The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-31 00:00:00

GREAT LEAGUE MEETING TIIEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. e next WEEKLY 3IEETING of the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN /T Ate- LEAGUE will be held in the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 'On TIMRSIWT EVENING NEXT, FCbillary 1. The niee:mg will be addressed by General Sir De Lacy Evans, Colonel T. teyrennet Thompson, John Bright, Esq., nr., and others. GE "`./E WILSON, Esq., will take the Chair precisely at Seven o'clock. Carat of admission to the stage and boxes may be had on applies.- ""•:'after Monday next, at the Ceutral Offices of the League, No. 67, t e -street. 'the Cards of Registered Members of tho League will, as heretofore, admit to the Pit and Galleries of the Theatre. THE PRESS. • A GENTLEMAN ;(I,Literary Attainments, A who has been accustomed during several years to perform the duties of a REPORTER and SUB-EDITOR, is desirous of entering into a. new engagement. Being well acquainted with the principal 'aniiitages of the Continent (where he has already resided), he would not object to act as Foreign Correspondent or Reporter. address to J. H. , 49, Gloucester-street, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 20, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital X 500,000. Empowered by• Act of Parliament. At the First Annual Division of Profits in May, 1843, Policies of *r e Years' standing in this Society became entitled to a bonus aVeraglng 55 per cent. on the Premiums paid. EXAMPLES. IPolie I Annual Bonus Cash I Prem. Entr-v No.Y .1 l I re Prem. Added. I Bonus. (Reduced. 1 - 11 X X s. d.ldi(Ll s. d. '," 37 «.,,, 39 59 1,000 G 7 8 4 132 14 65819 9 819 4 . ..... 114 56 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 Another Bonus will be declared in the present year. IMMEDIATE ANNUITY FOR EVERY HUMMED POUNDS SUNK. Annuity. Annuity. Age 49, £6 5 2 Age 70 ' £l4 2 2 50 - 7 8 0 75 ' 17 -15 0 60 9 14' 3' FERGUSON CAMROUX, ftec, LEGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSUR RANCE OFFICE, JAN. 31, - 1844. Notice is hereby given that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL a [ EETIAG of PROPRIETORS be held at the Office of this So ciety, No, 10, Fleet-street, London, on TnuasnAT, the 15th February next, for .the purpose of ELECTING au AUDITOR In the room of Charles Austin, Esq., Q.C., who has been chosen a Director. • The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. By order of the hoard, T. R. EDMONDS, Actuary. ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 39, THROOMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED by SPECIAL ACT, of PARLIAMENT, sand 6 Will. IV. c. 76. THOMAS FARiCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM 'LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. James Clift, Esq. William Banbury, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Ald. Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq. John flumphery, Esq., Alder- Lewis Pocock, Esq. man, M.P. CONSAILTING ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College. Pll VSICIAN—Dr. jeaffreson, 2, Finsbury-square. SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esr 2, Frederick's-place, Old Je wry .C., LOW RATES OF PREMIU 1. In addition to the subscribed Capital of £300,000, the Assured have this security of the Company's income of nearly £60,000 er annum, yearly increasing, and an accumulating Assurance WI invested in Government and other available securities, tt considerably larger amount than the estimated liabilities of the Company. The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale corn- Vatible with the security of the Assured, and the stability of the Company, thereby, in effect, giving to every Policy Holder immediate and certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently delusive prospect of a periodical division of Profits. ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO. Age. For One Year. For Seven Years. Whole Term. 20 .E.O 17 8 £.O 19 1 Z 1 11 10 aollBl 2 7 2 0 7 40 1 5 0 1 6 9 2 14 10 50 1 14 1 1 19 10 4 0 11 60 3 2 4 3 17 0 6 0 10 One-third of " Wbole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at 5 per cent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for life, or may be paid off at any time without notice. Yn Assurances for Advances of Money, as security for debts or as a provision for a family, when the least present outlay it desirable, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found to be particularly favourable to the Assured. The Medical Officers, attend daily at a quarter before Two 61 tiock. EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Avnts. elegant IN RE HARMAN'S BANKRUPTCY. Modern Household Furniture, Fixtures, Plate, Linen, China, and Glass, Library of Books, Pictures, Handsome Carriages, and N•er Superior Horses. MESSRS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS, are instructed by the Assignees to:SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, No. 63, Chester-square, Pimlico, on Thursday, February 8, tt , . Eleven for Twelve precisely, all the ge nuine • and very superior nOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Fixtures, and Effects ; comprising c eautithi Spanish mahogany sideboard and dining tables, chimney ~,,_4 44 Pier glasses of large dimensions, two splendid cabinet secre ,,4rea in ebony and rosewood, elaborately finished ; richly carved r 4 e,. wood 100, card, and pier tables, and drawing-room chairs, 7_ l ' Of the best make ; sofas, 'settees, sad ottomans, covered in hand '''ac blue tabaret, and curtains to match ; rich cut-glass lustres, ,n_ll turquols opal lamps, mounted in brass work, highly chased ; ie-pieces of tine workmanship. Brussels carpets, various articles ''Vertu, china, and glass, 600 ounces of plate, shell pattern, and an rsortment of splendid plated articles ; a horizontal grand pia noforte ‘_s' Stodart, four-post, tent, and French bedstea ds, bedding of all t i ‘das cheval and dressing glasses, wardrobes, toilet tables, wash hand stands, and chests of drawers, 6 00 volumes of books, large j i t 44 ses, work boxes and writing desks, in rosewood and mahogany, !tehen utensils, &c. ; a handsome modern chariot and a one-horse phaeton, a pair of superior bay carriage horses and a beautiful bay "lag horse, neat plated harness, and other effects. May be viewed fine day pri o r to the sale ; and catalogues had of William Pennell , 4, 1, official assignee, 31, Basinghall-street ; Messrs. Rickards and balker,_ solicitors, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Messrs. Tooke, solici tors, 39 , Bedford-row ;at the place of s ale ; and of Messrs. Adam ... zray and Sons, 47, Parliament-street. SIGHT AND HEARING. NEWLY INVENTED SPECTACLES, TE LESCOPES, OPERA-GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS, for RELIEF of DEAFNESS, &e. Patronised by his Majesty the' King of Hanover, her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess Zterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager 'uchess of Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canter. rrf, the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyll, Marlborough , and Blanchester. Marquises of Londonderry and Thomond. Earls of Albemarle, Eagletown, Shafteshury, Tankerville, Powis, Bradford, Wicklow, Verutam, Harrowby, Buckingham, Meath, Somers, Ox. ford, Lisburne, and Ferrers. Bishops of Exeter, Blandford, Lin coln,Cork, Elphin, and Kildare. Generals Sir Edwa rd Pa g et, S i r Evan Lloyd, Frederic Meister, Clayton, Galway, Grosvenor, Mor. rison, Dyntt, Robertson, and Mackenzie. Major-Generals Sir H. Elphinstone, P. Fyers, D. M`Leod, Hamilton, and Wemyss. Lieut.- Generals Sir Henry Bouverie, Sir J. Macdonald, Sir R. Bartow, Sir T. Dallas, Lord John Hay, Admirals Sir George Cockburn, Sir George Munday, Sir G. Martin, Sir James H. Whitshed, Sir D. Gold, and Ross. s Messrs. S. and C. SOLOMONS, Opticians and Aurists, 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, have in. 'rented Spectacle Lenses, &c., of the greatest transparent power— immediately these newly invented Speetaclei Lenses are placed before extremely imperfect vision, either by day or candle-light, that mist and dullness which appeir before the eyes are at once . removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, vision becomes preserved and strengthened, and very aged people are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation, and can see with those Lenses of a much less magnifying power, nor will they re 'hire the frequent changes to further helps, as the Spectacles now in common use, so that the most aged imperfect sight becomes might and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and o riginal state ; those objects being accomplished is a ma tter of mush u ▪ eeller consequence than can be imagined. All kinds of newly invented INVISIBLE ACOUSTIC IN STRUMENTS, which enable individuals at an ad vanced a g e, and of ; 141 3 , and fifty years' standing of extreme deafnes s, instantl y to j oin Steleral conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant low sPeaker at church, theatre, &c. It pours the conversation into the t ens to such an extent that in most severe cases deafness cannot be observed, „ Also the most powerful newly invented ACHROMATIC _ '-'PERA.G LASSES, which are invaluable on the race-course, as * ell as at the theatre, &c. The Telescopes for the waistcoat Pocket possess extraordinary great powers for shooting and sea Purpos es, and with stands for astronomical observations, with the celebrated Lenses of the most clear transparent brilliancy. The Porters are so great over all others, and the Lenses so bright and brilliant, that the most minute objects, at an extraordinary die. t ._ a cce, are brought completely under th e e y es. S p ortsmen, u nlrists, and sea-side visitors will indeed here have a great treat. Single and Compound MICROSCOPES, by which the circulation of the blood of a Fly and a Flea can be sees flowing in great streams. CAuTioN.—Mesas. S. and B. Solornons, Opticians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with a Person of the same Name in their immediate Neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be Cautious, and Observe, only to be had at -ap. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposito the York Hotel. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS No. 16,047. LONDON, WEDNESDAY vr, N ~„, • JANUARY 31 , 1844. 4. 4, - firs' et' 7 and a THIRD EDITION a t SE'VE'N O'CLOCK, for POET, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED i n ALL THE THREE PAPERS, morair:g, _Toon, and. Night, thereby insuring a TOIVN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION,at ONE CHARGE. EASE IN WALKING. WM. BADDELEY, of 130, STRAND, is in duced to give publicity to his much-admired . PRE PARED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and DURABILITY), in consequence of the patronage he has received, and the general satisfaction given by him in manu facturing the above into 'BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining elegance with ease. An extensive as sortment of best made articles always ready on sale. Esta blished 50 years. No. 130 Strand, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London. ALBION HOTEL, HASTINGS, SUSSEX. TO BE LET, the above well known HOTEL, hich is beautifully situated facing the sea, and has an excellent family connection. Stabling, coach-houses, and tap adjacent. For particulars apply to Mr. Gardner, 17, Hatton-garden, London, or to Mrs. Emery, Albion Hotel, Marine Parade, Hastings. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION an increase of POWERFUL and BRILLIANT EFFECTS in ELECTRICITY are exhibited by ARM STRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. A new field is opened for investigating, on , a magnified scale, a variety of objects in ART, SCIENCE, and NATURAL HISTORY, by means of LONGBOTTOM'S OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, showing also an extraordinary OPTICAL ILLUSION. New DISSOLVING VIEWS. A List of the POPULAR LECTURES whieh will be delivered during the Week is suspended in the Hall of Manufactures. Hollo way's original CRAYON DRAWINGS from RAPHAEL'S CARTOONS, numerous MODELS in MOTION, DIVER and DIVING BELL. Conductor of the Band, T. Wallis, Mus. Doc. Admission, Ono Shilling. Schools, Half-price. NASSAU STATE LOAN of 2,6 00 , 000 Florins. To be re-imbursed with Dividends of 50,000115., 40,0006., 30,000f15., 25,000f15., &c. Grand Public Distribution on Ist FEBRUARY NEXT, at WIESBADEN. Official bulletins thereof immediately for warded to every Shareholder abroad. Price of the Shares, 10s. ; Eleven for 5/. ; Twenty-three for 101. ; and Forty-eight for 20/. sterling, payable by Pest office orders or remittances. Apply for full particulars, without delay, to A. JACOBS and CO., bankers, Frankfort-on-Maine. To save pestages, all letters addressed to Messre. Jacobs and Co., 34, Wellclose-square, London, will be promptly for warded. SOILED LINENS. The SAMPLE LINENS of those celebrated makers Knox and Co., for Irish linens, and Beverage and Co: for table linens, have been contracted fur by BROOKS and WIGUTIVICK, In the Borough. These linens are soiled only by showing to the trade as samples ; they are specimens of the best made by these celebrated manufacturers, and are now being sold at half the price of the same goods when clean. Splendid damask table cloths, three yards long, Is. 6d. each ; two yards square, each 2s. 9d. ; five yards long superb damask cloths, suitable for the table of the nobility, 20s. each ; fish napkins, 2s. 6d. the Jozen ; finest damask napkins, yard square, the dozen, 10s. 6d. ; Knox's extremely fine. Coleraine Irish, twenty-six yards for 255. ; stout and serviceable, twenty-six yards for 205., usually sold at Is. Gd. per yard ; and a large lot of linen sheeting, commencing at 4s. 6d. the pair, without a seam. Samples of these linens sent by horse and cart to any part of town, or forwarded i nto the country if written for, from Brooks and Wightwick's extensive establishment, 106, High-street, rorough, facing the end of Union-street. The premises being three hundred feet deep, country drapers will find it to their advantage to call at the wholesale warehouse in King-street. THE HASTINGS, RYE, and TENTERDEN RAILWAY. (From the South Eastern, at Headcern). The Provisional Committee have the satisfaction to state that they have entered into an arrangement with the Directors of the South Eastern Company, subject to the approbation of their Pro prieto: s, by which that Company wiq engage at any time within five years from its opening to take a lease of the Hastings line for 21 years, at such a rent as shall guarantee to the Proprietors 4 per cent. per annum on the cost of its coastruction to the ex tent of the estimate, with a moiety of the net surplus profits beyOnd the rental, thus giving to the Proprietors of this under taking the opportunity of working the contemplated line them selves for five years, with the option, should it be deemed more advantageous at any time within that period, of requiring the South Eastern Company to take a lease for 21 years, at a rental securing to the Proprietors a certain fair return for their ca pital with a proportion of the surplus benefits likely to arise from union management and a consequent reduction of expenses. Power will be applied for in the Act, to allow interest, at 41. per cent. per annum, on Deposits and paid-up Calls. Applications for Shares, to be made on or before the sth of February, at the oMce of the Company. No. 2, Copthall buildings ; or to Messrs. Amory Sewell, and Moores, Throg morton-street, London; Mr. Power, Mint-street, Rye; Mr. Shewell, 25, Tokenhouse- car d , L an d on; M essrs . Reynolds and Son, Liverpool; and Mr. Lim Duneuft, Manchester. - 2, Copthall-buildings, Throginorton-street. SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver supplanted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless ALBATA PLATE. C. WATSON, 41 and 42, BARBTC AN, and 16, NOR TON FOLG ATE, aided-by a person of science in the amalga mation of metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice the most beautiful article ever yet dffered : possessing all the rich ness of Silver in appearince- - With all its durability and hardness —with its perfect sweetness in use--undergoing, as it does, a chemical process, by which all that is nauseous in mixedmetals is entirely extracted—resisting all acids—may be cleaned as Silver, and is manufactured into every article for the Table and Side board. . Fiddle. Threaded. King's. _ _ _ . Table Spoons and Forks, per doz. 16s. 6d. 30s. Od. 35s - 0d Dessert do., per doz . 12 6 25 0 28 0 Tea Spoons, per d0z....... ...... 5 6 12 6 13 6 Sugar Tongs each Salt and Mustard Spoons each Commnnion Services, &c. Fruit Dessert Knives of Watson's new Albata Plate, with French Forks and ivory handles, £2 ss. per set of 24 pieces; ditto with carved ivc,ry handles, or with Albata Plate handles and blades, Albert pattern, £2 lOs. per set of 24 pieces. C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this meta 's peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold, than bis metal is from all others ; on its intrinsic merit alone he wishes it to be tested, and from the daily increasing enlogiums he receives, he is convinced that nothing can pre vent its becoming an article of universal wear. C. Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current is just published, and families who regard economy and elegance, should possess themselves of this useful book, which may be bad gratis, and post free from the above address. Paper Tea frays 355. the set of three. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday Thomas Payne and George Andrews, two jour neymen printers, working at a printing-office in Little Moor fields, were charged before Sir James Duke with wantonly breaking two squares of glass, value four shillings each, in the warehouse of ➢lr. Pope, the tea-dealer, on the Pavement, Moorfields. . . . . Mark Bull, a City policeman, stated that complaint was made to him last week that several windows had recently been broken in the evening at the rear of Mr. Pope's pre mises and those of a neighbour. He desired them to endea vour to find and preserve the stones, and having obtained one with which a pane of glass was broken on Thursday night; he called at several houses on the opposite side of the street, and at the printing-office the stone was recognised by the master, who said that on Thursday night there were only the apprentice and two journeymen on the premises. He asked for the boy, and told him he should take him into cus tody. The boy begged him not to do that, and said he would confess everything. In consequence of the statement made by the boy, he took the two prisoners into custody. Arthur Brown, the apprentice, was sworn as a witness, and stated that he saw the prisoners each fling a stone last week, and heard the glass break. They did it for fun. Sir J. Duiu said it was a gross case of misconduct, and he should fine each of them 21. under the Sewer Act, and in de fault of payment commit them to Bridewell for one month.— They were removed to Bridewell. George Thomas Adams, a Custom-house agent, residing in Jamaica-row, Commercial-road, East, was charged with pawning a gold brooch, hair guard-chain, and some silver lace. William Brown, clerk to 3.lessrs. Cockburn and Co., mer chants Old Broad-street, stated that the prisoner was em ployedas a Custom-house agent to clear some goods from India, and some trinkets being misl he was questioned about them, and confessed he had Paged them. He was given into the custody of Inspector Hodgson, but on account of his confession Messrs. Cockburn begged to recommend WORSHIP-STREET. him to mercy. Sir J. DUKE adjudged him to forfeit the value of the goods, and to pay a fine of 21.—The prisoner paid the amount, and was liberated. Yesterday, George Walker, Joseph Holies, Henry Turner, James Ayres, John Bush, and James Seabrooke, six well dressed boys whose ages varied from 13 to 16 years, were finally examined before. Mr. Bingham charged with having assaulted and wounded Mr. Charles Grills, a tea-dealer, living in Sherwood-place, Bethnal-green. Between three and four o'clock in the afternoon Of Wed nesday, the 17th instant, as the brother of the prosecutor, a boy 14 years of a ,, e, was engaged in cleaning the outside of the shop window, he was suddenly surrounded and assailed by the prisoners, one of whom snatched a handkerchief out of his hand and rau away with it. On observing their conduct the prosecutor came out of the shop, and endeavotu-ed to re cover the handkerchief, upon which the prisoners smith taneously attacked him, and after striking him several times about the head and face they dragged him to the ground, and continued beating him until he became insensible. He was rescued from further violence by some of his neighbours, who found him bleeding profusely from the ears, nose, and mouth, and carried him home apparently lifeless. . In their defence the prisoners, who displayed throughout the most unbecoming levity, admitted that they were all present on the occasion ; but each of them endeavoured to exonerate himself at the expense of the others. Mr. BINGHAM said that it was far too serious a case for stimmary adjudication, and he should therefore commit the prisoners for trial at the ensuing Clerkenwelt sessions. CHARITY.—The Magistrate announced the receipt of 24 as a donation to the poor-box, from L.N. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday Alexander Deirken, a herculean-built German, was brought before Mr. Henry, and charged with committing a desperate assault upon the person of William Frederick Bathbone, a countryman of his. From the evidence it appeared that the parties were fellow workman, and that, having a dispute, the prisoner struck the complainant with a poker, and inflicted three severe wounds on his head. _ _ _ .... . Mr. HENRY, after remarking upon the violence of the de fendant, convicted 'him in the full penalty of 51, or two months' imprisonment. The prisoner, having paid the money, was discharged. UNION-HALL: Yesterday William Holder, a respectable-looking man, tra veller and collector, in the employment of Messrs. Flockton and Co., the tar and turpentine distillers of Bermondsey, was brought before Mr. Traill, charged with embezzling various sums of money, the property of the firm. Edward Symonds stated that he was cashier in the above firm, and that the prisoner had been in their employ for the last twelve months, as collector, and that it was his duty to have paid over all sums of money he received for his em ployer on the day following that on which he received them. rho witness added, that of late it was discovered that the prisoner had - collected various sums of money of the cus tomers, whisk he had not accounted for, and on subsequent inquiries, it was ascertained that he had converted them to his own purposes. These facts were proved, and the prisoner, who said nothing BOIV- STREET. Yesterday Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the General Post office, attended before Mr. Jardine to prosecute one of the General Post letter-carriers, on a charge of stealing a letter, containing a sovereign, and 11. Scotch bank-note, which had been entrusted to him to deliver in the ordinary course of 2 c his duty. The prisoner, who was about thirty-five years of age, gave his name Frost, and laly 1 , 1 i proved, residencer heand No. yeas 6, committed. Doswell-road. c The fact was C LERKEN WE LL. Yesterday Daniel Hurry, the driver of the hackney ca briolet, 996, was charged on a summons by Master Spencer George Walsh, the son of the Bev. George Walsh, of Wil mington-square, with having grossly assaulted him. It a ppeared, from the evid ence of Master Walsh, that on Sunday evening week, being desired by his father to pro cure him a cab, he went to th e s t an d near Coldbath-fields engaged his preference ; but the defend prison, and hailed the se con d ve hi c l e i n th e ran k, its cleanly appearance having ant, who was the driver of the ca b standing first in the rank , insisted that the complainant should have his vehi cle, and after assailing him with abusive language, struck him a vio lent blow, and then knocked off his ust in the mud. Mr. CoMna sentenced him to pay a fine of ss. for the as sault, together with 4s. costs. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday Ja.va Demb r i c ki, assuming to be Cou nt Dem bricki, and his wife, and a Mr. Louis Sos.nowski, were charged with haying csmmitted an annoyance by ringing at the bell of the house of Lady Coutts Trotter, in Grosvenor -s q uare. The defendants, who were extremely well dressed, and who call themselves Polish refugees, but who are disowned by the Association, have been lung known as persons. in truding upon the nobility and gentry with begging petitions, containing fabricated elitism to con'spassion. 'Die eldest de to the title of Count. fondant Dembricki, William Best, butler to Lady Trotter, said some t . ime , ago is reported to have no claim whatever he had, at the request of her Ladyship, come to this Court, and made known the fact of the two defendants, man and wife, having sent ina petition tbr money to her Ladyship, the statements in which petition there was good reason to be lieve were fabricated. Since that period the defendants had taken every means in their power of annoying him. I ester day morning they had rung the bell, when Jie went to , the door, they asked to see Lady Trotter, or Si r Dudley Coutts Lindsay. Witness told them he knew they were impostors, and then Sosnowski began swearing at him, upon which he ad vised to pursue them and give them int o custody'. w nt t person threatened bins tha with his umbrella if he attempt7.doe follow them. Witness, however, did follow, and, in ) d Park, meeting with a policeman, he gave them intobceus t o ) 11 hat . Complainant believed that the parties rang exposing their impositions. Mr. MALTny, after some consideration, the case was morning to annoy bins, because of the part lie t h h a e d taken in one which he could not deal with. He must, therefore, order the parties to be discharged, MAR YLEBONE. in his defence, was committed. Thomas Sparkes, shopman to a pawnbroker in the New cut, Lambeth. was charged with stealing 40/., the property of his employer. It appeared that the prisoner had been discharged from his situation in the month of October, but was still in the habit of calling occasionally to see some of the inmates. On Monday evening, - the 22d instant, he called at the com plainant's house; and shortly• after his departure it was found that a bag containing 401., in gold and silver, and deposited in a drawer up stairs, had been emptied of its contents. The prisoner being suspected, he was subsequently taken into custody at Folkestone, and a portion of the stolen money found in his possession, together with a watch belonging to his employer.—He was committed. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TlMES.—Everybody is looking forward with anxiety to the Queen's speech, and thinking that it must neces sarily contain an explicit declarbtion of Ministerial in tentions. For our own parts, we are inclined to believe that the forthcoming speech from the Throne will dis appoint public curiosity, just as much as many of its predecessors have done. Looking, indeed, to the as• pect of the times—the partially developed plans of public men and parties, and especially to the habitual caution of the Premier—we are much disposed to think that in dications of his future policy will be especially avoided in the Queen's speech. Advantage will doubtless be taken of the • unexampled peace—and the prospect of continued peace—by which our foreign relations are now happily distinguished. The sentiments of Louis Philippe towards England may be gracefully recipro cated towards France, in Queen Victoria's _ad- dress to an English Parliament. Nor will her Ma jesty's Ministers fail to express tbeir grateful thanks for the blessings of an increasing revtnue and a re viving trade. These are tangible benefits, which a na tion fuels more quickly, and acknowledges more readily, than the fruits of the most profound speculative legisla tion. Of Ireland we apprehend that little will be said ; silt-nce on the subket of its evils and their remedies will be justified .by.the prosecutions which are pending and the commission which is sitting. Nor will our ex-• pectations be disappoiuted if, after all, there is not one syllable about the corn4aw. This silence•may be ex plained by the caution of the Ministur, the previous in activity of the agriculturists, and the divisions among the different advocates of free trade. ^ But though there be no mention of these topics in the Queen's Speech. we do not doubt but that the Queen's Ministry will speak out in response to the pressure of the Opposition. There will be no excuse for silence or for ambiguity afforded either by the moderation of their foes or the complais ance of their friends ; and we have seen no indication of solicitude to conciliate the former, or to play into the hands of the latter. ADVERTISERI—It is confidently reported that Mr. Roebuck means to move an amendment to the address. We hope the report will prove correct. It will be strange indeed if her Majesty's speech be so satisfactory to the country as to cut away all ground for amend ment ; and it will be a grave reflection on the patriotism of the Liberal Members of the House of Commons if, in the event of en amendment being needed, there should be none to undertake the performance of so important a duty. Rather than have such an important duty left undone, we would willingly accept the services of even Mr. Roebuck. We have not heard the precise nature of the rumoured amendment ; but we are informed it re lates to the inexpediency of any longer upholding the Church Establishment in Ireland. We hope our in formation is correct. A more popular amendment could not be moved. The Church of England, " as by law established," is one of the monster evils of Ireland. It is the daily source of infinite mischief. The idea of the religion of 400,000 being made the es tablished religion of a country in which there is a popu lation of 8,000,000, is one of those things which con found all reflecting men by the very perfection of their . audacity. It i s no t m erely that sixteen Catholics are compeled to pay for the support of the religion of one Protestant; but that these Catholics are forced to sub mit to the gratuitous insults which are daily offered to themselves and their religion by this one Protestant, he possessing all the power and importance which invariably belong to those who have the law on their side. All who have reflected on the state of Ireland, must have been struck with the prominent part which the Established clergy have played in the drama of that country's wrongs. We are satisfied that the extinction of the Church of England, as an Establish(' Church in Ireland, would go far to tran quillise that unhappy country. It is the eye-sore to nineteen-twentieths of the population; for the Presby terians of Ulster, and the Independents, Baptists, and Wesleyan Methodists scattered throughout the other provinces, are now beginning to regard the Episcopal Establishment in Ireland with quite as much aversion as the Roman Catholics themselves. Its.destruction would, therefore, give the greatest satisfaction to the people of that country—to all in it with the exception of the small minority whose clergy live by the plunder of the large majority. The Minister Who will have the sense of jus tice and the moral courage to bring in a measure for laying the Irish Church in the dust, will thereby make himself the most popular Minister whom modern times have produced. Will Sir Robert Peel earn that dis tinction? Is he the man whom the emergency in Irish affairs requires ? We shall see. In the mean time, it is to be hoped that no squeamish delicacy—no false no tions of respect for the Sovereign, will prevent any Libe ral Member from giving his most hearty and strenuous support to the rumoured amendment of Mr. Roebuck. It will have been observed, from an advertisement which has repeatedly appeared in our paper, that a tea meeting of those in favour of Complete Suffrage is to take place this evening in the Crown and Anchor. The attendance, we have no doubt, will be numerous : as little doubt is there that the intellectual entertainment will be • of no common order. The meeting, it is ex pected, will be graced by the attendance of several of the most distinguished of the Liberal Members of the House of Commons. Such meetings do good. They bring the friends of the principles for whose promotion the meetings take place, into close and kindly contact, and create a feeling of cordiali t y which enables them afterwards to act more harmoniously together. The Complete Suffrage cause is making some, though com paratively silent progress. Its principles are steadily making their way in all parts of the land. They are penetrating the remotest corners of the kingdom. W e are confident the meeting of to-night will give a new and sen sible impetus to the cause. The time is well cluirien : it is the eve of the day on which the Legislature re-assembles. It, is, moreover, a time in which past disappointments in all other quarters whence the people had looked for help, have driven large masses of our countrymen who were strongly opposed to extensive changes in the suffrage, to the conclusion, that nothing but a completeness of the suffrage, approximating to universal, will successfully cope with the evils of the country. There cannot be a doubt that the session of Parliament which commences to-morrow; will witness great political changes. We are not so sanguine as to anticipate that any very great accession of new adherents to the Complete Suffrage movement will be made within the walls of Parliament; but we do expect that there will be large reinforcements to the ranks of the Complete Suffragists out of doors, through the proceedings which will take place in connexion with the question on the floor of the House of Commons. The more the subject is mooted, the more it will gain—the more it is agitated, and the more the claims of the movement party are canvassed, the greater will be the progress of the ... A . • " Nl. Jullien's Concerts" have caus'd a great stir, And most folks applaud them, without a demur. With success most abundant these Concerts have met, And, doubtless, their loss will be felt with regret ; But stop, gentle reader, We'd have you to know, That we have " Our Concerts"—decidedly so ! " Madam Fame," with the " trumpet" is heard far around Herr Koenig." himself, can't produce such a sound. And then there's " Miss Muse," with her " musical lyre," Whose exquisite " melody" all must admire. The " strains" of this lady (if wrong, we beg pardon), Are more than a rival for all " Covent-garden." And, as for the " ring" of the " silver" and " gold," It yields you such " music" as cannot be told. In " discords" the MOSES' are never involv e d — or, if they have " discords," they're quickly " The wonderful business of MOSES and SON " organ"-ized so that it can't be out-done. We act in " sweet concert" in all our vast sales, And the strictest of " harmony" ever prevails. While things are " arrang d" on a plan such as that, We're sure that our business will never " B(e) Flat." May it ever " B(e) Sharp," through the name we have go' And that's but a " Natural" wish—is it not ? Hut why should we " harp" on this " string" any more ? We can only " repeat" what we've utter'd before. Let the public, themselves, in the kingdom around, Come and prove that our merits are not a mere " sound." Our trade they will find, when they visit our p lace, Is built on a firm and a permanent" bas(s)e." And now for the " key-stote"—(and then we are done , ) Come and " Treble" yonr favours with MOSES and SON ! READY MADE. £ s. d. laglioni s velvet collar and cuffs , line d throu g hout, from 0 9 0 Beaver Chesterfield, velvet collars and cuffs, do. from 0 10 6 C°ll , eingtons, Peltos, York Wrappers, &c. , han dsomel y W arm from 0 15 0 A a rm Winter Trousers, lined from 0 4 6 ~ ,Y0 Pattern, doeskin, do from 0 9 0 tcublfrom 0 3 6 e-breasted Winter Vests ess Coats, edged .. from 1 0 0 Frock ditto MADE TO MEASURE. Winter Coats of the most approved make and mate rial, trimmed in the most fashionable style from 1 5 0 Double mill e d T wee d W ra pp er s, lined ... from 018 0 Trouser s of the newest fabric ( Jr Three Pairs ... Wilver 'Waistcoats, in endless variety of material and pattern .. Dress Coats from 1 12 0 The best m anufacture . . . ...... from 2 15 0 Alour • tang to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice at the following prices : h t , l en'; Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers from 116 0 ,y,s ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers from 0 18 0 4 .,_ i _ 111 3. Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved of, ^',.langed, or the money returned. t he public Muses and Son regret being obligedto guard ts i ublie ag a i ns t imposition, as they learn that the untrades 19n ke falsehood of being con nected with them, or it's the s ame concern , has been resorted to in many instances, and for cvss,r s. They have no Ponnexion whatever with any dg u L t. and those who de ire; genuni.., Cheap hi g should call or send to 154, 111inories, to guard against Z...T , Psontment, &c. "'RiaTe---E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale Woollen Aldgate. and Outfitters, 154, Minories, and 86, 'Yesterday William Harewood was placed at the bar, before Mr. Rawlinson, for final examination, upon the charge of having attempted to murder his on Arthur. aged 16, by striking him on the head with a tire-shovel. The appearance of the poor lad excited the commissera tion and sympathy of all present ; his head was bound round with a handkerchief, which concealed from view nu merous wounds, and upon his face were several contusions ; his eyes and nose were also much disfigured, and he was so extremely weak as to be scarcely able to stand. The worthy Magistrate therefore ordered for him a chair, in which he sat close to the Bench. The evidence now given, coupled with that before ad duced, went to show that on Sunday, the 14th instant, some words took place between the prisoner and his son Arthur; and that in the afternoon of the same day one took up the poker and the other the tongs, but no injury was inflicted, either by father or son' w ith the implements named. In the ' evening, Arthur, who had been out for a few hours, returned home, and, sitting on a stool, fell asleep, with his head resting upon a chair, wh en the prisoner, while he (Arthur) was thus lying, caught up the fire-shovel, and struck him with it repeatedly on the head, with such force, that the shovel was much bent by the blows. A scuffle had pre viously occurred, in the course of which Arthur struck the prisoner, who said he woul d have redress f or it. The p olice were called in, and on their arrival they found Arthur in a state of insensibility, and completely smothered in blood. All that could be gathered from what fell from him prior to his being taken to the hospital, were the words, "Father - asleep." The prisoner stands committed for trial, but will be brought up again this day, when the whole of the depositions will be read over. womn, a was Ellen Turner. a very well-dressed young placed at the bar charge d with havin g stolen property of different descriptions to a considerable amount, belonging to her mistress, Mrs. Harriet Bennet, 23, Portman-place, Edg ware-road. It appeared from the e vidence of Mrs. Bennett that the prisoner had been in h er service about three months, and that having missed a cloak, she questioned h er res pecting it, when she at first denied all knowledge as to where it was, but subsequently said that she had lent it.. Her box was 4' searched, and in it were found a pair f gold ear-rings, thir teen handkerchiefs, and other ar o ticles, all of which Mrs. Bennett identified as her own. The prisoner was remanded till Tiwsday next. A young man, named IVilliant Green, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bawlinson, for re-examination, charged on suspicion of having been concerned in plundering the shop of Mr. William Evans, a boot and shoe-maker, in an extensive of business, at 25, l'.:Oolimrton-strut, near this court. be bht u, when is The prisoner was corannttett on a cha rge o f s tealing a pair of lady's boots, b u t he will a large again amount rou of g property will s be expected the robbery of traced to him. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in T ime f or th e _EARLY TRAM'S and TOWN DELIVERY a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published In Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS Complete Suffragists. All that is wanted to insure the speedy triumph of the cause is, that it be kept constantly and prominently before the . public. The hint, we are sure, will not 1:), lost on those for whom it is intended.. A word to the wise is enough. There is no danger of our being misunderstood. From Mr. Thomas I)nn combe, Mr. Sharman Crawford, and several other Mem bers of the Commons, we expect—an expectation which is shared by the public —great things in the way of keeping the question of Compl e te Suffrage continually before the House. 'We know the subject is unpleasant to the great majority of our legislators; but we are not to be deterred from our purpose by that consideration. They must be made to hear many unpleasant truths— they must be made to listen t i many discussions which may grate in their earo. It is h'gh time they were taught the lesson, that it was not to please themselves, but to attend to the complaints, and .redress the griev ances of the people, that they were sent to St. Stephen's. MONEY MARKET and etTY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY •'E TIMES.—The Greenwich Railway meeting, as was -ex pected, proved a very stormy affair ' although the topics dis cussed were the same as have been frequently brought before the public. It appears, by some oversight at the last meet ing, the contract with the Brighton Company for reduced tollage was not confirmed by the general body of share holders, and hence to-day arose a debate as to the expedi ency of doing so, which occasioned a contrary feeling among certain parties, who desire to see the maximum rate enforced. The majority of the meeting took a different view, which ended in the confirmation of this agreement, and the passing of a resolution expressing willingness on the part of the Com pany to submit to a sitnilar reduction in the case of the South, Eastern, and Croydon lines, provided it w.as understood that these Companies would do all in their power to facilitate and conduct traffic to the. London-bridge station. So im portant is this point considered, that the Greenwich Com pany have determined only to atlbrd assistance to the Croy don Company in the coming contest fin. the Epsom branch, on the condition of a spirit of co-operation to work out this desirable end. No dividend was declared, in consequence of the deficiency of profit to pay one, which default introduced the question of the right of the preference shareholders. to receive their five per cent. in a form likely to give some employment to the lawyers. It is contended on the one side that the preference shareholders have only a lieu on the profits of the Company, and not as a mortgage debt. a lien on the capital ; and hence it is argued that they can only be paid out of the profits, and not, as some of the shareholders insinuated, out of capital, as seemed by the appearance of the accounts. It was admitted that on this view of the case the question might subse quently arise whether, if the profits of the one half-year tailed to satisfy these claims, the deficiency would not be an accumulating debt against future profits. On the other side it was stated that the preference shareholders are paid out of the profits after deducting the usual expenses; but, as it ap peared the wish of the shareholders to have the point settled at once by reference to the highest legal authorities, the Directors did not oppose the motion, with the view of being corrected or set right with the public, and for future guidance in making up the accounts of the Company, and determining the actual position of the preference shareholders a cons !Mae of legal gentlemen were appointed to draw out a case to be submitted to the Attorney-General and Solicitor- General, two representing preference shareholders, and two original shareholders, so hat the interests of both classes of proprietors may be fairly set forth. SUN.—The funds closed much the same as in the morning Consols being 974 to k both for Money and time. India Stock touched 277 k, and all the other securities remained the same as in the morning. The Spanish Active Bonds were a little better than at ten o'clock, being 23k. Mexican declined to 334, but in Buenos Ayres there was a further advance to 33k to 4. Portuguese Converted again touched 474. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and. Derby were 38, Bristol and Exeter Eastern Counties New 13, Brighton 3k, Blackwall 104 to k, Manchester and Birminghaml to 4, and South Eastern 14 discount. Edinburgh and Glasgow 9to 10, Great Western 361, Birmingham 144, ditto New Thirds 40, Manchester and Leeds 40, South Western 35a to 36,i, Newcastle and Dar lington 16, Rotten and Havre 51,, South Eastern Scrip 11k to 12, and York and North Midland (Scarborough Branch) 17 premium. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 41, Provincial Bank of Ireland 16, and Union Bank of Australia 2 premium. The rates of exchange upc cities were to-day slightly bett COURSE. OF EXCHAN Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ..... U l2 6k Antwerp "25 95 Hamburgh ......M.B l3 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto, 3 months Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Frankfort on Maine 122 imetersburgh, 3 U 5.:... 36k Berlin. 7 Vienna, effec. 13. 3 M 956 Trieste, ditto 9 5S Madrid Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seville . rn several of the continental GE. -(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar — Leghorn ..... 3O 80 Genoa Milan s Venice K!iples PtiUrrno, per oz 1181 I isbon Oporto 524 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia !Buenos A y res I New York, 21 days sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER 02 Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Com .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons .....0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 94 Silver in Bars... 0 4 11 CAPTAIN PECHELL, R.N., 11. P., ON THE CORN-LAWS. (Abridged from the Brighton Guardian.) On Saturday last. Captain Pechell had his annual audit and rent dinner at the Horse and Groom Inn, Patching Pond. After the cloth had been removed, and the usual loyal toasts were disposed of, Captain Pechell rose and said—lt now falls to my duty, presiding over this company, to propose to you what I con sider to be the toast of the evening, which is " The health of the tenants and friends of mine who have done me the ho • nour to be present on this occasion." Upon these occasions it has always been my custom either to congratulate you or to condole with you upon the result of your several under takings. Last year we had a thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest ; and this year it has been represented, and by per sons who .really ought to know better, that the farmers would be well rewarded for their exertions by the aWundance and excellence of their crops. Now, residing among you, as I do, I have made it my business to inquire, and I cannot congratulate you upon the result of your labours last year. —(" Certainly not.") You are told that your distress, which means, that you have not remunerating prices, is owing to certain causes ; and the first person who figures as having stated the causes of your not having remunerating prices is the Prime Minister himself. I was present when he told the Members of the House of Commons that he acknowledged there was great distress in the agricultural districts, that that distress was in part owing to his law and in part owing,to the abundance of the harvest.—(Oh.) So putting these two things together, we see that the law of Sir .Bobert Peel, with the abundance of the harvest, have brought about the ruin of the farmer.—(Hear.) There are other parties who have as cribed the distress to the present. law and to the rents—par ties whom I call the intelligent portion of the community. They state that with high rents and low prices they find their capital dwindling away. These opinions have been stated by very eminent farmers in different parts of the country, who have declared that with declining prices and without protection, they and their families will soon be brought to ruin.—(" That is right, Sir.") Another party has declared the cause of the distress, for distress is universally acknow ledged—the landlords of the country have declared, and they are now raising the country from one end to the other, in or der to persuade you, the tenants, that your distress is owing to the proceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League. They de clare that it is to the Anti-Corn-law League that the present distress in agriculture is attributable. Now it is all very well to say that the landlord's and the tenant's interest are inse parable. We have heard it said lately at all the agricultural meetings, that we row in the same boat, and that—how very affectionate—we are to sink or swim together. But I say it is not honest, it is not fair, to say this is a tenant's question, and that you are to be brought into collision with the Anti-Corn-law League upon a subject with which, in my opinion, you have'nothing - at all to do.—(Hear, hear.) A law was passed, altering the duties on the importation of corn, which law was supported by the landlords. You find fault with that law, you consider that you are injured by it, you attribute the falling-off in your receipts and in your pro fits to the operation of that law, and you boldly say that that law has injured you. But the landlords tell you it is not that law which has injured you; and they draw your atten tion away entirely from the subject., and ask you to go to a meeting to battle with the Anti-Corn-law League, when the question which is to be proposed there has no more to do with you than it has with the Archbishop of Canterbury, except so far as he is a landowner.—(Hear.) Now, that is my opi nion as to one of the causes of the present distress. There are two antagonist principles. There are some fanners whose names figure in the public prints as having attributed the present distress to the new law ; the landlords attribute it to the Anti-Corn-law League. Now, it is very right that you should understand what that protection means. They also call out for protection. It does certainly appear to me that " protection to the tenant" is, in other words, " protection to the rent of the landlord."—(Hear.) Though the interest of the tenant goes in a great degree along with thatof the land lord, still it is not for you to tight the battle of the landlord for high prices, to keep up high rents. You have seen that these high prices, which have been promised to you by the several Acts of Parliament, have not made your foi tunes. You cannot find a farmer in this country who has retired from business with a fortune and a provision for his family. Show me any other trade, a grocer or a miller, in which this is so. In eVery other business, except farming, men have laid something by for their family. Here we have been since the close of the war, in 1815, with the landlords always call ing out for protection, and still there has been agricultural distress. All von ask for, or ought to ask for, is steady prices, that you may :now exactly what you are about. At present no man knows how he stands. Your interests have been most deeply affected and your landlords call upon you to join with them in calling for protection and for the annihilation of the Anti-Corn-law League. They say that their estates are no longer saleable, that property is depreciated, and that the stability of our institutions is affected by the machina tions of the Anti-Corn-law League. Nay, lam not sure that they have not attributed the blight and the smut and the grub of Mr. 011iver's wheat to it.—(Loud laughter.) I am sure I am addressing honest and intelligent men who will see that the call which has been made upon them for protection to the tenant clearly means " protection to the landlord and high rents for the tenant."—(Cheers.) A NOVEL CARPET.—Fox-hunting is the sport of which the King of the Belgians is particularly fond, and in which he is the most expert. It is said that his Majesty pre serves the skins of all the foxes that he kills, and that lie is now having a very handsome carpet adorned with foxes' tails, made at the Palace of Lacken, . ~ - --....... . • 1M......111P..."••••••.............. -- , ' . . . • ~...V :, .: , , ,i , 2 7 : -• . . . 2 . -- -,' 2:: it t , :,.... ::::, , ! „. 4 ,_ I OV-It : ,......., 1 2.... . 3 - .. ,:... , .:. vk .. ---- ' — 4 ...40- 4, ~, , 4 ., . 0,- -„ t.,1 .fr • _ . 14, 2 , , -- -- • * *7- 2._-% 3 k. -- .. „ , „,, -, - 'ii, 7 : 4171r.c.i .4 1 ''' ' . ? ey u-..' 0, 1!..1.' 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The proposi tion made by Mr. Whitworth, the inventor, was to release Mr. Gore from the payment of g(X)/. for the iire of machines (which the latter had entirely thrown out of use), and for that amount. to take on himself the south-western district of the City, including Ludgate-hill and Fleet-street, for the purpose of showing what might be done with the machines when properly worked. Thus the matter stood when the parties were called before the Court yesterday. Mr. Gore was attended by his legal adviser, and in answer to the Chairman, said that ho had considered the matter, and was prepared to carry out his original tender, to cleanse the streets by manual labour for 1,200/. less than the sum he was then receiving under the tender which obliged him to employ the machines. The Chairman called Mr. Gore's attention to the offer of Mr. Whitworth, and suggested that by giving up the south-west district to that gentleman he would get rid of one fifth of his duty without suffering any pecuniary loss. 31r. Gore expressed his unwillioguess to.refinquish any portion of the contract. If the Commissioners approved of it, he had no objection to work the machines himself in the south-west district, cleansing the other part of the City by manual labour. Mr. It. L. Jones remarked on the absurdity of Mr. Gore's desiring to revert to his original contract to cleanse the City for 3,400/., when the Commissioners were willing to pay the hill amount of 4,6001., if he would allow the pa tentee to work the machines in the south-west district. Mr. Gore repeated his determination not to allow the pa tentee to cleanse the district. in question. His reputation as a contractor would suffer by doing so, and rather than give up any portion he would work the. whole at a sacri fice. Mr. Prior thought, as Mr. Gore had refused so reasonable a proposition, the Commissioners ought to put an end to his contract. lie had no doubt of their power to do so on giving seven days' notice. He should be glad to know the opinion of their solicitor on this point. The question was one of the highest importance and called for prompt interference. A messenger was then dis patched for Mr. Tyrrell, but that gentleman being from home, Mr. Deputy Pewtress moved that the opinion of the solicitor as to the terms of Mr. Gore's agreement should he taken and reported next Tuesday, preparatory to rescinding the con tract, in the event of that gentleman persisting in his present determination. At the close of the proceedings the patentee remarked, that as the character. of his machines had suffered from the manner in which they had been worked in the city, he was most anxious that their capabilities should be fairly tested. Sever al members of the Court observed, that they had come to a determination to have the City better cleansed; and if Mr. Gore persisted in his refusal to allow the proposed experiment by the patentee, the Commissioners would cleanse the streets themselves, and debit Mr. Gore with the cost. The Court, after some other unimportant business, broke up. It should be mentioned that Mr. Gore was accompanied by several other contractors, and the most perfect understanding appeared to exist between them. PUBLICATIONS. Price One Shilling. IrVIIORSAY ; or, the FOLLIES of the DAY. • fir The February Numbqr will contain Two Embellishments on Steel, illustrative of CROCKFORD'S, and GEORGE ROBINS IN HIS GLORY. Chapter VI.---Gives an account o hapter Vl—George Robins'• a singular adventure which f r M and Mr. Shallow's interview. betel the Marquis in Hyde Park, Chapter IX.—A scene in May ' with nutshell sketches of the fair, with singular shifts and frequenters of the Ring. makeshifts. 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Signed by John Elliott, sen., Lord of the Manor, John Mannirg, William Pearce, Henry Goodman, Arthur Langworthy. June 21, 1843. Wholesale A rent s for London : Barclay and Son, Farringdon. street ; ilnlleu,aj, High ; Piout, btrinni ; 233, Black friars-road; and Johnston, GS, Cornhill. N. B. Be sure to ask for " Halse's Scorbutic Drops," 2s. Vd. per bottle. PETITION TO THE QUEEN. The Lord Mayor of Dublin has received the following letter Prom Sir James Graham : " Whitehall, 25111 January, 1844. "My Lord Mayor,—l have received her Majesty's commands to notify to you, that the Queen will receive the address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin, at Buckingham Palace, on Friday, the 2d of February. "It will be my duty to make. known to.)our Lordship on your arrival in London the precise hour which her Majesty may please to appoint for reoeiving the address.—l have the honour to be, my Lord Mayor, your faithful servant, " J. G. GRAHAM. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin." In consequence of the foregoing intimation, the Corpora tion held a meeting on Monday, at which it was proposed by Alderman Roe, that the Lord Mayor should not wait upon her Majesty, but that a letter should be written to the Home Secretary requesting loins to present the address. This view was generally dissented from, and it woos strongly put to the es-Lord Mayor that he should not refuse to present the address in person. Alderman Roe, howeVer, refused to ac company his successor, and accordingly a deputation of the members of the Toms-council was formed, which is to pro ceed to London forthwith. ARRIVAL 01' TILE PENINSULAR Amyros, JAN. 30.—The Little Liverpool arrived here at three o'clock, P.M., having the Gibraltar and Peninsular mails. Iler dates are, Gibraltar, Jan. 20; Cadiz, 21 ; Lisbon, 24; and Vigo, 26.• The Liverpool had seven passengers and a full cargo of fruit.. GADDESBY MURDER. — After another private, hut brief, examination this morning, Mr. Messenger was once more discharged. The opinion gains ground that Timson (who is in gaol to take his trial for felony) " knows some thing."—Lcices'er Mercury. LIVERPOOL—The friends of civil and religious liberty will hold a public meeting, on Wednesday next, in the Music-hall, for the purpose of declaring their sentiments on the course pursued by the Tory Government in certain of the preliminary preparations for the State Trials now pend ing in Dublin.—Liverpool Buckingham Palace is undergoing some extensive alterations and improvements, particularly in the wing ap propriated for the use of the Royal nursery. GENERAL DUFF GREEN AT HOME.—At Washing ton Duff Green is quite busy with the President and Cabinet. lie is organising measures and collecting capital for the establishment of a daily newspaper in New York. It will be a free trade Calhoun paper, and will also be an organ of the Anti-Corn-law League of England.—Ncw York Paper. DEATH OF MAJOR MACKENZIE, FODDERTY,.—It is with deep regret that we have to announce the death of Major Mackenzie. The Major was an eminent agriculturist, and may be said to have introduced the modern scientific system of culture into Ross-shire, and the first who applied lime to the soil. The Major had been ailing some imonths, and died in hi§ 75th year. He was universally respected for his honesty and benevolence, and his death is greatly de plored.—Ross-vhire Advertiser. . , NELSON STATUE FINISHED.—At length the statue of the Hero of the Nile is visible from his exalted po sitien in Trafalgar-square, apparently completed as it is " to go down to posterity," as well as stand the criticism anti in spection of the present age. It is, undoubtedly, much im proved from the alterations and " clippings" it has under gone, the coil of rope, on one side, being much diminished, and the left hand tail of the coat being likewise lessened, so as to remedy the curious effect produced by its previous form. Rapid progress is now being made in the completion of the square, which being nearly paved, looks very advan tageously. The displeasing and unsightly hoarding will, consequently, be soon removed, as also the clever and curious scaffolding, that at present surrounds the column, and pre sents such a striking specimen of ingenuity. Lady Oakeley died at Hastings on Friday last, in her 42d year. Her Ladyship was second daughter of the late Lora Charles Murray Aynsley, son of the fourth Duke of Athol, and married, the sth of June, 1826, the Rev. Sir Herbert Oakeley, Batt, Archdeacon of Colchester, and Dean of Barking. NEW ZEALAND THEATRICALS.-011 the 31st of July last the first stone of a theatre, called the " Victoria," was laid at Port Nicholson, by Mr. Alderman Lyon, who made rather an eloquent speech on the occasion, remarking that the spot on which the theatre was to stand was but a desert three years ago. By a playbill which is in London, headed " Royal Victoria Theatre, Manners-street, Te Am," it appears that this theatre was opened for the second time on the 16th of September. This is quick work, but probably the theatre is constructed of light materials. The. bill, how ever, states that it is lighted with gas. DUTY ON TOBACCO.—A memorial has been ad dressed to Sir Robert Peel by the American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool, praying for a reduction of the duty on tobacco, and stating the advantage which would accrue, both to the revenue and to commerce, by such a measure. Tables are given to show the increase of consumption during the imposition of a low duty, and that to such a degree as to render the source of revenue more productive. Tints, coffee in 1801, at ls. 7d. per lb., yielded 77,651/. ; in 1821, at ls. per lb., 379,6501.; and in 1841, at Gd. per lb., 710,524/. Tobacco in 1821, at 4s. per lb., yielded 3,164,673/., and in 1841, at 3s. per lb., 3,314,215/. This difference of duty has not, however, been sufficient to reduce materially the profits of the smug gler, who is still able to sell his tobacco at 2s. 9d. per lb., which is 3d. less than the duty alone. In 1798 Ireland con sumed 8,000,0001b5. of tobacco, and she now consumes 3,000,0001b5. less, with more than double the population. During the period of extensive consumption the duty was Bd. per lb., whereas now it is 3s. In England and Scotland was consumed, in proportion to the population, only half the quantity of tobacco consumed in. Ireland, the duty in this island being Is. 7d. However ' on account of smuggling, the quantity of tobacco on which duty is paid does not give even an approximation to the actual amount of consumption, and the memorialists declare that in their belief the actual consumption was 53,711,8561b5., instead of 22,094,7721b5., the quantity on which the duty was levied. These statements are followed by a prayer for the reduction of the duty on tobacco to Is. per lb. We understand that the Worcester and Birming ham Canal Company mean to make a very considerable re duction in their rate of tonnage, on and after Thursday next, Feb. 1 ; and most of our readers are no doubt aware that the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company hare also resolved on adopting a similar step at the same period. These measures will, in some degree, enable the port of Gloucester to keep pace with the increasing competition of other places; and the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Com pany will do well to re-consider the advance which they made in the rates of tonnage in the canal last year, a course which, as we predicted at the time, has operated most pre indicially to the interests of the port.—Gloucester Chronicle. VETERAN.—Died on Monday last., at MOOT Houses, near Masham, Mr. George Wharton, late of Layer ton, near Kirkby Malzeard, at the patriarchall age of 114. Until within the last two or three years this old man le tabled his mental and physical faculties in an extraordinary way, and ever showed a disposition to conceal his age from inquirers. The length of his pilgrimage, however, has, from his narrative of circumstances which occurred in his youth, been pretty well ascertained. He remembered, when a lad, being present with his mother at the opening of one of the first Wesleyan chapels in London, when he heard John Wes ley preach the opening sermon. At the last Whitsuntide fair at Kirkby Malzeard he dined with the ancient order of the Golden Ilede, when he appeared in excellent health anti spirits.— Yorkshire Gazette. DESPERATE REMEDY FOR A DESPERATE DISEASE. —They tell a good story of Dr. Rand. He was called on to visit a hypochondriac patient, who fancied she had swallowed a mouse. On entering the room the lady ex claimed, " Dear doctor! lam glad to see you-1 am in such distress—such pain ! Oh, doctor, I have swallowed a mouse !" " Swallowed—nonsense," replied the doctor, in his mild and pleasant manner. "Oh, no, doctor," slKl the patient, "it is not nonsense—it is a mouse—a live mouse— he ran down my throat when I was asleep, with my mouth open, and I feel him now, creeping about my stomach, and trying to gnaw out. Oh,doctor, do prescribe something quick, or I shall die." "Prescribe, " said he, " yes, I will prescribe something that will cure you in a minute." "What is it doctor, what is it?—l'll take anything you order." " Well, then, my dear madam, swallow a cat—if that don't cure you, nothing will." THE WEATHER.—Last evening there was asudden fall of the barometer, which was followed by a severe storm of wind and snow. Towards the morning it blew a hurri cane, and in the course of the day a good deal of snow has fallen, but, as the temperature is above freezing, it soon dis appears. The sky is much overcast, with the appearance of severe weather. AN IRISH DEFENCE.—A man named Jeremia h n O'Leary was charged at Worship-street 61!01i,c,e,:trar,t,,e.,, Saturday with robbing his landlord of 19s. d ouirge i asked if he had anything to say m replied, with a penitential shrug,* ofthess'lToulders, The divil opinion a great dale too a word, your honour ; and it's my m uch has been said a s it is Another slip of le rail ha the ernba annd a krnent in s near the Folkre e- s t o ne viaduct h as taken place, sorted to for the pres ent, for the up and down trains as far as Saltrs-oed. N I ~,,,~"