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The,,,...T e 'ihig will be addressed by Thomas Gisborne, Esq., M.P. ; 0,07 YArilner Gib.s,,, Earl., cardnear Bolto ttlanoashire, and other gentlemen. Henry Ashworth, Seq.. of The had e ~s 4°f a dall'ision to the Stage and Upper Circles of Boxes may be 47 , f P tr vzial application at the Central Offices of the Leagne, eet-s..reet, during Monday and Tuesday ; no application by f o tit° be attended to. tick Jvent inconvenience from the great pressure at the front en tick of the Theatre, the Council has resolved to limit the issue of As of admieelon to the Dress Circle to the precise number that be conveniently accommodated. ov - s'Ateh ticket will be numbered, and each number represent and care the seat in each box to be occupied by the bearer of the ticket. .:‘,„ The Butrauce to the Drees Cirsle will, in (intim, be at the Private ...o*-door on the Queen's Side, in Hart-aireet. The Cards of Regletered Members only, will, as heretofore, admit to Private ,c P it and Galleries of the Theatre. NOTGUILDHALL, LONDON, JAN. 26, 1844. ICE is hereby given that the BONDS of be N‘.9 P ERSONS having tieceine BANKRUPT or having TAKEN t Rn .NEFIT ef the INSC,LY - ENT ACT since tkeir ADMISSION as , Tic i - ittitS of the CITY of LONDON, have thereby become VOID, ej g , e4 a t such parsons are disqualified to act until they shall have al inlitted " l7. l3 , , nn 11 sufficient sureties, and shall have been re- Tar onia j o . ,, e Cou of Aldermen. fire g n or per sons soling as Brokers without being readmitted sated, tb at they may be prosecuted. AIEIZEWETHR/t. Noir GUILDHALL, LONDON, JAN. 26, 1544. A L v t..PE is hereby given that the COURT of eft fro . wERMEN have DISCHARGED the undermentioned par ..L41,,t110 OFFICE or EMPLOYMENT of BROKER of the CITY .014. , viz. THOMAS DOITGAN. BENJAMIN MENDES DACOSTA. CHARLES PEARCE CHAPMAN. WILLIAM DALRYMPLE DOWSON. VITARLES EBSWORTIL JOHN GRIFFITH. WILLIAM ANSON HANN. WILLIAM THOMAS MODSOLL. JOHN INMAN. WILLIAM POOLE. FRANCIS WAKEFIELD. CHARLES VARNIIAM. JOHN COCKRELL. ALBERT WILLIAM JONES. DANIEL ALDER. JOHN HENRY SAUNDERS. WILLIAM VIRGO. JOHN HENRY BARLOW. CHARLES TERRT. JOHN MACDONALD. MEREWETHER 4:1 EI NE BROTIIE dnriag it very short tint, 1 1, 11 DS to tkeir Correspoade 425,,,_' , ITIDEINDS OF 4.;ma £ll,ono, £ 9,000, £5OOO, 4/7 11: 70 tO London, t800 ,.£700 to Edpibnrgh, to .1.;;v0 to Beverley. t£1,222 t ° Rotifer,. Portlileavan Harbour, v 70 9, £7lO, /600 to Li taco ta A mt. icy le xew ateitio-upon-Tyne, L TIES I+rO~IET Ait cil lz to CALL THE ATTENTION of those dee! rt:tis to obtain . DITTDENDB ta the APPROACHING TITEN EOvE D ISTRIBUTIO of LUEC, GUARANTEED by Use iIipMNT. N S E 420 oLtitstrinu on offers tke posetbility of obtaining more than ~..o•;%ir : 4 n Otto Share. . 41 Drovit,1 4 t kft treat aerobes' of Money Dividends contained to this varivalled Distribatien, TiTENTT-TWO SHIRES OBTAIN TWENTT-ONE MONET I)ITID and s liD E LDER of ONE SHARE has NDS a , CHANCE of TWENTY "' 11, him FATOR to ONE (ONLY ONE) AGAINST HIM. as to the receipt of a M eaey Di v id en d . r ot , e !sh are, £1 ; Two Shares, £2 ; Three Shares, ; t 7; On £4 ; Five Shares, ; Six Shares, £6 ; Seven Shares, f t S hares, ; Nine Shares, ; Ten Shares, £lO. ar Shares, WITMOUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. 14 14 r tal Prospectus, witk all particulars, nay be had GRATIS .7osetn itlB a u tta to WHINE BROTHERS , at LUBECK. ezmary 1, 44. tri, having REMITTED 10 very large amounts of lIONET entti lu Great Britain and Ireland ; DIVIDFINDS OF £OOO, £OlOO to Manchester, . £7OO to East Raiford, Rotting hamshiro, £7OO to Colne, Laneftshlra, £7OO to glide, Isle of Wight, £6OO to Cork, £6OO to Bradford, £6OO to Bideford, £3OO. £3OO to Ltsbellaw, kji--":,ORGE AND ANGEL COMMERCIAL INN, STAMFORD. t, s 'itl q/,z I4I , B EGITZ bas the honour to thank the COMMERCIAL i be EN Wto hare ao liberally patronised his House, and hogs "ntilmance of their faTours, assuring them that nothing Llyin"'ltattd to promote their comfort, &c. gpirita direct from the docks. Home brewed Ales, k .' " 4 ,N 0 -A n N- t H C6 a irsv, &c., 121, 1 6. t n OLEORN-HILL, grateful for the patronage hitherto con 44V11.....remPectly announces he has constantl onlee CIGARS imported, viz.: Cabana's, Pillow s, Woodville's, Silva's, Regalias, King - s, Queens, l'rin tam, lutist ou ler esteemed brands. Linsg a,44 7l real Government Manillas, Bengal Chiseroots, fine old - ' l ,4tted ... °4 _.verY description of genuine Tobacco and Snuff, carefully 4 .4 t1a 1 2 ,7 111 1 the highest condition. ...tsk at , to &eliciting public noti•. - e to his very choice Stock, A. K. G. .1 4 g, tog, .1 4 ,ke still more r!,"duerally known that his terms are advan "'ka 'm l 4 hts Cigars - 0 - rti the especial attention of all seeking to ost ‘trll 7 fine o ter %ithfUlly executed, on remittance, or approved re . 1 / 3 1 * — Neat the Ball Inn, 121, nor BORN-1111 L. , 1117 r° RETAIL WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. r.. 1 "I , 1 :, 4-8 and CO., of 7, Smithfield-bars, have See kirruetermined to extend to the residents of towns and vil- Pet i , iv, ' T91 4 18 the metropolis, and to the inhabitants of such re 44'4,24-4.eagabourhoods, the same facility of obtaining their PATENT t..• 6 d • I A bottleti (secured by the Patent Metallic the)Capsulee, at wo„,,,:saeh k __. r.:utltan ~_• "'"Lues included, as already exists in London and Me ei/4. ' , ev 1.. , e itip,.. 'Ca, with which view they will be glad to give every 1 4 4 app li ' , Mallon to respectable parties, who have retail licenses, ..._onti, itn. Nion at their Freeck Brandy Distillery. All appoint -1174," . Q.l for the sate of their Patent Brandy in the neighbouring ~ ...&0 1 12, /ti ll )4 edrertised in the same manner as those in the Me --................_1ttwit Brandy Distillery, 7, Smithfield -bars, London. SAMUEL JAMES BUTLER, at present and 1'414 , ' oth y° ll2l Past, residing at No. 21, county, . , 123 6 Part MI of Saint Leonard's, Shoreditch, and of Mid- N e:et tl si "ein g a Watch and water gilder, and jeweller, de i t . ne-Ze notice that I intend to present a petition to the i,,.. tot. ..lunkruptey, Bastrighall-street, in the city of London, pray . at.,,..,, ts n et -, vh ri..Attnined touching tny debts, estate, and effects, and to be n„.,tf 8,,,,,_ °in all proceas upon making a Ml disclosure and surren -0 I 6: , . eetate and effects for payment of my just and lawful debts ; ....""lid p et l:LbY Oarther give mince that the time when the matter of the i,1,, ,rirt *hall be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette ni , new aper one month at the least after the date %.it f l 111 'vritooas my han d this 23d day of February, in the year of Iti't, r et , 1844. S. J. BUTLER. '''•-..2!_r "ns, Joh n J. Sp itl e r, attorney f or the said Samuel James But , 38 , Camomile-street, London. INT SIGHT AND HEARING. EWLY INVENTED SPECTACLES, TE LESCOPES, OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES 4COUSTic INSTRUMENTS, for RELIEF of DEAFNESS, &c. Patronised by his Majesty the King of Hanover, her Royal High_ teas the Princess Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess it,:aterhasy, the -Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager eirchess of Bedford, and their Graces the ' Archbishop of Canter. Y the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyll, Marlborough, 44 'd ita h i.e ty ... ne es r. Marquis of Londonderry and. Thomond. ,ts VilneMarle, Eagletown, Shaftesbury, Tankerville, Powis, Bradford, tet,,PW, Verulam, Harrewby, Buckingham, Meath, Somers, o . x. scora Lasburne, and Ferrera . Bishops of Exeter, Blandford, Lin kNahli°,rk, Elpin, and Kildare. Generals Sir Edward Paget, Sir lee ~.,•07d, Frederic Meister, Clayton, Galway, Grosvenor, Morn. litSi -t .;‘,Yott, Robertson, and Mackenzie. Major-Generals Sir H. tZLstenft P. Fyers' D. Macleod, Hamilton, and Wenlyss ?Lbenerals Sir' Henry Bouverie, Sir J. Macdonald, Sir R. ate • T. Dallas, Lord John Hay. Admirals Sir George Cock.. 'at 11.7 r George Munday, Sir G. Martin, Sir James H. Whitahed, 16.21 an a R o6s. tatieilTra..... S. and C. SOLOMONS , Opticians and Aurists, 59. Albe. eetii'et. Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, have invented le L e t k mica, tee., of the greatest transparent power. lime :lead. Ltese newly invented Spectacle Lenses are placed before ex. N‘ 1 41.-' ''nPerfect vision, either by day or candle-light, that mist and etrt w hich appear before the eyes are at once removed, every ZlinhilittZcamea clear and distinct , vision becomes preserved and ight at th e and very aged people are enabled to employ their . L it n ulck e, Most minute occupati n, and can see with those Lenses t . Tv:lt to Z as Magnifying power, nor will they require the frequen t tatkirtti t utehattost trther helm as the Spectacles now in comnrii use, a nd .aged imperfect eight becomes bright and brilliant , t-nt ac 0 its youthful, natural, and original state ; those oljec , ta ' -`reti7altilished is a matter of much deeper consequence than can kit nn Ak ih ned a 4 ,,,c.Nb t - u° o n t* newl inven ted INVISIBLE ACOUSTIC INSTRU ii"qtt tifti yea gie!l enable in dividuals at an in st a n tly and of forty eb,„tral eo „ m . standing of extreme deafness, .to join . in s' "'Kee ~,uvertiation, and to catch the sound of a distant law K.. t o -. church theatre, &c. It pours the conversation into n th n e t --. 0 . such , A i - i t -e . rs. d. an extent that in most severe cases deafness can CIL ti t .„, 4* th '434 " cat P owerful Newly-Invented ACHROMATIC OPERA hi Seh are inv a l ua bl e on t h e race-course , as we ll as a , b--. 11 e Te t t , ' „ ere. •liii g P0v5..,...°Pal for the waistcoat-pocket possess extraordinary •, tiou..for shooting, sea purposes, &c. ; and w,th sten a t Host fir! triZval O beervations with the celebrated Lenses of the itt h e Ilarent brilliancy', the powers are so great over all others, lifit_fat - i7. 1 1 1, 0 bright and brilliant, that the most minute objects t ' -- -wit. etc", T rqi narY distance are brought completely under the eyes. nunsts, and Sea-side Visitors, will here have a great nettle and in C A LI , IOO4 nr e ft,l o ound MICROSCOPES, by which the circulation mot i.""01, 3,a ply and a Flea can be seen flowing in great streams. is 01 , S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, are v itit ; late - 14 4 ! L c ?nliected with a Person .of the same Name in their 41be4tsaeealfl000urhoud, nor in any part of the country. 'o nt pre n - l a Bti l Cautious, and observe, only to be ha d 3.4, N, eat. Piccadilly, opposite the 101 l Hotel. ike lI4FIXENZA, COUGHS, AND COLDS. te ttafficacCiaS ESSENCE of LINSEED is the most - tek In n " remedy ever discovered gene the relief of persons Bess he d ist nen., r,,„ .- i the two first doses grally arrest the progress he - ‘",.._*l it ---snitt complaint, and a little pers^verance conipletely ..-'ais-1 Children'sC h well as recent ones in adults, will ta -- .. ., ha ssi b y a 4 .___ oug s, as 'lliv it t wh o ~w doses (frequently 11 the first), and asthmatic tba Prev iously had not been able to lie down in bed, have % is hi I:1 utmostlMCO benefit from the use of % A. J'S ESSENCE OF _ u otelatat k „ "ILLOUG Co., HBY an late B. LINSEED G. , WINDUS, ul, e 4 at C. treat ithout, London, and all Medicine Venders, In '''. I Xd. er 28. 9d each. it trf,--C.I. ----------__l___.- th ' 1., • THOS. PROUT, 22 9, eived by '..---"he t b fit which I hme rec . taki, gTea ene STRAND, , LONDON. W t 4 tee thg nLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMAfIC PILLS in- About three 1eh,,,,• ~% iim, ilknforrn you of the particulars of my case. ge t , • .or t hr my having res t . s. " 1.-- . "ecanie afflicted . with a severe attack of rh . eumat t i m or , N T T' 'Od ha s cl am and nights, prevented 41, 4 ttilale o..i:tally incapible of attending to business, when I was ottti4ok r he 4 l to try mo t Well time the pain had as hi Y lett rn r egularly 'ca. four days, by which 's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, which I did, *iic%hi..N I als_f. , and on the fifth day I w a t bi r e ec t o o m a m tt e e . n d d a te m b ed us i i m nes ne s tl,trigineznndea your, S h y every m eans , 1 ef. th t o recommend of my case Atsi e ,._ In,,Y se rvice , you e r r: a i t liberty to use it. E. SMITH, t t o ' u , Sir, your obedient servant, 421ett0,,z.. B arraclough, Snuff Manufact h ur i G f i r . . I t , cosoie the Lord Mayor, 46, Ludgate- , ef t s abov,•L o nd th on e . Right ' t s ktit 4.l`eih-sZenet t estimonial is a . furth e evroof of the great (film,' only effective remedy e f a or_ 414 tit: rs 41 ;, iith hfr at "::, ac d ia ir t i rc'a v l r u hir b i a i co s th gdoloroux, pains in the and It - - .4ie ten mistaken' for ra the tooth-ache, and for all gouty INt: l akti;PtneliejeS* iik tde t , r 4_ Do he t t t hatvhe plo i rm ... iss i l ) en . t ß o lo r rn ef b e e r r t g o , J. Re. . h ia e n va d i f e l r . t Es deera q in . s . the,tpa4:lllellarit blast:e late of r the Newfoundland V. d Mr. Ri. tzg h4,),_kr. lliskins,' brewer and m allets r Dartfor d 'lnwood, ht;tiiiPlt 11iLuton, John G. Giles, Eq., Frimley , taking 4%;111.4,1 h av e all o worn have received benefit by taki lioiaar the proprietor the privilege of P ebis...by Tcauellt of the afflicted. d by all resret 2e, alaidhdr°,ll4l; Prout, 229, Strand, London ;an . price übl t i h sl i i s in in g e th di e . ik": Per no' venders throughout the United Kingman'. lier,4 to, b x• t,,,,:fLAIR,s thtir:latrzne and acldre,s of " Thomas Prout, 229, GOUT and RHEUMATIC' PlLLS 4d a . nda n b- - - 11 71,, bl etticine. e Government Stamp affixed to each box of 411 IN tS t ' S S CORBUTIC DROPS i-ARATION OF THE GUARDIANS OF BREN I No W : c te 0.,, DEVON. bus' °as of -.'enligned, solemnly declare that before Thomas Ro t....khziogyrt,et4o..otioll.....no,llo:peasirhricsieshioners, commenced taking " Heise ' s Scunodr-, literally covered with large running la,,_±, that — ",_!° large that a person might have laid his fist in i estored ' 41, 111 —gen t, and hat by finished the first bottle he noticed an 4,1 t etti " to . •- , Y continuing them for some time, be got bui l t -ad s itri health, after everything else had failed. , He Scor. si ti e bra il ~e ' l l s inns of Medicines before taking " Hales s ph 0 li thi s a nd bad prescriptions from the most celebrated p „ : . , I ll; r i btit ha Dro p : „ cuntr Y, Without deriving the least bene fi t. " Hal Zran. 1 ° atte-_. ha d completely cured him, and he is new ens. %p si lto hie labour as well as any man in our parish. From , Z N liitt a th h . l '', ade le this part, we strongly recommend "Heise vilighiap.s,r4l4 JPo.l:ntoxitiihi:ttn,oitenice.,of the public. Lord of the Manor, John Manning, Ja ne Pearce, Henry Goodman, Arthur Langweethy. „. *II i ' 1it45 ., I ,_ ole a ,„,_ . 34et ; fiZetAllents for London : Barclay and Son, Farrlngdon.. ii Iti kkfr; ti 83 , High Holborn ; ?rout, 229, Strand; King, 2e. Pd. per .a t. arkroad ; and Johnston, 68, Cornhill. - ; 'ull sore to arrk for " Halse's Scorbutic Dr°Pg'" . . Z..-- - e --- ±,R = .., A , -43 tor .. ~., ; .e, .' . "s tic, • ~,, • ~, Ivv. . . QV( • 3,-, , -,- ' 4ii ti • RLIAME' 7, 1_ 111 o il ", 11110 - • ~i - i 0 ! „., ,,:. : 1 i-imio , • .. - lv ~,, v , r hi" 4 , C. a114 9 - l ‘t i •CYe ' 1 .1 '1,13 ; *11‘ , - - •.... 'tele„.'i c• „h 4., , .-•:;" 4 : 1 ' ,. .i • l- , - IMP —__ -2 ) s ili i ,c, /1 1 00, ays 11 - ' • 1- '. 'il - ft: - "..t -/ ' .. " l "' /PA ' • ' / DI t v ..-L. `' __.....--- .-V bit .....,, ' •••• ' -.- .. .. "Wt." ". % ' /Pi . 4 , ' 1 A' -f- • "IT• '' '7 l ~.,,.._, '..\ nit+ NT. 110 USE OF LORDS, Feb. 23. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack a few minutes after_ Five o'Clock. Lord WHA'RNCLIFFE brought in a Bill to simplify the transfer of real property, which was read a first time. POO R - LAWS. —RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. The Bishop of EXETER presented two petitions from Penryn, in Cornwall, and another place in the diocese of Exeter, praying their Lordships to adopt some means of se curing spiritual instruction to the inmates of union work. houses. The Right Reverend Prelate then proceeded to move, pursuant to notice, for a Select Committee, to consider the provision which might require to be made for religious worship and spiritual , instruc tion in the union workhouses in England and Wales. He begged to state that he would not press this question to a division, as he would leave the question of Committee or no Committee to the responsibility of the Government. He bad paid attention to the defects of the Poor-law Amendment Bill and to their operation for the last ten years, and in no portion of it had he seen such defects as in that which related to spiritual instruction. The inmates of the workhouses he had seen exposed to the greatest spiritual destitution. He spoke of what he had witnessed in his own diocese ' and other places. He did net say things were not now ordered better in this respect. He particularly instanced the union of Liskeard, where, in consequence of the Commissioners having originally omitted to nominate a chaplain there was no spiritual instructor, except a Dissenting minister, who came there without being sent for by the inmates. This union formed a sort of precedent for the other, and this joined with the exertions of the Dissenters, led to their having no chaplains in any union throughout the diocese. He held in his hand a remarkable proof of the accuracy of that statement. In the union house of St. Austell there was a large room originally designed for a chapel, but no chaplain was appointed, and an unlicensed Dissenting minister reached there twice every Sunday. In Bodmin, where the population of the union amounted to 4,000, there was no chaplain, but the curate gave his gratuitous services one day in the week to instruct the poor. But in consequence of the extent of his parish it was wholly out of his power 'to visit them on the Sunday. There was in that house 56 inmates who were old people and unable to walk out of the house to church. There were also 45 Children who had no other instruction in religion but what they received from schoolmasters. On Sundays. prayers were read by the master, or sometimes by the porter. In St. Germain's union workhouse th - ere was no chapel, and there were thirty-two aged persons who could never stir from the house. He came next to a case of a grave character, that of Penzance. The union contained nineteen parishes, and the population extended to 45,951. There too every exertion was made by the board of guardians to obtain the appointment of a regular chaplain, but the party who resisted that measure succeeded in procuring the appointment of a clergyman who had apostatised from the Church. The clergy of the neighbourhood offered to do the duty gratuitously, but the board of guardians rejected the offer on the ground that it would be against the law, as the statute required that the chaplain must be an officer of the union, and be paid for his services. He did not say anything against the moral character of the person who was appointed, but that he had cast off the office which he held in the Church. He took away the prefix of reverend from his name, and even went so far as to appear in - public in a blue coat and other coloured clothes. Having cast himself from the Church be attached himself to a lady, who was a daughter of a rigid Dissenter, a banker in the town of Pen zance. He went so far as to attend her chapel, and he had his children baptised there. Their Lordships would suppose that the appointment of that gentleman was not made with his (the Bishop of Exeter's) sanction. It was reported to the Com missioners, and they sent down an Assistant-Commis ' sioner le inquire into the matter, but having re ceived his Report, they took no further notice of it. It was not long before this time when one of the most bar barous instances of cruelty was enacted in that union, when the master imprisoned an unfortunate female in a dark bole, although she told him that it would be the cause of her death, owing to the state of health in which she was ; and the conse quence was a premature labour and death. The Board of Guar dians notwithstanding retained him in his situation, and it was not until the Assistant Commissioner heard of the matter, that he was discharged. Baptism in that union was administered in the workhouse instead of the parish church, and no registry was made until long after birth in the parish books, in conse quence of it being considered a private baptism. The Lord's Supper was administered by an unlicensed person, and contrary to the laws of the Church. He should next allude to the parish of Redruth, which consisted of nine parishes, containing a po pulation of 48,589 souls. The appointment of a chap lain to that union was opposed, and the consequence was, that Divine service was performed by a Dissenting preacher. The Assistant-Commissioner said the law required that some salary should be given, and a nominal sum of 1/. per annum was given. This was then raised to 201., to which 601 was added by subscription ; and although the salary was thus raised to 901., no gentleman could be got to discharge the duties in all the: workhouses throughout Cornwall. Divine service was performed in the dining-room of the workhouse, to the great detriement of religion; and he trusted that their Lordships, in any Bill they should bring be fore the House, would see that care was taken to provide a proper room, which should be alone devoted to the performance of Divine service and the . administration of the sacrament. In the union of Oakhampton,_the letter of the resident clergy man stated that the children born in the workhouse were all illegitimate, and were never brought to the church to be baptised. The consequence was, they were never baptised, because the vicar of the parish had no power to go to the union work-houe to baptise a child, unless it was dangerously ill. Hence a great number of those un fortunate children died without baptism, and he need not point out the awful result of 'such a state of things. The Tiverton union presented an' equally lamentable state of matters. He thought that those cases which he had mentioned, and which he could authenticate, formed sufficient grounds for his obtain ing the Committee. The north of England did not present a more cheering aspect. The union of York contained 79 parishes, of which the population was 39,600,000,rand in this large union they refused to appoint a chaplain, solely, he be lieved, on the ground of expense. The appointment of a chap lain was, he thought, generally in the north of England, a question of pounds, shillings, and pence.—(Lord Wharncliffe here nodded hishead. ) The Noble Lord seems to assent.—( Lord Wharncliffe here made a gesture of dissent with his head.) The Right Rev. Prelate continued to say that he was glad that the Noble Lord did not assent, because that was an iindi cation that things were not so bad as he bad been led to sup pose. In December last the friends of religion'made another effort to obtain the appointment of a chaplain, but their oppo nents said that the matter had been reported to the Commis sioners, and that they expected a mandamus, AO that the friends of religion were again defeated.. In the union of Preston, with a population of 69,000, and seventy-three parishes, there were five union workhouses, in the principal of which there were 418 inmates, of whom 139 were children, and two-thirds of these were members of the Church of England, but there was no chaplain, and the state of health and morals in the workhouse was such that he was sure the gaol was greatly to be preferred. He (the Bishop of Exeter) had received that morning a letter from a clergyman in Macclesfield, who had given his gratuitous services to-the poor in the workhouse beyond his strength, and he stated that the board of guardians had given permission to the Wesleyan Methodists to preach twice on the Sunday—a course of reli gious instruction which was attended with more harm than good, for he found it quite impossible to awaken a wholesome religious feeling in the minds of the poor people who attended those preachers. In the union of York, during the last I four years, fifty persons had been consigned to the grave without the consolations of religion. In the union of Macclesfield, the gentleman to whom he had alluded informed him that a young woman, who had heen shamefully seduced, was admitted into the work house, and after she had been some time in the women's ward she fortunatdy fell ill—for it was indeed a fortunate thing to be removed from her depraved companions to the sick ward. The young woman assured him that if she had remained many days longer in the same part of the house she would have gone mad. He believed that no woman who was not infallible could remain in the workhouse three weeks without becoming a confirmed prostitute, The schoolmaster, who was a pauper, and could scarcely read and not write at all, was dismissed a few days ago for being intoxicated during Divine service. The writer of this letter, not for any private reasons of his own, requested that the name might not be mentioned, as if it were he should be debarred from carrying out his good work by the Dissenting guardian. If this be the case, he (the Bishop of Exeter) would not longer delay an application to the Poor-law Commissioners to induce them to send down to Macclesfield to compel the appointment of a chaplain to the workhouse there, and if they refused to give that order, he would move that their Lordships send an humble address to her Majesty, praying that the Poor•law Commissioners be dismissed, and he was sure such a motion would be successful, because their Lord ships must he anxious to promote the cause of religion and morality. The Commissioners had declared that they pos sessed the power to compel all guardians to appoint chaplains to all workhouses under their control. In k:ngland there were 587 unions, of which 20 were without workhouses, 51 with sufficientihouses, and of the remaining 516 unions, 102 had not chaplains, and in those which had chaplains, the average salary was only 30!. a year. The Right Reverend Prelate then went through numerous statistical documents with respect to the conditions of the poor-law unloose after which he passed an elogium upon the courtesey which he had received from the Poor-law Commissioners, when he went to them a few days ago for information on which he framed his present motion. He was aware that the cry of "Do justiee to the Dissenters," was a leading point, and even in matters of the greatest and most vital importance, the saving of 6d. was considered. But he was determined that the matter should not rest here, and felt sure their Lordships would agree with him that he had given quite sufficient reasons for the motion he was about to submit to them. It was the duty of the Noble Lord (Wharncliffe) to res cue those poor paupers from their wretched condition. He would not do the Noble Lord the injustice to believe that any paltry motives of economy would prevent him from interfering, or that any wretched opposition from Dissenters, whose mon strous assumption it was impossible the Noble Lord could re spect, would for a moment deter him. The many inmates of prisons and lunatic asylums had their chaplains. Chaplains to prisons, where the number of prisoners was fifty, received 1501. a year ; where the number was a hundred, 2001. a year ; where the number was more than a hundred, 2501. The Dissenters— and it was they who opposed the appointment of chaplains to workhouses—were very numerous as guardians, but very small in the workhouses. He asked their Lordships to grant the Committee of Inquiry. Indeed he did not well know upon what ground the appointment of that Committee could be reasonably resisted. The law was in favour of the appointment of chaplains, and all he required was that the law be enforced. With respect to the question of expense—if a salary of 100/. per annum was given to each chaplain, as there were only 600 unions, the salaries would amount to about 60,0001. Now the value of the property rated annually to the poor was sixty mil lions sterling, and the proportion of 60,0001. to 60,000,0001., was only that of 1/. in 1,000/., which was somewhere about one farthing in the pound, and this farthing the sordid guar dians of the north were unwilling to sacrifice to the best in terests, temporal and eternal, of the poor paupers. He was happy to see that powers were to be given to create district schools, so that he entertained the hope of seeing England studded with schools like that of Norwood. The Right Rev. Prelate then read a Report of Mr. Tuffnell on the state of the poor-house schools, which he submitted was an other cogent reason in support of his motion. Whether Ministers granted the Committee or not, he had done his duty. The responsibility must rest with them. If they re fused a Committee of Inquiry into the matter, the glory of thin Ministry—the best and most powerful that England had had for many years—would be eclipsed. The Right Rev. Prelate concluded by moving for a Committee to inquire into the best means of promoting religious instruction in the workhouses of England and Wales. Lord WHARNCLIFFE was sure their Lordships . . 1 "ml not expect that he should attempt to answer the able elusive speech of the Right Rev. Prelate, iri asueb that the he entirely and heartily concurred. Ba t tl e :i ill i; ehm the course which the Commissioners bad p to u a ppowt haplans was boards of guardians, by pe rsuasion . was ir „' see ly to of the lew.--(Hearr, bear.) j to ud t i h e e io h u ar s, is a n n h d fee England and Wales , there were now only thbee mor e HouseeeffectualofPtharan froaerus resorting o t o l f o r 6o o g e (H ear , bear.) There was now Bill for the amendment of the poor-law, and the best 'lament a 102 that had not chaplain whereas in 18:40 there were 206,-. unions • way to effect the object of the Right Rev. Prelate would b e b y the introduction of a clause for the purpose into that Act. The Bishop of SALISBURY agreed with the suggestion of the Noble Baron, and he thought that the Right Rev. Pre. No. 16,078. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING SU N, FEBRUARY 24, 1844. PRICE sd. 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BIOGRAPHY OF O'CONNELL, GRATIS.—Tho Fourth Supplement, gratis, with the Weekly Dispatch, will be published to-morrow, Feb. 25, and of the full size of that journal, containing the Biography of Mr. O'Connell, written by a gentleman intimately acquainted with, and, conse quently, one who has treasured up many reminiscences con nected with the great Agitator. This will be the last of the Supplements relative to the State Trials in Dublin, as pro mised by the Proprietors of the Dispatch, who have spared no exertions to render them complete as Historical Registers, and therefore inraluable as works for reference. In quantity they consist of 128 Dispatch columns, which are equal to an octavo volume of nearly 1,000 pages. Orders for the Dispatch received by every Newsvender and Bookseller in the kingdom ; and by Mr. Wood, at the office, 139, Fleet-street.—" The Proprietors of this popular and widely-circulated journal in tend, it will be seen, to present their readers with two addi tional Supplements, making four, relative,to the State Trials —the most comprehensivel history of that memorable inyes tigation which has appeared."—Liverpool Chronicle. PARISH OP MARYLEBONE.—THE AMENDED POOR LAW BlLL.—Yesterday a meeting of the Directors and Guardians of the Poor of the parish of Marylebone took place in the board room of the workhouse, New-road, Mr. W. Lowe in the chair. Mr. Bathbone, after adverting to various parts of the Bill, moved the appointment of a Committee to co.operate with the vestry, pa. rishioners, and other parishes, in opposition to those clauses likely to affect their local interests, and to put themselves in communica tion with Members of Parliament on the subject. Mr. Challonor seconded the resolution, which was carried by a large majority, and the beard, after some routine busineso, separated. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Sir Robert Peel, with the serio-comic con siderateness of the man who was going to be hanged, and sought to mitigate the pressure of those who were crowding before him to the scene of action—" Don't hurry, gen tlemen, there'll be no fun till I come "—observed last night, with reference to the "consummation de voutly to be wished " of the debate, that " He was unfortunately in the position of being one of the speakers who was expected to address the House on the sub ject, and he could assure the House that he should do so as briefly as possible. He was willing to accede to any arrange ment that might be suggested. Was the debate to end that night ?—( Loud cries from the Opposition of To-morrow, to morrow,' durir , which th e R ig ht H on . Baronet resumed his seat. )" Indeed, we can assure Sir Robert Peel that he is " unfortunately in the position" of being expected to speak on the Irish question, and what is more, expected to day something on it. The position of his Irish law-officers was a fortunate one compared to his. They had only subministrant functions to give account of; and it must be acknowledged that Mr. Smith acquitted himself as creditably of that defence as could possibly be expected—abandoning, of course, as indefensible, his extra-professional escapade, and throwing himself on the ready indulgence of an assembly favourabl e tarn Marti, gonna Mercurio. It must be aeknowledged, indeed, that the " counsel" on both sides have done themselves great credit by their appearanee. We have al ready, however, disclaimed the intention of going over the ground of these trials again. It is, therefore, with reference to the more comprehensive and general portion of Mr. Sheil's speech of last night that we propose to shape the brief observations we shall of ar at, present on its subject-matter. The most important part-of that subject-mat ter, which afforded material for the highly effective and power ful peroration of Mr. Sheil's speech, was the Irish Church question. We think that this affords one of the strongest examples of a question, all the interests involved in which have suffered most seriously, by its having been put forward so long as a mere watchword of political party. Will any one affirm that British statesmen, if they had only acted with the same indiffe rence to religious distinctions as on every other point of the British empire—if they had only acted with the same indiffe rence—we should say, with the same " impartial kindness " (to borrow a phrase of Burke) which they have shown to the tenets of Frenchmen or of Hindoos—which they have even stretched the unnecessary length of tolerating human sacrifices and doing the civil to Juggernaut—if they had only shown the same old Roman spirit of letting all parts of the empire live with their own life, and follow the faith hereditary and habitual to them—and had but, in addition to this (as regards Ireland), endeavoured to reconcile an old and respectable form of our common Christianity to the established order of the State —we need not now have had an Irish Church question ? It is the having made that question political, contrary to all other British policy, that has done the mischief. When the cause of a Church requires to be made political in a free country, it is lest. A Church should be so rooted as to deter poli ticians from bringing it in question, one way or other. When a party adopt the cause of a Church—when they blazon their zeal for a Church—as the ground for this or that political course, which has no direct connexion with it—the existence of that Church is, from that moment, most seriously compromised. It is as good as confessed that it cannot exist independent of this or that party policy—that its fate hangs upon this or that combination of secular interests. The blame of the actual peril of the Irish Protestant Church, even in its just rights, originally be longs to those who made the Church their watchword, when its rights were not brought in question. They have been cramming Church down our throats for nearly the last half century, and now they are surprised that those whom they cannot make drunk with the dose—are sick of it. We have had no answer but " Church" to every political proposition regard ing Ireland. They made a merit of supporting the Church, to secure for themselves support from the Church party. In this compact the Church is inevitably the ultimate loser. Those who do not scruple to profane its cause will not scruple to desert it. STANDARD.—A kind of promise was last night given on the part of the Opposition that the long debate shall terminate to-night, and as we shall be, of course, expected to say some thing of it at its conclusion, we readily avail ourselves of the excuse of our crowded columns for saying little about it to-day. The debate has been a long, a dreadfully long one—unparalleled in its duration even already, but it is to be remembered, that its frightful prolixity is in no respect attributable to those who alone will derive advantage from it—her Majesty's Ministers. Indeed, if the servants of the Crown could separate their per sonal and official interests from the interests of the country, they ought to rejoice in the tedious debate that has so nobly justified every one of their acts, and so firmly fixed their power. We shall not be surprised to hear the fault-finders say that the easy permission of this nine days' nuisance is but another instance of Sir Robert Peel's craft, and that as he was merely laying a trap in allowing scope to the " monster meet ings " of the Repealers, he has been in like manner preparing a pitfall, by conniving at their " monster speeches," still with the same view of exposing to all men the vanity, the worthlessness, and the guilt of his adversaries in the end. Mr. Shell's speech was by a great deal the longest speech last night. Mr. Shell is a clever man in a party which has but three clever men (Mr. C. Bul ler, Mr. Macaulay, and himself), and we never grudge him praise when praise is due ; but last night's speech was un doubtedly a failure—a failure, we mean, for Mr. Sheil, for it would hist prodigy from the lips of Lord J. Russell, Mr. Jos. Hume, Lord Howick, or Sir C. Napicr,•or any other Opposi tion Member brit one of the three that we have named. The speech was a failure, lively as it was; like all Mr. Sheil's speeches, it was beyond them all, thin, extravagant, and incon clusive, and soiled by personalities such as we hoped Mr. Sheil had left behind him when he withdrew from " the Catholic As sociation." . There was on e a ll us i on—we w ill h ope th a t Mr. Shell is ashamed of it—that compelled us to recollect, however involun • tarily, a once notorious speech of 1826 ; but we pass this in the ex pectation that such offences against decency and good feeling will not be repeated. It would be a jest to investigate the success of Mr. Shell's speech, as a reply to the unequalled argu ment of the Attorney-General for Ireland; such an attempt would be as absurd as that of the mathematician, who tried to bring the " Rape of the L oc k" t o t r i a l by " Newton's Prin cipis." Widely different as the speeches are in the degree of merit, still more strongly are they contrasted in kind, and in the matter about which th ey are conversant. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From Prince's Price Current of Feb. 2 3 .) SUGAR.—To-day a steady demand existed for all sorts of West India Sugar, and former rates were well sustained. The total sales for the week are 1,100 hhds and tierces . Still without arrivals. L 6. d— forA t public middlingsale, yellowish s bags a gs white;i b 3 bond paid, sold at 67s 6d to 70 s f or middling to fine white, being 6d ß t E o lc 3 a 9 A s very full rates. COFFEE.—The market is firm, and a steady business is wentbags,atdu3t B 3. 8, doing. At public sale Ceylon were offered, and sold at full prices; ordinary mixed 67s 6d, one lot 675, good ordinar y pale 68s to 68s 6d, and sea damaged 64s to 65s Gd. Mocha at stiff prices ; blacks 28 s Gd, bold triage 59s 6d, ordinary 68s, fine ordinary 73s to 755, pea berry 80s, and damaged at 62s to 70s. Dutch Company's Jav a , good yellowish at 50s, Com pany's Padang, ordinary at 30s, and damaged 26s to 27s per cwt. PIMENTO.--At 2,1(1 to 2id for good ord, and low middling bought in at 3Ad per lb. CASSIA LIGNEA at an advance of is to 2s per cwt on the middling qualities ; good thin quill 65s 6d to 675, middling ditto 655, middling coarse quill 635, ordinary coarse quill 58s 6d to 595, ordinary coarse thick quill 58s to 58s 6d, first class mouldy 59s to 60s, secon d ditt o 55s to 55s 6d, slightly mouldy 60s, broken 48s to 495, broken ends 58s per cwt. GlNGER.—Jamaica, middling and good white, 6/ to 101 lis per Mt. PEPPER.—Holders are firm for white, and will not take lower rates : at auction 135 bags were offered and bought in at Gid per lb for dingy white. Sumatra sold at 3d to 3Ad per lb. TEA.—The market is firm, and a good business is doing. Common sound Congou is selling at Ilid, cash. COCIIINEAL.—The demand is brisk, and a good business is doing. Honduras at Id to 2d per lb advance, ordinary to mid dling silvers and foxy 4s 3d to 4s 9d; Mexicans at 4s 6d for middling silvers, and 5s 2d to 5s Gd for ordinary blacks. Oth.—Tbis afternoon, at public sale 70 tuns Foreign Southern were offered, and partly disposed of at 321 to 341; 20 tuns Davis Straits Whale, and 7 tuns Northern Whale, out. WHALEFINS.-At auction 5i tons Foreign were put up, and sold at 236/ to 237/, and cleaned 2401 per ton. ARIES.-120 brls Montreal Pearl at auction, were taken out, but 248 brls United States Pot partly sold, 3d sort at 21s 9d to 225, and unbranded 15s Od to 17s 9d per cwt. TALLOW.—The market is flat and prices lower; P.Y.C. at 40s 3d per cwt. At public sale this afternoon 100 casks P. Y. C. were offered and bought in, first sort at 39s Gd to 39s 9d. second sort 38s 9d to 393 6d ; i 2 casks Odessa Beef Tallow at 40s 3d to 40s 6d ; 144 Casks North American melted at 37s to 40s 6d; arid 11 casks East India at 39s per Mt. LARD-424 casks 25 kegs American at public sale sold at 35s 3d to 37s 6d, One lot at 39s 3d per cwt. INDIGO.—A fair amount of business has been done in all sorts of East India this week, and prices are firm ; the opera tions would have been on a more extended scale, if the mar ket had been better supplied. Spanish is wanted, but few parcels are to be had; the stock is light. RICE.--In all descriptions of East India the operations have been upon a very extensive scale, and a further advance has taken place in prices; middling to good white Bengal fetch ing lls Gd to 12s, yellow Madras 9s, and white Java 9s 6d to 12s per cwt. Cleaned Rice in excellent request, Patna at 13s to 17s, and Carolina at 21s, 245, and 26s per cwt. SAGO is not so much in demand ; large Pearl at 15s to 15s 6d per cwt. Sago Flour 18s to 19s. Tapioca realised 2d to 2id for low white, and sid to 6d for good white. Arrow root at firm rates. SrftuTs.—The operations in Jamaica Ruin have been upon a very large scale this week, at an advance of 1(1 to 2d per gallon ; in all, 700 puns have been sold at 3s 4d to 4s for 30 to 36 per cent over proof; Demerara much wanted, and higher prices paid : 200 hlyds sold at 2s 10d t o Cs 1(1 for good and tine quality ; Leewards are higher and much wanted, proof at Is Ild to 2s; the stock in first hands of all sorts is nearly exhausted. Brandy is dull of sale, and at rather lower rates. Corn Spirits firm at 10.5 to 10s 2d. MELANCHOLY REVERSE OF FORTUNE.--An in stance of the sad changes to which persons who have moved high in commercial credit and worldly comfort, are frequently subjected, has occurred in the case of Mr Robson, the projector and publisher of the " Post- Office Directory,' which bore his name. The unfor tunate gentleman, after suffering the loss of his fortune, and beholding the wreck of his hopes, sank lower and lower in poverty, until he was compelled to seek pa rochial aid, and at length died on Tuesday last in the Peckham workhouse, of which he had been for a con siderable time an irunate. Captain the Hon. John Gordon (1818), b ro th er o f the Earl of Aberdeen and of Captain the Hon W. Gordon, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, is appointed to the command of the America, 50, frigate, fitting at Devonport, to relieve the Dublin, 50, in the Pacific. _ FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, FEB. 23, 1844. The Queen Dowager has been pleased to appoint the Mar chioness of Ornionde to be one of the Ladies of her Majesty's Bedchamber, in the place of the Count ess o f M ayo , d ecease d. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Grey Porter Atthill, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General for the Island of St. Lucia. \VAR-OFFICE, FEB. 23. 17th Light Dragoons—Second-class Staff Surgeon J. B. Gibson, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Pilkington, promoted on the Staff, Feb. 23. Scots Fusilier Guards—The Hen. J. W. Fortescue to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rodney, wbo retires, Feb. 23, Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign F. Carter, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lysons, promoted in the 3d West India Re giment ; W. H. S. Sharpe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carter, Feb. 23. 3d Foot—Major C. E. Eaton, from 29th Foot, to be Major, vice Barr, who exchanges, Dec. 15, 1843. 20th Foot—Lieutenant W. Frith to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brock, deceased. Ensign J. R. Jackson to be Lieutenant vice Frith, Jan. 3. J. E. Deane, to be Ensign, vice, Jackson, Feb. 23. 21st Foot—Paymaster G. P. Erskine, from 45th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Jean, deceased, Feb 23. 22d Foot—Captain D. R. Smith to be Major without pur chase, vice W. Behan, who retires upon full-pay ; Lieutenant W. B. Kelly to be Captain, vice Smitb, Feb. 23. 25th Foot—Lieutenant H. T. Walker to be Adjutant, vice Priestley, promoted, Feb. 23. 26th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon W. Home, M.D. from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Menzies, who resigns, Feb. 23. 28th Foot—Captain F. Adams to be Major, without pur chase, vice Parker, deceased ; Captain G. R. Cutnmin, from 78th Foot, to be Captain, vice M'Murdo, who exchanges, Oct. 20 ; Lieut. E. Lugard, from 31st Foot, to be Captain, vice Adams, Oct. 29 ; Ensign J. A. Macdougall, from 62d Foot, to be Lieut., without purchase, vice Mac Lachlan, de ceased, Nov. 12, 1843. 2!)th Foot—Major M. Barr, from 3d Foot, to be Major, vice Eaton, who exchanges, Dee. 15, 1843. 30th Foot—Ensign C. D. Oliver to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Broome, who retires ; R. S. Lindesay, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Oliver, Feb. 23. 40th Foot—A. R. Rundle, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Roberts, appointed to the 62d Foot, Feb. 23. 49th Foot—W. E. H. `'ere, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Ponsonby, appointed to the Ist or Grenadier Regi ment of Foot Guards, Feb 23. 50th Foot—Lieut. R. E. De Montmorency, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clarke, promoted, Feb. '23. bsth Foot—Lieut. U. Edwards to be Captain, without purchase, vice De Havilland, deceased, Sept. 7 ; Ensign T. R. Hickson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, July, 15; Ensign W. J. J. Smith to be Lieutenant, vice Edwards, Sept. 7, 1843. To be Ensigns, without purchase—G. J. A. Cameron, Gent., vice Hickson, Feb. 23; G. S. Home, Gent., vice Smith, Feb. 24; Lieutenant J. Frend to be Adjutant, vice Magrath, deceased, July 4. b6th Foet—R. C. Stanhope, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Austin, promoted, Feb. 23. 62d Foot—Ensign C. Roberts, from the 40th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Macdougall, promoted in 28th Foot, Feb. 23. 66th Foot--W. Simpson, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Grogan, appointed to the Ist Dragoons, Feb. 23. 67th Foot—Captain F. W. Lane, from 3d West India Regi ment, to be Captain, vice Vane, who exchanges, Feb. 22 ; Captain R. Hare, from half-pay Unattached, t o be Captain, vice G. A. Currie, who exchanges, receiving the difference ; Lieut. H. Collette to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hare, who retires ; Ensign R. Jones to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Collette ; J. C. Murray, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jones, Feb. 23. 68th Foot—Major-General Sir E. Gibbs, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Sir W. Johnston, K.C.8., de ceased, Feb. 21. 70th Foot—Major E. J. White, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice J. Kelsall, who retires upon full-pay ; Captain W. Taylor, to be Major, vice White; Lieut. J. P. Castobadie, to be Captain, vice Taylor ; Ensign J. W. Filder, to be Lieutenant, vice Castobadie ; F. W. Dowse, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Filder, Feb. '23. 78th Foot—Captain W. M. G. 11PMerdo, from 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cummin, who exchanges, Oct. 20, 1843. 85th Foot—G. Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lord Langford, promoted in 7th Foot, Oct. 23 , 1843 . 98th Foot- - Ensign S. H. H. Edwards to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Dec. 18, 1843 ; C. B. Browne, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Edwards, promoted, Feb. 23; Lieut. F. T. Wade to be Adjutant, vice Ormsby, promoted, Dec. 18, 1843. 3d West India Regiment—Captain C. B. Vane, from the 67th Foot, to be Captain, vice Lane, who exchanges, Feb. 22. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Ensign J. Borrow to; be Lieute • nant, by purchase, vice Le Touzel, who retires ; Ensign R. G. G. Cumming, from the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Ensign, with purchase, vice Bissett, promoted, Feb. 23; J. S. Francis, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Borrow, Feb. 24. Royal Newfoundland Companies—W. J. Coen, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cumming, appointed to Cape Mounted Riflemen, Feb. 23. BREVET. —Captain R. Hare, of 67th Foot, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23, 1841. HOSPITAL STA FF. —lnspector-General of Hospitals—H. Bone, M.D., with local rank, to be Inspector-General of Hos pitals, Oct. 2, 1843 ; Staff-Surgeon of Second Class W. M. Ford to be Staff- Surgeon of the First Class, vice Barclay, promoted, Feb. 16. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire. South Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry—The Hon. 0. G. C. 13ridgeman, commonly called Lord Viscount Newport, to be Captain, vice W. Lloyd, deceased; J. Roeke, Gent., to be Cornet, vice R. Corbett, deceased. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire. West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—F. W. Slade, Esq., to be Captain, vice Ord, resigned ; P. P. Bouverie, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Maher, resigned, Feb. 20. BANKRUPTS. RICHARD EGAN LEE and JOHN HADDOCK, printers, Craven-yard, Drury-lane, to surrender March 4, and April 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Walsh, Lincoln's Inn-fields. JOHN CONA WAY, cheesernonger, Gray's Inn-lane, March 8, and April 5, at eleven, at the daurt of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Lawrence and Plews, Bucklersbury. EDWARD ARNATT, baker, Oxford, March 5, at eleven, and March 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Spencer, Verulam-buildings ; Brunner, Oxford. WILLIAM GOLDING, innkeeper, Glemsford, Suffolk, March 6, at twelve, and March 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Chil ton arid Acland, Chancery-lane; Gooday, Sudbury. ROBERT PENNY, draper, Cockermouth, March 5, and April 16, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Waugh, Cockermouth ; Stubbs, Furnival's Inn, London. WILLIAM JACKSON, baker, Liverpool, March 12, and April 3, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee Liverpool; Vincent and Co., Temple, Lon don ; Deane, Liverpool. JOHN UGHES, painter, Liverpool, March 8, at half past eleven, and April 2, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Maples, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London ; Fairclough, Liverpool. JAMES MALLALIEU, woollen manufacturer, Saddle worth, Yorkshire, March 8, and April 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Buckley, Ashton-under-Lyne. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. R. Humble, assistant draper, Glossop, Derbyshire. J. Burge, jun., tailor, Weston-super-Mare, Somersetshire. F. Randle, g r ocer , ludley, Worcestershire. C. Wright, victualler, Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire. E. Sawyer, trader,-Lng Crendon, Buckinghamshire. I. Brooks, stone mason, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. J. T. Carlisle, sehoolmaater, Pendleton, Lancashire. G. Worrell, Post-office clerk, Birmingham. F. Farrar, attorney, New Peckham. D. Gregory, coal merchant, Cheltenham. T. Green, innkeeper, York. M. Whitaker, clothier, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. W. Hogg, saddler, Manchester. E. James, cordwainer, Sheffield. F. Sowry, shopkeeper, , Wortley, •Yorkshire. J. Hill, fruiterer, Rochdale. 0. R. Windsor, solicitor, St. Ann's-terrace, St. John's wood. J. Hillier, builder, Fulham. F. Forman, butcher, Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire. R. Tackle, baker, Creek-road, Deptford. G. Atherley, grocer, South-street, Chelsea. M. S. Phillips, butcher, Cheltenham. G. Rickword, veterinary surgeon, Bedford. T. Turnbull, grocer, Skipton, Yorkshire. S. Lightfoot, rice cleaner, Liverpool. G. Parish, butcher, King's Swinford, Staffordshire. .1. Walton, licensed victualler, Great Budworth, Cheshire. M. Camp, Abingdon. G. Cambden, nautical brazier, Meeting-house-alley, Calvert street, Old Gravel-lane. H. Drury, Captain R.N., Portsea. G. 'fitchmarsb, farmer, Foxton, Cambridgeshire. G. Doust, licensed victualler, Tonbridge, Kent. M. Carter, doctor in medicine, Reading, Berkshire. J. Scales, land steward, Battle, Sussex. J. Slark, Cowley Peachey, Middlesex. R. Smith, clerk, Seckford-street, Clerkenwell. H. Knight, Maidstone, Kent. T. Ives, blacksmith, Wokingham, Wiltshire. G. Eastwood, coin dealer, Fore-street, Cripplegate. J. Brown, tailor, Clifton-street, Finsbury. D. Robinson ' wharfinger, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire. T. Chatwin, brazier, Aston, Warwickshire. T. Cooper, piano-forte key maker, Chapman-st., Islington. E. Brown, Paradise-street, Lambeth. T. Clinch, beer retailer, Albert's-place, City-road. A. Bonser, victualler, Rempstone, Nottinghamshire. J. 0. Webb, accountant, Greenwich. A. Deickmann, furrier, Dean-street, Soho. J. Turner, shoe-Maker, Longdendale, Cheshire. W. J. Allen, butcher, Portsea, Southampton. J. L. Blanchard, commission agent, Great Trinity-lane, City. W. Roberts, farmer, Wickwar, Gloucestershire. T. Hughes, lamer, Newland, Gloucestershire. G. Beesley, gardener, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. W. Audley, carter, Liverpool. W ' Charlton, cari.enter, Dorchester-place, New North- r oa d. J. Roebuck, farmer, Kirkburton, Yorkshire. G. Hewitt, cowkeeper, Sheffield. J. Axe, boatman, Mexborough, Yorkshire. J. Haywood, clothier, Shepley, Yorkshire. W. Griffiths, grocer, Saithaelstyd, Flintshire. J. Stammers, licensed victualler, Totnel, Devonshire. D. Pollitt, dyer, Pendleton, Lancashire. T. Bate, land agent, Neath, Glamorganshire. E. Weatherstone, plumber, Cheltenham. It. Wigg, plumber, Redenhall, Norfolk. SECOND NOTICES. E. Tucker, discount agent, Upper Stamford-street, March 1, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. F. Asprey, attorney, Furnival's Inn, Feb. 29, at two, at the . Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. H. Delf, dealer, Upper Stamford-street, Feb. 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. W. Franklin, blacksmith, Bedford, Feb. 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. Moulton, John-street, Clerkenwell, Feb. 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. T. Marsden, licensed victualler, Well-walk, Hampstead, Feb. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. E. Haw kes, bookseller, Church-street, St. Luke's, Chelsea, Feb. 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. Bridcn, corn dealer, Paddington-street, St. Marylebone, Feb. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. E. Chapman, policeman, Little Albany-street North, Re gent's-park, Feb. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. M. Barnett, wat7ch-maker, Swan-street, Minories, M arc h 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Simpson, oil and colour man, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, March 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. W. A. King, clerk, Lower Queen-street, Rotherhithe, March 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. T. Heath, engraver, Holywell-street, Strand, March 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. \V. Mott, sheriff's officer's assistant, Chancery-lane, March 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Groom, official assignee. A. Wedd, livery-stable keeper, Queen's-row, Pimlico, March 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Feb. 20, 1844, is 365. 1041. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. (Dividends, &c., on Monday. ] PUBLICATIONS. Just published, price One Shilling, CURRENCY EXPLAINED, in REFUTA TION of the LAST FALLACY of the " TIMES." By YERUS. Samuel Clarke, 13, Pall-mall East ; and Cowie, Jalland, and Co., 31, l'oultry. DR. CULVERWELL'S MEDICO-PHYSIO LOGICAL PUBLICATIONS. " Hail wedded love! Mysterious law I—true source Of human oftlyring. • a • By thee Relations dear, and all the chaiities • Of Father, Son, and Brother, first were known."—Mivrors. NEW SERIES. Price together Re., by post, 9s. 6d. The PHYSIOLOGY of the PASSIONS : their Manifestation and Purpose. On Chastity, its influence on health, morals, and progeny; its maintenance and neglect. On sound health, long life, r.nd happy feelings. On morbid derangements, nervous pi °stations, and despair. 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The author is a Doctor of Medicine, a member of the Col. lege of Surgeons, and a Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hal, and his writings aro founded upon the experience ofllo years' exclusive devo tion to the subjects they treat upon. To be had of Sherwood, 21, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet street; Hannay, tia, Oxford-street ; Mann, 89 Cornhill; and the author, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till two—evenings, seven to nine. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTlL—Fortitudel Westbrook, Singa pore to London, Nov. 4, in the Straits of Banca ; Ann Lockesley, China to Batavia, Bth, in the Java Sea; Brigand, 27th ult., lat. 23, lon. 37 ; Codrington, 14th inst., lat. 43, lon. 15, by the Aden, arrived at Liverpool. Agricola, of Liverpool, lat. 5 N., lon. 21 W., by the Quentin Leitch, arrived off Cork. John Tomkinson, out 103 days, lat. 23 S., lon. 71 E., by the Eliza, arrived in the Downs. French barque Cosmo- Tpolite, bound to Bombay, 11th ult., lat. 4 N., lon. 20 W. ; Trinity yacht, bound to Algoa Bay, 13th, lat. 5 N., lon. 20 W. ; barque Achilles, bound to Sydney, New South Wales, let. 5 N , lon. 20 W. ; British barque cigar, lat. 10 N., lon. 24 W., by the Avoca, arrived in the Downs. Brig Cambleton, 10th inst., lat. 43, lon. 13, by the Mary Jane, arrived at Mil ford. Tranby, of land from London, 14th ult., int. 2 N., lon. 21 W. ; Chronometer, Mauritius to Plymouth, 28th, lat. 20 N., lon. 36 W. by the Ambassador, arrived at Milford. BLOCKADE OF ALICANT AND CARTHAGENA, IN CLUDING THE LINE OF COAST BETWEEN THE ABOVE PLACES. Spanish Consulate-General, 37, Old Broad-street, London, Feb. 23, 1844. Sir,—l have just received from his Excellency, the Mi nister of my august Sovereign at this Court, the following communication : Her Majesty has been pleased to order, that the Ports of Alicant and Larthagena, together with the line of coast com prehended between them, be regularly blockaded, and that the following regulations be observed :- 1. The blockade shall be continued so long oily as shall be necessary, and during the state of insurrection of those two places, and cease the moment the sway of law and obedience to her Majesty's Government shall have been re stored therein. 2. During the continuance of the blockade' the aforesaid ships of war (mentioned in the preamble of the decree as ships of war and coast guard vessels) are to hinder all ves sels from entering the said ports, whatever cargo they may carry ; but are, notwithstanding, to detain such as shall convey munitions of war, for the purpose of being tried ac cording to law. 3. Foreign vessels lying at the blockaded ports at the time this order shall be enforced are to be allowed to leave freely for their respective destinations. 4. All vessels proceeding to the said ports after the decla ration of blockade, but in ignorance thereof, shall not be sub ject to any penal responsibility, if not previously notified or advised. 5. Those that shall receive notice of the prohibition to enter the blockaded ports, may direct their course to any other Spanish port, but no goods, or articles of illicit trade, shall be admitted, or allowed to he discharged thereto. 6. Every vessel containing munitions of war to the vessels, or which shall knowingly break the blockade, shall be deemed a good prize. 7. The commanders of the blockading vessels are to search all vessels, for the purposes of hindering and preventing the supply of the aforesaid munitions, and the escape of the chiefs and agents of the rebellion ; but are to protect that of the faithful and loyal. 8. It is to be understood that the line blockaded by the Royal order of this date is that extending from the port of Benidorme, inclusive, to and as far as the River Almennora, upon Vera, &c. &c. (Signed) JOSE MARIA I3ARRERO. Spanish Consul-General. Wm. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Chronometer, Furse, from Mauritius, at Ply mouth, sailed 21st Nov., St. Helena, 31st Dec. Hope, Goss, from Java, off Plymouth. sailed from Sourabaya Sept., St. llelena, 10th Dee. Sarah Maria, Oldridge, from Algoa Bay, in the Downs, sailed from St.. Helena, 6th Jan. John George, Storey, from Bengal, off Portland, sailed 9th October, St. Helena, 28th Dec. Nelson, from China, at Gravesend, sailed 14th Oct., Anjer, 4th Nov., St. Helena, Ist Jan. Quentin Leitch, Gray, from China, off Cork, sailed 3d Oct., Anjer 3d Nov., St. Helena, Ist Jan. Adam Clarke, from China, of Li verpool, sailed 22d Oct., St. Helena, Ist Jan. Bella Creole, Purchase, from Mauritius, off Falmouth, sailed, 25th Nov., St. Helena, 2d Jan. Arrivals at St. Helena—Pollux, Jan. 1, from Batavia, and sailed 3d to Amsterdam ; Caroline Augusta, 2d, from Su matra, and sailed 3d to Salem; Vasco de Garna, 3d, from Batavia, and sailed sth to Amsterdam ; Margaret, Thomas, sth, from Algoa Bay ; Rambler, Hutchinson, 6th, from Mau ritius; John William Dare, Ellis, from Calcutta; Lucie Marie, from Batavia. Departures from St. Helena—Elephanta, Ross, Jan. 3, to Cowes ; Duchess of Kent, 3d, and Tanjore, sth, to London. THE WILLS FORGERIES.—We learn from a source on which we place reliance, that Mrs. Dorey, one of the parties charged with being an active agent in the exten sive conspiracy by which large sums were obtained by means of these forgeries and fraudulent personations, has made a full confession ; and that the document is in the hands of the authorities. We presume that the fact of such confession having been made was the cause of Mrs. Dorey's solicitor taking no part in the last exa mination of the parties before the Lord Mayor, beyond requesting that the unfortunate woman should be allowed to remain in the Compter until the eve of the session. VIGILS.—(FROM A CORRESPONDENT).—It is given out that there will be " vigils," to-morrow (this) night, at the new Protestant church at Wilton-place. Will the Bishop of London be present ? TOTAL Loss or THE ELDERFELDT.—lnform ation was received in town yesterday afternoon, of the total loss of the Dutch steamer Elberfeldt, at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, when about 25 miles east of the North Foreland. This vessel was built at Blackwall about three years since expressly for the Rotterdam and Manheim trade. She was proceeding here for the purpose of being overhauled, and if necessary undergoing repair. Captain R. Stranock, of the General Steam Navigation Company's steamer Giraffe, one of the most experienced commanders in the Rotterdam trade, was requested to bring her over—and, although his charge has been so unfortunate, no blame is attached to him. lie had to contend against a heavy gale and sea. When off the place above-mentioned, she was struck by a very heavy sea, and she went down, almost in stantaneously. The crew, consisting of 14 men, had only time sufficient to throw their boat overboard, and only two men enabled to get into her before she went down. Provi dentially, they were enabled to rescue 9 others; but 2 stokers and the cook were unfortunately drowned—most probably drawn down by the suction. There were no passengers on board. The survivors, after having been in the boat for about 3 hours, in the constant expectation of suffering from a calamity they had but just escaped from, were picked up by a Dutch galliot bound to Flushing, and landed at Rams gate, from whence they started by the Herni steamer, and arrived in London between 3 and 4 o'clock. The Columbine Mail Steam Packet, belonging to, the General Steam Com pany, made the passage from Rotterdam, carrying the Dutch mail, with her usual success, and arrived at her moorings yesterday. THE " PENINSULAR lIEROES."—An historical picture, entitled as above, hasbeen opened to view at the esta blishment of Messrs. Graves and Co., of Pall-mall, who have purchased the copyright of the artist, for the purpose of having it engraved. The picture is painted by Mr. J. P. Knight, A.R.A., and is to form a companion to the picture of the "Heroes of Waterloo," painted by the same artist, and of which we some time back spoke in terms of praise. This picture, the " Peninsular Heroes"—is in some respects su perior to the other picture. Ithas less glare, a better treat ment, and more diversity. The portrait of the Duke of Wel lington occupies the centre, and near him is Sir G. Murray, who, being in a blue uniform, breaks the sameness and re dundancy of the scarlet coats. The subject of the picture re presents an appeal made to the Duke as to certain incidents in the battle of Vittoria, a plan of which is seen on a table. There are 31 portraits. Amongst them aro the Dukes of Wellington and Beaufort, the veteran Lord Lynedoch, Lords Aylmer, Dindonderry (an excellent likeness), Combermere, Cathcart, Tweeddale, Keane, Beresford, Sir L. Cole, Major- General W. Napier, Sir W. Anson, Sir R. Arbuthnot, &c. The picture is well adapted for engraving, and is about to be put into the hands of the artist employed on its companion. SUPPOSED INCENDIARY FlRD.—Joseph Lakin, of Sheepshead, a youth of respectable appearance, and rather a sen sible lad, about the age of 15, was committed for trial at the Assizes on a charge of setting fire to a wheat straw stack, on thl 21st inst., on the premises of Mr. W. Jac Ines (lately pur. chased 14 Mr. Harriman), at Sheepshead. The evidence is but circumstantial at present, and the deed is denied by the lad, who says he was nit out that day until breakfast time, when he ran with his bread and cheese in his hand to the bell-house, because they were doing some repairs al the bells, and he went to look on ; he found two joiners coming away from the bell-house, when he turned off, and went right by the churchyard and blacksmith's shop of Mr. Thornhill. When he got there he saw a great blaze above the houses and ran in the direction of it as bard as he could, till he came to the yard where he thought it was, and asked a labouring man at work in the barn if he knew what was the matter ? He smiled, and said no. Prisoner pointed to the flames, and the man then came out and said the wheat-stack was on fire.—Leicestershire Mercury. A musical drama by Rodwell, to be entitled The Seven Maidens of Munich, has been accepted at Drury-lane Theatre. :~ i, N