiton - - Horsham - - Haverfordwfst - Hampstead - - Holyhead - - Hastings - - Havre - Hindou - Huddersfield • - Hull . - - Ilitchen - - Halifax - Ipewick - - Isle of Max - Kilkenny - - Kidderminster - Kingsbridge Limerick - - Lewes - Lampeter - Lincoln - - Mitchell,C. C., Solicitor - Deacon, F., Solicitor - G. Emerson and Son, Merchants - Boyd, Wm., Brewer - Cutler, F., Merchant - Maybery and Williams, Solicitors - Coates and Lefebure, 3lerchants - Williams, T. W., Auctioneer - Pascoe, T., Draper - Modgson, T. 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The following are the annual premiums for the assurance of £lOO for the whole life, one-half of which may remain for five years by merely paying the interest annually at 5 per cent ; and should the policy become a claim in the interim, the amount due will then be deducted. Age 20 without profits... £1 13 0 with profits £l 18 0 30 40 . . .... ..,.. 214 3 . 3 1 3 50 For short periods the premiums are considerably lower, and for any ages or contingencies net usually advertised, information may be obtained on application to the Actuary or Secretary. R EPORT of the BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, New-road, London, for 1843. In the year 1828 the above Establishment was founded by James Morison, the Hygeist, who, together with a great number of duals, became members thereof, in order the more effectually to carry out those principles in medicine known as the ‘. Hygeian Sys tem," which have from interested motives been so violently opposed by the Faculty, but which they (the Hygeists), notwithstanding, con scientiously believe to be founded in truth. Time, the test of all theories, has rnrst certainly proved the truth of that system. The Hygeian agents in different parts of the world, who are highly re. speetable persons, have all concurred in their reports as to the cure of disease by Morison's Medicines, when many of the parties had been given over as incurable under the ordinary medical treatment; these facts are on record throughout the different parts of the globe, and, therefore, Hygeists are justified in denouncing the present sys tem of doctors (the organic pathology) as being altogether founded in error, which, we submit, is emply proved by the fact of doctors being at this day quite at variance with one another, both as regards the theory of disease and its practice—hence have we the Water Cure, Homeopathy, Mesmerism, Ac. The fact of medical men being gene rally persons of education is not of itself at all conclusive of their being the most competent to cure disease, if it can be proved, as we say it can, that, from interested motives, the medical schools have diverged from the path of simple nature, and for profit have made the science of medicine one of confusion, not to be understood by even the wisest man that ever lived; in proof of which assertion we refer the public to the medical works of the day, which contain the most flhgrant contradictions and absurdities. Mr. Morison, on the other hand, proceeding upon a' simple, but trues and jnatural theory— namely, that all diseases, however they may show themselves, have their origin in an impure state of the blood and fluids, so that there is, in fact, but one disease—administers at once the Vegetable Uni versal Medicine ; and he, and those connecte.l with his system, have invariably found,* that when the disease was curable it has been cured by that simple process, whilst, if the same disease had been submitted to learned doctors, they would have tried, perhaps, innu. merable prescriptions, all dignified with Latin names, and, after all, have left the patient where they found him, if not worse. We say these are facts of tv..!ry day occurrence, and that those who will in quire into this important question will find them such. We are aware that the practice of a system like the Morisonian would not sufficiently remunerate doctors, since:every person might thus become his own physician. The public will, therefore, not be much surprised that the Faculty should have adopted a system founded on organic prin ciples, as if thebody were a piece of patchwork, which consequently obliges all persons (except Hygeists) to have recourse to them in cases of disease ; hence we see, in almost every street, eye and ear infirmaries, and other establishments for treating different parts of the body. In conclusion, we have to lay before the public an extract from the last Report of the Exeter Hygeian Dispensary, together with Lady Grey's last letter. and the amount paid by us for stamps to the Bri tish Government, dec., all of which we submit is corroborative of the foregoing allegation, namely, that the present system of doctors i n treating diseases on organic principles is altogether erroneous. (Signed) MORISON, MOAT, and CO., Hygeists. • At the Exeter Hygeian Dispensary upwards of 4,000 poor per. sons have been restored to health by the Hygeian medicines, many of whom had been declared incurable in the Exeter hospitals under doctors' treatment. The Dispensary, situate at 91, Fore-street-hill, Exeter, has now been in full operation during the last eight years, and is under the direction of Richard Tothill, Esq., to whom the public is referred as regards the proceedings at that Institution. Case of Cure reported by Lady Sophia rey. Sandiway, December 7, 1843. Gentlemen,—By the wish of our labourer, G. Greaves, I write to say that he wishes it to be known how greatly he has benefited by taking your most excellent medicines. When we came to this place he was a poor sickly young man, so often tied up with violent attacks of asthma, that the farmers would not employ him, and Mr. Booth Grey gave him little jobs when able to do anything. I instantly per suaded him to take your Pills in small doses, alternately No. 1 and No. 2. He has done so, never exceeding seven pills at a dose, and is now a very healthy man, and able to wo k like any other labourer, and not affected by every change in the weather. I have known se veral that have received great benefit from your Pills in this most dis tressing complaint. I have several bad cases in hand, and no words can describe theblessing this medicine is to the poor. I have seve ral patients I have never seen, but send the advice by letter; but am not deceived, as I have friends who watch their progress. As for my. self I should have been dead years ago if it had not been for your Pills and the mercy of my Heavenly Father. I remain, Gentlemen, yours sincerely obliged, SOPHIA GREY. To Messrs. Morison, Moat, a d Co., British College of Health, London. Extract of the Report of the Exeter Hygeian Dispensary for No ---- vember, 1843 :-V Mr. Robert Potter. aged 62, is a yeoman, residing at Countess Wear, near Exeter. In the month of May last he was violently seized with inflammation in the neck of the bladder, so that he had not the power to pass his water; consequently Mr Perkins, surgeon, of Exeter, was sent for to pass the catheter and draw it off. Mr. Potter was otherwise extremely ill from rheumatic gout, so much so, that Dr. Elliott, of Mount Radford, Exeter, was in attendance with Mr. Perkins, and it was considered that he was in imminent danger. All means were had recourse to, according to the present mode of practice, to restore their patient, which was in some mea sure effected, as, after many weeks, the patient left his bed; but as for the bladder, it had lost entirely its contractile power, so much so, that for thirteen weeks he never could make water in the natural way, and the catheter was obliged to be introduced four or five times every day, and always during the night it was kept passed into th e bladder. Mr. Potter continued to suffer in this distressing manner until the sth of August, about which period he was recommended to me to see if Morison's Pills would have any good effect upon him, and my opinion being favourable as to the ultimate results of that medicine upon him, he immediately began with three pills at night and two in the morning, and at the end of the third day, astonishing to say, he was able to make water in the natural way. He continued every day to progress favourably, and I think he has taken the medicines in varied doses for about three months, under its e rnatural respect, that he he my directions, with the happiest results, inasmuch that he hasi now and has M now Mr. Potter's become Potter's no occasion to pass the i ns t rumen t, th e bl a dd er h av in g q uite regained n so h eai regeneratedhealthy a person i e as can be seen. as health activeis so i a Mr. Potter has requested me to publish his case, as he never can be too thankful for the great blessing he has received, and will be most willing to answer any inquiries to any one respecting his distressing illness, and also as to the very extrordinary effect of the medicines upon him, by their applying to him at Countess Wear, near Exeter. (Signed) RICHARD TOTHILL, Surgeon, &c., M.R.C.S., L. Hcavitree, Exeter, Nov. 18-13. Tne Quackeries of Doctors byeating the help of their O rgan i c S ys t em o f Tr Diseases. 1. A nice thing this organic pathology-- doctors, which enables them to administer innumerable drugs, and what is best of all for them, it can never be proved that they have given that which is im proper. Dr- A. gives this, Dr. B. that, Dr. C. the other thing, and so forth. Dr. A. bleeds, Dr. B. doesn't, and Dr. C. both bleeds and doesn't. Mr. 0. complains of a pain in the side, upon which Dr. A. sends forth a messenger, in the shape of morphine, or some ether ine, to fetch it out from that particular locality. Mr. D. complains of a pain in his liver, Di*. A. sends another messenger in the shape, perhaps, of calomel, to fetch that out. Mr. D. complains of a pain in his head, Dr. A. sends a third messenger of some sort or other, dignified also with a Latin name, to fetch that out. Thus, according to doctors, there is a specific for every part of the body. This sounds very well, but unfortunately they a I differ among them selves, on ace unt of symptoms, as to when and how tneir remedies should be given. We call this a system of quackery, which may be verified by any person referring to the medical works of the day. It is a most fearful quackery, because it tends completely toe , slave the public mh.d, prevents inquiry, and takes away ill responsibility from doctors ; they always have a loophole to creep out at under their organic pa hology. If a poor patient die, ' of course the disease killed him, it couldn't have beets the d-ctors'drugs ; the confi.iing friends believe him, and there Is no further inquiry. 2. Kee ing tine houses and carriages, in order to lead persons to believe that, therefore, they can cure diseases be'ter than their brethren with diplomas, but without carriages or line houses. This. of course, would have no weight with the public if they knew the nature of their own bodies, but being grossly ignorant of it, they are led by outward show. We believe that it is well known that a doctor stands no chance unless he keeps his carriage of some sort or other. 4:Wilting their prescriptions In Latin. This is done, we pre sume, to prevent the patient knowing the useless or injurious things which he is taking; at all events, to give importance and mystery to the thing. • 4. Writing a book upon some particular disease (thanks to their organic pathology), and then getting a friend, the editor of some newspaper or review, to puff it into notoriety. Having considered the quackeries of doctors, we turn to the Hy geian system. Let us see whether there be quackery in that. How stands the case? Why simply thus—Mr. Morison, the Hygeist, al. loges that all diseases proceed from one cause, viz., impurities in the blood; he also alleges that the Vegetable Universal Medicine, by removing these impurities,' ust necessarily produce health. Is he borne out by facts in that assertion ? Let the thousands of cured patients answer. Moreover, it hal n o t o ffered during the last eight years to prove the important f ,of the universality of the medicine, by a strict examination o tlie east. of poor people who preseAt themselves daily at the Exeter Hygei in Dispensary, most of whom are discarded as incurable patients from the Exeter hos pitals. We cannot see how the word quackery can apply to the ilgeian system; it is not pretended that the medicine cures by magic, or as if there were a charm in it, but it is, on the contrary, Its cleansing properties over the blood which are relied upon. The cause of all diseases is asserted, and the medicine being unchange able, it therefore follows that every person, understanding that system, can judge whether he will put himself under the Hygeian treatment or net. There is no loophole for Hygeists as with doctors; if the pills fail, then Hygeists say that, in their opinion, nothing else will cure. _ _ _ As to . doetors being generally persons of education, it is no proof whatever of their ability to cure the sick, because from motives of gala (hence their opposition to Hygeism) the medical schools have departed from simple nature, and in order to make medicine a lu. crative employment, they have invented this cursed organic patho logy before described, which is now so mystified, that some of its professors have gone mad, andothers confessthat they know nothing about it. Some of them have turned mesmerizers, homoeopathists, water doctors, mad doctors, &c. With these observations we leave the public to say which are really the quacks. Lastly, be it remembered, that Hygeiaism owes its rise and pro.. gross entirely to public support, and, unlike the doctors, does not re quire the prop of arbitrary Acts of Parliament, the indirect puff's of newspapers, or the subscriptions of the rich. Lieut. Mackinnon's Report. The last packet from America brought the following report from Lieutenant John Mackinnon, 104th Foot. Hygeian general agent for Cape Breton and other islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence:— To Messrs. Morrison and Moat, British College of Health, London. Dear Sirs,—On the 6th of October, 1842, I had the pleasure of transmitting to the British College of Health a brief report on Hyge;an affairs in this quarter of the globe, and which, I am happy to discover, has been largely circulated, and some hundreds of copies sent to this island to stare in the face both friends and foes. Since the report alluded to, the Universal Medicines of the Col lege have nothing diminished in the estimation of old as well as new patients, for not a cloud has arisen to obscure, even for a moment, their shining lustre, and many cases of cure have been performed, (by the blessing of God on the means) of truly a most astonishing nature. A few only I deem it necessary to forward.—lst. Archibald M'l)onald, aged 47, farmer, pronounced incurable by several doc tors. He had been informed by the wiseacres, that by the aid of their sounding rods they had disco ered that his heart had grown too large for its casement, and that he might prepare himself for an eternal world. He applied to me as his dernier resource before leaving this world, and was greatly surprised at my falling into a violent fit of laughter at his tale of woe. " Archy, my man," said I, " Do only what I bid you, and I will cut down that tremendous heart of yours in a few weeks; far those fellows you have been consulting are only blind leaders of the blind." The pills and powders were administered in grand style, twenty at a dose twice a day; this was in April, and the July following he paid for his medicines by mowing the grass in my field', and then found that his heart was freed from its shackles. He has remained in good health ever since. __-.... ---...--. For the remainder of Lieut. Mackinnon's resort," see the 29th number of the Hygeist, published on the let of December last. The last Overland Mail from India brought intelligence of the chol ra raging in the interior, and of its successful treatment in all cases where Morison's Medicines were had recourse to. The fallowing is an extract from a letter just received by Messrs. Morison and Moat, of the British College of Health, Hamilton place, New-road, London, from Robert L. Pereira, Esq., then ge neral agent for Madras, dated October 21, 1843 : I regret to inform you that the cholera is making great ravages in the inte:ior, and in a part of the black town called Parcherry. In Madras, during the last nine or ten days, many have fallen victims; those who have taken your invaluable medicines have been cured, and others have been saved from an attack by a timely application to same means. Another extraordinary case of cure from Mr. Pereira, of Madras. Copy :—To Mr. R. L. Pereira. Si r,—l beg to inform you that one of my relations, a boy 12 years of age, having been bitten one night, at about half-past eight o'clock, by a venomous snake, called by the natives Cataverien, or Carpet Snake, about twelve o'clock his whole body became swollen to an enormous size, and he commenced vomiting blood and rice, accom hanied with an oppression in the chest, and in the last stage. I ave, in the absence of other medicines, given him a dose of twelve of Morison's No. 2 Pills from the last purchase I made from you, and the boy, half an hour after he had taken the pills, threw up bile and had a few motions, whereby he felt instant relief, which gave him good rest till the next morning, and when he awoke he still felt heavy symptoms, upon which a medical practitioner, a relative of the patient, prepared a draught, and desired the boy to take it; he peremptorily refused, and said he would take no other medicine but the pills he had taken before, because he benefited thereby ; accordingly, another dose of nine pills was given him ; about half an hour after he vomited some `green stuff and had three green motions, and entirely recovered. I beg also to bring to your notice that, notwithstanding the most extra ordinary cure I hate experienced with this invaluable medicine in the bite of a venomous snake, as above stated, I have had the hap piness of curing various complaints of both a chronic and acute nature, and more particularly of myself. I must say that were it n t for these pills I ,hould to this very day suffer with the 'severe pain in the pit of nay stomach which used to come on me very fre quently for several years before I used' them ; in fact, many in my neighbourhood who knew me to have suffered with the pain, and that I had cured myself of it with these pills, flock to me for aid whenever they . are taken ill, and I am obliged to give it to them, gratis in some instances. 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Some degree of interest has been felt in the City to day, to learn the result of the entries in the Bank books for the carrying out of the plan, or otherwise, of the re duction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. We are en abled to state with the utmost confidence that the dis sents are few, and for insignificant amounts; and that the assents, as respects the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. of 1818, comprise the larger proportion of the holders of the stock just named, both, of course, having reference to those national creditors who are resident in the United Kingdom. As officially the positive amount of dissents cannot be communicated except to the. Trea sury, still there are one or two statements in circula tion upon this really interesting and national subject. If the information received from one party be correct, but ten or eleven holders have dissented, who have stock in their names to a sum not equal to 40,0001. The assents, as respects the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., have been given in very freely today, and there will not be the least diffieulty in providing for those who have neglected to protect their own interests; for by the negligence they will receive in October next but 1001. per cent., whereas the New Three-and-a-Quarter may be quoted as worth at least 2i per cent. more. But a month, or nearly, still must eapse for holders out of Europe, to dissent or assent (as to the stock of 1818); yet, how ever, the Chancellor is held to have eminently suc ceeded. The next, and we believe the most accurate assertion is, that out of holders of the Three-and-a- Half per Cents. of 1818 (the stock being calculated at about 10,000,0001.), full 7,000,0001. of acceptors of the terms have inscribed their names. Then, as to the dis sents to the other Three-and-a-Half per Cents., they do not exceed 150,000 L— Observer. A few days ago, a man engaged in digging a well, at Mont-le-Francois (Haute-Saone), bought about 40Ibs. of gunpowder, in order to blow up a stratum of rock at which he had arrived. On entering his dwelli ng , ho l e t f a ll the bag of powder, which burst, and the whole of the contents was scattered on the floor. It was night, but the wife, to avoid the risk of leaving the powder where it was till the morning, determined to sweep it up. While thus engaged, the finer particles, raised in dust by her broom, caught fire, and caused the whole to explode ; and the result was terrible. The house was scattered in portions in every direction, and the man and his wife were both driven, with the door, to a distance of 15 yards. Their state is dreadful. Some hopes of saving the man are entertained, but none of the woman.— Galignani. The Commissioners of the Model Prison at Penton vine had a meeting on Saturday, at the Council-office. The Commissioners present were the Lord President, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Chichester, Lord John Russell, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Dr. Ferguson, Rev. Whitworth Russell, Mr. Crawford, and Major Jebb. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Hereford, March 23. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE and a Special Jury.) I3ELLERS v. CHALK. AND ANOTHER. This was an action for libel, brought by Mr. Bellers, a gen tleman residing at Barnard's-green, in the parish of Great Malvern, in the county of Worcester, against Messrs. Chalk and Holt, the proprietors of the , Worcester Herald. The de fendants pleaded only the general issue, " Not guilty." Mr. Whateley, Mr. Godson, and Mr. Gray conducted the plaintiff's case ; and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. F. V. Lee appeared for the defendants. The libels of which the plaintiff complained were contained in certain paragraphs, which, about the end of last year, ap peared in the Worcester Herald, a journal enjoying an exten sive circulation not only iu the county of 'Worcester, but in the adjoining counties of Hereford and Gloucester; and the charge which they conveyed was so startling in itself, and of so unusual a kind, that the paragraphs immediately found their way into the London journals, and thence were copied by nearly all the provincial papers in the kingdom. On the 2d of December, 1843, the following appeared in the Wor cester Herald, headed " Extraordinary Conduct to Horses" " We have much hesitated before making public the fol lowing statement, really doubting whether our readers, from the almost incredible and revolting facts it discloses, would not conclude we were romancing, and saying the thing that is not. However, we can only preface such statement by observing, that in giving it we put forth the truth as related to us, and from the quarter from which we have derived it, as we have reason to believe, the whole truth and nothing bet the truth.' For reasons unnecessary to enter upon, we do not at present disclose the name of the party implicated in our recital, but we shall wait, to see whether, when he shall thus discover that his cruel and insensate conduct is known, it has the effect of rousing in him a sense of its in famy and shame, and thereby induce him at once to alter it; and if this should prove to be otherwise, we warn him that his name shall be made public, and in a way, too, that, without the possibility of mistake, shall bring down upon him that full measure of reprobation and scorn he so justly merits. And now to our narrative without further remark; It was some five and a quarter years since that the indivi dual to whom we allude was riding a spirited young mare by whom he was thrown ; he escaped unhurt by the fall, but, incensed by the circumstance, he immediately- ex claimed to the poor animal, D—n you, madam, I'll make you suffer for this ; I'll put you in solitary confinement for seven years.' These were the words actually used by him, as reported by a party who was in his company at the time, and his threat he has literally carried into execution to the extent of five years and a quarter, and for the greater por tion of that period in a manner, too, distinguished by the most refined brutality. A three 'stalled stable was selected for the solitary cell of the hapless creature, the two other stalls were occupied by horses, but tke back of that allotted to her was enclosed by board ing so placed that she could not turn round at all, nor lie down but by the most painful effort and the excoriation of her sides in the most horrid manner. This treatment she suffered for more than three years, until at length she effected some mitigation of her misery by kicking down the boarding at the back of her stall. It would seem that after this the abuser of the poor creature did so far relent in his feelings of • vengeance towards her as not to re commit her to her Procrustean bed, but no further; finding she had liberated herself from this, he perseveres in his sen tence of " solitary confinement," and removes the other two horses from the stable, thus giving her the entire range of the building, in which to complete the remaining portion of her doom. But we have not yet related, the full iniquity of this most wicked proceeding. The sole food of the wretched animal through winter and summer, from the commencement of her incarceration to the present time, has been a scanty portion of grass cut by her persecutor himself from a neigh bouring pasture, added to about halfa bolting of straw for her bed; the latter, however, we are told the po or an i ma l fi rs t eagerly devours in preference to the cold and raw grass, so that not a shred of it is visible in the morning; and we are further told also that about a twelvemonth since a lad, in the employ of this inhuman man, commiserating the situati on of the mare, contrived one evening to make a trifling addition to her miserable modicum of food, and for which he was visited with instant dismissal. We have this relation from those who have by stealth recently seen the doomed crea ture in her captivity, and they describe her appearance as most deplorable, and akin to that of the caged beasts in a menagerie, keeping constantly pacing round her narrow prison-house like a demented creature, and bearing a numb expression of suffering capable of melting every heart but that of her cruel tormentor. We are further informed that a pony has been punished by this person, for some unknown reason, by the same species of infernal cruelty for the last two years." Upoe the appearance of this paragraph, although public curiosity was much excited on the subject, no one but those who were in the secret could know that the plaintiff was the person who was aimed at, no name or locality, which would afford a clue to the individual, having been mentioned; but the National Animals' Friend Society having sent down one of their officers, Mr. Yewens, to investigate the matter, Mr_ Yewens called, on the 13th of Decenkber, upon Mr. Chalk, one of the defendants, and requested him to say where the party in question lived, in order that he might sift the cir cumstances of the case. By Mr. Chalk the officer was re ferred to Colonel Build, a magistrate of the county ; but as Mr. Yewens did not find that gentleman at home, he pro ceeded to the residence of the plaintiff, where he asked to see and was shown the mare alleged to have been treated with so much barbarity. The plaintiff, who is of retired habits, and 65 years of age, called to his servants to fetch the mare out, put a bridle on her, and ride her; and upon his return to Worces ter, Mr. Yewens stated to Mr. Chalk that the mare had not been ill-treated, as reported ; that she was in good working condition ; that the account of the place in which she was confined was not correct, as it was six feet wide, and 14 feet long; and that when he saw her, there was straw under her, and a whole heap of stable litter in the yard. Trusting, however, it would seem, more to the accuracy of their original informant than to the testimony of an eye-witness like Mr. Yewens, the defendants on the 16th of December published the following article in their journal : " Tux CRUELTY To Hoass.s CASE.—The public will be pleased to learn that the poor animals, viz., the mare and pony, the subjects of the shocking cruelty denounced in former Heralds, have been restored to freedom, or rather to the usual condition of their species. Mr. Yewens, the officer of the National Animals' Friend Society, has been engaged in investigating the matter, and we believe that it has been found that no prosecution can now take place, from the cir cumstance of the Act of Parliament requiring all informations to be laid within 14 days from the date of alleged offences. We have been informed that an individual who assumes, that he himself is the party against whose cruelty our remarks on this subject were written, threatens to bring an action against us for injury alleged to have been done to his character—we suppose the exposure in our columns. 'We pretend not to say how the chances might go as to a verdict in such aq action, but it is due to ourselves to state, that we publish the case on the authority ofno mere vague rumour, but from un questionable information; and that our only object was the rescue of two poor animals from a state of misery most har rowing to every one possessing the feelings of humanity. Certainly he who could be guilty of the inhuman conduct that we exposed did not deserve to have his feelings in any way consulted ; but even in our exposure of his cruelty we had no vindictive intention towards him, and we expressly stated that we withheld his name in the hope that a tardy sense of shame would lead him to abate his infamous treatment of the suffering animals. That object has been attained, and now our task is done ; but it would be a most foul disgrace to the law of England, or of any civilised nation, were it possible for law, in the circumstances that we have described, to be made the instrument of silencing an honest journal—is such a case the liberty of the press would be but an empty name. At all events, we have no fear of not standing justified by the world at large as having done our duty, and done no more than was most clearly justifiable on the grounds of common humanity and public policy." Notwithstanding the appearance of this paragraph, the plaintiff took no steps against the Worcester Herald, as his name was not mentioned, and in the following week, Dec. 23, a report was published in that journal of a meeting at Glou cester of "The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals," presided over by the Lord Bishop of the dio cese, and furnished by their own reporter. The report gave an outline of the speech of a Mr. Thomas, the Secretary of the Society, in which, after some introductory observations, he alluded to the case of cruelty to a mare which had bee n reported in the Worcester Herald. He then went on to say— " Last week I went to Barnard's-green, near Great Malvern, and there I ascertained that the person's name was Bellers, and that he lived on some property of his own. I had an interview with him, and induced him to show me where the animal was confined. Certainly, my impression is, that Bellers is not an accountable agent, and that is the most charitable construction I can put on his condect. He ad mitted the facts—nay, pointed out to me the very place where he had confined the poor mare, and told me that he removed her from one part to another, because she had nearly hung herself. I ascertained also the name of an in dividual who was in the service of this man during part of , the time the cruelty was practised. I found him out, and I have in my possession a statement in writing, signed by the lad who was in his service up to a recent period (Michael mas, 1842, as we understood). He there states that the ani mal was fed on grass and hay, and in such propo r ti ons as were not sufficient to keep life within the poor creature. A small quantity of straw was laid down as a bed, but it was uniformly all eaten up. The lad states that he left the ser vice because he was ashamed at being connected with such cruelty. Unfortunately, through a defect, in the Act of Par liament, we are not able to bring the perpetrator of this act of cruelty to justice ; but I have prepared a report of the case, and given his name and address, and forwarded it to the Morning Herald, and, by means of its publication, the man will deservedly meet with punishment in the public re probation which his conduct merits." L pan receiving information of the appearance of this re port, the plaintiff, thus specially pointed out by tas name and residence, determined upon bringing an ac' ion against the defendants, and a writ was issued on the k7th January. Some negotiations then took place, and an apology was pro posed by the defendants ; but the terms in which it was couched not being considered satisfactory by the plaintiff's advisers, the proceedings went on, and upon the sth March two pleas were delivered, one of whl?h, justifi e d th e publica tion of the libels in question, upon the ground that the ma terial parts of the statements contained therein were true in fact. That plea, however, only remained oil the record six days, as upon the 11th of March it was withdrawn, and no tice thereof sent to the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD addressed the jury for the defend-- ants, observing that his instructions did not require him to say or insinuate one word against the character of the plain tiff, and if it was not Ilia object to make money at the de fendants' expense, Kitt really and truly to challenge them to the proof of the Imputations which had been cast upon his conduct, he would have ample reason to be satisfied with the result of that day's trial if :the jury should only award him moderate damages. He (Mr. Sergeant Talfourd) was free to admit, on the behalf of the defendants, that believing the facts to be such as had been represented to them at the time of the insertion of the articles, they were satisfied, now that the case had been thoroughly silted, that they had been misinformed. 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They are an excellent aperient, without griping or prostration of strength, create appetite, relieve langour, and invigorate the spirits, while to he free liver or sedentary they offer advantages that will not fail to be appreciated. Sold by T. trout, 229, Strand, Lon lon ;'Price Is. I ;id. and 2s. 9d. per box ; also by the:venders of medicines generslly throughout:the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 228, Strand, London," on the Government stamp, PRICE sd. 7 ~~~` found Mr. Thomas saying that he himself had called upon the plaintiff, and that the account which had originally ap peared in their paper was true, they were morally, though perhaps not legally, justified in inserting the report of the meeting at Gloucester. The Learned Sergeant concluded a long speech by calling upon the jury not to make the de fendant?; pay what it would neither be honourable nor credit able for Mr. Bellers to receive. Mr. Baron PAsuu having summed up, the jury retired, and after an hour's absence returned into Court, giving their ver dict for the plaintiff, with 1501. damages. This was the last cause that remained to be tried, and upon its termination Mr. Baron Parke proceeded to try prisoners. Both of the Learned Judges will be occupied till a late hour, and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd is gone forward to Monmouth with the intention of opening the Commission there, if one o f the Judges should not arrive to do so in person by ten o'clock. THE FACTORIES BILL. (From the Leeds Times.) We shall not stop at present to inquire into the mo tives of the majority of the Members of the House of Com mons, and whether they would have been equally ready to concede a measure of justice had the clients beet► their own wretchedly oppressed and over-laboured serfs, and had the question concerned their own " vested rights," and rents, and mortgages, and class interests. It is enough that a great act of moral justice has been done—an act of unquestionable humanity—of real practical philanthropy and benevolence. We therefore hail the success of Lord Ashley's motion with feelings of almost unmingled joy and satisfaction. The case of Lord Ashley and his supporters is based upon irrefragable evidence. Long-continued labour is, deleterious to the human constitution in any case, but especially where the tender frames of women and chil dren are concerned ; and the tendency of the factory system, of late years, has unquestionably been, to ab,,orb, a larger proportion of female and infant labour, to the great detriment and injury of the entire working popu lation. They have taken the place of men in almost all, departments in some factories—especially in Lancashire. ; the consequence of which has been that women, anct children are employed, while men are thrown idle. Nature's arrangements are thus entirely reversed, and the father, instead of being the supporter and the guar dian, becomes the dependent and the domestic drudge of his wife and children ! And what is the consequence as regards the women and children themselves ? The most fearful degradation —often the most appalling vice ! The sacred character of woman has been terribly lowered. Withdrawn from their domestic functions, their homes have been nece,..4a • rily neglected ; the social and family ties have been broken up ; children have grown up uneducated aud entirely neglected ; the domestic affections, by *Web society is held together, have been crushed and de stroyed ; and woman,—instead of being the domestic. helpmate of man, the mistress of his household, the ma.- nagg of his home, the mother of his family,—has be• come his fellow day-drudge, the ,rival competitor wtea him for labour, and often also the participator, if not the rival with him, in his bad and vicious practices. Who can doubt the magnitude of these evils ? Who can overlook then'', or refuse to alleviate or remove them ? Now, Lord Ashley's motion does not propose to take women and children _out of the factories, as the same Legislature has already taken them from the coal mines. It merely lays down what is considered to be a proper day's work for the women and children employ( d in factories. The Legislature has already established the principle of interference in such matters, and it now merely carries the principle forwards in the salutary dt rection. If anything, Lord Ashley's motion is too ex acting: looking upon this solely as a question of' hu manity, we consider ten hours' daily labour in factories. far too much for either women or children. Lord' Ashley's proposition is, therefore, in our opinion, an e&.. ceedingly reasonable one; and, if the Legislature is, to interfere at all, it cannot do less than affirm the Noble Lord's motion. But do not let us shut our eyes to the immense eon.- sequences involved in the passing of this clause of Lord Ashley's by the Legislature. A ten hours' labour bill for women and children will also prove a Ten Hots' for men ; because, when the women and children q ui rt work in mills, they constitute such a large prepedefer ance of the factory operatives that the men must quit. also. Well, then, a Ten Hours' Bill will be the neces sary consequence of the final adoption of Lord Ashley's: clause. And the next result will be a general reduction. of wages in proportion to the limitation imposed up . i st the duration of factory labour. The reduction may be to even a greater extent than this, if means be not adopted by the Legislature to open up new channels of trade and commerce. But certainly a reduction to the, extent we have mentioned—in other words, by about; one-sixth of the present weekly Ni iures of the facto - 4r operatives will take place immediately on the enacttr.ent of a Ten Hours' Bill by the Legislature. _ We state this to prevent subsequent disappo;:atment on the part of the operative classes. As for the mas ters, they are mostly in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill, and a large proportion of them, during the last few years, have been working their mills considerably under , the time prescribed by Lord Ashley's motion. Of. course, they have done this from necessity, and not from choice ; and most of the operatives have heta obliged to be satisfied with a`‘ short time" wage. Ali they know that it was no inure than reasonable that they should be paid in proportion to the duration of their labour, as is the case in all other employments. Orr the same grounds, Lord Ashley's motion, which en forces permanent short time of working, will enforcer also a permanently reduced wage, unless large remedial measures are adopted to prevent it. And without tAcla measures, the limitation of the hours of factory 4Abour may yet possibly be regarded as evsn a mer„suilv oft merciless injustice. • (From the Leeds Mercury.) By a strange combination of mistaken friends af huinan%ty wit/1 men who deliberately aim to cripple the manufacturing interest, Lord Ashley has been enabled to carry his amendment millet Fac tories Bill, to restrict the labour of women and young persons under 21 years of age to 10 hours a day. This extraordinary vote was given by a majority of 179 to 170, on Monday last, against the decided and strenuous opposition of the Government, and against the declared and strong opinion of the Factory Inspectors. Several of the Members who spoke in favour of Lord Ashley's amendment seem to forget that the true principle of e ocial eco. nomy is to leave industry free and unrestrained; and that this is not a principle of small importance, but one vital to. the pro.po. city of a nation, and connected with the persone.i lib erty, tia dearest rights, and the substantial comforts of the ~,eople. They seem also to forget that factory labour is not compulsory; it is purely voluntary. A factory worker, if 0, 41 t of liealth, or d,s, satisfied with his treatment or remuneration., or induced by any personal or domestic circumstance ,' br even by caprice, may quit his work whenever he pleases. He sees men in a thousand other occupations around hint. and he may change Its line of life whenever he thinks at, I( so doing he could better himself. They forget, too, that the wages of factory workers—ter they are high, comparatively_ obtain for them better food, better clothing, better houses, .nd more of all the comforts of life, con. ducive at once to bealth and to respectability, than could be had for the lower Wages which abridged labour could purchase. They fe:rget, when talking of the selfishness of manufacturers—. who, by the way, are no more open to the charge than any otl.cr class of men, and not so much so as that class which produces hitual scarcity of food in the country, for its own pecuniary advana tage—that the profits of the manufacturer are indisriolubly con. nected with the comforts of the labourer. Profits and. wages rise and fall together, and you cannot destroy or reduce the former, without equally destroying or reducing the latter. They apparently forget, that though the Legislature may fix a maximum of labour, it cannot fix a minimum. Id cannot prov.de that the mills shall work ten hours, or eight hours, or at The talk about equalising labour is pure nonsense, To dimin.al, the productiveness of industry, has no tendency W i natever to make the demand for it more steady, They seem to forget that the grand cause of the superior wea.til and greatness of England is the superior industry and energy of ifs inhabitants ; and that whatever fetter* the latter endangers the former. They seem, almost without exception to be ignorant that the price of mantifactured goods cannot be raised or kept, 'op. at the pleasure either of the manufacturers or of the hov A e consume' , (howreVer self.denying the latter might be.) It governed lie long as we are an exporting nation) by the price of similar produds in the markets of the world; and that price is ?,uelf governed 11 the cost of production in the country where goeija can be made the cheapest. When we cease to manufacture cheaper than othw countries, we must cease to export; but we 'cannot cease to export without ruining the country and starving Yta inhabitants. . Would this be "humanity P" Many, who talk of banishing wom,er, and children from tLe. mills, and setting adult men to do lb.eir work, forget that Vas would be to degrade adult labour both, in Its character and its te. muneration. When men do the vw nk of women and children, they can only receive the wages of: women and children. 'I 1.. s is the sole reason why the hand-loona weavers receive such miser., able wages—it is work which womer c and children can do nee eV as well as men. But if the women . and children should be chi% en out of the mills, and the husba:ade and fathers should only receike the wages which women and chile hen received before, what wot kl be the condition of the families t Their wages would not be rt.:: duced a sixth, but at least a hal t , perhaps tyro-thirds! And MA? would this conduce to the coma Jrt of the working classes P— to their health P—or to their educ ation and moral improvement? If we believed that the workin ,g class would be advantaged bye Ten Hours' Bill, we would supp ort it with all our 'Aearts. We would do it for their own sakes, because they are by, far the greater number, and therefore their inte rests are more s anportant both ha the eyes of God and of all good, men. But We would do it clae for their masters' sakes ; for we know that what was good for tf e workmen would be good also for the masters. The interests of o.e. two are identified. Capital and labour will ride upon the stmt horse as long as the world lasts. But Inasmuch as we believe that! this measure is not called for by humanity—that its effects wou Id be the reverse of what I.u. Inanity would desire--that it Inc ceeds on a principle which is dangerous to liberty—WA it wou' id be very perilous to the trado of the country, and all who dif spend upon it—th at i t would sits: a most formidable - advantage to .our foreign competitors—knd tht.t. therefore it would bring prverty, misery, an d consequent demo.,,ralizationt'aistead of happiness 'to the community —we feel bound to raise our warning voice agar ist it. Themill-owners of Leeds, 'both in the flax and the woollen hades, have sent up a memorial and deput , ..tion to London, to protest against the ten hours" clause. Br,.c we find the manufac. turers in Manchester, Husid ersfield, raid other towns are very supine; for which two reasons are ealeged—lst, they do not be. lieve it possible that Government van allow the Bill to pass ; and. 2d, they are so disgusted and - wvaried out with the yearly inter.. ferences or threatenings of th e Legislature, that they have becomes hopeless or sulky. We think they are very wrong. If they do not protect them-. selves, they may rely wenn it no one else can efficiently protect them. If they are indifferent to their own interests and characters, they must not be surprised at. the loss of both. • DRURY-LANETHEA.TRICAL FUND FESTIVAL.-011 Saturday the committee of this charity were engaged iat making arrangements to give effect to the festival to b e heldl at the Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday next. The semi tary, in announcing the manes and liberal donations r,f many illustrious and distinguished persons who had becor ne vice presidents, took occasion to communicate to the o ammittee the gratifying intelligence, that Miss Burdett C;outts had honoured the fund with a donation of 50L ; tha t Monsieur Duprez had sent a very kind letter, enclosing f . cheque for 101., as a " tribute to a charity founded and end 'awed by that great master of his art, David Garrick, for his, less fortunate brother artists ;" that Mr. Webster, I :essee of tine Haymarket, and Mr. Maddox, lessee of the Prit.iceses, lvid con sented to become vice-presidents, fsubserilsin - handsome donations; and that Miss Rainforth, Miss. P. Morton, M Buddens, oil the grand pianoforte, lit.Oury, on the violin, t h e Mi sses Williams, and Messrs. W. Harris ,on and Le ffl er, had kindly condescended to volunteer th eir I Jrilliant services at the fes. tivaL His Royal Highne ss t h e President and Chairman will be attended by the Ma rqu i s o' Clanricarde, Viscount Rane lagh, Lord Wm. Russell, hl a e G ore , Esq., M.P., J ame s tagu Matheson, Esq., JA.P., Sph W 2e,e._, ,, ,?z -.e--e-Jf 1 I II ~~;`~