The Sun. — London, England, 1844-07-30 00:00:00

TGENUE' of ioeumben : to ,rich o'' f re 011 the 22 0 ° Bise: • arri 1 * -3 , ,rtiawn 0 nil Air. EL er.u; a l'robationar; , Y has bon 01 'atledral Chard' has been or, in the Cattle° PERDAY.; owing, or . .,,rs— eit s no new IN ?IT prospect 'r e , g e one of Ba r .. t u 1g influencejEd f English Iv ori i n price from, Fine For lue of from 23 ni in value 0f 8e." ,.. yt iency. Float \SURE. 690°' re and to feed ... 2 3 g 25 1 g° ;FEWIL, „ try ......... 1.1, 0 0 e m 5........ 1 9 " to 1 • ..... ••• V s to ........ to 7' ............ 36, .n s toy ............ ,0 ....... to ............ 30$ L .. t o ."7:7; . . T6s „ .......... : . 34s to 33 Norfolk 34 0 BOND• ............ 20s ,•• ...... 0 .1 3 tO , ,an ...... . 2 2 s to ......... the P T' •e T general Db' s The M utt° o 4s per 80 8, 4 iamb trade r Calves P r ' t o 0 alteratioo 5. d. t 1 tt 3 '0 s I Liao 3 6 4 1 there 3 JO wool -- 5 g 3 0 s 3 9 JA e4ch I 0 l 0 111 3 .1 Pig'. 144 Y. ev uted-extre n ' e d .rt have suPl" ids of Meat" • a. 11 2 4 3 1 g. 2 8 0 3 4 I I 2 4 I 3 8 'EEL thes. p; 1A 93 ~0 0 :0, , • , 30 4A SO UV - 410 414 A, 11l LDS. 01 both of es are Jo isr. La variauv- el have 1 Le have 0 .74 the pr full rates market Lave been %2 2, 131/ 010 resPe - P i 4 OE P. soo t, rot ° ;011, r . frof lBl I.l o * aie I"°' 30' F. s re the 0( 1 ° aro ° do t of 410-' 0 01114 ,eo l s lll ' rd "? 30 1 sit v inio a of s' Ki ts / :4 4 Tooth ItAVESEND STAR PACKET S TURMAS' REDUCTION OF FARES. SIXPENCE AND NEKEPENCE, Boat and Blackwell Beltway included. Front the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, a -Y Sundays Include at Ten, Eleven Twelve, Three, Four, Six,.and Half-past Seven • From the Terrace nor, av Gresend, At Half--past Tine, Half past Twelve, Two,* Four, Six, Sevec, and Eight. • On Sundays at Five instead of Two. Fare —pees Cabin and Seconl-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and First-class Carriage, Ninepence. St,ar Office, Gravesend, July 10, 1844. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COM , PANT. EXTENSION STOCK, No. 1. %. X °i l ce IS hereby given, that, the HOLDERS of SCRIP issued uY the Company, or of Bankers' or Office Receipts for the deposit of 13s. 4d. per share on the above Stock, who have x : l° t already sent in the same, are required to send in their e oeuments for REGISTRY, with the names and addresses of the holders, to the Office of the Company, Shoreditch, London, on or before the 3d of August next, and that in case the holders of any such . ° II P or receipts shall not send in or lodge the same by that day for le gistry, it will be in the power of the Directors to register as the ?swners thereof the names of the persons who severally executed the parliamentary contract deed, and the calls for payment of the re mainder of the shares will then be made on the last mentioned persons to registered, and the holders of the scrip or receipts aforesaid not sent for registry will forfeit their right and title to the shares represented 3 , the same, and also the privilege of paying up in one sum all the remaining instalments of 61. per share on or before the sth proximo, and Of being allowed the discount in respect of such payment. By order of the Board, A. BIYLKELEY, Seeretavy. ° ffiees, Shoreditch Station, J aly 29, 1844. SPLENDID NEW FOUR-HORSE NIGHT COACH TO EDINBURGH. Ir TIE MA G N E T LEAVES the QUEEN'S HEAD INN, NEWCASTLE every Evening at Ten o'Clock precisely (Saturday nights excepted), after arrival of the Trains from London, Birmingham, Derby, Liverpool, the sancliester, Leeds, York, &c., and proceeds direct to Edinburgh, vid alorpeth, Alnwick, Belford, Berwick, Dunbar, Haddingten, &c. Th. r , e Magnet arrives in Edinbugh in time for the train to Glasgow, at ' l even. A.m., and the Saxe Cobourgh Coach at the same hour, for ,ertll, Dundee, Dunkeld, Blair, Athol, Kenmore (Lord Breadal "an,„_e's). Inverness, and all parts of the North Highlands. ra ts splendid Coach travels at Mail speed, and driven by First- Coachmen, who have been selected for the purpose. he Magnet leaves the Black Bull Hotel, and White Horse Coach- No. 12 Princess-street, Edinburgh, at Four o'Clock in the Af ...ertloon, and arrives in Newcastle in time fer refreshment, and to ts°ceed to London, &c., by the Six o'Clock Morning Train from A eWCAStIe. 14 T• 13 . —The Magnet Coach leaves Newcastle on Sunday Evenings, Zdinburgh, and Edinburgh on Saturdays. _ The ROYAL MAIL, from the Queen's Head Inn, Newcastle, to Seitte o every M rning at Eleven o'Clock, by the same route. ecured at any time. Fares to Edinburgh same as the Coaches. W. ARCHBOLD and CO., Proprietors. IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN. LOAN of 30,000,000 FLORINS authorised by his Majesty, the EMPEROR of 4 • I7 STRIA. • ir Ou the 2d o f SEPTEMBER, 1844, there will take place at v "* El \ . -NA, the DISTRIBUTION of 700 GAINS, amounting to ‘b°,l7o/. sterling. There being only 700 Bonds in all, each Bond must one of the above 700 Gains, the highest of which are 23,0001., 1 ,500/., 1,000/., &c. &c., and the lowest 50/. each. the few Bonds can be had for 125/. each, or with the deduction of 51 ., which they must at least obtain, for 75/. Halves and fifths T P ,, r° ?°rtion, being a considerable reduction from the former price. • 1T ,.,`-' 11 . N. of the GRAND DUKE of BADEN of 5,000,000 FLORINS, The SEVENTH hi the YEAR 1841. SEVENTH DISTRIBUTION will take place at Carlsruhe, '6, "eIY and irrevocably on the Ist of AUGUST, 1844, when 400 3 will be obtained. One Gain of 35,000 florins, 10,000, 5,000, i t ' it vw, &C. The lowest Gains being 65 florins each ; and 12 florins Price to 1/. sterling. - ,rlee of a share, las. • Eleven for 5/. ; Twenty-three for 10/., &c. a:lr tkill particulars and Bonds of the above loans apply to Messrs. p os ,' Schwarzschild, Bankers, Frankfort-on-Maine, rte t save ebps'kr,, 0 , all applications by letter can be addressed, Mr. A Schwarzs _ lough-court, Lombard-street, London. RIDING HABlTS.—Ladies are invited to in- Queenect thoe made by Messrs. NICOLL, Habit-makers to the and most of the Ladies of the Court. I f _ Cards may bo had at 114 Regent-treet, Londox. or t , e l l 'irs. Nicoll offer moderate prices, as a s further inducement to a fitting habit, IMPORTANT to FAMILIES FURNISHING. ,ZA Considerable saving can be effected in the purchase of Vira'', lll g Ironmongery, by visiting the PANKLIBANON IRON Ap, 4, 5 8. Baker-street, Portman-square,' where may be In tl), ted the most extensive STOCK of IRONMONGERY GOODS in Wu ' gdorn, consisting of kitchen cooking utensils, German silver if urawing-room stoves shower and vapour baths, ornamental Lot work . garden implements, japanned water cans and toilette pails, .aefileld plate, kitchen ranges, fenders and fire-irons, tea trays, W arn ental wirework, flower stands, table cutlery, &c. Every article p 4 „ in inlarked in plain figures, at the lowest possible price, will fully Parchas; fs at this establishment of the great advantage re pt tl . : ;:g from Cash payments, as the proprietors warrant every article TR o I v , , TY best manufacture, at a saving of at least 30 per ,ttrE, FA.LLOWS, and Co., 58, Baker-street, Portman-square. allowance to merchants and captains. SOILED TABLE-CLOTHS and LINENS, at Thre EXTRAORDINARY PRICES. e Yards long real damask table-cloths, each •••• • • • • £ 0 5 0 0 Yards square damask, each • •• • 0 2 0 yards long, splendid damask, each ................0 15 0 N apkins per dozen • • .. 0 2 6 .ard. B quare rich damask, for table use, the dozen.. 0 7 6 Irish Linens, a little soiled, 26 yards for •••• • . • . 0 15 0 .•nox's finest Colraine, worth Is. 9d., if clean, 26 yards for 1 5 0 4‘tout 1,000 single pairs of linen sheets, from 45. 6d. to 15s. the Pa ir, th.e t s h e ose at 15$. being three yards wide and seven yards long. Goods are Beverage's Samples shown to the Trade early in b e i t gri l ng. and which are annually sold to Brooks and Co. at the q of July. Many ladles who purchased last year having re the Portions to be laid aside, are requested to call and select, as lots this year are mostly of the finest description. BROOKS and CO., 106, High-street, Borough, facing Union-street. oliMples of these goods will be sent to any part of town by horse and 55 4, if write to, or forwarded into the country. IWILLIAM SIER, at present, and for two weeks past, residing at No. 34, Saint John's-square, in the 4 r Bll of Clerkenwell, and county of Middlesex, and previously, and r_ three months then past, residing at No. 121, Saint John's-street, s pae Parish and county aforesaid, and being a clerk to a carrier, formerly, and for twelve months, residing at No. 37, Harwood of Camden Town, in the parish of Saint Pancras, and county Nliddiesez, and being a clerk to the London and Birmingham 4 40 p rese w n aj Company, de hereby give notice that i I h in i t i en tr d e t t o L o a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy,dßehasts,ng:tat-es, and , don, Praying to be examined touching my effe cts, and to rotected from all process upon making a full disclosure and s ur re nder of such estate and effects for payment of my last and lswful debts; and I hereby further give notice that the time in t he matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised n the 'London Gazette and the Morning Sun Newspaper one month lit the least after the date hereof ; as witness my hand this 25th day of Job', in the year of our Lord, 1844. SIER. John Chisholme, 3, Cook's-court, Lincoln's A WILLIAM insolvent. attorney for WHEREAS, a PETITION of JOHN BROTHERS, of F ernley of Croydon, i n t h e county of Surrey, a lieut enant in her Majesty's navy, havin g been filed in the C ourt of Bankruptcy, and the interim or d er for to the s a id John Brothers protection from process having been given , under the provisions of an Act of Parlia ment passed in the Parliament holden n th and, 6th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intitnied shen Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," the said John Broth is hereby required to appear in Court before Edward Gotalboarn, Sergeant -at-law, the Com- Missioner acting in the matter of the said petition, on the 3d day of August next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, for the and there examined touching his debts, estate, and effects, and t purpose of being then o be ihrther dealt with according to the provisions of the said Act. All persons indebted to the said John Brothers, or that have any of ir. John his effects, official to pay or deliver the same but to 3 . asinghall- Follett, the assignee, No. 1, Sambrook-court, B in the street, nominated in that behalf by the Commissioner acting Matter of the said pet i t i on. —_________ THE BEST ENGLISH WATCHES, A . B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. tion 9 , Cornhill, London, apposite the Bank, re - mest the atten- L v ,(4l purchasers to their Stock ot London -made PATENT the.' WATCHES, which are manufactured by themsel ves i n Vlr . own h ouse. In Siver Cases, with the Detached Escapement I Jewelled, the prices are Four Guineas and a Half, Six, and Eight U „!neas each ; or in geld cases, Ten, Twelve, Feurteen, and S:xteeti tylL n eas, each. The very large stock offered for selection includes .L l y adap ted t o o ted uescription, enablin g wn use a customer to select that which is more iCUlar . wirEASE AND COMFORT IN SHAVING ESSR S. B. and .S. COWVAN'S invaluable CANTON STROP, or QUADRILATERAL CHINESE I tAZOR pni,,,, SHARPENER (Patronised by his Royal Highness tal "'E ALBERT) renders the operation of shaving no longer 'hhil to the most ' tender skin. By a very simple process the I and edge may speedily be given tothe bluntest razor or penknife, S Cowvan's peculiarly tempered razors and shaving powder. ,t'vciniens of the Strops are now exhibiting Lowther Ral Polytechnic ~.411stitution a'id Royal Adelaide Gallery, Arcade, from h ; hence the most flattering certificates have been sent, which may be e t at the Inventors, B. and S. COWVAN, 154, Fenchurch-street, oe"rfurerathe Strops, &c., may be obtained, as well as of all respectable Pei ers.United Kingdom, price ss. 6d., 7s. 6d., and k,,"a Also May be had, Cowvan's Canton Razor Strop Paste, at Pe e r PaFket. The Shaving Powder per box. atition—None are genuine, except those marked and Spelt B. and S COWVAN N.n. A liberal allowance to the trade and shippers. ------___ A 1 . -lilt's GOUT and RIIEUMA.TIC PILLS. ith e . The decided superiority of this Medicine over every other_ di,e_rti? offered to the public for the cure of those dreadfully . painful Is "'T o gout, r h eumatic gout, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, &c , tho„2 l 2 l Y . rnanifested by the increasing sale, and the testimony of ist e 'rt e .9_ in every rank of life, that those who are aware of the ex. Its etH 2! Such a remedy, and have not availed themselves of trying the s :c n Y. cannot truly be objects of sympathy. The testimonials . of I 'Y th e fa "lung effects of this medicine are universally accompanied ti nn, ,_ ct that no inconvenience of any sort attends its admintstra eineXtt that the patient, without feeling the operation of the meth aperi. U niversally left in a stronger and better state of health than ease. :peed previous to being afflicted with this disease; and in all 444 a ex :".ite suffering great relief is experienced in a few hours, 4, 44 ,, eis generally effected in two or three days. 1u.,,ant ,1 7 Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and, by his app Ant- Ala" j, au „Askarespectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United n Price 2s. 9d ._per box. re ba,rl -.LAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe 4re e ,, and address of '. Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," etilli,n the Government St -imp affixed ' to each Box of the `---....Z_Ltedicina PUBLIC NOTICE. TO- 434, OXFORD-STREET. .SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. plo Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. rilmsToNE,S EYE SNUFF.— aI U Hi n g d he e es r t the e uuth"..-atronage of his late Majesty, her Ro c0rnme,.....0f Kent, and the Lords ot the Treastlry, y is o u v n in iv g e d rs is a o ll r y de re r; held ""ed by the Facult for its efficacy in rem ent to the Eyes and Head, SIGIIT RES TORED'.—NERVOUS HEAB.ACHE AND IIY th DEAFNESS_ CURED! Its ~„,„_, e Most simple, delightful, and fra . rant Compound s tltre,,Voe of application is fraught with pleasure; many thousand tertaaYe been accomplished by its use, at a trifling e pense yet alift ere . an its operation. If testimonies be necessa o induce ' the rY ns have used it. the / 4 ; to make trial, Kings, Lords, and . N ies rd s ,f the 'Treasury have sanctioned it C s o u m se r ! lo The t i s r la m te ed M ic r l Practil.the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Ocon rlinsti°ners--with that gigantic balance, the Press--ha s v as e'eu i, lo G g r i i sed m. t tolie , °, no's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known to th4,Ye Snuft," for its efficacy in removing_ all diseases incident 4 ald, p.; Ye ! and Head. Guthrie , Esq., E l t 4 nati on 1 a Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. kr, at: blessing —see his Reports touching D it a s r. u A tillt d y. rw Th ea e l la is t i e t stone's Eye Di and r Y , with many others, recommend G "lect, ) call it " Man's best Friend." and the 4 1 t m udpit's of V u ari n e tl otiht,,, - ' Fee the many thousand letters of Testimonies, -Inedical authority, with others of the first respectability. Nottingham, Aug. 28, 1 08 41 41 This eXtraordinary cure is attested by ' l / 4 1r. James Wilcock Sir Foreign Snuff ,nd Ci gar Merchant, Nottingham. , ease' a feel great ° Mr. W. Grimstone. MIT truly t 4, , ,1 the miraculous cure performed on myself, by usrng y pleasure in sending y.ou the particulars of , my andatnable Eye-Snuff. Sir, lam now in my ninety-third year, yeos. native of Holland, have been in this country twenty-six e sot _Whether from change of climate, or my for e ;_,, but for six years I have been depr:ve . d ad of va s !l ig c ht, the're ahowcrie to follow my business. Ido m sincerely believe) . raehdaCaa remained in darKness and pain but for the kind recot_tt tam . ,, e Ilan of a friend to use your invention. I purchased a 2s. 'HI: the 41, r °f Your Agent, Mr. Wilcockson, tobacconist, who knows tzu t s g ! ~.; le e ott t et ? le e facts, and wIl bear witness to my extraordinary rthat most inestimable ble.sing of our life—" Perfect For th — l declare has i roceeded from the use of your Eye Snuff: Of th,se.sake of those suffering, you may make what use you plea . se ; Mr. Wilcockson and many others will vouch for its ithel_ I refer the Nottingham to this gentleman, being your Agent, so Wellknown in .Au i am, Sir, your obliged servant, utn,oulnr sands ... fl• t'S, 1841 ssai, ` ' S •_, - Sir,_.../ myANNNIS ZENIA MASSENIA. lantaneous. * should not do you juJice without stati,g my relief eyes became clear and free from tnableet by persevering in its use very freq , ,ently, I . am to ~.,30 read small print without the aid of glasses, and ,•ontinue krater4 God's blessing —Sight ! tree from pain I have reason to be N ot ,,_ and do recommend your Eye Snuff to all 1 Know. Gb se "n y ghan t A. Z. M. arid th oenithe Caution—W. GRIMS TONE is the sole inventor, eal:hise OdO'rfrulne is rear ? lun e , .. ~,rous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in to Ptiet4 4 '4, Is. sd., Ss, arid 15s. fid. each„ by the feu . W. (4111 MSTONE, at No. 434, `.. ) xforri-street, I otten. P ,it_soad end _ late( of No. t 39, Broad.struet, Bloomsbury), laririett,r,,Herhary, Highg tte ; and can also be eotained in . all the Ga ynes s e to wp3 and Cities . A liberal allowance to Shippers NebtatL, Snuff ,5 Vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This wolitl°! berefig7:Calittriesisirsihezdctloimalaltrariejssonfuttpse globji,parsndsrhetarippedns asportest notice. y ' 44tYs kilelieATE, 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 SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POS7; containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that .Hour. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. CAPTAIN WARNER'S EXPERIMENT. In consequence of the DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION off BRIGH TON, the Directors of the ROYAL POLYTECHIC INSTITUTION yield to the generally expressed' wish that Dr. RYAN should adapt one of his Lectures to the subject of EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS. This Lecture, illustrated by . interesting Experiments, so far as they can be shown with perfect safety, will be delivered daily at Four o'clock, except on Mondays and Saturdays, and in the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock. On Mondays and Saturdays, at Four o'clock, Dr. • POTT'S PNEUMA TIC MODE of forming SUBMARINE FOUNDATIONS in DEEP WATER, with various interesting Experiments. Professor BACH HOFFNER'S Lectures, and all the other subjects of interest in the Institution. . . THE TENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEET ING of the METROPOLITAN NEW PUBLICAN'S PRO TECTION SOCIETY will be holden on THURSDAY NEXT, the Ist of August, 1844, at the White Conduit House Tavern, Pentonville. The Chair will be taken at Half-past Twelve o'clock precisely. A Report of the proceedings of the Committee for the past year will be read ; a Statement of Receipts and Expenditure made ; the Election of the Committee, and other officers for the year en suing declared : and the Sum apportioned to the Widows from the Pension Fund will be divided amongst the Applicants of the present year. No voting paper can be received after Twelve o'clock on the morning of the above day. The TENTH ANNIVERSARY DINNER of the above Society will also take place on the same day, and at the same place, as the above. Dinner on table at Three o'clock in the afternoon. Dinner Tickets, ss. each, may be obtained of any of the Commit tee ; of the Stewards pr Collectors ; or of the Secretary, at the Com mittee-room, 51, Threadneedle-street, City—of Eny of whom Even ing Tickets may also be had. Governor's house, who, since the exile of the Queen, has occupied her habitation. Every act of the French Go vernment in this island shows the animus against the Queen. I could swell your columns, did I mention the daily acts of oppression which are being committed. The above I vouch fur as THE ROBBERY AT THE BIR- MINGHAM BANK. BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY EVENING.—As was to be an ticipated from the very prompt measures taken by Mr. Stephens, Superintendent of Police, the young man Warner, who ran off on Thursday last from the above bank, with twelve hundred pound notes, has been appre hended. He was taken into custody on Saturday even ing, in Chester, in a state of drunken insensibility, and conveyed this morning to our police-office. He arrived in care of Mr. Hill and Mr. Mitchell, constables, and was placed in the dock, before J. Bolton and 'l'. Beilby, Esqs., borough magi strates. Mr. Ingleby, solicitor, appeared for the Banking Com missioners, and Mr. John Suckling for the prisoner. George Mitchell, constable, ofChester, deposed that on Saturday evening, about eight o'clock, as he was walking through Watergate-street, in the above town, he saw the prisoner furiously driving a horse and gig, and evidently incapable of guiding the animal. Seeing that he was in danger of doing mischief he went up to him, and endea voured to persuade him to come down out of the gig, but he would not consent, and resisted him very much. He (witness) however insisted upon him giving up the con trol of the horse,- and he conveyed the prisoner to the Yacht Hotel, and asked the landlord to take care of him until he became sober. The landlord said he would, and he, Mitchell, then deemed it right to search him, in order to secure any money he might have, previous to his going up stairs to bed. He then searched his right hand trousers pocket, and found in it nine sovereigns and 14s. 6d., and some copper money. He then found a bundle of papers, containing twelve 51. notes of the bank of Wolverhampton, and in another roll of paper he found eleven 100/. notes. As soon as he counted the money he put the prisoner to bed, and gave information to Mr. Hill, the superintendent of the district, who imme diately went to the hotel and examined the prisoner, and finding his fingers shrivelled up, as had been de scribed in the advertisement, he said be was the man he wanted. Mr. Hill handed in the notes which he had obtained. A BRITISH OFFICER. No. 1. pomAnies LETTER TO THE CHIEFS. • Health to you all. I make known to you that our ship of war is about to leave: it has been sent for by the Admiral to return to Oahu. There is here a small ship of war to watch over us; another is coming. Do not listen to the men who will pain you by reporting that we shall not b e assisted. Britain will not cast us off. Let our conduct to good, and wait until the dispatches arrive. NEW ASYLUM FOR INFANT ORPHAN. • INSTITUTED MAY 15, 1844, ON LIBERAL AND NOT EXCLUSIVE PRINCIPLES. - The First Election of this Charity was held on Monday, the 29th July, when it appeared that the following Five Children were duly chosen : Votes. • •1. Parker, William Joseph *. • . • ...... 645 2. Halyard, John • . . • 3. Kirk, Lodowick John •• • • 4. Woollard, Owen Thomas.. ••• • • ..... 518 5. Beresford, John Septimus •• • • ... .. 475 • The Lord Mayor having stated that the poll was closed, It was resolved unanimously,—That 'the respectful thanks of the meeting be given to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, for his presence and patronage in favour of this Charity. Resolved unanimously,—That the best thanks of the meeting be given to Lord Dudley Stuart, on his having become a Subscriber, and that his Lordship be a President of the Institution. Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of the meeting be given to David Salomon.s, Esq., for his expressed interest in the Charity, and that his name be placed on the patronage of the Institution. Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of the meeting be given to John Wilks, Esq., for acting as Deputy-Chairman on the present occasion. Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of the meeting be given to Edward Moxhay, Esq., for the gratuitous use of the Hall of Commerce. The NEXT ELECTION will occur on the THIRD :MONDAY in Jant:Aar, 1845. Office, 32, "Poultry, July 29, 1844. This is my word to you; do not on any account cause evil to grow. By no means ill-treat the Frenchmen. Have great patience. Take me for h pattern, and fol low me, and let all of us pray very earnestly to Gcd that he may deliver us frOm our trials, as he formerly did Hezekiah. Peace be with you all. POMARE. No. 2. FRENCH ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OCEAN. In the name o f th e Ki ng o f t h e F renc h. The Governor of the French Possessions to the people of Otaheite. Taaniri, Kaheahu, Potowai, and Teraitane refused to listen to my word of peace ; in consequence I declare them rebels. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital X 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The study success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. Their goods shall be put under sequestration. Eight days are given them to make their submission. The district affording them refuge shall be laid under a con tribution, which shall be fixed according to the import ance of the district. E XA3 'LES. S ..' ;s l g , , V 1 : 11 40 , g P .. I ° Premium. ' = Bonus Bonus in g A ig ....,-, ,g , p p g added. Cash. *•C>*& ) :.-- 54E ~... ~D n 4 , . ' roe. 'O. ' • .....' ... * - . 4 X 4s. d.' I £ s. d. £a.d.£s. d. £ a. ds 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 40,1000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 916 4 296 13 4 1839 116 16 0 51 511 711 9 247 4_ 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. This institution offers many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. The persona friendly to peace and the laws remain tranquil under the protection of France. The severity of the laws shall reach the guilty. Done at Papeete, the 17th of February, 1844. BRUAT. I 4 EGAL and EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Capital, One Million, in 10,000 Shares of 1001. each. Deposit M. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Capron, George, Esq., Saville-place. . Clarke, Mr. Sergeant, Temple. Cooper, Charles Parton, Esq., Q.C., New Boswell-court. Dwarris Sir Fortunatus, a Master of the Queen's Bench. Ewart, Francis, Esq., Temple. Glover, Mr. Sergeant, Sergeant's rim, Chancery-lane. Hughes, Wm. Hughes, Esq. F.S.A.,&c. (Alderman), Temple. Koe, John Herbert, Esq., Q.C. Lincoln's Inn. Lucas, John Esq. Argyll-street. Philimore, Joseph, D.C.L., Doctor's Commons. Rogers, Fras. Newman, Esq., Q.C., Temple. Senior Nassau, W., Esq., a Master in Chancery. Wilbraham, Edward, Esq., Q.C. Lincoln's Inn. With power to add to their number. BANKERS—Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Lucas and Parkinson, 9, Argyll-street, Regent street. The Members of the Legal Profession are informed that the Shares in the Capital Stock of this Society will be ALLOTED in the order of the dates of the applications, on the Ist of August next. Applications for shares to be addressed to the Provisional Com mittee, No. 9, Argyll-street, Regent-street, London, where prospec tuses may be obtained. No. 3. FRENCH ESTABLISHMENT IN OCEANIA. The Commandant for the time being of the Society Islands declares what follows, viz.:— Art. 1. Until the return of his Excellency the Go vernor, the establishments of the bay comprised between Cocoanut Point and the barracks of the Uraine are de clared in a state of siege. 2. All Europeans and native residents must be within their houses at•evening gun-fire, and not receive any person after that hour. 3. After evening gun-Sre until that of morning, the patroles, commanded by an officer, and police rounds, commanded by a commissary of police, can demand en trance or open by force and search any house that may appear suspicious, or in which they may suspect a meet ing of persons besides those who inhabit the house. 4. At evening gun-fire all the fires in the native houses must be put out. 5. The boats of foreign ships, of whatsoever nation, must have left the beach at evening gun-fire, taking with them their whole crew and all the passengers who - have come on shore during the day. It is forbidden that any officer, sailor, or passenger should sleep on shore. 6. From one gun-fire to the other, foreign ships are warned that, besides the shots to which they would ex pose their men in sending a boat on shore, the crew of the boat will be arrested, and the boat immediately sunk or destroyed. 7. If the patrol or rounds of Gendarmerie find in the houses which they visit people who do not reside there, besides the arrest of those persons, of that of the pro prietor, the confiscation or immediate destruction of all wine, alcohol, or other spirits, the houses may be de stroyed, and their materials transported, at the conve nience of the commandant for the time being, to con struct guard-houses, magazines, or useful shelter for the garrison. 8. Whether the establishment preserves its tranquillity, or that it should become disturbed by any cause, it is ex pressly forbidden to Europeans and. native Indians to leave their houses. Those who do not conform to this order will expose themselves not only to arrest, but to the fire of the patrol. 9. The agents of the native police, whose duty it is to watch at night, shall come each night to the barracks of the Gendarmerie, which they will not leave for their duty without a light, and accompanied by a French Gen darmerie. 10. The officers of the establishments whose duty .or any other motive shall require their being out of their house after gun-fire must have a light. 11. At evening gun-fire, all whale-boats and canoes belonging to residents or natives must be hauled up at least ten times the length of the boat from highwater mark. Any boat of • canoe found afloat after 8 o'clock will be sunk or destroyed. 12. All whale-boats, boats, canoes manned by natives, or containing any who may come into the bay, or who may wish to leave it during the day, must come to the station-house, that they may be searched, to make sure that they do not contain alcohol, wines, munitions of war, arms, or anything suspicious. 13. Boats of French men-of-war who wish to come on shore, or remain there, after gun-fire, must be provided with a light as well as the officers of the fleet. 14: It is forbidden to strangers and natives to fire or explode boxes, whether by day or night, in the whole space in the state of siege. Transgressors will be arrested, their arms seized, and their houses searched. D'AUBIGNY, Commandant. (A True Copy.) GUILLAN, Captain of the Corvette com manding the Harbour. P;peete, March 2, 1844. No. 4. FRENCH ESTABLISHMENT IN THE OCEAN. A French sentinel was attacked in the night of the 2d to the 3d of March. • In reprisal I have caused to be seized one Pritchard, the only daily mover and instigator of the disturbance of the natives. His property shall be answerable for all damage occasioned to our establishments by, the insur gents ; and if French blood is spilt, every drop shall recoil on his head. D'AUBIGNY, Commandant Particular of the Society Islands. Papeete, March 3. Mr. Ingleby requested that they might be marked and given over to the care of Mr. Smith, the manager of the bank. The Magistrates said they would allow the money to be given up. Mr. George Allen, cashier, deposed that on Thursday morning last he received from the Birmingham branch of the Bank of England notes for two cheques, which he deposited in a drawer in the bank in which the prisoner was clerk. One cheque was for 3,5001., and the other for 2,5001. He knew that there were twelve 100/. notes among those he had so received, but he could not tell the numbers, neither could he depose to the loss of the notes. All he knew was what he had heard. Mr. John Perry, clerk to the bank, deposed that in making up his accounts he missed 1,040/. He knew that twelve 100/. notes were abstracted from one drawer. He could not, however, state the specific numbers which had been so taken. T") AVIES'S FINE WAX CANDLES, is. sd. per lb.; they only require trial to prove them the handsomest and most economical candles in existence, that do not require snuffing. 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" lie who in pleasure's downy arms Ne'er lost his health or youthfu lcharms, A hero lives, and justly can Exclaim, in me behold a man !" Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price b. 6d., or sent by poet, free, to any address, 3s. 6d., QELF-PRESERVATION : a P o p u l a r Essay on L. 7 those concealed disorders, originating in youthful excesses, and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and all those Sinkingi, Anxieties, and Tremors, which afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions fir their perfect Resteratioa. By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon, 9. BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecary's Hall, London,&c. " The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in— herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even to the most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette. "The design of this work will be tolerably obvious from its title, and we cordially recommend the author and his book to all who are caring from nervous debility and general weakness."—Wakefield Journal. Published by the Author, and sold In London by S. Gilbert, 51 and 52, Paternoster-row; Static, 23, Tichborne-street, Quadrant, Regent street; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford - street; Noble, 114, Chancery lane ; Gordon, 145, Leadenhall-street ; and by all Booksellers. At home every day till Three, and from Five till Eight. ALSE'S SCORBUTIC DROPS. DECLARATION OF THE GUARDIANS OF BRENT, DEVON. We, the undersigned, solemnly declare that before Thomas Ro bins, one of our parishioners, comenced taking " Halse's Scorbutic Drops," helves literally covered with large running wounds (some of them so large that a person mig It have laid his fist in them) ; that before he had finished the first bottle he noticed an improvement, and that by continuing them for some time, he got completely restored to health, after everything else had failed. He had tried various sorts of medicines before taking Halse's Scorbutic Drops, " and had prescriptions from the most celebrated physicians in this country, without deriving the least benefit. " Halse's Scorbutic Drops," have co r pletely cured him, and he is nuw enabled to attend to his labour as well as any man in our parish. From ether cures also made in this part, we strongly recommend " Halse's Scorbutic Drops" to the notice of the public. Signed by John Elliott, sen., Lord of the Manor, John Manning, William Pearce, Henry Goodman, Arthur Langworthy. t Hne 21, 15 13. Agents for London • Barclay and Son, Farringdon. street ; Hallett, 83, High Holborn; Prout, 229, Strand ; Hurtley, 232, Blackfriars-road; Johnston, 68, Cornhill; King, 7, Napier-street, n. ar the A ten Saloon, Hoxton. N.B Be sure to ask for" Scorbutic Drops." &IA in Bottles at 2s. 9d. and in Pint Bottles, containing nearly six 2s. 9d. B ttles for Its CORNS AND BUNIONS. NO CHIROPODISTS! !—NO CUTTING !! I pluL's EVERY MAN'S FRIEND is a sure and speedy cure for those annoyances, without causing the least pain or inconvenience. Unlike all other remedies for corns, its operation is such as to render the cutting of corns altogether unnecessary: indeed, we may say, the practice of cutting corns is at all times highly dangerous, and has been fre quently attended with lamentable consequenc.A, besides its liability to increase their growth. It adheres with the most gentle pressure, producing an instant and delightful relief from torture, and, with perseverance in its application, entirely eradicates the most in veterate corns and bunions. EXTRAORDINARY TESTIMONIALS. From Dr. Cummins, Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence at the Aldersgate School of Medicine. Dr. Cummins presents his compliments to Mr. Paul, and begs to inform him that his Every Man's Friend has entirely taken away his Cot ns, and he has recommended it to several of his friends and p itients, and in no one instance has it failed in eradicating both Corns and Bunions. From Dr. Ley, Midwifery Lecturer, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Dr. Ley 'resents his compliments to Mr. Paul, and begs to inform him that his Corn Plaster has taken away his Corns. Similar Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicinns and Surgeons of the greatest eminence. Prepared by John Fox, in boxes, at Is. INd., or three small boxes in one for 2s. 9d., and to be had of Mr King, 7. Napier-street, East, near the Shaftesbury Arms, Hoxton, and all wholesale and retail medicine venders in town and country. The genuine has the name of John Fox on the stamp. A 2s. yd. box oures the most otxturate Corns. Mk for f Paul's gory Maul No. 5. RELATING TO THE PRISONER WHO HAS BEEN TAKEN. The head of the department will treat him with kind ness and politeness. The soldiers will serve him in every necessary way, sweep his room, make his bed, and keep everything clean—each thing necessary for a prisoner of distinction will be done. The prisoner will have light from five A.M. till eight P.M., when at gun-fire the light will be put out. At eight o'clock in the morning a basket can be sent, con taining meat, cloth es, dressing things, books, &c.: at four P.M. a second basket may be sent, when the first shall be returned. Neither strangers nor any of the family of the prisoner can communicate in person with him. The baskets will pass through the soldiers, under the inspection of the commander. All letters addressed to the prisoner must pass through the hands, and under the inspection, of the commandant in particular, who, on seeing them, and that they contain nothing wrong, will let them pass. If the hours fixed on to take things to the prisoner be convenient they will continue, if not, they can be changed, or anything more by applying to the particular commandant. The sergeant on duty will not suffer any one to come near the Blakans—such persons will be ordered off. It is expressly ordered to the sergeant of the prison house not to allow the person bringing the basket to mount up the stairs or to see the prisoner, neither to enter inside nor to speak through the bars. The man named Lilleur will attend each day at eight and four o'clock to explain to Mr. Pritchard any wishes he may have to give to the people at the prison-house. nsd p e.as erS oT o n n hh S e , ai,i CRICKET.—The most exciting match of this season that between "the Gentlemen of England" and " the Players ofs rarely, as a r l oe l fl stations ief rever, respective rie,ne beent i s % eci sides wit- o f England," was commenced at Lord's yesterday, in the appeared in our columns of yesterday ; but the post brought the intelligence that the Messrs. Napper would not be able et to come up to town ; whilst Mr. G. Barton, who was upon ne indeed, e s s s e e n d c o e a n o a f morecri nearlyek brillia nt7 ggrou nd. the ground, could not play in consequence of an injury he received in one of the matches last week. Mr. Kynaston, the secretary of the Marylebone Club, was therefore corn pelled to send off expresses to various gentlemen who are fine players, and who were in the country, requesting that they would have the kindness to hasten up to London to supply the vacancies which had been created by these defec tions. Fortunately the players were " put in" first, and time was therefore gained, so as to enable him to fill up his eleven by the substitution of Dlr. E. Pickering, who came off from Eton, Mr. Dolignan, and Mr. Campbell. As was stated in our paper of yesterday,. the b e tti ng was five to three on the Players, and the difficulty which had fallen upon the secretary, ere the game had commenced, caused those odds to be increased rather than diminished. The Players went in the first, and after the exhibition of some very beautiful bitting scored 130 runs. The Gentlemen then took the bat, and when " time was called had made 80 runs with the loss of seven wickets. The play of Mr. Spencer, Mr. Taylor, Mr. A. Mynu, Mr. P ickerin g , and Mr. Kynaston, elicited re peated demonstrations of applause, as, indeed, did that of Wenmau, Dorrington, Sewell, and Bushby. The hitting by these parties was as brilliant as any we remember to have seen. The match was resumed this morning. PAUL'S WIIARt REGATTA.—The public were yes terday entertained with the novelty of a four-oared cutter match, introduced to their notice under the ordinary regula tions of a stair's wager, the competitors, however, being landsmen instead of watermen. The contest was for a boat and other prizes, given by the inhabitants of Paul's Wharf, Thames-street, and its vicinity. The race was with six boats, in three heats, the distance being from Blackfriars bridge to a boat moored off the Temple, down round the boat moored off Allhallows'-stairs, up again to the Temple, and back to Paul's Wharf. In the grand heat White took the lead, Red being second, and Yellow third, in th e i ns id e p l ace . In rowing up Red touched Green on their quarter and turned them round ; and almost immediately afterwards Yellow also passed Green, without fouling. In rounding the upper flag boat off the Teinple, Red were in advance, and Yellow slightly fouled them ; Red, however, were more assisted than other wise by the foul ; and Yellow getting too near the station boat, the warp by which she was anchored caught Yellow under the rudder, and held them while the other boats passed. Red won by abvitt , six boats lezigth3; green wa kccfnid; White third, Mr. Ingleby said he could prove all that by the clerk at the bank where the notes were obtained. As the prisoner had only just arrived, he had not had time to procure all the necessary witnesses. The Magistrates remanded the prisoner till Thursday. RICHARD DADD, the PARRICIDE. ROCHESTER, JULY 29.—This morning, during the sitting of a full bench of county magistrates at the police-office of Messrs. Essell, Hayward, and Essell, College-green, in this city, an announcement was made to them of the arrival of Richard Dadd, the supposed murderer, in the custody of Mr. May, of the K division of police, with Sergeant Shaw, of the A division, who were dispatched by the Secretary of State, Sir James Graham, to France, to claim his person from the French authorities. The prisoner was confined in a lunatic asylum at Clermont, about 30 miles distance from Beau vais, to the right of Paris, which place they left on Fri day morning. The prisoner, who was pinioned by the arms, and wore a large military blue cloak, alighted with the officers from a carriage. He wore rather a lengthened beard, and hair over his upper lip. On his entering the office, he with a firm step entered the dock. There was a visible wildness of expression in his face, and his eyes wandered over the whole court. Mr. Hayward, the clerk, having prepared an infor mation against the prisoner, exhibited by Thomas Cooper Bines, a constable of Chatham, charging the prisoner with the murder of Robert Dadd, the prisoner's father, in Cobham .park, the seat of the Earl of Darnley, on the evening of the 23d of August, 1843. Bines, the officer, prayed for a remand, to enable him to procure the several witnesses to establish the case of the murder against the prisoner. The information was read over to the prisoner, who, with an expression of wildness, said, " You say I am the murderer, you b—y villain." The Rev. George Davies, Chairman, observed, the in formation having been read over, have you anything to say, prisoner, why you should not stand remanded ? Prisonor.—No, nothing. The Magistrates then remanded the prisoner for one week,, and to be brought up again next Monday. On the prisoner leaving the office, he turned to the Court, and said, " It is true, and I have got the money." The prisoner was again placed in the carriage, and conveyed away in custody of Mr. May and Sergeant Shaw for Maidstone gaol.. The arrival of this unfortu nate young man in his native place has caused the great est sensation, as the whole of his family was well known and much respected. MURDER DURING THE HONEYMOON.—An inquest was held on Tuesday last in Freshford, by Mr. William J. Maher, one of our county coroners, on the body of a man named Thomas Meany, who, it appeared in evidence, had been married only three weeks, and had then gone to lodge in Freshford. About a week since Meany went to Dublin to transact some busines s, leaving his wife behind ;on the day of his departure a man named Thomas Lannan went to see the wife, and called himself her brother. While this man re mained at Freshford he employed a car-driver out of that town to bring him a pennyworth of Spanish flies from Kilkenny, alleging that he wanted them for a horse. Thomas Lannan left Freshford on Friday week, and on that evening the deceased man returned to his wife in good health, and went early to bed. About 10 o'clock that night the wife came to the woman in whose house they lodged, and asked her for a glass of cordial for her husband; the cordial was given to her; the woman first tasted it, and in about an hour after the wife came clown, saying that her husband was not well, upon which the lamily of the house went to the room of deceased, and he told them that the drink which his wife had given him was burning his mouth and stomach. A doctor was then sent for, but in the interim the wife removed what her husband had discharged from his stomach, and cleaned the glass in which the cordial had been. The deceased made a dying declaration that the poison was given him by his wife, and he sus. pected one Thomas Lannan to be her accomplice. The jury found, " That Thomas Meany came by his:r e death in consequence of poison having been administered to him by his wife, Catherine Meany ; and we find the said Catherine Meany guilty of wilful murder, and strong suspicion attaches to one Thomas Lannan as an accomplice." The parties were strangers in Freshford, and are now, we understand, lodged in our county gaol, where they await their trial for the awful crime which they have committed.—Kilkenny Moderator. ACCIDENT ON BOARD A STEAM-BOAT WITH Loss OF LIFE.—It appears that the Newcastle steam-tug boat was proceeding down the River, and when off Herne Bay one of the paddle-wheels ceased to revolve, having "hung," as it is called, upon the centre. Crofter, who was the second mate of the vessel, accompanied by the engineer, immediately jumped upon the paddle-box, and opening the trap-door on the top endeavoured with their feet to force round the wheel in its proper direction, when, by some unaccountable cause, it became reversed, and, by its contrary motion, caught the feet of both, and they were drawn immediately through the aperture, and jammed with great violence between the paddle-box and the floats of the wheel. The engine was immediately stopped, and both men were extricated, but they pre sented a most horrid appearance, having been dreadfully lacerated and crushed. At this moment a homeward bound Indiaman was observed, when the captain of the steamer, with great presence of mind, ran alongside, in the hope of a surgeon being on board. Such proved to be the case, and the two men were taken on board, and very kindly treated and attended to, but, unfortunately, before they arrived at Gravesend, Crofter died, and the other young man is in a dangerous state at Gravesend. INFANTICIDE.—Yesterday morning a very long in quiry was held before Mr. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, at the Lambeth workhouse, touching the death of a newly-born female child, the illegitimate offspring of Faith Bowerman, who resided with her brother and sister, at 38, Belvidere road, Lambeth. Some . particulars have appeared. The in quest was postponed principally to allow time for the reco very of the young woman. She had been taken before the Magistrate at Union-hall Police-court, and was fully com mitted to the Central Criminal Court to take her trial on the capital charge of murder. Upon the re-assembling of the jury yesterday, the Coroner inquired whether the accused was present to hear the evidence, and he was told that she was in Horsemonger-lane gaol, awaiting the approaching Old Bailey trials. The Coroner replied that so far from the ad journment having a beneficial effect, it had worked exactly opposite to what he intended. He thought it nothing but right that the accused should have an opportunity of bear ing the evidence, and had he been properly informed that she wished to leave the workhouse, he would have made out a summons and placed it in the bands of the constable. At the inquest yesterday the evidence was merely a repe tition of what previously appeared. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Faith Bowerman." PITMEN'S STRIKE.—We regret to state that the strike still continues without any material change, for though on the one hand, we hear of additional numbers going to work, on the other the general spirit of the strike seems as unbroken as ever, and the determination to hold out, on the part of the great body of the men, as unlike giving way as it was three months ago. This distressing state of affairs can not, however last much longer—it must, as a matter of ne cessity, be brought to a close shortly by one means or another,' and the longer that is delayed the greater will be the suffer ing and bad consequences resulting from it.—Newcastle Chronicle. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TBREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Ni g ht, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. ROYAL SEA-BATHING IN FIRMARY. Yesterday the subscribers to this Institution, which is situate at Margate, and is supported by voluntary subscrip tions, for the purpose of affording sea-bathing to the. poorer classes, in cases of illness requiring: , it, held their annual meeting, at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., took the chair, supported by a great number of the donors and subscribers to the Institution. Alderman Gibbs, the treasurer, read the annual statement of accounts, which stated that the life subscriptions for the past year had been 2511. 10s., and subscriptions and donations to 229/. ss. 9d. ; the collections at four chapels to more than 4001.; cash received.from parishes and patients, 949/. 15s. sd. ; and the total receipts to 3,462/. 18s. The disbursements for the year had been, for building and repairs, 8301. 14s. 11d. ; and the balance in hand was found to be 3491. 95. Bd. The accounts were passed, with an assurance from the Visiting Committee that the Institution was going on prosperously—that the facilities afforded to poor patients were greater than rich patients could obtain at the same place—and that not one farthing of debt was owing by the Institution. A resolution was passed suggesting the necessity of taking some measures to procure a more regular income for the use of the Institution than has hitherto been obtained, and recommending an appeal to the Life Governors to contribute an annual subscription, which, if successful, might greatly relieve the amount of patients' board, which the directors were now obliged to charge in order to make use of every ward in the Infirmary. It was also agreed that an appeal be made to the London Hospitals to take beds for the use of such of the hospital patients as required sea-bathing. The main point of the day was the passing a most unanimous and cordial vote of thanks to Al derman Gibbs as treasurer. Mr. D. W. Wire rose to move a resolution of thanks to a much-maligned and undeservedly abused individual, Mr. Alderman Gibbs, for the assiduous at tention and unwearied exertion he had shown in attending the meetings of the Institution, collecting subscriptions for it, and generally attending to its interests. He (Mr. W.) was one of those who knew Ald. Gibbs, and he also knew him to be incapa ble of those acts which had been charged upon him by meetings packed and secret, from which reporters from the public press were excluded, and garbled, incorrect, and unfair re ports sent out to suit those who were his enemies. He (Mr. Wire) considered that the greatest faults of Mr. Alderman Gibbs had been that he had too long left uncontradicted and uninterfered with the abominable and untrue tales which had been circulated to his prejudice ; but a time would come when he would be able, as candidate for the highest office in the City, to prove his character and honesty. In the meantime the votes of thanks passed to him by the bodies of charitable and Civic institutions would best prove the estimation he was held in by those who best knew him. He then moved his resolution, which was extremely compli mentary to Alderman Gibbs. Mr. Eddison seconded the mo tion, which was carried unanimously. Alderman Gibbs ab stained in reply from any observation apart from the meeting itself. He left his character to a future occasion, and a more fitting and public place. He had been treasurer of this society since 1811, and he hoped to be spared to render it further assistance. The meeting then separated. THE LATE TESTIMONIAL TO MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. The following speech was delivered by Mr. B. Webster, at the Haymarket Theatre, on Saturday night, on the occasion of the presentation of an elegant epergne to the above-named gentleman : " Ladies and Gentlemen,—l am not much addicted to speaking in the situation of a public man, except as an actor, for there are certain events in a man's life that language cannot express. In that situation lam now placed by your kindness.—(Applause.) If anything on earth could enhance the value of this memorial of my humble exertions, it is that you have selected as the organ of your gift the mother of the stage, the most ac complished actress that ever adorned the profession in this country—Mrs. Glover.—(Cheers.) In my boyhood, I looked on her with reverence, and in my more mature years I look on her with delight to find that added years only shed more lustre on her talent. 1 have, and I own it with pride, endea voure d t o ma k e th e little theatre in the Haymarket a home for English actors and authors. Your zealous co-operation has enabled me to do so successfully ; and while I live to conduct it, it shall be an English thea tre to the backbone. My excellent friend, Mrs. Glover, among other kind expressions, spoke of my dear children. (Mr. Webster here paused for a time, ap parently overcome by his feelings). They shall not be left with a bad name—(Cheers)—they shall be able to look at this token of their father's exertions with honest pride, or your valued present shall never be bequeathed to them. I stated at the commencement, Ladies and Gentlemen—my family I might say with more propriety —(Applause)—that I was unable to do justice to my feelings. I now repeat it. This is an era in my life that must ever be held in my most grateful recollection, and I can only say in conclusion, Ladies and Gentlemen, friends, and brother and sister artists—thank you, thank you, and God bless you all." Mr. Webster, at the conclusion of his address, was greeted with loud applause ; and Mr. Strickland, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Glover, shook him warmly by the hand, and some laughter was excited by the manner in which Mr. Webster, in returning the compliment, saluted the lady. Mr. Webster then proposed the health of his estimable friend Mr. Carter, the treasurer, in a feeling speech, which was responded to with great enthusiasm. The health of "Mrs. Webster and children" was aext given, and "Success to the Haymarket" was drunk with acclamation. FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONBS.-011r Monmouth correspondent has received a letter from a friend in Hobart Town, dated March 8, 1844, in which the writer states—" I often see Frost, Williams, and Jones; the former lives a few doors from me, at a grocer's ; he is in the counting-house ; Williams is a constable ; and Jones is a guard to the mail." The above may be relied on as correct. —Gloucester Journal DEATH OF DR. DALTON.—MANCIIESTER, MONDAY MORNING.—This distinguished philosopher, who has con tributed so much to science, more especially to discoveries in chemistry, expired at his residence in this town on Saturday morning. During the last few days of his existence he ap peared to be in good health, and on Saturday morning he rose about half. past six o'clock (his usual hour), and was attended by his servant. The servant left the room for a few minutes, and on his return found the Doctor in a state of in sensibility. Medical aid was immediately sent for, but before the arrival of his surgeon, Mr. Ransome, he expired, appa rently without much pain. As a private gentleman Dr. Dalton was most amiable, and as a philosopher much esteemed and respected by scientific men. He died in his 78th year. SUICIDE AT BATTERSEA.—OH Saturday afternoon an old woman, named Lewis, living in Morocco-place, Bat tersea-bridge-road, terminated her existence by nearly se vering her head from her body with a razor. The deceased was seventy-three years of age, had been a widow for a long period, and for twenty years had received out-door relief. She was accustomed to work in the market gardens, and the gentry of Battersea being very kind to her, distress could not have prompted her to commit so dreadful a crime, and no other motive can be assigned. There are two things which are at present engag ing the gossip of the town. The one, the rapid strides the Polka has made in the good graces of all classes. The other, the singular virtues contained in a little lozenge. While the former is provoking the followers of " Terpsichore" to join in its graceful dance, the other is giving sweetness and power to the human voice, and drawing more closely the lovers of " Thalia" to her side. The far-famed Dr. Stolberg, of Frank fort, the inventor of the Voice Lozenge, will have a glorious monument erected in never-dying cadences to his memory; the vocal tones of our brilliant singers being rendered more enchanting by his aid, and the amateur being raised higher in the estimation of his private admirers.—Court Gazette. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL EDWARD SCOTT.-- We have to announce the death of the above gallant officer, who died on Friday last, at his residence at Bath, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. The deceased had served with distinction in the 96th Foot, at St. Domingo, in 1794 and 1795 ; and was, on his return to this country, sent with his corps to Ireland , for the suppression of the Irish rebel lion in '9B. He accompanied the expedition to the Ferrol and Cadiz, under Sir James Pulteney ; afterwards re paired to Egypt for the campaign of 1801, and was present at nearly all the engagements in that year, including the actions of the Bth, 13th, and 21st of March, in which last he was severely contused on the breast by a musket-ball. For his services in Egypt he was rewarded with a medal, and had the Order of the crescent conferred upon him by the Turkish Government. His commission was dated as follows :—En sign, June 29, 1780 ; Lieutenant, August 4, 1781 ; Captain, June, 30, 1790; Major, September 1, 1795; Lieutenant-Co lonel, January 1, 1801; Colonel, July 25, 1810; and Major- General, June 4, 1813. _ _ . METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. Yesteday, by direction of the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests, workmen were employed in making the excavations for the new sewer, which is to pass down the centre of the street that is to connect Holborn with Oxford-street, and which will be about 2,000 feet in length, the new street being about 1,800 feet long. It is expected that this will take about six weeks to complete; and when finished, w the ar new water roadway will be carried out as fast as possible , as and g will o have to rd b - s e t r laid e e tt down. T on the all been south pipesu ihsid e,frm fa Charlotte-street, hearseell have been removed, so that there is now an open thoroughfare from Oxford-street to Bedford Chapel. In various o ther p arts the cellars are also formed, and the st r e et t hro ughout is exhibiting the intended line. In a few days, on the houses in Holborn being removed, there will be a clear view of Ox ford-street from Holborn. On Sunday last the Rev. Mr. Brasbie read his pub lic recantation from the errors of Popery, in Dingle Church. The fact of a priest abjuring Popery caused great excitement, and the magistrates having got full notice that the mob were determined to execute Lynch law on the priest on his road to the church, they took full precautions to preserve the peace. Before service commenced the townspeople were astonished to see the Hon. Captain Plunket, of her Majesty's steamer Stromboli, march into town front Ventry, with a force of about one hundred men, including the marine artillery and marines, with drums and colours. This fine body of men, armed to the teeth, having joined the seamen and marines of her Majesty's brigantine the Lynx, under the command of Captain Nott, presented such an imposing appearance that we need scarcely say everything passed off very quietly. The coast guards from the surrounding stations were marched to church fully armed and conveyed the Rev. Gentleman to the house of the Rev. Mr. Gayer, where he at present remains. Mr. Gilman, our active sub-inspector, had all his police ready to turn out at a moment's notice. Dingle, for the last twenty years, never presented such a force.—Kerry Evening Post. THE GOLD DUST.—The great fortunes that were expected to be made off the substance brought by the guano ships to the Clyde, and which was thought to contain gold, have ended in making good the trite saying that " it is not all gold that glitters," the analysis having shown that not a Particle Qf gold is =Wiled in it.—Glasgow Evening rot. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. TO CHEMISTS AND SURGEONS. MR. BATEMAN (in consequence of the illness of the Proprietor) is desired to sell, on SATURDAY, August 3, by tender, a CHEMIST'S BUSINESS, doing 5151. per annum, retail, and from 1601. to 2001. in practice ; the nett profits yearly being about 4301., after all • outgoings. Situated in a large market-town, twelve miles from London. . Particulars of Mr. Bateman, Valuer to the Trade, flarleyford-road, Kennington. PUBLICATIONS. ARMY AND NAVY. THE AUGUST NUMBER OF COLBURN'S IVonNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE AND NAVAL AND MILITARY JOURNAL, 'tains the following interesting articles :-1. France and Mo rocco.-2. State of Affairs in the River Plata.-3. Passages in the Life of a Sailor.-4. Four Years of a Soldier's Life.-5. Punishments in the Royal Navy.-6. Military Literature.-7. My First Smell of Gunpowder.-8. The Military Defence of Rivers.-9. The Battle of San Jacinto.-10. Remarks and Opinions of Major Muffin.-11. The Naval Chaplain's Note Book.-12. Dispatches of the Duke of Wel lington ; Charges of Infantry.-13. Siege of Herat in 1837 and 1838.- 14. Grievances of Naval Officers.-15. Examinations of Candidates for Commissions.-16. Capt. Warner's Experiment. —l7. Cadet Ap pointments to the East India Company's Artillery—Distributions of the Army and Navy, Promotions and Appointments, with all the Professional News of the Month, &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. W. Tait, Edinburgh ; Slmpkin, Marshall, and Co., London F RAZER'S MAGAZINE for AUGUST, Price 28. Gd., contains : 1. The Lectures of Professor Keble, considered with a particular reference to some of the Latin Poets. 2. The Marquise de Sevigne, Lady of Bourbilly. 3. " The Transfiguration," and " The Raising of Lazarus." 4. Temperance Societies. 5. Military Tableaux. By Captain Orlando Sabertash. Pomeranian Lan4wher at the Battle of Dennewitz. G. n Ghirlandajo. A Legend of Florence. 7. A Fine Day in Piccadilly. 8. Lord Chancellor Eldon. 9. The Luck of Barry Lyndon ; a Romance of the Last Century. By Fitz-Boodle. 10. Incendiarism, its Causes and Cure. G. W. Nickisson, 215, Regent-street, London. 'Co. V. The // / G.2--(- y A ~~~.~ V ,__ /..,, 0 7 * • "T„ _ -7" • JULY 30 , 1844. No. 16,210. LONDON TUESDAY 1 !. 7 • , - S IT N 7 WEST INDIA PINE-APPLES.—For PUB LIC SALE, on THURSDAY NEXT, the Ist of August, 1844, at Two o'Clock precisely, 5,000 BIRD'S-EYE, SUGAR-LOAF, and PROVIDENCE PINE-APPLES. Just arrived, per Walter Scott and New Providence, 150 Tins UNDRESSED TURTLE, and 5 Bags TEXIAN NUTS. . KEELING and MINT, Brokers, 2, Monument-yard, and 9, Pudding-lane. MARVELLOUS NOVELTY: NEW ERA TO ADVERTISERS. RAILWAY BELL AND ILLUSTRATED LONDON ADVERTISER.—Rate for Advertisements, in clusive of Designs, is permanently fixed at 2s. 6d. the square inch. No inferior talent admitted. Look out for the Ist of August. Office, 1, Catherine-street, Strand. THE FRENCH IN OTAHEITE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Papeete, March 6, 1844. Sin,—The denouement is hurrying so rapidly to a close that, not foreseeing what it may be, I think it the better plan to apprise my countrymen, through the co lumns of your paper, of the strange acts which have been enacted here of late. Bearing her Majesty's com mission, and enclosing you my name and rank, I pledge you that which is most sacred to a British officer—his honour—to each fact I assert. Long . ere this can be received, the public will be in possession of the under hand and ungentlemanly manner in which Admiral Du petit Thouars forced the Protectorate on Queen Pomare ; a demand of 10,000 dollars being made on a nation who were unable to pay the former one of 2,000. The paper presented to the Queen was worded in such a Jesuitical manner as to deceive Europe into the belief that it was a voluntary act of the Queen ; whereas the alternative was the French guns opening on her people, and laying her towns in ashes. The trivial pre text seized on with such avidity, of the Queen plaeing a crown set round with cocoa-nut leaves, and not inserting some device to please the French in her private flag, is too flimsy to blind any one not wilfully so Some ex cuse was wanted to haul down her flag. This answered for want of a better. Four hundred marines were landed in presence of two of the Queen's chiefs ; her flag was violently taken down, and the French colours then hoisted ; they are still flying. The Queen, being apprised that it was the intention to seize her, and place her eldest son (a boy about seven years old) on a nominal throne, go verned by a French regency, fled to her Majesty's ketch the Basilisk. She was received by Lieutenant Hunt, who gave up his accommodation to her Majesty, her husband, and three children, with some other persons of rank. She has resided for several weeks on board this little vessel, not being permitted to land. Some time ago, hearing that her subjects had fled from their homes, had assembled in the mountains, and were in a state of great excitement, of her own accord she dispatched a letter, which was seized by the French Governor. It has been construed into treason against the majesty of France. I append an authenticated copy, and mark it No. 1. Some of her chiefs were invited in and seized—one of them loaded with irons. They are all still confined on board the frigate Ambuscade. A proclamation was published ten days ago ; it is also appended, and marked 2. These chiefs merely fled, dreading the punishment their friends had received. On Sunday week soldiers came to a house where the Queen's female attendants resided ; they threw their things and the Queen's furniture about, turned them out, and have turned the house into a prison. The poor people, having no shelter, have since then resided in the British chapel. The French Governor has strained every nerve to put this place into a fit state of defence ; he boasts that if two months more be given him, he would defy any ship to enter. The small island in front of the harbour is having an earthen embankment of twelve feet raised on it : fifteen 32-pounders are to be mounted, also barracks built for the gunners. Commanding the entrance to the harbour barracks are built, and a battery being erected, to be armed with fourteen 8-pounders. Other works are being constructed behind the town on the rise of the hill. The French war-steamer went with the proclamation to prevent the natives passing on the isthmus. Some of them, returning to their homes, have been stopped ; several have lost their money and other property. The Governor has gone with 400 soldiers to erect a fort and hem the people in ; an Englishman went with him as a pilot to take the frigate and steamer as far as water would permit. The acting Governor has issued a pro clamation, which I also inclose and mark 3, de claring this place in a state of siege. All English officers are obliged to be on board at eight o'clock, p.m Last night parties were found destroying all English boats hauled up on the beach : a few renegades who are a disgrace to their country have had their property spared. An owner of a vessel, who has just sold it to the French Government, not being able to procure any English house, is residing with his wife, and has young children, in a native one ; he wrote mentioning that his wife is ill, daily expecting her confinement, and requesting he might be permitted to keep a light, but has been re fused. He called on the acting Governor, informed him of the dangerous state of his wife—the same apa thetic reply was given, that no exception could be made in his favour. Now, Sir, I am coming to a fact which will astonish you. A French officer, high in employ, no less a person ' than the Commissary-General, the day before yesterday publicly stated in presence of some Englishmen, that if the natives rise and are joined by any Englishmen, he would go, and with a pistol be the first man to shoot Mr. Pritchard. What must be the state of the vulgar crew when their chief people speak in this assassin-like man ner ? A gentleman is thus spoken of who is a minister of peace. Mr. Pritchard was for many years a mission ary out here. For ten years he has served his country as British Consul ; he is beloved by the Queen, respected and looked up to by the people, devoting many hours to their spiritual good : he is universally well spoken of by the commanders of English vessels ; this has rendered him obnoxious. The French have placed themselves in a sad degraded state when they thus war against those, all the world over respected by belligerents—the clergy and women. Did I pause here, I think I should have given you sufficient ; but where has England suffered an outrage equal to that which was put on her last evening ? Mr. Pritchard left his house to go on board her Majesty's steamer Cormorant to see some of the officers ; .he had only a few yards to walk from his gate to the jetty. The commandant of police, who had been observed all day prowling about, ran out of the guard-house (it is the one from which the Queen's attendants have been expelled, and only a few yards off), without his hat, seized Mr. Pritchard, and hurried him off, followed by some soldiers. Immediately on hearing it the com mander of the Basilisk and myself went off to the acting Governor, M. d'Aubigny ; he refused to tell where Mr. Pritchard was confined. After some demur he gave a paper to Lieutenant Hunt, which he also read aloud. It was of such an atrocious nature that we agreed not to mention the contents, fearing the extra alarm it would throw Mr. Pritchard's family into, and the excitement it would cause amongst the population in general. Judge of my surprise to hear this morning that it was placarded in French, English, and Tahitian on the different public places. I herewith append copies in both the former languages, and mark them 4. A British subject, and he our Consul and the representative of the Majesty of England, treated as a common convict, seized in open day, in the presence of his family, hurried like a vile malefactor along the streets, jeered at by French sol diers as he was dragged in front of the barracks. Is England thus low that she will not call down for ven geance on the dastards' heads who thus dare insult the Person to whose keeping she had confided her honour ? It is not yet forgotten that the persecuted Queen Pomare has been ever the firm friend to Englishmen. Her father and grandfather sheltered and protected them. There is no security for life or property. Many are sending their money and papers on board the vessels in the harbour, and, unfortunately we have only a war steamer carrying six guns, and a ketch of 200 tons here. Was an English man-of-war here, the French autho rities would not dare to have gone to such insane lengths. By the subjoined document, you will perceive that Mr. Pritchard is kept a close prisoner, no one allowed access to him; not even a friendly eye to see him. The document brought by the soldier would not be left; but this translation was taken as it was and loudly read. 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The si lence of the opposite party on the general question may arise from a consciousness of the awk ward position in which Ministers have placed them selves by their vacillating policy, and the consequent difficulty of doing justice to the subject without re flecting discredit on the Government. But in spite of this studious reserve from all discussion, it may be perceived, in the occasional slight allusion to our affiiirs, that a profound abhorrence of the infamously criminal system of Rosas is a prevalent feeling among all who know anything of the war in the River Plate. The accounts which have lately been published of the state of affairs in Monte Video are at once dis tressing to humanity and disgraceful to our own apathy. Monte Video has been exposed for about twelve months, not so much to the more immediate horrors incident to a protracted siege, as to the more hopeless and withering process of a land blockade, efficiently established, and rigorously main tained by a bigoted and remorseless soldier. General Rosas, commanding the troops of the Republic of Buenos Ayres, invests Monte Video with an army which cuts of all communication between the be leagured town and its commercial resources and con nexions. Monte Video contains not only a very con siderable number of English merchants and their families, but Spanish and colonial mercantile esta blislnnents of extensive connexion and character. It is believed, that through this body, in the aggregate, outstanding credits on English account are due, amounting to upwards of 50,0001. The passion of Rosas having, for its peculiar object, the extirpation of foreign commerce, he will not permit the cordon which he has established under the walls of the ill fated city to be broken through on any pretence of communicating with the native and colonial con sumers, from whom these credits are due. The in• evitable consequence, it would appear, must be, that they can never be collected. The Montevidean houses must perish under the continuance of the cruel duresße in which the contend ing pretensions of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video thus operate to keep all foreigners who are shut up in the latter. They have especial reason to complain, and do, accordingly, most vehemently complain, that they have been made the instruments of aggravating the losses which are likely to be sustained by the strong assurances that were given to them by Mr. Mandeville, our Minister, when visiting the shores of the Plata, that the British Government would certainly protect British rights and property in those regions, in the event of the Buneos Ayrean armament entering the territory of Monte Video, by repelling force by :force. In consequence of this assurance—so the correspondence, recently received in London, declares—" large sales of merchandise were made on credit, and orders transmitted to this country for further shipments." When Rosas did cross into the territory, there was a British force in those waters more than five times sufficient to have effected his instant discomfiture and retreat; but he was not interfered with, and has, ever since, cooped up the unhappy residents at Monte Video within the bare walls of their strong position, where the whole community experience the un satisfied cravings for the common necessaries of life. In the meantime the native and other consumers in the interior of the country are becoming, every day, less and less competent to pay for their purchases, owing to the unre lenting destruction of all foreign property, carried on by orders of Rosas throughout the territory sub ject to his vengeance. To such an extent does Rosas indulge his stupid prepossessions against external commerce of any kind, that he had very recently en forced the immediate return, without unloading, of . several vessels which bad arrived with cargoes of pro duce from Corrientes at Buenos Ayres. These car goes were composed, in part, of returns of the native dealers and consumers above alluded to, for the British merchandise and manufactures supplied to them by the importers of Monte Video. It seems, there fowre, that no course more effective could have been taken for sacrificing all chances of reimbursing the shippers or owners of 500,0001. of British merchandise, destined for that market alone. THE LUCIFER MATCH AND TIIE LUCIFER TONGUE. .At the Chelmsford Assizes a boy of nine years old has been found guilty of firing a barn. John Hardy, aged eleven, was also convicted of firing a stack of straw. At Huntingdon, Samuel Baxter, aged ten, was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation for a like crime. These offences are very dreadful—very. We are shocked at the powers of mischief which the lucifer match places in the hands of the reckless and malignant. Terrible is it to contemplate blazing stacks of hay, and straw, and wheat—most terrible to imagine the savage satisfaction gleaming in the eyes of a starved, and therefore sullen and revengeful peasantry. How ever, the evil-doers are caught, arraigned, and sen tenced; and little would it avail them if, in the dock, they were to make the most contrite, yea, abject apology for their wickedness. The crime, they might declare, was accomplished in an idle, reckless, or passionate moment; and therefore they humbly begged pardon of judge and jury, and of the directors of the offices insuring the destroyed property,—and so, having apologised, the culprits might trust that nothing more would be said of the matter. Alas! such apology benefits not the incendiary with the lucifer match; he is not permitted to " explain," but is inevitably t ransported. How different the fate of the incendiary with the lucifer tongue 1 lit may idly, passionately, malignantly apply his combustible to the character of any man ; he may in the House of Commons—beneath that awful roof where laws are made to restrain and punish the vindic tive and ferocious passions of men—he may ther e , in his place and solemn function of statute-maker, cast fire about him,—and when caught in the fact, when become an object of most unenviable attention—he may apologise for his inadvertence ; he may declare that he meant nothing ; that he is very sorry if he have used his lucifer tongue to the inconvenience of any gentleman, and therefore hopes that his accidental use of the brim stone will be looked ever. Great is the privilege al-. lowed to the lucifer tongue,—but woe to the errings of the lucifer match ! Is it not so, good Mr. Wodehouse ? The lucifer tongue may " apologise," and the lucifer match is transported.—Punch. SUN-PRINTED BANK NOTES.—The only specimens of photography, strictly speaking, are some bank notes that have recently been produced. They are first engraved by the action of light upon the metal plate, and then printed from that plate in the usual way, and by the ordinary pro cess! This wonderful power will, doubtlessly, produce, era long, most remarkable effects. As regards bank notes, however, so prepared, the public will require to be careful, if they conic into circulation. Some time since all our gold was weighed; and people will still have to guard against light money when these sun-printed notes come into existence. DISPATCH IN WAR.—Captain Warner's apparently remarkable and extraordinarily powerful explosive and de structive agent, whatever it may be, calls to mind a saying of George the Third, in relation to inventions for destroying life in war. Bishop Watson was at a levee, after his sue cessful experiments on his improved gunpowder had been made, when the then Duke of Richmond, Master-General of the Ordnance, informed his Majesty that they were in debted to the Bishop for that great improvement in its fabri cation. On the latter saying he ought to be ashamed, inas much as it was a scandal in a Christian Bishop to instruct men in the mode of destroying mankind, the King answered, " Let not that afflict your conscience, for the quicker the con flict the less the slaughter." FIRE IN THE BEAUFORT PIT OF BLACK BAND.— The subterranean fire which has for some time seriously alarmed every person interested in the welfare and prosperity of_this and the adjoining mineral districts, has been at length, with much labour and difficulty, subdued, so that the men were enabled to resume their accustomed employme n t on Tuesday se'nnight— Cambrian. BOULOGNE AND CALAlS.—During the week ending the 25th instant, the greatest number of persons ever em barked or disembarked from these places entered or left them from or for England, namely, 4,389 ; of which 3,328 were at Boulogne, and 1,061 at Calais. BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT RETREAT.—John Dick enson, Esq. of Abbott's hill, Herts, has with great liberality given a plot of ground, of about three acres in extent, situated Langley,l'he granodunisdlies b on et h w i e s en est K at i e n , g t ,s othis institution.angelxeycelalnendt Abbott's ad mirable located for the houses which the managing commit tee of this body intend to build f or d ecayed booksellers, their widows, and assistants.—Literary Gazette. wasC O a n cas ßT e o O f F eo S ns E i S d S e l r Bi importance, CiiAN °ahNl. A a N s defining S M IT e - 1 law h i s n regard to the rights of a f ema l e i n disposing of effects after enteringinto contract of marriage. The prosecutor in this case pleaded that only one day previous to his marriage his bride, at the instigation of certain interested parties, had dis posed of heritable and other effects to a considerable amount, bequeathed to her by a former connection. The same hav ing been remitted to the Court of Session, it was there found, and decreet accordingly pronounced by Lord Cuninghame, that said deed was illegal, and null and void; and granted warrant agreeably thereto for such being expunged from the public records and of none effect. —Edinburgh Evening Post.: LAUGHABLE, THOUGH SERIOUS.—A lad who bawls " hot cakes—hot cakes I" around the town of Newport, daily, with lungs like those of Stentor, last week opened his mouth so wide in bawling, that he was unable to shut it again, till having run through the streets, with distorted mouth and horrible grimaces, towards the residence of the first surgeon he thought of, he procured medical aid, and had his unfortu nate jaw reset; and now he may be heard—though in much lower key, again pursuing his usual avocation of bawling and selling "hot cakes—hot cakes."—Monmouth Low FARES ON RAILWAYS.—If any proof were re quisite of the advantage of low fares to railway traffic, it has been satisfactorily furnished by the case of the Croydon Rail way. Since the reduction in the fares on that line the traffic has increased in a remarkable manner, the amount received for passengers having been greater in the last week than in any week since that ending the 14th of September, 1841, and the number of passengers carried exceeding that of any one week since the Whitsun-week in Juno, 1840, with one excep tion only, which occurred in the corresponding week of June, 1841. The Croydon-fair weeks in every year are, of course, likewise excepted.—Railway Record. Upwards of a hundred large religious paintings, by artists of the seventeenth century, are at present being suspended in the chapel and choir of Notre Dame. One bears the name of Corneille, who flourished towards the close of that century.—French ,Print. of 5 " rig* w -t s° P , 17 , :L oos , ;if