The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-10 00:00:00

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A, net the GENERAL COURT, held at the Bank this day, is A-13JCIIRNED till MormAk }TAIT, the 13th instant, at Eleven for Tw_ eh • o'Clock• JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary. terdnY.) oner was -eceiving he head , ould not ; -ed in a as cab' THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK , in Tim e f or the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening S un ) iu Published in Time 'or the :AFTERNOON TRAMS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK , f or PO ST, Containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE OF ALTERATION OF TRAINS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 15. .Consequence of the Post-Master General having served notice fora change of time in som e o f th e M a il T ra i n , and for the service f 15 th tl.a mails to and from Exeter, to commence on WEDNESDAY, the instant, NEW TRAIN BILLS will be prepared and ready for deli at all the Stations. 'uo UP Day Mail Trai from Devonort Bristol is leave fae reli ter at 12 46 instead of n 11 30, as at pre p sent, to which will to require re London Train from Bristol at 2 30 to be 1 hour and 10 minutes later, leeri n g at 3 40, and arriving at Paddington at 8 15, instead 5. The Night Mail Up Train will leave Exeter at 9 35, and arrive at alt ,,,,Oington at 4 45, instead of 5 20. Ete ether changes will be seen by the Train Bills. By order of the Directors, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. MOTICE is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GE PA 1y MEETING of the RIBBLE NAVIG tTION COM wiIIANY be held at tke Office of the said Company, in Chapel- Tr lk• Preston, on Tu uasDAY , th e 23d d ay o f M ay i nstant, at Eleven c'eluc e k in the Forenoon, for the purpose of considering and determin kg Whether the whole or such part or parts of tke sum of 22,0001., authorised to be borrowed and taken up at interest on the credit of the said undertaking, by an Act passed in the present session of Par ent, intituled " An Act to enable the Ribble Navigation Com ry to raise a f ur th er sum of money, and to enable the owners of and to *claimed Lands to pay a sum i n gross i n li eu of the annual rents ;" make such order or orders as the said meeting shall determine upon, and to authorise the said Company and the Directors of the said Company to affix the common seal of the said Company to any .utOrtgage, bond, or other security on the property of the said under .r•King. and the rates, tolls, rents, and other sums arising, or to arise y Virtue of the Company's Acts of Parliament, or any part thereof, al A security for any such money to be borrowed aforesaid, with in terest to or for the person who shall advance the same, and with such provisions or special provisions therein, as the circumstances S hall, in the judgment of the Directors of the said Company, render exPedient. P. HAYDOCK, Secretary of the said Ribble Navigation Company. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY 1 DIVIDENDS AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA contains Money Dividends of — 468 £ 7O 472 £9O £9O 41" £ ll9 £l9O £l5O £2OO 425 S £ 3OO 4500 £6OO £750 £l,OO, £1,200 £1,750 £4,000 & £21,000 This Distri Amounting together to £154 , 300 sterling. bution Mond a Di v id end! contains as many Dividends as Bends. Every Smallest Dividend ' £6B - DiroM for Prospect's, with fhli La pa r gest Dividend - • £21,000 ?MINE BROTHER :4, at Hamburgh. particulars, without delay to Or t• HEINI3.IIS.OIISERS, at Lubeck. IMPERIAL RUSSIAN- POLISH LOAN of 450,000m0 Florins (of 1835) , IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN of do, 0,000 Flo r i ns (of 1e39), guaranteed by their Majesties the Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Russia. WU—ND DISTRIBUTIONS AT WARSAW AND VIENNA. In tke Russian-Polish Loan the following Dividends will be re-im- Zr , ed :—One of 1,000,0000., one of'3oo,ooofl , two of 150,0000., six of .742 001 1. eight of 14,0000., &c., together 7,000 dividends, gaining '. 1 . 10 ,00011. Smallest di,idend 7500., largest 1,000,0000. In the Austrian Loan 700 bonds will obtain 701,7000 , in lots of ....t .000f1., 50,0000., 15,0000., 10,0000., &c. Smallest dividend 5000. /I florins are equal to U. sterling, a trifle more or less, as per day's **change. The prices are -1 Russian-Polish Scrip for £2 10 I 1 Austrian Scrip for £3 0 4 do. do. do. 10 0 I 6 do. do. 15 0 (.1 1 1 . 't do. do. 20 0 13 do. do. 30 0 „faTable 1:4 , bank notes, remittances, or drafts. Dividends re-im unable at Frankfort, Paris, London, or New York, at the option of the holders v. To sav e postages, fore i gn su b scr ib ers may app l y t o hi s h ouses i n P ar i s, oe Tork, and at Mr. A. Schwarzschild's, 1, Plough-court, Lombard *tree t, London, by letter only. Prospectuses, with full particulars, ?ma Lists of Is. Distribution, promptly forwarded to every share solder abroad • d. A. SCHWARZSCHILD, Banker and Receiver-General. 7r Ankfort-on-Maine, April, 1844. A Florin being 25., it follows that a fifth share at 12s. In the .ustrian Government Distribution is relatively much more valuable than one Red Bond in the private speculation of the 25th. 111URSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause, AKROYD against PATCHETT, the Creditors of HENRY PATCHETT, late of OVenden Wood, in the parish of Halifax, in the county of York, yeoman, who died in the month of May, 1833, are forthwith to to me in and prove their debts before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the ]casters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, „beeV u they-lane, London ; or, in default thereof, they will be excluded fit of the said decree. JAQUES and EDWARDS, 8, Ely-place, London, WILLIAM F. HOLROYDE, Ilalifax, The Plaintiff's Solicitors. NEVILLE DANIELL, at present, and for i 9 twelve months past, residing at Charlotte-street, Fitzroy lattare, In the parish of Saint Pancras, an 4 county of B7lddleSex, and being a dentist, do hereby give notice an,.. j intend to present a petition to the Court of mined teaching Rasinghall-street, in the city of London, praying to be t4e—ated teaching iny debts, estate, and effects, and to be pro d.,.such all process upon making a full disclosure and surren- A u Tlioch estate and effects for payment of my just and lawful debts ; Al a ,' herei i y further give notice that the time when the matter of the .2, Petition sh a ll b e heard is to be advertised i n t h e L on d on G aze tt e i t 'l the Sun 2f .tewspaper one month at the least after the date " f ; A 3 witn ess my hand this 29th day of April, in the year of our Lord' 1544. NEVILLE DANIELL. Witness, R. H. Rushbury, 3, Mitre-court, Ely-place, Holborn, Mid dlesex, Solicitor. • _ JOHN COLLINS, at present', and for six 9 tnonths past, residing at No. 20, Blackeriars-road, in the pa tilt of Christchurch, and county of Surrey, and being a dealer in toys 5o limey' articles, and for twenty-four months previous residing at k or l7 , Zateman's-row, in the parish of Saint Leonard's , tOyi —u ,tc h. and County of Middlesex, and being a dealer in te nd and • fancy ailicles, do hereby give notice that I in present a pei:!lOn to the C ourt of Bankruptcy, Ba ese_:—.,%treet. praying to Do examined touching my de bts, and to be pretecteLl from all process, upon making 4: ll : dis closure and surrender of such estate and effects for pay that'''.V. nl3' just and lawf u l d e bt s ; and I hereby further give notice, to .le time when the matter of the said petition shall be heard , b e advertised in the London Gazette and in the Morning si"'awspaper *lie month at the least after the date hereof; as wit -Ze hand, this 29th day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1844. JOHN COLLINS. .ILTY R. Silvester, attorney, 19, Great Dover-street, Surrey. WHEREAS, a PETITION of RICHARD • ATTKINS, of No, 5, Kew-road, in the parish of Richmond, in tbta s - et, luty of Surrey, l a t e an omn ibus proprietor, but now an omnibus diver i ' • h. s - ing been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, and the interim Ider for prof ; ving been given t o the said Richard . ction from processN Act of Parliament passed in • k,.... he provisions of an mia Parliament under ~..._ e the fifth and sixth years of the reign of k tr I : s thainent h01a.:.? in " An Act for the Relief of Insolvent r leb tLesent Nlajesty, Intl,. , .kins is hereby required to appear in btu t he said Richard A:. ' 1 Fane, Esq., the Commissioner y before Robert George Cee:. ~, on the 16th day of May i t r•ng in the matter of the said petitt..-: , precisely, at the listant: at one o'clock in the attertinn. , . : the purpose of i r'urt of Bankruptcy, B aa i ng h a ll-street, London, t ,, i"'l effects, wing then and ther e examined touching his debts, estate, d to be f ur th er derlt with according to the provisions of '.-- IZI the S . 'cl set. All persons indebted to the said Richard Attkins, or that ast-vo any of his effects , deliver the same but to .abt..William Whitmore, are not to pay or Ng tinted in .ctreet theofficial . 2 - nee No. 2, Basinghall- , , -- .. , at behalf assl- ' acting in the matter of that. said petition. by the Commissioner --- - 1)A- lb • thVIESeS FINE WAX CANDLES, ls. s d. per 'Swat e con Y only require trial to prove them the handsomest and aenuin omical candles in existence, that do not require snuffing. 'l4entlin: Sperm C andles, 2s. per lb.—Superior transparent Wax, 23. II Wax, 2s. 3d.—Best kitchen and office Candles, 51d.—Extra i;ILID . laded c andies, with the improved Wax Wicks, 7d.—Yellow r 465., 525., and ssf. per 1121bs.—Mottled, 60s. and 64s.—Wind -2„, Pa l m, s. 4d. per packet.—Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d.—Rose, 2 s.—Superior Almond, 2s. 6d.—Superfine Sealing i,7c..43. 6d. per lb.—Refined Sperm Oil, 6s. per gallon—Solar Oil, u n ,T. - --Iror Cash, at DAVIES : 9 Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. (opposite New Slaughter's Coffeehouse), Charing-cross. ILECONOMY, ELEGANCE, AND DURABILITY. RYAN, TAILOR. WOOLLEN-DRAPER, p and OUTFITT RR, PA WTECHNETHECA, &I, Grace "rcn-street, City, having received his annual supply of Trouserings, oir t rb d esigns in aistcoatings, and superior West of Eneland Broad it kii :!!) from the most approved makers, invites the public to call `aspectthe immense vari.ty of novelties offered at this far-famed ...pe,rb establishment, where they may obtain the best materials rtwe."° , Kolanship, with a fit equal to any house of West-end noto -110,!1.e guaranteed saving of forty per cent.; an to en.ure per ect st '7" m b, the Proprietor allows any article to he returned that does di to eet with fill' approval. Thousands have visited the teady-made to Zrttc"%eno of this splendid emporium of fashion ; iadeed the tly eat u a iN` and immense variety of garments constantly on hand, ‘overotty of patterns, combined with superiority of cut, neat set,-Labd dur ‘bility of workmanship, equal in every res pect . to gar -MrnadetO ~rder by the most noted houses, renders it to the eco ?..1111:1 , a nd he a d s of families of ftrst.r..te importance. The stock now 1 3 replete every novelty suitable for the season, realising Oi l PUrchaser a saVing of at least shillings in the pound to 4 % 'the are buying An beyearl visit is requested, confident that N a -, Pection Tay - s to' c k win fbund larger, cheaper, and better, A ,t ) 7 in the ki ng d o m. ttiee.7' it s containing a general descript.ioe of garments and lists of shied ST) nbe had on application, or sent post-free to any part of the Kingdom, by applying at the Pantechnetheca, 36, Grace arch-street, ) 114_,„,! 'nc b Establishments : Manchester-96, Market-street ; Liver. said 65, 1.0,d-street; Birmingham-23, New -street ;_p_lsne tree"'t.:26. A.rgyll.street ; Leeds-9, Brlggate ; Bristol-0, Wi ne- i4(POUT, RHEUMATISM, &c. —Among the • th „,_Th.,enY discoveries that characterise the present age, nothing e ,;", ?muted so much to the comfort and ease of the community, ▪ d• ' l lerred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as that import, la% , 3/4Ain G O UT and never-failing remed PILLS, Gout and Rheumatism, " " GOUT and RHEUMATIC the immense advan 41° 'which are testified by the approval and recommendation of b t‘ 4l o4 - in, 4l t he neatest men of our day. They are for Gout and Rheu il Ith - 7 , in all its various forms, it.cluding sciatica. lumb igo, pains 'er e -ate . frequently treated as tootb..a he, &e. They require nal % d r i n ,„._ ll aneinenc nor &dent ion of any kind, and invariably prevent 1• 6 0 1.7`..e... attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part Itsb.." vY Thomas Prout 229, Strand, London. and by all respectable let - "we ve dthrougho ut the United Kingdom. Price 9d. b ox n ors • a , L ,• -° , Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pill., and observe the name I VA Thomas Trout, 229, Strand,on, Impressed Government Stamp a ff ixed to each box of the genuine PUBLIC NOTICE. l'o. sit , 434, OXFORD-STREE T. --..PPEfts, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. i"St - I . y . Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agent s. , o r t imsTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the bA M Patronage of his late Majesty , her Ro y al Highness th inens.," Kent, and the Lords sit tne Treasury, is universally re .‘itien—ed by the Faculty for its eltracy in removing disorders 'H stt,,to theRES Eyes and Hed. T TORED !— a NERVOUS HEAD..ACHE AND DEAI. NESS CURED! . Its od e most simnle setdlightful and fra rmt Compoun4l , , "„_tOe l T, of application' raught' with pleasure; many thous a n d taii 4 " been accomplished by its use, at a tri fl ing expense, yet Illo t , in its operation. If testimonies be necessary to induce the `oe /,_ to Make trial, Kings, Lords, and Commons have used _it. 6 %4.7. 1 to of the 'I reasury have sanctioned its use. Their late ma h,z, the Duchess of Kent, the most e Anent Oculists, Medical 441,1;1141ot ters--with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogi.sed tiOnet ta at s 's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as e " Grim. 7 th e - n r-la• Saud "' _, for its e ffi cacy in removing all diseases incident otl4 - csY'es and Head. G. J. Guthrie , Esq., F. R.S. See .1 B. Lach ttiat,„•Letter. WhitehlL Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it ..1 OM. lamin g - - seo hi Reports touching its utility. The late ollZiemernethy., - with s ny others, recommend Grimstone's Eye 'it▪ iet: u nd call - it . Man' s best Friend " and the "Student's Vade -. WI .' __,, s ee the many thousand letters of Testimonies, of un .. tft "-Tomei authority, with others of the flst respectabilitlB4l y. do Nottingham, Aug.2v, 1 1 1 extraordin ar y cure is attested Or NIL James Wilcockson, Foreign Sn ug ~i Cigstr Merchant, Nottingham. air ,Grimstone. No 1 , . "_, feel great pleasure in sendingdou the particulars of my 14 14"'„ n o the miraculous cure perform en myself, by using y r als4";oluable Eye.Snull.. Sir, lam now in my ninety-third year, 'kr.: native of Holland have been in thus country twenty-six t ote ° t Whether from c hang e of climate, or my advanced age, I "Ire iaY, but follow rlosarix my b us ing . have been deprived a sight, i here vs_ linable to Zotilit 1 ., ti ..."toha a "i ao o remained in dargiieso and pain bur for the kind recorn thimetr-Trlf: friend to use your invention. I purchased a 2s. 4d. l ac ir ts, w a . n i d 7 . 11 bear Ne _aboy e t ‘ x f Ageut, Mr. Wilcockson, tobacconist, who knewe g r ow, to my extranri.iay li..r of th saii / _, at most inestimable ble7sli-ur of our life —" Perfect op th ug .o.eclare has i receeded from the use of your Eye Snuff. 6.. 6 tiki i , ietter r tho-e sufferin ou may make what t.se Wa T ' h _ e • I Teter the.sufletrecr'ks'tt'ogGsntyhanilldyou plea.se gentleman,many others vi w n i g l 1 vouch h A t o g r e n i t t s , --'` 4 WOlknown in Nottingham. Aug. 2 , , u , , I am, Sir, your ohliged servant, Iti"--. ?.8. 4 84 ':L - rshottld not de_ yo '' u N 't '4 l- N ti l c ' e wZiEthNoluAt s 3i ta il tr ig SE rn 'Z' y i r A eficf - I,aost instantaneous . . My ey es j became clear and free from etua;_,.t, and by persevring m its use very freq•iently, I I am o ''.. to re _ON ° d small print without the aid of glasses, and .•ont twe e grated , God's blessing—Sight! tree from pain I have reason to be Notting do recommend your Eye Snuff to all 1 nnow Oh„,'gnom. A. Z. M. few th rye the Caution—W. GRIMSTONE is the sole inventor, ~1 , ,.. e otoy genuine is prepared b him taarearOdoriferous Herbace' us y ComPound of Herbs is sold in P l r ivri. 4) at 81, ic 3d. ...5. td. 4s. 4s. 4d, Ss., and 15s. 6d. each, by the - 1 144 1 . ers W. (5 RI 51 ' S'aiNE, at No. 434, (oxford - street, Totten. Vtl t ape end (late of No. :,t9, Broad.street, Bloomsbury), lot, .leip ai ,,filerbary, Highg ,te; and can also be cr,taint'd in all the ..owns and Cities A liberal allowance to Shipp!rs 'Wri ers talet hr d2iaptains, and all Vendors of G-imstone's Eye Snu ff . Phis It i k ee , '., S nuff is Shipped to all quarters of t..e globe, and ret ains ill therOrtstst qualities notj in every climate All Snuff); and Cigars s hi pp ed ~, k. GARY, knaklU A. TX blade in uary last s', but ho required could not for seven OU th e his Mass t skitttles• vbat card hies hild, and 388 ill to coon .t unity a& L. I Groot% mer cams service' niod was . what ha carp as er exceO t .trvice. ;:e he he le Cele ; They or the Conunce ey s hout!! probah me? e read!' 7,e of tue, not PO . !iv locked :ertain.cdt ctable 10 leer), w° in of her found Os lge, aPPy ving 9 11 , 1 ! . her low that if he eertainli and ame, :now ang countere.° ength before tbe the Of' had for ,f ed !riocl, 50 0 " he cloth great yr cement resign . hw Atneri C+ , mate Phl vhich h 6 ± , found hi' fled as in he W the ee d was 1.- uct 0 f i, alarm he de l* , the ro e which h e ::onsiderv" have ) prise° hing 03°11 Enot her.. er make lira the !IL A * reSr;., to Bin she eff e tio n ial to . 4 . I then L 4 Lay sob 7 )'clock , and C 0 n differeli s escaPI A ilant e deserlY feiot, it and uA om th e I t D'clook_ s e j t Nov/T - 1 - 1 , 4 the 113 ' la g officer ynOr . ame his r rwri t h n ded T e o, arrO r die e d to 7 • be 19.1- the charoci - o, e xtes ,he mev i ° he ha d IP 0 011,P 14 f ri ot sq ° 0f J,w' th e of ites'' stre 4t ', cot" , on 10 0 Df ieu te sa 1 0 . il l i f o , 13. ciou fl at' wypiir act NO IIII 0 , A .„ 8 11 ' 9 ,, tic . are, , J r°lert ltt ofill ea OW' ;-sei• ylac,lf, , lo ,iot o4° ' G . theu" lb of C 14.. ) Ct'p~~~ re, I•NrstliA" Jan e ' (511P1'5, f ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. GRAVESEND and LONDON, by the BLACK WALL RAILWAY and the STAR PACKETS. REDUCED FARES, and only ONE PAYMENT THROUGHOUT. The Public and the Friends of the STAR COMPANY are respect fully informed that the DIRECTORS of the BLACKWALL RAIL WAY COMPANY have made arrangements by which Pa►3engere will he conveyed between GRAVESEND and LONDON, at the fol owing Prices : Fore-cabin and Second-class Train—One Shilling. Saloon and First-class Train—One Shilling and Sixpence. The STAR PACKETS leave the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, Morning, at a Quarter to Ten and Eleven ; Afternoon, Four and Six. From the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, Morning, at Sevetiand Half-past Nine ; Afternoon, Four and Seven. On Sundays from Blackwell, Morning, a Quarter to Ten and Eleven; Afternoon, at Six. From Gravesend, Morning, at Seven ; Afternoon, Four, Five, and Seven. Tickets to be obtained for the Down-passage at the Fenchurch street, Mineries, Cannon-street, Shadwell, and Stepney Stations of the Blackwell Railway; for the Up-passage on board the Packets. Star-Office, Gravesend, April 18, 1844. INTERESTING AND CLASSICAL EXCURSION. ASIX WEEKS' rouß by STEAM to ATHENS, SMYRNA, and CONSTAN'fINOPLE, calling at GIBRALTAR and MALTA, with the option of visiting en route VIGO, OPORTO, LISBON, CADIZ, and GIBRALTAR, The PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S well known splendid steam-ship TAGUS, 900 tons, and 300 horse power, will start from Blackwall on THURSDAY, 20th June, for the above ports. Time occupied in the passage out and home about six weeks. Very superior accommodation for pas sengers. For terms, apply at the Company's offices, 51, St. Mary Axe, London, and .67, High-street, Southampton ; also at 33, Regent Circus. GUARAN - TEE SOCIETY. Estahlished by Act of Parliament. SECURITY GIVEN for the FIDELITY of PERSONS ix SITUATIONS of TRUST. Particulars may he obtained daily, at the Society's Office, No. 26, Poultry, between the hours of Nine and Five o'clock. AGENTS. Messrs. G. Edwards and 50n........8ri5t01. Messrs. J. H. and G. Ridsdale......Leedc. Messrs. Tiughec and ltonald ..... • • •Liyerpool. Mr. Nathaniel Lea ................Birmingham. Mr. Samuel Taylor • Mr. H. Ca11ender.........• ........Edinburgh. By order, THOMAS DODGSON, Secretary. MONEY. GRAND DISTRIBUTION of 70,1701. sterling, authorised by his Imperial Majesty, and the Government of Austria, on the Ist JUNE NEXT, at Vienna. Highest Prize, 23,0001.; Lowest, 501.: 700 Prizes.—Apply for pro spectuses, to Messrs. F. E. Fuld and Co., Bankers and Receivers- General, Frankfort ; or, to save postage, at 26, Bouverie.:street, Lon don, by letter only, from Twelve to Three. FREEHOLD ESTATE, BLL'TCHINGLEY, SURREY. TO BE PEREMTORILY SOLD, pursuant to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in Two Causes of CAMPBELL v. FOSTER, and CAMPBELL v. WAL TERS, by Mr. JOSEPH NASII, of Reigate, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the Auction Mart, in the City of London, on THURSDAY, the 30th day of May instant, at Twelve Clock at Noon, A FREEHOLD FARM HOUSE and THREE COTTAGES, late In the occupation of John Campbell, Esq. ; together with Barns, Stables, and other requisite farming Buildings, and several pieces or parcels of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Ground, Plantation, and Woodland, situate at Underhills, in the parish of Bletchingley, in the county of Surrey, containing in the whole 170 A. la. 28p. Particulars may be had (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane; of Mr. Henry Ward, Solicitor, 51, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; of Messrs. Whitmore, Romien, and Walters, Solicitors, 9, Lincoln's Inn ; of Messrs. Fosters and Evans, Solicitors, John-street, Bedford-row ; of Mr. Joseph Nash, Auctioneer, Reigate, Surrey ; at the principal Inns in the neighbourhood ; at the place of sale ; and of the tenant, on the premises. 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 deferred 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, as 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; alp( this bonus, according to an equitabie scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future premiums ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 34, BRIDGE-STREET, riL A CKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1R23. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. THOMAS FRA M K LAND LEWIS, Chairman. HENRY FREi)ERICK STEPHENSON, Esq, Deputy .Chairman. Lancelot Baugh Allen, Esq. Thomas Edgar, E..q. Stephen Nicolson Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Henry Barnett, Esq. Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. Robert Biddulph, Eq. John Mendham, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq. William Routh, Esq. AUDITORS. Francis Dumergue, Esq. I Charles Morris, Esq. Capt. Robert G rdon, 11. N. John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. PHYSICIAN— 'ohn Ayrton Paris, M D., F.R.S., 27, Dover-strect, President of the Rwyal College of Physicians. SURGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.S., 12, Bruton-streek Sotrcrroa—Henry Young, Esq ,12, Essex-street, Strand. BANKERS—Messrs. Hankey, Fenchurch- , treet ACTUARY—James John Downes, Esq., F R.A.S. SECRETARY Campbell James Downes., Esq. , The following are among the advantages offered by this Society:— LOWER RATES of Premium than those of any other Office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and con siderably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. THE WHOLE OF THE PROF ITS divided among the Assured. Three Bonuses have already been declared out of "Three-fourths of the profits : The first, in 1831, averaged Xlet per cent. on the Premiums paid. The second, 1839, ditto .£5l ditto since the Ist div sion. The third, 1844, ditto A3B ditto since the 2d division In addition to which all Policies entitled to the absolute bonus will receive a contingent prospective bones of £! per cent. per annum, on the sum assured. on becoming claims before 1849. Assurances effected on the equal scale rof premiums in the year 18)4, will participate in the 'onus to be declared is 1849. 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The sphere of trade, at all times. has reveal'd Movements like those which mark the sporting field. The public's favour, we have seen hell up, A strong incentive like the " G lden Cup." And ma y (while it shone before their eye , ), Have struggied to ran the valued prize But such attemn s ' at hest, have been but small; MOS r S and SON have far " out run" them all. In choice appirel they are " first," we find; And never, never, do they stand "behind." " First" in improvements at their m'ghty mart, And all connected with the Tailors' Art. READY DADE. Z s. tl. 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They have no connexion whatever with any other establishment, and those wko desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to pi event disappointment, &c.) call or send to, 151, Minories, or 88, Aldgate, opposite the Church. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL GAR-SQUARE. The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. Admission (from Eight o Clock till Seven) One Shilling. Catalogue One Shilling. HENRY HOWARD, RA., Sec. THE FORTIETH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of the SOCIETY of PAINTERS In WATER COLOURS, at their GALLERY, PALL-MALL EAST, is NOW OPEN. Open each Day from Nine till Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling—Catalogue, Sixpence. R. HILLS, Secretary. IV IL S ON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN MENTS, MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE. On MONDAY EVENING, MAT 13, at Eight o'clock, MR. WILSON will give (Second time) his Entertainment, entitled JACOBITE RELICS, In which he will sing some of the most popular Songs of the 'l5 and the '45. PROGRAMME. 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SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver sup ,lan+od by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless ALBATA PLATZ. C. WATSON, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON-FOL GATE, aided by a person of science in the amalgamation of metals, has succeeded is bringing to public notice the most beautiful article ever yet offered; possessing all the richness of Silver in appearanee —with all its durability and hardness—with its perfect sweetness in use—undergoing, as it does, a chemical process, by which all that is nauseous in mixed metals Is entirely extracted --resisting all acids— may be cleaned as silver, and is manufactured into every article for the Table and Sideboard. Fiddle. Threaded. King's. Table Spoons and Forks, per doe • • 16s. 6d. •• 3es. Od. • • 3.55. ed. Dessert ditto,' per doz.. •• • • .... 12s. 6d. • • 255. Od. • . 28s. Od. Tea Spoons, per doz. •• • • • ss. 6d. .. 12s. 6d. • . 13s. 6d. sugar Tongs, each Salt and Mustard Spoons, each •• • • 6s. Od. • • I3s. 6d. • • 13s. 6d. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—WeII : Easter Term has commenced—and closed. The Court of Queen's Bench has been occupied during the whole sittings with the arguments pro and con. on the new-trial motion in the case, " the Queen v. O'Connell and others." The Tory journals depre cated the "indulgence," and affected to admire the patience of the Judges, who ought to have stopped the " gabble" of counsel, and p rocee d e d a t once t o g ive judgment against the motion. Nothing was more plain to Tory optics than that there was nothing in the ob jections and arguments of the traversers' counsel ; the only wonder was that th e A t t orney -G enera l an d the Solicitor-General should deem it necessary to reply. However, the argument s were b roug h t to a close. There was_yet time for the Court to do its duty: i. e. to sen tence the defendants to a good long term of imprison ment (two years was the period generally agreed upon, with good thumping fines) in Kilmainham, or Carrick fergus—the latter the favourite. Monday came. The Court sat. Tory hopes were on tip-toe. Public expectation was on the qui vice. Steamers were wait ing to bear the tidings to England ; and expresses were in readiness to post them to every town and village in Ireland. The counsel in the case were in at tendance; and the accused, in pursuance of their recog nisances, waited their doom. The hall of the Pour Courts was thronged; and alt the avenues of the Court were crowded with- anxious multitudes, eagerly in quiring of every one who came forth from the Queen's Bench Chamber, whether there was any probability of the Court pronouncing judgment. The proceedings of Monday terminated. No sign had been given from the Bench, by which any idea of what was to be the issue could be inferred. Increased impatience, accompanied by manifest uneasiness, was perceptible among the Tories. Still, they put on an appearance of confidence. There was yet another day. T:ie decision would, doubt less, be delivered at the sitting of the Court on the following morning ; which would proceed at once to sentence the "convicted conspirators." As the punishment was to be very severe, the delay which had taken place was intended to give addi tional solemnity to the proceeding. Instant judg ment would have worn the appearance of precipita tion. Time for cool, dispassionate consideration would divest the proceeding of every suspicion of undue haste. But the minds of the Judges were made up. The " monster proceeding" would close, as it ought, with consigning O'Connell and his co-adjutors to gaol. All that was yet unascertained was the period of their in carceration. Tuesday morning came. Public excite ment became intense; increasing multitudes congregated in the Four Courts' Hall and its neighbourhood, while members of the bar, and parties who had been fortunate enough to get within the Court, waited with highly wrought expectation for the entrance of the Judges. Their Lordships had come down to the Court so unusu ally early as ten o'clock. They remained in delibera tion an hour and a half. Doubtless they were giving the finishing touches to the protracted case ; consulting upon the topics of the speech with which the sentence was to be prefaced. We cannot better describe the scene which was presented to the eye at this moment, than in the words of the Tunes:— " The public was on the tiptoe of expectation—well-dressed ladies in a state of moderate excitement were visible in large numbers ; the doors were crowded with ill-dressed gentlemen ; all came to hear what was to be stated by the Judges with reference to the new trials in- the great case of The Queen v. Daniel O'Connell and others.' The gentry of the bar indeed shook their heads, and maintain e d a state o f im passibility, but in vain. Public interest continued to in crease, and would not be pooh-poohed. The public would not believe that the judgment of the Co ur t cou ld b e any longer delayed. Their Lordships had come down to the Court at an unusually early hour; and for what but to concoct their judgment? At ten o'clock they plunged into their chambers. At half-past eleven o'clock Mr. Jnstice Burton emerged, and took his seat on the bench ; Judges Crampton and Perrin shortly followed, wearing the appearance (it was re marked) of men who had been recently engaged in warm discussioni, or, as we may more colloquially- express it in England, hot and fussy.' The Court was very full; all the Crown lawyers, some of the counsel for the traversers, Messrs. Kemmis, Steele, and Tierney, were in their places. The Lord Chief Justice entered, fraught with the great secret. An ordinary motion had possession of the Court, which did not stop, but ran on to its conclusion with impor tunate pertinacity. History records it all with that deliberate minuteness with which she is wont to dwell on the preliminaries to a great crisis. At last an opportunity, , offered, and the Lord Chief Justice spoke. Mr. Attorney, 4 I am sorry to tell you that the Court find they. cannot give judgment in the case until next term.' Ibi omnis effusus la bor. The interest vanished—the Court was cleared—and the only remaining excitement was transferred to the Iron Duke steamer, and the extraordinary express which conveyed to our own office this important intelligence in nineteen hours, from the moment when the Lord Chief Justice was delivered of his announcement." The effect of this announcement is to " hang up the proceedings," in the technical language of the Courts, " until next term." The great probability is, that nothing more will be heard in the Court of this mon strous proceeding " a monster indictment—a mon strous defence—a monste r a pp ea l ;" an d we will a dd, mons trous violations of the principles, and infractions of the rules, which the Constitution provides for the pro tection je ustice, by ehsubject against that most insufferable of a oppression which is inflicted in the m by means of the perversion of the forms of law. We are di s p ose d t o think that her Majesty's Ministers —and espec i a ll y Si r R o b ert Peel— are not sorry that the State p rosecu ti on is brou g ht t o a dead lock. From its commencement, at every step, till i it arrived at ts present position, ill luck attended it. It was prolific in disgrace to those who counselled and those who conducted it. Ridicule, indignation, and contempt, were created by the blunderings, un fairness toward the accused, and disregard even of respect for the ma j esty of the Court, wh i c h were exhibited by the Att orne y-G enera l an d hi s agents. The impression which the prosecution was designed to make on t h e pu bli c m i n d , an d t h e influence which the pre-determined verdict was to exercise upon the Repeal Association, have evaporated. Men are moved to laughter, rather than fear. Let tke Government be thankful. Things might have been much worse. 'The State Prosecution bomb-shell, which was to have struck terror into the public mind in Ire land, has fallen p owerless. Instead of pro d uc i ng con sternation and mischief by an explosion, its fusee has gone out with a harmless stench. We greatly doubt whether Sir Robert Peel will consent to a new attempt being made to revive the now fast-subsiding excitement. STAND . ARD.—A s t atement has b een p u bli s h e d b y the Associated Master Manufacturers of the county of Lancaster, setting forth the proportions, in respect to age and sex, of the labourers employed is factories. From the statement it appears that of the labourers, fifty-three per cent. are under the age of twenty-one years; that is, according to th e l aw of England, i n f ants, part i es disqualified by law from entering into any impor tant engagement. As far, therefore, as concern con siderably more than one-half the factory la bourers, it is quite idle to talk of the right of the labour and the poor man's liberty of making contracts. More than one-half of th e f actory l a b ourer s are of an age at which, were they children of Dukes and Mar quises, the law would not allow them to make contracts ; and it is to be remembered that in this majority of the labourers are included all whom Lord Ashley's proposed limitation legally affects—we say legally affects, because it is com plained by those who think that for the sake of more effectually using up the old, you must abandon your duty of protecting the young—that to limit the hours of labour to infants will cause a corresponding limitation of the hours of labour to adults. This, however, has nothing to do with principles, and we contend for a principle—a principle that, under favour, is neither new nor un sound—the principle, namely, that the State is bound t o protect the interests of minors or infants. If the minor happens to be rich, the Chancellor will tell us that the Constitution and common law give him a right and impose upon him the duty to take to himself the guardianship of affluent minors the common law i:self will tell us also that minors, whether rich or poor, cannot bind themselves by any contract, save in one reserved case. Now, these e xamp l es prove t h at the principle of protecting minors generally is not new, and the reserved case to which we have referred will prove, we think very satisfactorily, that the principle of protecting mi nors i s no t unsound any more than it is new. The one case in which an infant, or minor, can bind him self by a contract, is the case of apprenticeship. This is an institution as old as the common law ; but it is recognized by many statutes, particul ar l y t h e remar k a bl e statute 5 Elizabeth. In this, the on e except i ona l case i n which the law delegates, as it were, its protection of the infant or minor, mark the care which it takes that the delegated trust shall not be abused. Th e contract to b e ma d e by the minor must be by indenture, not a nudum pactum, but an engagement reciprocally. binding upon and reci procally beneficial to both parties. And, in order that there may be no fraud or irregularity, the contract must be executed in the presence of a magistrate or other responsible authority. Is there any un sound principle in this provision of the law ? And if there is not, why may . not the Legislature pro vide against minors engaging themselves, or rather being forced to engage themselves, to terms which no magistrate assuredly dare sanction i n a part i cular case ; as for example, that the apprentice must, whatever his strength, work as many hours as the master's pleasure or convenience shall dictate, and that the master need not pay or feed or teach him except when he shall find it profitable to do so. We are misunder stood if it is supposed that we claim for infant factory labourers all the benefit of apprenticeship —moderate labour, fair sustenance, and constant em ployment. We could heartily wish to see them all in the enjoyment of those beeefits, but we are not wild enough as to propose anything so just and humane, and really politic T the end, i n an age w h e n the only popular political philosophy i s t h a t which ro pm *ses saving or gain to th e wea lthy, which ' begins and ends in the breeches p oc k e t s o f the rieh • We hare no such ambitious hope —our sole purpose is to defend a principle which has been misrepre sented as new and unsound, the principle that the law of this intelligent Christian coun try protects, and always has protected infants —rich infants from the effects of youthful folly, poor infants from the twofold danger of their weak judgment and weak condition. This principle is, we imagine, clearly established by the proofs that we have offered ; and, this principle once esta blished, we should be glad to know what becomes of all the mass of rubbish about the " freedom of labour" ai=d the " liberty of forming contracts," spoken and written against Lord Ashley's proposition for the application to infants in factories, in the only way in which it can be applied, of that protection which the law owes to all infants. THE STATE TRIALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—A most graphic and imposing account is given by all reporters of the last day but one of term in the Irish Court of Queen's Bench. The public was on the tiptoe of ex pectation—well-dressed ladies in a state of moderate excite ment were visible in large numbers, the doors were crowded with ill-dressed gentlemen, all come to hear "what was to be stated by the Judges with reference to the new trial in' the great case of The Queen v. Daniel O'Connell and others.'" The gentry of the bar indeed shook their heads, and main tained a state of impassibility. But in vain. Public inte rest continued to increase, and would not be pooh-poohed. The public would not believe that the judgment of the Court could be any longer delayed. Their Lordships had come down to the Court at an unusually early hour ; and for what but to concoct their judgment? At ten o'clock they plunged into their chambers. At half-past eleven o'clock Mr. Justice Burton emerged, and took his seat on the bench ; Judges Crampton and Perrin shortly followed, "wearing the appear ance (it was remarked) of men who had been recently en gaged in warm discussion ;" or, as we may more colloquially express it in England, hot and fussy. The Court was very full ; all the Crown lawyers, some of the counsel for the traversers. Messrs. Kemmis, Steele, and Tierney were in their places. The Lord Chief Justice entered, fraught with the great secret. An ordinary motion had possession of the Court, which did not stop, but ran on to its conclusion with importunate pertinacity. History records it all with that deliberate minuteness with which she is wont to dwell on the prelimi naries to a great crisis. At last an opportunity offered, and the Lord Chief Justice spoke. " Mr. Attorney, I am sorry to tell you that the Court find they cannot give judgment in the case until next term." Ibi omnes effusus labor. The in terest vanished—the Court was cleared—and the only re maining excitement, was transferred to the 1 " Iron Duke" steamer, and the extraordinary express which conveyed to our own office this important intelligence in nineteen hours from the moment when the Lord Chief Justice was delivered of his announcement. And so ends Easter Term where it began. Mr. Smith has spoken his speech, Messrs. White side and Fitzgibbon have spoken theirs. We suppose we are nearer the conclusion of the great cause—for, after all, human things are finite, and all finite things—even the cause of " the Queen v. O'Connell"—must have an end somewhere. Nothing on this. side eternity is as far from us now as it was at the beginning of Easter Term. But what, or whether any, appreciable progress has been made in ad vancing or retarding that practical conclusion in which the world in general, and the Home Secretary in par ticular, are so deeply interested—whether any one obstacle has been surmounted, any one position secured, any one ar gument finally answered, by the logomachy of the last two months, is a matter which, " till next term," we can only darkly guess with our correspondent. Meanwhile, we really hare to thank the Irish lawyers for exhibiting to the world in its plenitude a phenomenon not commonly seen—a fully developed criminal prosecution. Foreign naturalists, it is said, have ascertained that by a well-managed local applica tion of heat to an embryo animal, you may determine its fu ture proportions in the most capricious and unnatural fashion —that a properly directed stream of caloric will induce your chicken to break its shell all foot, all beak, or all tail, as the operator may have devised.. An Ordinary lawsuit is apt to be such a mishapen animal. The fostering care of counsel has swollen to a disproportionate magnitude some single member of the great question at issue, whether A shall be hanged or B transported. The cause comes forth to trial in the shape of one voluminous okection to a point of evidence— one impassioned appeal to the prejudices of a jury—one knotty demurrer to a point of law.." Non omnia possunzus omnes." The same case does not ordinarily furnish material for every sepa rate form of opposition. The gist of the battle lies some where, and there is the clatter of lawyers—the rest flows on as a matter of form, unopposed and unimportant —or, if no ticed at all by the contending parties, receives only the com pliment of a cursory notice and a summary dismissal. Not so the Irish case. this comes before " omnibus numeris abso luta." Everything is develgped to the utmost. No member has been overlooked=no aaurtenance allowed to remain in .neglected insignificancall the capabilities of the law have been taxed to its full' eVII. t: There is no disproportionate protuberance, no prominent limb. All is gigantic. A mon.* ster indictment—A monster defence—a monster appeal—a monstrous body, with its monstrous appendages (not ex cluding a monstrous offender and monstrous attorneys), have combined to show what law could do when it set it self in earnest to stand in the way of justice. Scientifically speaking, the exhibition is hitherto creditable. Mr. Pierce Mahone and his friends are earning a praise higher than that of originality ; they are distancing all predecessors in a beaten track. That great and elaborate system by which justice is so successfully delayed in this country has employed in its construction the subtlety and labour of cen turies. The most far-seeing intellects, the most untiring energies, the most fertile inventions, have been tasked to imagine and to bequeath to us, their children, that compli cated mass of contrivances which it is our happiness to possess for evading, perverting, disguising, arid obstructing the judg ment of the law. It is against a venerable array of legal worthies that the Irish lawyers contend for the palm of ob structiveness. It is a noble and complete system of instruc tion which they . are engaged in bettering. But we think they are really in the way to be unprecedented. They have shown what can be done by the law in the teeth of judges, jury, and the law itself, with a completeness which is, to us at least, unparalleled. They are likely, we hear, to be met by an adverse judgment next term, so soon as the judges can make up their minds to pronounce it. But to them over throw is not defeat. It is in receiving a series of overthrows that their tactics consist ; and we shall expect with curiosity the fresh expedient to which the coming judgments will doubtless give birth. HERALD.—The public are throughly sick of the Irish State Trials, and of the Irish Court of Queen's Bench. No body, for the last three months, has anticipated the possible termination of " the monster process," while the traversers can find a quibble and the Court a pretext for entertaining it ; and, in consequence, nobody will be disappointed at learning that the somnolent tribunal has postponed to next term (the fourth that the case will have been in court) its judgment upon the motion for anew trial. The ready facility of the judges has had the natural effect of inviting further dilatory experiments ; a variance, it appears, has been dis covered between the verdict as returned by the jury and the entry of it upon the postea. This is a matter which, in Westminster Hall, would not occupy five minutes. The error, if error there be, is the error of the officer of the Court. (We mention this, that the Times may not leave it at the door of the Attorney-General.) The record is still in the power of the Court, and it is the right and duty of the Court to cause to be amended any error in it, committed by its officer. This Lord Denman would order, as a matter of course, upon a simple suggestion ; but Heaven only knows to how many months' delay, and to how many thick octavo volumes of speeches, the crotchet may give occasion in Dublin. COL. FAWCETT AND MR. MUNRO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l shall feel exceedingly obliged by your inserting in your highly valued journal the following observations, in reference to what has been stated by Mrs. Fawcett, in regard to the most unhappy quarrel that took place between Lieutenant-C o l one l awcett and myself. Mrs. Fawcett says that I have mad e hi g hly improper reflections upon the character of Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett; in reply, I wish to state that I never imagined or stated anything of the kind. I have again to assert that I called upon Lieutenant- Colonel Fawcett on the evening of the 29th of last June, at his particular request. When he asked me to do so, he said, that when I had explained some entries in his accounts that he did not, understand, be would give ine an acknowledg ment that would protect me from any steps that might_ be taken against me. I must observe that such a re mark surprised me greatly, considering the spirit in which I had been acting for him during his absence. 1 shall say but little more about the manner in which I was insulted than I have already done ; but I think it necessary to state that there are some impor t tant inaccuracies in Mrs. Fawcett's account of the un fortunate quarrel ; for instance, she asserts that I used a kind of threat, viz., " that I would not stand" Colonel Fawcett insinuations that I bad neglected his interest. The words I really made use of where those are intro duced were, " that I had served Colonel Fawcett as no other man could have done." I still assert that Colonel Fawcett contradicted me violently, and when I maintained my opinions, he ordered me out of the house. When I returned to the house, it was my im pression that I could not call upon Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett for satisfaction in the usual way, but he sneered at me when I said so, and he also said that he hoped that the connexion that existed between us would not prevent my doing so ; and added some thing about settling the quarrel like a gentleman. In consequence of these replies, which really meant de fiance, I felt obliged, under all the circumstances, to take the best advice I could obtain upon the unfortunate occurrence ; and I made most particular inquiries if the connexion would not exempt me from calling upon Lieu tenant-Colonel Fawcett for an apology, &c. I was told, that as I was an officer upon full pay, it would not; and I have to observe that I acquiesced in every idea of my advisers, in not requiring reparation before the servants, who heard me insulted, nor in requiring a written apo logy from Col. Fawcett, as my doing either might have prevented a reconciliation; in short, I left the uncon trolled management of the unhappy affair in the hands of my friends and advisers. I have likwise to remark, that the instructions given to Mr. Cuddy. by Colonel Fawcett were so imperative that he had no discretionary power whatever, and which is so neces sary in the adjustment of a complicated quarrel ; he appeared to be simply obeying the orders of Lieutenant- Colonel Faatcett as his superior officer ; and for the nature of those instructions I refer to the, letters already, known to the public, and which are most unnecessarily, contemptuous in allusions to myself. Mrs. Fawcett, states that one of these letters was conciliatory ; to the best of my recollection all that was admitted in it was that Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett did not charge me with wilfully allowing him to be defrauded. In reference to what Mrs. Fawcett states as to my declining to receive an apology because it was too late, I declare most so lemnly that I-never did so ; and I am certain that Mr. Grant would never have hid from me the important cir cumstance of the slightest having been offered. My conduct on the ground is a sufficient refutation upon that point, for in addition to applying to Mr. Grant three times to endeavour to stop the dreadful affair from proceeding, I told him that I would never forgive him to the day of my death if he concealed anything he knew of Colonel Fawcett's intentions from me ; his answer was, that from anything he had seen from the first to that time (or words to that effect), he was con vinced that Colonel Fawcett meant to kill me. I called him to me again, and said, " For God's sake do not leave me in this awful situation without telling me everything you know, and giving me your opinion ;" he again said that he was certain • Colonel Fawcett intended to kill me. I have no doubt that Mr. Cuddy was also of the same opinion, or more pro bably that he knew what Colonel Fawcett's intentions were; for at hie suggestioir , I was moved off a target upon which I shottld otherwise have been placed, and which intimated plainly the intentions of his principal. I solemnly declare that I would willingly, even at the latest moment, have given over arms for the slightest apology. I considered from Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett's cruel and uncalled-for insult to myself, his reception of Mr. Grant, and his uncompromising instructions to his second, that he was determined to ruin me ; and this I felt the more from being married, and having five children, the eldest being under nine years of age. I also know that Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett was advised to make me an apology, and that some gentlemen who wished to prevent a meeting submitted a written one to him, which contained nothing that could be hurtful to his feelings; but he peremptorily refused to make the slightest reparation to me from first to last. I have to add that I never was upon any ground before where a duel was to be fought, and that I am not a prac tised pistol shot, as has been repeatedly asserted. I am, Sir, yours, &c., April 20. A. J. MUNRO. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MANCHESTER THEATRE. —The loss which this destructive fire will cause is not easily calculated. We believe the building cost about 10,700/. ; it was a property held in shares ; and, besides the building, the greatest part of the scenery, machinery, &c., belonged to the proprietary, who insured them to the extent of 7,600/., of which 4,0001. was in the Imperial, and 3,6001. in the County Fire office. We fear this insurance will not cover the loss of the proprietors. We may mention that the theatre has been insured in these offices since the year 1810, a period of thirty four years. Mr. Roxby, the lessee, was unfortunately unin sured. All the scenery whi c h, during his lesseeship, has been painted for the revival of the greater part of the plays of Shakspeare, in a spirited following of the style in which Mr. Macready put these dramas on the London stage, was the property of the lessee, and has perished, together with various properties and furniture of considerable value. For the Christmas Carol, considerable expense had been incurred in preparing new scenery, dresses, and decorations : and a " slider" for exhibiting the visions of Old Scrooge, alone cost about 40/. All the new scenery has been consumed. We believe the music and musical instruments were got out without damage. Perhaps the most painful circumstances of this catastrophe remain to be told. A large and exceedingly respectable company of performers are at once thrown out of occupation, just when they were looking forward to their ap proaching benefits. We believe the benefits were to have commenced next week, and the theatre would have closed on Monday the 10th June. Under these circumstances, Mr. Roxby convened a meeting of all the company, which was held last evening, at the Atheneum. We cannot conclude this notice of so untoward an event—one which must cast a considerable damp on the gaiety and amusements of the town during the next Vinter—without expressing our regret, that the handsomest and best constructed provincial theatre in the kingdom—which was embellished, not two years ago, at a cost of 1,6001. to the lessee—should thus have been de stroyed in one short hour. In various quarters we have heard a strongly-expressed desire to contribute to any sub scription fund that may be originated on behalf of the corps dramatique, whose; position is certainly one that appeals most forcibly to the sympathies of every lover of the drama.— Manchester Guardian. THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SHIP:—.It was in- . tended last week to haul the Great Britain into the floating harbour, and to moor her there while the tanks upon which she is to be floated through the locks into the river are being constructed. A slight impediment, however, for some time prevented her removal. It appeared that a portion of the timber upon which she rested had, from her great weight, become firmly fixed to her keel, and, from want of sufficient depth of water, she was unable, with this obstacle adhering to her, to clear the sill of the caisson, notwithstanding that her draught is only twelve feet. On Thursday, and again on Friday week, the water in the float was raised about eighteen inches, but this was not sufficient to enable the vessel, with her encumbrance, to pass clear. On both occasions she was hauled one-third out, but had to be hauled back again. Various expedients were resorted to, in order to detach the pieces of timber in question, but without success. Our fellow citizen, Mr. J. M. Hyde (mathematical instrument maker), subsequently undertook, by means of his diving apparatus, to descend to the bottom of the dock, for the purpose of ascer taining the exact position and nature of the lmpedimenit4 an n d e this hazarious work he performed on Friday afternoon most intrepid manner. He made his first descent about twent y minutes to five o'clock, and rema ined under wa ter a quarter sh s au chain, ce which t h e anda a s n u e h e o e u e d r. e d A i n ft f e as r tean4orta r i n n p te e rv tn al a h l e ar T e m p n l an d e i s , c e w n h d i p c d, h v v a a e r h . a u m l e r d . H .,f7 d m e e t u h b e s e ci s h u i e p n 's t y b o t t n t e o k m w o t h t h h i e m he affixed to the main obstacle in in to detaching vessels, from thel'segress, and on succeeded Monday forenoon hevessel several pieces of timber, which floated upwards to the sur face, and the vessel was liberated. She was then hauled out of dock, and now lies moored in the floating harbour, near he Clifton Gas Works.—Bristol Mirror. froymeteithie°r caodaivoawnnceerss e ßi p li rott — d A ed s THE PITMEN'S latter, since our last, having re cownecrkilmiatein7 t h h a S e j• fresh stimulus from the various c:t::eriwvttalehlrdeediirsar relief fund, amongst which may be sums named subscribed 20/. contributed by the quarrymen of Gateshead. However, we regret to learn that the pitmen, in certain instances, are breaking up their sick societies,• • and dividing those hard earned funds which they had • • wisety provided for days of affliction and death. Partial w • orkings are still going on in sevvral collieries. On Tuesday evening a meeting of the working men of South Shields was held in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, when they were addressed by a deputa tion from the Pitmen's Union. On Thursday a large meeting of the pitmen was held on Tynemouth Sands, at both of which meetings the principle of " peace, law, and order," was strictly enforced, 'and a determination to carry out the strike was manifested. Burdon Main and Percy Alain collieries are partially at work, and Jarrow pit, it is expected, will com mence this week. A number of special constables have been sworn in for protection. A quantity of coal is still sent down by the Pontop and Shields Railway, which is more than enough for manufacturing purposes. On Saturday night, one of the overmen at Hebbum colliery was assaulted, but we have not heard of his being seriously injured. Meetings were held by the pitmen at Percy Main, Durham, and Gateshead Fell yesterday, for publicly discussing their grievances ; and this evening a public meeting, with a similar ebject, will be held at the Music-hall in this town, and in the early part of , the day a meeting of the delegates from all the collieries will take place at the house of W. Jude's.—Tyne Mercury. BANKING AFFAIRS. ffieient time has now elapsed to allow the city traders and capitalists to form a judgment upon the new project re lative to banking affairs, which is viewed as the most impor tant measure of the kind since Sir Robert Peel's celebrated Bill of 1819. Taken as a whole, it is pronounced to be de serving of the greatest praise; and it is freely admitted that all the previous recommendations and plans of the selget.pnd other banking committees sink into comparative insignifi cance, when compared with the change that is likely to fake place when these views are fully carried out. The 'subject naturally divides itself into two main branches—the country bankers, and the Bank of England. With regard to the first, the irresponsible issue of paper by individuals or companies is from the present moment effec tually checked—unless by some evasion of the proposed new law, amounting almost to fraud—and becomes limited to about the present very restricted amount which they have in circulation; and there is every probability that within a few years the power of issuing notes will be restricted to one source. Most people agree that the loss sustained by the public from country banks is not to be estimated solely by the amount of failures, but that a very large,..though ind e fi - nite item is to be added for the overtrading occasioned by the injudicious over-issues of those who continued solvent. This was pointed out by Sii R. Peel from the examination of some of their own witnesses before the late Committee, Hence the - arrangements respecting Am he are regarded as wholesome and necessary checks to the issue of a doubtful and insecure currency; while those which relate to the Bank of England are viewed in the light of restrictions to the in judicious contraction and expansion of a currency, which, - however safe as regards the holders of the notes, have fre quently operated injuriously on trade and commerce from sudden and unexpected variations in the amount. One main alteration is the division of the Bank of Eng land into two branches ; the first being simply a bank of issue ; and the second,' merely an , establishment formed for the ordinary purposes of banking, but without any power of creating notes, and which will therefore act as any private bank trading on its own capital. The issuing department will have two very distinct functions to perform, being authorised to create an amount of paper money to the ex tent of 11,000,0001. based entirely on the debt due from the Government to the Bank, and 3,000,000/. on Exchequer.. bills and other public securities, to which extent it will he a Government paper money, and incapable, except in parti cular and limited instances, of being increased, The other means by which it may issue notes, in exchange for bullion, will supply what has long been wanted in this great corn mercial country—a bank of deposit, similar to that Hata burgh, is so far as it offers the facilities of paper in large payments, joined with the absolute security of a metallic currency, but superior to it in detail, because it offers the same facility and security to smaller transactions than is afforded by the Hamburgh Bank, where, instead of notes issued, there are transfers made from one account to another, which limits its usefulness to the larger class of operations. It is clearly seen that the amount of notes which will thus circulate will necessarily be fixed by the wants and con venience of the public, and form a protection against any demand for gold on notes based on the other securities, as before they can be presented the notes issued against gold must have been paid in, and the paper circulation reduced to 14 000 000/. The new measure appears to City observers not only judi cious in itself, but remarkably well-timed. The amount of gold is now about 16,500,0001., aad notes to this extent are therefore already based upon the precious metals, so that the transfer of the stock of bullion to the issuing depart ment will form a basis on which this amount will issue and be circulated; to which amount also the currency will be really metallic, although possessing the facilities, so far as easy transport and freedom from wear are concerned, of a paper currency. The remainder of the notes in circulation is about 4,500,0001., and to this must be added the deposits, amounting to about 13,000,0001., and forming a total of about 17,500,000/. liabilities which are based on securities of different kinds now in the hands of the Bank. Of this amount 11,000,0001. is now provided for by the new plan, against the Government debt, and the Bank will have the power to issue 3,000,000/. more against Exchequer.. bills or other public securities they may now hold. This forms the total issue allowed of 14,000,000/., which deducted from the total liabilities not covered by the bullion, leaves 3,500,000/., which is about the amount of the " rest," or real surplus capital. Hence nothing can be imagined more easy than the transition will be into the new state of things. It follows, that whatever alteration may eventually take place in the total circulation must proceed from the demands of the public. The state of trade, therefore, and the importation or exportation of the precious metals, will in future govern the amount of money, and not, as has too frequently hap pened of late years, the artificial abundance or s c a rc it y o f money influence trade and prices. The proposed publication of frequent and full returns i s universally approved. The great fault in the present retu rn is the omission of the deposits in the monthly averages, which should have been published with the others, and divided into the two branches of public and private deposits. The accounts pubished by the Bank of France are an ex cellent model to adopt. The only point against which anytl.ing like censure has been directed as liable to be abused in practice, is the, appro priation to the Government of any further profit to be derived from any extension of the currency, and some would have preferred limiting the paper circulation at once to a, fixed amount, leaving the public, by the importation of go/d, to provide any increase which may be required. The new branch of a bank of deposit certainly offers admirable faci-. lities for this purpose, for the moment that money in the shape of bullion or coin becomes redundant, it can imme diately be converted into notes. In connection with this part of the subject, it is felt to be extremely desirable that the department which issues notes against the payment of gold should still retain the custom now adopted by the Bank, of: being a constant buyer of bullion at a fixed price, which re munerates the charge of coinage, for by this means this branch will become, to the full meaning of the term, a bank of deposit. The holder of bullion will then have the powei• of obtaining an immediate value for his gold, without the delay and trouble of first going to the Mint, and the diffe• rcncc of price will be compensated by the promptness of t' a e return. In this manner it will become of no importay ze to what extent the issue of notes is carried, as they all be based on bullion which has already paid the cos t o f coinage, and may, therefore, at any time be issued as coin without the slightest expense. These have been the current observations tif the day upon the new plan, though the topic is not ac, yet by any means exhausted.—Times. LEAMINGTON SPA, MAY 7.—To the continued fine ness of the weather may be attributed a large number of visitors at this fashionable watering-place. The list of recent arrivals comprises the Earl Talbot, Sir Henry and Lady Fletcher, Sir Edward Colebrook, Bart., M.P. • La_cly and Miss Scott, Lady Dyneover and lion. Miss Rice, Hon. F. Byron, Sir Davidge and Lady Gould, Sir Arthur de Cape! Brooke, Bart. ; Hon. Mrs. Hamilton, Sir Frederick Hamilton, Bart. ; Lady Duff Gordon and family, &c. The erection of a new tennis court is about to be commenced under the ma • nagement of a provisional committee, among the members of which are Lords Leigh, Somerville, and Brooke, and several of the leading gentry of the town and neighbourhood. SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS AND OFFICIAL PAPEP A or ROYAL AND ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES.—WedIIeSda7f, at ono o'clock, a sale by auction of autograph letters of Royal and illustrious personages, including those of Henry VII., Henry VIII., Charles I. Georges 1., 11., 111., and IV., Ch ar l es 11. o f Spain, Leopold of Germany, the Elector of Bavaria, &c. ; the Ormonde, Portland, Fox, Abingdon, and other official papers, together with many hundred letters, from the principal nobi lity, statesmen, poets, authors, &c., of the United Kingdom, was proceeded with at the Auction-rooms, No. 191, Picca dilly, being the collection of many years of a private indivi dual. The competition was not great, and the various lots were knocked down at a comparatively low price. The fol . lowing were among the principal autographs, &c. :—Kir i g• Charles, to a letter to Viscount Falkland, Lord-Lieuteiaar,s es - Ireland, on state affairs, August 4, 1628, 17s. ; King T:f enr y VII., to a wardrobe warrant, " for the delivery of certaine costly articles for our creste at Windsor, 'Cower of London," 1498, 13s. • King Henry VII., to an original of evst wardrobe warrant, for the delivery ain clothes, addressed to Sir Andrew Windsor, Windssir Castle, 1513, 12s. ; King Henry VIII., to an original warrant, for the de livery of certain articles for his Majesty's hssunds, Greenwich, 1511, 17s. ; Charles 11., King of Spain, to * King 'William 111., of England, on the death of his mother, Madrid, May 24, 1696, 12s. ; King Charles 1., to an original State letter of instructions to Viscount Falkland, Lord• Lieutenant of Ire land, in fine preservation, dated Palace of Westminster, 1629, 17s. ; a letter from Charles James Fox, to his brother, Lieut.- General Fox, fraaked,lBo4, 13s. ; Notice for:Colonel Stephen to attend the funeral of Oliver Cromwell, from Somerset house to Westminster Abbey, on the 23d of November. Autograph of Thomas Lord Fairfax, the Parliamentary Ge neral, to a printed certificate that Major Richard Stephen, or. Sir Francis Drake's Regiment, " hath deservedly received a medal from the Parliament and City of London, for his faitl,fta services under my'command," two curious documents, 'j645, 1/. 12s. ; Prince of Wales, List of the Privy Council T,resent at the introduction of his Royal Highness, who t'jok his place-at the upper end of the board, on the right ha'ad of his Majesty, the original document, with the Privy Coancil. - seal, 1714, 6s. 6d., &c. THE PERILS OF STEEPLECHASING..—FATAL , LEAP. —An inquest was held last evening by Mr• Iligigs, at St. C ap h r les raanteltihe s i g h H t o . aged Hospital, thirty g -eight. de ceased was a trainer of horses for steeplechaser .l .g, and in the , m on the th e e vi b d o e d e y ee of it habit of buying and selling horses for_ differ.',' t persons. In he taught the h .d.ses to leap, for his capacity of " toper," __, . number of bars are rr ,quired of different which purpose a jump over 0 n heights, for the animals to 4 . • Thursday, the 18th ult., Mr. Blore, the proprietor 0 , the Queen's Arms, at as an omnibus Pror;rietor, Kilburn, knownon the persuaskns ased a herr.,e at Dixon's He of the deceased, purch , pi:Y....tory. • • at Kilburn, he too . k, the horse to slur On arriving instead vr to a of putting it; into , and the stable or.i his re perso , him into the yard for the turn took him The bar purpose of trying his leaping Powers- •t was brought out, and amidst many spectators Elated wi , i th his w!is cle red in g oo d style by the de ceased. gutted In order. the ere bar to ra i s ed higher, and addres s i ng M r. Blor, h be e would pay for a docto r if any accidents as ed him if he happened. Mr. Blore told him he had better lust the h again. Being rather worse for tithe horse up, and not leap iquor, he persisted in leap-. ing. The horse cleared the bar, but the d mischance, slipped off, and alighted on his feecease'l'i, by some: being rough, and the force with which h e e t. he grounek came to tl.sft ground, broke his right leg. He was removed to the hosr:itsis when delirium tremens set in. He lingered for some days. and died on Tuesday night, from mortification of the 'injured part. The deceased, during his steeplechasing ear, •eer, had. broken his left leg on two previous occasions..' Verdict. "Accidental Verdict. "Accidental death." THE ANCIENT CONCERTS.—The conieric of W e d. nesday was under the direction of Prins.e Albert, and the selection of music was what might haw s been expected from his Royal Highness's sound taste, en(', extensive knowledge of the art. Her Majesty honor.rod * .he concert with her pre sence. On her entrance, "God Ave the Queen" was magni ficently performed; the two 'solo verses by Miss Rainforth and Madame Caradori All'ars. A motett, by Cherubini t was performed for the first Vane, from an original manuscript in the possession of his - Royal Highness Prince Albert. The duet from Haydret Stabat Mater "'Sancta Mater, istud ages," was beautifully sung by Madame Caradori Allan and Signer Salvi. Another most interesting npvelty was the quartAt from Gratues Passione—a work which, though almost un• known in this country, holds the same place in German - 6 , th a t The Messiah does in England. In consequence of b As Ma jesty's presence, the room was more than usually .crowded, and presented a brilliant appearance. R I A CHILD MUTILATED BY A —AT.—The following shocking occurrence, exhibiting the ferocity of ' the rat, oc • enrreeto Sarah Wiseman, a child a year and a half old, whose parents reside at No. 7, Duke-street, W aterloo-road. It appears that the father of the child is by ti Ad e a c h wat .. maker, but having for some time been oat of, employment, himself and wife are compelled to go out by, the evening singing at a concert, held at a neighbourin g . tin . a Monday evening they did so, leaving the child in bed, locked in the room. On their return home they fox Ind the child covered with blood, which was issuing from its right eye nose, chin, and both arms, from wounds wl rich had been gnawed into the flesh by a rat. The poor ch . !Id was imme mediately taken to a surgeon, who dressed ti j a aid it is hoped that, although very bad, it will nit' ,h, , ate l y recover. It is said that amongst the policemis ~.. . . on the Great Western Railway are eight members of V Al p R oya l College of Surgeons, and three selioitor& E S TAB L ISIIE D 1821. 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This eclipse will be visible. WHITE CONDUIT-HOUSE. Oh Wednesday Mr. R. Rouse, proprietor of the White Conduit-house, opened his Assembly-room, it having been renovated and decorated for the season. It is well propor tioned as regards architectural character, and the proprietor has displayed wonderful taste in the preparations and orna ments. It has been composed as nearly as possible in drawing-room style, but yet is extended to the semblance of the banquetting halls of the baronial mansions of old. The pictures which were to be seen last season are still retained, but there has been added a gallery of sculpture in bronze of the heroes of war and the geniuses of poetry, that adorn the place on brackets arranged in classical taste. When the gas lights were burning the general effect of the room was most brilliant. T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P., took the chair, and a nume rous and respectable company did due acknowledgments to his entry. Accompanying him was J. P. Barnard, Esq., T. Rouse, Esq., of the Grecian Saloon, Mr. Childs, solicitor, and Mr. James Duncombe, solicitor, &c. The dinner was excellent, the wines capital, and the at tendance not merely faultless, but all that could be desired. After the dinner, the Chairman gave the usual routine of loyal toasts, which were drunk with the most marked cor diality and enthusiasm. The proceedings were much en livened by several songs from Mr. Robinson, the favourite ballad singer, and Mr. Forde, who elicited great applause for the exercise of his comic power. Mr. Barnard kindly volun teered a song, which was rapturously applauded. Mr. Dun combe, M.P., addressed the meeting several.times, and was loudly cheered. Mr. Childs gave as a toast " The Licensed Victuallers, and Mr. T. Rouse,• the veteran proprietor of the Grecian Saloon." Mr. Rouse returned thanks. The health of the host was eloquently given by the Chairman, and Mr. Rouse, in a neat speech, acknowledged the mark of respect. Mr. Keasley, the ex-Governor of the Licensed Victualler? Incorporated Society, proposed the health of Mr. James Duncombe, solicitor, for the services he had done the trade. Duncombe returned thanks in his usual style of eloquence. We left the company at approaching late hours, in a high spirit of enjoyment. MR. DISRAELI ' S " CONINGSBY ; OR, THE NEW GENERATION.”—We are requested to state that " Con ningsby ; or, The New Generation," by B. D'lsraeli, Esq., M.P., in 3 vols. post Bvo., is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be had at all the libraries, and of all the booksellers throughout the kingdom. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. THE HAIR.—Of the numerous compounds con stantly announced for promoting the growth or reproduc tion of the hair, few survive, even in name, beyond a very limited period; whilst " Rowland 's Macassar Oil," with a reputation unparalleled, is still on the increase in public es timation. The singular virtues of this successful invention I for restoring, preserving, and beautifying the human hair, are too well known and appreciated to need much comment. The very facts of the high and distinguished patronage it enjoys, its general use in all countries, together with nu merous testimonials constantly . received in its fat-our, are au thorities which stamp its superior excellence and title over all attempts of a similar nature. Being universally preferred, it s c onsequent great demand excites the cup idi ty of un principled shopkeepers, who vend the most spurious trash as the " genuine" Macassar Oil : whereas the genuine article is wholly the invention and property of A and the amalgamation of its costly exoti Rowland and Son, c materials renders abortiveany attempt to discover its cemponent parts—thus proving! the imposition of all other articles bearing the title of " Macassar Oil." The genuine article has the words " Rowland's Macassar Oil" on the wrapper.—All others are fraudulent counterfeits I No. 16,142. LODON FRIDAY Ig R N N , , , 1844. , MAY 19 N* , N PRICE sd.