The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-13 00:00:00

- ,Len, • . . • At the Congress of - fie , - ,c t• • _ f.Y E1=1 , 32t: ' • % .BV4P r 111 8, I 4,..11111r •W' ' - -7 0 , aiE i ‘!;"\'‘ Vt4 5P 'e7"1,1:4,j 1 ;1;4, . • . .-N. 1 ' 11111 1'„ ~T. T 5'4 '~~ w ` o ~ GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS. FURTHER REDUCTION OF FARES. SIXPENCE AND NINEPENCE, Boat and Blackwall Railway included. D.. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, **Y Sundays included) at Ten, Eleven Twelve, Three, Four, Six, and Half-past Seven At R.. From the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, en, Half-past Nine, Half-past Twelve, Two,*Four, Six, Seven, mid Eight. • On Sundays at Five instead of Two. tore Cabin and Seconi-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and First-class Carriage, Ninepence. ^N..* vmee, Gravesend, July 10, 1844. No. 16,222. LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING SUN, AUGUST is, 1844. PRICE sd. LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. ALTERATION and ACCELERATON of TRAINS on and the 15th AuGrsT, by order of the Postmaster-General. Th -ul e 10, A ad, from London will arrive in Birmingham at Two, P.M. 30, t o from Birmingham will arrive in London at One, P.M. li i addition to the above Mail Trains, 1 15, P.M., from Birmingham, 3 44 leave at Half-past One, and arrive in London at Six, P.M. The y _ r at, Will leave Birmingham at a Quarter-past Four, and arrive , ondon at Nine, P.m. By Order, R. CREED, Secretary. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST; Containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 78, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. OLONIAL, and GENE rcE and ANNUITY SOCIETY ~ in 2,000 Shares. ;TORS. 1 Gideon Colqahoun, Esq. Charles E. Mangles, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. William Walker, Esq. ward Ryley, Esq. :he premiums charged by this Com- I _AUSTRALASIAN, Ct RAL LIFE ASSURAN , Capital 200,000/., DIREC Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Robert Brooks, Esq. henry Buckle, Esq. John Henry Capper, Esq. SECRETARY — Ede The following are specimens of tt, pany for the assurance of 100/. Age. I 20 30 I 40 I - 50 I 60 PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Lucifer steam-vessel, Commander Frazer, en gaged in surveying the south-east coast, is at Kingstown. The Pluto steam. vessel, Lieutenat-Commander Crozier, is at Waterford. Notice is hereby given that a DIVIDEND of FIVE PER CENT. ;less Income-tax) on the Shares of the Society will be PAYABLE at :his Office on and after TUESDAY, the 20th day of August instant. (IEO. 11. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary. August 12th, 1844. FOR THE QUEEN. On Sunday the following pastoral letter from tha Roman Catholic Vicar Apostolic of the London district was publicly read at each of the masses in all the Roman Catholic chapels of London and its vicinity:— The Meteor steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Butler, at Cork, from Woolwich. The Dee steam-transport vessel, Master-Commander Driver, at Woolwich, repairing, expected at Cork. The Rhadmanthus steam transport vessel, Master- Commander J. IL Laen, at Woolwich, expected at Dublin, with the depot of the 73d Regiment, from Newport. The Alban steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander J. Jeayes, is employed conveying the sth Regiment from Dublin to Belfast; and the 66th from Belfast to Dublin. " PASTORAL LETTER OF THE BISHOP VICAR APOSTOLIC IN THE LONDON DISTRICT TO THE CLERGY AND FAITHFUL. An. Prem. I £1 10 3 1 £2 0 7 1 £2 15 3 1 £4 1 8 j £4 3 9 GRAND 'JUNCTION RAILWAY. ord er ALTERATION and ACCN R of A the stmaster-GeneraI. ELERATIO The Public D arerecnest S I to nonce to that on and after the 15th instant, the Trains of this Company be dispatched as follows : Arrive r foill Liverpool. at Birmingli - un. 4 2 A.M. Mail . . . - 8 6 A.M. A.M. Third Class - - - - 11 36 A.M. 11 A.M. First Class - 1 21 P.M. 30 A.M. Mail - - 3 51 P.M. 4 as g P.M. Second Class - - - 10 23 p.m. " P.M. Mail (mixed) - - - - 12 36 P.M. I C'M Eir nlijigharn. Arrival at Liverpool. 10 Aar. Mail (mixed) - - 5 10 s.u. " 11 0 A.M. Second Class - - 11 15 A.M. 2 15 Aal. Mail 15 P.M. Mail A 15 P.M. First Class - - - - 830 P.M. ° P.M. Third Class - - - 11 P.M. New time clocks are set according to the longitude of each station. after inae - bills may be had at any of the Company's stations on and the 13th inst. v._ ef ast trains, to geruents are in progress for attaching Second-class carriages for reducing the fares, and for adding a cheap train mvule Wi rerP classes, of which due notice will be given in a future ert ient. By order, Live MARK. HUISH, Secretary. 9th August, 1844. 1844. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. tw ...Notic e is given, that the next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL inn. u ti liO of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held, on T u tn t to the Act of P ar li amen t, in Bristol, at the Bristol Station, beral the 15th August next, at Twelve o'clock , for t he g e- Dre ir r Posea of business. The Chair will betaken at One o'clock C. A SAUNDERS, Secretary. e L us ondon Terminus, Paddington C. RUSSELL, Chairman. , July 12, 1844. RICHMOND and WEST-END JUNCTION RAILWAY. Th „ e Prospectu s of the above Railway having its terminus on either Si . nUe of Au ngerford.bridge and connected with Hungerford-market, • the means of bringing in the present South-Western traffic to . 'fit in. London, will he published in a few days, with a In euential - Provisional . Committee. e A2_ l !l Point selected (being the heart of th e West-en d) l eaves no Iniet in the minds of the promoters of its superiority over all others, ' xua the eta the nn Prospeetus will show the va r i ous interests combined to carry dertaking. 4 ugust 9,. 1844. CHAPMAN, Solicitor, Richmond. 1844. 'WANTED, EIGHT POUNDS for Six Weeks, for which TEN POUNDS will be RETURNED, and Security given.—APPlY by letter only, free, stating name and addrerand.ss, and appointing an interview, to Green, ' 44, Wych-street, St 'INV ENT ORS and o th er GENTLEMEN in the —a- Possession of INTERESTING MODELS or WORKS of ART, TUTIwho intend to deposit them at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI ON, are respectfully requested to forward them on or before tne 31st inst., in order that they may be inserted in the REVISED CATALOGUE . de sit An such w or k s arc received gratuitously, and the or has free admission to the Institution. Working Models are Dail y Explained, and, whe re the subject admits, are described in a Lecture. _ R. J. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary. The In is open Daily, as usual. SOCIET Y for the DISCHARGE and RELIEF PERRON'S IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS throughout -"LAND and WALES, established 1772. President —The Earl of ItO3INEY. Xenyon VICE-PRESIDENTS. Viscount Marsham I Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart., M.P. Treasurer—Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., F.R 8 . thea _ Audit ors — John Pepys, Esq., and C a p e l C ure , E s q. ,I th Meetin g of Governors, held in Craven-street, on Wednesday, deerfeedr;aday of Auglist, 1844, the Cases of 100 Petitioners were consi rorhiinehqu7l9rywere approved, 10 rejected, 4 inadmissible, and 7 o:s.g.inc...esthe Meeting . held on the 3d of July, ONE HUNDRED . and be2:•.-!EBTORS, of whom 82 had Wives and 177 Children, have ot,;7llooBischarged from the Prisons of England and Wales ; the expense e liberation, including every charge connected with the So cietY, was 462/. 18s. 10d., and the following T h0 ,...__ 1 " 48 88. BEEFACNS RECEIVED SINCE TIIE LAST REPORT : N Eden, TIO Porrett, Esq• • • • L. Plunkett, per Messrs. Ilerries and Co. ........2 0 2 0 0 e. ,handos Pole, Esq., per Messrs. Cocks and C0...A 2 0 0 The late' Per Treasurer Dirso7 Sic Francis Burdett, 3r.P, half year's dividend on Three per Cent. Consols, per Messrs. Hoare • . . 15 0 0 0 0 u„_""_k Tyrwhitt Drake, per ditto -••••••• • • • • • • • Vl,..„'ltleractions are received by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Es 3 q., the anlsterer, No. 1, Brick -court, Temple ; also by the following Vere s . I.B '"Messrs. Cocks, Curries, Drumrnonds, llerries, Hoares, th e ' and by the Secretary, No. 7, Craven-street, Strand, where eliarg k s MaY be seen by those who are inclined to support the ken ti iii and where the Society meet on the first Wednesday in every JOSEPH LUNN, Sec. Agß o , SUP D, near STAINES. Fifteen Miles from Hyde-park. ''"urt FARM, MANSION, and GROUNDS, TITHE. F REE and LAND-TAX REDEEMED. 'a?SltS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS be g coisTi.„ - A. e c ann ounce that they are directed to SELL by PRIVATE p za very 0.!,, s itilatin 'alum FREEHOLD ESTATE, in a dry and healthy Staines Tl L, and genteel neighbourhood, about three miles from anani v aeven miles from Windsor, comprising a neat, gentle- Plea s ,". 'lansion, with attached and detached domestic offices, hou se 'e-grounds, ev erY t eo fish- paddock, walled garden and hot-house, green- Pond, double coach-house, and six.stalled stable, and h e „._ co irenience for the comfortable residence of a family. The a dr awing.room and a dining.room, of good dimen ntains ha voeals:tra nioe spacious and cheerful bed-rooms, housekeeper's arch a n 4150 vnlie, 11, butler's pantry, large kitchen, and cellaring. e xcellent FARM, let on lease, which expires 25th nth ne lt, containing 228 Acres of productive arable, meadow, aetor e land, with a convenient farm-house, barns, stables, and ther-,:illitable agricultural buildings and labourers' cottages, togs- P o ,‘ th several Copyhold Cottages and Gardens. g 0.4 fur ther particulars apply to Messrs. Adam Murray and Of p l e U "eYors and Land-agents, 47, Parliament.street, London, cards to view the estate may be obtained. L.,t P t 14 °YMENT.—Persons having a little time *Pare are apprised th a t A gen t s continue to be appointed in te, - and country to wns, b y th e E AST INDIA TEA COMPANY, ° face :* le of their celebrated teas. PgtUkNo. 9 , Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. torhPacked showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a the price and weight marked on each packet, and but L IM., inn t ,„ 41)1 ,,t Is occasioned by the sale. The license is only . Ils. per 'aeriti;q"'" is occasioned during the last nineteen years have realised con .A.4o_,ltneos by the agency without one shilling l a e s t a o h r o l v o e s . s. p itp r o w ri zi to be made (if by letter post - paid) ,RTANT to FAMILIES FURNISHING. turACht, -Tisideable saving can be effected in the purchase of rroiles, OratlvinTh g-rn: a s: 4 °lllt i g sB:, M E n a n t w e h r g_erY by visiting the PANKLIBANON IRON . street Portman-square, where may be in- Xiligdo6ll-744. el tenSiV ' STOCK of IRONMONGERY GOOD . S in Ist beet worh, zard Ing of kitchen cooking utensils German silver ° - stoves, shower and vapour baths , ornamental ra t i th, Plemen ' ts ja anned water cans and toilette pa s, .wice";7o,rkik kitchen range r' s, fenders and fire-irons, tea trays, aaaligiaaarked pl , flower stands, table cutlery, &c. Every article lanitinggtnin•cha, at possible price, will fully of the great advantage.rele rthe hest man h PaYMents, as the proprietor arrant every aint t ic Ma nufacture, at a saving of ate east 30 per ce . ALLOw Q and 58, Baker-street, Portman-square. , t u crae to Co.,merclults lid captains. RE - lak , r, -(I-11'NT COMPOSITE CANDLES. lb es , These Candles burn without snuffing more b t rillia v n e t n ly t t i la n n t t h h e e th as t s onst •.ualiariev.eehaeaTer in proport t ion t t e o es th r e es l p i t a.nytk o t,. ,, ,_l( in the shops simply P fo a r en „ g e h ctfully beg all pur- Price's Patent Candles," as noi 4 "of the have adopted tUterm " Composite." They are , sold Sille c alicl. a re :esPe.etable Tallow Chandlers throughout the Kplingce ci 0., g el .PPlied wholesale to the trade by Edward i "teh lvell. M°nt, Vauxhall, and by Palmer and Co., Sutton street, th - ` 4o' s FINE WAX CANDLES, le. sd. per lb.; li aat, teoiceY only require trial to prove them the handsomest and -4 allie - e rele al candles in existence, that do not require snuffing. 2 41...., cie -Perin Candles 2 .2d per lb —Superior transparent Wax, 2s. 11.4 4 114 e ro i h n i e A a x , 2 s. id I Be * st kitchen and office Candles,so.—E .- I I : P, 4% . -4.. ed Candles * with the improved Wax Wicks, 7d.-Yellow 2i r i Pa'l2' , and 58; 1121bs —Mottled, 60s. and 645.-Wind- ---. Ca ''''•, la. d . s. ".__V Der lb. —R IN4 x, 4 rDhor „, , 25.--. Zr per Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d.—Rose, Picket kl .--- e pe n r e i o a r ond, 2s. 6d.—Superflne Sealing 4ar,, or .„, 11 _Sper ru m Oil, 7s. Od. per gallon—Solar Oil, ' I e e l"' at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. an- voPposite :New Slaughter's Coffeehouse), Charing-cross. 13 i T HE BEST ENGLISH WATCHES. theittrzortlowlarc4h,rasceri!„.'t_o tlt4l/ 9 . c SA YORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. f ' ernhill London, Apposite :,he Bank, reluest the atteo their Stock of London-made PATENT . 444 je 110 hollse " I'S, ."Inch are manufactured by themselves in f. lUiri Well ed, . .10 Slyer Cases, with the Detached Escapement c ut eas each the_Prices are Four Guineas and a Half S'x and Eight *y e 1 4, 4 eae p hi . ?,'„ 'TI geld cases , ic Twelve, Fourteen , '" and S xteen d f rselection incl m ud or e e s )447 lri t n V l i h ....._ CUlan Len, enablin a customer to select that which ---.- -...Zadapted t o h . g .........._____ is own use. TO --- PUBLIC NOTICE D-STREET. VI:I:II'PERS, 401 tanAPTA1N9, AND OTHERS. i ,......,,1 e eq!il of Testimonials, Gratis, by_a_l_i__ Agents. ONE'S EyE SNU FF. s the bo,,b Fatron a , . her Royal Highnes eto" 14 8 Of x e ,l 4 of his late Majesty, su is universally re to tho_Y_Tee. ~,,..„....r.„.„ , '", and the Lords oi l the Trea ry, ST UFF . --Under the - , gen t lii , .......x. and Head. 8 / 1 3 " e Faculty for its efficacy in removing disorders t tY th DEAFNESS CURED! - RESTORED !_ '—NERVOUS HEADACHE AND thousand „ sta b lode oraost simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! L lism e t___ l aPPlication is fraught with pleasure; many induce the t e eter , 1" operation. If testimonies be necessary to —'44 h i - s ' n • aen canplished by its use, at a trifling have used it. L o i ° *lake trial Kings, Lords, and Commons cxpense, yet kit' ts of the 2 reaiury have sanctioned its Medical Pr44..t.eDuchei. of Kent the most t h e Oculis s 'eulogised flti„, °°e Duca l that • ' ' balance , the Press—have , tone's cel bgigantic use. The t ir late Ma ' a ll diseases incident a tone s E e Herbaceous Compound , known as ' Grim e to h a Ye S.nuff, "aced for its e ff icacy in removing Dr. S. S e I B. Lach. tlej d Oes and Head. G J Guthrie , Esq., F. • An d .. ws calls it 4 444,7: Vs Letter, W hite . ha . ll. Dr Thomas. Dr. Ilk 4.,2.l.lblessitiz—see his Re po rts touching stone's Eye b u ff, i7.,,, Th et,kly, with Many others, recommend G " nm dent's Vade ""‘...,cctu t - r can It " Man's best Friend," and the Stu The late or A- - its utilit y . re i tcpo r ,.. ?-oarews also reeernraends its use a; a preventive. Se! the 411 eriii; i n Nor. MI. He states that the tenacious sylnPi!LY l ° d eo ,. ~41torile,sate, Within the nostrils, with the nervous system, 1 'oeheli t ,7 Snuff', when frequently taken, must be universal iseo,.,, the consumer ; and, further, recommends its 4,71, 1 1 its 4 preventative. s both of 111,Whiehe and"' Of Hatfield, having witnessed of the greatest ma * " case thereof. 1 ,4 few of t h o Phthalrnia, has kindly given his testimony .•441:nesscuie: many thousand Teldimonials of Sight re s tored and :* T o w.., ~ y GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUI' F : :, April V.Oth, 1F44. , Dear ~ .."rirastone, I. sq. t he ~ 0ir....1 feel bound by a sense of justice to inform you of th e rra,"l9oUs cure effected on myself by taking a few pinches 3 pittil2k..S. celebrated Gnmstone's the Snuff', which, il my case, e on r gh m t 4 d e n: Lb bs called ' Ear Snuff,' effectually relieved m f o a __ stwnless from which I have been suffering for many years. You 17 thoZtici" to ni' Ake any use you please of this communication, since s_ IN._ M uch regret if the extraordinary qualities of your Eye Snuff' "•. not Universally known. " I a, dear Sir, your obedient servant, .... tltanton, Scotlan d " MARGARET MACGREGOR. Mayn ~ "4 ouch for the truth of the foregoing fact, and statemeti , ts 8 1814 kG . w..... . " JAMES SHUTER, Kentbury, Refka. ge l ...,_ , .t. Reynolds, editor of Chambers' London Journal. /to.. &_C ei ., ~Z'zi of excruciating Damns, and can now write without spectac l es 11..21araford.steet, Blaciariar's.ioad Of 4 . ''` l ne F. Lespls, facing the church, Park-street, Windsor; cured ._ t oiness of sight and headache. -9th S-ptember, 1835, and 1813. W.'_. OS. Lachfiell, Esq. ; cured of Ophthalmia. Whitehall and hate ied House Tavern —See his letters, 1838 and ISO. ..ibse.tve the Caution —W. (MIMS CONE is the sole inventor, -'`,7l.hst .only genuine is prepared by him. „....altna Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in iCuiters, a t iff., Is. , t.s. 44., 4( 4d. Ms., and 15s. Rd. each, by the •••_oprieter. GRI MSTUNE, a . t N o 434, Oxford-street, Totten 'le: the Heitary, Hi ~741_11-ceurtre ad end Hate of No. 19. Broad-street. Bloomsbury), ghgate ; and - els also be obtained in all the neipal TOlVibi and Cities. A liberal allowance to Shippers e., ens, Captains, and all Vendors of Grirristone's Eye Snu ff . This l"'ehra,ted fluff is ship d toi t all quarter of the globe, and retains 2 1 nib qualities in 'ripe kt All Snuffs and Cigars shipped ass the shortest notice. erY C in 6 i..,4,4YslUantity can be forwarded through the General Post, by i7l.ttiienti orders. A gs. 4d, canister, with postage, will cost 0 8 ie_proportion AT. ati k AR Algae Z. ily nd there sere is 0 , shippers e )specie 01 generB l here is o°, hangehos uc , generfai l l p nd are n• well su 13 1 nit:t ant i 3o o but,,Ysw es. ough the; very fill °. still a 11 Ist from decidedly ought bf favourri t on Taev i ng much ) ;day there d or vale hers areD o supply !ration); ; ind of ci towing, i l to e wise; is in the 01 contini l . 9 l; se and 5 m arice o p ne pleinjo nit too ,- ,y ar e decid e :' ate adrjof demallo s r some such t i increess.ro, Tory Old n and te, in Eng W ir rid Wil ) s t o r F or the . ar Drtant e, novr i .rd The gul o i theeriog at mane Che prod., e „ eh n°, r h i )ne. pf e * se ,: of the rt li r r e , , tota , in • b cre in ches, giroo°6, t )1d olio ter i , o 4 6 d ,ItS• din 2e P by • , 00 r [rod th e rest t re- a.f drug r e tst 0 ere 136 ,re briz, Mo ll* 7 7 oree ere bo °I • a s P t o# exit - be ce es ch dista ° e ,ke I'l coo , t i l t oiel the 1141 yof Pr' rs . job° V. . 1 ' 11. 10 11°C of C ell be Is6lf NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. :Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. • EXAMPLES. Bonus in g 5 Cash. F 5 • • Ar-' Premium. Bonus added. Xs.d. 1 I X s. d. 1837 170 9 3 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 1839 116 16 0 X s. d. £ s. d. 77 5 1 12 3 9 64 5 6 916 4 61 611 7 11 9 X s. ds 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 Livision of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De- cember of the present year. This institution offers many important and substantial adyan tages with respect both t 4 Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROITX, Sec. DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. Tur EDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIFE 1.71. OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON, TRUSTEES. Charles Hopkinson, Esq., Regent-street. Sir Thomas Phillips, Temple. Alfred Waddilove, D.C.L., Doctors' Commons. DIRE 4 Edward Doubleday, Esq., 249, Great Surrey-street. George Gun Hay, Esq., 127, C. Richardson, Esq., 19, B ru ton.street, Berkeley-square. Thomas Stevenson,Esq., F.S. A., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street. Robert Bentley Todd, M.D., F. H.S., 26,Parliament.st rect. Alfred Waddilove, D.C. L., Doctors' Commons. Sloane street. J. Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., SO, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.A.S., 17, Wimpole-street. Aunt John Pursord, Esq., 7, York- I terrace, Regent's-park. Joseph Radford, Esq., 27, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde- park. [TORT. J. Stirling Taylor, Esq , 14, Upper Gloucester-place, Dorset-square. Martial L. Welch, Esq.. Wynd- I ham.place Bryanston.square. STANDIma Commi.--John Shapter, Esq., Lincoln's Inn. BANKERS—Messrs. C.Hopkinson and Co., Regent-street. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Richardson and Smith, 9.8, Golden-square. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL STATISTICS—WiIIiam Farr, Esq., General Register Office. ACTUARY—F. G. P. Nelson, Esq. This Office is provided with very accurately constructed tables, by which it can assure unsound lives on equitable terms. Similar tables enable the Society to grant increased annuities on unsound lives, the amount ♦arying with the particular disease. Members of consumptive families assured at equitable rates. Healthy lives are assured on lower terms than at most ether offices. The first Life Assurance Society commenced business in 1705, and the principles of life contingencies, understood at that time to , a very limited extent only, have repeatedly undergone important changes and improvements; but till the establishment of this So ciety in 1941 no attempt had ever been made to assure the lives of persons who suffer from disease. The science of statistics has only within a recent period been successfully applied to the duration and mortality of disease, and hence tables on the probability of these results could not have been formed ; and it would evidently have been unsafe and hazardous for any society to have undertaken the risk of assuring the lives of persons afflicted with any particular malady. The statistical in formation, however, now collected, and in possession of this office, is of so great an extent as fully to warrant the extension of life assurance to such cases, and, in fact, to place the application of life assurance on diseased lives on a more secure basis than even that on healthy lives. It is hoped that while kept clearly in view that this Society, in common with other offices, will assure the lives of healthy persons, it is as yet the only one established to assure the lives of persons labouring under disease ; and to this latter feature particular atten tion is directed. In the first place, because it opens a larger field for business than all other offices can have unitedly ; and in the Second place, because that branch of assurance must, from its own nature, be less hazardous, and its principles rest on a more permanent foundation. These are two highly important facts, and we shall enter into an explanation of each ; and first, as to the prevalence of disease. The period of life most important to an assurance office is that be tween 15-60 years of age, and in the following remarks we refer exclusively to this period of life. It will be found that the deaths in the metropolis for the two years preceding 1842 were, from all causes, 30,518 ; and from consumption alone, 10,688 ; showing that more than one-third of the total deaths in that period of life takes place from the preva lence of a single disease ; and if the same inquiry were instituted with respect to other diseases", such as asthma, dropsy, diseases of the head, heart, &c., it would be found that more than one-half of the whole population would, on medical examination, be refused admission into an assurance office. If the inquiry be carried to the principal towns in England, like facts are elicited—in Bir mingham, Liverpool and Manchester, the deaths from all causes, per annum, are about 5,023, while those from consumption are 1,988, forming considerably more than one.third of the whole. The same thing will be found to hold good in the large towns in Scot land, in six of which the deaths in a given period, from all causes, amounted to 23,078, those from consumption alone to 6,359, and from six important diseases, 9,754; in the latter case forming more than 42 per cent. of the deaths from all causes. On reference to the returns from the city of Glasgow for 1836-1840 it will be found that the deaths in that period, from all causes, were 14,107, from consumption 4,087, and a list of five diseases, 6,423, being more than 45 per cent. of the deaths from all causes. The diseases here alluded to are such as exist in general in a chronic form, frequently for many years prior to death, but which, en a strict medical examination, would effectually exclude the persons so affected from the benefits of life assurance ; and since it thus appears that a majority of the population is included in this class, the value and importance of the new feature of this society cannot fail to be justly appreciated. The second point to be explained is the fact that there is much less risk in assuring diseased lives. This is a feature of paramount and vital importance to the interests of this society, and deserves to lee carefully considered. The real risk incurred in all assurance transactions consists in the chance to which an office is liable of experiencing a different degree of mortality from that expected by the tabjes on which its caculations are founded. This difference is termed the fluctuation of mortality, and will be found to be much less among diseased lives than over the general population, and among selected lives. The deaths from consumption in the metropolis per annum are sufficiemly near the annual number which takes place in Glasgow, from all causes, to admit of a comparison, and by reducing the matter to figures it is found that'while the fluctuation per annum in the latter case is as high as 45 per cent., in the former it is only 9 per cent., or, in other words, the fluctuation of mortality in consumption was only one-fifth of the other; and in Manchester, Liverpool, and Birmingham, even with the disadvantage of smaller numbers, the fluctuation does not exceed 3 per cent., showing a remarkable uniformity in the law which determines the mortality of this disease, and that it is more positive and absolute in its results than that which regulates the general population. Consumption has here been selected, not because it was consi dered more favourable in its results, but simply on account of the larger numbers affording a more satisfactory proof of the question under consideration ; but the same test has been app.ied to a great number of other diseases, and like results obtained. Among nine diseases in the metropolis, including asthma, dropsy, rheumatism, disease of the liver, of the heart, of the nervous system, &c., the fluctuation was only 71 per ceht., and in five diseases in a different district the fluctuation was about 7 per cent., while among eleven in another locality, and even with small numbers, the fluctuation did not exceed 6.2 per cent. ; and taking the principal towns in England, including Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, &c., the fluctuation over eleven of the more important diseases was 6 . 4 per cent. The remarkable uniformity in these results cannot fail to pro. duce a conviction of the positive character of the law of mortality in disease ; indeed, there seems to be nothing within the whole range of the doctrine of probabilities so well defined as the mor tality of diseased lives. The mortality of the general population has frequently been referred to by writers as an example of the cer tainty of common events, but the preceding remarks must show with how much greater certainty the mortality of diseased lives can be depended on. It is perhaps right to state, that, in applying the test of fluctuation to disease, it has not been confined to one place or class of lives, but has been extended to the principal towns in England and Scotland, as well as to many rural districts in Eng land, and included the experiences one or two large societies of select lives. This has afforded an opportunity of judging of the effects of locality and its sanatory condition on the duratien of life, and a remarkable fact has thus been developed, viz., that the value of life generally is much greater in the coun try districts than in large cities; but that of those persons who suffer from disease the value of life is nearly the same. As an example of this—the expectation at the age of 30 in the country districts is 36.7 years; in cities (viz., Glasgow) 27.6 years—diffe rence 33 per cont. nearly; but take the case of persons of that age in whom the consumptive tendency is developed, and who will ultimately die of consumption, and their expectatem of life in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, will be found to be 14.5, in cities (Glasgow) 14'4, and in the metropolis, Manchester, Bir mingham, 13 . 9 ; difference 'Ol7 per cent. (or 1.57 per cent.) It therefore appears that while the difference between country and town life in the former case is about 33 per cent., that in the latter instance (consumption) the difference is almost nothing, and the results nearly uniform. The same thing holds good with some ether diseases, which have been investigated in this manner. • This fact, although not generally understood, is only what might have been expected by a careful consideration of the conclusion formerly arrived at—that the fluctuation of the law of mortality in disease is confined within a very narrow limit, and consequently little in fluenced by external circumstances. It hence appears that the fluctuation in the mortality of diseased lives is much less than among select lives and the population gene rally, and therefore the risk of assuring diseased lives must also be less. To apply this conclusion to the affairs of an assurance office, it may be stated, that supposing the number of lives in a society, taking only select lives, was such that the table of mortality would indicate 100 deaths per annum, it would be necessary to have always sufficient funds at immediate command to meet 145 deaths; on the other hand, an office assuring only diseased lives need not provide for more than 109 deaths per annum; that is to say, the risk of assuring diseased lives is to that of average lives as 9 to 45, or only one.fifth. This fact is highly important to the interests of this Society, and establishes beyond doubt the safety and correctness of the principles on which it is founded. For further information, reference is made to the prospectuses and other published documents of the Society, which may be ob tained en application at the Society's offices. F. U. F. NELSON, Actuary. e 9, g - 1 - i 60',1000 This Company offers the advantages of the guarantee of an ample subscribed capital—of permission to retain one-third of the premium in their own hands (the portion so retained, with interest upon it, being deducted from the policy when it become a claim),—of ascend ing, dez,cending, and other scales of premiums, —and of participation in the profits at the end of every five years. TO EMIGRANTS, TO TILE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES, assured for the whole of life, this Company offer the permission to proceed to, and reside in, any of those colonies without extra pre mium, and to pay their premiums there. For residence In New Zealand, a moderate extra premium is charged. In Sydney, a Board of Directors, and Agents in all the principal settlements—Bankers in the colony. The Bank of Australasia (in. corporated by Royal Charter, 1835), No. 2, Moorgate-street, London. ANNUITIES. 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With Practical Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for their perfect Restoration. By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon 9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of tie University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospita I Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecary's Hall, London,&C. The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many questions may Ye satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even to toe most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette. The design of this work will be tolerably obvious from Its title, and we cordially recommend the author and his book to all who are wftering from nervous debility and general weakness."—Wakefield Journal. 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He had tried various sorts of medicines before taking " Halse's Scorbutic Drops, and had prescriptions from the most celebrated physician s in this country, without deriving the least benefit. " Holies Scorbutic Drops," have co rpletely cured him, and he is now enabled to attend to his labour as well as any mai in our parish. From other cures also made in this part, we strongly recommend " Halse's Se3rbutio Drops" to the notice of the public. Signed by John Elliott, sen., Lord of the Manor, John Manning, William Pearce, Henry Goodman, Arthur Langworthy. une 21, Wh lassie Agents for London ; Barclay and Soo Farringdon street ; Hallett, BJ, High Holborn ; Prout, 2'29, Strand Son, 232, Blackfriars-road; Johnston, 66, Cornhill; King, 7, Napier-street, mar the A' bert Saloon, Hoxton. N.B. Pe sure to ask for" Halse's Scorbutic Drops." g o y in Bottles at 2s. fd. and in Pint Bottles, containing nearly six 2s. 9d. Bottles for Its CORNS AND BUNIONS. NO CHIROPODISTS! !—Ni) CUTTING !! ! 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Dr. Cummins presents his compliments to Mr. Paul, and begs to inform him that his Every Man's Friend has entirely taken Away his Corns, and he has recommended it to several of his friends and patients, and in no one instance has it failed in eradicating both Corns and Bunions. From Dr. Ley, l'ildwifery Lecturer, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Dr. Ley presents his compliments to Mr. Paul, and begs to inform bin that his Corn Plaster has taken away his Corns. Similar Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest eminence. Prepared by John Fox, in boxes, at Is. or three small ber‘xes in one for 2s. ed., and to be had of Mr King, 7. Napier.street, East, near the Shaftesbury Arms, Hoxton, and all wholesale arid retail medicine venders in town and country. The genuine has the pane of John Fox en the stamp. 1. 2s. lid. box cures the most bdusate Corse. Ask for " Pool's Evesy Men's Friend." SIGHT AND HEARING.-39, Albemarle - street, Picca dilly. Newly-invented spectacles, telescopes, opera glasses, microscopes, &c. Patronised by Generals Sir Edward Paget, Sir Evan Lloyd, Frederick Maister, Clayton, Galway, Grosvenor, Morrison, Dyott, Robert son, and Mackenzie ; Major-Generals Sir H. Elphin • stone, P. Fyers, D. Macleod, Hamilton, and Wemyss ; Lieut.-Generals Sir Henry Bouverie, Sir J. Macdonald, Sir R. Barton, Sir T. Dallas, Lord John Hay ; Admirals Sir George Cockburn, Sir George Monday, Sir G. Martin, Sir James H. Whitshed, Sir D. Gold, and Ross. By the uie of these newly-invented spectacles, imperfect vision becomes preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons 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 require the frequent changes to further helps ; also newly-invented achromatic waistcoat-pocket telescopes and opera glasses. Every kind of telescope of larger size with increasing powers, for shooting, sea purposes, and, upon stands, for astronomical purposes, with the same celebrated lenses, the powers are so great, and the lens's so bright and brilliant, that minute objects at an extraordinary distance are brought completely tinder the eye. Sportsmen, tourists, and sea-side visitors will have a great treat. Their invisible voice conductor gives immediate relief to old standing extreme cases of deaf ness. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 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 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. A TAME PACK OF GROUSE.—Thomas Lalor Cooke, Esq., has at present in his house at Parsonstown, King's County, amongst many other curiosities, a fine p ac k o f grouse, consisting of eleven birds, which the old ones hatched and reared for him this season in a cage. They are all perfectly tame, and will come when called, and eat green peas (which they are very fond of) or any sort of corn out of the hand.—Dublin Evening Post. CUSTOMS AT LEITIL—The receipt of Customs at Leith, on Friday, the 2d inst., amounted to 13,6851., of which the large sum of 11,6851. was received on wheat, and the remainder on general produce.—Glasgow - National. Dearly beloved brethren and children in Jesus Christ,—Divine Providence having again caused the song of thanksgiving to resound through the nation,,by the birth of another Prince to our beloved Sovereign, we invite you to manifest your gratitude to the great Ruler of kings and empires, whose mandates we obey in submitting to . the delegate of this power, and whose Sovereignty we reverence in revering the august Queen of these realms ; and whilst your hearts are poured forth in gratitude and affection before the altar of God for this fresh proof of his benevolence to the nation, fail not to implore a continu ance of the Divine protection to her Gracious Majesty and the Royal infant. Beseech him whose wisdom and power meetly dispose all things for the good of them that love Him to ender* her Majesty with Christian wisdom, with heavenly fortitude, and with Divine charity, that she may so govern these realms with pru dence, justice, and benevolence, that an eternal crown of unfading glory and happiness may succeed to the perishable crown of anxious responsibility, which at tends worldly empire. " That you may all unite with one heart and one voice in these fervant acts of thanksgiving and supplica tion, we direct that, on the first Sunday after the re ceipt of this pastoral letter, there be recited or sung in every chapel, Te Deum, Laudamils, with the Versicle and Response, Benedicamus &c., and the prayer Deus cujus miseracordim, &c., and Domine salvam fac, &c., with the usual prayer for the Queen and Royal Family —in Latin or English. Amen."-1 irhe "Theof—graces., v, 2. s our L Bord Jesus Christ be with you, Am " THOMAS, BISHOP OF OLENA, " Vicar Apostolic in the London District." HER MAJESTY AND THE INFANT PRINCE.—.-011 Saturday the following " form of song and thansgiving" was offered at all the synagogues throughout Great Britain on the accouchement of her Majesty the Queen, and the happy birth of a Prince:—" Aleim, 0 Lord God, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, whose dominion is everlasting, in Thy great goodness, dost Thou bestow Thy kindness on all the inhabitants of the universe. Through Thee Kings reign and Princes administer jus tice; on them hast Thou placed the kingly diadem. With song of thanksgiving do we approach Thee, and with praise and blessings for Thy favour shown us, that Thou hast vouchsafed to visit our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria with mercy and salvation. Thou art lie who giveth to the weary strength, and to the feeble power. In Thy great kindness and mercy Thou didst shield her; Thou didst release her in safety from her suffering, and hast granted to her a son. 0 Lord ! bestow on him length of days in health and prosperity, and may his name be praised and extolled. Thou, 0 Lord, be with him for ever ! Amen. Most High King, whose eyes are open upon all created beings, as Thou hast in Thy goodness given the Kingly crown to our gracious Queen Victoria, so continue to bestow on her Thy favour, to strengthen her, and may her throne be esta blished in mercy and kindness. May her days be pro longed, and her reign continue in happiness. May the sceptre not depart from her prosperity, but sheild her and her offspring, and grant to him the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might. May peace reign in their habitations, and tran quillity in their dwellings, and may the beauty of the Lord be upon them ! Amen. Let Thy blessings attend his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the illustrious consort of our most gracious Queen ; may he live to behold his descendants to the third and fourth generation, flourish ing and prosperous in theLfullness of Thy bounty. In his days and ours may Judah be saved and Israel live in comfort. Amen. May He who dispenseth salvation unto kings and dominion unto princes, whose kingdom is the kingdom of the whole universe, who delivered his servant David from the sword of destruction, who maketh a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters, may He bless, preserve, and elevate to the highest degree our sovereign lady Queen Victoria, the Prince Albert, Albert Edward Prince of Wales, Ade laide, the Queen Dowager, and all the Royal Family. May the supreme King of Kings, through his mercy, grant Queen Victoria life, preserve her from all sorrow and grief, save her from all danger, subdue nations under her feet, cast her enemies down before her, and cause her to be successful whereuntosoever she may turn. May the supreme King of Kings, in his mercy, inspire her heart, and those of her councillors and nobles, with benevolence towards us and all Israel ! In her days and ours may Judah be saved. Israel dwell in comfort, and the Redeemer come unto Zion. Oh I may such be the Divine will ! And let us say Amen." The choir sang the 21st and 40th Psalms. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Northwick, from his seat, Thirlestane House, near Cheltenham ; the Hon. Captain Rous, M.P., in Upper Grosvenor-street, from Brighton ; Lord St. Maur (Royal Horse Guards Blue), from a tour ; Colonel Reid (2d Life Guards), from Stowe, Bucks ; Mr. H. H. Clay ton (2d Life Guards), at Knightsbridge Barracks ; Sir W. A. Fraser, Bart., at Sir R. Howard's, Belgrave square ; Lord C. S. Manners, M.P., in the Albany, from Windsor ; Captain Willott, at the Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn-street ; Lady 11. Mitchell, in Queen Anne street ; J. H. Campbell, Esq., M.P., in Moatagu-square, from Salisbury ; John L. Clayton, Esq., in Portman square, from the Spas of Germany._ DEPARTURES. Sir Charles Lamb and Lady Montgomerie, from the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Eglintoun, at Eglintoun Castle, N.B. ; Mrs. Arkwright, from ditto, for Derbyshire ; Countess of March, on a visit to Mr. A. Greville, at his villa, at Hillingdon ; the Dowager Duchess of Cleveland, from Seamore-place, May-fair, for Newton House, near Bo roughbridge ; Sir Jame s an d L a d y Fl ower , from Grafton street, for their seat, i n N orfolk ; L or d an d Lady Brid port and the Hon. Miss H oo d, f rom Wimpole-street, on a visiting tour ; Lady Kemys, from Berkeley-street, on a tour ; Capt. Sir W. E. Parry, RN., and family, for Lowestoft, Suffolk ; the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lady A. Somerset, from Arlington-street, for Hyde, Isle of 'Wight ; Sir 11. and Lady Peyton, from Gros venor-place, for Swift's House, near Bicester ; Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Clinton, from Eaton-place, for Ald burghe, Suffolk ; Manners, Esq., and family, for M o ntpelier-terrace, Cheltenham ; Rev. Mr. Anson, for the Albion Hotel, Bright on ; M r . a nd Mrs. Charles Mills and family, from Camelford House, for Hillingdon ; Admiral Sir John and Lady West, from Berkeley square, for Braywick Lodge, Berks ; Alexander Grant, Esq., from Arlington-street, for Scotland. CHANGES. The Archbishop of. Dublin and Mrs. Whately, at Killarney, from a visit to Sir Aubrey de Vere, at Currah Chase ; the Hon. and Rev. Frederick and Lady Geor giana Bertie, at Leamington Spa, from a tour ; Mr. Pakington, M.P., and Mrs. Pakington, at their seat in Worcestershire, from a tour ; the Rev. Lord and Lady John Thynne, at Glastonbury Rectory, from a tour. A WHALE.—STRANGE OCCURRENCE. —On the night of Friday last, while a fishing boat belonging to Thurso was riding at her nets in Markle Bay, a large whale came up to the side of the boat, and lifted his head over the gunwale ! One of the crew, who was at the time sitting lighting his pipe, was considerably in jured.to their as o s r i t s u t Fly, a n n a c t e e ,oth a e n r o w t h i s e e r t h b e o amt men a w s speedily al rowed to their assistance, otherwise the men would, in all pro bability, have perished. The mast and four oars were broken, and the boat had to be towed ashore. The bottom of the boat being painted white, is supposed to have attracted the attention of the moster. The man who was injured has recovered. There were immense shoals of o t u h r e na The remains of the late R alph John Lambton, w h a les in the Bay that night.—John o'Ga Esq., have been interre d at Chester- le - street- The chief mou rners were Mr. W. 11. L ambton and his son, Mr. ro Henry Lambton ; and the pall-bearers Sir M. W. Rid ley, Bart., R. E. D. S hafto, Es q ., Colonel Tower, W. Williamson, Esq., R. S. Surtees, Esq., John Gregson, Esq., Edward Johnson, Esq., and Thomas Fenwick, Esq. The bulk of Mr. Lambton's large fortune, it is understood, is left to his nephew, Mr. W. yv Henry Lamb ton, next brother to the late Earl of Durham, and son in-law of Cuthbert Ellison, Esq., of Hebburn lIaIL THE TIMES WE LIVE IN.—During the recent ex . mination of insolvent debtors at Taunton, the case of a farmer, residing near Bridgwater, who had a family of twenty-one children, came before the Learned Commis sioner, upon which his Honour remarked that he could not wonder at a man becoming insolvent who had so numerous a family of dependents in the present hard times. PROLIFIC CROPS.—In the garden of Mr. Blackford, of Blockley, in this county, was picked up, a few days ago, a branch of an apple tree, six inches in length, and bearing upon it a cluster of no less than thirty-five apples. Also in the garden of Mr. Bennett, of Chesnut walk, in the suburbs of this city, a single pea-stalk was plucked, a few days ago, on which were found no less than 101 pods ! It bears the name of the branch-pea." —Worcester Guardian. CHEAP TRAVELLING.—We have seen nothing yet in the way of travelling which equals for cheapness a projected journey to Liverpool from London by rail, which is to take p l ace on the 19th instant, and from Liverpool back to London on the 29th instant. The journey is projected to give travellers an opportunity of visiting Scotland, Irelan d, Wales, th e Lakes, and the Isle of Man; and is one of those extraordinary pleasure trips, which are now so frequent, and are performed so cheaply from being participated in by a great multitude. It is an exemplification of the great principle that the cheapness of any production of art becomes great in pro portion as its advantages are shared by numbers, PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 11.—The Fairlie transport, Master-Commander J. Roskeill, arrived in the night on Thursday, with the head-quarter detachmentof the 55th Regiment from China, under command of Lieutenant- Colonel Warren, C. 8., consisting of 10 officers and 219 men, who landed yesterday at the Royal Dockyard, and took up their quarters at barracks a few miles from Portsmouth, whence they will proceed to Chichester barracks on Monday. The paymaster, 13 men, I woman, and a child died on the passage home. The Fairlie left Hong-Kong on the 12th of March, and St. Helena on the 22d of June. On the 11th April, when in lat. 12 2 south, long. 103 41 east, sho encountered a hurricane of ten hours' duration, in which she lost a main-topsail and foresail, the fore and mizen topmast, and maintop gallant masts, the jib and flying-jibbooms, anti also the sails which had been furled prior to the hurricane. The weather quarter-boat was carried inboard and stove in on the poop; she lost the other quarter-boat, poop awn ing, and hammock netting's, and all her cabins were stove in. The live stock were all drowned. No lives, however, were lost. Two days afterwards the Fairlie passed a great number of dead bodies, with the remnants of a wreck floating upon the water. The Samarang, 26, Captain Sir E. Becher, Knight, was pursuing surveying operations at Manilla on the 16th of March. The Thunder, 6, Commander E. Barnett, on the sur veying service in North America and the West Indies, passed Bermuda en route to England, on the 20th of June. _ _ _ _ The Sealark, 10, Commander T. L. Gooch, delivered the presents from her Majesty to the Black Kings of the Calabar River (Eye and Ambo) on the 28th of May, on which occasion King Ambo gave a feast, and introduced to the notice of the officers of the brig his score or so of wives, who amused them by grotesque dancing peculiar to their race. The Alligator troop-ship, 22, Master Commander J. N. King, left Madras on the 3d of June, on her re turn to join Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, Knight, in the Agincourt, at Hong-Kong. The Princess Royal, transport, Lieutenant Harris, having on board stores and provisions for the squadron in South America, arrived at Rio on the 3d of June, at which date the Cockatrice, 6, Lieutenant-Commander J. Otenham, Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant-Commander W. Hoare, and Growler steam-sloop, Commander C. H. M. Buckle, were lying at Rio. The latter was about pro ceeding to the coast of Africa, to assist in the suppres sion of the slave-trade. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Eden, is still at Spit head. The Collingwood is infinitely the most complete ship of her class now afloat ; she is splendidly officered, and manned by a crew which for smartness and efficiency were never before collected in one ship, the Coiling wood having had the piokintr of the hands from upwards of half-a-dozen ships paid off at this port. The Commander-in-Chief Sir C. Rowley, Bart., G.C.8., &c., struck his flag on the Excellent, on Wed nesday, and proceeded, on leave, to his seat at Windsor. The duties of the port will be carried on pro tern by the superintendent of the dockyard, Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker. The Rose, IS, Commander Sturt, was at Vera Cruz in the early part of July. Yellow fever was raging to an awful extent. The China fleet was distributed as follows, on the Ist of April : At Hong-Kong— The Agincourt, 72, Captain Bruce, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, Knight ; the Minden, 20 (hospital-ship), Captain Quin ; the Castor, 36, Captain C. Graham ; the Driver steam sloop, Com mander Courtney Hayes ; the Vixen, steam sloop, Commander G. Giffard; and the Hon. Company's steam sloop Proserpine. At Whampoa—The Wolverine, 16, Commander C. F. Browne. At Amoy—The Serpent, 16, Commander W. Nevin. At Chusan—The Cambrian, 36, Commodore H. Chadds; and the Hon. Company's steam-sloop Medusa. At Ningpo—The Pelican, 16, Commander P. Justice. At Shanghae—The Wolf, 18, Commander A. Vyner. The Royal yacht, Victoria and Albert, is now rapidly completing stores for service. The very disagreeable effluvium which has ever been most annoyingly prevalent on board this fine vessel, has, we are informed, been totally removed by the application of Sir W. Barnett's patent preparation for the preservation of timber, %c. She will go out of harbour to try her new machinery in a day or two. The Scourge, a new steam-sloop of 420 horse power, now building at this dockyard, will be ready for launch ing by the end of next month. The 12-gun new class experimental brigs at this port are still uncommissioned. Numbers of fine able seamen and petty officers are waiting, and have been for months, to join the squadron, and will not enter a larger ship. Complaints are loud and deep against such dilatory folly on the part of the Admiralty. In Harbour—The Victory, Queen, Excellent, and the Fearless, Echo, and Cuckoo steam-vessels. In Dock—The Prince Regent, Wanderer, and the Scourge (building), and Dwarf steam-vessels. In the Basin—The Royal yacht, Lily, Flying Fish, Daring, Waterwitch, Pantaloon, and Osprey. At Spithead—The Collingwood. DEVONPORT, AUG. 9.—A general court-martial was held at the Government-house yesterday, consisting of the following members :—Colonel J. Oldfield, R.E., President ; Lieutenant-Colonel Rudyard, R.A., Majors G. Bury and S. Wearing, R.M., and the Hon. A. A. Spencer, 44th ; Captains C. E. Turner and W. Evans, 44th ; R. W. Pascoe, R.M. ; C. S. Cochrane, 7th Royal Fusiliers ; First-Lieutenant Bunce, R.M. ; Lieutenants Thoresdyke, R.A., and King, R.E. ; Lieutenant-Co lonel C. H. Smith, Deputy Judge Advocate; to try Henry Brooks, a private in the 44th Foot, whom we recently mentioned as having stepped out of the rank whilst at drill in St. George's-square Barracks, on the Slat ult., and deliberately stabbed Sergeant M'Kenzie of the 44th. The result will not be published until the Contmander in-Chief has considered the whole of the proceedings. The Flora, 36-gun frigate, similar to the Pique, is ordered to be ready for launching on the 11th proximo, making the tenth of the Surveyor of the Navy's vessels built at this port. The next vessels launched at this port will be the Creole and Amethyst, each 26, similar class ships to Captain Symonds's Spartan and Cleopatra. The Madagascar, 44, paid off on the 3d instant, is ordered to be surveyed and reported upon forthwith. The Caledonia, 120, Captain Milne, which left this port in the early part of last month for Gibraltar, where she now is, is spoken of in private letters just received as having had a trial of sailing in the straits with the Albion, 90, Captain Lockyer, which ship she beat, notwithstand ing the Albion carried a greater spread of canvas. The Express, 6, Lieutenant Herrick, having landed the Brazilian mail at Falmouth, came into this port on Monday to refit. In Harbour—The San Josef, Express, Madagascar, and Confiance steamer. In Dock—The Nile, Actaeon, Kent, and Ranger. In the Sound—St. Vincent. PROMOTIONS. Assistant-Surgeon—James Allan (b. 1837), of the Rattlesnake, to the rank of Surgeon. Second Master—W. S. Bourchier, from the Aigle, to be Second Master in Charge of the Polyphemus. APPOINTMENTS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Stradbroke, to be Vice• Admiral of the coast of Suffolk, vice the Marquis of Hertford, deceased. Commander—Thomas Delafons (1814), to the out. pension of Greenwich Hospital. Lieutenant—A. F. Kynaston, additional to the Col. lingwood. Mates—J. R. Harward, to the St. Vincent ; W. H. Conoll, from the Formidable to the Comet. Surgeons—J. A. Mould (1838), to be Surgeon-Super intendent of the convict ship Sir Robert Peel; J. Naulty, to be Surgeon-Superintendent of the Tasmania convict ship. Assistant-Surgeons—G. Willes, and S. H. B. Collins, acting additional to the Victory, for service at Hasler ; P. Porter (1841), to the Virago; P. Slevin (1841), to the Savage ; A. Mitchell (1839). to the Lynx. Clerks in Charge—A. Arlington, to the Alban steam vessel; J. B. Martin, to the Lynx. Clerks—J. W. P. Foord, to the Collingwood, vice Parminter, to the Secretary's office of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour; Mr. Williamson, in the Director of Work's Office, Chatham. Gunner—William Andrews, to the Queen, vice Rich ardson. Saperannuations—Mr. Frank Haite, Ist class Clerk, has been superannuated from Chatham Dockyard on a pension of 4351. per annum, after upwards of fifty years' service. THE COAST OF IRELAND. The following are the vessels stationed on the coast of Ireland, or on their way thither or under orders for that station, on the Ist of August:— The Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart., at Cork, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief. The Resistance troop-ship, Commander E. Patey, at Cork, ready and available for service. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander the Hon. E. Plunket, at Cork, from the Shannon, for provisions and stores. She is under orders to proceed to the Shannon with provisions, &c., for the Cyclops. It is likely sloe will touch at Bantry, Valentia, and Dingle, on her way thither. The Cyclops steam frigate, Captain Lapidge, senior officer in the Shannon, is at Tarbert. The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Bower, is at Kilrush. The Flamer steam-vessel is in attendance on the Earl of Devon and the Landlord and Tenant Commission. The Volcano steam-vessel, Lieutenant - Com mander Miller, is at Limerick, under orders to e mbark at West port, Lieutenant-General Sir E. Blakency, Commander of the Forces, and convey that office: on his tour of in spection to Achill. The Lynx, 3, brigantine, Li e utenant -Colonel Nott, is at Dingle. The Tartarus steatn-vessel, Captain James Wolfe (acting), is at 13Antry Bay, surveying. THE COUNT NESSELRODE. The Count Nesselrode, who has just arrived on a visit to this country, is of a Hanoverian family, which has been settled in Livonia for nearly a century , and a half. His father had been Minister Plenipo tentiary of the Empress Catherine 11. to the Dukes of Wurtemberg, and was entrusted by the Czarina with the business of negotiating the marriage of the Grand Duke Paul with a Princess of the house of Wurtemberg. To such of our readers as have travelled in the north of Europe, it is unneces sary to say that a Livonian differs as much from a Russian, as a Russian from an Englishman. Al though the provinces of Livonia, Esthonia, Ingria, and Carelia, have been Russian for more than 130 years, yet they have ever clung with tenacity to their national language and customs, and are as much, probably more German now, than they were before the battle of Pultava, in 1709. It is true that all public officers and all clergymen are obliged to be acquainted with the Russian language ; but when not under surveillance, or civil or military parade (for civil life in Russia may be said to have its parades as well as military), these worthy, primitive people relapse into the language and habits of their fathers, and cultivate their corn and hemp as their ancestors did in the time of Charles XII. Since the time of Peter the First the Livonian nobility have always been patronised at the Court of Petersburgh. Though speaking the language, and professing the religion of Luther, they have nevertheless, since the time of Gustavus Adolphus, been in a measure dis sociated from Germany, and have always looked either to Sweden or to Russia for favour or employ ment. Not being in heart and soul entirely Ger man, they were not anti-Russian ; and not being entirely Russian, they were untainted with that old leaven of Moscow Muscovite discontent, so occasion ally formidable to the Emperor. It is, therefore, no marvel that the Czars have more than encouraged this plastic race in whatever career, whether of arms or of diplomacy, to which they dedicate themselves. The present Prime Minister of Russia was born in 1770, and is now in his 74th year. His earliest studies were at the college of the Gardes Nobles, at Petersburgh. He did not, however, enter the military service till after the death of Catherine. On the accession of the Emperor Paul, who was partial to his father, the young Nesselrode received an officer's commission in the regiment of Guards, and was immediately chosen one of the Emperor's aides-de-camp. At the end of a few years, either dis liking the monotony or the unsettled wandering nature of a soldier's life, he left the army to follow the profession of his father—the career of diplomacy. We are not aware whether Count Nesselrode accom panied the Russian army, commanded by Suwarrow, in the expedition to Italy or Switzerland. We think it probable that he did not ; but that, aware from his position of aid de-camp that the first extravagant hatred of the Czar, his master, against France and her revolution had changed into a passionate admi ration for the great military genius who was conduct ing the French people from victory to victory , and a desire to entertain intimate relations with him, he concluded the peace about to be signed would be of long duration, and that the career of diplomacy pre sented a fairer field to his ambition than the career of arms. Be this as it may, no sooner was peace signed than the young Nesselrode was dispatched to Paris as an attache to the embassy of Marcow. He had previously been employed at the Chancellerie of Foreign Affairs at Petersburgh, and had not been long in Paris before his diligence and spirit of routine caused him to be appointed conseiller d'am bassade. In that day Russian ambassadors were fre quently remarkable for ignorance of diplomatic forms, and though Marcow and Besborodkow had acquired in Russia reputations for a certain species of clever ness, yet placed by the side of European statesmen, they were not only pigmies in mind, but deficient in education and the knowledge of the commonest rou tine. In this respect the defects of the chief of the embassy were supplied by the conseiller d'ambassade, and his knowledge of routine and business-like habits were of the greatest use. Marcow soon fell under the displeasure of the eccentric Emperor. He was recalled, fell into disgrace, and was, as a matter of course, banished, and by a refinement of cruelty peculiarly Russian, the Czar would not allow the tragic actress Hus, who had partaken of the ex- Minister's good fortune, to share his sorrows and his exile. _ _ . The conduct of the negotiations for bringing about that armed neutrality of the northern Powers which provoked the battle of Copenhagen, were en trusted to Nesselrode. But Paul, who had been the soul of the coalition, did not live to witness the appearance of the triumphant fleet of Nelson before the mole of Cronstadt. His son Alexander succeeded, and a complete change took place in the foreign policy of Russia. The intimacy between Russia and France suddenly cooled, and Nesselrode and the whole of the Russian legation were speedily recalled from Paris. On his return to Petersburgh he was attached to the private chancellerie of the Emperor. Alexander soon discovered in his secretary great aptitude for labour, considerable acquired knowledge, suppleness, intelligence, and a seriousness and gravity which are often found more useful than more brilliant qualities. In a word, he was a most useful instru ment, ready with thought, pen, or sword to obey the will of an imperial master. Nesselrode accompanied the Emperor in the campaign of 1805, and was pre sent at the interview at Erfurt in 1807. At this pe riod the Court, the Nobility, and the Russian nation, were divided into three parties. The first, exclusively Russian, was for rejecting the friendly advances of Napoleon, without going the length of open war. At the head of this party was the Empress Mother. The second party was called the Oriental party. It aspired to the occupation of Constantinople, to the enfranchisement of Greece, and to the extension of the Russian frontiers towards Persia and India. At the head of this party was Capo d'lstria, and Napo leon had shown himself partial to it at Erfurt. The third party was in some sort the work of Count Nes selrode, and it was a sort of juste milieu between both. For a long while the struggle between these ideas continued, and Capo d'lstria, who to much grace of manner and a ready eloquence, joined a mysticism which pleased and gratified Alexander—himself a pupil of Madame de Krudener, and, if report speak truly, something more and dearer than a pupil—was thought to be a favourite and in the rscendant till the French armies passed the Niemen ; but then, and from that epoch, the names of Nesselrode and Pozzo di Borgo became more "familiar in men's mouths," and it was plain that circumstances had given the Livonian and the Corsican the vantage ground over the Greek. Nesselrode now played the part which Maret Duke de Bassano enacted with the " man of destiny," for he treated directly, in the name of his Sovereign, with the Plenipotentiaries of European Cabinets. It was he who, at Rheichenbach, on the 15th of June, 1813, concluded with the Prince llar denberg and Baron de Stein the intimate alli ance between Pruissia and Russia. On the same day he signed, with Lord Cathcart, the con vention between Russia and England, by which • him we agreed to pay the Russian subsidies during the first six months of 181 3 . B ut that which fixed in the favour of his master, and crowned his reputa tion in Russia was the negotiation which preceded the alliance of Alexander and of Francis I. In the and after as invested negotiations which subsequently took place at Prague, he but appeared as plenip_o , ten n ti . ary for M. D'Anstell i r n t hu,s Prussia a t r eri Dresden), e h s d s e u n b ) j , e ct, with plenary powers, but it was well-known that after wards Cls Al s ati an Alin i Min ister ebryo birth, Nesselrode possessed at this period the entire confi dence of Alexander, and really directed the negotia tions. During the years 1813 and 1814 he never quitted the side of the Emperor Alexander and to him and to Pozzo di Borgo are, in R • Russia at least, attributed the greatest portion of the successes of those campaigns. But out of Russia it is well known that the military science of Moreau, of Bernadotte, and the veteran Dumouriez (who furnished the Eng lish and Russian Cabinets with many excellent plans), were of more importance than the plodding labours of any Livonian, or the cunning devices of any Corsican. It was Nesselrode who, on the Ist of March, 1814, signed the treaty of the quadruple alliance of Chau mont, which decided the fortunes of the empire. In entering Paris the conduct of Alexander and his Minister were marked by nioderatien and reserve. . it was this Minister , held the diplomatic pen of Russia. He lent a helping hand to the creation of the Germanic Confederation, demanded the partition of Poland, and the cession of Saxony to Prussia. To the credit of Talleyrand and Castlereagh be it spoken, they stood up manfully for Poland; and that country was only united to Russia by the link of her constitution—a constitution after wards shamefully violated, not by rebel subjects, but by regal and imperial rebels to solemn sworn oaths and imperious duties which they owed their subjects, and which they violated and left, and leave to this day, unfulfilled. On the 31st of December, 1814, the Plenipotentiaries at Vienna, and. Nesselrode among the rest, signed the famous declaration which placed Napoleon under the ban of Europe. It was he, too, who after the battle of Waterloo, while the Anglo-Russian army were under the walls of Paris, sided with the Duke of Wellington in counselling mea sures of moderation and mercy, when Blucher and the Prussians were calling out for plunder, and Austria was throwing out dark hints of a partition, and intimating how gladly she would resume possession of Alsace with the three bishoprics—or Trineveckes, as they were anciently called—of Metz, Toul, and Verdau. Nor were the counsels of Nesselrode less humane, in suggesting that a moderate contribution only should be levied on the people of France. It is a mistake to suppose that the Holy Alliance was a state inspira tion, proceeding from the brain of the Russian Prime Minister, for the idea was altogether the conception of the Emperor Alexander himself, whose mystical tendencies we have before alluded to. The tendency of this Emperor's political views had been originally Oriental, but the unsettled state of Europe induced him to think that he had a mission to fill in Western Europe, and he was accordingly present at the Con greiSes of Troppau, Laybach, and Verona. Nesselrode accompanied his sovereign on these occasions, and daily rendered himself more useful to his imperial master. The disgrace of Capo d'lstria, in 1821, left him undisputably without a rival. From that period he has alone remained charged with the di rection of the department of Foreign Affairs. When the present Emperor ascended. the throne, he showed more than a disposition for the Oriental system. Nesselrode pliantly yielded to the imperial volition, and by so doing probably preserved his place, The influence which he has since acquired over the mind of the Emperor, notwithstanding his advancing age and feeble health, he owes, in a great degree, to his experience and knowledge of affairs, to his passionless and persevering character, but in the greatest degree of all, to his being the faithful inter preter, the systematic transcriber, of the mandates of the royal will. To compare great things with small, that which Murat was to Napoleon has Nesselrode been to Alexander, and is to Nicholas. The name of Nesselrode is certainly mixed up in all the great diplomatic transactions of the last quarter of a century ; but it is mixed up as a mere name —a long one, certainly, consisting of no less than ten letters—but after all but a name, without a system—without a spirit to vivify it—without a device, or a motto, or a free independent thought belonging to it. The names of Chatham and Pitt, and Fox, and Canning, and Grey, repre sen t great principles ; the names of Tnagut and liaunitz, Metternich and Hardenberg, and Stein and Stadion, represent large, continuous, and consis tent systems, well followed out from generation to generation ; the names of Danton, Marat, Robes pierre, Legendre, and Lebeau, represent the fearful and ferocious energy of revolutionists, as the names of Thurgot, Necker, Chaptal, Carnot, and Moreau represent sects and systems and schools; but what does the name of Nesselrode represent but the fiat of a czar, the whole amount of the wisdom and reason of which is summed up in four words, stet pro ratione voluntas? We hear much, from the ignorant and unintiated, of the great address of the Russian diplomatists, and of the successful issue of their negotiations. The ad dress is little more, after all, than cunning and deceit, which often in the long run overshoot the mark ; and the successes, such as they are, are attributable, not to the talents or genius of the negotiators, but to the knowledge that they were always supported by a large force, by a command unlimited of money, by the most unprincipled means, and by unblushing perfidy. We have only to look to the treaties made in the reign of Alexander, to see how easily and readily he could give up the claims of an ally when ever his own private interests and that of his own kingdom merely were at stake. The Minister of Foreign Affairs in Russia is the mere automaton—the plenipo puppet in the hands of an Imperial Autocrat—unless under some extraordi nary conjuncture of circumstances. Such a conjunc ture has not arisen in the time of Nesselrode ; and it is, therefore, impossible to say what he might have been if left to himself, or had he been placed in cir cumstances of urgency, with unlimited power. But viewing him as he actually is, we can only say that he is a well-trained, moderately well-informed, cool, calm judging, passionless man, of 74, who implicitly obeys the commands of his master. There are hun dreds of thousands of such men in England, France, Germany, Spain, and Portugal ; and to such common place characters we cannot accord the high rank of statesmen—neither can we place them in the foremost rank, nor even in the second or third classes of re spectable politioians.—Chronicle. NOTTINGHAM CATASTROPHE. The inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate persons who perished in so melancholy a manner at the Notting ham execution, concluded in the following verdict : " The jury are of opinion, that the deceased indivi duals were accidentally thrown down in and by a crowd of people who had been attending a public execution in the town of Nottingham, and were then and there trampled to death, or suffocated." It was then unanimously added, that " the jury are of opinion, that the front of the County-hall is a most im proper place for a public execution, and they trust the persons who have the authority to fix upon a place for that purpose will not allow another execution to take place there." _ _ _ The matter would have speedily been settled, had not a desire been expressed by several of the jury to add something in the way of censure upon the magistrates. Mr. Page, as foreman, declared he would not sign the verdict if a resolution of censure were not passed, and expressed his determination to hold out until the follow ing day. The coroner at length explained, that although the verdict must be unanimous, any subsequent opinion of a majority of the jury might be appended. An ex pression of censure was then persisted in, and was car ried by a majority of two, in the following terms : " A majority of the jury at the same time expre ss their opinion that, considering the extensive excitement which prevailed, sufficient precaution was not taken by the proper authorities to prevent accident." THE STATE TRIALS (IRELAND) APPEAL.—The cause of the houses of Parliament having adjourned— the Lords to the 2d, and the Commons to the sth of next month—is generally understood by the public to be, that judgment may be pronounced by the highest court of appeal in the writ of error , " 0 Connell and others v. the Queen," previously to Parliament being prorogued. The public, however, are not aware that any specific ar rangement was entered into, and a motion submitted upon the subject, and adopted by the House of Lords, on Friday night, just before their L or d s hip s rose . F ro m the official document of that House it appears, that almost immediately previous to the adjournment on that evening the 13th report from the Committee on Appeals was brought up, read, agreed to, and " ordered accord ingly." Then follows the last entry on their Lordships' minutes of proceedings, and which has reference to the appeal arising out of the late Irish State trials. The form of that entry is as follows :—" Gray v. the Queen" (writ of error) ; and " O'Connell and others v. the Queen" (writs of error). To be considered on Mon day, the 2d of September next, at ten o'clock ; the judges then to attend, to deliver their opiuions upon the questions of law propounded to them. The House then accordingly " adjourned to Monday, the 2d of Septem ber next, at ten o'clock." DOVER AND OSTEND.—BRUSSELS, AUG. 7.—The new communication between Ostend and Dover com menced yesterday (Tuesday), under the happiest aus pices. Travellers seem to be sensible how advantageous it is for them to be able to leave Ostend in tho morning, and reach London at six o'clock in the afternoon ; and consequently the first steam-boat had above forty p at _ sengers. Letters from Rio Janeiro were received to-day by the ship Le Belge. n s - a l s e f a c s t p io e n ech to o al n l Lord Minto's able an g d iv s e t n at g e r s e n a la t ro to pe a r n m u a n in p t r e e n ce a d n e e n e t o e f d th o a w t blt‘heleei(nlsttamaitcoeesoatfnutinlniNetNeinrseeaslsy'ty ireduced p l right arm of our national s t rengt h . That the navy has state, at a time when the political horizon presents a cloudy and troubl e d aspect, is evinced by the fact, as stated by his Lordship, that at the present momen t we have only nine line-4-battle ships in commission, three of which are small seventy-two's employed upon distant stations. His Lordship also might have added the astounding fact, that should the services of the St. Vincent be required in the Mediterranean, the whole coast of England from Sheerness to Falmouth will be left in a totally defenceless and unprotected state, there not being a single man-of war ready for sea in any port throughout Great Britain ! We would ask Lord Haddington is this being prepared for any emergency? —Hampshire Independent. STUNG TO DEATII.—On Wednesday last, an eX traordinary and fatal occurrence took place in the village of Haddenham. About one o'clock in the afternoon, a horse belonging , . to Mr. Uppinden, farmer, strayed from his yard into the garden of Mrs. Cox, adjoining. Hero the animal kicked down a hive of bees, which instantly surrounded and attacked him with great fierceness. The poor horse kicked and plunged violently, and a man named Blunt, a shepherd, who happened to be in Mrs. Cox's house, went to its rescue. He succeeded in get ting hold of the horse, but had scarcely done so, when the bees attacked him, covering his head, face, and every exposed part of his body. It was in vain he strove to beat them off. Wet cloths were flung over him, and every other appliances resorted to, but it was a long time before the enemy left him. The unfortunate man was conveyed to his home, but died on his way thither, within ten minutes of the attack. The horse died the next evening. An inquest was held on the body of Blunt, on Friday, and a verdict returned according to the circum stance. The deceased has left several children to lament his untimely end,--Cambridge Independent. otir of a I 1, 0 e A"' ' is itie c c r d a s CO° . 70 I°-6 Fro ec t ;AVer I ,OcY , pa e e st t •' • ['one s ;tol l/ wait 2tol l. ith ir r ;f3 o`. ling' lblr of 7129 r of