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SIR FRANCIS OMMANNEY in the Chair, It was moved by WILLIAM MATTHEW THISSELTON, Esq., and seconded hy Dr. CONQUEST, and unanimously resolved. " That, in order to testify the high sense of approbation of the Citizens of London, and other friends of the Right Hon. SAIIIUEL WILSON, late Lord Mayor of the City of Lon don, for the able and dignified manner in which he sustained the distinguished character of this ancient City, by the exemplary discharge of his various, arduous, and responsible duties of Chief Alzgistrate, for the firmness, impartiality, and humanity, which he evinced in the performance of his Magisterial func tions ; for his support of the Charitable institutions by which this metropolis is pre-eminently distinguished above all other Cities in the world ; for the hospitality which he so signally dis played in support of the dignity of the high office ; for his disin terested motives, and the reat labour he has undergone in regard to various important matters which deeply affected the interests of the public, both rich and poor ; and for his readiness of access to all classes of the community, irrespective of wealth or rank ; anti that, inasmuch as the late Lady Mayoress is also justly to be regarded with high esteem for her amiable conduct as Lady Mayoress, and for her dignified and courteous attention towards the guests at the Mansion House during the late Mayoralty, a public subscription be entered into for the Purchase of a suitable and lasting token, to be presented to Mr. Alderman Wilson and his Lady, in testimony of the high esteem in which they are held by the Citizens of London and the country at large. The following Gentlemen were unanimously elected as a Sub- Com mitte to receive subscriptions, and to carry the object into effect:— JOINT TREASURERS. Mr. Charles Pritchett Bunfield, 50, Cheapside. Mr. William Matthew Thiselton, 59, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, 16, Wilton-crescent. Sir Francis Ommanney, 22, Norfolk-street, Strand. Sir John Webb, Woolwich. Mr. Edward Richards Adams, Beckenham, Kent. Mr. James Anderton, 20, New Bridge-street, 131ackfrilrs. Mr. Nathaniel Clifton Cross-street, Islington. Mr. John F. Conquest, 13, Finsbury-square. Mr. Charles Elliott, 47, Portland-place. Mr. Alexander Galloway, 19, West-street, West Smi:hfield. Mr. Joseph Groat, Stamford Hill. Mr. Richard Hicks, 11, NeNvgate-market. Mr, Alderman John Johnson . , Scott's-yard, Bush-lane, Cannon- street. Mr. Thomas Jones, 20, King's Arm's-yard, Coleman-street. Mr. Robert Booth Latter, Bromley, Kent. Mr. William S. Northhouse, 2, Storey's-gate, St. James's- park. Mr. Thomas Pewtress, 30, Gracechurch-street. Mr. Henry Pownall, Spring Grove, Hounslow. Mr. Frederick Salmon, 12, Old Broad-street. Mr. Thomas Saunders, 1, Queen-street-place, Southwark• bridge. Mr. John Scott, Clay Hill, Bromley, Kent. Mr. Thomas Shaw, Kelburn Priory. Mr. David Williams Wire, 9, St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard street. Subscriptions will also be received at the following Banking Establishments : Messrs. Drummond and Co., 49. Charing-cross. lessrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Company, 16, St. James's street. Messrs. Hoares and Co., 37, Fleet-street. Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 75, Lombard-street. A full List of the Contributors will be published prepara tory to the Tribute being presented, and a copy of such List, tozether with a copy of the proposed Inscription, will be for warded to each Subscriber, and such as may desire to be present at the presentation of the Testimonial will have an opportunity of being so On behalf of the Committee, THOMAS JONES, Hon. Secretary. 20, King's Arm's-yard, Coleman-street, Dec. 9, 1839. ORDNANCE LAND and BUILDINGS at GUILDFORD in the ( OUNTY of SURREY. TO BE SOLD by TENDER, by Order of the Right Hon. the MASTER-GENERAL and BOARD of ORDNANCE, the LAND and BUILDINGS at GUILDFORD, now in the occupation of Mr. William Elkins, under a lease which will expire at Christmas next. The Land consists of about Thirteen Acres of Land of statute measure. Tenders are to be forwarded before the 20th day of December instant, under seal, addressed to the Secretary of the Board of Ordnance, Office of Ordnance, Pall-Mall, London, and marked outside, " Tender for Land at Gaildford.'! Conditions of sale may be had at the Office of Ordnance, and at the Office of the Solicitor, 83, Pall-Mall, and by application to Mr. Rand, Solicitor, Guildford, who will show the Premises. By order of the Board, R. BYHAM, Secretary. of Ordnance, Dec. 9., 1839, TO PERSONS WISHING T NESS ENGAGE IN HOTEL BUSI. ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT. rr 0 BE LET on advantageous terms, the HOTEL DEPARTMENT of a RIRST-RATE ESTABLISHMENT in the WEST of ENGLAND. For Particulars enquire at Mr. Cafe's Offices, Great Marlbo rough-street./ TO COACH BUILDERS AND OTHERS. TO he DISPOSED OF, for the purpose of closing a Partnership Concern, a respectable and old- Established CO ICH BUILDING BUSINESS, in the City of ristol, og e ther with the whole of the valuable Stock, and the ß t Lease of the Premises, in which tbe Manufactory is carried on. The above presents a very favourable opportunity to any Per son.who may be desirous of embarking in this Line of Business, and one which rarely occurs. Further Particulars may be obtained on application to Mr. John T. Pike. Accountant, 28, Corn-street, Bristol. All Letters to be post-paid, and none but principals will be treated with. F THE FREQUENT ROBBERIES OF PLATE. CAUTION. It having been represented to RIPPON and BURTON that everal persons are vending a spurious metal as their NICKEL SILVER BRITISH PLATE, they assure the Public that the Genuine Article can only be had at their Warehouses, 12, itrells-street, Oxford-street. The Nickel Silver British Plate nanufactured by Rippon and Burton, is, by a chemical process, tendered superior to any other so called, in appearance and durability; it is equal to silver; all the articles being solid and of wrought materia l, the y improve with use, and are war ranted to stand the test of that strong acid aquafortis. The ollowing prices are named s. a d. s a c riterion : I -- Table Spoons and Forks, full size, with fiddle handles, and Forks, full size, per per dozen Dessert do ........................ 10 0 Do. Dessert, do. do., per Tea Spoons, per dozen 5 0 dozen s, each 4 0 Do. Tea, do. do. do ............. 12 0 Gravey Spoon Fish Knives, each 13 utter Knives ... . Salt and Mustard 'Spoons .... 0 6 1)0. Salt and Mustard Spoons, 1 Soup Ladles . 6 6 do Sauce Ladles 6 Do. Soup Ladles, do l3 fl Sugar "Palgs, each Trible Candlesticks, per pair 16 0 Do. Suga. Tongs, do. Chamber ditto, complete. Decanter Stands, chased each ............. • ................ 9 6 edges, per pair l7 6 7 0 C ru et Frames, Shell Mount - Snit frers, do 0 Snuffer Trays, do 5 6 ings ..... ... ................ ._ 28 Bread Baskets, Tea and Coffee Sets Co match, .3.:c. Purchasers are recom mended to apply, post paid, for a Cata logue, which can be forwarded for a single postage. WARRANTED TABLE CUTLERY. Table Knives, w ith Ivory Handles , per doz. 14s.—Dessert Knives, 12s.—C a rvers, per pair, 4s. 6d.—The Long Set of 50 Pieces, 10s.—The same to Balance Table Knives, I6s.—Des sßrts, 14s. —Carvers, ss. 6d. —Large size Ivory-handled Table Knives, 18s. —Desserts, 16s. per doz. —Carvers, 60.—The same to Balance Table, 21s.—Desserts, 15s.—Carvers, 7s. 6d. to White Bone Handled Table Knives and Forks, 9s. per doz.— Black Horn-handled Table Knives and Forks, I Is. per doz.— Desserts, Bs.—Carvers, 2s. 6d.—The Knives and Forks both warranted. FENDERS, FIRE IRONS, CORNICE POLES, DISH COVERS, BATHS, &c. Fashionable Black Iron Fenders from 9s.—Bronzed ditto from 12s.—Brass ditto from 10s.—Polished Steel Fire Irons from ss.—Block Tin Dish Covers the Set, 1 l s prov st d shape ditto, 16s.—Patent ditto, the very best quality and newe shape that is made, 35s.—Japanned Bottle Jacks, warranted to carry 251133., 7s. 6d.—Brass ditto, 9s. 6d.—Brass Stair Rods, 3s. 6d. per doz.—Brass Cornice or Window Curtain Poles, Is. 3(1 per fobt.—Copper Tea Kettle to hold 1 Ga110n,27 75.. Copper Coal Scoops , fr om 10s. 6(l.—Tea Urns, from s Shower Baths, with Copper conducting Tubes and Pamp, and with Curtains complete, 110 s. I urc hasers are recommende d to visit the Wareh ous es, Wells street, Oxford - stree t ; or to a pp l y for a Catalogu rices, e of p Orders e , ltich can be forwar ded for a sin g le postage. Country .6 contain a remittance. All Postages to be paid. Established 1820. Mit. COCK LE'S Lious PATRONIZ FAMILY ANTIBI PILLS. RD BY THE Bishop of Norwich Bishop of Salisbury Bishop of Peterborough Bishop of Ely Bishop of Gloucester , Bishop of Chichester Bishop of Wo*cester IBishop of Hereford Bishop of St. Asanh Bishop of Bangor Bishop of Llandafi E!oop of Calcutta Right Hon. J. A. Murray, s...ord Advocate o f Scotland Right Hon. P. Thornson,M P. Hon. Sir Edward Cusi , K.C.fl 1-1 1 - lOn n. . F C o ol l on% fa l u A le ns , L l.ll •P. Sir Henry Wheatley , Sir sir P o r e a r n a c r i d 's Burdett , Ba . B . t G . v , it C .l‘ .i . i p ) ll . . P. Sir Robert 1 (17 1 Sir si r sa henry m,,e 1 1 3 F I a: ti k , n ei t: [ Bart. a r t r . f . Sir Si !. 1 . t A c7; l e t r e t w ß u Agnew, o e n l ' N B a aa r rr t tt . : t!';t'l3Bro.4l7(L. K.C.B.Ssiir, F.Johnhi Philip r . b v e s . Bart. Sir John de Beanvoir e Sir John Tyrell, Bart, M.P. Sir Henry Smyth, Bart , M. Sir Mathew Wood, Bart, m -- P ips" Si r Frederick Pollock, M.P, • Sir John Macdonald, :" E.C. Chi,. A dj u t a nt -General Sir ThomasK.B. James B Wildman, h Esq., ham Castle Col Delap, Stoke Park, Surrey Colima! Tynte, M.P. colonel Sibthorp, M.P. Captain P o ch eII,M.P. S. Grove PriCes Esq. Matti:ins Attwood, Esq., 111.? Alderman Thompson, M. P. P. C h ar les Wai:f.er, Esq., 1%1 Mr. Serji‘ant Talfourd, M.P. Mr. Serjeant Wilde, N.P. Mr. Serjeant Ludlow S. Grove Price, Esq., M.P. Rev. Archdeacon of Colchester Rev. Dr. French, Cambridge Reverend Dr. Benson Reverend Dr. Burney Revere nd Dr Birch Reverend Dr. Miller Ro b er t Renwick, Esq., M.D. C. Waddy, Esq., late M.P.,Dult tin Duke of Grafton Duke ,if Manchester Duke of A rgyl, Duke of Beaufort Ihi , re of Rutland Lemke 01 Buccleuch D ... kept Sutherland Duke of Devonshire M ar g ..; of Laosdo wne Ma:quio of 1 AviM , Ck Aof ilesbury Margiti , ' Marquis of Bfandford Marvis of Wi , Jehester %downs of Abereolll Carqu!. pi NorManby Ea :l of ls2don E a rl of Ihn:owbg Earl of ;dint° Earl of Ca; nay v 0 I Earl of Errol Earl of Mouritt ashe Earl of Darliogton Earl o• Sii-nnu l Ertl of Guildford E a rl of 3carbirougn 1...7.:0rl of Oxford Ea:l ofanet Ear WI Athlone Earl o f :toccouinow Earl Cowpe: Earl Amherst Earl of Leicester Viscount Melbourne Viscount Palmerston Viscount How i t k Viscount Fordwicb Viscount Torrington Viscount Canning Viscoun t Alfor. 1 Viscount Acheson L0r.. 1 Arundel Lord Zroest Bruce Lord stet esdale Lord Hill Lord n alikot Lord Murray Lord Bentincit Lord Fitzroy :ord Middleto n 1 li. JOHN ARMSTRONG'S L l VEt t PILLa . Lcrd Barham Q 4 U 1: 7 1! ERE it Lord Frederick Gordop b Lord 'Willoughby de Itres y 1 , tne Sick, or under the . - 77) Redundancy or Deficient ' tion Pain ieney of Bile—from Indigos , th f e ro l i:l ift a h l t l sh l o n u a k c h t:: T • e : s v i e ek r — kie f a r d o : ch a e, Lord Konu ird Lord Sevto OUT Heart-burn, Giddiness, • the Sto. Oppression after Mears, Spasms in arrd Hartland 'Tact], 1 Oga of AnEetito Lord Western , . well fo try the LIV 'lt PILLS, as '„ . Pimples or Cutaneous Sores would do pared t v.ii of the late Dr. JOHNfrom the P Lord Archbisho, , or -.Troug h ARMSTRONG, of Russeli-squar , e and Bishop of Durhan: A 'thor of tho Works on Typhusand Scarlet &by the Fever, c., Bishop of Chester ria,pr ctoi's Agents, Messrs. EDWARD WINSTANLEY, of 7, Bishop of Bath and 4V ell 3 i hest Respectability. Poultry; of whom they may be had retail, and of And Numerous Families 4 t the hig fSt mach-in Gout. . s r •-,,,,, Patent Medicine Dealer M London' - almost ..rescrip. every Drug. ' ir fr , low delicate or sedentary Females, and as a Dinner Pill and I gl - , n k e l ie ° ,o a . ,l ° -,e-in Disorderei „, 1 4 1,0. pci boor. and the United Kingdom, In all cases of Indigestion and Weask. Flatulency and Spasms-in Bilious or . gentle Apetioi t, they ,are incomparable. For children he I fiver-in Nervous Irrualality-and as a l . k c ' , 3 ( l 4i l l 3 Y 'a little treacle or pre. al. tA Z l P : r r eq :e eu ri u t it i l'e E e4tlhrne tus e r P a nel: ' F oie A. orient, and Verinifuge ; one or two Pills cut into liale Y pi a e r c e es a , tier efficacy of these Pills is too well They are prepared by Mr. • AMES COC-„ i i A " vt s E of H ESSE is curia ed on the nary io Her Serene Highness the LAN.)"...,idp Iton...o.icioe Venders . sery attki g u lyeti the lift th lig in the morning,.. „ . . HOMBURG, and may Le 1-.1 of all rave,. . in Town and Country, in Boxes, at 10. 1 tl., . • and 4's. Thee Pills may VEll '.- , gs 9,1 . , 4 '• °;d 'o I Is " Observe...J o lir. John Armstrong's Liver Pills,o , ro vino, renders 31'° be had Sil l I sheirMcdicinid cfreete. them tasteless, without at ail interfering with - , They are admirably adapted 'or those Persons o Medicine. r an avercroll no who have Q. NEW 011.510,1111-FTREFT, Beneoen-anw. Lownov. 'tamp. Nonce se tiro genuine. . the Sta , l l P N. R Ask a : " Dr. John Armstrong's Liver Pills," and examine t • 1 I-lice-Mons. Berquier, Calais ; Mons. Pichen, and Agen 3 111 ~ ai 0119. 0 eilfit . 1 . Voui °fine. .. : • . . . SAILING and STEAM VESSELS WANTED for PER FORMING the MAIL SERVICE between ABERDEEN or PETERHEAD, and LERWICK, in the SHETLAND ISLANDS. DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPTROLLER FOR VICTUALLING AND TRANSPORT SER VICES, SOMERSET-PLACE, Dec. P., IRV. 1111 HE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, That on TUESDAY, the 31st instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to receive Tenders, under Conditions, which may be seen at the above Office, or upon application to the Collector of Customs at Aberdeen or Lerwick, or to Lieut. Pitt, R.N., at Leith, for the CONVEYANCE of MAILS between ABERDEEN or PETERHEAD and LERWICK, in the Shetland Islands. All Tenders are to be made upon the printed form provided for the purpose, which may be had upon application as above, and they are to be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, at Somerset-place, with the words " Tender for the Convey ance of Mails." and " Comptroller of Victualling" in the left hand corner of the envelope. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the Day of Treaty, nor will any be noticed, unless the Party, or an Agent for him, attends. Every Tender must lie delivered at the above Office, and if by an agent, be accompanied by the 'written authority of the parties tendering ; and it must also express when the Vessels will be ready for survey, and when they will be ready to com mence the performance of the service required, and also state the address of the party tendering. EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEC. 11, 1839. .rIPHE COURT of DIRECTORS of the 31— EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY, appointed to be held at their House, in Lcadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, Dee. 18, 1839, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, is MADE SPECIAL, for the pur pose of laying before the Proprietors documents relative to the late military operations in Affghanistan, and resolutions of thanks adopted, in consequence, by the Court of Directors. The abovementioned documents and resolutions are now open for the inspection of the Proprietors at this House. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEC. 11, 1839. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the SPECIAL QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY appointed to be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 18th December, 1839, is FURTHER MADE SPECIAL for the purpose of taking into consideration the Draft of a Petition to Parliament pray ing for relief in iegard to such Customs Duties levied in Great Britain and its Colonies, as press unequally upon the produc tions and industry of India as compared with other parts of the dominions of the British Crown, and from restrictions opera ting prejudicially to the interests of the natives of India, which Draft of a Petition has been prepared by the Court of Directors in pursuance of the Resolution of the Special General Court of the :Id July last, and now lies open at this House for the perusal of the Proprietors. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND, 13, OLD BROAD STREET, LONDON. DECEMBER H, 1539. Notice is hereby given, that the COURT of DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND have declared a DIVIDEND on the paid up CAPITAL of the Company, after the rate of 5/. per Cent. per Annum, for the half-year ending the 31st day of December, 1839, and the warrants for the payment of the same will be ready for delivery at the Com pany's Office, 13, Old Broad-street, London, on and after Monday, the 13th of January next, between the hours of ten and three o'clock ; and at the Offices of the Society in Dublin, Athlone, Ballina, Ballinasloe, Boyle, Banagher, Carrick. on- Suir, Cashel, Castlerea, Charleville, Clonmel, Cork, Dungar van, Ennis, Enniscorthy, Fermoy, Galway, Kenturk, Kil kenny, Kilrush, Limerick, Longford, Loughrea, Mitchels town, Moate, Nenagh, New Ross, Roscommon, Roscrea, Sligo, Tallow, Thurles, Tipperary, Tralee, Tuam, Waterford, Westport, and Wexford. And further notice is hereby given, that the Transfer Books of the Company w;11 be Closed from Saturday, the 21st day of December instant, until after the day fixed for the delivery of the dividend warrants. By Order of the Court of Directors, FRAZER B. SMITH, Secretary. CATTLE SHOW. BENJAMIN EDGINGTON respectfully invites the attention of agriculturists visiting the metropolis on occasion of the CATTLE SHOW, to his STOCK of RICK CLOTHS, TARPAULINS, SACKS, ROPES, MARQUEES, TENTS, &c., at his Manufactory, 2, Duke-street, London-bridge, opposite the entrance to the Greenwich Railway. Second-hand Cloths in good condition, at moderate prices. WATERPROOF AND WARM WINTER CLOTHING. WALTER BERDOE, TAILOR, No. 69 , CORNHILL, was the first who introduced the NEW VENTILATING WATERPROOF, which renders garments (when properly made up) completely impervious to rain, without offering any obstruction to the escape of perspira tion. Its complete success is now fully established, as is proved! by the most convincing testimonials, its extensive 'adoption„ and the numerous attempts subsequently made by others to ac complish the same end. THE CODRINGTON DREADNOUGHTS area New, and much approved Waterproof Garment, gentlemanly, port-' able, and convenient, are now in general use, and the best proof of their efficiency is the greatly increasing demand for them, through the recommendation of those who have long tried them. W. Berdoe has now ready a large stock of all the most ap proved materials for Warm Winter Clothing, and is convinced that the process of the British Water-proofing Company is the best. First-rate , Clothing of every description made to order. 69 CORNHILL (North side). OYCE'S PATENT STOVES.—These t CONVENIENT and PORTABLE STOVES are particularly adapted for airing rooms, furniture, &c. ; for dry-I ing newly-plastered or painted rooms ; for all purposes of heat it,g where there is the convenience of a flue. By a little alte ration and the attachment of a pipe they may be used for burning either coke or cinders, which renders them an econo mical and safe stove for shops, halls, &c. Cost of fuel 2d. for twelve hours. On sale at No 58, KING WILLIAM-STREET, LON DON-BRIDGE; WRIGHT and NASH'S, No. 253, OX FORD-STREET. Twenty-five shillings each and upwards. rIOIVINIERCIAL TREATY with FRANCE. V—i—This question, which has, at various times since the peace, occupied the attention of the Governments of the two countries, is now again made a leading subject of discussion. On the part of this country, the admission into France of various articles of British manufacture, is demanded. France, on the other hand, asks for large reductions of duties on some of her leading products, among which Brandy stands most pro minent. The various manufacturing and mercantile bodies likely to he affected by this measure will, doubtless, fight their own battles. How far the introduction of a foreign Spirit, at a reduced rate of duty, may affect the landed, West India, or general distillery interests of this country, is a question upon which a great difference of opinion may fairly be supposed to exist. But, looking to Brandy, with reference to the specific effect of the contemplated arrangements upon the welfare of those engaged in its manufacture in England, J. T. BETTS and CO., whose product ion constitutes so large a proportion of the whole quantity made—and whose interests, it has been sup , posed, would suffer materially, were such a measure carried into effect—have no apprehension as to the result. On the con trary, they fearlessly challenge their Foreign neighbours to produce an article of equal purity with their PATENT BRANDY; or one possessed of the same wholesome pro perties. This article assimilates as closely to French Brandy as it. is safe to make it ; as perfect similarity could only be attained by the introduction of ingredients to imi'ate certain impurities existent in the Foreign article; from which the Patent Brandy is entirely exempt ; and to which circumstances, among other excellencies, it owes the celebrity it has acquired J. T Betts and Co. are perfectly satisfied of the correctness of these facts, from the repeated assurances given to them b), numerous consumers of their Spirit, that, were Foreign Brandy reduced to the same price, they would still give the preference to the Patent Brandy. The Patentees, as Distillers, cannot send out less than Two Gallons, which may be obtained, either pale or coloured, for Cash on delivery, at Eighteen Shillings per Imperial Gallon, of the highest legal strength, at the Distillery, No. 7, Smith field-bars, leading to St. John-street,—their only Estalt 'ishment. Patron ised by Her Majesty and the Royal Family, thei Imperial Ma iesties the i•mueror and Empress of Russja, and the Emperors o Austria and China, ROWLANDS' MACASSA R OIL, A Vegetable Production. The on y article , hat produces and restores Hair; Also WHISKERS, MUSTACHIOS, EYE-BROWS, &c.; pre% ent, Hair from falling off Or turning grey to the latest period of life; c hanges grey hair to its original colour; frees it from Scurf, am. makes it beautifully SOFT, CURLY bind tfLOSS‘i. In di essing HAIR, it keeps it firm in the curl, uninjured by damp weather, crowded rooms, or in the exercise of riding. To Children it is inva foundation for a Beavtiful Head of Hair. !liable Ask sk for " Rowland's I‘ . l n a.ii i s e sa ‘ r v O ra il, , '; I"N'and ADDRESS. in Red, r ai t t s obseryr their N A. ME A. c A u as l‘ i t lays ROWLAND & SON, 20, i llattim-ga;den, Countersigned ALEX ROWLAND. Th e lowest pri ce is 3s. W.; the hex le price is 75.-10 s. 6d. ; and 21s. c 11 their trash the (genuine), and omit the "& ' in the signautre, - It OIL is 11' NI ACASSA sold by the ProprietOrs, and ImP°s""off-aecing it for sale under the lute of beiug cheap. an' Medicine Venders. !MAP Alit. Y'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, IFIARCLA been proved an effectual Preservative 11 - 1, for many years, GrsS AND Air, which, in the Winter b y lt ße 'W sPec t-LLAN''Perilu F m o e from tne ill effects of the Fogs in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Season, are so prevalent the admission of Damps, and Wind, to preserve the stomach from It of Breathing to relieve those who suffer from Da" Y arrilvdon-street, London Prepared only by Barclay and • and Damp Sons, 95, F 0 b Sanger 150, Oxford-street and Said Retail, by their a vointment, 5 , Johnston. Burfie'd, , Strand;March, '' ' r.-t. 0 High Is hill; G iflbrd, "4, Strand ; Hallows, Drug,i ,-, „, , Hackney ; and by ington ; Heudebourck,•Drugg'st, Church -street, 1st() P I'6 Holborn ; oti, 68, Corn_ all respectable Medicine Vender ' s - In Town and Country. Oh " ______......,,,„....... wrve--None can b e genu i ne, un less the names of "Barclay and Sons are on the St amp affixed to each Box. TO COMMISSION TRAVELLERS. AN Opportunity offers to any Gentleman tra velling from Town of carrying Samples of WOOLLEN CLOTHS, &c., whereby a good income might be obtained, or the parties would not object to guarantee a respectably salary in COI junction with any house not in the same trade, but whose connections are with Linen and Woollen-drapers, Hatters, Tailors, &c. Apply by letter, post paid, with particulars of journeys and times they are taken, R. M., 3, Farringdon-street, City. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AS SURANCE AND DEFERRED ANNUITY SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. EASTERN BRANCH.-5, Castle-street, St. Mary Axe. Capital, 500,000/. 'meow EKED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Col. Sir Burges Camac, K. C. S. Robert Hollond , Esq., RI P. John Elliotson, M.D. F.R. S. George Lungley, Esq. H. Gordon, Esq. John Rawson, Esq. [Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Dr. Olinthus Gregory, F. R. A. S.I Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. 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SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE.—A military co respondent, writing from Bermuda, states that two men of the 30th Regiment, at present stationed there, took a pleasure boat, the Dolphin, belonging to a gentleman in that island, and decamped. Their . destination was suspected to be America, com monly called the " Land of Liberty." Four others took another boat, the Black Betty, the property of the Mayor of St. George's, V. Hunter, Esq., and were also successful in making their escape from the "Sunny Isles." Another party got in possession of a boat at the dock-yard at Ireland's Isle, and had made sail, &c., when their hopes of ploughing the "deep, deep sea," were disappointed, the boat being without a rudder ; they were apprehended. This rambling mania is supposed to have arisen from the successful " Pic-nic" of the late band master,— Wagstaff, who about two or three years ago, embarked in his boat, which be had openly fitted up (no one dreaming of his intentions),and stocked witheverything necessary for the voyage. Having completed his arrange ments on board, he sought and obtained leave to go on a Pic-nic," and, the same night, removed his baggage, & e-, from his house to the boat. Although the latter was nearly a quarter of a mile distant from the house, and the lug gage, including a grand piano, necessarily passed through the town, the proceeding passed unnoticed. Wagstaff embarked with his family, two sons (in the band also) and his two daughters. All that the daring adven turer now required was a sailing -master—and this, by means of the bright eyes of one of the damsels, he soon procured, in the shape of a mate of one of the convict vessels. The boat, having been got under sail about eight in the morning, was met by several other boat, in the p a ssage towards the ferry : the men in the latter, struck with the novelty of seeing two goats towed in a small dingy astern of Wagstaff's boat, hailed and asked where she was going ? On a Pic nic," was the answer. The family being musical, the band helped himself to such han taking. He hand as he thought woul d instruments e service beforebelongingto h leaving, ntic: tohre worth reached the coast o f America ; for, shortly afterwards, toaster a paragraph appeared in an American paper with the following announcement :—Captain Wagstaff, 30th Re giment, blown off the Island of Bermuda, in a squall, has safely arrived with his family." There is no doubt but that the voyage was a pleasant one, for the passen gers on board a vessel, which met them about 200 miles from Bermuda, stated that, on coming alongside, one of the ladies was playing the piano, and the other milking A goat ! As the cabin was very small, the boat not being eigl.t tons burthen, there is no saying how this nice family party managed with respect to berths for sleeping in, &c., but this most essential part was arranged to their own satisfaction. A Government boat with troops was sent in chase, but returned unsuccessful.—Newry Te legraph. THE FITZWILLIANI MUSEUM AT CAM BRIDGE.—This splendid building is rapidly progressing, several hundreds of workmen being actively engaged in its erection, which, when completed, will prove a very great ornament to the town, in w hi c h, among th e col ' leges, halls, and chapels, some of the most splendid spe cimens of ancient architecture are to be found. LITERATURE. DEFOE'S COLONEL JACK. PART I. Clements, London, 1839. We have here the First Part of Defoe's " Co- lone) Jack," which, it seems, is to be followed in monthly succession by all his other works. Of course, the Editor does not mean to include in this republication the poems, tracts, and pamphlets — whose name is Legion—which from time to time, as occasion served, Defoe put forth with such sur prising readiness ; no ordinary book-shelf would hold such a voluminous collection ; we take for granted, therefore, that the present edition is in tended to comprise only the author of " Robinson Crusoe's" works of fiction ; and even these will make a goodly number of octavo tomes. But how is it that the Editor has furnished us with no Memoir of this extraordinary man, who played so conspicuous a part in the political and religious squabbles of his day ? The Number before us contains only a por tion of " Colonel Jack," and not one syllable of the author—a serious omission, which we shall endeavour to supply, by stating a few of the leading incidents in Defoe's chequered career ; and add- ing a word or two, by way of criticism, on his pecu liarities as a writer. Daniel Defoe was born in London, somewhere about the year 1661. Both his parents were Non conformists, and imbued him with the same strict principles. In early youth he was sent to school at Newington-green, where he distinguished him. self by his zeal for study. He was originally in tended for the priesthood ; but his bold and active temper revolted from this quiet course of life ; he was desirous to mix in the stir and bustle of the world ; and accordingly; in his twenty-fourth year, engaged in that ill-planned insurrection which ter minated in the destruction of the Duke of Mon- mouth and his adherents. Escaping with difficulty from the West of England, after the decisive battle of Bridgewater, he went to London, and embarked in trade, carrying on the business of a hosier in Cornhill, and at the same time issuing pamphlet , . after pamphlet, on all the great religious and political questions that then distracted the community. This unceasing activity brought him into high favour with the more liberal party, and on the accession of William the Third—who consulted him on seve- ral occasions—Defoe was appointed a Commis sioner of the Glass duty, which he held for four years. During this period he projected a variety of commercial speculations, both at home and on the Continent, but being unfortunate in some of the most important ones, he soon found his way into the Gazette as a bankrupt. It is greatly to his credit, however, that he took the ear liest opportunity of discharging every one of his creditors' claims. We next find him figuring as the author of some stinging remarks on Bishop Sherlocke-- a Prelate, remarkable for nothing so much as an elastic conscience, which would stretch, on an emergency, like Indian-rubber. He wrote also about this time, an " Essay on Projects," which, like most of his prose works, met with great success. In 1701, he published his well-known poem " The True-Born Englishman," of which upwards of eighty thousand copies were disposed, in the streets of London alone I Soon afterwards, he put forth a pamphlet on the necessity of Reform in Parliament ; and another entitled the " Shortest Way with the Dissenters," for which he was tried at the Old Bailey, and condemned to stand in the pillory. So popular, however, was Defoe, that the people not only refused to pelt him, but actually adorned the pillory with garlands, and supplied him with refreshments when he descended from it. But the heavy fine that formed.part of his sentence com pletely ruined him ; and at a period when most other men are beginning to retire from active life, he found himself with a wife and six children, with no other resources than such as might be sup plied by his pen. It is to this circumstance that we are indebted for those works of fiction by which Defoe is now best known. The last few years of his life were spent in gloom and penury He suffered much from ill health ; was imprisoned for a trifling debt which he was unable to pay ; and was treated with the basest ingratitude by his favourite son. This last calamity completely broke the old man's heart. He never held his head up afterwards; but died at the age of seventy in 1731, of a disease brought on solely by mental anguish. Of all Defoe's prose works—his poems are sad stuff—the two best are his "Robinson Crusoe," and his account of the " Plague in London." The first of these is, perhaps, the finest thing of the sort ever penned, the incidents are so natural, the descriptions so apposite, the diction so simple and perspicuous, that the reader has great difficulty in believing it to be a mere fiction. In spite of his knowledge to the contrary, he con stantly catches himself thinking and even speaking of it, as a literal matter-of-fact narrative. Who forgets the thrill of emotion with 'which he first read about the strange Indian foot-print in the sands ? The reading of " Robinson Crusoe" is an epoch in every boy's life. Yet, strange to tell, it was treated by the booksellers as a story of nei ther mark nor likelihood, and after being hawked for some months about the trade, was at length accepted, as a mark of especial condescension, by an obscure retail publisher ! The " Plague in London" is another narrative of extraordinary me rit. The very first sentence, where the author tells us that towards the close of the summer of 1665 a report was spread throughout the parish that three men had died of some strange disorder in Long- Acre, arrests attention ; and this deep interest is kept up unimpaired to the close. Weremember read ing through this work, some few years since, at a single sitting, and have still a vivid recollection of some of its most striking incidents ; such as the grass growing in the deserted streets— the passing of the dead-cart at night, with the awful cry of the drivers, " bring forth your dead'—the houses marked by the fatal cross —the raving in public of the enthusiasts and fana tics :—and above all, the pathetic episode of the mother and daughter who were found dead in each other's arms ! The style of this narrative is earnest and homely throughout, and the weekly parish R turns of the dead, which the author gives with such apparent scrupulous accuracy—to say nothing of the singular individual cases of suffering which he introduces with such consummate art—would lead the uninformed reader to believe that the work is really, what it professes to be, the transcript from a journal written from day to day during the infection, instead of a mere fiction composed some forty or fifty years afterwards. In his power of investing improbabilities with an air of the most literal, un questionable truth, Defoe is only equalled by Swift, whose " Gulliver's Travels" exhibits precisely the same rare quality, and even deceived a Protestant Bishop, who—so the story goes—professed his be • lief in the reality of the Captain's adventures. Of Defoe's religious and political tracts, but few—save as curious records of their times—are worth republishing. They were written to suit the exigency of the moment ; and though some of them evince much shrewd argument, close reasoning, and happy sarcasm, yet they are by no means master pieces. They seldom philosophize, or lay down great principles of thought or action, but keep close, in business-like fashion, to the point in discussion— as a lawyer speaks, strictly according to his brief. Compared with Swift's " Public Spirit of the Whigs," Johnson's " Letter on the Falk land Islands," " Burke's " Reflections," or Cob bett's " Porcupine," they are little better than dex terous common-places. In a word, as a cow rover sialist, Defoe is dead, without hope of resurrec tion. As a writer of fiction, he still lives, and will live for ever. DUBLIN REVIEW. No. xi v . Dolman, London, 1839. Though the later Numbers of this Review have been far more attractive in their character than were the earlier ones, yet there is still room left for im provement. Many of the articles are still heavy — that is to say, treated in a verbose, roundabout man ner, and the choic e of subject is far from felici tous. What interest, f or instance, can the general r eader be expected to take in the notice of Doctor H o ningliam s " Protestant Evidences of Catholi city," which, while narrow and sectarian in spirit, professes to be liberal and enlarged in its views, and appeals only to those—a small number—who are fond of polemical discussions ? " Medical Notices" is of a far more generally acceptable character. It is neatly and tersely written ; is sketchy and anecdotical, and gives some curious personal rem i n i scences o f eminent F renc h an d English physicians. Of the celebrated Dupuvtren, who, it seems, was exceedingly avaricious, and died in possession of enormous wealth, the Reviewer re lates this anecdote : Colonel M—__, whom we happened to meet in Paris, afew years since, consu l te d D upuytren on some tr ifli ng ailment, but forgot to take his purse with him. He apologized to the Baron for his remissness, and promised to repeat his visit in a few days. He was interrupted, however, in his exit, in the manner which has just been mentioned, nor was he suffered to depart without leav ing bis watch as a pledge for his reappearance. In fact nothing could exceed the cupidity and rapaciousness of Dupuytren in his conduct towards the English. If gen tlemen were known to have come to Paris expressly for his advice, he made no scruple of exacting from them the most unconscionaLle sums, and afterwards of aban doning his patients the moment he had operated upon them. On one occasion he proposed to an acquaintance of ours, who was in attendance on an English nobleman, to demand three hundred napoleons of his Lordship, for an operation, adding—" Si vous voulez en convenir, vous en aurez un centieme." If no previous bargain was made, a new expedient was then hit upon :—an agent was employed, who urged the most exorbitant claims by describing his patron as " le plus grande chi rurgeon de l'Europe," to whom it would be an insult to offer a less sum than that which was demanded. Are such examples to be found in Britain ? We only re collect the story of Dr. P—, which is certainly worthy of being paired with that of Dupuytren : upon arriving one day to visit his patient, he was told that she was dead. " Ah ! dead is she ? well, I will go and see the corpse." In the hand was still clutched the accus tomed fee, which the Doctor gently extricating, ob served,—" Ah ! kind, you see, and generous to the last." " Faith and Literature of the Armenians" exhi bits tokens of a thoughtful, well-stored mind, but the article will find favour with such readers only as have a taste for theological disquisitions. " Henry of M onmouth" is a criticism on Mr. Tyler's recent biographical account of the hero of Agincourt. In this article, the Reviewer, speaking incidentally of old Froissart, the animated and pic turesque chronicler of chivalry, says :—'' In the earlier pages of Froissart, Western Europe seems like one great republic of homogeneous societies, governed by the same customs, inspired by the same principles, while the divisions of nations are com paratively faint and superficial." There is some truth in this, but mark what follows :—'' The chasms which divide country from country are now becoming wider and deeper." Never was any as sertion so ill-founded. The direct contrary is the fact, for every one who has travelled knows that, of late years, steam has worked quite a social revolu tion throughout Europe, and is daily drawing closer and closer the various nations of the civilized world into the bonds of one common brotherhood. " Trans atlantic Travelling," is a slight, rambling notice of Captain Marrvatt's late clever book on America. " Statistics on Population,"furnish us with some sin gular details on a subject which for so many years has employed the pens of some of our best con troversial writers, such as Malthus, Godwin, and Saddler. We quote an amusing calculation : " It is computed that twins occur about once in every 75, triplets once in every 4,000, and four to a birth, once m 140,000 births ; that each marriage upon an average is productive of four children in the country, and three-and-a-half in town ; that one half of the whole number of births is produced by women between the ages of twenty five and thirty-five years of age, and that every fourth wo man of this age bears one child annually." In the notice of a. volume of " Poems, by George Croker Fox," which from the extracts made from them seem to us to possess no slight merit, the Re viewer goes very needlessly out of his way to sneer at Lord Brougham for his superficial acquaintance with Greek literature, especially Demosthenes. We say needlessly, for his Lordship's admirable Essay, some few years since in the Edinburgh Review, on the writings of the great orator of Greece, must have convinced all unprejuced scholars, that he was a thorough master of his subject, and undertook it not as a task, but as a labour of love. But we need say no more, for this is a matter on which Lord Brougham—some of whose most pregnant speeches prove with what mi nute attention he has studied Demosthenes—needs no advocate. " The Liberty of the Press" is a spirited paper, and eloquently insists on the neces sity of an immediate reform in the law of libel. GOETHE' SFA STUS. Whittaker, London, 1839. Another translation—the sixth or seventh we have had within the last few years—of Goethe's master-piece. The version is by a gentleman, named Hills, who, in a modest, neatly written pre-- face, states that it has been a labour of love with him for many years, and was " commenced during a sojourn at Dresden in the winter of 1829." The versification is easy and harmonious, and some of the more familiar dialogues are turned with arch ness and spirit. GULLIVER'S 7'R,4EELS. Part 111. Hayward and Moore, London, 1839. A republication, with notes, critical and expla natory, from the pen of Dr. Taylor, of Swift's po pular romance. These notes arc many of them ex ceedingly entertaining, and display much curious research. The illustrations, too, which are nu merous, and executed with considerable skill, add greatly to the attractions of the work, which when completed, as proposed, in eight monthly parts, will form a cheap and handsome octavo volume. TRANSNIUTATION EXTRAORDINARY. —A gentleman - went to the cupboard for a dram. Being in a state of mental alienation, he swallowed the contents of a bottle which contained oil used for turning light hair black. He instantly commenced changing colour, and has since become a perfect negro. The deep grief of his beauteous and devoted wife is said to be abso lutely heart-rending. SUICIDE FROM BODILY SUFFERING.—On Tuesday an inquest we.s held before Mr. Higgs, at the Barley Mow, Nlouk-street, Grosvenor-square, on the body of E. Fryer, harness-maker, late in the employ of Mr. Rouse, Adam-street West, Edgware-road, who drowned his in the east end of the Serpentine, at about half-past five on Monday morning last. Williams, the soperintendeut of the Royal Humane Society, proved finding the body (life being extinct) not long ecer the crime was committed. Mr. Rouse said de ceased left his house about five on the morning in question ; that he worked with him, was a sober and well-conducted man, but grievously affected with scrofula in the knees and right hand. That disease had destroyed one of his eyes, which almost incapacitated him from working by candlelight, and when the pains in his knees and hands were at their height he used to wish himself dead. He left half a sovereign to pay his little debts, and that small sum more than covered them. On Sunday he had been to visit his father at Southgate, and on his return to town wrote to him a letter, stating that. he meant to destroy himself. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." PROFITS OF PLAY.—In the Insolvent Debtors' Court, on Monday, a person named Fiske was discharged on his petition. The insolvent, who had been dismissed from the army, in which he held a Lieutenancy, inserted an item on his balance-sheet of 10,800/., as a sum won from th e years 1836 t o 1839, by " betting on races and otherwise." It appeared, from his examination, that his debts were entered at upwards of 3,0001. ; but those for which he had received consideration were under 700/. ; he had no property to give up. He left England when Lard William Paget came out of the Queen's Bench ; he went with him on the Continent. A person named Illingsworth, who had been some years in America, lost a large sum of money in the year 1833, and an action was to have been brought for penalties, and he (the insolvent) was to be a witness. flings worth made an affidavit that he had won a horse of him, upon which he (the insolvent) indicted him for perjury, and he " bolted" to America. He had been examined in this Court, when Cauty was heard. He had never received a farthing from Canty. arising from a sum he won at " play" from a Mr. Thompson. He (insolvent) had made many matches with Cauty, and had gone " shares" with him. The insolvent was ques tioned as to his means of support. He had received an allowance of 300/. a year from his father, who died last September in France. He had received and paid a deal of money from gentlem en on " p l ay, " ma ki ng about 1,2001. a year by betting. As matter of tnatrimonial statistics, it may be mentioned that 25,000 gold wedding rings wet e assayed at Birmingham iast year. A very important discussion has arisen on the titles. tion whether the ateenic discovered in the human body subjected to sebtituation or distillation is to be taken as evidence that the Lady so operated upon was poi soned. M. Orfila's opinion is in this sense, and since the invention of a new apparatus for the operation, this op ❑ion has been given with such confidence that it has seta ed on more than one occasion to remove the doubts ofjnrice. M. Orfila admits, indeed, that the bones of all anim•ds contain arsenic, and that it is to be found in the blood ; but he distinguishes between the normal poison and that which has been absorbed—the first, he says, can only be discovered by the use of acids and powerful agents ; the second may be ascertained by the action of hot water. He declares that he has operated in 400 cases, and has n ever had cause to change his opinions on this subject. He admits, however, that when the experiment is male upon a body which has been long interred, it is neces sary to proceed with caution, as all churchyards coetain arsenic, and absorption is possible from this cause, al though it is very improbable. M. Orfila's doctrine, which had been received as positive, met with a check some months since from another chemist, who had ope rated upon various bodies in which the death was na tural, and found not only arsenic but other poisons in a normal state ; and M. itaspail, a chemist of great emi nence, now comes forward to caution juries against being led away by the opinions of M. Orfila. A man is now on his trial at Dijon, charged with the murder of his son by arsenic. The body was examined by the usual tests before it was buried, and it was reported that tio arsenic was found. It was then interred, but was subeo-' quently exhumed, and sent to M. Orfila, who, with the new apparatus alluded to, found arsenic in every part. M.' Respell has visited Dijon, at his own expense, solely in the interest of science and humanity, to meet M: who is there as a witness, and controvert his doctrines. He declarestbat none of M.Orfila's results are conclusive,' that many of the ordinary articles in use contain arse- . nic, and that the body coming into contact with them might absorb them by electrical agency ; that the dis covery of arsenic in the blood is no criterion of poison having been administered, and that if absorbed, as M. Orfila pretends, there must be traces of it in the tissues through which it passed, which is not the case in this last experiment. In short, he considers the whole process as too uncertain to be admitted as judicial evidence, and calls upon the Jury to reject it. The case was net concluded when the account left, but M. Raspail's state merit appears to have produced so great a sensation, that if the other evidence as to the guilt of the party be not conclusive, he will in all probability- be acquitted; and what has been hitherto considered as infallible, on the authority of M. Orfila, will in future be viewed with great doubt. That arsenic taken into the stomach can be traced in the blood, when there are no traces in the stomach and intestines, is certain ; but in such cases there must, according to M. Respell, be traces of its passage in the course of absorption. M. Orfila etated that when he examined the body of Souffiard the mur derer, who poisoned himself to avoid public execution, he discovered the arsenic in every part of the body, but be does not say whether there were traces of its passage. There lies the scientific point. If the poison can be carried by absorption through all the absorbent vessels without leaving any evidence of its passage, then M. Orfila may be right. In answer to a question from the President of the Tribunal, as to the quantity of arsenic which will destroy human life, M. Orfila said, perhaps five or six grains. He had opened the thigh of a dog, and placed upon the incision a little bag containing 48 grains of arsenic. The dog died, and the arsenic in the bag being weighed, was found to have lost one grain and a half, from which he assumes that five or six grains are sufficient to destroy human life. M. Orfila seems to intimate that arsenic taken into the stomach, if not actually absorbed, will not occasion death ; but this must be a mistake, as its corrosive qualities will act upon the nervous and villous coats of the stomach and bring on inflammation, in the same way as scalding water acts upon the skin.—Letter from Paris. THE BEE.—A few mornings since, a pers on residing in Bainsford, near Falkirk, who is in the habit of kindling his fire with peats, was struck to observe a large bee roll from the centre of a peat he had broken, in a .tate of stupor. In a short time symptoms of re suscitation appeared, and, like Dr. Franklin's Madeira flies, it soon commenced to use its wings. Afraid of being stung, h s wife called out to put it into the fire. In the peat was a hollow oval cavity, the nocturnal dwrlli ;g of the lonely bee ; there appeared no entrance by which it might have recently taken up this singular abode, and how long it had been there must remain a mystery.— Caledonian Mercury. INGENIOUS EVASION OF THE GAME LAWS. —The natives of Glenquaich have of late devised a very ingenious method of evading those rigid enact ments, without subjecting themselves to any of the " effectual and summary remedies" in their provisions, and without having recourse to the use of any" gun. ✓ gin -snare, trap, or other engine whatsoever." In con sequence of the long continued rains, the lauds in that district have been in more than an ordinary degree in lested by flocks of grouse, moor-fowls, and other game. A quantity of barley is for some time steeped in whis key, and when completely saturated is copiously strewed around the stooks, and when the deluded birds descend from their nat:ve heath, instead of nibbling at the sheaves, greedily devour the grain thus soductively.laid_ in their way. The consequence is, that they soon be come oblivious, when they are easily taken and their necks twisted ; so that, like many of the .‘ lords of the creation," they readily tall victims to the deleterioci effects of intemperance.—Edinburgh Convent. RARE Fisri.—A very fine specimen of the • " Maigre," Sciria Aquila, Cuv., one of the largest of scaly fishes, was caught in the river Tyne, on Monday last, by one of the men on board a steam-tug, with a boat hook. The specimen measured feet 2 inches in length. It has been purchased for the Natural History Society, and is now in course of preservation for the • Newcastle Museum. This is the filth spee:iimen recorded as having been taken on the British shores..—Newcastle i i Journal. . The INluirkirk Iron Company has four blast furnaces, three of which are in blast, with an average prodoce of about forty tons of bars weekly, ;;•ith the capability of extending to 100 tons, witb out increase of power.—Edinburgh Coarant. COURT ANECDOTE.—ROYAL COURTSIII?S. —lt is not easy to say why Court anecdotes should ap pear in the Literary Gazette instead .of the fashionable columns of the Morning Post, the Court news of the other papers,or the columns of the Court Journal, or Court Gazette—the proper authorities for much that does happen about the Court, and. much more that does not. It can only be to furnish , matter for some future memoir -writer, and thus, as it 'were, anticipate instead of review facts, of such universal and popular interest Well, as we hear, our young arid gracious Queen has, from her lofty station in the world, been of late rather curiously embarrassed for a laiiy under her peculiar cir circumstances. It became necessary for her to indicate her preference for Prince A Ibert sufficiently to tneke him aquainted with the Ittiyal partiality, and so put affairs in train for the arrac..tgements which we now offi cially know are in progress. f f his was a delicate task. The Queen acquitted herself (if it with equal delicacy and tact. At one of the pala ce balls she took occasion to , present Prince Albert wieth her bouquet, and the hint ! was not lost on the giaiant German. His close mil form, buttoned up to tie e throat, did not admit of his placing the Persian-14. e gift where it would b e most honoured ; and he it.r .mediatelv drew his penknife and ripped a slit in his itress nearest his heart, where he ' gracefully deposited the happy omen ! Again, to an nounce the projectred union to the Privy Council was an easy duty to tliat of intimating it to the principal party concerned ; and we understand that here also our Sovereign I, ady displayed unusual presence of mind and female ingenuity. The Prince was express ing the grateful s ense he entertained of his reception in England, and the delight he had experienced from I the kind atten.t ions shown to him during his stay, when the Queer i naturally put the questionif your uoporn which their future fat; es so much depended—" ness is pleased with the country, would you wish to re main in it .F" Who can doubt the reply ? And thus j it is, accord3.ng to the accounts which descend 'from i the perfume:Cl atmosphere of royalty, even to the lowly haunts of literature, that reigning Queens are wooed and wedded. !!—Lfteeary Gazelle. The price of the quartern, or four pound wheaten loaf, of tke first quality, is now, in Glasgow, 10(1. Household bread is selling at 9d. per four pound loaf. It will be found that, as the prices of flour and oatmeal stand in relation to each other, the latter is by far the g o o N w E C . Lro r n r i i c ie le . ie,do.KE a rpid progress of the works mos t economical food for a family, i n w h atever way pre parTGT.as of the South Eastern R a il way i s giv i ng qu i te a lively aspect to this place. Th e b r i dge across the C ante rb u ry and Dover road is almost completed ; and the advance ment of the line on either side is going on in a highly satisfactory manner.—Dover Chronicle. It is a remarkabl e fact, that in the town of Bury, which contai ns upwards of twenty t h ous and inhabi tants, ther e stopped for t wo mont h s f or wan t. of repairs ; and the is only one public clock, and that has b e en spire and church-steeple, which were in part blown down last January, have not been repaired up to this day.--Lancashire Paper. nere have been more potatoes planted in of 'Manchester and Liverpool, this spring, than has been Cheshire, which supplies principally the g reat markets the case for many years, mused, no doubt, by the pre sent scaruity of that indispensable article of food, and the unusual length of time afforded by the dry season in g etting the land into suitable cond i tion to receive the sets.—Nerth Cheshire Reformer. 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An Injunction has this day been granted by his Honour the Vice-Chancellor against the Publisher of the " Post-Office Almanac," restraining the further publication or sale of the same. The Injunction has been granted at the instance of the Proptietor of " The Post-office London Directory," on the ground that all the important parts of the Almanac have been pirated from his Directory for the year 1840 All persons, therebre, having any of such Almanacs, are cautioned not to dispose of the same, or they will subject themselves to legal proceedings. JOHN THOROGOOD.—The TREASU RER to the FUND now being raised for this persecuted individual, begs to inform all cowardly parsons—anonymous letter-writers, that with John Thorogood it has long been a matter of conscience to protest dgainst the payment of that unholy demand—Church-rates. To those who know him his character needs no vindication.