The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-20 00:00:00

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I '4..;:et 1 . 7, 7.7. 1 .. t '..;'-'''...:'''' - - / j . } 11~r r, / --=, i_~~ 2'Z ASTURIAN MINING COMPANY, ;Established in accordance with THE COMMERCIAL CODE OF SPAIN. 11115 CAPITAL, £300,000, ) 06 0 shares of .£2O each ; Spanish Reals 2,000 ; Francs 500. Deposit, £2 per Share. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. GIDEON COLQUIIOUN, Esq., Chairman. • SIR WILLIAM YOUNG, Bart., Deputy Chairman. Qaniin 'larding, Esq• Julian Skrine, Esq. j o h i r Edward Stoptbrd. Lieut.-Colonel Fitch. E sq. Henry Scale, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) onntv.— CORRESPONDING DIRECTORS. T he De Causaus, Paris. esital 41 4 1 11 11 de Gras de Pr e i gne , M.C . D. (P res ident of the Pyrenean °ln PanY). 40 4 Ilorat, °vied*. sory notes ending the , and SeOt xhibiting ik of Dig robation of to discool t of money titer more. - hen such the pap a tch 1300 No. 16,074. LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING SLT N FEBRUARY 20, 1844. 7 PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING a t FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Ti m e f o r the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS axd a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON sip to that Hour. LoxDOIC BANKERS. —Messrs. llankey and Co. t oil e. — Aguirrevengott, Son, and Urribarren. -al anain.—Marquis de Remise. Ov ano.—Rousseatix and Company. Salitemnla.—Juim de la Pedraja. kti"IANDING COUNSEL.—G. A. Young, Esq., Lincoln's Inn. 43-- 3tessrs. Amory Sewell, & Moores, Throgmorton-street. . C o ,. S ECRETARY . --John Charretie, Esq. Ltleri s h,;''PanY has been formed Sr the purpose of working several . "R ~,and valuable con cess i ons o f C oa l, Iron Ore, and other Mi tt 1 1.1 4 )''aated in the province of Oviedo (Principality of the As advast..,„"' the n 8 ewe of Spain, which have been acquired upon very L berg, e °,,, :eta e li Ane last four years, scientific and practise' Miners have exploring mineral districts of the Province, and acs M ''' h eir Inquiries combined with those of its own Surveyors el's, MiningL the Company to secure the possession .NlUtes e - . 4 1 of Property, unequalled, even in Spain, for the "litont `"" variety of its Minerals, the facilities of working them to Th e , and their contiguity to excellent ports of shipment. ti4e .cild %neea ' i o na abound i agentiferou lead ore, iron, copper, be t 4 eksliver, and coal ; n the r e espective s qualities of which have k over t „ ef L i ay tested by English chemical essayists ; and which are efinal to the best ores and metals in this country. ee - `a, ties of the coal are shown by one analysis to be equal to l'httr LiAlNorth of England ; and by another to be free from sul (,,:rl:e -;`,„.__`° resemble the Staffordshire and Welsh coal. "`4 -1 1 to be obtained from the smelting of the rich iron ores ts e eof , Ind in the vicinity of the coal mines), and the menu -1444 t t the !m -ist of on, may be estimed from l the prohibitedfacts— th • erteo bar _ iron into Spain is . virtual y _ Th b . y . a duty of kwhilst pig iron is subject to a duty of 3.) .) , and that zi ot " v r iee of bar iron is 231. lOs. As the iron can be produced at 44 ee e eXeeeding that in this country, and as its enhanced price ZeI44NY reduced the consumption of Spain and her colonies to ' 4 ,..ess en l'olitt of necessity a profitable and entensive market for n l ankh) is at once insured to the Company. ~41,1 , — , rt of shipment selected by the Company, are those of - "'tva de Sella. The former port is capable of admitting tons burthen ; whilst that of Riva de Sella boasts of „% k aafest and most commodious harbours in the North of (74e, river Sella, whose embouchure forms the port, can be tb.-,'Lgable at a comparativelyl limited cost, for several miles nerc•:nlerlor, and within a short distance 'of some of the Com kiLrotuVt valuable mineral concessions. -1 1 -- t) a , ar rangements which have already been concluded in the 4411 / 4 *, Most productive operations of the Company can be irn 7tsi, thProceeded with, so as to ensure an early return upon the els3l rnaY be placed at the disposal of the Directors. ~...71 1 glg Code of Spain is well known to be highly protective of s ' - °t. foreigners who conform to its regulations. The pro tired by them can be sold or bequeathed in the same manner - `atia t 3 ' were naturalised subjects ; and in the event of war ut between Spain and the nation to which the miners owe their properties come under the special protection of the rite ""'d are absolutely exempted from encroachment or reprisal. I,„_ ll4 3lle: in ciPality of the Asturias, from its geographical position and "'Mt, enjoyed and the moral character of its inhabitants, "'Mt, enioYed a Complete immunity from the political agitations b‘ lvith the d isturbed other parts of the kingdom. -41 oltie ge view of identifying the inhabitants of Spain with this I ti 'llor 4 iL d ertaking, one third part of the shares has, upon the appli .ymttry'allential individuals, been reserved for distribution in that Nt o • 44 1;: ktral " of the Company to be superintended by a Board of Di -I,NW Will hold their meetings in London. key h ( co tution of the Company is that of an anonymous corn -07, eoemTPania anonima), in accordance with the 276th- Article of 'llief,'` e , r eial Code. By the 278th Article, the Shareholders are t ,l b ite De 4 , o the extent of their interest in the capital stock. May be obtained, and applications for shares will Tbr - . be ttle solicitors, Messrs. Amory, Sewell, and Moores, No. bLIt te_ o rton-street. s 'ated in the Spanish newspapers that the duty will be lin- Y Increased 26 per cent. E,,AUTHORITY of his MAJESTY the Emp t ri i6th 0f.,—,,R0R of AUSTRIA.—WiII take place irrevocably on It s , 4 Tt March, 1844, the DISTRIBUTION of NINE beautiful 150,.„;,,' a value from 1,480,054 Francs, and MONEY PRIZES I„.,N:r"u Francs down to 125 Francs of Common Bonds, and In eZtikhlDistribution of the Red Bonds 32,509 gains will be obtained, ay 61 Bond must gain a higher or lower amount. Price of a s z ... ond, 11. ; a R e d Bond , 2/. ; for 5/. Five Common Bonds and ; IN sto tond ; for 10/. Eleven Common Bonds and Two Red ; for s . 4 3 :l ll ree Common Bonds and Three Red. ,11; ',Tout delay, to Messrs. JACOBS and Co., Bankers, Frank ' wit amine •or save Postages, Letters may be addressed to cob to Wellclose-square. I :LNT ELASTIC SUBTENSION LATHS %Luis PEDSTEA.DS, SOFAS, CHAIRS, and CARRIAGES. txp'robstr` Invaluable invention has new stood the test of public i, p 4 TI for three years. il i desQlbee respectfully invites attention of parties furnishing to Vlki 4 ZDos e ` e appendage to the seat requisite for comfort and plea "Ai., The unpleasant warmth by feather-beds is entirely . ob- JO --4 't by the aplication of the Elastic Lath, its luxurious Li rotal. ned when them attress only is used. Ali ' L KIE. Cabinet and Chair Manufacturer, 20, Nassau ddleee, Hospital. Aztu ItYTHING for the TOILET at MECHI'S k g ° lt ,l3tri or ~FACTORY, No. 4, LEADENHALL-STREET, London. lattkrite l `Lair, nail, tooth, shaving, and fleshbear ; clothes and ez; combs, washing and shaving soapious nail and corn , 111441tlif a ?ors, razor strops and paste, and shaving powder ladies 1e at 3;72 1 8 dressing-cases, either with or without fittings, in Viral itia 7r, Mahogany, rosewood, and japan ware ; b0xe5,, 0 2,b7 eP o cket-books, elegantly fitted ; also netting en 'ki On c ard cases, note and cake baskets, beautiful inkstands, -- utY of recherché articles, not to be equalled in London. tvR GE ATHERLEY, a t p resen t, an d for t t 1.4 , - Months past, residing at No. 10, South-street, King's ' Lit h I eh M e A; _, Parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, grocer, cheesemonger, and and previously for twenty-four months residing at No. 07ler:;_ctitstreet aforesaid. as a grocer, cheesemonger, and general 01247 for live w ee k s o f the same per i od occupy i ng an d renting Zilit,i o nd No . P r emises at 42, Henry-street East, Portland-town, trlter''_,"vro(xl, all in the county of Middlesex, as a cheese it,..presenaao butterrnan, do hereby give notice that I intend 10 Petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall ovidon, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate, I.7 l otiu - ":' and to be protected from all process, upon making a full Vest a nd surrender of such estate and effects for payment of titntand lawful debts ; and I hereby further give notice, that le% kb, ertiaed *lied the matt er o f th e sa id pet i t i on s h a ll b e heard is to „, .44 the London Gazette and in the Morning Sun news . -- ‘oi thi g Toath at the least after the date hereof; as witness my .6th day of F e bruary, in the year of our Lord. 1844. tic,„ GEORGE ATRERLEY. .4.l:latthte presence of Richardlnid t tn er , i r y licltor, 16, Clifford's Vl.77.r,o,r3triey for the said N George TED SPECTACLES, ac I N b uPEs on t , „bTlC INSTRUMENTS for DEAFNESS, TELE. I), a tronis e d` A GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, t ' W aiter Y his Majesty the King of Hanover, s'c ii . e 2k r c• Grace the , ' Wager tr l uch eu of Bedford, their Graces the Archbishop of Can. 4114 Ma nch e eit a a ! es N.rfolk, Devonshire, Argyle, Marlborough, essrs. 8. alindEßl3l T• he 1," tdonishin •B. soCAL TESTIMONIALS. r_ ....ro rd thase tolnons' newly.invented Spectacle Lenses of the '4-an:par:el:eer to extrem ely im p erfect vision. We give I ts▪ ss ecided preferenc. e to every other kind of Lens— . the clear. Zztablel individuals rings every oboct very distinct, and ti4•l4B4cYit t h h e e Y s ar i e to v ie w the most minute particle with perfect _Particularly plefaant by candlelight, as they appe o ar zi k ,„ ,‘ and soften bright and brilliant lights.--1. Ltlti kth. Co ' Great George . street , Westminster ; T. J. Fetts. St.o-stre e . L h ' 8, Saville-row ;J. Ramsbottorn, Esq. M.D., Georg e A. White; Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament kitillitonOre Cursharn, Esq., M.D., 5, Savill,row; Frederick Iteon,'2B . M•D ,7, Upper Gower-street ; H. Golburn, Esq., g tit , gur.eo._ i r _ l eyford-place, Kennington , Alexander Farquhar, N e geoh " Cadoganplace, Belgrave.square ;W. Day, Esq., !Worth ; John Hooper, Esq., Surgeon, 29, Newington katin• s. e -... ,e -str eet 1 1 .11 . SOLOMONS, Opticians and Aurists, 39, Albe /SCLOr their ridilly, opposite th e York Hotel Invisible and all 441'4 errs n ely-invented and a dva nc e dl INSTRU. enable individuals at an age, and of 40 and 50 of extreme deafness, instantly to join in general con. ' B ,Zu e catch the sound of a distant low speaker at Church, A - 1: o that inThey pour the conversation into the ears to such an lnost severe cases deafness cannot be observed. th - e lailei:nftt Powerful Newly-invented ACHROMATIC OPERA ,Kltatre which are invaluable on the race-course, as well as at tik n i Tel„ e ' te• 44 1 ,, Dew s , Pee for the waistcoat -pocket possess extraordinary for sooting, seapurposes &c. • and w:th stands tor tar, tr,-;':ti Observations with the celebrated Lenses of the most le thennt brilliancy', the powers are so great over all others, tr so bright and brilliant, that the most minute objects `'ll eh ir m arY distance are brought completely under the eyes. ourists, and Sea-side Visitors, will here have a great qate 4 nd Compound MICROSCOPES, bx which the circulation rly an and lea can be seen.nwing in great streams. _msessrs. S.B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists,.a o re r hiilate Ne t c onnected with a Person of the same Name in their Aketittakeilkhbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To p re . l e-str i Cautious, and observe, only to be had at , "'site -sire Piccadilly, opposite the York hotel. ko b SUtp,'. R HEUMATISM AND RHEUMATIC GOUT •-•AYS t• - •,.• • . • . • t he are "Uti 1 AND RHEU _MA lIC PILLS .y, t per v , i a certain and safe remedy,. they restore tranquillity to pul),./ give tone to the etc mach, and strength to the whole 6.1q 1 k. ti,Z° rtes medicine can be compared to these excellent tatilpsive'i ent the disorder from attacking the Stomach or Head, red tkousands from pain and misery to health and tst,'' by Willoughby and Co., late B. G. Windus, 61, Bishops anti nearly all Medicine Venders, at Is. liAd. or `28.:4d. A POP LEX Y PREVENTED. Ap~ET'6'II:IMINATION of BLOOD to the HEAD, ste,, ° ' LL XY, &c., effectually prevented by the' occasional 4act,ittherii, AMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH," ivhich, by tne action of the stomach and promoting a healthy 1 141 04'N , if estion of thefood prevents ' s tecurrence of those symp. 4 ,ltij, hoi4 a."ning disorder , oppression of the brain, old w i th2n the ears, hoad.ache o n o They are an excellent tribtourtt griping or prostratf strength, create appetite, h e „ invigorate the spirits, whlle to the free . liver or t , ' l ,lr._,advantages that will not fail to be appreciat , ed . a to ; , ou t , 229, Strand, London ; Price ls. and 2 ski. the venders of medicines generally throughou t the ..,' , 4 e ` rt . ''ov,p4htt kttr,...ANPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the 'Neat 'vis of 14 Thomas Prout , k 129, Strand, London," on the To u, PUBLIC NOTICE. " L IPPEm 434 , OXFORD-STREET. ~., e r , ~..S. OWNERS„ CAPTAINS. AND OTHERS. , 4I,T'N/4 ) n es of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. stle,, Patro ' s : t " E ' S EYE SNUFF.—Under the 1 N 4 ,--tor I caße of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the hei d end ed rit, and the Lords it s ' Treasury, is universally re- Zit t o ti °Y the Facult) for efficacy in removing disorders 141- Pes, E „Yes and ead. '...STORED' NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND lt, I IY th e DEAFNESS CURED! etn.tir!tod relnost.simple, dclightful and frasr int Compound! .4,‘lfttr,r in i-vno acco !ert;_have I,l2pPlication is fraught' v. ith pleasure , many thousan,l I T'Plished by its use, at a trifling ..p. , nse, yet 114 . ! t or ? t „ ei je)et:ation. ..if testimonies be necessary to induce the l'r 'l . tF:' (4. the 4 rial . K 'ngs, Lords, and . Commons have used. 4 4eti ti e b ueb,. reasury have sanctioned its use. Th eir . late Ma. Okst ° llers_,F" of Kent, the most eudnent Ocu lists, Medical t n 'ohe. i ° ,tle., ne , 1 ,1 that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised ~ fi e he pele snul?!..ated. Herbaceous Compound, known as . Gri,mt , kl, t.i Yes an d , l for its efficacy in removing _ all diseases inc_id. 9 tta ti `..q ~ 1 rseart. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F.R.S. See .1. B. Lacti :4,. 0 441 -etter, Whitehall D Thomas Andrews calls it 4 41 / 4 ... be h ltle " th7g --11 ,_ee his ieport r s . touchin . g it s utility. The late ttro-°;) call '. wi to many others, recommend Grimstone's Eye 4- ht -''' s '. " Man's best Friend," and the "Student's Vade ki ted t o ..,Fe the ~., -., ' , neat ant c.aLlY thousand letters of Testimonies,. ci un 4 hi -clr itY. with others of the first respectability. , extra ordinsottingham, Aug.2sl, 1841 . }. orei s , - zt Cue is attested by Mr. James Wilcocksou, e _,Nr , .'' Sn uff,nd Cigar Merchant, Nottingham. 1 1 ,,'Z'',, feel To Mr. W Grimstone. k Ai ~- ` 4 th e 2 ,..rfat Pleasure in . sending you the particulars of my ) 4 rl e"4ltistie iP!raculous cure performed on myself, by using our t ear,. bative n'?e-Sriuff: Sir, lam now in my ninety-third year, to k ,!'hot W heth e . 1-I°l4nd, have been in this country twenty.siit sh e e i o Z, bo t in_ronl change of climate, or my advanced age, re l . k et lt i la h vg le to t...irts:vx years I have been deprived of sight, i th , e , ein i cliti,,, e ned retna,° toy . business. Ido most sincerely be te I th tit er 'Of a hi in darkness and pain bu for the kind recom r,cove 'Your ; n cl to Use your invention. I purchased a 2s. 4d. ~. be f alls kent, Mr. Wilcockson, tobacconist, who knows !isht3' of that, hest;nd will bear witness to my extraordinary el!Ir th e s ; aeehre inestimabk blessing of our life—. Perfect t. this 1 44 /te of t h i roceeded from the use of your Eye Snuff: e ',..titi l. tter , .‘,l°'e suffering, you may make what use you please ‘HI to titer t h'l ‘,....ilcockson and many others will vouch for its knn„._ in to this gentleman, being your Agent, A 0,,, , -ii 1 Not Vt,';'5.4". 1 841. I am, Sir, your obliged servant , h o alinn"..--.1 shot ' • ANNNIS ZENIA MASSENIA. tothlpr,etroo e nd .,44tai„ not do_ you ju,tice without stating my relief ed t or by e . e . e ,, . 51 Y . eycs became clear and free from g,,,ihioy q.!,(1 sm all nrin e t nttst in its tie very frequently, 1 . am i l e fot, ll 7 l , g blessio`i...s.uithout the aid of glasses, and continue . l otti nah do recov orne fight! tree from pain I have reason to be aodbierve the lad your Eye Snuff to all 1 know. 1,1 41 4triterous 'll te ohl the C aution A. Z. M. by him. es, 4 Is 434 ;enui ne is— preparesßlSTONE is the sole inventor, hrt?Y r ictO r ~1 . 3 . , Is. n' c l i i . e rliae us Compound of Herbs is sold in sqcou rt ' 4 7 , . ORI Ni , 5 i,• 0 4 4., , 4 , . 4d., is., and 15s. d . 6 each, by the 0, 14, ‘t th e H ad end late ~ L, at No. 434, Oxford-street, 1 otten tt„.tipat . r _ w erb ary. } i of No. 29, Broad-street, Bloomsbury), Fel e ' i ', re, e a u ns ' ne , 'ftate ; and can also be obtained in all the it s 44 herat N lltatu, an , me. A liberal allowance to Shippers, /I nian Sn uff . r is Fall Vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. Phis o ah n qUaliti e .,,rippel to all quarters of 11 - e globe, and retains " .1 41/11 , ,a t e , s , t tioti",:verY climate. All Snuffs and Cigars shipped as HIGkigATE. 21,828,000 18,964,000 2,86 4 A ° 4,98 0,138 4,82 2,675 157,463 3,44691, 3,234, 9 ' 211,434 2,g01, 746 61 110,345 3,581, 0 1 3,480, 65 ..-----,,, 91.3 P 2,429156! 68•5'w g 0 013° 15,4 8 ' O OO 14, 838 ' 842 - KCE' tIDAY. alb ded, eats, one 3yrne) niey), a 9 ......... ....... Ghlo, 4r;eda 3 " br C 3, yr 9-- Mar -Jessie4ii;" . sv 7st ,A,, 0 00, 71- - PPbiof .;'eleste, yrs" — ter iel _ suit h. ?illy, L rat a [tigani4 d l4 - 5E l 4 AYS' whethero ced i" t° , 0, 8 ;e duril i ° ll lo of th e Le to b 10 0 4 nd whf o oo to p errecl t° s the ow j rni o y t tee ao l we' reip CA ailivai P V from tb e e 0 . : 1 1 of anY n g the P LAR C i" fis ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED i n ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. GBEAT LEAGUE MEETING The Weekly Meetings of the League will in future be held on the WEDNESDAY in place of the Thursday Evenings as heretofore. The next WEEKLY MEETING of the LEAGUE will take place in COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, To-mottaow EVENING, February 21st. GEORGE WILSON, Esq., will take the Chair at Seven o'clock. The meeting will be addressed by Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P. ; James Wilson, Esq., and other gentlemen. The Entrance to the Dress Circle will, in future, be at the Private- Box-door on the Queen's Side, in llart•street. The Cards of Registered Members only, will, as heretofore, admit to the Pit and Galleries of the Theatre. Dv[EINE BROTHER during a very short tim VIDENDS to their Correspond( DIVIDENDS OF £25,000, £lB,OOO, £9,000, £5,000, 1 £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 Forthleaven Harbour, £9OO, £7 O O, £7OO, £6OO to Li verpool, £9OO to Hull, £9OO to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, They beg to CALL THE ATTENTION of those desirous to obtain LARGE MONEY DIVIDENDS to the APPROACHING TWEN TIETH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, GUARANTEED by the GOVERNMENT. This distribution offers the 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 EVERY HOLDER of ONE SHARE has a CHANCE of TWENTY ONE in his FAVOR to ONE (ONLY ONE) AGAINST HIM, 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 BROTHERS, at LUBECK. *** The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had GRATIS upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. January 1, 1844. tS, having REMITTED Le very large amounts of MONEY enta iu Great Britain and Ireland ; DIVIDENDS OF , £9OO, £6OO to Manchester, £7OO to East Retford, Notting , hatushire, £7OO to Comm, Lancashire, £7OO to Hyde, Isle of Wight, £6OO to Cork, £6OO to Bradford, • £6OO to Bideford, £3OO, £3OO to Lisbellaw, N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu tion, both in its life assurance and deterred annuity departments, par ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies — the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, a s well as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the amount already invested ; and this bonus, according to an equitable scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future premiums. DISEASED IND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE. - - 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Capital, £500,000. This Office is provided with very accurately constructed Tables, by which it can ASSURE DISEASED LIVES on Equitable Terms. The Extra Premium discontinued on restoration of the Assured to permanent health. INCREASED ANNUITIES granted on unsound Lives, the amount varying with the particular disease. Members of CONSUMPTIVE FA3fILIES assured at Equitable Rates. lIEALTHY LIVES are Assured at Lower Rates than at most other offices. Policies of twelve months' standing are not affected by Suicides, Duelling, &c. ; and Assigned Policies are valid from the date of the Policy should death ensue front any of these causes. F. G. P. NELSON, Actuary. AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and GENE RAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COMPANY, 126, Dishopsgate-street, corner of Cornhlll. Capital 2.0,0001., in 2,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. _ Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. Robert Brooks, Esq. Charles E. Mangles, Esq . Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. BANYKRB—Union Bank of London. CoLostaL Balms's—The Bank of Australasia (Incorporated by)loyal . _ Charter, 1833), No. 2, Moorgate-street. So!Among—Mears. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Co. PnxinctAN—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square. SECRETARY—Edward Ryley, Esq. .ASSURANCES may be effected with this Company at unusually favourable rates, affording every variety of accommodation to the assured. Participation in profits, ascending and descending scales of premium, permission to retain one-third of the premium, which is oharged as a debt against the policy, tables for the assurance of a sum payable in the event of death to the executors of the assured, or to himself upon the attainment of the ages of 4S, 50, or 60. 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IRVINE, Managing Director. WILLIAM BARTLEET and SONS, Suc cessors to DURNFORD and Co., late of Gracechurch street, and MANUFACTURERS of NEEDLES and FISH lIOOKS, at REDDITCH, inform Merchants and Wholesale Dealers that their Town Warehouse is No. 73, ALDERMANBURY, where the above Manufactures, its sold by DURNFORD and Co. ; also their own PATENT NEEDLES, and Needles and Fish Hooks of all descrlp t on arc supplied. TEN THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD! This reward will be give by MOSES and SON, (Who have certain good: easons for what they've done,) To any, applying, when once they have shown, A warehouse whose articles rival our own. We refer not alone to the City's small sphere, But the whole of Great Britain's wide Lind, far and near. Nay more! we will challenge the universe round. And whenever the MOSES'S rivals are found, '1 h " Reward," above mentioned (don't misunderstand), Will, without hesitation, be paid on demand; Though " Ten Thousand Pounds be the sum that's at stake, We are, certainly, far from beginning to quake !" For we know that throughout the whole world there is none, That can rival the warehouse of MOSES and SON." Our Clothing, besides b ing best in the trade, Is sold at such prices as never were paid. IVe've choice" Taglioni's," with "lining right through," As low as " nine shillings"—what more can we do 9 We've beautiful " Chesterfields," made in first styl •," " Ten shillings and sixpence" (no wonder you sir Del! Our " strong Wint•T Trous rs," which " warmly we line," " Four and sixpence" will buy ,• and we've "doeskin " for nine." " Three and Sixpence," a " Warm 'Winter Vest" will obtain, And a " Dress Cost" (" well-ethed") "twenty shillings" will gain. For " Thirty-two shillings" we'll make one to measure," And the " very best," " Fifty five shillings" with pleasure. Our " Trousers to measure," you'll say are not dear, For " Twenty-six shillings," we've " best Kerseyracre," And " doeskin to ordei" for " Ten" are made here. We could mention a Thousand such prices as these, But that we will beg to deer, it you please. One question we'd ask (for we've very good grsunds), After making our statements, which, doubtless, astounds, What chance do you stand of your " Ten Thousand Pounds t" C ABBU R N' S ANTI-DOLORIC OIL M RE r. 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Mercantile Reactions, and the degrees in which they have been induced by Banking Paper Currency and l'ri vale Credit ; 5. Immediate Causes of Existing Difficulties ; 6. General Conclusions on the Causes of National Distress. Part 11. Remedies for the National Distress. Division One— Remedies by Legislation. Section 1. Suggestions for Enlarging the Home Market ; 2. Abrogation of Agricultural Protection ; 3. Ex tension of the Foreign Markets by Free Trade ; 4. Suggestions on the New Corn-law and Tariff; 5. Utility of a Commercial Congress of States for the reciprocal Revision of Tariffs ; 6. Relief from more Liberal Policy towards our Colonial and Foreign Possessions ; 7. Benefits from the Settlement of the Currency of the Kingdom ; 8. Ought Contracts to be Adjusted, and Funded Property specially Taxed ; 9. Emigration ; /10. Conclusion of Legislative Remedies. Division Two—Remedies by Capitalists. Division Three—Remedies by the Working Classes. Conclusion of Essay. 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The Government has resolved to adopt the most active measures to put an end to the traffic in slaves on the African coast, anti the French Government has also determined ou the same course. The Penelope, 22, steam-frigate, Captain W. Jones, and the Prometheus, Lieutenant-Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco, and two or three other steamers, are about to be dispatched to the coast of Africa, which they will scour in those latitudes where this nefarious traffic is carried on. The smaller steamers will go up the rivers and examine every inlet and creek where it is possible for any slaver. to be con cealed, and the search along the coast will be so nitiiiite that it will be impossible for any vessel to escape the vigilance of the squadron. Three French steamers are being equipped for similar service on the African coast, and there will be the most cordial co-operation between the French and English cruizers in every plan resorted to for the effectual suppression of the slave-trade. Six iron steamers, of 250 tons each, are being built by contract for the use of Government, as dis patch-boats. Messrs. Ditchbourne and Mare, of Blackwall, are constructing three of them, and the remaining three are being constructed by Messrs. Robert Napier and Co., of Glasgow. The Albion, 90, Captain Lockyer, is now lying at Cork, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Bowles. The statements that have been published in some of the papers respecting the capabilities of this ship are altogether at variance with the facts as officially reported t o th e Admiralty. The following account may be relied on as authentics—Her armament on the main and lower deck consists of 12 68-pounders and 52 32-pounders, long guns of 56 cwt. each. On her quarter deck and forecastle she carries two 68-pounders, and twenty four 32-pounders, Bft. 6in., making in all 90 guns actually mounted. She has five months' provisions on board, and could easily carry tons s ix , having water,filledwith t hu twelve e the vacancy and necessaries, and t en months ' fuel. Her d raug ht of water is twenty-three feet s i x i nches forwar d , an d twenty four seven inches aft. Wh en at sea her spee d, s t a bility, and quickness in working and s t eer i ng, were f u ll y an d most satis factorily tested. On a t r i a l b y t h e w i n d, w ith as stiff a io n ts h s tO i r t wood. She has 407 t s e breeze as her masts could bear, under double-reefed top sai l s, top-gallant sails, and courses, with her head within six poiiits of the wind, she went ten knots, and never heeled more than four degrees and a half during the whole time. In a mode rate breeze, with single -reefed topsails, courses, and top gallant-sails, she went 9 6, as close as she could lay, and stayed without either jib or spanker, and had the fore-sheet aft within two minutes. The height of her mid-ship lower deck port is 6ft. Bin. from the water, and she was enabled to keep some of her lower deck ports open when under double reefed topsails. She is considered by her captain and officers to be the most perfect line-of-battle-ship in the service, and it is considered doubtful whether even the Vanguard, 80, built by the same constructor, which has hitherto beaten every other line-of-battle-ship, would have any chance with the Albion. --------- The Victoria and Albert Royal steam-yacht, is ordered to be got ready early in June for the use of her Majesty. She has had her boilers removed, and is being fitted with tubular ones. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Bellini's opera of Norma was produced at this theatre last evening with Mrs. Wood as Norma, Miss Grant as Adalgisa, and Mr. Wood as Pullin. The Norma of Mrs. Wood is a fine and impassioned piece of acting—some what deficient, perhaps, in dignity, but full of pathos and energy. She represents Norma as the tender, confiding girl, who, having devoted her whole soul to Pollio, is driven to phrenzy by his desertion. Her " Casta diva" in the first act was beautifully sung, we had fancied that she would have been tempted to introduce too many graces and roulades, but her good taste prevented her from doing this, and she gave this beautiful hymn with the utmost purity of expression. In the scene with Adalgisa and Pollio she was very great. Her manner of giving " His children, too, shall perish," was perfectly harrowing. The duet with Adalgisa in this scene was exquisitely given by Mrs. Wood and Miss Grant, and deservedly encored. Her acting was very beautiful, too, when she resigns Pollio to Adalgisa ; and the trio with which the act concludes was very finely sung by Mr. and Mrs. Wood and Miss Grant. In the opening scene of the second act, her acting was of the very highest order. Driven to mad ness by Pollio's desertion, she rushes to her children's couch to murder them as they sleep ; but when she sees them the mother's feelings triumph, and, throwing from her the dagger, she in an agony of tears presses them to her heart. Then comes the beautiful duet " Deh Conte," which was given with the most exquisite taste and expression, by Mrs. Wood and Miss Grant. In the last scene, after she has denounced herself as the perjured priestess, and sealed her own condemnation, nothing could exceed the touching tenderness of her address to Pollio, and the duet which immediately fol lows, was given both by herself and Mr. Wood, with the most exquisite pathos—then came the impassioned ap peal to Oroveso to save her children, in which her looks, her tones, her gestures were perfectly heartrending. This last scene was a triumph of art, and the curtain fell amidst the loudest applause. Miss Grant's Adalgisa was very excellent. Her fine voice told admirably in the concerted pieces, and the solo in the first act was given in a manner that would have done credit to the most accomplished singer on the stage. We never before heard Miss Grant to so much advantage. She has improved immensely within the last twelve months, and it will be her own fault if she does not, and that at no distant day, rank among the very first in her pro fession. Wood's Pollio was a fine manly piece of act ing, and he sang the music of the part with purity, cor rectness, and taste. He is decidedly the best Pollio on the English stage. The choruses are well got up, and the piece is put upon the stage in the same . complete and excellent manner in which operas are invariably got up at this delightful little theatre. At the fall of the curtain Mr. Wood led on Mrs. Wood, and Weiss, whose fine bass voice told admirably in Oroveso, led on Miss Grant. They were all received with the most rapturous applause. The opera was given out for repetition on Thursday ; and it was at the same time announced that this evening General Thomas Thumb, an American gentleman, only 25 inches high, would make his first appearance before an English audience. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CHESTER Cur. 15 to 1 agst Mr. Sharratt's The Prior—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Cattonite 17 to 1 agst Mr. W. Dawson's Merry Andrew 17 to 1 agst Mr. T. A. Milbank's Sir Robert—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Freedom—taken 20 to 1 agst Colonel Cradock's Pagan 25 to 1 agst Mr. 1). Cook's What 27 to 1 agst Mr. Gough's Greenfinch 30 to 1 agst Mr. Tuting's Tacita—taken freely 33 to 1 agst Sir W. W. Wynn's Rowland—taken 14 to 1 agst all the three years old—taken 500 even between The Prior and Cattonite 500 even between The Prior and all the three years old. Of the two principal favourites, The Prior, although not backed so vigorously as Cattonite, had a very slight call ; the fifteens and sixteens to one about the latter were taken with uncommon spirit. Of the others we need not add anything to the prices given above. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Forth's lot 13 to 2 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck 7 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan—taken 15 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando—taken freely 18 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo 18 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's T'Auld Squire 33 to 1 agst Peel's lonian—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's•Voltri 33 to 1 agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein 33 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campunero 40 to I agst Mr. Quin's Loadstone—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Mr. Pavne's Vat colt 40 to 1 agst Mr. Quin's nd. Foig-a-Ballagh--taken freely 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles—ditto 50 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Bebington 1000 to 10 agst Lord Westminster's Lancet—taken 400 to 100 agst The Ugly Buck and Orlando—taken 1000 even between Johnny Broome and Sister to Grey Moinus colt 1000 even between Beaumont and Sister to Grey Momus c. 1000 even between Boots and Sister to Grey Momus c. We have reported the highest offer against the Ugly Buck, but as no one showed any disposition to support him, and as an offer to back Rattan against him for 500 even was not accepted, we do not hesitate to divest him of the pre miership ; the quoted odds were taken about the new leader, but, judging from what came under our notice, not to any serious amount. Leander was named at 18 to 1, but not backed, owing no doubt to the numerous inquiries about his companion, Foig-a-ballagh, on whom we saw at least 2001. laid out at 40 to 1 ; his opponent, however, maintained his ground to the last. Loadstone came again, and Campunero, with plenty of friends, advanced from 40 to 33 to 1. In other respects the betting, although extremely animated for an hour or two, elicited nothing worthy of observation. OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's lot. 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's The Bee 17 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's The Boarding School Miss (Marpessa filly)—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's All-round-my-Hat—t. LADY SHOPLIFTERS. -On Saturday afternoon, about five o'clock, two elegantly-dressed women entered the shop of Mrs. Rose, jeweller, &c., Farringdon-street, and after looking at several articles, made a small purchase and de parted. Mrs. Rose, however, having had treason to suspect them, sent her lad to watch them ; and after proceeding down Farringdon-street, the younger person entered the shop of Mr. Flemming, pawnbroker. As soon as she had left the shop the boy entered, when he found that she had pledged a hand some gold locket for 21. The lad now followed them, and gave them into the custody of police-constable Adams, 214, who conveyed them to the Fleet-street police-station, where the younger woman was perceived to drop a knife from a pocket made in her boa. The knife, which was a silver one, was identified by Mrs. Rose as her property; and the locket above alluded to was subsequently identified as the property of a silversmith in Cheapside. The women, who were ele gantly attired, gave their address Mrs. Enshaw aid Miss Wells, No. 8, Park-street, Camden-town, where City Police constable Wardle 325, accompanied by the above constable, were sent, and on arriving at their apartments the constables found clothing of the most costly description, all of which, together with seven trunks and one carpet bag, were re moved in a coach to the Fleet-street police-station, where the boxes and carpet bag, on being opened, were found to be literally crammed with silks and satins, &c., chiefly not made up. In one of the trunks was found a quantity of jew ellery, consisting of gold watches, brooches, &c. One of the watches is stated to be worth 30/. This trunk contained also 25 sovereigns. The whole of the property found is estimated at between 300/. and 4001. The nature of the intelligence from Peru, which is generally known in the City, is of itself almost sufficient to show that the price of Peruvian stock is kept up by specula tion rather than by any substantial ground. The army of General Vivanco, under the command of General Guards, and composed of 3,000 men, infantry and cavalry, has been de stroyed by the opposing army under Generals Castillo and Nieto, 300 men wily escaping. The letters state that the Vivanco Government cannot last ; there is every appearance of anarchy, and yet the stock still maintains a high quota tion in our market. The accounts from Ecuador represent that Republic as suffering great poverty under the military despotism of General Flores ; so that, whatever may be the prospects with respect to New Granada, there seems but a slight chance of any arrangement being made to settle the Ecuador portion of the old Colombian debt. Even as far as the New Granada portion is concerned, the rumour alluded to yesterday is without official authority, since the Spanish American committee have heard nothing of the projected mission of an agent to this country, or of a consent by the Government to the terms of the bondholders. Whether IM. Mosquera has anything to communicate remains to be seen.— Times. FIRE IN THE LONDON.-ROAD.—OR Sunday night, between eight and nine o'clock, as police constable 156 L we, proceeding along his beat, his attention was directed to the oil and colour-warehouse belonging to Mr. Grayling, situate at 37, London-road, by seeing a dense body of smoke issuing out of the fanlight over the shop-door. Perceiving that a fire was raging in the interior of the building, he gave the necessary alarm, and dispatched a messenger with Worms tion of the same to the engine station. In a short time the engines arrived in rapid succession, and soon extinguished the flames, but not before the greater portion of the stock in trade was consumed, and the building extensively damaged. Captain Strange, of the 13th Light Dragoons, who escaped from the Military Lunatic Asylum, Fort Clarence, Chatham, on the evening of the 15th of last January, has been discovered, in custody, at the town of Sandbach, in Cheshire, a distance of 160 miles from London. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES IN AFRICA.—A bust of Parian marble, in good preservation, and of exce ll en t execu tion, as it is said, has recently been dug up at Cherchell, in Africa, supposed to be that of Ptolemy, son of the second Juba, and the last King of Mauritania Tingitana, .which is valuable as being unique. Cherchell is the ancient Ciesarea, the capital of that kingdom. The bust is the portrait of a man in the freshness of youth, with the Royal fillet on his brow ; and has a striking resemblance to the likeness on the coins of the Ptolemy in question. It is destined for the Royal Museum. the party assembled at the seat of Mr. Fergusson, at Pitfour, in the Highlands of Scotland, intended to have separated at the commencement of the present month ; but in consequence of the roads being impassable, arising from the heavy fill of snow, they were still detained there. BAPTISM.—The Nottingham Review says :—" On Sunday an aged female was baptised at Loughborough, in the open air; the ice on the surface had to be broken before she could enter the water. She had recently joined the New Tertoovitut discirtet3." PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. SESSION 1844. THE LATE "REBECCA" RIOTS IN `VALES.— There have been delivered from the " Vote-office" parts of the following papers, namely (No. 33), a copy of a "Proclamation issued by her Majesty to cer tain districts in South Wales, dated Monday, 20th October, 1843," which vvas ordered by the House of Commons, on the motion of Capt. Bernal, to be printed, on the 15th instant. This proclamation con cludes with an offer of 5001. and a free pardon from her Majesty, to any person or persons, not being the actual perpetrator of the outrages, or incendiary fires, or any of them recited in the body of the proclama tion, who shall discover and apprehend—or cause to be discovered and apprehended—the "authors, abet tors, and perpetrators of any such incendiary fira—or any such outrage—whereby life shall have been sa crificed; or that they or any of them shall be duly convicted thereof;" such reward of 5001. to be paid " for each and every person who shall be so convicted." Fifty pounds, and her Majesty's pardon, are also offered, under like restrictions against the actual per petrators, to any person who shall, in like manner, apprehend, or cause to be apprehended, any person or persons concerned in any other outrages besides these so described, within the same counties and dis tricts,—on their conviction. Pooß-Llw (No. 31).—Copy of the Reports of the Poor-law Commissioners to Sir James Graham, on the law concerning the maintenance of bastards. (Ordered to be printed, on motion of Sir James Graham, Feb. 14.) NAVY (No. 16).—An account of the annual re ceipt and expenditure for the year ended on March 31, 1843. Presented (in the usual course) pursuant to 2 Will. IV., c. 40. (Feb. 7.) CLONTARF MEETlNG.—Proclamation of his Excel lency the Lord Lieutenant, in Council, against meet ing summoned for Sunday, Oct. 8, 1843. Dated, "Council Chamber, Dublin Castle, Oct. 7." EXAMPLES. Entry. Policy. Age. Sum. Annual Bonus Cash Prem. No Prem. Added. Bonus. Reduced. -- -- X £ s.d. £ s.d. X s. d. £ s.d. 18371 39 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 6 58 19 9 819 4 1838 ll4 56 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 Another Bonus will be declared in the present year. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered — every 21. 12s. per annum, paid ftom the age of twenty, will, at sixty eve, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. 6d., or 3491. 11s. cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at fifty, fifty-flue, 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, See. FOGS AND DAMP AIR. BARCLAfSAS IHMATIC CANDY has, for many years, been proved an effectual Preservative triim tne it effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season, are so prevalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to pres..rve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and io reliever hose who sutler from Diflic illy of Breathing. 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THE CATHEDRAL HOTEL and TAVERN, 48, St. Paul's Churchyard, and 50, Old Change, one door from Cheapside, being most central and cheerfully situate, has superior ac commodation at moderate charges. Soup, Fish, and Joints ready trom One to Seven o'clock. Dinner off the joint, Is. 6d. ; with soup, fish, or entrées, Ste., N. Very choice old Wines and Spirits, and the cele brated Punch. Rooms for private parties, Hot and. Cold Baths, well aired Beds, Ste. Reid and Co.'s splendid Stout, and Bass and Co.'s Pale India Ale. BULL and WILSON, Woollen Warehousemen, beg to inform their n - lends they will be prepared to deliver their NEW SPRING GOODS on and after Monday, the 26th instant. The prevailing styles for Trousers are likely to be the Check Dis tingue and the Stripe de Bourdeaux. A beautiful assortment of French Cachmeres for Vestings direct from Paris. The Saxe Gotha Cloth, a mixture of Silk and Wool, for Light Summer Coats, Waterproof six-fourth Cachmeretts, &c. 52, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross, Feb. 17, 1844. PUBLICATIONS. Just published, price One Shilling, CURRENCY EXPLAINED, in REFUTA TION of the LAST FALLACY of the " TIMES." By VEItUS. Samuel Clarke, 13, Pall-mall East ; and Cowie, Jolland, and Co., 31, Poultry. SMITH'S WEALTH OF NATIONS. Edited by J. R. 3PCULLOCH, Esq. With a LIFE of the AUTHOR, an INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE, NOTES, and SUPPLEMENTAL DISSERTATIONS. In one large and beautifully printed volume, with Two Portraits. Price 21s. A. and C. Black, and W. Tait, Edinburgh ; Longman and Co., London. ROAD BOOK OF ENGLAND. BLACK'S TOURIST and ROAD BOOK of ENGLAND and WALES, in a neat Pocket Volume, price 10s. Gd., contains, besides many admirably Engraved Views of Scenery, the following MAPS and TOPOGRAPHICAL CHARTS :- 1. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY LONDON to SOUTH AMPTON. 2. ISLE of WIGHT and PART of HAMPSHIRE. 3. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY—LONDON to BATH and BRISTOL. 4. MAP of NORTH WALES. 5. LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. 6. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY—BIRMINGHAM to LAN CASTER, and LIVERPOOL to MANCHESTER. 7. The LAKE DISTRICT of CUMBERLAND, WESTMORE LAND, and LANCASHIRE. 8. DERWENT WATER and BASSENTHWAITE. 9. BUTTERMERE, CRUMMOCK, and LOWES WATER 10. ULLESWATER. 11. WINANDERMERE, CONISTON, and GRASMERE. 12. A GENERAL TRAVELLING MAP of ENGLAND. --•— - " A carefully executed work, prettily illustrated, with useful mapi." —Athemeutu. " The characteristics of Black's Picturesque Tourist of England and Wales' are, a more compact and handy form, a more modern style of letter-press, getting up, and illustration, with a very mode rate price."—Spectator. "A decided improvement upon the old Road Book."—John Bull. A. and C. Black, Edinburgh ; Longman and Co., London. OCCUPATION FOR CIIILDREN IN LONG EVENINGS. 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This valuable SUCCEDANEUM for STOPPING DECAYED TEETH, however large the cavity, is far superior to anything ever before used, as it is placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any pressure or pain, and in a short time becomes as hard as the enamel, and will remain firm in the tooth for many years, rendering extrac tion unnecessary. It arrests all fhrther progress of decay, and ren ders them again useful in mastication. Prepared only by Mr. Thomas, Surgeort-Dentist, 68, Berners-street, Oxford-street. Price 4s. 6d. ; and will be sent free by post to any part of the kingdom. Mr. Thomas eontinues to supply the loss of teeth without springs or wires; and has introduced an entirely NEW DESCRIPTION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, which will be found very superior to all others, as they will never decay, nor become discoloured, and their perfect resemblance to nature defies detection even by the closest ob server. This method does not require the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any painful operation whatever. The charges will be found Each lower than most Dentists. Mr. Thomas, Surgeon-Dentist, 68, Berners-street, Oxford-street. At 'wine from eleven till four. LLOYD'S SHIPPING• LONDON, FEB. 19.—Wind S---.W.--,fresll breezes. DEAL, FEB. 17.—Wi n d , W . to *W.:CM., moderate. —Acrd. Harbottle Castle, Young, Mogadore. 18th.—Wind S.W.— Arrd. from the River, Enmore, Ellis, Sydney ; Meanwell , Evans, Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, FEB. IB.—lt bl ew v ery strong all last night from S.S.W., with rain, and continues. —The Albatros, Crocker, from Barcelona t o this port, ran on the Butter Reef yesterday, but came off on the flood without apparent da mage. The Virginia, Jansen, from Breme n to St. Übe's, came into Catwater, 16th inst., to repair. LivEltrom, FEB. 17.—Wind W., fresh.-180, S.W., mo derate.—Arrd. 17th, Triton, Anderson, Valparaiso; Wilson, Staup, Buenos Ayres ; John Brooks, Lacklan„ Laguna ; Lotus, Drinkwater, Laguna ,• Desdemona, Child, New Orleans ; The Duke, Pursell, New Orleans ; Trenton, Man son, New Orleans ; Sheridan, De Pevater, New York ; Caro line, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. 17th, Meg of Meldon, Bleasdale, Calcutta; Peru, Shields, Africa; Swatara, Davis, Philadelphia ; Taulas, Chevar, Boston. 18th, I dare ! Adair, Rio Janeiro; Jane, Hamilton, Africa; Carolina, and Serafin, Havannah ' • Rowland, Blanchard, New Orleans; Columbus, Cole, and Liberty, Norte, New York ; Froger, Eldridge, Boston. WEXFORD, FEB. 16.—The Town of Dundee, steamer, is aground on Gulbar, but is expected off with the flood. YARMOUTH, FEB. 18.—The William Carmichael, of Hull, for London, has been towed in here disrnasted ; The Lord Howick, Foster, of Sunderland, and the Fayle packet, Lang, of Brixliam, have some in here to repair, having been in con tact yesterday off Hasborough ; the former with loss of main boon, &c., and hull damaged, the latter bows stove and loss of bowsprit. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 17.—The Triton, Anderson, arrived at this port from Valparaiso, brings dates from Pernambuco to 4th ultimo. WHITBY FEB. 17.—The Neptune, Bond, of Sunderla n d, which sank ' off Whitby . rock 14th inst., has driven under the East Cliff and gone to pieces. PORTSMOUIII, FEB. 18.—The Defence, Smith, bound t o London, which grounded on the floating-bridge, 16th inst., was got off, yesterday, repaired and proceeded. NORTH SUNDERLAND, EB. 16.—The Gilmerton, Petre, of and from Montrose to London, struck on the Neverstone rock, Fern Islands this morning, and sank, crew saved, and part of stores. FALMOUTH, Fun. 17.—Wind , W.S.W., to S.S.W., f res h . 18th, S.S.W.,fresh gales. OFF THE NEEDLES, FEB. .16.—Atlantic, N ew York, Crosby, St . John for Bremen. CORK, FEL 15.—Arrd. % New Brunswick. ESCAPE OF A MILITARY PR ISONE R. — WiIIiam Blake, a gunner and driver of the Ro y al Art illery, wh o h a d b een found guilty of repeated theft and desertion, succeeded on Thursday last in making his escape from th e I n fi rmary, Woolwich. He had been sentenced to fourteen years' transportation. His escape was thus effected :—Upon being found guilty he reported himself sick, and was taken into the hospital, where he was admitted into the guard-room ward, and during the period of his confinement managed to loose the fastenings of the lock of the outer door of his room leading into one of the passages At t ea o'clock on ThurSday night last he was shut into his room, and a sentry posted over him as usual, but about half-past ten o'clock he managed to elude the sentry, and made his wa y into th e passage. The sentry at the outer door seeing somebody pass from the guard-room ward gave the alarm, but before any assistance could be ob tained the prisoner j u mped upon the wat er - s i nk and out at the passage-window into the back yard, and escape d over the outer wall, and has not been heard of since. A Court of inquiry was held in the Royal Ordnance Hospital on Friday to investigate and report on the circumstance of the escape of the prisoner, and the sentry who was over him has been placed under arrest, but nothing further is known at present A shrewd observer once said, that in walking the streets on a slippery morning, one might s ee w h ere t h e good natured people iiyed by t he ashes thrown on the ice before the door. FLANDERS MAIL. 1 BRVSSELS, FEB. 16.—The Chamber of Representatives commenced the debate on the budget of Public Works. Several members spoke on the subject of iron railways. M. Rodenbach was alarmed at the expense which the coun try had already incurred and those which it would still have to incur for the completion of railroads; the first estimates were 15 millions of francs, and if we do not take care the ex pense will soon amount to 200 millions. The Minister of Public Works compared the English, French, and Belgian systems, and did not hesitate to prefer the latter. The diversity of opinion on this subject is very• remarkable. The King of Sweden, in order to favour the export trade of the kingdom, issued, towards the end of last year, a Royal Ordinance making the following modificatips in the tariff of duties : 1. From the date of this ordinance (17th October), and till further orders, the following articles are free from export duty, namely, alum, pitch in barrels, red ochre, &c. 2. Coals and coke are henceforth, till further orders, free from duty on importation. BELGIAN FUND3.—Baussets, Fes. 18. Actual Debt, 95 per Cent ........... 50 Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent . .....»....« «.. IPS% Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. 99 - Three per Cent. --Thirty-seven Millivns, ditto ...... Loan of City, 185 t, Four per Cent ( . 1840).....—........ 118 N society of Commerce, Four and a lalf per Cent. Bank of Belgium, Five per f_4,S I sue of 1841 ....... ...... 107) 1 11 National Society -- Exchange on London (short) ..... - -Brussels Papers. Feb. 17 ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. A distressing accident occurredvoii Sunday evening, shortly after eight o'clock, near the Wimbledon station of the South -Western ,Railway.. Two :.men named Henry Weller and John Weller (father and son),_ accompanied by a third in dividual named Pallick, had been spending the day with some friends at Chelsea, which place they left about eight o'clock to return home to Ewell, in Surrey. They arrived at that point of the road intersected by the South-Western Railway, near Wimbledon, about half-past eight, and as it was nearly dark did not observe the cross-gates, erected to prevent persons crossing the line, until they were close upon them, when John Weller called out suddenly, " Come on, here is a train coming," and imme diately after throwing open the gate attempted to cross the line. At the same instant the five o'clock up-train from Southampton passed by at full speed, and on Charles Pallick (the third individual alluded to) and Henry Weller looking round they could see nothing of the unfortunate man who had but the instant before called out to them to follow him across the road. One of the policemen on the line coming up a search was made, and the unfortunate man was dis covered about a hundred yards from where he crossed the road, bleeding profusely from a wound in his head, where the skull was laid open, besides being otherwise much injured. He was removed with all possible care, and the best means at hand used to stay the hemorrhage. About half an hour subsequently the Woking up-train, on being signalled by the policeman, stopped and took in the unfortunate man, who was conveyed in one of the first-class carriages to the Nine elms terminus, where medical assistance was instantly ob tained. The poor fellow had not then ceased to breathe, but had remained perfectly insensible from the time of the acci dent. THE AWFUL ACCIDENT AT THE LANDSHIPPING COLLIERY. (From the Cambrian of Saturday.) On the afternoon of Wednesday last, one of the most dreadful and destructive events ever known in Pembrokeshire took place at Landahipping Colliery, the property of Colonel Owen. The short time which has intervened has not allowed a sufficient opportunity to obtain full particulars of the sad catastrophe ; but the following circumstances connected with it are believed to be substantially correct. The colliery has for very many years been in full work, giving employment to a large number of men, women, and boys. It appears that on Monday last a lot of men and boys were set to work in a level, which was about a quarter of a mile long, and extended a considerable distance under the bed of the river Dungleddy, and which had not for about three years previously been worked, for the reason, it is said, that it was not considered safe to carry on operations there, the colliers having reported that in one place there was a leak of salt water over their heads. In the afternoon of Wednesday there were between forty and fifty awn and boys employed in various parts of the level. Three of the boys, who were nearest to the mouth of the pit, were alarmed by hearing a violent rush of water in the interior of the works ; they instantly ran to the pit's mouth, and were only just in time to save their lives, by climbing up the sides of the pit, before the water filled the level—had they been a moment later, the water would have overwhelmed them, as it did all their unfortunate companions who were in the in terior. It was immediately afterwards found that a portion of the ground underneath the mud on the side of the river, a little above low water mark, and directly over the level, had given way, and the tide, which was then flowing, was ob served to rush with great force into the fissure, so as to drown the works, and render the escape of the hapless col liers utterly hopeless. Tidings of the sad calamity were quickly conveyed to the village where the workmen had re sided, and as soon as the nature and extent of it were ascer tained, a scene of the most heart-rending kind was exhibited among the surviving wives, mothers, and other re latives of the unfortunate colliers which it is far easier to imagine than to describe. Immediately after the poor boys had come above ground, the landing-tub was lowered to assist any who might be at the bottom of the pit, but when it was pulled up it was found to contain nothing but water. Some short time afterwards, the steward of the works went down, but he could discover nothing but pieces of timber floating on the water. The greater portion of the poor men who have thus met a violent and untimely death, have left wives and large families to deplore their loss. In addition to the incalculable amount of distress and destitution which the surviving relatives must inevitably sustain, the injury to the proprietor, and the other colliers in his employ, is tre mendous, as it is thought that all the works on the estate communicate internally with each other, so that it is probable the water has extended through the whole, which may pos sibly occasion a total cessation of them, or, at all events, a vast outlay of money to stop the fissure and expel the water. THE MURDER AT PLUMSTEAD.—CONFESSION Or THE MURDEREit.—We understand that John Bodle, who was found guilty on Tuesday last, and sentenced to twenty years' transportation, for extorting. money from Lord Abingdon's butler, under threat of making a di a b o li ca l c h arge, and who, about ten years ago, was tried at Maidstone for the murder of his grandfather, by poison, on which occasion h e was ac quitted, has confessed, since his confinement in Newgate, that he did commit that murder, and that no one but himself was concerned in the horrid transaction. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Com mons had his second Parliamentary dinner on Saturday last, at his private mansion in Eaton-square. Covers were laid for3o. Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Howick, Lord Marcus Hill, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Byng, Right Hon. Geo. Stevens Byng, Sir Geo. Grey, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Right Hon. IL Labouchere, Right Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring, Right Hon. B. Macaulay, Mr. Vernon Smith, Sir Wm. Clay, Mr. Chas. Wood, Sir Thos. Wilde, Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Chas. Buller, Mr. Pendarvcs, Mr. More O'Ferrall, Mr. Ord, Mr. John Parker, Mr. Wyse, Colonel Fox, and Right Hon. R. L. Shell, constituted,the party. Lord Seymour, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Hon. Fox Maule, and Mr. Pigot were unavoid ably absent. PPanic s s's THEATRE. -- Another version of L'Homme Blasé was produced at this house on Saturday night under the title of Blase; or, the Man in search of a Sensation. The piece is so good in itself, and Reeley's acting was throughout so p er f ect , t h at li ttle was left to vbe wished for. In the first act his languid nonchalance, the heavy immobility of his features, as he gaped and dragged himself about, eonveyed a characteristic picture of the most hopeless of biases, and his scene with the widow, in which, by-the-bye, he was admirably supported by Miss :Noel. had the true colouring of nature, while its effect was irresistibly ludicrous. Paul Bedford was also very effective, being snore e. quietly humorous than lie is usually accustomed t o Mademoiselle Prospere had the part of Louise allotted to her, and acted it in a neat and unassuming manner, greatly to her credit. The 17 , ..ece was completely successful. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 19. Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock. LIBEL AND DEFAMATION BILL. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that he should to morrow move the second reading of this Bill pro foratt, with a view to its being referred to a Select Committee. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he thought the Committee had better be the same as the one appointed lust year. GAMING TRANSACTIONS (IVITNESES' IN DEMNITY) BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND moved the second reading of the Bill to indemnify witnesses giving evidence before a Committee of their Lordships' House on the subject of gaming. It had been found impossible to make a search ing inquiry into the subject of gaining witho'ut _having th evidence of persons who had been implicattxl in gaming transactions. It could not be expected that men would willingly give evidence .m the subject while their testimony might render them liable to Otti tam actions. He felt that the result of this inquiry would at once dissipate the erroneous views taken id some parts of the country, that the object of thiS Bill was to save rich persons only from the effect of qui ; tam actions. Unfortunately, there was a great deal ; more gambling amongst the poorer classes than there was even amongst the rich. His object in bringing this Bill before their Lordships was to obtain such evidence as would enable their Lordships to legislate on the subject. The Bill was then read a second time. IRISH REGISTRATION. . „. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition from Drogheda, praying that the same municipal fran chise as in England should be established in Ireland. PRIVY COUNCIL.—PATENTS. Lord BROUGHAM brought in a Bill, and moved that it be read a first time, for continuing the patent of Lord Dundeuald for a f ur th er t erm o f seven years. The Bill, as we understood the Noble Lord (who, from illpess, was imperfectly heard), was to give to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council the power to recommend an exten sion of the time for patents. He proposed to empower a Committee of that House to inquire into the subject matter of a petition—that the Committee should report to the House, and that then the House should address the Crown upon the subject, and pray the Crown to take it into consideration, and, the subject mat ter being referred to the Judicial Committee of time Privy Council, the Crown should be empowered to grant a longer term. His only doubt had been whether it should not be by a joint address of both Houses—rather than an address from either one—that his proposal should be carried into effect. Lord CAMPBELL said he entirely approved of the principle of the Bill. But he wished to submit for their Lordships' consideration whether the time had not arrived at which it was desirable to extend the privileges of patents to a longer term, say fourteen or twenty-one years. The powers of the Judicial Com mittee could, in his opinion, be now wisely extended and he, therefore, suggested that to it should be given the power of divorce a vinculo matrimonii. He thought that the time and duties of Parliament should be confined to objects having reference solely to the interests of the empire, and that they should not be called upon to relieve the adultress or the scoundrel husband. These matters ought to be left to Courts, and he knew no better tribunal than this Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. By giving this power to the Committee of the Privy Council, they would provide a remedy for the poor, which could now only be had by the rich. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought it would not be adVisable to mix up matters of divorce in the Bill now presented to their Lordships. If his Noble and' Learned Friend (Campbell) would bring in a Bill en the subject of divorce and its adjudication by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Cogneil, it should have his best consideration. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would take that op portunity of stating, that in opposing large powers to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, when the Bill giving those powers was before their Lordships, he was actuated solely by a prudential motive m going step by step where a new tribunal was being constituted. He should say that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council would be an infinitely better tribunal for this sort of business than that which now existed. It would have also another great recommen dation—that of cheapness, and the law would then be protective, not, as now, to one class alone, but to the whole country. Lord BROUGHAM wished only to observe that the suggestion now thrown out had not escaped the atten tion of the framers of the Bill, constituting the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. There was in that Bill a clause not exactly giving the absolute power to the Privy Council, but giving to it power to in• quire and report—making it, in fact, auxiliary to that House. His } plan would be, never to part with the jurisdiction now possessed by that House, but that the Judicial Committee might report to the House, and, wider sanction of the Nouse, give its judgment in these cases; because he was then,as now, very jealous of transferring the jurisdiction / which belonged to them. He said at that time it was better , to go step by step. 'elie thpught giey, had better go on so ve now.• The subject was one' oh infinite importance, re quiring great consideration, but, in his opinion, the course hinted. at by his Noble and-'.. Learned Friend (Lord 'Lyndhurst), was by ?as the most judicious. He (Lord Brougham) would frame a special Bill for this object which, with the help of the Consistorial Court, the Right Rev. Prelates, the Law and Equity Judges would, he hoped, attain the point aimed at, and make the law as available to the poor as it now was to the rich. Certainly, as the law at present stood it was a law for the rich, and not for the poor, not only to the wrong of the party, but to the great injury of the morals of the poor. Lord CAMPBELL said he should be the last person to transfer the peers of that House or of Parhament to the Privy Council or any other body. The question. however, of a divorce a vinculo matrinionii he thought ought to be referred to a judicial tribunal. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that after the divorce was obtained, then came the question of whether the parties should be allowed to marry again. That he ap prehended to be a question for Parliament alone. Under these circumstances the expenses of such proceedings would not be diminished, inasmuch as, in thofirat place, a trial must be had, and then a Bill in Parliament. Lord REDESDALE did not think m sexpense would be saved by taking questions of thi s *:, before the Privy Council, except, perhaps, as to the gth of the inquiry. Before the Privy Council such case' would be probably disposed of in one day, whereas before their Lordships' House the inquiry would occupy a longer time. Under the present system great expense was me curred in the shape of fees to agents, solicitors, and various other persons. Not only were these charges on one stage of the bill, but they were repeated in every stage, although no word perhaps, had been said during the progress of the bill through these stages. Lord BROUGHAM said he was one of the trustees to an estate, respecting which a Bill had lately been obtained from Parliament. The trustees had just re. ceived a bill of 367/, that being the Parliamentary agent's bill alone. Upon this Bill not a single witness had been examined. The whole expenses of this Bill, which was unopposed, and merely obtained for the pur pose of granting leases, was 1,200/. After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR. the Bill was laid on the table. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS BILL. On the motion of the Duke of BUCCLEUCE the Metropolitan Improvements Bill was read a third. time and passed. OFFENCES AT SEA BILL. On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE the Offence* at Sea Bill was read a second time, and ordered to b• committed to-morrow. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES IN IRELAND, The Earl of RODEN rose to put a question to the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack respecting a deeply-interesting subject to a large portion of the people of Ireland. It was with respect to a Bill at present before their Lordships with regard to Presby• terian marriages in Ireland. As a meeting of the Presbyterian Society of Ireland would be held in Belfast on Thursday next, they would naturally be anxious to know as to the probable time when a definite judgment would be given upon the subject of mixed marriages in Ireland. lie wished therefore to know when it wain probable that that judgment would be given. The LORD CIiANCELLOR said he had had a corn. munication with the late Lord Chancellor, and it had been arranged that the judgment should be given on Friday next. What the result of that judgment would be it would be difficult for him to say. Four Noble and Learned Lords had already given in their opinion, but, of course, he was not at liberty at present to state it. It would be sufficient for him at present to say that oa Friday next the judgment would be given. COMMUNICATION WITH. IRELAND. Lord MONTEAGLE said, that upon the subject of • railway to Holyhead, although he did not wish to press the Government for a decisive answer, inasmuch as itwas under the consideration of the other House just now, yet he should urge upon the c o ns id erat i on of the Go. vernment the great importance of having the u t mos t facility in the communication between this country and Ireland.—(Hear, hear, from the Duke of Wellington.) To give effect to this it was essential that the harbour of Holyhead should be as safe as possible. He was induced to allude to this subject; because he felt the great inter. eat which it excited in the public mind in Ireland. The Duke of WELLINGTON fully agreed with the Noble Lord upon the importance of the subject of 4 speedy communication with Ireland, and the Government were fully impressed with the necessity of doing all is their power to forward this object. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH laid upon the tablecero tain returns relating to the Post-office. FEES IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY. The LORD CHANCELLOR in laying upon the table, the return of the fees received in the Court of Chancery, said that in consequence of the late altera tion made in that Court, the amount of fees fell short of the income of last year, and this was partly owing to the compensation lees, which would have the same effect upon a future occasion. Their Lordships then ad'nurned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 19. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. _ • Mr. S. CRAWFORD p resente d a p e tition frommß dale, praying for certain improvements in t) Ion from the, Sir G.STRICKLAND presented a petit might not be in— military establishment of the I.!n atisfa c lon at the assurances of pacificrelations witp Anti-Corn-law Association of Pres t t r on, praying that the s Powers in her Majesty's s p eec h. creased, and expresostehder one from Maidstone, C 011.• from Mr. S. CR AWI 0 presented a petition from Read. Sudbury, and froze from the Chairman of 'the Complete Suf.. ii c i o g n 4 ta 3 i 2 ni ; n s g als i o , 66 : p ri c a g m it e io s n ; frage Union at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying for the extension of the Suffrat e e, and the establishment of com• Marlow, itar ; gin' am mercial and religious li rty. Sir JOUN TROT LOP E wanted a pe‘itiou fro.