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The Company will undertake the forwarding of Goods ad dressed to their care, but to secure Fre4ht%ge early application is necessary. No Parcels will be received except through the Office. Znstel f o r Freight, Passage, or further information, apply D at CHRISTOPHER CLAXTON, Managing i- LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1840. PRICE sd. No. 14,938. rector. London T. M. Ward, Great Western Railway-Office, Bank. Liverpool ..,Gibbs, Bright, and Co., North John-street. W. R. Goddard, Hull and East Riding Times Of- RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—The present principle of construction in Railways and Steam Car riages reversed by Rangeley's Patent ROTATORY RAIL WAY, in which the following advantages are obtained :—Ex pedition, safety, great economy, the passing along ascents ,nd descents, so that tunnelling is avoided. TWO WORKING MODELS may be seen, the one working in a straight line, the other in a circle. A ♦ariety of the most novel and inge nious Inventions and Works of Art of the First Class, to the number of 1200 including 120 Fine DAGUERREOTYPES, HALL'S PATENT WATER ELEVATOR, COINING PIIESS, MICROSCOPE, CHROMATIC FIRE CLOUD, DIVING BELL, DIVER, and various EXPERIMENTS. A DAILY LECTURE by the Chemist, Mr. MAUGHAM. Open from Ten o'Clock—Admission One Shilling. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, 309, REGENT-STREET. GREAT REDUCTION IN INSURANCE ON FARM- ING STOCK. THE FARMERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE, LOAN, and ANNUITY INSTITUTION. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Offices, No. 23, Norfolk-street, Strand. Capital 500,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 101. each. Deposit 1/. per Share. HONORARY DIRECTORS. PRESENT STATE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE DRAMA. be sent into the provinces for a consideration. Per sons are also recommended to London theatres, and we know how. Such is the system. We do not blame the men, who feel the stern necessity of eating. These, and the many other evils we have no space to enumerate, can only be cured by degrees. The first step must be an enactment, legalising the minor theatres, and restraining to their proper and intended purpose the singing-rooms. And now to conclude this catalogue of complaints by what is doing in the metropolis. Webster has got rid of Kean and Power, and has brought out a new low comedian, a gentleman to whom we have repeatedly called attention. Mr. David Rees is the son of the facetious Tom Rees, the actor and The style of the debutante is unctuous in the extreme. His Crack is the best since Munden's ; but we must see him in some character in genuine comedy, ere we give a decided opinion as to his merits. Madame Vestris has pruned her company, and got rid of many who were quite out of their depth at Co vent-garden. The Strand is open, and that is all we can say. The Victoria, Queen's Pavilion, and Garrick, are scarcely paying their expenses. Astley's and Sadler's Wells.are doing little, and but little better. HIGH RENTS BY MEANS OF CHEAP CORN. fee. Glasgow ....H. B. Webb, Glassford• street. Paris ......... Andelle and Sonlas, Rue Hautville, No. 5. H avre-de -Grace, William Davidson. N.B. Dogs not allovted on board. Bristol, Aug. 10, 1840. [We copy the following melancholy picture from the Sunday Times. There is too much truth in some of the statements, and too much acrimony in others ; and we have, therefore, omitted certain portions in the original article.] " When things are at the worst"—the proverb is somewhat musty. " The present state "of the drama is dreary indeed ; Drury. having been closed nearly the whole of the present season, is let for the ensuing one, but whether for dramatic purposes, is unknown. The patent under which that theatre exists, has been re peatedly violated. In fact, we state it as a known fact, that all the theatres in England have forfeited their patents or licenses long since. Killegrew's patent di rects not only the licensing of new plays, but that " no old or revived play" shall be produced, until examined by the licenser. Macbeth, Hamlet, Merchant of Venice, and a hundred others, have never been so examined. In George the Third's patent to Drury, his Majesty is made to say, " It being our royal will and pleasure, that for the future our theatre may be instrumental to the pro motion of virtue, and instructive to human life." Virtue has been promoted by the saloons, humanity instructed by the beasts of the forest. Covent-garden, Drury lane, and the Haymarket are licensed " to present all such theatrical performances as have heretofore, or that shall hereafter be permitted or allowed." On that part of the coast of the Mediterranean formerly subject to the Genoese Republic, very little corn, and no meat, was ever produced : on the other side of the Apennines, in Piedmont, there are districts which produce scarce anything but corn and cattle ; and part of the produce of those districts is consumed in the Genoese territory. Yet the rent of land, on the mountainous coast of the Gulph of Genoa, was a few years back, and probably still is, considerably higher than in those very fertile districts of Piedmont, from which the Genoese derive part of their food. This difference of rent is easily explained. In Piedmont, there was no competition for the use of land, except in producing corn and meat. The soil of Genoa being unsuited to the production of corn and meat, the Genoese turned their industry into the channels of manu factures and commerce, whereby they were enabled toob tain corn and meat from foreign soils. Obtaining corn and meat with an outlay of capital, much less than would have been required to raise the same produce on their own territory, they created, by the increase of wealth and population, a demand for productions which were easily raised on their own soil, such as garden vege tables, fruit, olive oil, silk, and wine. Thus land, which, if it had been used for growing corn or feed ing cattle, would, at least, have returned a produce not more than sufficient to replace capital with profit, and for which, therefore, no rent could have been paid, now yielded a rent equal to the difference between the value of the produce and the cost of production. In this case, land which was sterile for one purpose, became fertile for another. Then, as by means of importing corn and meat, the wealth and population of the State increased, roads were carried into narrow valley's which before had been shut against competition, and thus the land of those valleys, which before had been worth nothing, came to be valuable, and to yield rent accordingly. Lastly, with the further increase of wealth and population, owing entirely to the continued cheapness of corn and meat, there occurred an extensive demand for the use of land in many ways besides cultivation. The inhabitants of Genoa the Mag nificent (magnificent because without Corn-laws) re quired, besides houses, warehouses, and other buildings within the city walls, country villas, pleasure gardens, and ornamented grounds. For these, the staff of life bein g cheap, they could well afford to p a y, with ou t re gard profit. Thus much land acquired a value far exceeding the difference between the value and the cost of things raised for sale. What had occurred near the city of Genoa, took place, more or less, at other places on the coast, where there are such towns as Spezia, Noli, Voltri, and Savona, and where some land, sterile for producing corn or meat, came to yield a rent for the use of it in producing other things ; while some land, neither more nor less fertile for any purpose of cultivation, yielded much higher than was ever paid for the most fertile land used in producing commodities for market. The original cause of all, or nearly all, the rent paid in the Genoese territory, was the importation of corn and meat, which produced all the higher degrees of conope • tition for the use of land on spots where, unless the staff of life had been imported from foreign soils, the lowest degree of competition could hardly have existed. —litakeficld's Popular Politics. His Grace the Duke of Rutland, a Trustee of the Royal Agri cultural Society of England. The Right Hon. the Earl of Stradbroke, a Governor of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. The Right Hon. the Earl of Coventry. The Right Hon. Earl Ducie, Vice-President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England The Right Hon. the Earl of Stair. Lord Rayleigh, a Governor of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. And thirty-two other Members of Parliament and Gentlemen. In order to carry out effectually the objects of the Legisla ture, in repealing the Duty on the Insurance of Farming Stock, and to induce Farmers generally to Insure, a charge of only Is. 3d. per cent. with the average clause, and Is. 9d. without the average clause, is made. COMMON INSURANCE.—Private Houses and Shops, not hazardous, ls. 6d. per cent. • Hazardous, 2s. 6d. per cent. —Doubly hazardous, subject to special agreement.—Fire In surances may be effected for a longer term than one year, at Reduced Rates, by payment in advance.—The Premiums for Insurance of Lives are upon an eqaally moderate scale of charge. Proposals for Insurances may be forwarded to the Agents in their respective Districts, or to the Office in London. W. SHAW, Managing Director. EW SETTLEMENT OF ATRALIN Vader the WESTER N AUSTRAL D. lAN COMPANY. DIRECTORS. CMAIRMAN—WILLIAM HUTT, Esq., AI. P. DEPUTY. CHA I RMA N—JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq. T. H. Brooking, Esq. I Jacob Montcaore, Esq. Henrj Buckle, Esq. Geo. R. Smith, Esq., M.P. Charl es E n d er b y , E sq . C a pt. M. H. S wen y, R.N. James Irving, Esq. I E. Gibbon Wakefield, Esq. SECRETARY—Thomas John Buckton, Esq. CHIEF COMMISSIONER IN AI;ST R (LIA—M. Waller Clifton, Esq., F. R. S. lI XDIIIAL OFFICER IN THE COLONY—Anthony French Car penter, Esq.. M.D. BANKER 3 MSmith Payne, and Smiths. Messrs. Wright Ind Co. STANDING COUNSEL—Francis M'Donnell, Esq. Soumons—Messrs. Few, Hamilton, and Few. 1 . The Company are now disposing of allotments of Rxral and "a Land in their new Settlement of Australind, terms and tticulars of which may be obtained on application at the raPany's House, No. 6, Adelphi Terrace, London. The INFANT SAPPHO To-Moituow Evrimic, WED xEsnax-, Aug. 19, and for a limited number of alternate Even ings, in a MUSICAL MELANGE, with Microscope, Quarter before Eight. Admission—Gallery, Is. ; Body of Theatre, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 3s. SALES BY AUCTION. FREEHOLDS at LIVERPOOL and in the COUNTY of CHESTER. Yr° BE PEREMPTORILYPOLD, Ipur suant to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHAN CERY, made in a Cause of THOMPSON v. HARRIS, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Mas ters of the said Court, in Lots, The Adelphi is undergoing a thorough repair, and Yates means to attempt (may he achieve) wonders. Mrs. Yates is, we rejoice to hear, convalescent. Keeley, it is said, joins the company, and H. Hall. The Olympic re-opens under Mr. Butler's manage ment. The Oxford-street Theatre is talked of, so is Miss Kelly's. Of Braham's we hear nothing. New plays issue frequently from the press, but, save one by Serle, announced at the Haymarket, we hear of none at the theatres. Bennett, Serle, and Elton occa sionally lecture—might it not be worth the while of some or one of them to give ptiblic readings of some of the plays that have gained attention in the closet, though withheld from the stage ? The author of the Provost of Bruges—Hunt, Heraud, Wade, Horne, and others, have, we believe, printed and MS. plays unacted. Even by this means the embers of dramatic taste might be re kindled. What say ye, signiors ? * I. e.—J. and C. Kemble, G. F. Cooke Young, Lewis, Mundeu, Emery, Liston, Blanchard, Incledon, Fawcett, Jones, Simmons, Brunton, Grimaldi, Bologna, Norman, &c. ; Mrs. Siddons, Mrs. C. Kemble, Mrs. H. Johnston, Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. Davenport, Fcc. York was the school of Mrs. Siddons and of John Kemble. Elliston passed a portion of his early life there. Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Mountain, Suett, Emery, Fawcett, Mathews, Knight, Wrench, Melvin, J. Russell, all came to London from this circuit. Alas I there are no Tate Wilkinsons now. The Canterbury circuit (Mrs. Baker's) gave us Dowton ; Bath fostered Mrs. Siddons and Ellis ton; Dublin, Jones, and Farren. _ . ,N[IDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY. The Public are respeetfully informed that NIGHT ~AIL TRAINS will commence running on Monday next, `‘, 17th i ns tant, between London, Leicester, Loughborough, ...7 . ottiagham, Derby, Sheffield, Leds, and York. * HOURS OF DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL. DOWN TRAINS. Leave London at 9 0 F.M. Arrive at Leicester " Loughborough 220 " " Nottingham " Derby " Sheffield • " Leeds 7 8 " York 7 42 " UP TRAINS. CERTAIN FREEHOLD PIECES, er PARCELS of LAND and' COTTAGES, situate in the Town and Parish of Liverpool, and Township of Tranmere, in the Parish of Be bington, in the County of Chester, late the property:of Richard Perrey, of Holt Hill, Gentleman, deceased. The Property in Thomas-street, Liverpool, will he sold at the Clarendon Rooms, in South John-street, Liverpool, on THURSDAY, the 10th day of September, 1840, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon precisely; and the Property in Tranmere, at the Waterloo Hotel, Birkenhead, in the County of Chester, on FRIDAY, the 11th day of September, 1840, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon. Particulars may be had (gratis) at the said Master's Cham bers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane ; of Mr. John Williams, Solicitor, 1, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn, London; of Mr. Richard Perkins, Solicitor, 15, Gray's-inn-square, Lon don ; of Mr. Walker, Solicitor, Liverpool; and of Mr. W. W. Perrey, Solicitor, Holt Hill, near Liverpool ; at the place of Sale ; and at the principal Inns in the neighbourhood. Datod August 15, 1840. FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS.—Any amount to the above sum ready to be deposited with the Bankers of any influential individual possessing sufficient interest to forward the views of a gentleman of unexceptionable connec tions, age 27. and lately retired from the service. SUPERIOR EMPLOYMENT at HOME, or in a HEALTHY COUN TRY ABROAD, more an object than emolument. No mer cantile house or measures in embryo will be attended to. All Communications will be considered confidential. The English Opera.—" To represent English operas, ballets of action, and musical entertainments." The Olympic.—" The entertainments of music, dancing, burlettas, spectacle, pantomime, horseman ship." The Adelphi, St. James's, and Strand.—" Burlettas, music, dancing, spectacle, and pantomime." [The four last-named theatres insert in all the pieces sent to the licenser a certain number of songs or cho ruses in each act, to form what is termed burletta ; these songs and choruses not being intended to Ile sung at all, of which the licenser is well aware.] All the other metropolitan theatres are licensed for music and dancing only—in common with Bagnigge Wells, the Grecian and Albert Saloons, White Con duit House, and nearly a hundred public houses. The English Opera House has played farces with out music, so has the Olympic, Adelphi, Strand, and St. James's, thereby incurring the forfeiture of their licenses. Address (pre-paid) with the utmost consistent information to H. C. 8., care of Mr. W. Eldershaw, Stationer, 15, Adam street West, Bryanston-square. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in the causes of SIL LICK against BOOTH, and SILLICK against CORBITT, the Creditors of RICHARD CORBITT, late of Gateshead, in the county of Durham, Rope and Twine Manufacturer, who died in the month of January, 1829, are, on or before the 21 doy ofpovernber next, to come in and prove their debts before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Lon don ; or in default thereof they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the soid Decree. __ _ Leave York 6 0 P.M. CI Leeds di Sheffield CI Derby .., Nottingham 10 39 " g 4 Loughborough ll 28 " 4, Leice,ter l2 11 A.m. ,„, Arrive at London loci Trains to and from Hull will commence on or before the Fq A tinsant (of which due notice will be given), arriving at 45 at., and departing at 445 r. 3t. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. LEASEHOLD LIME-KILNS, WHARFS:and PREAIISES at TIDEFORD, CORNWALL. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in the cause of EL WORTHY v. BILLING, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the Court, certain LEASEHOLD GRANARIES, Lime-kilns, Wharfs, Fields, Messages, Cottages, and Gardens, situate at TIDE FORD, in the parish of St. Germans in the county of Corn wall, at the head of the river Lynher, on THURSDAY, the 10th of September next, at Two in the Afternoon, at the Elliott Arms Inn, St. Germans. Printed Particulars and Conditions of Sale may be had (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers, Southampton-build ings, Chancery-lane, London ; of Mr. T. Surr, Solicitor, Lombard-street, London ; of Messrs. Adlington, Faulkner, and Follett, Solicitors, Bedford-row, London ; of Messrs. Sole, Solicitors, Aldermanbury, London ; of Mr. George Billin g , Solicitor, Devonport ; of Mr. Edward Sole, Soli citor,Devonport • of Mr. Elworthy, Solicitor, Plymouth ; of Mr. Robert Coad, Auctioneer, Liskeard ; and at the place of Sale.; and the Estate may be viewed, on application, to Mr. Elworthy, solicitor, Plymouth, or to Mr. Coad. Dated the 12th day of August, 1840. Dated this 16th day of August, 1840. SWAIN, STEVENS and Co., Plaintiffs' Solicitors. PUBLICATIONS. Leicester, 11th August, 1840. Now ready, in 2 Vols. Bvo., with numerous Illustrations and a Map, NARRATIVE of a RESIDENCE in CIRCASSIA during the years 1837, 38, and 39. By JAMES STANISLAUS BELL, Esq. Edward Moxon, Dover-street. . . t The declination of the drama is fatally proved by the little interest taken in the sayings and doings of the play ers. Eighteen years since we had the " Theatrical In quisitor," a monthly periodical, price 3s. ; the " Stage," ditto, ls. ; the " Drama," ditto, 6d. ; the " Mirror of the Stage," a weekly sixpenny pamphlet. Now there is no magazine exclusively devoted to the stage. § Another crying evil is, having and not employing a reader. At Covent Garden last season, two or three pieces (which failed) had never been submitted to the reader at all. Shortly will be Published, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, comprising a Description of the Vicinity of AUSTRALIND and Port Leschenault, with Two Maps. By THOMAS JOHN BUCKTON, Esq. Author of " China Trade," &c. &c. _ London : Printed for the Author, by T. Brettell, Rupert street. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AS SURANCE COMPANY, 110 ' 11, Lombard -street, at the Entrance of the Old Post Office, London. DIRECTORS. RO WLAND MITCHELL, Esq., Chairman. , J OHN W. BUCKLE, E sq ., D e p u ty Ch a i r man i,f.ntl Dixon, Esq. I George Lyall, Esq. illianl D. Dowson, Esq. , Stewart Marjorib.uaks, Esq. Franc's Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. SR Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Robert Mitford, Esq. ph Venwick, :Esq. Janes Morris, Esq. Hankey, Jun., Esq. John Shore, Esq. 4 41 :r:10 Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. 444 ouchere, Esq. Lab James Tulloch, Esq. Loch, Esq. A. 'tor AUDITORS. • Roberts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. 1 .,,k1 the Ltrie DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June, exceeding One per Cent. per Annum on the Sums in :rat, en an average of the different Ages; and a second Bonus it nearly similar amount was declared in June, 1536. At each Period the Bonuses allotted to the different Policies averaged rather more thin 28 per Cent. on the amounts of Premiums staid thereon during the preceding seven years. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. ONS. MALLAN and SONS' improved MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM, with permanent 41 /d indestructible White Enamel, not distinguishable from the /littoral Cortex or Enamel of the Teeth, far filling decayed Teeth. Mans. MALLAN and SONS, Surgeon-Dentists, 2, Upper •taton-street, lielgrave-square, Pimlico; 32, Great Russell- Street, Bloomsbury ; and 8, Rue do Castiglioni, Paris, beg to uprise their Patients and the Publie generally, that they have succeeded in effecting the above desirable improvement. In corrodible artificial azd natural Teeth fixed, from one to a nom , Vete set, without wires or ligatures, guaranteed far mastication "td articul a ti on . Loose Teeth securely and effectually fastened. 2 , Ulmer Eaton-street, Belgrave-square; 32, Great Russell ' l oft - 136msbury ; and $, Rue do Castiglioni, Paris. SIGHT AND HEARING. X.1.1, /E L A L L I B AI E I MARLE-STREET, AND -STREET, BANK OF ENGLANDT. 11 ,.., INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE .I,Oi t '9NDUCTOR, effected by the Messrs. S. and B. a 'A . l 'MS OPTICIANS and AURISTStothe ROYAL by II whi LY , 3 9, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, Sttd, thousands of deaf persons have been greatly bene the ea l „ s . the size of a seven-shilling piece, and when fixed into . than h,' lt Y of the ear is soft and easy, and not more perceptible nsp e - p Yin g piece of wool in its place, by which th faintest rect. - a t public assembly is heard with distinctness. And l 417eati'de VISION is brought to nature by use of new y -11..0 SPECTACLE LENSES; immediately they are 0 ,4 1 bef ore weak and imperfect eye-sight, either by day or kost rn e l i ght, eve ry o bj ect b ecom es clear and distinct, and the %f vif in nte parti c l e i s seen w ith great distinctness; by theuse ea both t h e s i g h t an d h ear i ng b eco me much improved. tli e Mess rs . S . and B . SOLO.MONS disclaim all con kerex, -11 With persons of the same name, and the sale of am hein,aPectaeles ; the pernicious use of amber spectacles n 4 , ^ ‘ , " kaulwn to the public, and tke vendor being t he it , he has therefore altered their name, by leaving out Thos e r l:` Amber," and calling them " Patent Spectacles." thos e which h e t erms " P aten t Spectacles" are n• o ther than tit! f,,, 4 `arriber ; the hi s t or y and destructive use of that mato taet(), t S pectacles to imperfect vision is fully and most satis- P,, 0 Y explained by the underm ti entioned scienfic authority: 4‘ th e Diction a ry of Arts and Sciences" of Andrew Ure, " Amb AI. D., F. R S. &c., &c. th e " e r is an indurated vegetable juice, and not produced l awstnfl e of crystallisation, but by the same causes which Ha l e" the mechanical condition of gum. Insects are often by fr . err:bedd e d i n i t. A m b er i s mos t p o w er f u lly e l ec t r i ca l ke tits ic inn—very h o t, t o suc h an e x t en t as to explode into frag- A, i _ ; the workmen, too, are subject to nervous tremors . in apt‘evrists, arms, &c. ; they encounter great danger limo,dg freadful excited electrics ; amber grows with and is ,take fir e , an d i s o f suc h a so ft na t u r e w hen exposed to 4 44 . 1 ;te, that it swells, bubbles up, and will burn away with Th e D, above Dr. Ure's statements are further confirmed by Sir ki %tr i ewster and Pliny, as also by Parks and He!ns, on Che cle,, )• The destructive effects of such a material for specta °Ptiei°4:at, Perfect vision, may be ascertained at any respectable T h Is in London. N ° Messrs. Solomons' newly invented Spectacle Lenses are tior, tonstructed of such a material ; but which are very snpe visi a nd bring back at once dimness of sight and imperfect •t e ,.„h to its original and natural state. These Spectacles, and 11 5 4' 81411 Voice Conductors for deaf persons, are only to be 7 ill at their establishments, 39, Albemarle-street, and 76, King ~....Latn-stlect, Bank. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. ATESSRS. SLOAN and CO., Members of IkEq b „,the Royal C o ll ege o f S urgeons , 4, ARGYLL-PLACE, Ctie, T-STREET, and 28, IRONMONGER-LANE, kt,,„.f'PSIDE, may be consulted from Eight e'Clock in the syoi~until T en a t Ni g ht, on ever y var i e ty and s t a ge of ler ve ,:f s , with th a t d e li cacy an d secres y th e y h ave hith er t o ob ts " The tr ea t men t th e y p ursue w ill n ot subject an y p a tie n t tre: Ofi nernent or hindrance from business. Cases of an ex tect,.°l'4tore they eradicate in eight or ten days, or if slight or ty, yt i In two or three, without the indiscriminate use of mer- Froi l , ,'nd at a mod'erate expense. Generative debility, le tt 'roma, and Strictures of the Urethra, uuhappily se preva lite4tre rested upon these unering principles which have in -4,4 to Messrs. Sloan and Coro large a share of public pa heir a ß r e for nearly thirty year sin London, and which it will be I, et ttire exertion to maintain. e rs, containing au enclosure, will be answered by return e\ t et , o, l:Atients, however distant, will be cerresponded with until tHE ECCENTRIC SNUFF-TAKER. Should trade be dull and times go rough, Oh, give me then a pinch of snuff ; Give me my box a pinch to take, E'en when I'm pleased for pleasure's sake. when fortune's frowns disturb my mind, And friends appear to grow unkind ; Relief I seek within my box, 1 %.„ . Ty syst em i s qu it e or th o d ox . W hen a true friend perchance I meet, I C heerfully his person greet, A hearty " How do you do ?" takes place, lo ! my snuff-box shows its face pulveriforous box supplies A recipe for weakly e y es ; That man must be a silly goose 'Who thoughtlessly condemns its use. If my proboscis could but speak, 'Twould often say—the dose repeat ; Each grateful sneeze an d tittil a ti en Excit es a frequent iteration. Then here's my glass in which I toast, Success to that which I love most ; Reader, I pray don't think me bluff— Mark well the hint!—'ti s GRIMSTONE'S Snuff. Tom W H. H. E., Cooper's Arms, Bristol. ` r • Grimstone,. 39, Broad -street, Bloomsbury. April 27, 1840. J bi ~., A SES OF SIGH T RESTORED ItY GRINISTONE'S SNUFF. • Lachfield, Esq., cured of ophthalmia, Whitehall and a6citiltherhiee,alEHsio.re Tavern, (read his letter attested to G. J. F. R. S., &e. ). G. W. M. Reynolds, Esq., No. IJPper Starnford-•treet, Lnndon, cured of excruciating 1,1 1 • 4 1. in the head, by using the snuff. George Smith, Esq., • 6 , Yo r k- p l ace, Kentish-town ; weakness and dimness of tient cured by its use—Feb. 10, 1840. Mrs. Elizabeth Rob aged 66, 19, Bell-street, Edgware-road, cured of ophthal a and d ea fness-23d March, IPI4O. Mrs. Ann C o l e , age d „'• Sight testored, head -ache nd deafness c No. 7, Skin- Alms-houses, Mile-end— a Jan. 9, 1840 ured, . this celebrated Eye Snuff is manufactured from highly rnruatic herbs. The above is only a part of the many thou and Cures effected by the use of this delightful restorative. It sold in canisters, at ls. 3d., 2s. 4d.,45. 4d., Bs., and 15s. 6d. each', None is genuine that has not the signature of W. Grim -2p", e, and the Queen's Arms, with the Patronage of his late • a J e tY, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and autho- I liad by the Lo, d 3 cf the T:.-a:ury. " Loyal je seraildurant ma vie." 4 SEVENTY-SEVENTH SALE. Cu srom-HousE, Ana. 1840. OR SALE, by Order of the Honourable 1' COMMISSIONERS of her MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon precisely, on WEDNESDAY 26th, THURSDAY 27th, and FRIDAY 28th of August, 1/140, at the COMMERCIAL SALE ROOMS, MINCING-LANE, THE FOLLOWING GOODS FOR HOME CON- SUMPTION :- Musical Boxes, Walking Sticks, Clocks, Metal Beads, Lac quered Ware, Carved Ivory, and Carved Ivory Chess Men, Mineral Teeth, Tapestry, China Crape Sh,awls, Silk Shawls, Blonde Lace, Plain and Figured Silk, Embroidered Cambric Handkerchiefs, Bandana Handkerchiefs, East India Cashmere Shawls, Embroidery, Cotton Blankets, Printed Cottons, Che nille, Corahs,•Natural Teeth, C.tton Canvas, Imitation Precious Stones, Wooden Dolls, Thread Lace, Carpets, Inlaid Cabinets, Carved Wood, Carved Wood Figures, Accordions, East India Matting, Indian Figures, Table Covering, Fancy Goods, Furs, Chip Boxes, Wooden Clocks, Mock Jewellery, Otto o Roses, Perfumery, Musical Instruments, Straw Trim ming, Fancy Baskets, Gold and Silver Watches, Stag liola Tables, BronEe Powder, Plain Silk Velvet, Eau de Cologne, Books, Leather Gloves, Steel Watch Springs, Boots and Shoes, Wearing Apparel, Pictures, Plain and Coloured Prints, Painters' Colours, Fiddle Wood, Prepared Chalk, Machinery, Toys, Cigars, Cheroot!, Tobacco, Snuff, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Empty Casks, Succades, Preserved Ginger, Figs, Ham, Wine, Spirits, Cordials, Timber, Mahogany, Fire wood, Boats, Masts, a Barge called the " Chatham," with Spars, Sails, Bigging, Anchors, Cables, &re. THE FOLLOWING GOODS FOR EXPORTATION:- Wine, Spirits, Oil, Cordials, Coculus Indicus, Plate Glass, Refined Sugar, Chocolate, &q. &c. Also for Exportation or Home Consumption on payment of the duty, SILK INIANUFACTURES. To be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom-house, Thames-street ; London and West India Docks ; and at the Tobacco Ground, Rotherhithe, on Saturday 22d, Monday 24th, and Tuesday 25th August, 1840, from Ten o'Clock in the Morning until Three in the Afternoon, and on the days of sale from Ten in the Morning until Twelve o'clock at Noon. Take notice, that the goods sold in this Sale will not be de ivered until after two clear days of the day they are sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the Office of the Receiver of Fines, on the days of sale, after Eleven o'Clock in the Fore noon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom house, price Is. each. A CAPITAL RESIDENCE in RUSSELL-SQUARE (free of Land Tax), erected, in the best possible manner, by the late Sir James Mansfield. R . ION, BULLOC K .11/ITatthe ~a t i , on 1,1, 1 I E D S ,, E E S LL E. N b E y iT A A U ug C us - t 19, at Twelve for One exactly, The GROUND LEASE of a TOWN MANSION, No. 37, RUSSELL-SQUARE, the north-east corner of Mon tagu-place, held direct from the Duke of Bedford, for an unex pired term of 61 years, at 40 guineas per annum. The build ing is of the best description, the elevation noble, and the in ternal arrangements appropriate and complete. Also, the Ground Lease of Coach-houses and Stabling in North Keppel Mews ; adjacent, held by a separate deed for the like term, at 8/. 15s. per annum. This part is at present let to tenants at will at 40 guineas. Possession of the Mansion may be had instantly. To be viewed till the Sale. Printed particulars may be had at the house in Russell-square; of Messrs. Oddie, Forster, and Lumley, 18, Carey-street; of Mr. Wilson, 6, Southampton street, Bloomsbury-square; at the Mart; and of 3lr. Bullock, Holborn. VALUABLE LONG LEASEHOLD HOUSES and BUILDING-GROUND, near the Turnpike, at HOL LOWAY. R. BULLOCK will SELL by AUC -11211,_ TION, at the Mart, on WzDNEsoAT NEXT, Auguat 19, at Twelve, in Five Lots, _ _ A singularly eligible PROPERTY for investment, held for 88 years, at unusually small ground rents, comprising four gen teel residences of ten rooms each, with adequate offices, gar dens, &c., :Nos. 13, 14, 15, and 16, Cornwall-place, Holloway, in the occupation of Benjamin Boethby, Esq., Rev. William Spencer, Edward Teed, Esq , and Mr. Cleaton, at 1601. per annum, subject to the payment of Si. only. Also a very desir able piece of garden ground, about au acre, with an extensive frontage 'lion the high road in Cornwall-place, presenting a most eligible spot for building detached villas upon. This is also held for 88 years, at 81. ground rent, including the resi dence of Mr. Jones, gardener. The present temporary rent is 431. per annum, chiefly as garden ground. To be viewed, by permission of the tenants, any day pre viously to the sale, between the hours of twelve and four. Par ticulars may be had at 15, also of George Teed, Esq., Solici tor, 40, Chancery-lane; and of Mr. Bullock, Holborn, where plans may be seen. THREE FINE-TONED CABINET and ONE SEMI GRAND PIANOFORTE, Three Harps, a Seraphine, a Regulator and Two other Clocks, Household Furniture, Mite, Linen, Pictures, large-size • Electrical Machine, various Philosophical Instruments, &c. MIL BULLOCK will SELL by AUC TION, at his Rooms, 211, HOLBORN, on Thum- DAY and SATURDAY NEXT, at Twelve each day, by direction of Trustees and Assignees, HOUSEHOLD and PERSONAL EFFECTS, including a ten-feet mahogany library bookcase, an eight-feet wardrobe, rosewood and mahogany chairs, in sets of eight and twelve, sofas, tables, and cheffioneers, carpets, dining-room lamps, two pedestal sideboards, floorcloths ; four-post, French, and tent bedsteads, with beds and bedding ; a clothes press, shower bath, nearly new billiard table (slate bed), wine, guns, books, glass and china, &c. Also the superior fittings up of a grocer's; shop, an Arnott's stove, several expensive new fenders, a drawing-room stove, &c. To be viewed the day prior and mornings of sale, and ca talogues had. N.B. The sales at these spacious Rooms (established 40 years) take place every Thursday and Saturday, and afford to executors, trustees, assignees, and persons changing their resi dences, the most elig;ble means for the disposal of property I similar to the above, the buyers being chiefly respectable pri vete TO HORTICULTURISTS. HORTICULTURISTS aro invited to inspect at that most experienced and extensive Forcer's, Mr. John Wilmot's, of Isleworth, RIPPON and BURTON'S PATENT STOVES (70s. each). The purity of the heat given by these Stoves , it will be seen, can only be equalled by that of the sun. The expense for fuel does not exceed 2d. for 24 hours, during which timo the stoves do not require any at tention whatever. The vines to be seen at Mr. Wilmot'E are more healthy than any ever were . before by the old m e th o d o f heating. The stoves wer e placed in the house on the lath of April, and the grapes :now are being gathered, and may be seen as above any morning from 12, WELLS-STREET, OXI ORD-STREET. INFIRMARY for the CURE of STRIC TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR RHtEA, GLEETS, and all DISEASES of the GENERA TIVE and URINARY ORGANS. Notwithstanding the above Institution is closed, Patients may continue to receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur geon (Mr. Courtenay, 42, Great 11Iarlborough-street , ) by ap plying at his own house instead of the Charity. Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings and from Seven to Nine in the Evenings. Ou 6undays in the Morning, but not in the Evening. Just published, price 65., PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on the PROSTATE GLAND aid its DISEASES; together with Suggestions for an Improved Mode of Treatment, By FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY, _ _ Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Loudon, &c. CONTENTS. Anatomy of the Prostate Gland Stone in the Prostate—Symp- Acute Inflammation of the toms and Treatment Prostate Symptoms and Scrofula of the Prostate Treatment Enlargement of the Prostate Retention of Urine from Acute from a Varicose State of its Inflammation—Treatment Vessels Abscess of the Prostate—Syrup- Cancer of the Prostate. toms and Treatment. CHRONIC ENLARGEMENT of the PROSTATE GLAND in OLD AGE, the Symptoms that indicated its com men,:enaent, and the consequences that ultimately result there from. With concluding Suggestions for their Prevention or Cure. Sold by Onwhyn, Catherine-street, Strand; and all Book sellers, in Town or Country. VAN BUTCHELL ON FISTULA, &c. Fourth Editien. Just published, in Bvo. cloth boards, price is. 6d. enlarged, FACTS and OBSERVATIONS relative to a successful MODE of TREATING PILES, FIS TULA, HEMORRHOIDAL EXCRESCENCES, TU MOURS, and STRICTURES, without CUTTING or CONFINEMENT; illustrated with numerous cases. Being a familiar exposition of the practice of S. J. VAN BUT CHELL, Surgeon Accoucheur. Published by H. Renshaw, No. 356, Strand ; sold also by the Author, at his residence, No. 16, Percy-street, Bedford square. '.Few men connected with the complicated departments of surgery are deserving of more grateful mention than Sir. Van Bu.chell, whose unwearied dedication to the cure of those most painful of all diseases, which this book treats of, has resulted in a continued course of success in cases of the most hopeless and forbidding nature * We find nearly every page re cording sonic astonishing cure in patients whose sufferings had been of many years' duration, and most excruciating in their nature. The warmth of expression with which the gra titude of some of the restored is couched must be truly gratify ing to the feelings, and highly creditable to the skill and judg ment, of Mr. Van Butchell."—Weekly True Sun. Just published, in royal 18mo., cloth, price 3s. ; and sent in Town or Country free, by post, 3s. 6d., MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suf fering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, •r Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases. &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. ?Wished by the Authors, and sold by Balliere, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent-street ; 011ivier, 59, Pall Mall ; S,range, 21, Paternoster-row ; Pattie, 4, Brydges-street, Strand; Machen and Co., 8, D'Olier-street, Dublin ' • Duncan 114, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to be had ofall Booksellers The Work which is now presented to the public is the result of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affec tions, which for some unaccountable reason have been either altogether overlooked, or treated with apathy, and almost in difference, by the a: dinary practitioner. To enter into the details of these affections, to point out their causes, and to mark the terrific consequences, social, moral, and physical, which are sure to follow from indulgence, in certain habits, would be entirely out of place in an advertisement. We have no hesitation, however, in saying thatithere is HO member of society, by whom the book will not be found interesting, whe ther we consider such person to hold the relation of a PA RENT, a PRECEPTOR, or a CLERGYMAN. The PARENT, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, which for want of a careful investigation of its real cause, has been set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing thi: work be astonished to find that in nine tenths of the cases of young persons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary consumption, heart disease, tabes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits, practised by youth much more fre quently than is at all suspected. The PRECEPTOR, also, who holds temporarily, at least the relation and responsibility of a parent, will, by perusing this work, be directed, and very much assisted in investigating and detecting the too often concealed pract'ets so often introduced into schools, whereby the health and ultimately the lives of his pupils are sure to be compromised, unless the evil be checked in proper time. He will here find a clue to guide him through the intricate mazes of this moral labyrinth, and a standard whereby to judge, when delicacy of health should appear to attack any of his young charges, what the real cause of such attack may be, and thus he will be enabled to check the evil in its incipient state. The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character, is at once concentrated the twofold relation of parent and instructor, will here be directed as to the nature of those habits, to which youth is addicted ; he will also be enabled to point out the disastrous consequences which are sure to follow from them, if not relinquished. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their residence,: No. 7, Frith-street, Soho, from Ten till Three, and Five till Eight in the Evening; and Country Patients are re quested to be as niinnto as possible in the detail of their cases, —as to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, ge neral habits of living, and occupation in life of the party ; the communication must be accompanied by the " usual Consulta tion Fee of 1/.," without which no notice whatever can be taken of their application ; and in all cases, the most inviolable secrecy may be relied on. N.B. Seven doors front Soho-square. The Adelphi Theatre is at present undergoing demolition, with a view to its being rebuilt on an enlarged scale, and more commodious form of construction. This has long been wanted, for the Adelphi, although one of the most popular, was the most ill constructed of the metropo litan theatres. The works are going on with great rapi dity, and the contractor has undertaken to get the new house in readine,s for opening the season ,tc the ti.;u4 time, which is about the first week in October. During the present week The Merchant of Venice is advertised at the Victoria, Speed the Plough at Sad ler's Wells, and dramas at every other minor theatre. The Bayswater Albert Saloon advertises the perform ance of the melodrama called The Blind Boy, and the farce of No Song no Supper. Here is a perpetual and open violation of the law nightly occurrinc , in some dozen places. " A law that cannot be enforced should be repealed." The present state of the two national theatres is this: Drury owes about 230,000/., Covent-garden, 256,000/. (the latter from Harris's statement in 1832.) To pay five per cent. on the debts, Drury should let for 11,5001. and Covent-garden for 12,800/. per annum The receipts at Covent-garden theatre were : Season 1810-11, 98,110/, 4s. Bd. ; season 1831-32, 43,318/. 19s. 11d. The average from the rebuilding until 1820, was 86,0001. a year. The average from 1828 till 1834 did not exceed 42,000/. Similar state ments may be made as regards Drury-lane. It has been averred (and statistics prove it) that the public like large theatres. When the great Covent garden Company* went to the Italian_ Opera-house (after the fire of 1808) they played to 3381. houses on the average. When they crossed over to the little Haymarket the receipts fell to 1531. per night! Again in 1828 (the gas explosion) the plays that had at tracted 350/. at Covent-garden, brought only 145/. at the English Opera-house. The same result ensued when the Drury-lane Company went to the Lyceum. Assuming it, therefore, as proven that the public have hitherto liked large houses—we ask why ? Is not the answer obvious, be cause th e y were unt i l very lately de-. barred from seeing either good pieces or good actors at small ones. The success of the Haymarket this and last season settles the question. Get talent, and small theatres will fill. Did the public ever enjoy Liston at Covent-garden as they did at the Haymarket and the Olympic ? Or the great Mathews at the nationals as they did at the Eng lish Opera? Compare the effect produced by Mrs. Yates and Mrs. Keeley at Covent-garden and Drury lane with those they achieved at the Adelphi. The finest points of Vietorine and Smike would have been lost in a 'lOOl. house. The success of the Olympic under Elliston and Vestris also proves that the public do like small theatres when great actors arc to be found in them. The first step towards regenerating the drama would be to allow the minors to play any pieces written ex pressly for theni, and a portion at least of the regular drama, and to keep all the saloons and singing -room s to the very terms of their license—singing and dancing. The theatres could afford to throw them tumbling, rope dancing, and horsemanship into the bargain. If theatricals have declined in the metropolis, the provinces present as fearful a picture. Bath (once the nursery of the stage) has ceased to pay for years. - - - • • The T proprietor of the Liverpool Theatre resigns this season. The York circuit,t now confined to Hull, Leeds, and York, having ceded Sheffield, Doncaster, and Wake field, barely pays its expenses. Manley's circuit has been long in the market. The Norwich manager is forced to close some months in each year. Charles Hill has quitted Brighton abruptly, and that theatre is a common -wealth, alias a common poverty. Mr. H. Bennett manages to make Shrews bury, Coventry, and Worcester pay ; we question if any one else could. Munro does the same at Birmingham, but lost money at Leicester. B ever l ey extracts , w i t h difficulty, a hying from Sund er l an d an d Shi e ld s . Y oung Elliston could do nothing with Leamington and Strat ford-upon-Avon. Barnett does wretchedly in all his towns, save Oxford. Sloman made money at Dover, Ro chester, &c., but by a system to which slave-driving was kindness ; at present those theatres do not pay. Shalders scrambles on at Southampton. Portsmouth, &c., but scarcely lives. Ternan (on the new broom prin ciple) has done tolerably at Newcastle; but every one of the theatres enumerated have been invariably de serted when Batty or Ryan, or other equestrian troops, came in their vicinity. Dissenters arc taught that it is sinful to go to the play, yet they visit equestrian and mountebank displays. In towns where a company of eight gentlemen and six ladies, at salaries not averaging 30s. per week each, cannot exist a month, an eques trian company, involving at least ten times the expense, will remain (making money) for six, seven, or eight weeks. 'This is the present state of dramatic taste in the provinces.t The returns to the authors under Bul wer's Act show that the worst and most trifling pieces are most frequently played, and that the amo unt re ceived from country theatres is decreas in g w eek after week. Putting the case hypothetically, that the minors were protected according to our suggestion, the next reform must be in readers § and stage managers. It is clear that a producing dramatist should not be the reader of a theatre. It is no answer to instance Messrs. Morton, Reynolds, Planche, and Serie, all honour a bl e m en .' They, in common with their predecessors, w ere p l aced in circumstances of suspicion ; they had all pieces of their own to produce—private friends to serve —and must have been more than human if vanity and friend ship did not sometimes warp their judgments. Stage management has degenerated awfully. T o b e enabled to get up a play, it is, we pres ume , essential to understand it ; how many stage managers o f t h e present day do s o , o r attempt to do so, is not for us t o say. The requisit es f or the situation are temper, common sense, educati o n, s ome musical, s ome pictorial cap a bili ty ; an eye for effect, an ear for h a rmony, a knowledg e o f cos tume, and a clear perception of the antthetical wor ki ng of a comp an y, s o as to bring o ne actor's i peculiarities to bear upon another's. When the Macreadys, Keens, Farrens, Powers, and s uch small deer, are on the stage, .. the manager is mum. h is is the n ew system—he abandons the care of the entire play to the d om i nat i on of a single part. The resu lt ma y be nightly seen. Characters are cast not from a consideratio n of the nature of the part itself, but a referen ce to the actor who last played it. On this principle Ed war d Knight (who stood same five feet) was at Drury, in 1816, cast stalwart "Little John" in Robin Hood, b ecause he (Knight) succeeded to the situation of a Vtlh actor, who had formerly personated it. To every trade, save authorship and fly t. :ege• a man serves an apprenticeship , b u t actor .: , lea, age all ready made. Seventy years Aker, . h e since, V preface to his dictionary, acknowled;,,!d that h a j 4 tadelled, his rules from Garrick's speaki;.;.he ~cage, w as t h en the school for p ro nunciation, now it is for the greater part possessed by men who know no language but their own, and very little of that. We could name several per formers, of some standing too, who cannot read at sight, and one who, until within the last seven years, could not read at all. At Covent -garden, fou r years since, a gentleman was engaged for important parts, who, being requested by Macr e adyt to ad vance too far, replied, " Very well, sir, I'll stand a little more backer." It ceases to surprise us that such persons creep into theatres, when it is known that interest, not merit, governs the entree, and that th e system of agency paralyses the provinces. Any young gentleman or lady, equally stage and [lloon-stru c k, may seek Messrs. Kenneth, Turnour, Sims, or Smithson (and ! with no voucher but their own fur their qualification) 11 Rees was an eccentric of the first water. He ap peared at Covent Garden Theatre in May, 1788, as Shift, Smirk, and Mother Cole in the Minor. Afterwards kept taverns. Imitated celebrated public characters, &c. He was horsewhipped by old Astley for imitating him, and at tributing to him this phrase—" This here allegory (alli gator), gemmen, wor found on the banks of the Nile, and when he wor cut open a man in harmour wor found in his intellects, by —." Rees recovered damages for the assault. He has been dead a few years. Just published, 18mo., price 2s. cloth, gilt edges, THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE TURF ; containing a Theory of the Mechanical Powers of the Horse; with Formulw, Rules, and Directions for Application to Practical Use in calculating the Speed of Horses, with re ference to age and weight; and with Suggestions and Expe riments for fixing an average Scale of Weights to be carried by Race-horses of different ages. Whitaker and Co., Ave Maria-lane. TO TOURISTS. Just published, in a neat pocket volume, price 6s. 6d. bound. THE GERMAN SELF-TEACHER ; Or, a New Mode of Radically Studying the German Language. By HENRY MEIDINGER. Author of the " Comparative Dictionary of the Gothic-Teu- Conic Languages." " It purposes to attain its objects by commencing with lists of all the words of similar sound and meaning which are to be found in both languages ; and, as these words are extremely numerous, including the greater part of the modern English, the consequence is, that the student finds himself unexpectedly talking very correct German at the very instant when he is only commencing the study of the language."—Time!. London : Whittaker and Co., and Dulau and Co. SHEEP STEALING. The Magistrates of the Kingston division have been employed during the last fortnight in investigating the circumstances of an extensive and mysterious robbery of sheep, from the farm of Mr. Slimock, at Cobham, Surrey. It appears that on the night of the 9th of July the prosecutor placed 51 sheep in one of his mea dows, and upon going to count them on the morning of the 11th, he discovered that 19 of the primest sheep had been stolen. Information was given to Partridge, the Cobham constable, and to Inspector Dowsett, of the V division of police, and the sheep were traced as far as the Cheam turnpike-gate, and here all trace of them was lost. Further inquiries were then made, and it was ascertained that on the morning of the 10th a man having the appearance of a shepherd drove the sheep to Smithfield-market, and placed them in the hands of a salesman named Roke, with a note purport ing to come from Mr. Maurice Gordon, a farmer at Burwood, requesting him to sell the sheep, and to hand over the amount to his shepherd. Mr. Roke accord ingly sold the sheep for 21s. each, and after deducting the usual commission he raid the balance to the man who brought the sheep, and who was described as the shep herd. Mr. Slimock having ascertained these facts, pro ceeded to the residence of the party who had purchased the sheep, and identified them as the same that had been stolen from his flock. The salesman could not give any very accurate description of the person who had brought the sheep to him for sale, but, in conse quence of information given by him, Partridge, the i Cobham constable, apprehended two men named Hone and Baker, and after undergoing a preliminary examina tion, they were remanded until last Saturday, when a full inquiry toak place, and the above facts appeared in evidence ; but neither Mr. Roke nor any of the drovers who had been employed could dentify either of the prisoners as being the parties who had taken the sheep to Smithfield on the morning after they were stolen. After a full inquiry the Magistrates discharged Hone, and directed that Baker should enter into recognizances to appear at the next examination. Although the place where the robbery was committed is beyond the extended metropolitan police district, the officers of that body have been actively engaged, in conjunction with the local constables, in endeavouring to trace out the parties who have committed this daring and artful robbery, which has thrown the farmers all round the neighbourhood into great alarm for the safety of their property. The harvest accounts from Scotland and Ireland, received this morning, present a very satisfactory agree ment. Oats and barley in Scotland—at least in some parts from which we have heard—have been saved in good condition, both as to quality and amount. The bad weather of the early part and middle of last week had caused some fears in parts of Ireland, but the gloom brought on by the cold and rain bad disappeared before an additional few days of sunshine at the close of the week. UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGIATE REFORIII,-.• An open rupture between the University and the Peel i Tories, on academical questions, is at hand. The Times, which represents the latter section, sounds the tocsin against collegiate abuses, and assails with no very gentle lan guage certain societies who have been foremost in the bigoted defence of abases. Our University readers will recognise strong allusions to Magdalen, Brasenose, and St. John's Colleges, and we rather think to the founda tion of All Souls, of which, if we mistake not, the reli gious Member for Somersetshire (Mr. Acland) was re recently a poor scholar, although the amount of his Par liamentary qualification incapacitated him, strictly speak ing, from holding a collegiate position. We regard the observations of the " 7'hunderer" as one of the signs of the times. We need scarcely add that to our observation retreat and advance, except with the intervention of Par liament, are alike impracticable.—Oxford Chronicle. IMPORTANT WORK ON CIRCASSIA.—WC are requested to state that Mr. Longworth's " Account of his Twelve Months' Residence among the Circassians," in 2 vols. post Bvo., with illustrations, price 21s. bound, is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Mailborough street, and may now be had of all Booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just ready for publication, " A Narrative of the War in Affghanistan, in 1838-9," by Captain Henry Havelock, 13th Light Infantry, Aide-de-Camp to Major. General Sir Willoughby Cotton, Commander of the Ben gal Forces assembled for service in Affghanistan, 2 vols. post Bvo. CYLCIIGRAWN RHYDDID.—Under the above title, anglice " The Liberal Magazine," the lovers of cheap bread are, we understand, about to publish a monthly miscellany, principally devoted to the annihilation of the Corn-laws, but to be diversified with the usual variety that characterises the periodical productions of the present age. Whether the Corn-laws arc or are not injurious to the general interest and the welfare of particular classes, is certainly a subject on which people ought to be informed ; and we trust that the forthcoming work will enlighten the inhabitants of North Wales with respect to the history, the action, and the tendency, of this particular monopoly. —ANTI-CORN LAW LECTURE.-Mr. Walter Griffith de livered an admirable lecture on the evening of Monday last, in exposition of the evils inseparable from the Corn laws. The lecturer was throughout sustained by the sym pathy of a crowded audience, and his discourse left a deep impression on the minds of many who had never before re flected upon the subject. Mr. Griffith's style is decidedly popular.— Carnarven Herald. [Both these pieces of in formation are good signs of a good cause.l WILTON HOUSE.—A brilliant fete was given by the Hon. Sydney Herbert, on Thursday evening, in honour of the approaching marriage of his sister, Lady G. Herbert, to Lord Shelburne. The gardens were splen didly illuminated by variegated lamps, and the spacious orangery and casino, with Holbien's park, were also lighted up. A display of fireworks by artists from town, was given on the opposite bank of the river. The respectable inhabitants were admitted into the park, and a ball and supper concluded the entertainments. It is understood that Madame Vestris will open Ler campaign at Covent-garden Theatre early in the en suing month, when very shortly after operations arc com menced a new five act play, by Sheridan Knowles, will be produced, of which report speaks highly. It was read to the company in the green-rcom, before the separation of the corps dramatique, last season, and the parts assigned to each appeared to give general satisfaction. UNIV ERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, AUG. 15.—The Archbishop of Canterbury has presented the Rev. C. F. Tuffnell, of Christ Church, to the rectory of Elburton, Sussex, in the room of the Rev. J. B. Schomberg, deceased. Lord Wodehouse has presented the Hon. and Rev. Alfred Wodehouse, of Christ Church, to the rectory of Letcham with East Lexham annexed, in the county of Norfolk. This clergyman was ordained a priest on the 26th ult., in the cathedral, Norwich. The funeral of the late Doctor Woodcock took place this day in Christ Church, and was performed in that solemn manner which the cathedral seryice is cal culated to produce. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her sister, the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, passed through this city on Thursday last, in an open carriage, on her way to Nuneham, on a visit to hs Grace the Archbishop of York, attended by Lords Howe, Den bigh, and Sheffield, Lady Sheffield, &c. Her Majesty was escorted by the Oxford Yeomanry Cavalry from Oxford to Nuneham. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALUS.-Y£STEILDAT. Launcelot and Crucifix were the Lions of the afternoon, but with . opposite results, the horse, with a powerful party, having advanced to 2 to 1, while the mare dropped a couple of points; it should be added that 10 to 1 was taken two or three times early in the afternoon, and that at least 2001. was invested at 12 to I, the current, however, was very strong against her, and the parties who laid these odds would willingly have gone on at the same figure. Gibraltar was backed early in the day at 8 to 1, at which we have named him below ; nothing, we believe, was done towards the close. Broadwath had two or three (not over sanguine) friends, but 15 to I was offered against Marobn, and 23 to 1 against Galen without effect. Theon was in favour in two or three quarters, and Viceroy, although five points more were laid to a small sum, cannot be quoted at more than 25 to 1. Christinetta was mentioned, but no pries fixed. Closing odds : ST. LEGF.R. 2 to 1 agst Launcelot—take 9 to 4 8 to 1 agst Gibraltar—taken 12 to 1 agst Crucifix—taken, and afterwards offered 15 to 1 agst liNadwath—taken 15 to 1 agst Maroon 18 to 1 agst Theon—taken, and afterwards offered 25 to 1 agst St. Andrew—taken 25 to 1 agst Galen 25 to 1 agst Viceroy—taken 25 to 1 agst Dr. Caius—taken 40 to 1 agst Young-un DERBY', 1841. 20 to 1 agst Yorkshire Lad—taken, and afterwards offered 25 to 1 agst Margellina colt—taken 30 to 1 agst Escort —taken 50 to 1 agst The Nob—taken 7 to 1 offered agst John Day's lot. The backers of the Margellina colt offered to go on. It is with deep regret that we announce the death, on the :22d ult., of his Eminence Cardinal Her cule Dandini, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation dol Buon Governo, who died at Rome, after a long and pain ful illness. The Cardinal was born at Rome, of noble parents, on the 25th July, 1759. He had filled many im portant offices, and received from Pius VIII., in the Con sistory of the 10th March, 1823, the purple, together with the bishopric of Osima and Cingoli, which he subse quently resigned,— Univers. ELOPEMENT.—Mrs. S. Thompson, who has until a day or two ago, lived with her husband in an ami cable manner, and borne him three children, the youngest only nine months old, has so far forgot her maternal duties as to abscond with a knight of the chisel, who has lately been employed on the North Midland Railway, thus ren dering her helpless children motherless, and her too-con fiding husband miserable.—Leeds Times. A party of the " Metropolitan Press Gang" ar rived here on Saturday last "by express" from head quarters. After taking breath a little while at Dover the party went off by steam to Boulogne, there to rifle the ma gazines of " important news," with the view of appropri ating their contents to public use.—Dover Chronicle. A girl of five years, the daughter of a man named Coree, was attacked and severely bitten in the leg by a large eel, while bathing at Barnahard, near Kilrush, on Saturday last. The child was saved from further injury by a young man who was raising sand near the spot, and who compelled the fish to retire by inflicting on it a severe blow with his shovel. RESPITE OF BENJAMIN GRIFFITHS.—In consequence of the numerous petitions to various persons in authority, for the purpose of obtaining a mitigation of the sentence of this culprit, who was left for execution at the Pembrokeshire Assizes, a respite was received by the High Sheriff yesterday morning, during her Majesty's pleasure, and there is little doubt that the life of the un happy man will be spared.— Welshman. Dr. Higgins, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagb, Ireland, has adopted the Temperance plan of the Rev. Mr. Mathew, and has been recently engaged in ad ministering the pledge throughout his extensive diocese. Prince Metternich had a narrow escape a short time since, while visiting a manufactory which he had established on one of his estates in Bohemia, the boiler of a steam-engine having burst while the Prince was standing near it. Fortunately nobody was injured. The joint complaint laid by M. Naundorfr, the sot-disant Louis XVII. and Duke of Normanby, an d M. Gruau, against the editor of the Capilole, for a libel, came to a hearing yesterday before the Correctional Tribunal. The citation, on being read, appeared to have been issued in the names of " His Royal High nessrnuanu M. Louis C harles, Duke of N ormandy, known under the nam e of Naundorff, and M. Charles Gruau, late Procureu r du Roi at Mans, now res iding in London." Upon this, M. DeCrane, the substitute for the Pro cureur-General, rose, and insisted on a dismissal of the complaint, so far as regarded M. Naunderff, on the g round of his having , in his citation, assumed ' titles to w hich he bad not proved himself to b e entitled. This was opposed by M. Briquet, who urged that the use of those titles had been admitted by the President, M. The ut Debelleyme, in a claim made hisby client up on the Du n laid d allowed u t u h d e u r d ff e - in ; de murrer, rar s d ,s and 'A dismissed ngo uleme. theTe Tr :om but, on the motion of M. pain Jules Fayre, as counsel for M. Gruau, severed the joint complaint, and ordered that a e fte c r ase t:ae he o a f rd th t s h h e ou m ld er b it e s o lap a se r o a r s e r i e g g h a t r w de e d eks AL. G G r a u l a ig u : nani's Messenger. We un lerstand that Madame Persiani is not going to Paris at the close of the Opera season, as has been stated, but that she is engaged, with Signori Ru bini, Nigri, and Puzzi, to take a professional tour in the principal cities of the north and west of England. The following observations on the relative posi tion of the Sultan and the Viceroy are from the first number of a new English Journal, published is Smyrna on the 29th ult., called the MANZA:x SHARK or Oriental Observe?. In a prospectus, modestly yet manfully written, the Editor thus an nounces the main object of his proposed labours : We seek two things, first, the truth ; secondly, the• interests of the empire we inhabit in connexion with those of our own country, " Merry old England." We do not expect to be able to advocate the truth naora ably than our Contemporaries, the French Journals here.. and if either of them were published to English, little would remain for us to do ; still there are oceasidfis oa which a French view of certain questions may be rather different than an English view of the self same object', and whenever we come to handle such matters we shall of course never forget our own nationality, which may be exhibited, we conceive, without giving offence to an one. From the gr ea t i m p or t ance o f the commerce of Britain in the Levant, it was very desirable that vas should have a public organ of our own ; we propose to be- particular in supplying our readers with a stream of sucla intelligence as will be interesting to the merchant end shipowner, as well as to the statesman and politician. This is well and satisfactory so far ; and wishing!, parenthetically, every success to our Oriental Con temporary, we invite attention to his views on the question which now agitates Europe : Enough has already been written on the Egyptian question to fill many ponderous tomes, and so much light has been thrown upon it from all sides, that, but for its vast extent, there would be little room left for the dim glimmering of our small taper. As, however, our Eastern position gives us the advantage of taking nearer view than most others who discuss the merits of the case, it will become our duty to let 118 little as poa - rale relative to the subject escape our sight, and to re cord the result of our closest observation, for the bene fit of our readers. As it is our present intention to show that the position of the Porte and the Paella of Egypt, have, within a very short space of time, changed most essentially, we shall be compelled to remind elli readers that, a few months hack, the universal cry was, " What can the Sultan do ? He has no fleet, no army ; must submit to the best terms he can get." Let tat. therefore, examine how his Highness now stands in point of strength. They who declared so confident() that he had no fleet, judged rather hastily. They migbt as well have said that a father has no children, because they happen to he from home ; or that a man has no money, because at the time his funds happen to be locked up in an iron chest, of which he has unfortu nately lost the key. When Mebmed Ali accepted the fleet from the misguided Ahmet Pacha, retained it is his possession, and organised it as for his own ser vice, he was surely pursuing a very mistaken policy. Had he restored to the Sultan his ships at once, and then appealed to Europe for what he considered a just settlement of his claims, he might not now be " biting the finger of regret." As it is, of what earthly good has the possession of the purloined ships been to him ? Of what injury to the Porte has it been, that she for a time is deprived of them ? Had there been no British nor French fleets is the Mediterranean, to stand between an ambitious vassal and his injured Sove reign, the case might have been different ; but the only thing the Pacha really gained was the necessity of spending a vast deal of money upon the property of hie master, who, on the other hand, has been spared the heavy expense of an arm, of which at the moment he could have made no use. Mehmed Ali will be rejoiced to get rid of the Turkish ships, but, unfortunately for him, he expects in return for them what we should think be will never get, viz. a consiueration. Its retention in Egypt at the present moment cannot possibly be a dis advantage to the Porte, whilst it cannot bat be de cidedly hurtful to the Pacha, who is fast exhaasting his resources. In the meantime, the Porte has not been altogether idle, and, with the boundless means of naval construction in this country, already is the list of ships actually afloat, here, and on the stocks, a very respectable one. On an early occasion we propose to detail it. Let us therefore turc to the subject of the Army, which a twelvemonth age was nearly universally believed to be annihilated. The resources of this country are by no means so reduced in extent as people iu genera! imagine ; and that we have not had for some time past a considerable force under arms, and in a suitable situation, the fault lies at the door of the ex-Seraskier, Halil Pacha, who, when at the head of the Army, it is well known was much more noted for seeking the means of enriching himself than of improving the condition of the troops confided to his care. But we have now at the head of the War Department Moustapha Pacha, who has in a short time done wonders towards replacing the military forces of the State not only on a good footing with respect to numbers, but also as regards position. A short time hack, Mehmed Ali, on several occasions, is said to have menaced to march his victorious troops under Ibrahim, upon Constantinople, and boasted, that be tween Marash and Constantinople, not a soldier would be found to oppose him. Ibrahim, for the time being, lids abundance of employment for his legioo. in Syria, and before he can get things settled down to tranquillity in that country, the Porte will have coll ected ot a covering forc Constantinople, and perhaps ewbich,abla;commanded, will lbefally capable doing something more. Therefore the state of the game between the injured Sovereign and his potent vassal has become very different from what it was. The Porte is no longer at the mercy , of the Pacha, a gr eat portion of whose force and attention must now naturally be dedicated to Syria, where it is not quite certain how he will fare ultimately. The brave mountaineers have our best wishes, and united they may still do much ; bua the terror of Ibrahim's name is a mighty spell, and as the insurgents are imperfectly armed, scantily supplied with ammunition, and indifferently commanded, it is to he feared that tyranny will again triumph over the rising spirit of freedom. Still we are curious to see what the French politicians will say to the unexpected movement in Syria. One of their eminent statesmen on a late oc casion gave as a reason for wishing to deprive the Porte of Syria the fact that Mehmed Ali, the choice of the people, was alone able to govern it ; whilst not only were the people averse to the Ottoman sway, but coutk: not in any way he subjected to it. What will thar statesman's language be now that the Syrians, re , luced to despair by the excessive oppression of the Pacha, have been goaded on to an armed resistance, even under the worst chances of success, whilst they are supplicating to return to the mild maternal away of the Porte ? Altogether, we repeat that the relative positions of the Pacha and the Sultan are no longer what they were, and we look forward with pleasing anticipation to the conse quences of the change that has so happily taken place in favour of justice. A IliooD HINT.—Now, gentlemen of the ro luntary Church Association, " wash you, make you clean," " learn to do well,"—turn with scorn from the presumption of the tails of the locusts ; renounce the blasphemous title of reverend—for of Jehovah only dare I say, "holy and reverend is his name,"--a public renunciation of such a title, which is but a useless blot upon your name, would be a solemn and impressive warning to sovereigns, and all Christians, that a new era had actually arrived ; ist fact,. the. modesty of a public confession of this kind would give a powerful excitement to thoughtful minds, and echo a most deadly knell through all the secret chambers of superstitious fraud, and would astound and horrify even the o lords r s to o t apostasytremble, and ; insh o wh v r s would er cause ali the their schisms bli blind front d fr fo 1 - w the master magic, Romanism, to the creeper selfishness, the very heart's blood and core of all schisms. —From a rare tract, entitled Hints concerning the Scorpion Power of the Locusts and their Tails." FALKIRK AUCUST CATTLE TRYST, AU*. 11. —The stock which appeared on the market ground so-day was in very fine condition, about 15,000, the usual num ber that constitutes our first market. The prices were firm, and no abatement from those which have been the general run of markets during the spring and summer mont h s . Throughout the morning, and until after mid day, the market was nearly a stand still, sellers not yield ing to any abatement, and purchasers, standing aloof es long as possible, had to yield, and sales commenced briskly. Several lots of fine fat bullocks were readily bought. One lot of ten cross-bred short-horned fat ball locks, belonging to Mr. Buchanan, Bridge of Allan, the in the market, 221. were demanded, but were fat b w u e l i l g o n ck e s n They were computed to c h s o . use A , nKotihnerroslsot, at o f i said to weigh 45 Dutch - stones each. Mr. Hardie, Fife shire, sold a lot of fifty three-year-old bullocksat 121. 10s. ; he also sold three fat bullocks and three cows at Itll. to Mr. Thompson, flesher, , Glasgow. Mr. Walker, Preston, sold his nineteen three-year-old queys at 101. 10a. The Highland stots were not so numerous as those of heifers and queys, and sold readily at from 12s. to 15s. a-head higher than queys of the same age. The show of horses was numerous, and has been of late very dull in sales. Several strong young cart horses were sold at from 3.41. to 401.: inferior ones at all prices. Several large lots of Highland ponies appeared ; not much business doing in these, and at prices from 21. 10s. to Si. 10s. IMPORTANT TO COUNTY MAGISTItATEB `runts: THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT. —By the new Act " for better defining the powers of justices within the metropolitan police district" (2 and 4 Victoria, cap 94), which received the Royal assent last week, county Magis trates are debarred from adjudicating at their own houses on any cases that may be brought before them for offences P 3 o ‘ li , c ic e to A ri c a t : c o a r p t s h . e 47 M a e n t o d s 71); t o , - t two justices of the peace h av i ng blice the r e o t 6 h u t e r h t s A c t u c r s t o e p ( o . 2 l ! and a ta n n y jurisdiction within the metropolitan police district, while sitting together publicly in the Court or room uted for holding special or petty sessions of the peace in any - part of the said district, within the limits of their com mission, &c., have all the powers, privileges, and duties' which any one Magistrate of the said Police Courts has while sitting in one,oofr Policetuh until ct i s lo a ud i dri districts t sr C hic o at u ls r be s he ,under be a those ssi g nine assigned two oe ti establishedl shall d A iv e i t s s ion un o ti r l a di n st e r w ict the Police Courts already established, when the police magistrate appointed, while present at such Court, shall act as the sole magistrate thereof.