The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-29 00:00:00

UNION BANK OF LONDON. DIRECTORS. SIR PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Governor. ANDREW. SPOTTISWOODE, Esq., Deputy-Governor. ° tol n l% q. Webster, Es Tames Farquhar, Esq. Joh Barnes, Es q•. J. W. Sutherland, ' Esq. Benjamin Boyd, Esq. Peter Laurie, Esq. W. M. Nurse, Esq. Itaior- G eneral Robertson. W. P. Craufurd, Esq. John Connell, Esq. A. Cockburn, Esq. William Morley Esq. PRINCPAL OFFICE, 8, MOORGATE STREET, LOTIIBURY, WI LLIAM WILSON SCRIMGEOUR, General Manager. ' Rzosttr-stitztt BRANCH OFFICE, ARGYLE PLACE, HENRY T. CLACK, Manager. CRAlttio-caoss BRANCH OFFICE, 4, PALL MALL, EAST. ALEXANDER WIGIIT, Manager. TERMS. - CillutlxT TERMS. keeping Current er Drawing Ac :tints. will be cr e dit e d on the first day of every month, with a onth's interest at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the smallest halaace at the credit of their account at the close of business on any ?V during the past month, provided that such balance shall not be "se than 100/. The total amount of interest will be passed to ac eoUnt every six months. M oney Accoutcrs.—The rate of interest at present allowed on ._*"" 46 7 Placed on D e p os it a t ten days ' not i ce, i s 21 . 1 0s. per cen t. Zunis under 1501. may be withdrawn without notice. Receipts for e earns se deposited will be granted to the Parties, or, in the option t he __.- , tpositors, Bills or Promissory Notes, at not less than six ruff date, Including interest till maturity, will be issued. urns exceeding 1,0001. will be received on such terms as may be Weed upon, W. W. SCRIMGEOUR, General Manager. PARIS AND STRASBURGH RAILWAY. Total Capital, 60,000,000 Francs. To be divided into 120,000 Shares of 500 f. each. A n alllount not exceeding a moiety of the same, to be raised in England, in 201. Shares. LONDON COMMITTEE. WILLIAM THOMPSON, Esq., Alderman, M.P. CHARLES BARRY BALDWIN, Esq., M.P. JOHN CROSTHWAITE, Esq., Liverpool. • WILLIAM SAMPSON, Esq., London. T. M. WEGUELIN, Esq„ London. R. W. IiENNARD, Esq., London. PARIS COMMITTEE. Le Comte de MOLE, President, Pair de France. Le Marechal Comte GERARD, Pair de France. Mons. de CHEVANDIER, Pair de France. Mona. ETIENNE, Pair de France. Mons. MAGNIER de MAISONEUVE, D e pute, de Bas Rhin. Mons, GANNERON, Banquier, Depute, de la Seine. • M orse. de L'ESPEE, D e p u te, d e l a M eur tk e . • , Atone. ETIENNE, ills, Depute, do la Meuse. BANKERS IN LONDON. • Meesre. DENISON, HEYWOOD, KENNARDS, and Co. air CLAUDE SCOTT, Bart., and Co. BANKERS IN. LIVERPOOL. Messrs. LEYLAND, BULLINS and CO. BANKERS IN PARIS. Messrs. GANNERON et Compaigne. GENERAL ADVANTAGES. I ,..The limited in ves t men t o f B r i t i s h -cap i ta l i n th e cons t ru ction of ipy7,Z n irs in Prance has hitherto been attended with botkeruccess and The proposal, therefore, to establish a railway communipa ▪ elWeen the French capital and Strasburg, the point of depar , sM-14 and from Germany, must command public attention and con re More particUlarly when it can be shown that peculiar fact ' d are afforded by the French Government, and that those risks e,,, nenses will be obviated, which, to so great an extent, affect si . Undertakings in England. NTsFITS PECULI A R TO FRENCH RAILWAY INVEST• MEN TS. .vernConte rtnably to the Law of the 11th June, 1842, the French Go • m ent have resolved on the formation of a railway from Paris to a borg• It is necessary to state that, by the terms of that law, th;tisaind will be purchased, and the earthworks, tunnels, bridges, Oit • / &c., will be executed by the Government, at their own ex fa,i77 and risk. A lease of the line for working will he made to the t o ,,,Nt, whose investment will be limited to the ballasting of the e t .,7,_ the supplying and laying down of the rails, and providing the lue es, carriages, &c. The ratification of this lease, the duration of grant, the conditions of working, and the thrift of rates will be the ucr of a special law. COMPARATIVE ABSENCE OF RISK. thi n ,the advantages of railway investment will thus be secured to h,..nareholders without those risks_ involved in the purchase of i" - Z7, end errors in the estimate of cost, which have so frequently oc- C r ea,.. in similar undertakings in England. The only object of consi oe,.'"tien will be the conditions to be obtained from the. French Go te7,l,llent for the working of the line, and there arc sufficient data to - sp.., vi nce the Provisional Directors that favourable terms will be — "uted to the proposed company. ▪ tions hRavAeTI aIreadyFICATION OF THE LEASE. been entered into for a Lease, audit will e nt ,„m t he endeavour of the Provisional Directors to secure its immediate iiirtlnation by the Government, which they have every reason to to will be ratified by law daring the present session of the -`ellch Chambers. It X ll be IMPORTANCE OF THE LINE. perceived that the line now proposed, from Paris to Stras ii372 Passing through Meaux, Chalons, and Nancy, must establish In .t ernational communication, traversing the richest and most b y !Ir." oils provinces of France, and commercially uniting England, Port of Havre and the Freach metropolis, with Austria, Ba krl• k the manufacturing province of Alsace, Switzerland, and the ; bringing into readier and closer intercourse, not only France Of Ei t ? t nitany, but Great Britain and the whole Continent, the city ine Wan g _ already the oint of departure for travellers from • 0 the Germanic Provinces, and the point to t r o avellers tho national kV:lo's of Germany are intended to converge. URCES OF THE COUNTRY TO BE TRAVERSED—PRO BABLE EXTENT OF TRAFFIC. pr elit lr° lollbt can exist as to the great extent of traffic to be anticipated otiif„f l e on of this line. Tho report of M. Correard, an civil engineer, which will be deposited at the office of the tla u pen.,Y for ref e r ence , h as b een o bt a i ne d, an d i n thi s it is a nnounced tf th." agricultural, commercial, ad manufacturing resources ta fte ` Provinces bordering or within easy distance , are et "se O fifteen of the richest provinces in France—viz., Seine, Seine le . f Seine et Marne, Aisne, Ardennes, Marne, Aube, Haute-Marne,. ltlMorello, Meurthe, Vosges, Haute-Saone, Haut-Rhin, and Bas f abo undingi in forests, mines, collieries, iron works, mills, and titieti„.." , as well as in rich vineyards, a nd various agricultural pro stna "Lc All of these provinces import much of what they consume, !lim e ". 4 ve abundant surplus produce to export. The interme .„.`raelc on this route is considered to be greater than nig other part of France, the fetal annual trade being estimated bets,, e 4 oo French tons between Strasburg and Paris; while that " -4 11. lak t among the various localites enumerated embraces "s amount. The total population is about six nailliions and , . and the total land revenue 320,000,000 f., or 12,800,0001., t hat of the wh o l e kingdom of Belgium. Th e I'It ELIMINARY CONDITIONS OF INVESTMENT. a mount of capital - intended to be raised at present is .__`rati c ,,;""le or 2,400,0001., in nearly equal parts, in England and Lulti,;' The deposit to be 50f. or 21.; on payment of which receipts LRlle n ,,,,,,g r anted by the respective bankers of the Company, to be for certificates of shares at the Company's Office in Lon • o n iZt the contract shall be ratified. The remaining instalments Krtlehe called for at intervals of not less than three calendar i-84 ,, the rate of 21. each ; th e fi rs t instalment not to be called e s e 7 t han three months after the passing of the law constituting t hi shar e . F. After full payment of the amount due in respect of each Shareholder will have the option of receiving cer . payable to bearer. „Th e EJLEsT AND PROFIT ON INSTALMENTS - /4487..!fitnente will bear interest at 4 per cent. from the date of Of the law, until the Company shall be in full operation; title,lT: Shareholders as may ylay their calls in London will be en -4,13' profit accruing from the assumed exchange at 25f. per 11. ee. LIMITATION OF LIABILITIES. key b •evileges of a Societe Anonyme will be secured to the Com- Drop r ile Royal Ordinance, which will limit the liabilities of the rez, n ,:iors to the amount of their subscription, as in the incorporated Lkelei - e 'N „„l,,_Efigland, and the statutes of the Paris and Rouen , and b e :l - Luta - re Railway, which have been proved to work well , Company- raP es practicable, adopted in the constitution of the 11: 11 2e execy f" ,_ 3l A 3 ;AGE3fENT OF THE COMPANY .-ti .7" of ni.. - ve Management of the Company will be conducted by a .:eetors sitting in Paris, attended by an English resident English t heir proceedings will be regularly communicated to the Art onizLr!ctors, who will have the privilege of voting by proxy. patent" be established in London for the transfer of shares, the of ends, and t e urnis ing o .r oPriet or ,di h f f information to the • A .Atte r th APPROPRIATION . OF PROFITS. "'vidend opening of the line, the profits, at each declaration of ktit Th .1 Wilt he thus appropriat e d. A n allowance of 5,0001. per the ti,„„'" be made to the Directors, i nc l u di n g the remuneration of Lee ..sh resident Director, and after payment of a dividend to pereholders of five ter cent., one per cent. will be reserved as ka, n :' l a ng fund ; or , i ns t ea d o f thi s a ll owance o f 5 , 0001 ., the D i rectors t th e ah n _ t beir option, claim one-twentieth of the remainder, after B To de c i" - dividend and reservation. The surplus to be again d di twentieths ; eighteen twentieths to be apportioned to the PROVISI ON an the remaining two-twentieths to the projectors. I SIO.N IN CASE OF NON-CONSTITUTION OF THE ,„ th COMPANY. -gel,lnt, e vent of the Company no t b e i ng cons tit u t e d, the deposit *lth o ' e „1 111 be returned to the Subscribers without deduction, but po~Eriterest, the projectors, in that cast, bearing all expenses. htli t vr D ESPOSIBITY OF THE DIRECTRS. obVIOUANS that ß in such N an important undertaking as the O present v'er ._llt the mild be given to the Directors, and it must be understood 'eep Su bscribers are bound by such terms as the Directors may VI n.. 20 their behalf, but the Subscribers may rest assured that in b aterZ t Uatiens the Directors will have a strict regard for the general tn : l :e body they represent. 4 trt ENGINEER. Engineer of eminence will be appointed by the English Lreeter as soon as they are in a position to require his services. APPLICATION FOR SHARES. te,4l,obDrileations for Shares to be made to Mr. Wm Inkersole, at the ar Y Office of the Company, 27, Austin-friars; to Messrs. nad tol:nd Anderson solicitors, 2, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, London; r * Wol• Bridg ' es, 6, Parliament•street, Westminster. EIIUTHOItITY- of his MAJESTY the 44. EROR of AUSTRIA.—WIII take place irrevocably en LT..4,144 March, 1844, the DISTRIBUTION o f IT nrE beautiftil 1 t ,7," 5 a value from 1,480,054 F rancs , a n d MONEY PRIZES fi D uu Francs down to 125 Franca of Common Bonds, and in Astributien of the Red Bonds 32,509 gains will be obtained, ‘,.-konled and must gain a higher or lower amount. Price ore R l * W, 11. ; a Red Bend, 21. ; for Si. Five Common Bonds and Bond ; for 101. Eleven Common Bonds and Two Red; for ts _dpii::"bree Common Bonds and Three Red. "ittrtlin:rti:lthout delay, to Messrs. JACOBS and Co., Bankers, Frank ' Jacob s ;or 34 . Welleto save Postages, Letters may be addressed to losesquare. rct lIGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur e„,.. to nti ,; 'Laying gained such great approbation, and the demand vsttry m "'Ling to increase, JOIIN BURGESS and SON beg m os t • th ,Y to offer thus their best acknowledgments to thin Public ;ct t e n ' 'Theral patronage of the same ; its utility and great convent 4)csigt, c liMates have recommended it to the most distinguished Zest. i'°,lneetions, who have all spoken highly in its recomraenda k7cht P c cPared by them onl • • • and for preventing disappoint -4410 h e w i n " u nilies.- allpossible L ' re has been resorted to, by each t▪ ath if sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well i% 4 bcil having their signature, vlithout which it cannot be 84 t1ic ItU lliatSS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed A NCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after Matintr that has given the greatest satisfaction for many lirarehG uss, 107, 'Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. UNIQUE PRESENTS, tl o 4 LEADENHALL-STREET. b les l' " r b c ttr „ rbee m ,.l 4 , cabinets mid jewel cases, elegant papier mach . ta- Qlise e WM work-boxes, card-boxes for playing cards, ting 4/4, Work -boxes des k s, and dressing-cascs, pole screens, hand ' l °te e crd-raek " tting boxes po rtfolios, tag —4 e a k_ , 8, envelope cases, vases, ne tting-boxes, - , tirdnut, caskets, superb tea-trays, and table inkstands, present ,nenible of splendour and elegance not to be equalled in AP . deei gu ' u nPaPtv mache manufactures are superb and various in to:W high: 'no Prices vary.ing from fifty guineas to a few shillings. hat k ' Me elegsuicies will be sold at cost prices to clear the y _ftgatelle tables "q , backgamunon, and chess-boards, table cut- Plate, as usual. p o Ei tsE AND COMFORT IN SMAVING. l II N a ESE It -BR.S. COIVKAN'S inval ua ble 4 _zoi, ANTON STROP, or QUADRILATER a A v L ing C . ttinhil tMUIPENER, renders the operatio n er of si s at h plo the )17:tst N t,, e ne most tender skin. By process o o rger s o , , ?tt 3 . %hlaY peedily be given tothe a blu v or n s jst razor or e,• l 'liern, of the , peculiarly tempere d . ra and shavin powder. ~.k titu e Strops are now exhibiting at the Royal Polytec c 4._ a ebee th" and Roy al Adelaide Gallery, Lowther ,h ere At , k i tflattering certi fi cates have been sent , "nete the Ihventors B and S. COWVAN, may from be Fenchurch.street, herr, * ha Strop, in ' ' • d as well as of all re,p whichh de i ectable Ih,,Pler , et, 0., may be ob!aine , and H 34, . I s. ‘si. Alt_ • •• the United Kingdom, p zor Strop Paste, at Per pack"be had, Cowvan's Canton Ra C a „. et. •I' he Shaving Powder Is. 6d. per box. rice ss. 6d., 7s. 6d., . 'Ll°4-"`Tone are genuine, except those marked and Spelt 11. and I: COWVAN tilt B NB ' t A /there allowance to the trade and shipper& h ST APERIENT AND ANTIRILIOUS MgDICINE FOR OCCASIONAL USE. `mri .ern'etuall • P''AMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH ~,,h , ! t:ith out T . Y.Telteres the stomach and bowel! They remove relaxa b' th'e"ckne..dlt)Z, or prostration of str e en t gqi. o. remove head. & are highly grateful !i.ati de_lora,rh, prong:, g i a g i o n s ii in t h e h t create ' appet ' ite, relieve lang_o r u ee r sT,si,, Zie..on of spirits • while ' to those of a full habi . t and f an . t' n ein g i n l are continu allv ' suflering from drowsiness, heavine s, 5 eh, „.. the head and ears, they o ff er advantages that will not fail skc77preciated. A t he V 7 T inted, N0ut,229, Strati I London, Price Is. I%d. per ltox i and Nal ° . fol r ,' ef Medidnes it ( e ' nerally throughout the Kingdom • _,__ 11,7 e an,j,,,ivi..).k,MPTON'S PILL of HEA LTH, and obsVen the -P° Thnia l , t s ta r v e.' of " T hornasProut, 2%, Strand, London. o fir oR 11 . ENkvI,I,„IIEUMATISM CURED FOR A SHILLING. t-ettn MX,' ° MAGIC PILLS, for the cure of :14 io„- ~,Ut, Rheumatic Gout, Rheumatism , and all Rheumatic kW-, T his i s Most extraordinary medicine, which I now otter tta-"ledi 14 ' e h . 4 decid ed]) the 'most onvenient, ale, and expeditious tot,aua,einworld for the cure of the gout, rheumatic gout, rheu heither°,,,,f f.ee-atcte'e I t , ..: o l l l o r r h eu eu macic ti affe? u ti m ls ag u o nd a e .e r . the _ vari o us . It contains lie s fi ef a iercurY. anti ) , Itoutinor°rntieunrin-icanill i o n t a h c !!'lt an d i .'"_ ll. 9 l ,, th e ti l e i r ho n t o ir x o io r u t s w s o, th g s i t v a e n s c s e Oot r h. 'w,iiv %lc slce %'ph_ and pa ,„ ,_ , I , and, in many cases, I have known patients p, 7 ,li re i zktit w-Vo'l4e:ise,tiaynytawrceilas•-folnarrrhionugr - ci ' o . n.street ; Edwards, 4iiti,rlY4 44(1 Co tle i i; iic 4 ; ICs.heapei;stiez and No. 16,082. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SUN, FEBRUARY 2J, 1844. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SE TEN O'CLOCK, for POST, eentainiv PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON, up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED i n ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, an d Ni g h t , t h ere b y i nsur i ng a T OWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. dafned, WIL S ON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN MENTS, MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE. On MONDAY EVENING, March 4, at Eight o'clock, Mr. Wilson will give A NICHT Wl' BURNS. Pianoforte, Mr. LAND. PART I.—Handsome Nell—Tibbie, I ha'e seen the day —Young Peggy blooms, our bonniest lass—Behind yon hills where Lugax flows —Duncan Gray cam' here to woo—My heart is a-breaking, dear Tittie—Scots, wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled. PART IL—The gloomy night is gathering fast—A man's a man for a' that—Of a' the airts the wind can blaw-The Deirs.awa wi' the Exciseman—Robin's awa. In the Press, fhe SONGS in MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. Front Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Back Seats, 25.; Private Boxes for Six, 155.; for Eight, 11. Programmes and Tickets may be had at the Music shops, and at the Music-hall. Mr. WILSON will, in the course of the season, produce the follow ing, whioh he has had some time in preparation :—Jacobite Relics— Wandering Willie's Wallet—The Jameses of Scotland—The Wallace and the Brace—A Haiyer wi' Jamie Hogg. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. POPULAR LECTURES in CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY are delivered daily by Dr. Ryan, Professor Bachhoff tier, and ether Lecturers, illustrated by Apparatus of the most valu able kind, including ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MA CHINE (which is exhibited daily at Three o'clock, and at Eight in the Evenings) ; LONGBOTTOM'S OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ; NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, COSMORAMIC VIEWS, &c., &c. MODELS of all kinds of STEAM-ENGINES and other MACHIN ERY in MOTION, DIVER working under water, and the DIVING BELL, icc. &c. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. Prospectuses of the Classes for Private Instruction, which sem mence on the 26th instant, may be had of the Secretary. ZS, having REMITTED le very large amounts of MOTET HEINE BROTHE during a very short tim DIVIDENDS to their Correspondt DIVIDENDS OF £ 25 , 0 00, £lB,OOO, £9,000, £5,000, £3,600 to London, £3,600, £BOO, £7OO to Edinburgh, £3,600 to Dublin, £3,600 to Beverley, £3,600 to Halifax, £1,200 to Porthicaven Harbour, £9OO, £7OO, £7OO, £6OO to Li verpool. £9OO to Hull, £9OO to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, They beg to CALL TIIR ATTENTION of those desirous to obtain LARGE MONEY DIVIDENDS to the APPROACHING TWEN TIETH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, GUARANTEED by the GOVERNMENT. This distribution offers tke possibility of obtaining more than £20,000 upon One Share. Owing to the great number of Money Dividends contained in this improved and unrivalled Distribution, EVERY TWENTY-TWO SHARES OBTAIN TWENTY-ONE MONEY DIVIDENDS, and EVERT MOLDER of ONB SHARE has a CHANCE of TWENTY ONE is his FAVOR to ONE (ONLY ONE) AGAINST RIM, as to the receipt of a Money Dividend. Price of One Share, £1 ; Two Shares, £2 ; Three Shares, £3 ; Four Shares, £4 ; Five Shares, £5 ; Six Shares, £6 ; Seven Shares, £7 ; Eight Shares, £8 ; Nine Shares, £9 ; Ten Shares, £lO. Direct for Shares, WITHOUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTIIERS, at LUBECK. *0 The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had GRATIS upon addressing a line to ILEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. January 1, 1844. onto lit Greitt, Britslartmettvland;' • DIVIDENDS OF £9OO, £6OO to Manchester, £7OO to East Retford, Notting hamshire, £7OO to CoMe, Lancashire, £7OO t• Ryde, Isle of Wight, £6OO to Cork, £6OO to Bradford, £6OO to Bideford, £3OO, £3OO to Lisbellaw, Ennis killen, IJAMES UItNE, at prese n t, an d f or one , week past, residing at No. 23, Union-street, Middlesex Hos pital, in the parish of Saint Marylebone, journeyman tailor, for five weeks immediately previous of 31, Berwick-street, Soho, journeyman tailor, and immediately before then of 25, Great Carlisle-street, Port man-market, journeyman tailor, haberdasher, and trimming-seller (all which places are in the county of Middlesex), do hereby give notice, that I intend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basing hall-street, London, praying to be examined touching mydebts, estate, and effects, and to be protected from all process upon making a full disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects for paymext of my just and lawful debts ; and I hereby further give notice, that the time when the matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be adver tised in tho London Gazette and in the Morning Sun newspaper, one month, at the least, after the date hereof; as witness my hand, this 24th day of February, in the year of our Lord, 1844. First Second Third Fourth Remainder Age "Thr e Yrs., l Three Yrs. Three Yrs. Three Yrs. of Life. £ s. d. £ e. d. X s. d. s. d. s. d. 25 . 1 2 7 1 9 9 1 16 11 2 4 1 2 11 3 3.5 1 9 9 1 19 6 2 9 3 2 19 0 3 8 9 45.....• 2 1 0 2 14 10 3 8 8 4 2 6 4 16 4 55-..••.• 3 11 1 4 10 9 5 10 b 6 10 1 7 9 9 60 •••••• 4 8 11 5 17 4 7 5 9 8 14 2 10 2 7 JAMES ERNE. Witness, John J. Spiller, 38, Camomile-street, London, attorney for the said James Urns. PUBLICATIONS. Just published, price One Shilling, CURRENCY EXPLAINED, in REFUTA• TION of the LAST FALLACY of the " TIMES." By VERUS. Samuel Clarke, 13, Pall-mall East ; and Cowie, Jelland, and C. 31, Poaltry. PUBLICATIONS. PUBLICATIQN S of the SOCIETY for the EMANCIPATION of INDUSTRY. AN ESSAY ON M O NEY, -rrs ORIGIN AND USE. Ey JOHN TAYLOR, Author of" Junius Idea lied." Third Edition, revised. Price 2s. 6d. AN ESSAY on the STANDARD and MEA SURE of VALUE. Second Edition. Price 2s. 6d. CURRENCY FALLACIES REFUTED, and PAPER MONEY VINDICATED. Second Edition. Price THE ONLY MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRITIKSHANK. Price Half-a—Crown. A IN S WORTH'S MAGAZINE The March Number will contain : SAINT JAMES'S : Or, THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE. By W. lIARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. _ . . Book the First--Chap. XI. In which it is shown that the Duchess of Marlborough had not entirely lost her influence over the Queen.— XII. Of the provocation offered by Masham to the Marquis de Guis card at the Saint James's Coffee-house ; and of the challenge that en sued.—Xlll. Of the assemblage of wits met by Masham at supper at Mr. Saint John's, and of the means proposed by him of adjusting a quarrel between Mrs. Bracegirdle and Mrs. Oldfleld.—XlY. The party is increased by the unexpected arrival of Mrs. Hyde and her daughter ; the cause of their visit explained.—XV. Treats of the ser jeant's early breakfast, and of three duels. WITH TWO ILLUSTRATIONS ON STEEL. By GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. The Giant's Toy. By John Oxenford.—Oriana and Vesperella ; or, the City of Pearls. Chapter IL By John Hamilton.—The Elliston Papers (New Series). By George Raymond.—Quin and the Ghost. By Uncle Sam.—Chatsworth. A JAR OF HONEY FROM MOUNT HYBLA. By LEIGH HUNT. No. lll.—Subject of Mount lEtna continued.—lts Beauties.—lts Horrors.—Reason why people endure them.—Love-story of an Earth quake. COURT CIRCULAR. GENERAL TOM THUMB. Yesterday we had a presence and a glass of wine with the illustrious General Tom Thumb, at his residence,l3, Grafton street, Bond-street, who is certainly one of the most minute mortals in body, with a greater magnitude of mind than any other General, or any one of mankind generally, to whom we have ever been favoured with an introduction. His honour, we are informed, awaits the convenience of her Ma jesty to visit Windsor, and then to take his departure en suite for Paris ; and, in the m ean ti me , h e sees company b y special invitation only, at his residence as above, so, conse quently, we have experienced an especial indulgence in being gratified with an interview with this distinguished pigmy personage. The following is a brief biography of the extra ordinary being as famished by his guardian :—Charles S. Stratton, known as General Tom Thumb, was born at Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States, Jan. 11, 1832 ; is consequently 12 years old at the date of his memoir. His parents are people of the common size, with nothing at all remarkable in their physical or mental organization. At his birth the General, for by this title we must call him, weghed 9lbs. 20z., which is rather greater than the average weight of children at their birth. There were no extraordinary cir cumstances attending his advent, or preceding it, and he was considered a very handsome, hearty, and promising boy. Nothing remarkable was noticed respecting him, until he was about five months old, when he he weighed fifteen pounds, about which time his parents and their neighbours began to remark that he did not continue to grow. Still there were no indicationsof disease-the child grew in matu rity if not in dimensions, and expecting that he would soon take a start, his parents thought little of the matter. Time _pwatpd on, however,. and, the General renuti,ned in statu 2 24 growing remarkably strong, playful, ac tiv e , i n t e lii gen i, an d handsome—increasing in vigour and the manliness of his proportions, but not increasing one inch in height, or one ounce in weight; and it is proper to state that he has always enjoyed a fine appetite, partaking freely of the ordinary dishes found upon the tables of the labouring classes, has sound, refreshing sleep, and has always been in the most per fect health, with the exceptions of those slight colds, &c., to which the best regulated constitutions are sometimes liable. Subsequent to his birth, his parents have had two other children, nmeand se w v h e o n a y r e e ays no e N f r a w g e e ll . gr i p h wn eve a i n s d ne in thi te n res g t t i n ng his gl i r i ls, stery of as or t a e i n T s e h a i r n a g n c p e h , e o n r e o nl f e his w f a m h e i h l y h , e t o e ts t h . I e set far clue d e t e o s t ash thee guardian give his history. He is 25 inches high, and weighs 15 lbs. 2 ounces; he is twelve years of age, and is as per fectly proportioned, as symetrically correct in form as the ordinary youth of 18 or 19 years of age. He is playful in his manner, acute in all his answers, very observant of all that passes or is said before him, and takes part in light con-' versation, and even vouchsafes to be jocular. It is usual that mothers have some reason to assign for these freaks of nature in their progeny, but it would appear in this instance the parent has no legend to meet the curiosity of the inqui sitive. The parents were people of the working class. He seems to be quite divested of the testiness of temper that usually is to be noticed in dwarfs—on the contrary, he is exceedingly affable, excessively polite, and evinces much of the finish of good breeding—this is saying a great deal for a gentleman bred in America, and one, too, who boasts that he is Yankee by birth, which is not selecting for himself the greatest compliment an American would claim. He pos sesses great strength for his stature. He can carry about the elegant diminutive couch upon which he lolls at his ease. He seems to be cheerful and happy in company, is handsomely dressed in the costume of manhood, and has his fingers studded with rings. He is, indeed, altogether a very little gem of humanity, with a comely countenance, and seemingly a sound constitution. Morning Advertiser. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY:: This morning his Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback. His Royal Highness was attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting. 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TRICAL COMPANY AND AN AUDIENCE.—III consequence of information received by the police authorities that some theatrical performances were carried on nightly; at an esta blishment near King's-cross, Battle-bridge, where gangs of young thieves and the worst. of characters congregated, to the nuisance of the respectable inhabitants, arrangements were made, under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Massey, of the G division, for the purpose of making a cap ture of the pe r f ormers and the whole of the parties assem bled in the theatre ; and last night, between eight and nine o'clock, a numerous body of the police, accompanied by Mr. Massey, Inspectors Penny and Barton, Sergeants Archer, Finck, &c., repaired to the scene of action, where several officers, some of whom, were ' disguised as butchers, dust men, and other characters, had paid for their admission, and became part of the auditory, for the purpose of giving their evidence. The entrance of the house in which the enter tainments were to be exhibited was fitted up with a prosce nium, scenery, and all the paraphernalia of a theatre, with a door-keeper, and money and check-takers. The exterior was placarded with announcements, that the " Grand melo dramatic piece of Maria Marten, or the Red Barn Murder, with other novel and spendid entertainments, would be ex hibited, interspersed with music, singing, gymnastics, tum bling, and legerdemain, would take place ;" and "only • a penny" would be charged to witness the performances, which were "never equalled" in the known world. The audience having waited with great patience, the curtain at length rose, when the piece of Maria 3lurten was com menced by automaton figures of the most grotesque appearance, and were made to move with wires, so that they "suited the action" to the words, which were repeated by some one behind the scenes who also worked the wires. At length the officers, who had been so organised that it was impossible for anybody to escape, rushed behind the scenes, captured the whole of the "automaton actors," including the wretch " Corder" and his victim Maria Marten; also the figure of death and all the minor cha racters. The scenery, machinery, and decorations were then seized and packed up, and, together with the audience, door keepers, money-takers, and "saloon" keeper, were taken to the station-house, followed by an immense crowd of persons, and the utmost curiosity and interest were excited in the neighbourhood, and the interior of the station-house had the appearance of a strolling company's barn, in consequence of the scenery, dramatic costumes, &c., with which it was bestrewed. No less than 83 persons, men, women, and children, consisting of notorious thieves, young prostitutes, dustmen, sweeps, and parties of the lowest and most debased kind, were placed at the bar in batches," and locked up. Mr. and Mrs. Poulter, who described themselves as come dians, it appeared were the "managers" of the company; Henry Frazer, a bald headed old man, who said he travelled with an exhibition, and was also a comedian, was one of the principals ; he was recognised as a veteran showman at Bartholomew fair. Mr. Frazer, jun., was also a comedian, who acted as door-keeper; Master Wildman, aged 13 years (in theatrical costume and rouged), was the fidler ; and Mr. Frederick Barnes and Mr. Sheppard displayed their talents in gymnastics, legerdemain, the fantastic toe, and the vocal department, and assisted in the scene shifting, machinery, &c. They were all committed to durance vile. The taking down the names and charges, &c., against them occupied till a very late hour, and crowds of persons assembled round the station-house, and remained a considerable time before ther were dispersed. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.— Yesterday afternoon the inhabitants of Port-street were greatly alarmed by a tremendous noise proceeding from an iron ware house, which is one Of the most extensive in the town, and occupied by Messrs. Horton, Simms, and Bull, proprietors of the Swades-hill ironworks, Shropshire. It appears that some men were in a large sted, the roof of which is sup ported by ten iron pillars, against each of which large quan tities of iron were piled. The men were engaged in " sort ing" the iron, and rearing it up against the pillars, when in an instant, and without the least notice, one of the piles of iron so laid up against the pillar gave way, and, falling in a direction towards the next pillar, came in contact with and carried it away ; the second pillar, when it gave way in the same manner carried off the third, and so on until the whole of the five pillars went in succession, and ulti mately came in contact with the gable-end of the shed or building, and drove the whole end of the building, roof and all, into the canal, which runs close to the warehouse. A woman was standing on the opposite bank of the canal with a child in her arms ; a large portion of the falling building came upon her, threw her down, and dashed the child out of her arms into the canal. On being extricated from the ruins it was found that her thigh-bone was broken, but the child was got out of the water unhurt. 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The regulations common to all other Life Companies, which make the validity of assurance contracts dependent upon the perfect correct ness of the many statements required from a proposer for a Life Policy, and which have given rise to almost all the questions which have been argued in the Courts, and to many extra-judicial com promises, are thus entirely abrogated ; and nothing but fraud, proved to have been committed against them, can vitiate a policy granted by this Company. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY from whom the assured on the mutual principle, receive the whole of the mutual accumulations, and also a guarantee from the Shareholders for the sums assured. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay the sums in the policies, although the debts for which they were effected shall have been liquidated before the claims arise. The Company considering it only just towards the assured that where premiums have been paid for assuring a given amount, that amount should be paid; and they undertake to do so without reference to the state of the accounting between the assured and his debtor. THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour of creditors whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured, although the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe. The premiums calcalated according to the Carlisle Tables, are lower than usual upon young lives, where participation in the profits is not required ; and for short assurances, which, at the option of the assured, may be continued for life, the rates are as low as a due re gard to complete security will permit. TRIENNIAL ASCENDING SCALE TO ASSURE £lOO. 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 rate of premium applicable to an 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 5!. per cent. interest. Thus, suppose the or dinary premium for an assurance of 5001. to be 101., the first pay ment by the half-premium plan will be five guineas, being the one half of the 101., and interest for the retained half; and, if death should occur in the first year, the sum of 5001. would be paid less the 51. retained. The assured may thus have the use for the first year of 51. ; for the second, of 101. ; and so on till the end of the seventh year, when the retained sums, amounting to 351., may either be repaid, or retained at 51. per cent. interest until death, when the 35/. wouid be subtracted from the 5001. then payable by the Company. TO AIMEE ONIL NV DEED POUNDS ON HALF PELEIUDE SYSTEM. Age. , .s. d. Age. X. s. d. 15 - - - 015 1 40 - - - 111 5 20 - - - 018 0 45 - - - 116 6 25---10750 - - - 2 3 9 30 - • 1 3 6 64 - - - 212 5 Prospectuses and schedules are forwarded to applicants, free of ex pense, by the Manager and Agents. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. AGENTS. Tyrrell, Wm., Merchant Roberts, C. H., Surveyor Lipscombe, L., Solicitor Davis, W., Postmaster Crosse, M., Civil Engineer Sill, R., Solicitor Broadley, J., Wine Merchant Salmon, W., Solicitor Nicholson, R. T., Publisher Brown, S., Tea-dealer Harris, C., Solicitor Kennett, W., Solicitor Jones, J. Manufacturer Griffiths, E., Postmaster Keutgen, C., Merchant Mitchell, C. C., Solicitor Deacon, F., Solicitor G. Emerson and Son, Merchants Boyd, Wtn., Brewer Cutler, F., Merchant Maybery and Williams, Solicitors Jones and Hardy, Solicitors; and Coates and Lefebure, Merchants Williams, T. W., Auctioneer Pascoe, T., Draper Hodgson, T. 11., Solicitor Davey, J., Land Agent Box, W. 8., Solicitor Roberts, John, Land Agent Whitehead, T., Accountant Dimniock, J., Printseller Adney, F., Solicitor Kempton, J., Bookseller Robinson, J., Agent Prows's, J., Draper Johnson, W., Merchant Hart, W., jun., Merchant pike, W. and 1., Wine Merchants Taylor, W. L, Druggist Lanham, Hy., Agent Abingdon - - Aberporth - - Alresford - - Aberystwith - - Athy - - - Ashby de la Zonch Bath - - - "Ivry St. Edmund's Berwick - - Brentwood - - Bristol - - - Brighton - - Aroseley - - Bishop's Castle - Bremen - - Bruton - - - Bridgewater - - Belfast - - - Ballinasioe - - Bordeaux - - Brecon - - - Cork - - - .Chelmsford - - Chichester - - Carlisle - - Canterbury - - Cirencester - - Corwen - - Chathain - - Cambridge _ - - Chard . - - Chertsey - - Church Stretton - Chndleigh - - Carlow - - Cape Town - - Dublin - - Darlington - - Dorking - - Deal - Devonport - Dorchester - Drogheda - Donegal - Dawlish - Enniscorthy Epsom - Brothers, J. Chemist - Carrington, R. F. and W., Publishers - Frond, J., Chemist - 'Hamilton, J. B. and H., Booksellers - Rankine, W., Merchant - Byles, M., Solicitor - Davis, S., Merchant - Darling, J., Bookseller - Cooley, C. E., Land Agent - Bane, T., Bookseller • - Veitch, James, Attorney Exeter - Edinburgh - Enniskillen - Emsworth - Gosport - Greenwich Gloucester - Gravesend - - Kernaghan, T:, Merchant - Stone, it., Surveyor - Wright, A., Grocer - Fisher, T. 8., Draper - Needham, J., Bookseller - Fowls, J., Harmer-street Galway - Guernsey - Greenock - Gainaborough Honiton - - Costello, J., Wine-merchant - Queripel, E., jun., Solicitor - Erskine, IL, Merchant - Lovell, G. W., Academy - Robertson, C., Banker Horsham - Haverfordwest Hampstead - Holyhead - Hastings - Havre - - Elphick, G. W., Conveyancer - Reynolds, W., Auctioneer - Faxon, F., Plumber - Roberts, R., Banker - Burgess, J., Ironmonger - Duteil, L., Merchant Hindon - Huddersfield - Harrison, G., Postmaster - Battye, T. H., Solicitor - Hewitt, T. F., Merchant - Allen, G. L., Grocer Hitchen Halifax - Garlick, M. P., Solicitor Ipswich - Isle of Man - Kilkenny - Kidderminster Kingsbridge Limerick - Lewes Lampeter - Lincola - - Mills, W. P., Surgeon - Quiggin, J., Bookseller - Prentice, B. M., Banker - Saunders, H.,Solicitor. - Jellard, P., olicitor • Jones, E. L., Merchant - Griffith, J., Appraiser - Parry, T., Chemist - Dawbor, W., Merchant - Compton, N., Architect - Davidson, J„ and Elliston, E., Merchants - Cassels, W. G., Merchant - Cowan, J. Agent ' - O'Connor , M. Merchant - Kidd, 11. H., Academy - Edwards, H., Solicitor - Trull, J., Surgeon - Digby,'G. W., Solicitor - Langston, E., Sharebroker - Bartlett, S., Silversmith - Fitzgerald, J. Brewer • Wilkinson, S., Stationer Leeds *- - Liverpool - Leitk - - Longhrea - Listowel - Lostwithiel - Lynn Leicester - Maidon - Manchester - Maidstone - Mullingar - Morpeth - Moffatt - - - Reid, T., Solicitor Midhurst - - - Wardroper, E., Solicitor Newmarket - - Simpson. A., Bookseller Newtown - - - Richards, J., Draper Norwich - - - Long, E. S. D., Solicitor Newbury - - - Ryott, R. A., Chemist Newcastle Warburton and Co., Sharebrokers Newcastle Emlyn - Jones, W., Printer Northampton - Pywell, H., Solicitor Newington - - Browne, J. 0., Surveyor Newport (I. Wight) • . 1 Wray and Son, Merchant!! Newport (Monmouth's.) Long, S. H., Auctioneer OeweatcY - - - Price, W., Bookßeller Oakhamptorr - - Townshend, J., Stationer Oxford - - - Whitby, F., Accountant Pwlkell - 5 - Pngh, Hugh, Banker Penzance - - - Brittan, A. K., Banker Portmadoe - - - Lloyd, 8., Banker Petersfleld - - Duillock, G., Bookseller Plymouth - - Saunders, W., Ship Agent Paris - - - Daly, M., Banker Poole - - - Aldridge and Crabb, Merchants Reading - - Hubbard, W., Accountant Rochford - - - Green, J., Surgeon Rochdale - - - Molesworth, J., Solicitor Sheffield - - - Mitchell, S., Accountant St. Columb - - - Nankivell, J., Draper St. Austle - - - Andrew, J., Printer Southampton - - Hunter, D., Merchant Stroud - Kearsey, W. W. Solicitor Shaftesbury - - Brettell, W., Printer Sligo - - - Boyle, J., Merchant Scarborough - - Merry, W., Academy Stourbridge - - Crompton, W. M., Solicitor Salisbury - - - Fulford, G., Draper Sherhorne - - Vicary, J., Printer ' Somerton - - - Walton, V. 8., Auctioneer Tewkesbury - - Thomas, J., Solicitor Tunbridge - - Stenning and Carnell, Solicitors Tunbridge Wells - Delves, J., House Agent Torquay - - - Jacobs,lA., Jeweller T ruro - Braithwaite, F., Solicitor T oth " - - - Williams, W., Currier Tenby - . - Walkington, J. Chemist Taunton - - Joyce, J., Chemist Tralee - - Benner, A. Solicitor Teignmouth - - Boater, J.:Collector Woolwich - Cassell', W. G., Banker Worcester - - - Holden, H., Solicitor Welshpool - - Edwards, E., Draper Wincanten - Caines, R., Banker Westerham - - Palmer, C., Academy Wigton, N.B. - Carson, W., Town Clerk Winchester - - Faithfull, E. C., Solicitor Yarmouth - - Cobb, J., Solicitor Yarm - Foggitt, J., Bookseller Yeovil - - . l'grk - - • r. Crecker, G., Ironmonger WOW. U. ki9 EXAMPLES. Policy. Entry. No ' Age. Sum. Annual Prem. 18 37 1 39 59 1 X Xa. d. ,000 67 8 4 1838 ll4 56 3 000 175 15 0 Bonus Added. # s. d. 132 14 6 296 9 7 Another Berms will be declared In the present year. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best. and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered— every 21. 12s. per ann um, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty five, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. 6d., or 342 1 . 11 5. cash, or poli c y at death of 466/. Si m ilar advanta ges at fifty, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment— two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re presentatives in cases of premature death. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE AS SURANCE SOCIETY. 14, W ARTER,LOO-PLACE, LONDON. 'DIRECTORS. THE CHISHOLM, Chairman. WILLIAM MORLEY Esq., Deputy-Chairman. _ John Brightman, Esq, ,I John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. Francis Brodigan, Esq. I James John Kinloch, Esq. James William Deacon, Es q . Henry Lawson, Esq. Jonathan Duncan Dow, Es q . Robert Pbwez Esq. Alexander Robert Irvine, Esq. Rev. F. W. JohnsonVickery, A.M. Auntreas—C. B. Rule, Esq. ; T. C. Simmons, Esq.; George PintsiciAN—Jhomas, Esq. ohn ClClendinning, M.D.,16, Wimpole-street. SOLICITOR—WaIter Prideaux, Esq., Goldsmiths Hall. BArocEas--Union Bank of London. • ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. The whole of the Profits divided Annually among the Holders of Policies on which Five Annual Premiums shall have been paid. • Credit allowed for the First Five Annual Premiums, on satislac tory security being given for the payment of the same at the expira tion of five years. Credit given for half the amount •f the First Five Annual Pre miums—without security, Transfers of Policies effected and registered (without charge) at the Office. except with the sanction in each case, of a or disputed, Claims on Policies not subject to be litigated General Meeting of the Assured, to be specially convened on the occasion. Holders of Policies of 1,0001. entitled (after payment of Five An nual Premiums) to attend and vote at all General Meetings of the A,surcd, who will have the superintendence and control of the funds and affairs of the Society. Fall particulars are detailed in the Prospectus, which, with every requisite information, may be obtained by application to A. R. IRVINE, Managing Director. Bell's Life in London, of Sunday, March 3, will contain an account of the Liverpool Grand National Steeple chase, and Waterloo Champion Coursing. Also the fight between Tass Parker and the Tipton Slasher. Six penny post stamps to Mr. Clement/jun., 170, Strand, will insure a copy of Bell's Life by return of post. THE ISLAND Or BARBADOES AND HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND Pri,ta—The 6th of December, 1843, William Grasett, of Bridgetown, Barbadoes, solemnly declares that for two years he suffered with fearful ulcerations, which no medicine or treatment in that island could cure. That he was in the service of Mrs. M`Caskey, who, caused him to be attended by Doctor John R. Bryant, who ailing to cure him, gave up the case ! He, as a last resource, used Holloway' s Oint mmeenatt aofn all d ; the curePiliwhicli completely cured him, t o th e astonish being so astonishing and extraordinary, that J. Young Edghill, Esq., caused the particulars to be ad vertised in the papers of Barbadoes.—Sold at Professor Hol loway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice maybe had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendo rs o f medicine throughout the civilised world. CELTIC ENTERTAINMENT. — The Highland Pipers and Dancers gave an entertainment on Tuesday evening at the Music-hall, Store-street. The company were numerous and highly respectable, and evinced great pleasure in witnessing the arty of the dancers. " Gilhe Call um ," ( or t h e S wor d dance by M'Dougall, and the " Highland Sheph er d es s," by 11 'Donald, were cleverly executed and loudly ap plauded. The "Piobaireachd of Failte Priounns," (Prince Charles's Salute) was beautifully played by Cameron, who displays great taste in his playing, as well as in his manner on the stage. D. M'Kay gave " Mackintosh's Lament" be tween the parts, which served to relieve the dullness that pervaded the room on the previous occasions. The Highland Society have lent them their powerful patronage, and the boys of the Caledonian School were present. These pleasant and amusing entertainments are to be repeated on Friday, and every Tuesday evening, at the same place, until further. notice. " GOING A-READ" RATHER.----Th e New York He rald says, " The country is prosperous, and he who trades on the cash system, and believes in God and women, can always Garden of Eden among the nations. We have nearly twenty This great republic is the live happily, and get rich slowly. millions of inhabitants—one thousand millions of dollars worth of annualproduce—thirty or forty religions, and a new one every month—two hundred broken banks—eighty mil lions of specie—two thousand financiers not yet in the state prisons—and any quantity of fine land, high mountains, splendid rivers, with a sun and moon the beet and brightest that ever took the great circuit of eternity." A deputation, consisting of Mr. Thomas Hillingworth Mr. Wiggins, and Mr. William Gaussen, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing -street. LITERATURE. JOURNALS of Messrs. GULLY and DENHAM. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844. This is the journal of two British officers during a captivity in:China in the year 1542. It is exceedinlgy minute in its :details, and bears every appearance of authenticity; but. there is rather too much sameness about it, the record of _gne. day a suffering being as ile a( possible to its successor. CHEERFUL CHERRY—WIT BOUGHT. Dayton and Clark, London, 1844. These are two Nose tales intended for the in struction and entertlEtnment of the more juvenile class of readers. They are written with great clearness and simplicity of language ; have just sufficient in cident to excite the curiosity, without fatiguing the attention of the young ; ; and are embellished with numerous wood-cuts, engraved with a skill that would have delighted old Bewick—the father of this species of engraving. The tales are from the pen of an author who, under the quaint name of " Peter Parley," has gained no slight popularity as a writer of children's story books. EDINBURGH CABINET LIBRARY. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1844. The present volume of this Cyclopmdia contains the Second Part of the history of the United States of America, from the earliest period. The work is carefully condensed, and gives accounts of the com merce, banking transactions, political, literary, and social institutions, laws, and reliffious establishments of the United States, together with a brief sketch of the circumstances that led to the War of Indepen dence, of the progress of that war, and its successful result under the auspices of the illustrious Washing ton. We have rarely seen so great an amount and variety of matter contained in so small a space as in this little volume. HISTORY OF BACKGAMMON. Bogue, London, 1844. Those who desire to become proficients in the popular game of backgammon, cannot do better than peruse this little treatise, which explains the whole character of the game, and the means of acquiring ex pertness in playing it, in a very terse and perspi cuous manner. The volume is embellished with three or four ingenious wood engravings. CYCLOPXDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. • Chambers, Edtftburgh, 1844. We have here the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fif teenth Parts of this monthly Cycloptedia, containing brief memoirs of some of our most eminent authors in verse and prose of the last century and a half, toge ther with copious extracts from their works. The Cyclopedia is well suited to the lounging tastes of the day, and is therefore likely to mainta in its popularity. THE CURRENCY. - A lecture, illustrative of the national currency and its de fects, was delivered on Monday evening, by Mr. Capps, at the Marylebone Institution. The audience was numerous, and the attention with which the remarks of the lecturer was received was such as to evince the high opinion entertained of his ability and profound knowledge of the subject ; and, indeed, throughout the whole course of his observations, there was an evident aptitUde to appreciate the principles he had undertaken to develope, which gave excellent point to his statements. The supposition that the subject is of a dry and uninterest ing character, was, happily, disposed of, by showing its direct application to the concerns of every-day life. Mr. Capps then took a view of the origin and nature of money as a medium of interchange, and particularly that of this kingdom, showing the steps of its expansion by means of tokens and tallies issued anciently by the Exchequer, and received by the Government in the payment of taxes, until it assumed it present extent. Under this system, it was observed, the producer of commodities received a sufficient remuneration, be cause the currency was kept at an amount equal to the weight of taxation, and thus corn, and consequently every other species of merchantable property, obtained its fair price. A similar effect resulted from an approximation to this principle during the late war, when by Mr. Pitt's restriction Act the paper of the Bank of England was issued under the authority of the State to an extent commensurate with the necessity of the times ; and the industrial classes, by charging the cost of taxation to the consumers, were enabled to obtain an ample share of the necessaries and comforts of life. The lecturer went on to describe the consequences of de parting from the plan which had been thus successfully acted upon, and proved to demonstration that, by the mistake of 1819, the profits of our foreign trade gradually declined, at length disappeared, and that ultimately a loss of thirty-five millions annually was occasioned by the adoption of a metallic standard. And he very forcibly proved the inexpediency of measuring the immense and vastly increasing aggregate of our highly taxed conunoditiea by a precious metal of foreign production, which is not itself subject to taxation ; and the effect of this, it was alleged, was to make gold the cheapest article in the country, and so induce the foreign trader to take it in preference to our manufactures. But a much more disastrous consequence of the repeal of the Restriction Act was to transfer the burden of the indirect taxation to the extent of more than thirty millions a year from the shoulders of the consumers to those of producers, and thus to depress wages to such a degree as to involve the whole of the lower classes in their present state of poverty and distress. This was very strikingly illustrated by a me chanical apparatus, which is well entitled to the appellation of a currency clock. It consisted of a dial, on which were described in several circles the comparative proportions be tween gold, corn, labour, taxation, and remunerative price, and having hands to indicate their various progress and their bearings on each other. The confimation of this proof told with evident effect upon the auditory, and completely estab lished the validity of all that the lecturer had previously advanced. We earnestly hope that his success the other evening may induce Mr. Capps to extend the sphere of his usefulness, and diffuse more largely the valuable information he possesses ; for we are assured that, in a right or a wrong apprehension of the principles of the currency, the happiness or the misery of myriads is involved. SALE OF WINES, &C., BELONGING TO THE LATE DUKE OF SUSSEM—On Tuesday, at one o'clock, the entire cellar of wines at Kensington Palace, were sold at the room of Messrs. Christie and Manson, King-street, St. James's, by order of the executors. The sale excited much interest, and among the noblemen and gentlemen present, who were prin cipally the purchasers, were Lord Dinorben, Lord Hawarden, Sir C. Burrell, M.P., Sir C. Chetwynd, &c. The wines con sisted of 35 dozens of Sherry, 58 of Port, 80 of Madeira, 100 of white and red Constantia, with Champagne, Amontillado, Claret, Hock, Cyprus, ..Lachryma Christi, red Hermitage, Moselle, Burgundy, &c. There was also a great quantity of whiskey, which had been presented to the late Duke by the Bishop of Derry, the Countess Listowell, Mr. Bannerman, the Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., and Sir Alexander Duff. The com petition was most animated, and the sum realized was be tween 800/. and 900/. The first lot put up consisted of " two pints of very extraordinary sherry (as described in the cata logue) 100 years old, from her Majesty's table at Guildhall, given to his Royal Highness by Mr. Lawson," which, after much competition, were knocked down at 1/. 4 s . a b o ttl e . The Amontillado (only four dozens) fetched 41.35. per dozen, and 31. 4s. Of the Madeira 27 dozens taken out to India by Sir Edward Paget, realised 98/. 2s. The Port realised the sum of 133/ 75., and the Madeira, exclusive of the 27 alluded to above, 106/. The Claret, 13 dozens, including some very choice Chateau Margeaux, of 1834, brought in 48/. 9s. The Constantia, in pint bottles, sold from 245. to 455. per dozen, the total sum realised being 122/. 11s. The whiskey, which his late Royal Highness preferred to wine, fetched remark ably high prices. There were 37 dozens, and the sum real ised was 1571. 19s. Two dozens, presented by Mr. F. Maule, sold for 10s. per bottle, and one 25 years old, presented by Sir Alexander Duff, at 9s. 641. per bottle. Thirty bottles of Kirschwasser fetched 6s. 6d. per bottle. The Champagne (a very small quantity), Cyprus, Shiraz, Mountain, White Bur gundy, &c., sold at very good prices. The sale con c l u d e d about five o'clock. STATE OF TRADE AT MANCIIESTER.—III conse quence of the drooping of the cotton market at Liverpool, there has been but a moderate demand for goods and yarn ; and, with the exception of the higher counts of twist (50's and upwards, which are in good demand, at full prices,) the market has been flat, with a slight tendency to decline in most articles.—Manchester Guardian. CAPTURE OF AN ESCAPED CONVICT.—Gunner and driver Blake, of the Royal Artillery, under sentence of trans portation for fourteen years for repeated offences, and who escaped from the ward-room of the Ordnance Hospital, at Woolwich, on the night of the 16th instant, has been de tected at Harley Barracks, the depot station of the East India Company's Service. The prisoner had enlisted into the East India Company, and was to have been sworn in on the day following that on which he was recoeised. ORTIINEDIC INSTITUTION.— esterday the annual meeting of the governors, donors, and subscribers to the Orthopaedic Institution, for the cure of club foot and con tractions of the body, was held at the institution, No. 6, Bloomsbury-square. This is the fifth annual general meeting since the formation of the institute, which it is rather singu lar is the only one of the kind in the kingdom. At one o'clock, the lion. P. C. Scarlett took the chair, supported by Vice-presidents Quarles, Harris, and F. Keish, Esqs., Dr. Little and other eminent men. The Report stated thatTthe out-patients during the year had been 620, the number of in patients on the rotation list 52. ~, .' ' . - / _ _ - '- 'AN Y The fifteenth half-yearly general meeting of this Company took place yesterday at the Company's Of fices, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, the election of three Direc tors in the room of those who went out by rotation, and upon other business. The chair was taken shortly after one o'clock by Joseph Liggins, Esq. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, The Secretary then read the following Report:— " The Directors have much pleasure in acquainting their co-Proprietors, that since their last Report great progress has been made towards the completion of the various works indispensable for the reception of a general trade. " Their attention, as then stated, was directed to the construction of a suitable provision of warehouse-room, so soon as the state of the ground, a. source to them and to the Company generally of so much anxiety, so much expense, and so much delay, enabled them to proceed with confidence in its stability. "The warehouse, as at first designed, might have been finished by the commencement of the present year ; but the Directors have deemed it to be both desirable and economical to extend the original design, before the com pletion of the work should make it impracticable, ex cepting at a much increased cost. They have therefore added to the original plan a range of spacious vaults for the bonding of wines and spirits ; and a third floor to the building for the .bonding of oorn, in addition to the two ranges of warehouse-room previously allotted for the other descriptions of merchandise. Such application of further capital the Directors conceive to be at once best calculated to secure the interest of those who ad vance it, and to render productive to the Proprietors their investment in the construction of the dock itself. " The additions thus made to the warehouse will, as reported to the Directors by their architect Mr. Hard wick, not postpone its completion beyond the end of the ensuing month; but it will then be of the capacity of two warehouses, as compared with its original scale. " By the time of its completion, the Directors will also have erected an open shed in front of it for coopering, and similar operations connected with the warehousing of goods. This shed will be 270 feet long, by 40 feet wide. It is to be constructed of iron, and, the Directors are glad to say, on a most moderate contract as to cost, on account of the present very low price of that material. "These works completed, the Company writ have put itself into a condition to receive, and properly to house and manage, general cargoes ; the class of business to which it necessarily looks for a revenue. " Further, and to complete the provision of accom modation for trade in its several branches, the Direc- tors are constructing a spacious yard, on the N.E. corner of the Dock land, for the reception of foreign timber to be bonded. Several cargoes of timber have already been imported and sold in the Dock; and the Directors have received overtures for a considerable ex tension of the trade. " Next to, if not indeed before, the accommodation of goods, that of shipping claims the Company's care. " The Directors have given their best attention to each of the important points of this branch of their bu siness. " The contractor for dredging the Itchen channel is again actively at work, and will, it is expected, by Midsummer have accomplished a minimum depth of 16 feet at low water of spring tides, throughout,that chan nel, and into the dock. " Until then, and even on extraordinary occasions afterwards, such vessels will be enabled to secure them selves to powerful moorings at the mouth of the Itchen channel, till the hour or two shall have elapsed which will bring them an ample depth of water. These moor ings the Directors have provided, and they are now being laid down. "The next essential to the ingress and egress of the class of vessels which frequent the port and the dock, by night as well as by day, is the provision of proper guide lights. These are also provided : they are constructed on a scientific principle, and it is confidently expected that they will prove entirely satisfactory. " A further useful provision is the use of powerful sheers for taking out steam ships' boilers, and any other machinery of the heaviest weights. The Directors have contracted with Messrs. Seaward and Capel for their construction; and while they are indispensably requisite, especially in a steam port such as Southampton has now become, they will greatly add to the attractiveness of the Company's Docks, and will make an ample pecu niary return upon their costs. They are to be com pleted in three months from the present time. " The Directors announced to the last Half-yearly General Meeting, that they had recognised, and com menced with acting upon, the principle of low rates of charge. They have since carried that principle still further ; and now offer to the ship-owner such a reduc tion as must be well worthy his attention, at the same time that the Company will find its equivalent in an in creased amount of business, (and from its legitimate profits on merchandise. This reduction, great as it is, will not of itself ensure the influx of that amount of trade which the Company must ultimately receive ; but with the corresponding reduction which there is every reason to anticipate on the conveyance of goods by the Railway Company, at no distant period, that result must ensue. " In the same spirit of attracting tradehy the lowest scale of charge, the Directors have also afforded faci lities for the location of emigration ships to sail regu larly to and from the Tidal Dock, on terms most advan tages to the trade. The first ship for the season is now in the dock, and is to be followed by others in regular succession; and it will be a source of satisfaction to the Proprietors to reflect that the emigrants theinselves will be peculiarly benefited by the arrangement. " The advantage which the Company's low rate of charge gives to the public cannot receive too much publicity. The Directors have recently circulated statements which show, that vessels which have re ceived damage and are compelled to put into port to land cargo and repair, effect a saving of from 40 to 50 per cent. by putting into the Company's Dock, as compared with other places in the English Channel. In the case of passengers, also, with heavy baggage, the advantage is most striking. The Alexandrian steam-ship Great Liverpool, being detained in the Mediterranean to repair, her passengers were this month brought home by the steamer Pacha, which unloads in the Tidal Dock. The landing charges to her passengers, had they come to Southampton in the Liverpool, which does not enter the Dock, would have exceeded 251.: by landing in the Dock they were but 71. " The Directors have, in conclusion, only to impress upon their co-Proprietors, each in his individual sphere, that much industry and much influence require to be exerted, to obtain for this undertaking the share of business it is so well calculated to accommodate ; and that while their own e ff or t s i n th at di rect i on w ill b un remitting, they look, as they hope with reason,' for all the co-operation and all the encouragement which may be asked of those with whom they have but one.common interest. "In accordance with the intimation given to the Pro prietors in August last, and the contract with Messrs. M'Kay and Haddon having terminated, the Directors were enabled on the 31st December last to close their engagement with Mr. Francis Giles as engineer of the Company. " It being at the same time necessary, for a further period, to have an assistant engineer resident at South ampton, for the carrying out of the minor works still in progress, and for the important object of directing and checking the dredging of the Itchen channel, the Directors have retained as such assistant engineer, Mr. Alfred Giles, who has been engaged in the works from their commencement. " The Directors have to report that A. A. Goldsmid, Esq., has resigned the office of Deputy Chairnian and Director. " The four Directors who, in conformity with the provisions of the Company's Act, go out of office by rotation at this half-yearly meeting, are Mr. Liggins, Mr. Cruikshank, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. Wilcox. These gentlemen are re-eligible, and the Directors beg to recommend them for re-election. " The Directors beg also to recommend that three Proprietors, not being Directors, be appointed by this and each subsequent February meeting, as Auditors of the accounts to be submitted to each future half-yearly general meeting." The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the Report be ap proved of, adopted, printed, and circulated among the Proprietors, said that he did so for the thirteenth and last time, it being considered by many of the Proprietors and Directors that it would be more conducive to the interests of the Company that they should have an an nual Chairman, and by that means obtain the patronage of men of rank to their undertaking. After some considerable discussion, the Report was agreed to. Mr. PRICE thought there was nothing at present to prevent them from being in the receipt of funds from the Tidal Basin. He was astonished at the smallness of tlae receipts stated in the Report, only about 600/. in the last half year. With such small receipts he could not see how there could be so great an outlay. He would move the following resolution—" That it is the opinion of this meeting, that it is of the utmost importance that the expenses should be diminished to the utmost, and that measures should be taken to effect an increase in the receipts, and that a specific account of profit and loss on the account current be kept in future." This resolution was carried after a short discussion. The next question was the re-election of the four Di rectors who went out of office by rotation—Messrs Liggins, Cruikshank, Forbes, and Willcox. Mr. RICHARDS objected to the re-election of Mr Liggins and Mr. Cruikshank, but all four gentlemen were re-elected after a short discussion. Messrs. Foster, Leward, and Goddard, were electe auditors of the accounts, it being understood that the would be at perfect liberty, if they thought fit, to audit all the accounts from the commencement of the Coinpany. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and Direc tors, and the meeting broke up.l 1 1NDE.—The recent motion of thanks from.bot Houses of Parliament to Sir Charles Napier and his gallan Army, elicited commendation from men of all parties, warm cordial, and sincere, However party . shay sway opinion, w really are surprised that persons cos be found so obtuse as not to distinguish betwoen the thanks due to our soldiers for gallant conduct in the field, and approbation of the policy of those who sent them into the field. We are prepared not onl to join in the general praise of that heroic veteran Si Charles Napier, and of his soldiers, but to approve of th subjugation of Sinde, and ever measure consequent thereon. From information on which we have perfect reliance. Sinde is already enjoying the first- fruits of upright and. fos tering government. An admirable system of local polie s has been unostentatiously, but generally, introduced- and supported out of the revenue of the country. The per. feet certainty of the security of property, the certain detec tion and immediate punishment of crime, the total abolition of slavery, the opening of trade by relinquishing the endless demands - of transit and other duties, and the firm yet mild rule over a people lately ih a state' bf - turbtddria froth in. sufferable oppression —all these have made the Sindians at once, and without hesitation, willing subjects of the British empire.—Nalst and Military Gazette. t bet , 0 belt 04 00 0 :00 0 1° .0 0 00. fi t, 144 wit l ' 0 D i! .0 011 ; r ''' 14 4 0 4 10 pP:,# h° $lO 0'