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....... [IR' ro the nessee that ie be" ht, be Ating 2s. P. (West n eeln• ibaresl leine,'• 11, 1 1 l e au' Pa' Atitir 3oltoof 65. 1h (Weft 26 — "' 6ct — ' Third ° Staf. NATIONAL LOAN FUND. LIFE 'ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORN - HILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with resgect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; "'"' •7 '. o . o , l **44 , ..efroeleCt'fbrniiefits, aid the conversion o.; hts Li terests to meet other conveniencies or necessity. AsSurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors L it the_ atmgalpieeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth nus, varying 'from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each wok's' e f reefed on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. • Age• Perma- Suns the -4 , 41 Annual Policy Bonus nent Re- Assured !I v Pre- taken addition Bonus in duction Of may bor . c T i Mium. out in Assured. Cash. Annual row on Premiums. Policy. s. d. £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. x'1837 243 9 3112 8' 5 18 4 6 494 S 10 x s : d. l 1838 218 4 13199 8 10 15 13 5 445 0 0 6 0 100 0 74 344 '1839 192 1 10 1 86 9313 4 9 395 11 1 1840 143 5 l 0 6G 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 I 1841 133'14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 L 1842 111 6 S I 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 The Annual Report, witit t - hies of rates, &c., f ikt, or any of its branches in the country ; of e forwarded post free. may. i.)e had at the ou application. Will F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. .NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU . RANCE SOCIETY. ' OFFICE, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. 1 • Capital 500,0001. • ne_ Empowered by Act of Parliament. "us system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na onal Loan Fund Life Assurance Society; for the better advance lient of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, haVing received _I T approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and eers or those Institutions, ard the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a .aranch Office in connexioa with Jhoss societies and the Operative Vias .ses generally, in whic', theif services might he successfully en taw. a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open li nnunication with ine'different Societies, with the view of more effectually disseminating 'the 'valuable benefits amongst the Indus trloas classes, and a plan has been proposed with that object.' ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. h.,_ M ally Praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to s 'ulg within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and ~° lle 3r the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal- M;tuations regulating their distribution, having for their object either ediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. !tslight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con ;:iletion of these associations or societies is defective; and that in ttel. or affording an easy access and a free choice of investment, „ m et ehould be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar .nlY the •leannel through which a benefit can atone he secared ; fit proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, 47retir elility is limited. For example, it is not to e v ery i n di v id ua l ° "en , class amongst the industrious community, that provision Dec ease of sickness is an objet *of such importance as to call for a a tt ,,, a ul&rY Sacrifice ; whine to others such a provision appears more five, and the loss of employment caused by sickness Is a risk Of ttek -- ' a n kt _which they desire to be gu. , .eua. anomalous state there is an effective and simple remedy ; that is to say, of covering, by one weekly or annual payment , two or more e t c e L "e7ent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate petit should have its separate contribution. b2t is to not having observed this rule, and to the association o f 4195 1nailar funetions.,and by confounding a sick allowance and igunttity fund in one and the self-same payment, that much of the and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. L N 0 Mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick - nrovisior as that efforded by the constant sectional asso rri and watchfulness of the several members composing it. By n o ,„, nl eans a thorough and constan'_ check is mutually exercised, and ) 14 1.: 1 1at the really sic'.; are likely to become chargeable upon it. All e ,:f e saute perfection, or the same security, is seldom ettainab e sum '',st Iliad is to be accumulated through a succession of years, oil results are to bear out calculations, money investment ‘ T „ i n general oeyoad the experience of the industrious classes. ine,..!oese reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision in pr,„ . e ss should bekept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a ?'+lilon for old oeg t • Because tiala . ws 01 sickness and mortality, though apparently 4c l t ed, do not depend on the same calculation. *cause there are r great number who. in order to secure a 111 - r.7f Provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing % ar in ' Lec onable sickness on themselves. t ap- - e the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, Aid to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible aDoZ:roluntary a ssociations, lituctuatiol laws, and individual irre gueirNlity, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of nab contract , that when underta::eu on the same principles that govern commercial bodies. • b ecause the expenses of providing for sickness must, when iff s C' in the same payment wit:. provision for old age, tend to dimi dienPl More this nrovision : nor is it wi:lom or good policy to en terthe one for l ie sake o ' the other. 0r01,,_ t h i'i Wed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge e discussions p assing within the bosom of many of the existing end', att and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here or 8 , 1 ached, have had ,everal mectine , .3. with a view of proposing to 4 ating a remedy for those and other evils ; and in this manner Le 1.1 1 aCitional force to tile principles of brotherhood, unity, %el: al - 4 1 . 4 W rid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding A ft Oro the ricks of sudden dissolution. probZinuch diligent search amon g st the combinations Ingeniously obje c - i7 from time to time for the attainment of one o: the principal c m ,„„ v e F riendly and Benefit Societies, they have fou •id none equal ▪ ~Lu • Y and comprehensiveness of design, well as forethought propoZrathy for the wants of the industrious a &asses, as the plan L t ile th a t b y the National Locn Fund Life Assurance Society. It is author of that plan has furnished an argument against PedOthie, " 4 In sickness • but, without concurring in the immediate ex - Of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the eottr e gL rt of the plan itself, without being fully satisfied that the Veen, v ""ee and safety of Friendly and Benefit Societies will be allow i Zenred and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick e „ ° f rool an annuity for old age. r 1 8 4 ,1 oltation having w;ited o n the directors of the National Loan Doc Theta tilt f °llo Met i n n he handsomest manner the overtures made to or %est i-ene t in nent of a separate office for the transaction of trlen plleeted with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in btlltiniteoSsea in general, resolutions have been entered into, con 334unber; ig .th undersigned as ' a Committee , with power to add to its it 4d e,l Pr ulo e s Promulgation of the benefts contained in the an thel. outn tbe . guarantee of the Capital of the Society, fri s .rin interfering with the numerous objects . connected ~...ttition of Beefit end Friendly Societies, will in their ;;;_ t kes;l7,, t lY enlar h eir nola here utility, and afford a protection elasse g : sp here of utility, and afford a protection of Benefit end Friendly Societfe, w ill in their g 'Cl&se in old a ge and adversity, which nothing up to orea,ll has adequately secured to them. - ▪ ° l l4 n nhotn, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. j ‘ i °l th C.R„ Ancient Order o:' Foresters. fie D.S., Ancient Order of Foresters. -"' Ilo n - t t•e.lt., Ancient Order of Foresters. ✓ - ePh /e - a ..2, 5 1 - .G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. - "ePh -"'"L, der of Manchester Unity of Od klattuel A,fleelt3hrl, O Old beell, 0. D.d.R., r Ancient Ord Fri e nds. er of Forest d ers. Fellows. Ega,„ , DEFERRED ANNUITIES. tn ellt gr P i e * --,,, Person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay er 2... fis a or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments I naY secure, on attaining the age or 6 0, the option of re • 1 118 Cs...inUitYs e, 137/. 170 s. 1 19s. 2d. ; Cash down, 1071 . 3 5.; or a Policy u l. tainF s • ' l nPle.-A. person aged 26 nest birthday , p he ay . ; th se: r n o ra to o n n at the IC the ago of 60, •an Annuity of 101., with o r mutual payment of 11. 6.. 9d.. or a single payment of 22/. 1715.3dt2 the : by ° n payment. or 61. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entit ed Same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. l Id., the same as •••,' age 20. xample.-A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay tteat 01' It. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment ,;, 28 . 2d., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ellll3 Annuity ; 181. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 125. ; or a policy on - ~ • 1751. person' aged 35 nest birthday, by the annual pay- Of t f 1. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment Za , may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option of re .,._fi Annuity, 181. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on ure, 1751. Its. tr,„ 8 „„, LIFE ASSURANCE. i ke e n Zina• -A person at age of 30 next birthday may secur e also oi 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and 41 W - " mg elPittii :n the Annual Division of Profits, by the annual pay et 2/. 9 8. 3d. • ree l male.-...A s 112/ °f 4s person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay , , Per month, or is. per week, may secure the sum of PsYabie at his death, whenever it may happen, and like ."'" in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary, 1141)ERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CORNHILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. iI E,NRY JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman. Jana" rt u EORGE FIELD, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. h C• Bell, Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq. che-aill 11 14nd, Esq Murdoch, Esq. .41:1 1 " Francis Cobb . , Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. riy 7 tato Colvile, Esq. Henry Pearce. Esq. (leoi,rge Henry Cutler, Esq. George - Reid, Esq. Thosbe Hibbert, Esq. William R. Robinson, Esq. /. °trit H Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. HS, - 80 per . Cent., of the PROFITS will be as -14,,„ '.es every fifth year, and may be applied to increase the i t i t ced, to an immedia'e aent cash, or to the reduction 1 , 11 ,x 1 tiknnlapit::_extinction of futurepremiums, as shown in the follow- FITB POLICIES of 25 YEARS STANDING, entitled to Participate in the Bonus declared in 1846. ''' ,, c l Pate in the Bonus declared in 1846. et tlltry I gale Cash paid oa Or Prem. And an .oBarea Annual Bonus surrender reduced nual re- Premium. added. of Bonus. to. turn of. 15 I t 2 0 100 0 s. d. £s. d. £s. d. s. cl. s. G. a o , 1000 19 510 451 5 0 174 12 3 8 6 9 ... 40 10 00 21 15 10 451 5 0 193 12 2 815 0 a o 1000 26 14 2 451 5 0 236 1 8 7 710 5 ...... : 60 1000 33 19 2 451 5 0 284 0 6 4 9 ...... 45 6 8 , 451 5 O. 335 911 ...• 419 4 1000 i n _ 63 13 4 451 5 01 384 12 5 .... • . 36 10 6 47: 4411 Ces without participation in profits of 11/I,,°Beieecntasic)is, and an explanatory statement of C m ma be a tkiVe ;at the y llr h a i n s ch o Offi pany ce, 16, Pall--mall had ; orato,: SAMUEL INC fected at reduced other advantages Le Chief Offices as the Agents. ;ALL, Actuary. SEA POLICIES of Insurance on all classes of 40 0 i Marine Risks, not exceeding in Amount • on any single Ship, for the space of 12 months, from the date of issuing foe first Policy ; nor 1,5 4 ,,1,090/. for the space of 3 y ears, from the same date ; nor 4 • for the space of 7 years. dating from the like period; granted er the Comoro i Seal o: the Ca rat PORT OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY, uttk e completely registered April 22d, 1847), on application at the tveris: 20, St. Helen's-place, Londoii, where Prospectuses containing 'nfrmation can be obtained. To lin — BLEMEN AND GENTLE %LEN OF LANDED PROPERTY. AGENCY AND STEWARDSHIP WANTED. ANTED, by an EXPERIENCED MAN, 141 ,A :1 ,,,Lexcellent abilities and first-rate recommendations, a lb ".‘-' N AS LAND AGENT, or as AGENT and STEWARD. lie iuse Adve rtiser is In the prime of life, and without incumbrance. ye ars h an r, t he'entire management of large landed estates for many _AO ,;,,,'' Master of ~ l l the details of his profession. May r "-, Z. Post of Newport Monmouthshire. „,____2l, Mit -o ce, ' ' ~., - • SECRET . '4i tai lt SE— INFIRMITIES OF MATURITY ENGRAVINGS. 1 , J RITZ; .p. -ttst - • 4- RNTT-FIVE COLOURED sealed envelope, pr e i'hblis heci r ir%lirect fro u nd, in a . YOUTH AND Po tamps 28.6 4. i Twentieth :telt:et pAaludll,iot%arneysi(ldence. ' : Xl. NELP• P RESFRVATION : A Medical The drew ess for 3s. 6d. m 4 n the Anatomy. l'il 'rilled with Twentv-five Coloured Plates o active Organs, Blu e e n the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Treatise ~,,Ylloia g - and Repred -4;6 41 „, e And Disease.? of the Urinary ti t , ii..nre their-various • -- r.,:tures, uses, and timed :a u :it: ll , ' ther and showing niee a L er lea that av- `rtoduced in them. other diseases of s,bablift7,' With ?rec tieal Observations on %le trre'tiir"..'eala said Constitutional Weakness, and SURGEON, BY SA.MITEL LkIIERT, CONSULTING re t lYe rY atment of Nervous .- ketri '9. Eedford-street, Bedford-square,..Ld,uburgh, Honorar3 k elt vltllated Member of the University el n' I s .,_ Licentiate ApetO r C tbe London Hospital Medical So "''" 6Carles' liall, London, &e., &c. CONTENTS OF THE TEEATISE. with and Obll • __A gatlons, stud on Infelicitous and Unproductive Generative 6 1 : 1, Prza 2. On the Anatom and PhysiologY of the th a t fires 14 'Kane, their huleticals. struc tures , s- and ecretions , proving erital arid Physical Power --;_tI,RAPTEit 3. On Soli tary a r; ia depen . dan ir eaAtTaz 1 °II the Plin°s°PhY of Marriage,ifsn U in n d i roannse.—s various 't7inti.naal Economy ; the concealed b ca lta of te Debility of -- flu s of the lefe,,h,e,„Stomtach, Lungs, and Brain, use general w'e'akness utb .4 FaelltheS. CHAFTEE 4 tad Maturity and the Tr t • Local Weakness. nth e e ed Secret Disorders of ro e m ffe : ts a ic c ti ti o o n n, .teht id t - e t ea rnent ,37 Nervous and and 6. On th,, .., ebility, and Premature D ectiy.—cturvaaa 5 ("morhcea (Ils'e_isorderr wising from indiscriminate Excess, '4 Strictures, and other Diseases of ..he Urethra. singula r OP Title womt. n.,Pe author of this singular and talented work of tr " cai man, whew has evidently had considerable experience m a t ruly !' Uzi:lmA of the various disorders arising from the follies ad. Is a legally quail. Eton, 4 ,?t ear. ly Indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable iiai,nenianstrating the c onsequence,s of excesses, whic ' j rasa,. "aatarF Warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal I,rerttluo m ost ...!ardat lchar .b ne he Ma o 3, st be e satisfactorily replied to, that admit f no ap d jo,nsfi2d,ential friend."—Era. ...unhalle4l. 11 •9 the Author. and may be bad at his residence,_ also rorn Rent and k I : 4,oetaism t stark, TichboParuttri..ttorseteetr:rogrvuldlmnlannb;ny and co., 4 0 , 1, sat _ a by au -street, Vera, d eu , At u om '''" an. all letters I e ter and daily, ;lull Ziga t t n i e . Newton, 16 , Church-street, Liverpool 00 l l &Ire et 14 bd,L,_ tea` ramediately replied to, BEDFORD- "N Altig. LOASKSiir 7, rem NinetlilTw it o,.a n n ui d fr ni o n 't g . it EDIFOBI)-STICEET BEDFO • ASCOT RACES.—Ur. DYSON, of Windsor, Contractor for the Omibuses to and from the Slough Station of the Great Western Railway, begs to inform the public that he has arranged for the plentiful supply of well appointed OMNI. BUSES, to work from the Slough station to ASCOT and back on the four race days. These Omnibuses will be corveniently placed in the.then yard, with the sanction of the Railway Company, ready to start for the course on the arrival of the several trains. They w it he conspicuously marked with 11Li•. Dyson's name, and numbered so that gentlemen may easily recognize, in the afternoon, the vehicles that conveyed them in the morning. All the Omnibuses will leave the course a quarter of an hour after the last Race on eac's day. The fare will be 10s. for the journey from Slough to Ascot and back. A SCOT RACES-LIGHT WEIGHT ANTI-DUST, RAIN, &c. NICOLL'S PALETOT D'ETE, ONE GUINEA. 114, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL—not elsewhere In London. IF THE SUMMER, now approaching, should prove as hot as ; t was last year, doubtless NICOLL'S LIGHT PALETOT, of Lama Cloth, will be again much worn, without any other coat under it. This luxurious ease and comfort once expe rienced is alone sufficient inducement to adopt the same course again. Price of Paletot, rich silk linings. Two Guineas and a Half; not silk, Two Guineas. 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. FURNISHED COUNTRY HOUSE AND MANOR WANTED for five or six months. The House not to have less than six bed-rooms, coach-house, and stabling for four horses, and within twenty miles of London. Near a railway sta tion (the London and Birmingham, or Southampton) would be pre ferred. Particulars to be sent to A. B. Era (Mice, Catherine-street, Strand. FLECTRO SILVER PLATED SPOONS and FORKS of the best quality. Table Spoons or Forks, 40s. per dozen ; Dessert Spoons or Forks, 295. per dozen ; Tea Spoons, 18s. per dozen ; Gravy Spoons, Bs. each ; Soup Ladles, 14s. each.— T. COX SAVORY and Co., Silversmiths, &c., 47, Cornhill (seven doors from Graceehurch-street), London. NOW EXHIBITING, AT THE EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY, the most EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION of ABORI GINES EVER SEEN in EUROPE, landed in Liverpool by the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler. TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN, and a BABY, of the BOSIESMAN or BUSH TRIBE, from the interior of South Africa, a race that, from their wild habits, could never before be induced to visit a place of civilization. This opportunity of gratifying the man of science and the student in zoology has only been obtained by great personal exertion on the part of the gentlemen who have brought them to England, at an immense outlay of capital. On the passage to Europe a baby was born at i,ea, thus adding to the great interest that must be (=cited by their appearance. l'rom the Liverpool Journal : —"Bosjesmans, or Bush People, from Eanthern Africa —Interesting specimens of a 'my,: extraordinary race of human beings have been landed in our ~o .t; they are the Bosjes mans, or Bush People from the interior of South Africa, of which so mach has been written by the missionaries, and the few who have travelled to that tar distant region. They are natives of the country bordering the Groat Orange River, 1,200 or 1.400 miles from Cape Town. They exhibit almost as striking as absence of the intellectual or higher faculties as :5 observable in the skull of that mockery of humanity, the Baboon, while the preponderance of the animal is al most equally as great. In every respect they are calculated to excite the greatest astonishment , curd to confirm to the full those " Tales of Travellers" which we have certainly been inclined to look upon with suspicion. We could scarcely have credited that such a race could be in existence on the earth. That they are genuine po one can doubt ; in proof of which we give the following extract from a Cape Town Paper of the 24th December, which we have just re • ceived :—" We understard the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler, which recently left Table Bay :o - • Liverpool, had on hoard an unusual kind of exportation, viz.. two males and two females o: the genuine Bush man specks; they s'T in charge of a Mr. J. G. F.. Bishop, who has been at considerable trouble and expense in procuring them from the interior. They are authentic specimens e: this diminutive and ra pidly decreasing tribe of Aborigines, found only in Southern Africa. For particulars of the habits and disposition of the 13osjesmans, see Professor Leichtenstein's, Barchell's, Campbell's, Backhouse's, Methune's, and Moffatt's Travels in South Africa. Admission One Shilling, and Reserved Seats Two Shillings and Sixpence. _ _ _ T _____ O MY LOOKING-GLASS. Pride of my toilet! think me not conceited In peeping rather often through your glass; For oh I my eye is regularly treated, On seeing what a change has come to pass. I am improved in feature and in figure, And really I appear a little bigger. At one time I'd have parted with a ransom For pleasing form and gentlemanly air; But now (without that cost) I'm getting handsome, Through nothing but the garments that I wear. See, bright reflector ! what my form discloses, And duly estimate the Mart of MOSES. Well do I recollect my " first appearance" In fashionable dress from MOSES' Mart; Of all my shabby looks there was a clearance, And in an instant I became quite smart. No doubt you recollect my gazing at you In mute amazement, like a marble statue. I never look through thee, thou needful glass, But with a wish for MOSES' vast success; May they who caused this change to come to pass Be still triumphant in their matchless dress. For, oh 1 the beauty which your plate discloses " Reflects bright" credit on the Mart of MOSES'. A new Wo?k, entitled " FASHIONS FAVOURITE," with a List of Prices, and Directions for Self-Measurement, can be had on application, or forwarded post-free. LIST OF PRICES. NADI TO 1011.83101. 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A Medical , Worts. on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of i'estorfv tion. The baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se. condary Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated byEn gravings ; followed by 'observations on Marriage. By R. %an& L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at theft Vesideneri.' Sold by Strange. No. 21, Pateralider-row; Gordon, 146, Leadeashalte street; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho ; Hannay and go., 6S, Oxlbtii. street, and 37, Roy al Exchange ; and all booksellers. • Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who ar, prevented from forming a Matrimonial Allianee, through fear of car. tarn disqualifications, and will bef ound an available introduction the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood. Part 11. treats perspicuously upon those forms of diseases, either rn their primary or secondary state, arising itom infection, showing how numhere who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail upon themselves years of misery and suffering. The CORDIAL DAMN( OF STRIACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, bar renness, loss of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits. and debili ties arising from venereal excesses, &c. Price 111. and 335. per bot tle. The Five-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from ve• nereal contamination, scurvy, blotches en the head, face, and body ulcerations, and those painful affections arising from improper treat meet, secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price lls and 3ss. per battle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. bd. and Ds. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, in (lamination, irritatiou of the bladder, &c., without hindrance tc business. _ . _ Consultation fee, if by Letter, 1/. A minute detail of ease is ne cessary. Messrs. Perry arc in daily attendance at their residence 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two, an dye till eight; and on gundays from eleven till twelve. ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. JUST PUBLISHED, THE THIRTIETH THOUSAND, An Improved Edition, revised and corrected, 120 pages, price 25., in a sealed envelope, or forwarded, post-paid, to any address, secure from ooservation, for 2s. 6d. in postage stamps, illustrated with numerous Anatomical Coloured Engravings, MA 0 0 D: The Causes of its Premature Decline; with Plain Direc tions for its Perfect Restoration. A Medical Essay oa those diseases of the generative organs, emanating from solitary and sedentary habits, indiscriminate ex cesses, the effects of climate, and infection, &c., addressed to the sufferer in youth, manhood, and old age ; wits practical remarks on marriage, the treatment and cure of nervous and mental debility, impotency, syphilis, and other urino-genital diseases. by which even the most shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the full period of life allotted to man. The whale illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings on steel. in colour, explain ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the reproduc tive orans in health and disease; with instructions for private cor respondence ,cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and 0., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. REVIEW OF THE WORK. " CURTIS ON MA:snoon. ( Strange). Having for many years been thaNre:::,:iairsliaae Published and Military ;:iti w yr o ilt: r hh :L iej o ir"y n uLGt t oh h a zno e dr s eso e t,nt e d a; i n. s eases, its originality ?9 apparent, and Its perusal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the patient." alsod les t b e y r ; S Strange , 21, Paternoster-morowyie;l: , e li4 ll : a n d s., at their Hannay, Ann's-square, 3ni Oxford-streetsr-esq d a e n r , e o n l Philip, South Cast's-stree I, Liver 1; Campbe ll, 146, Argyle-street, Glasgow ; Robinso n , 11 , Greenside-street, Edi nburgh; mid in anealed envelope by all booksellers. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily Pt their I Pa n t e n t s ig e an , n 7, ha F v ß e the i.t - ro pr ; i v ' t B eVf o e U r d A e S R t E I e A) , N by p i O ni N tia r l es o d : otherwise, to any port of the United Kingdom, direct from the Author's Residence, or from any of the above agents, on remitting 2s. 6d. in postage stamps. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., or free by post, 3s. 6d. CONTROUL OF - THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Ccmplete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illastrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &e. By C. J. LUCAS and Co.. Consulting Surgeons, No. GO, NewMai street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c, CONTENTS OP TEE WORE, Chap. 1.--Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate indulgence of the Passions. illustrated with Coloured Engraviags. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evidenced in the production or Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idioey, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and. Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonon•heea, its symptoms. complica tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease of the Prostate. Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases, and concluding observations, Plates, &c. 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Mr. WILSON will give an Entertainment in Crosby Hall, on Tues day E : vening, at Eight o'clock ; and, in compliance with the requests of many families of distinction, a Morning Performance on the Songs of Scotland, at Willis's Rooms, on Friday, June 4, at Half-past Two o'clock. GUILDHALL, 27th May; 1847. Ile Com mittee for Letting the City's Lands will meet at Guildhall on TUESDAY, the Bth day o: June next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for a DEPUTATION and LEASE for three years, from Midsummer next (subject to a power of resumption), or the office or place of COLLECTOR and RECEIVER of the CITY's TOLLS and DUTIES at Whltechapel Bars, and all the liberties o: this city from thence southward to the Custom-house, together With the same tolls and duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of the City's Tolls and Duties et Dishopsgate Bars, and all the liberties o:1' this city from thence westward to the site of the late Rethlem Hospital, and eastward to Whitechapel Ears exclusive, together with the same tolls' and duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of the City's Tolls and Duties at Aldersgate Bars, and all the liberties of this city from thence eastward to the cite of•the late Bethiem Hospital, including Cripplegate and Moorgate, .together with the same tolls and duties. And in the event of any alteration during the said term of three years being made in regard to the granting of Freedoms of the City of London, at a ',educed tine the Contractor is to be et liberty to surrender the said Deputation and Lease at the end of Three Calendar Months ne:it, after notice in writing of his intention so to do, shall have been lea at the Comp troller's Office, Guildhall, and the Contractor she'', thereupon, pay end discharge r, proportionable past of the Rent to the time of such surrender, A Deposit of Three Calendar Months rent on each dis trict of the Tolls is to be made at the time of the Mee:ing of the Committee, on any Tender being accepted, and to be forfeited on nonperformance o: the Contract, and Three Calendar Months rent is to be continued to be paid in advance. The condition. for letting the said Tolls may be seen at the Comptroller's ee , h J.Cialler AIM we -.MU 'AVM: The amounts Tendered are to be written in wmrds at length, and th e Tenders sealed up and-delivered at the said Offioe before One o'clock on the day o: the Committee's Meeting, after which time no Tender CP') be received, and the party Tendering must attend the Committee at One o'Clock precisely. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. CIRCULAR NOTES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT. THE LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK issues CIRCULAR NOTES for the use of Travellers and Residents on the Continent. These Notes are payable at every important place in Europe, and thus enable a traveller to vary his route without inconvenience; ro expense whatever is incurred, and when cashed no charge is made for commission. These Notes may be obtained either at the Head Office of the Lon don and Westminster Bank, Lotlibury ;or at the Branches of the Bank, viz.:-1, St. James's•square ; 21.1, High Hotaorn ; 4, Strat ford-place, Oxford-slreet ; 3, Wellingtou-street, Borouga ; and 87, High-street, Whitechapel. Ey order of the Board, JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, General Manager. ASCOT RACES.-GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Notice is hereby given, that on TUESDAY, the Ist of June, and on THURSDAY, Cie 3d of June. SPECIAL TRAINS will run betwoen Paddington and Slough, for the conve nience of parties attending Ascot Races. Additional booking offices will he opened at Paddington, and in o 'der to prevent as far as pos sible, the incoavenience experienced in endeavouring to procure tickets during the crowded state of the booking offices, the Directors have determined to It•sue First rnd Second Class Tickets at the Pad dington Station for an- or all of the race days upon any previous evening. the holden of wh'ch, upon showing them, will be admitted to the platform through the iron carriage gates, w1::)out having to pass through the bookinT offices. Tickets so taken will not require to be stamped on the return journey, but merely shown on entering the trains. These tickets ern rlso be obtained on application at the Railway Offices. No. 449, West Strand ; 29, Gresham-street, Bank ; and at Messrs. Tattersal's, Grosvenor-place, Hyde Park Corner, en IfoisiDAv rrd the subsequent days. Persons wishing to send carriages or horses to Slough or Maiden head for Ascot Races, mist make early application at the railway stations to secure a truck or horse-box for that purpose. HanObills giving .011 particulars of the Trains, &c., will be issued, and may be ootained at the Railway Offices on and after WEDNES DAY, the 19th of May. . . . fy order o: the Directors, CHARLES SAUNDERS, Secretary. Paddington, May 17, 1847. PUBLICATIONS. NEW CHANCERY ORDERS. Just published, in 1 vol., price 128. 6d., /11111 E PRACTICE of the COURT of CHAN CERY under the ORDERS of MAY, 1845. Edited by JOHN ROGERSON, a Solicitor of the Court. '.',Altogether we can recommend the book as supplying a want much felt at this time by every practitioner in the Court of Chancery. to Articled Clerks preparing for examination it will be of great ser vice as an easy and explanatory elucidation of Orders which have puz • zied old and experienced practitioners."—Law Times, May 22, 1847. " This is an exceedingly useful, and we doubt not will prove a very popular, work. The book is indeed a most valuable adjunct to Smith's or Daniell's Practice." —The Standard, May 28, 1847. S. Sweet, 1, Chancery-lane, Fleet-street. Pad 2, to be completed in Five Quarterly Parts, at 2s. each, TREATISE on DIET an d RE GIME N . . Fourth Edition, much enlarged and re-written, embracing the more recent Views, Facts, and Discoveries of Chemistry and Statistics. By WILLIAM HENRY ROBERTSON, M.D., Physician to the Buxton Bath Charity. London : John Churchill, Princess-street, Soho. AMIENg, and BOULOGNE RAILWAY.— NOTICE.—The DEFINITIVE SHARE No. 26,101, to "Bearer," having been LOST, STOLEN, or MISLAID, Notice is hereby, given, in prder that the Share, if presented, may be stopped, and advice of the same given to Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, 2, Royal Exchange -buildings, 29th May, 1847. SHEFFIELD,- BUXTON, LEEK, POT , and CREWE RILWAY. As the 021ces of TERIES this Company - will be CLOSED on Midsummer Day next, holders of scrip er remanet certificates, or persons having a claim acleinst the Coinpany, are 'requested to remit the same forth vc-th to the.Sec.retary. Leek, May2B, 1847. By order, R. L. CLARKE, Secretary. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or, PEARL /AiDEN TIFRICE, a FRAGRANT WHITX POWDER, prepared from oriental herbs of inestimable virtue for preserving and beauti fying the TEETH and strengthening the GUMS. It eradicates tartar from the teeth, and thus lends a salutary growth and ireshness to the gums. It removes from the surface of the Teeth the spots of incipient' decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, imparting the most pure and pearl-like whiteness; while, from its salubrious and disinfecting qualities it rives - - ino gruns also share in its corrective VOW seurvyls eradicated from them, and a healthy action and redness are induced, so that the teeth (if loose) are thus rendered firm in their sockets. As the most efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Powder ever know, ROWLAND'S ODONTO has for a long series of years occupied o distinguished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and the Nobility throughout Europe. Price 2s. 9d. per box. CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis sioners of Stamps have directed the proprietors' name and address to be engraved on the Government stamp, thus 'A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden," which is affixed on each box. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. 25. 9d., 4s. 6d. and I ls. each Box. Post free. 35., 55., and 12s. COPAIItA AND CUBEBS ENTIRELY SUPERSEDED. TRAY'S BALSAMIC PILLS, celebrated all over the world for the Cure of Strictures, Pains in the Loins, Affections of the Kidneys, Gravel, Stone, Impuissance, or Phycical Incapacity,'Weakness, Irritation of Cie Bladder or Urethra, and other diseases of the urinary passages. These Pills have for years been employed in most of the Metro politan Hospitals and Dispensaries, and were extensively prescribed by the late Samuel Cleverley, M.D., Physician to the father of her present Majesty, his late Royal Highness the Duke o 7 Kc it ; John Armstrong, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Physic at the Webb-street School of Anatomy, and consulting Physician to the London Fever Hospital; William Milligan, M.D., Member of the London and Edinburgh Royal Colleges of Physicians, Physician to the Middlesex Infirmary, and Royal Universal Infirmary for Chil dren, Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Physic, Chemistry, and Materia Medica, at the Windmill-street School o; Anatomy; J. G. Thomson, M.D., Member o the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh, and of the Royal College of Physicians, London, Phy sician-Accoucheur to the Ladles' Benevolent Association, Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Midwifery, &c. • George Jewel, M.D., Physician-Accoucheur to th e Middlesex Infirmary, Lecturer on the Principles and Practic3 of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women and Children ; and Mr. Thomas I3ailin, Surgeon, of Maryle bone Mr. W. H. Dewhurst, Resident targeon to St.. John's British Hospital, Cross-street, Hatton-garden; Mr. Greville Jones,. Surgeon to the Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-lane ; and were administered by the Proprietor in upwards of 1,800 cases in private practice within three years, prior to being advertised—in maaythoosand cases since, and in no one instance known to fail—are strongly recommended as a far mo-e efficacious remedy thin Balsam Copaiba, Cubebs, or any other medicine in present use. Many other medical gentlemen of distinguished eminence in London have borne testimony to the effi cacy of these Pills, whose professional character and rank are a sufficient guarantee for the advantages to be derived from the use of this invaluable medicine.—Prepared only by M. 0. Wray; sold at 39, Fetter-lane, late the White Horse Booking-office, removed from 118. Holborn-hill, London. PHYSICIAN'S ADVICE from Eleven till One, every Day. SURGICAL ATTENDANCE every Evening, from Seven till Nine. Persons residing in the remotest parts of the country can be treated successfully, on describing minutely their symptoms, age, :iabits of life, &c., end inclosing a Post-office order ,:or advice and medicine, which can be forwarded to my part of the world, securely packed, and carefully protected from observation. All letters to be aidressed to " ➢i. O. WRAY, 89, Fetter-lane; 201, Bermondsey-street ; Strand, near Waterloo-bridge, London. APPROACHING DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. ASPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the ELECTORS of the CITY of WESTMINSTER is hereby convened by the Committees for conducting the Election or CHARLES COCHRANE, Esq., rn WEDNESDAY NEXT, June 2, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand. The Chair will be taken it Eight o'clock precisely. The Committees request the early attendance of those Electors who desire to secure admission, as the meeting will be open to any citizen of Westminster. A. NIBBLE, Secretary. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY has just deposited at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI TUTION a complete series of APPARATUS, illustrating the Prin ciples of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH as now worked on the lead ing Lines of Railway. Also, superb Specimens o: their ELECTRIC' CLOCKS, the NEEDLE TELEGRAPH, PRINTING and WRITING APPARATUS, ALARUM, &c. This highly interesting addition to the Exhibition and Lectures is affirded to the Visitors for a limited time, The EVENING MUSIC, 'tinder Dr. Wallis, commences at Seven o'clock.—Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. SODA A AND R. TEIWAITES WATERS. AND COMPANY, ix. INVENTORS AND SOLE PREPARERS OF THE ORIGINAL SINGLE AND DOUBLE TODX WATERS, 57, UPPER SACKVILLB.STREET, DUBLIN; ST. ALBAN'S-PLACE, S. JAMES'S, LONDON. These waters were introduced to the notice of the public, as their invention, by the testimony of the Professor of Chemistry (the late Robert Percival, M.D.), in his lectures in Trinity College, Dublin, and from that period have continued to obtain the recommendation of the Gentlemen of the Medical Faculty, and the approbation of the public. The SINGLE and DOUBLE SODA WATERS derive their names not from the quantity of fixed air which they contain, but from the proportions of Sal Soda, which, when prepared in the PECULIAR MANNER employed by A. and R. TIIWAITES and Co., renders them highly useful to the powers of digestion, improving the appetite, warming the stomach, and stimulating the hepatic flinctions. The above kinds of SODA WATER are exclusively prepared by them, and are not manufactured by any other house in the KING DOM. 57, Upper Sackville-street, Dublin ; St. Alban's-place, St. James's, London. All mineral waters of character, foreign and artificial. 'TAY HARVEST.- " No farmer should be without a good rick cloth, for it is certainly one or themost Useful things he can have on his premises." -Gardener's Gazette. BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke-street, Southwark, foot of Loudon-bridge, informs the public he has a few SECOND-HAND RICK CLOTHS, in good order, at reasonable cost. Also an exten sive stock of new Rick Cloths, with poles complete. Marquees, tents, pavilions, with boarded floors for fetes, balls, &c., to any extent of accommodation, always ready.—Address, per post, Benjamin Edging ton, 2, Duke-street, Southwark.—A warehouse, 208, Piccadilly. . THE CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. The thidietiLanniverstheA this,kticytataci tabz exceuent ay of erring at the Freemason's Tavern. The patron of file institution, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, presided. His Royal Highness was sup ported on his right by the President, the Duke of Buccleuch, and on his left by Lord James Stuart, M.P. Many of the nobility and aristocracy of Scot land, and many distinguished Scotchmen were pre sent. About two hundred sat down to dinner, which, with the wines, was highly creditable to the establish ment. The cloth having been removed, and " Non nobis Domini" chaunted by the vocalists, the Chairman gave in succession the usual loyal and constitutional toasts, which were, as usual warmly responded to. The children who are educated, fed, and clothed, by the institution, were then ushered into the hall. They were all dressed in tartan—the boys wearing kilts—and all looked healthy and happy. A more gratifying sight we never beheld ; but it struck us that the hair of the children—especially the girls— many of whom had light blue eyes and auburn hair, and nearly as many the sand-coloured hair of their country, had been too closely cropped—that a bowl had been placed on their heads, and that all the strag gling hair, which stretched beyond its limits, had been clipped by the shears of the barber of the institution. We knew a lady who discharged her servant because she wore ringlets, and was taken for one of the family, but we are at a loss to understand why the poor forlorn soldier's daughter, whom misfortune has compelled to seek shelter in the asylum, should have her locks fashioned after the inmates of the . House of Correction The object of the institution _ s to support and educate the children of soldiers, sailors, and marines, natives of Scotland, who have died, or been disabled in the service of their country, and of indigent Scotch parents resident in London, not entitled to parochial relief. It is only within this year or two that its benevolence has taken a wider range, as it has extended its benefits to female children. In the year 1843, James Matheson, Esq., of Achany, M.P., offered a contribution of one thou sand pounds, provided the directors would undertake to carry out the object without delay; and the pro position having been cordially acceded to, an addition to the building was commenced in May, 1844, and is now completed ; so that the house is capable of ac commodating 100 boys, and an equal number of female children, my an appropriate manner, with ade quate play-grounds for each, and under such regula tious as to ensure a rigid attention to good order and efficent discipline. Twenty-five girls will be ad mitted in June next, which, with the boys already on the foundation, will make an aggregate of 115 children, a much larger number than was ever before admitted to the benefits - of the charity. The direc tors, therefore, appeal Innost earnestly to the present supporter 4 -of ,the institution to come ,forward with liberal donations for the purpose of, meeting the in creased demand made upon their funds, and to use their best efforts in their' respectiVe circles, by clona l-lona and annual - subscriptionaligthent the fulids of the institution ; and they beg to remind them that they have been already compelled to sell 5001. of their Stock, to meet in part th e demands upon t h em, an d any further inroad up on. t h at fund w i l l on l y cr i pp l e the means of maintaini n,g the increased number of children. The children :are admitted from the age of seven to ten years, and. retained till they arrive at fourteen, when they :are apprenticed to trades, or ' otherwise disposed of according to circumstances. t t e i o a n c , her under ; and theythe aresuperintendence once a year publiclyof m They receive a pl a i n , us dill education, and the utmost care is bestowed on theix moral and religious instruc in the pr esence o f t h e Presbytery of the Scottish Church in Lond on , and .other clergymen. c e o xa p m e i t n e e n d t The CHAIRMAN then xose to propose the toast of the evening, but, owing' t o nE' , the position assigned to the press, but meagre •p o rtions of the speeches deli vered in the course of the evening were heard by us. His Royal Hi g h ness was understood to say that those who witnessed the checurful and healthy appearance of the children must be sensible of the great benevo lence and national impo rtance of the institution. It was a pleasing thing to look upon their happy faces and to know that their ' , welfare was the object of the institution—and God kne w how many it had spared from perhaps falling into' evil.—(Cheers.) They had assembled to celebrate Use thirtieth anniversary of the institution. It had stoocl thirty years; which was owing to the great exertions of those intrusted with its management, who ha d watched its progress from year to year, and who had left nothing undone to promote its interest in every way in their power. At first not, more than twelve boys were admitted to parti.:liipate of its benefits ; sub sequently, the number' was increased to forty ; and ultimately, when t'ne building in Copenhagen fields was erected, to nin tet,y boys. But it was only recently that it had been extended to female children, and he had now the hEtp piness of seeing before him forty-one girls—(Cheer s)—thus, owing to the ex ertions of the friends of the institution its advantages have been extended to i Learly two hundred children. —(Loud cheers.) He w-as delighted to see them look so well, and as he had inspected the asylum he war in a position to state th sr; it was conducted with the ' greatest regularity, and that in every respect it wtis creditable to those plarsed over it. The annual ex pense of providing fo r 200 children was 3,5001., 700/. only was derived fi,Din the funded property, thus 2,8001. had to be suppli e d by benevolence alone ; but when he bore in mind tl ie support which it had re ceived during its exist ence, and the wealth and mu nificence of its friends, :he was confident that the in creased demand, owing to the extended nature of the institution, would not 'be made in vain. —(Cheers.) He considered it was an institution which eminently deserved their encour ty, ;ernent, as its object was to succour the young and •the helpless—(Loud cheers)._ and therefore he beg ged to give "The Caledonian Asylum, and may the offspring of the brave never want a protector."—(Tilinmense cheering.) The toast was rest lc inded to with the greatest en thusiasm. Mr. CHARLES Foal" a :s, the treasurer of the insti tution, said a gentlem as had presented the institution with a medal of the v a lue of 255., for the purpose of being presented from year to year to the best gram marian produced by t;1 e school. Th e youth selected on the present occasi' 3ri—and he was not only selected by the managers of e institution, but by his col leagues in the school , —was James Thompson, who was scarcely thirteen y ears of age, and who was two years younger than the eldest boy in the school. The medal was placed round the boy's neck by his Royal Highness, who hig'nl y complimented him on the occasion. Mr. Forl )e s then went on to say that he deeply regretted the w navoidable absence of the Rev. T. C. Cook, the ins p 4 !ctor of the schools, who had examined the childr er 1, and who would have stated that they had given I ai m the greatest satisfaction. The Duke of Buc w LERCH then proposed the health of the chairman, w h ich was drunk with Highland honours. them fori The CHAIRMAN b rie fly returned thanks, and pro ththe honour pro posed the health of the Duke of Buccleuch, and l ong Highland they had conferred, upc in him, and assu re d t h em that no one felt more sinter h li o fe no to honours. h . im fi w e h D ic u h ke w a thankedsalso drunk w a ly for the welfare of the insti tution than he did. A number of other •toasts were also drunk. The subscriptions in the course of the evening amounted to 1,2661. Among the donors wer e P r i n c e Albert 1001., the Du' se of Cambridge 201., the Duke of Buccleuch 501., the Duchess of Buccleuch 10/. 10s., collected 1 - oy the Rev. Dr. Cumming 1001., by Captain Laurant, R.N.; 100/., and 4301. proceeds of the Caledonian baJ (I, 2781. were also subscribed for MAY 31, 1847. the juvenile band of the institution, who, during the evening, played several national airs. Mr. Angus Mackay, and Mr. Donald Mackay, the Queen's piper, and the piper of the Highland Society, also con tributed to the hilarity of the evening. The company did not separate till a late hour. Mr. Harker was the toastmaster. LITERATURE, MAR iIIADUKE HERBERT ; or, THE FATAL ERROR. A Novel. By the Countess of Blessing ton. 3 vols. To say that "Marmaduke Herbert" is what is techni cally termed a well-written novel, that the style is easy and elegant, the descriptions animated, and the story interesting, appears to be hardly necessary, when we say that itis written by Lady Blessington. Her readers must be already acquainted with that vivacity of manner and truthfulness of narration which impart a great charm to her writings, and invest them with such an air of vitality. In these attractive qualities, " Marmaduke Herbert" is in no wise deficient ; its chief feature, however, is a very powerful delineation! of some peculiarities of temperament and unfortunate, circumstances consequent thereupon. The chief in cidents of the story are of a striking, and, indeed,; startling character ; the plot is well co nce i ve d an ds well contrived, admirably calculated to effect what we presume to have been the object of the writer,, namely, the analyzation and exemplification of the; peculiarities of a nature at once affectionate, proud,l reserved, and morbidly sensitive—a nature which, by causing its unfortunate possessor to dread the impu-i tation almost as much as the commission of a fault,l rendered him morally and mentally a coward and in -;' I volved him in a series of " fatal errors," exposing him,i i moreover, to a remorse and squmir (Adorn 41 ' . 41 ,0*besseene faults; for bavingcanurdtted-whatTailey , rand has described as being worse than faults—mis takes. The example and instruction of his parents had tended to develope his more affectionate and better I qualities, but their good effects were destroyed by I the pernicious counsels of a guardian to whom he was at an early age consigned, who taught him to avoid all intimacy with his companions, and to look on all - with suspicion and consoled him, when by suc h conduct he foun ' a himself an object of dislike, with the assurance that all popular persons were either dupes or dupers. This counsel so far increased the natural defects of his character, that with real good feelings he kept up an appearance of evil, Without friends in his childhood, shrinking from sympathy, although of a most ardent nature, the consequences of his own unfortunate conduct, raised up a wall of separation even between him and his wife; and, in speaking of his affection for his child, he observes, over this burning lava of love was a deep and har dened incrustation of reserve that concealed the fire." such is the character of the hero of these volumes; his feelings and his failings are most effectively por trayed, and his story must interest all who read it, though some only may experience pleasure in the perusal. Among these we certainly cannot count mrselves, for while we admit the whole story to be well written, interesting, and full of feeling, and while we admire the talent and acknowledge the merit which it displays, we must also admit that its perusal has afforded us little pleasure. En the close contemplation of such a history as Mar maduke Herbert's, a series of secret sorrows, heart. turnings and apprehensions, in the picture of his miserable domestic life, though both he and his wife were tenderly attached to each other, above all in the story of her sufferings, as detailed in a private journal of her own—all of which, because described with much truthfulness and feeling, are only in con sequence more heart-rending—we should feel a sort of pleasure somewhat akin to that afforded by a close inspection of the dying agonies of a battle-field. "'here are some, nevertheless, with whose sensibility we have no wish to find fault, who experience much ,lelight in the contemplation of fictitious sorrows, and to these the story of " Marmaduke Herbert" will ne cessarily be most interesting. The journal of the un happy wife is perhaps the most beautiful and natural, and also the most painful part of the whole book. Written in a style of exceeding simplicity and ten derness, it presents a very accurate picture of the emotions of a young and ardent heart. Without attempting to give any description of the plot, it may be as well to men' 'on the main incident, which gives a colour to the whole story, the " fatal error" which gives its name to the book. Marmaduke Herbert, summoned to his mother's death-bed, arrives only in time to attend her funeral, and obey her last wishes. In these she commends to his care her constant com panions' and dearest friends, a widow lady and her two daughters, one of whom it is her anxious hope that he may choose for his wife. Marmaduke, not having as yet seen any of these ladies, is wandering on a steep and precipitous path, overhanging the sea, when he perceives a young girl sleeping on a rustic seat—struck by her great beauty, rightly divining her to be the maiden intended for his wife, he, yielding to the impulse of the moment, proceeds to commence the acquaintance by pressing his lips to her brow. The young lady aroused and alarmed, hurries away, anxious to explain and apologise, he pursues her—terrified and bewildered, she loses her footing, falls over the precipice, and is killed. Nothing can exceed the agony and horror of Marma duke, unless, perhaps, it is the madness of his subsequent conduct. Instead of leaving the body where its appearance would at once sug gest a very probable accident, he is terrified, lest his foolish conduct may be discovered, and con - ceals, and afterwards inters it. The consciousness of having occasioned so terrible a calamity, and more especially the concealment of it, for, not to a single individual does he confide his secret, preys upon his mind and embitters his life. His subsequent mar- Live of mutual happiness. His natural reserve t r h ia o g u e gh w t i h t e h r t e h su e lt si o st f er mu o t f uar e lov u e n , unhappy ot g p i r r o l du a c l - - is naturally much increased by the gloomy thoughts ever present in his mind, or ever recalled by the most trivial incident, and this reserve, as a natural conse quence, imposes a restraint upon his wife, destroys all interchange of confidence or expression of sym pathy, which is rendered doubly painful to both by their still enduring affection. All this is most power fully described. Innumerable incidents or accidents, so unimportant in themselves, so momentous in their consequences—those trifles which " make the sum of human things"—are detailed with a fidelity and naturalness which give an air of probability to the whole. In speaking of the troubles of Marmaduke we have omitted to mention one which caused him no little embarrassment. During the ravings of a brain fever, he snakes mention of much relating to the most ten ible event of his li;'e ; the man hired to nurse him, imagining him, in consequence, to have been guilty of a murder, makes use of the information he had obtained from his delirious wanderings to ex complies, and having once done so, the fact of hi . and d t s e m n o s i n t e i v y n from man, himdreading on his y th e re t c h o re ve a r tnn . edThe exp os ure, weak having purchased silence is taken as a proof that he has something terrible to conceal. From what we have said, those who take pleasure in such things will see that here is a delightful combination of perplexities, and anxieties, and troubles : evasions. and plots, and counterplots ; a story boasting of r, hero surrounded by as many difficulties, and oppressed by as many griefs as ever fell to the lot of any hero ol romance—a heroine possessed of the three qualities most necessary for all heroines, being in the superla tive degree beautiful, affectionate, and unhappy. The admirers of " Marmaduke Herbert " will, conse quently, we doubt not, be very numerous. The style is at once graceful and vivacious, and many parts are written in a very feeling and natural manner. A WHIM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. A Novel. Three Vols. With some inelegancies of style, and other minor imperfections, this novel contains a story of con siderable interest. The beginning led us to expect very little, but it is not fair to judge from a begin ning, unless the author be one of great experience, and, even then, either from his not quite feeling hi; way, cr from our not being as yet quite familiar to him, there is a sort of formality generally apparent which in inexperienced writers degenerates into aw k w ardness, while in others it is only manifested by a little elaboration of description, or some similar de fect. The commencement of almost every work, of almost every description, is only another verifica tion of Sir Walter Scott's very appropriate compari son, doubtless written from experience, of the hesita tion of an author at the beginning of his task being changed into confidence as he proceeds : " As shallop launched on river's tide, That slow and fearful leaves the side, But, when it feels the middle stream, D r i ves downward swift as lightn i ng's beam." And so, apparently, the author of these volumes found it, when he reached the midd'e strestream, and entered into the interest o f his stor y , his hesitations and diffi culties apparently much decreased, or at all events they are less manifest to the r . eader. .The style, too, teemed to improve; perh . aps in the . interest of the story the author forgot his mannerisms, and perhaps, from the same cause, we forgot to pay much attention to them. The p lot, we have said, is interesting, and is moreover very effectively arranged. The " Whim," whereby hangs the whole tale, is certainly somewhat improbable and unaccountable, but that its very name would imply, the "Consequences" which form the chief part of the story follow from it naturally enough. PRICE SD. Without entering into the details of the plot we will briefly state to what these terms " Whim" and " Con-, sequences" apply. Chandos, the hero of the tali . finds himself on his father's death left almost de pendent on his elder brother, with whom he is on unbrotherly terms; he resolves in consequence to carve out his own fortune, and being desirous of learning somewhat concerning the mode of living of the poorer orders, or' as he himself expresses it, having hitherto looked down on the valley from the mountain, being desirous of feeling what it was to look up to the mountain from the valley, he begins his independent career as one of the lower classes, and accepts a situation . as a garde ner—that is the " Whim." We pass over many of the Consequences, as, for instance, his finding in the daughter of his master, a young lady whom he has met with in better circumstances, and who, of course, recognises him, we will on l y allude to the principle one, the main feature of the story, which is hi arrest and trial for murder under the most suspi cious circumstances. 'We do not much approve of the introduction of murders in that lighter species of literature which is chiefly intended to amuse ; by frequently meeting with such terrible themes, we become almost habituated to them, and they fail in creating that impression which they should. " Vice is a monster of such hideous mien, &c." But, in the present instance, there is little or nothing of a disagreeable character ; the murder is only, as it were, incidentally introduced ; the interest does not dwell upon it so much as upon the close chain of cir cumstantial evidence that seems to hem the prisoner in. The friend and counsel of the hero is evidently intended to represent some real character—Sir William-,Follett apparently. He appears here asyire aetha-.8 oui rm - nulon ox prowss4oned. sum,„and private goia=nateraite Thii"-defieription of his unremitting labours is perhaps not inaccurately portrayed ; work ing on incessantly, and then taking some refreshment instead of repose ; trying, as he expresses it, every day the cause of "Wine versus Weariness?' The whole details of the trial are given fully, perhaps too fully, but they are sufficiently interesting. We must object, however, to the somewhat censorious remarks respecting trials by judge and jury. One object, in deed, of this history of a trial is epparently to show how in spite of the much approved system a man may be condemned on evidence utterly false, and also acquitted on evidence equally without foundation. The inelegancies of style to which we have alluded arise apparently from the author's anx iety to express himself in a forcible and natural man ner, hence he occasionally degenerates into vulgarity, and occasionally from making too much effort to appear natural falls into the opposite extreme. More especially are these defects apparent in his compa risons or metaphors, which is peculiarly unfortunate, because, in such cases especially, elegance is desirable, and truthfulness is absolutely essential. But our author has in some cases forgotton these essentials in his manifest desire to appear natural and unrestrained. For instance, can anything be more inelegant, and what for a simile is far worse, more inappropriate than his describing to us his hero pursuing hisjour ney in stormy weather, with a sleety wind blowing his face, poking its icy fingers into his eyes." Again, at the conclusion, he describes to us how the happiness of his hero and heroine, though, of course, exceedingly great, was nevertheless like all human felicity, subject to temporary variations " as a hefithy man may have a cold now and then?' We must confess that these comparisons are not to our liking, and we mention them here because they are, in our opinion, calculated to reflect little credit on the writer, and they may be in future so readily avoided. Notwithstanding these blemishes, as we have already said, the story contained in these volumes is full of interest, and although there are many novels better written, and evincing more of talent, there art many which will be found less amusing, and less agreeable on perusal, than this history of " A Whim and its Consequences." TRACE Y ; or, The Apparition. A tale of the lass century. By Air's. Thomson. 3 vo/s. We must confess that the second title of this work did not lead us to enter on its perusal with any very favourable anticipations ; not that we are so unro mantic as to object to all mention of the " millions of . spiritual creatures" that " walk the earth," but we prefer meeting with them in some legend or ballad, or traditionary tale ; a novel should, to our thinking, treat rather of the world we live in than the world of shadows. Consequently, as we have said, we did not commence the story of " Tracey" with any very fa vourable expectations. It proved, however, to be far better than we had anticipated. The whole work, in deed, gives abundant evidence of the talent of it writer ; it is in many respects greatly superior to many recently published novels. The story, though perhaps not of a very pleasing character, is on the whole sufficiently interesting. We did not find it so much of a ghost-story as we had expected ; the " ap parition" hardly plays a sufficiently prominent part to warrant the introduction of its name on the title page, and yet, partly perlillps, from that very introduc tion, and partly from other causes, a sombre hue is, as it were, thrown over the whole scene ; the entire tale is invested with a degree of solemnity and gloom. This is perhaps partly attributable to the epoch of the narrative, " the last century," when the variouf• minutiae of social life were so different from what they are at present ; and it is also partly, and indeed particularly attributable to the peculiar style employed by the authoress, in order to make it appear that the events which she narrates, veritably transpired. Many little artifices have been employed, and very skilfully, to favour this illusion ; some events are spoken of with a degree of reserve, as if it was quite certain that they had occurred, but it was unnecessary for us to dwell upon them, while of others no explana tory mention is made; they are briefly referred to, as if we took it for granted they had transpired, in the same way in which we might speak of events of history. All this is exceedingly well contrived and tends to increase the interest of the story, and to impart to it an air of reality. The dramatis per sona presents an infinite variety of characters, some very interesting, some not very natural. The most conspicuous is, of course, Tracey, or, as he is gene• rally called, Lord Ravenspur, " the bad Lord Ra venspur." His character is one not very uncommon in novels, or, perhaps, in real life, an unequal com pound of good and bad ; one object of the volumes of which he is the hero, is to show how much of evil may be effected by a rich and powerful man, espe cially one who, like Tracey, was gifted with the most attractive and captivating qualities of mind and manners, to such an extent that years after his death most virtuous persons spoke of him chiefly as being "so pleasant." It is to this Lord Itavenspur that the " apparition " makes its a pp earanc e —an apparition of a young girl, wh in consequence of his ill-conduct towards her, had committed suicide, she comes to tell him that his days are numbered, and to inform him of the hour of his death. This is no very uncommon incident in stories of ghostly visitations, and had it been omitted altogether the interest of the book would have been but little diminished. The love-story—and what is a novel without a love-story ?—is not a very satisfactory or very attractive one. The heroine is, of course, very beautiful and very amiable ; the hero appears not verb well qualified to enact the part of a lover, being greatly deficient in that trustfulness or confidence which is about as essential to the existence of love as is the keystone to the arch, consequently during the whole of these three volumes we find them, more especially the lady, perpetually in incertitude, suffer ing all the tortures of suspense which those vifh? , have experienced it ackno . wledge to be - Worse than the certainty of sorrow. ' From 'these and similar cir cumstances the story is not, as we have said, of a very pleasing character; it possesses, however, many. attractions; more especially, and for a work of this character it is no small recommendation, there nertain degree of novelty or freshness in many of incidents, and indeed, to a certain extent in thy' wh 16 story, added to which it is related in a very vigorous and effective manner, and is calculated-on the whole to interest its readers, and to add to the reputation of its authoress. BOGUE'S EUROPEAN LIBRARY. !lISTORY OF SPANISH LITERATURE. By Frederick Bouterwek. HISTORY of the ROMAN REPUBLIC. DU J, Michelet. - HISTORY of the NORMAN CONQUEST 0 ENGLAND. By Augustin 7 hierry. CINQ MARS. An Historical Romance. By Alfred de Vigny. We admire the taste and discrimination with which the component works of this serial are selected. Excellence of binding, of ;typography, and of embel lishment, compactness of form, and cheapness, im portant considerations as they are in the book trade, are, of course, wholly subordinate to the character of the publication, the merits of which they are only intended to enhance. Mr. Hogue is manifestly aware; this, and so likewise is his general editor Mr. Wil liam Hazlitt ; and the consequence is a periodical of extraordinary and almost unique value. No , compo sitions are allowed admittance into the collection buy those of acknowledged excellence and fo p r op the larity. Nor is there any apparent favouri t ti o s ranother, literature of any one country beyond , tha unless, indeed, it be visible in a literature • of the prolific trans lation from the masterpiecesfrequent more . , . of modern France. In the tour 4anslatlois iitivesati under notice, the Utmost exactitude and faithfulnes $ are apparent, but this advantage is - accompanied by a peculiar elegance and felicity. of language. The books read more like original - works than transcripts from a foreign tongue. ' They are accompanied, more ove:, by judicious. and sometimes elaborate explana tory notes ; with biographiei PrefiXtd, and these biographi es are enlivened - by eautifull enraved portraits. Thus, f or example, in b the firs t of t he four volumes there is a characteristie , antique medallion of Cervantes,._with his --slaShed doublet, his fluted a t, io a ii nt i hy ffd ok sfreiclol,ndhitshesroellisegye seb:da 'el satu n r o n s tieiT h isit t ge he of Michelet,-with . his obli_que head, his prol onge d chin, and his bloodless and - ...v ous lips. .' In'the third is a melancholy representatio n of _that eloquent-blind man and paralytic cripEle, - AnFustin" Thierry, with - biograpb er ` pass i onately exclaims—" -the noblest blind faee that 'can be con ceived!" In the fourth is a picture which we take to be a very uncomplimentary likeness of Count Alfred de'Vigny, with a capacious forehead, hilt: by :no means a "noble and melancholy" countenance, such as he is described as possessing. From the Celetii•ated " Geschichte des netieren Poesie - und Beremsamyrit " of Bouterwek, the translator (ThOmasina 'Ross) has selected the portion descriptive of the ":11istory,of Spanish Literature," with an incidental preliminary mention of theauthor, Frederick Bouterwek, who was born on the 15th of April, 1766 . , and died on the 9th 'of Anguat, 1828. The work is an invaluable summary of the progress and development of a vgry fruitful and very glorious lit er at ure Mieh e let'l " History of the Roman Republic," as it is among his earliest productions, so it is among hishest—before his imagi nation had become deranged and his judgment dis torted. Of the magnificent " History of the Norman Conquest of England," by Thierry—noble, wonder ful, unfortunate Augustin Thierry !—what shall be said ? No praise could, scarcely be' excessive. the work has been placed among the phenomena of historical compositions by . the _ acclamation not merely of France bat of Europe and of the world. May the applause . from so many countries in honour of Thierry carry consolation to him in the depths of his hodily woe! may the light of his fame which is now burning brightly, and cannot be eitin- 5 y.. - ..,1,,y 1., LA 6 w 414 i+te v.,x,w QC LAW. , vt..2.11ii 2auggßge, pensate hiagreat'heitit - 16r -the . dark/lei - S . of his Solemn eyes ! Those who can sympathise with genius in calaMity will assuredly be fain to weep over the subjoined description of the great French historian as he , now , lives, and breathes, and suffers in the valley of Montmorency. The biographer describes his making a pilgrimage to the cottage - of Thierry for the purpose of seeing that sublime spectacle, " a great soul struggling with physical pain." He arrives there, with some friends; they are seated together in the parlour with the historian's wife, and nis brother M. Amedee Thierry, "in whose melan choly countenance we may read the depre,sion of his fraternal heart." The writer cannot join in the con versation : he is impatient for the advent of the illus trious man he had come to see : " At length I heard the soundof approaching steps; a door cn my right opened, and a domestic appeared, car rying on his back a man, blind, paralyzed, incapable of movement. We all arose :my heart was penetrated with emotion, of a being so powerful in intellect, so dowerless in body; the domestic in his every motion exhibited a respectful solicitude that sensibly affected ;ne; he seemed thoroughly to appreciate the value of him le bore. He bent gently towards an arm chair, in which he deposited his charge, enveloping the lower part of the motionless frame with a wrapper. This done, in an in stant the scene changed, and I at once recalled a Jassage in the Essai sur la literature des Anglaise, vhere M. de Chateaubriand describes the visit of A contemporary to Milton. " The author of Paradise Lost,' attired in a black doublet, reclined n an arm-chair ; his head was uncovered, his silver hair ell urn his shoulders, and his fine dark eyes shone flight in their blindness upon his pallid face.' It was !;he same head, with the exception of the white hair, that I now saw before me ; the same face, more youthful and vigorous, the noblest blind face that can be conceived rhe head was firmly set upon broad shoulders ; glossy 'lair, of the deepest black, carefully parted over an ex pansive forehead, fell in curls bride each temple ; be neath their arched brows opened the dark eyes ; but for the vagueness of their direction, I should have imagined 'hem animated with sight ; the nose was of the purest . , Greek form ; the mouth, with lips fine, delicate, and ex pressive, seemed endowed with all the sensibility of which the eyes had been deprived ; the finely turned chin had a slight dimple at its extremity ; there was in the contour of the face, and in the general expression of the physiognomy, a remarkable corn bination of energy, subtleness, and sedate tranquillity; the tones of his voice were clear, well poised, and distinct, tho ug h, f rom hi s feeble health, not sonorous; his bearing was, in the highest degree, elegant; the lower portion of the frame, as I have said, was paralyzed, but the movement of the bust and of the arms was free; the hands, of which only the forefinger and thumb appeared capable of action, were gloved. " then the name of the lady who had introducecks was announced to him, the handsome blind man smiled, and like the smile of Chactus in Rene, " that smile of the mouth. unaccompanied by the smile of the eyes, par took of the mysterious and of the celestial." The lady approached him, and Thierry kissed, with a chivalrous air, the fair hand placed in his own. "Conversation once fairly begun, that fine bead seemed as it were radiant in the light of the intellect still finer within. I have been in the company of many persons who have the reputation of good talkers, and who do talk admirably, but I have perhaps never heard any thing comparable with the colloquial language If M. Augustin Thierry, in facility, perspicuity, elegance. It is, doubtless, the habit of dictation, that has given so much of style to his conversa tion; but whatever the cause, it may indeed be said of him, that without any effort, without any affectation whatever, he really 'speaks like a book.' " One of oar party, M. Amr4re, was preparing to de part for the East; he had no sooner mentioned the cir cumstance, than M. Augustin Thierry discoursed to us of the East, in what, for thought and language, was an absolute poem; this blind man knows everything, recol lects everything; that which he has not seen with the yes of the body, he has seen with the eyes of the spirit. Like Milton, he is acquainted with nearly all the Euro pean languages. One of his friend s t o ld me, that he has sometimes hard him iu the evening, seated in his gar den, beneath the pale ray of the setting SUR, singing, with his feeble voice, a love song in modern Greek; and at such moments, added my informant, he seemed to me finer than Homer, or than the unknown Klepht, who, himself, perhaps also blind, had composed the verses he was reciting. " Throughout the conversation, to which I was a sil en t and attentive li s t ener , I could detect in M. Augustin Thierry not the slightest trace of selfishness, and the least self-reference ; on the contrary, on the contrary, ::e who had been so cruelly tried by fate, spoke of the sufferings and infirmities of others with the most un affected and touching commiseration. And thus, from 'lay to day, does this martyr to science intrepidly pursue the task he has imposed upon himself ; at times only, when his pains are most racking, he is heard to murmer : Oh, that I were only blind Except in such moments of depression, which are short and far between, and discernable only by his m os t i n ti ma t e assoc iates, M. Au gustin Tbierry seems more a stranger to his own_ con dition than are those who .urrounda m n d e I li s s e r se e un n e t ecs o h of im the science, history, poetry, anecdotes , re youth—he applies to these and all othern b ? jts same r elegant,efl reflected on nobleoisl i ps dt . ctio A n t ; every shade times, when an idea of a more peculiar grave and lofty cha racter arises in his mind, you can discern a movernont in the muscles of the eye ; those blind eyes, the dark pupil of which stands out in bold relief from the corners, open wide ; the thought within seems essaying to make its way through the opacity of the ball, and, after vain efforts to effect this, returns within, descends t o the lips, which receiving it, give it forth, not only 5n lan guage, but with the expression of the look ; trout time to time, the blind man passes his poor weak har,d over those, in every.sense, so speaking lips, as if cherishing the precious organ, enriched for him with all the, facili ties-tfieOlie oThernrgans have lost. The two hours we spent with him seemed not a moment." Alfred de Vigriy's historical romance is ,tot) well known, and too generally appreciated, to require any detailed expressions of approbation. The .4'n.ropean Librizi-y will be a treasury of knowledge and enter tainment. LEICESTER TRAnR.—We have no Alteration to re prices of u ca tti n m tio n o t n he th h e igh - the' b p e c i r n r z . rrlLlv4.rve and' t l 6e ar e t ii of in _an xe v e m ri o its re e f o o f rAi h g e ß ae o ni rcl a L n .r d s d r k ti e c t e in s g t r h e e n . i a . 11 r f m anufacturers. It being holiday week, the i) — 1 , :mills are closed, and some of them are not expected to resume c ic o r rn li c 'e on h t o in ni e e e, m ie u working at full time. Wools : and 3'arria are but 'little,, affected, and it is thought no 'ilia take. lace in them. The numb tartar. alteration. will employment is very grPat.—/ • number of workmen out of MANCHE&I'Eft .elcestershire' Mercury. . , FR IDAY , . 11 the holidays haveAY 28.—Since Tue.! day, put almost an entire stop to buSiness; but we understand that the few sales Etta& have a ppea red to indicate a rather better feeling in the:market than has been experienced f Guardian. - or some time previously-.—Manche ster Trade operations have been nearly suspended this week, partly, no doubt, in consequence of the holidays; though we fear had not these occurred, very little busi ness would have been transacted. Our prospects Tip pear a little more cluering; provisions are giving wajr in price, the weather is very propitious, anti there :TN ars every probability of a good harvest. We hope, [hurt fore, shortly to see indications of improvement.—A o f. tingham Review. REPRESENTATION or LEEDS.—The Liberal el ec tors of Leeds are still in correspondence with Joseph Sturge, Esq , who has taken time to deliberate on the proposal made to him. The hope is entertained, tilt ,t in about a week Mr. Sturge may visit the town for the:pur pose of addressing the inhabitants.— Leeds Mercury. REMARKABLE CIRCIMISTANC E.—As the children of a gentleman residing in Larne were playing along the beau h near that town their attention was attracted to the neck of a bottle projecting out of the sand; and, upon its being in t corked, a document was found inside, of which the following is a verbatim 'copy :—" September 1, 1843.—1, Willian Carson, was born in a small fishing village in Coynwall.. When" a I Went to sea. contrary to the wishes of my r t arents. Whilst making Otaheite, we ran upon a coral rest The boats were staved, and I alone escaped to land. - Let those who find this short account try, (or God's sake, to 'tree a potax Wretch who has now been in banishment three years,'. „ Cornwall Gazette. ,: nex 4 New, thisa purgh %ow. No. , and