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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, williotn expense or tor tenure of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in 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 at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. Bonus inl Perma- Sum the , 6 Annual Polic addition nent Re- Assured Age Pre- taken to Sum Bonus in duct on of may bor mium. out if Assured. Cash. Annual row on Premiums. Po.icy. X 5. 41. i £ s d. £ s. d. s. d. 1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 494 6 10 XXs. d. 1838 218 4 899 810 15 13 5 445 0 0 60 '1000 ' 74 3 4 1839 192 110 86 9 313 4 9 395 11 1 1840 143 5 10 66 8 4 9 19 1 346 2 3 I 1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 1842 111 6 8 49 10 0 7 10 4 247 4 5 The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the face, or any of its branches in the country ; or, on application, will e forwarded post free F. FERGUSON C.I3IROUX, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, CORNPIILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na boleti Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received the approbation of a considerable body of the active members and officers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a Branch Office in connexion with those societies a.tid the Operative Classes generally, in which their services might be successfully en gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open communication with the different Societies, with the view of mere effectually disseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus trious classes; and a plan has been proposed with that object. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. Many praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to b ring within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and Money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culations regulating their distribution, having for their object either linniediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. A slight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con struction of these associations or societies is defective; and that in read of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment, Nelda should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar rowly the 'kennel through which a benefit can alone be secured ; and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, their utility is limited. For example, it is not to every individual or to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision in ease of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a pecnniary sacrifice ; while to others such a provision appears more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness is a risk against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state instead things th ere is an effect i ve an d simple remedy ; that is to say, of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more con tingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate benefit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of two dissimilar functions, and by confounding a s ick allowance and an annuity fund in one and the self-same payment , that much of the evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. I Se mechanism can be so perfect fur the management of a sick - n ." a- fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness f the several members composing it. By 'his means a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and to ne but th e rea ll y s i c k are likely to become chargeable upon IL But the serge perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable nrsere a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years, a ' Where results arc to bear oat calculations , money investment being in general beyond the experience of the industr ious cla sses. F or these reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision in sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a Provision for old age : _ Is t. Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently "n! , ected, do not depend on the same calculation. u • Bicause there are a great number who, in order to secure a fb_, larger Provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing ..Probable sickness on themselves. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, v p tt nued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre rensibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of ord li n a contract , that when undertaken on the same principles that arily govern commercial bodies. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when Wired in the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi nish still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en 'l,ger the one f or th e sake of the other. of i mpressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge Fn e discussions passing within the bosom of many of the existing o . a ndlY and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here ero attached, have had several meetings. with a view of proposing ad ?Pting a remedy for those and other evils ; and in this manner give t an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, 4_ Mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding After much diligent search amongst the combinations ingeniously objects(osed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal , irn of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal and — e v ., Plinit Y and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought p ror4 rnPatily for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plan tru e r sa d by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is pro 4hat the author eft at plan has furnished an argument against Pediesi" in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex aiherneY of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the eon , Part of the plan itself, without being fully satisfied that the greZa"nce and safety of Friendly and Benefit Societies will be an o ,_ - secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick ,an , ce from an annuity for old age. rla putation having waited on the directors of the National Loan the„, ‘.he Met in the handSomest manner the overtures made to b i z e ir the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of fiust riou s c onnected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in atittaln a classes in general, resolutions have bees entered into, con ntinaherg t he undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its t exed b , for the prom u lgation of the benefits contained in the an and Ivi i,l:inectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society, With th '', Without interfering with the numerous objects connected Zanio n e v ir i4t t i , tution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their s), t he orki 'Y enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a pptection — 5 Dre,,,, ,n 2 classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to The o , w `: - d ay has adequately secured to them. J: Te. o h li nn 11 1 „ : Z i t . hom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Ha Ancient Order of Foresters. yi - If a al T l n ' D • 5 A ient Order of Foresters. -e C R Ancient Order of Foresters. JoenrY tP . • eph s c „ n .G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph 'gelid. Pro. C S., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Samuel ,`!easi 8.0. F., Order of Old Friends. D.C.R.. Ancient Order of Foresters. Ji airi 1 DEFERRED ANNUITIES. et of P i , e '7 - A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay of 2, 2 „, aso or quarterly payment of 7e., or monthly payments ceiyi May secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re . hi s Annuity, 101. 19s. 2d. ; Cash down, 1071. is. ; or a Policy 'n ms Life, 1371. 17s. .EXarnple.—A person aged 26 next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of GO, an Annuity of 10/., with the other options, by the annual payment of 1/. Cs. 9d.. or a single payment of 221. 17s. 3,1.: or on pa-Mont of 61. 145. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. lid., the same as or age 20. Example.—A person aged 311 next -birthday, by the annual pay ment of 1/. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment Of 2s. 21., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 18/. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1431. 125. ; or a policy on his life 1751. 119. Example.—A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay tient of I/. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment • 2 s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the ago of 65, the option of re ?.."IIIC Annuity, M. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481 . 12s. ; or a p olicy on sos life, 1751. Ils. Exam th AG. A person LIFE ASSURANCE. at the age of 30 next birthday ma y secure e ,„` 'urn of 1001. payable at his death, whenever it m a y ha pp en, and .'"_o Participate in the Annual DivlSioi of Profits , by t he annual pay '"ent of 2/. 9s 3d Exam ,11. • • blo a t e.—A person at the age of 25 next birt hda y , b y the pay -112/°'. 4 s• per month, or Is. per week, mar secure the sum of Wis e 2,* DaYable at his death, whenever it may happen, and like °"are in the anneal profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. S E A POLICIES of Insurance on all classes of SOW. on Marine Risks not exceeding in Amount -n Y single Ship, for , the space of 12 months, from the date of I,oooi issuing the first Policy ; nor 1,500/. the the space of 3 years, from the same date ; nor Under tn. r „, space of 7 years dating from the like period ; granted - D ‘ - ', °l ninon Seal of the (first 'HT OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY, Otte" ",„iPletely registered April 22d, 1847), on application at the t'rery int°,l,t- Helen's-place, London, where Prospectuses containing ________:orrnation can be obtained. 'ERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CORNIIILE, LONDON. DIRECTOMI. JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman. Jam e , GEORGE FIELD, Esq., Deputy Chairman. , •_C• Bell, Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq. e,harl„' sl and, Esq. James G. Murdoch, Esq. , 4 nrew „ r ands Cobb, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. olvile Esq. Henry Pearce, Esq. Geor g , 1 1 1?TirY Cutler, Esq. George Reid, Esq. Thos. N n " b bert, Esq. William It. Robinson, Esq. 2 OUR ,- , ` W nian Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. 31 " ed to - , , `, r,T1 1S or 80 per Cent., of the PROFITS will be as kiln - ' 4)4,l es ever fifth year, and may be applied to Increase the -nred, oRi oan im 3 rnedlate payment in cash, or to the reduction n„. 'nate extinction of future premiums, as shown in the follow ,. 6 "Ainple iTS to POLICIES of 25 TEARS STANDING, entitled to participate in the Bonus declared in 1846. Awe Cash paid on Or PremiAnd an- E Sum Annual Bonus surrender reduced nual re , Insured. Premium. added. of Bonus. to. turn of. £ £ a. d. £ a. d. £ a. d. £ a. d..£ a. d. 15 1000 19 510 451 5 0 174 12 3 8 6 9 20 I 1000 21 15 10 451 5 0 193 12 2 815 0 .... • • 30 , 1000 26 14 2 451 5 0 236 18 7 710 5 ••..•• 40 1000 33 19 2 451 5 0 284 0 6 4 9 8 •- • - 50 1000 45 6 8 451 5 0 :i35 911 .. •... 419 4 60 1000 63 13 4 451 5 0 384 12 5 .•..•• ,36 10 6 inaarauces without participation is profits el Fates, Prospoctuscs, and an explanatory statement of 11 2 , v given by this Company, may be had at tl Above; at the Branch Office, 16, Pall-mall ; or of SAMUEL INI rected at reduced f other advantages Chief Offices as the Agemts. GALL, Actuary. GUILDHALL, 20th MAY, 1847.—The COM MITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will meet At Guildhall on WEDNESDAY, the 26th day of May instan t, at One t, C lock precisely, to receive TENDERS for a LEASE for 21 y ears, B , ° n l Midsummer next, of a HOUSE, No. 6, on the south side of `;,,tarY Axe, near Houndsditch. conditions for letting the said House may be seen by apply ing at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOS. SAUNDERS, Comptroller, ON 111 SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH ♦ND virrrn Tw ,,,, MATURITY. Znst 1, ." -- ''TY-PITE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. 2s. r-lished, T wentieth Thousand in a sealed envelope, price direct -4. / -_ or 1) "t paid, to any address, ' for Is. 6d. In Postage tamps snone the Author's residence. ELF. PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. I,uustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. e i t ii , °l "irY, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, tf;'''"ung their various .. — etures, uses, and functions, and showing e thjuries that are - d- " d in them, by solitary habits, and other L ze " , es. Wi'„ra t. ' ' ° al uce Observations ' on the Treatment of Nervous e b iu „ , _ -_ clc . th, ure , t : li rc a. al and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of By SAMUEL LAIMERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, Met ' , . raber of 9, Bedford-st ree t, B e df o rd-square, London; hie ealated Member of the University o Edinbuh the London Hospital Medical f Society, rg LicenHonorer.% tiate 4.l3,othe caries' Hall, London, &c., &c. and oh CONTENTS Or THE TREATISE. and oh, la 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, Hindrance with its CH p .,;",.g a tions, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— Or A " 2 . On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative gans, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mentala and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action A ~,k . l : 'T. Z. On Solitary Habits; their various chests on the ni--- Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the function ~!1 the Stomach, L ungs, and Brain, and general wea k ness o f il l , -alental Faculties. CIATTIE 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth ! . 4 d Maturity, and th e Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness , _e tai Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAPTERS 5 and 6. Oc . Diso , rdern t i a l - - , ..a2' from indiscriminate Excess, Gounorhcea leo, '.i,rictures, and other Diseases of ..he Urethra. 24 7 1 T a h e e r ttlither of thisksginyZaur OF TILE *WORE. Man, who has evidently had considerable experience of and talented work is a legally quail. It!, t tl r_r ' At l m e e i nt of the various disorders arising frem the follies Lull :4, of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad ut 4 ....p. demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which mus' men, ' 4,2tarY warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal . la, ,; dons may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit fno ap• e uuni V el o i lhe most confidential friend."—Era. Torn R ent It ford-streaerY the Author, and may be had at his residence; else Riehard.3, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, I,es4enhau.s,__Starie. Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 146 And by a l l , ''tet. London; Newton, 16 Ch h t eet, Liverpool At Rome f .00k u „ Church-street, -s r Ave tlii ti„,° r C u o e na rs til . tation daily, rom Nine till Two, and . froir Its - -SUL ; and no o t IL. fo all letters immediately replied to, if containin. 11 117454 v e —.vi cet&C.-9 BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD mO ligKni ' 7 .'''. - •;;;• , : - Eft X, 7 ., ; ~ • , ..' ~...6. 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' - .. ..- * LE I, .4,1 ;• ~ V • 1 4.4 ~c,,, T . i•P ,, , rj:t.•• .... j , l‘ OTT . 0 .3••••>. -14' .. .5 4 -, \' ~.. _.,' , h .----: : 7 ; ~.. ,__..... , r ,, ,11‘ , .. : :: ": 1 ----- \ :...i. l . ,; . v i ri. :ll ;' ‘` :, 1 1 - No. 17,060, LONDON, MONDAY S N 9 WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER TAINMENTS. At the MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE. THIS EVENING, May 24, at Eight o'clock, Mr. WIL SON will give an Entertainment on the SONGS OF SCOTLAND, In which he will sing a Selection of Songs by Burns, Jacobite Songs, and some of the Old Ballads. PART FIRST. —There was a lass, and she was fair—Tho Birks of Abcrfeldy—Tam Glen —Mary Morison—Bide ye yet—My spouse Nancy—Auld Robin Gray. Mr. Wilson will recite the Second Part, or Continuation of " Auld Robin Gray," written by the Authoress, and communicated to Sir Walter Scott. _ PART SECOND.—Wha wadna fecht for Charlie ?—lle's o'er the hills that I loe weel—The women are a' gams wud—Wae's me for Prince Charlie —There are twa bonnie maidens—Tak your auld cloak about ye. Tickets, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes for Six Per sons, 15s. ; for Eight, it. Mr. WILSON will give an Entertainment at Crosby Hall, Tuesday, .‘lay 25: and a Morning Performance on the Songs of Scotland, a' Willis's Rooms, on Friday, June 4, at half-poet two o'clock. 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 ; no 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, in Lothbury ; or at the Branches of the Bank, viz. : —l, St. James's•square ; 213, High Holborn ; 4, Strat ford-place, Oxford-street ; 3, Wellingtou-street, Borough ; and 87, High -street, Whitechapel. By order of the Board, JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, General Manager. PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY. This concern yields its present Proprietors a profit of 20%1. per cent. on the capital employed in it, and being capable of an ex. tensien, without diminution of that per centage of profit, much be yond the scope and means of private enterprise, a Company is in progress of formation to raise a Capital of 500,0001. in 25,0001. Shares of 20/, each. Of these 19,337 have been taken by the present Pro prietors and others, to whom the scheme has been privately commu nicated, 2,000 are at the request of several correspondents, reserved fur future Allotment to the Trade, and the remaining 3,663 are now offered to the Public. Applications to be made to Messrs. Wilson and Harrison, the soli citors of the Company, 1, Copthall-buildings, Throgmorton-street, London, from Whom Prospectuses and every other information may be obtained. WI ITSUN HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES on CHEMISTRY on the Evenings of Mon day, Wednesday, and Friday, at Nine o'clock. LEC TURES on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY daily, by Dr. Bach hoffner ; and on the Evenings of Tuesday and Thursday, on ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, and the Agents employed in its pro duction. Experiments with ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. The WORKING MODELS and MACHINERY ex plained. The varied Optical Effects include, New DISSOLVING VIEWS, the OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, &c. EXPERI MENTS with the DIVING-BELL and DIVER, &c., &c. The Evening MUSIC, under the direction of Dr. Wallis, commences at Seven o'clock. Admission Is. Scheols, half-price. ASCOT RACES. - CHARLES DOTESIO, ROYAL HOTEL, SLOUGH, begs to inform his friends and the public that he still has disengaged some of his best Apartments, and, to prevent disappointment, respectfully begs to be favoured with their earliest commands for Post Horses aad Carriages, and also for Stalls at his Stables. N.B.—A GRAND TABLE D'IIOTE, as on former years on the Cup Day, at Seven P.M. SILVER TEA SERVICES OF NEW PATTERNS. AB. SAVORY and SONS, Working • Silversmiths, 14, Cornkill, Loudon, opposite the Bank, respectfully inform their customers that they have recently finished a few new designs, in accordance with the present improved taste, and that they are sold at reduced prices from those customary in the trade. Uxbridge Pattern. Thalia Pattern. Strong Silver Tea Pot .£lO 18 0 Strong Silver Tea Pot. £l3 0 0 Ditto Sugar Basin.. • • 614 0 Ditto Sugar Basin.... 711 0 Ditto Cream Jug 4lO 6 Ditto Cream Ewer• •. • 5 2 0 Ditto Coffee Pot .• • 14 10 itto Coffee Pot ••• • 16 17 0 Complete. . £36 12 Complete.. A variety of upwards of Fifty Silver Tea and Coffee Services may be seen In the Show-rooms, and on application the illustrated Price Current, containing drawings, with the weights and price of recent designs, will be forwarded to any part of Great Britain, Ireland, India, or the colonies. Drawback on Silver Plate exported ls. 6d. per ounce. BREACH OF PROMISE. How eft do we hear, of a fickle young " blade," Disappointing the hopes of his confident maid ; How many soft letters address'd to fair ribs Have prov'd in the issue, a tissue of ribs ; How many kind sweethearts have shown by their deeds ' That though sweet in their wo rds, the y were sore bitter weeds, And how many a tear has been shed as a token That promise, like pie-crust, was made to be broken. How many have said, when untying the band, " He has taken my heart, but he won't take my hand." But justice steps in, with a menacing carriage, To visit the breaches of Promise of Marriage. But what have those breaches of promise to do With the tailoring warehouse of MOSES? say you. Stay, stay, zealous reader, and don't be afraid, For Frit coming to breaches of promise in trade. When the Public was courted by MOSES and SON, They of er'd their suit as they ought to have done ; The Public, (they said,) was their boast and their pride, And ever since then they've been closely allied. They promni'd as suitors, in all things to suit ; And nought has created the slightest dispute. Their Addresses and Dresses minutely agree, And honour—strict honour—at all times we see. The Public perceiving how matters were plann'd, Have taken E. MOSES and SON by the hand ; And now are their mutual interests wed, And MOSES and SOS have fultill'd all they've said, May the union subsist as it ever has done — May the Public esteem more completely be won By a happy connexion with MOSES and SON ! Observe—This Establishment will be closed on Thursday evening, May 20, at seven o'clock, till Saturday evening at eight o'clock, when business will be resumed till twelve. A new Work, entitled " FASIIIONS FAVOURITE," with a List of Prices, and Directions for Self-Measurement, can be had on application, or forwarded post-free. LIST OF PRICES. MADE TO MIAMI. Cashmere Codrlngton, from .... ••••• • • • • • •• •' '' l6 6 Taglionis, silk collar and cuf f s .. Cambridge Coat, lined throughout • • • ........... • . 2 6 0 1 2 0 .... •••••••••• • • • • • • '• • ••••••••••• Tweed Coats • • • •••• • • • • Sporting Coat 0 16 0 Dress C0at........ • • • • • • • • .• • • • • • 0 1 1 1 3 2 8 6 .. 2 15 Best quality manufactured •. • • ....... . Frock Coat ••• • . nest quality manufactured .• • • Rich pattern Ve5t5.............. • • ...• •• • • •• •• 08 8 Cashmere .or cloth ........ .• ••.• • • 0 8 6 Tweed Trousers Single-milled Doeskin ditto ..... •••• • • • • 1 2 0 Best, or Dress ditto ........ ................ ..... 1 6 0 Boys' Hussar or Tunic Suits .•..• • • • , .... ••••• • • • • • • .. • • 1 5 0 READY MADE. Blouses, from • • ... ... 0 2 6 ••••• •• •••• •• •• •••• •••• • •• Cashmerette Codrington ••• • • ••••• • • • • el 18 6 Cambridge's, Chesterfield Polka's, and all the lamest patterns ... •• . • • Tweed Coat ........ •• .• ...... from 0 8 6 Sporting ditto • • • • ... 0 6 6 Dress Coat ............. ... •••• • • • • ••• • • 1 0 0 Extra Superfino, a superior coat • • •••• ••• • • • •• • 115 0 Frock Coat• • • from 1 4 11 Extra Superfine, a superior coat 2 0 Roll-Collar Vests .... • • • • • • • • • • • • •• •• • • ••" • • ...... •••• • • • • . . 0 2 0 Fancy satins • Cloth, or Cashmere... • • •• • • • • • • ••• • • 04 6 ••• Tweed Trousers. ..... • Fancy Cashmere or Doeskia :• •• • :...••••••• • • • : 10 6 Observe.—Bo ys cAannyd article Hussar purchased,suits •.. ready .. •. made t l O • 48 m 66 e a made, or sure, if not approved of, will beexchanged, or if preferred, the money A ey i r cE returned. E. and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot a , u l d s4 S , ho ss makers, and General Outfitters, for and and 156, 157 Minories, and 82, Ladies and Gentlemen 84c, Caution. - B E 6 . m Al o d se g s ate a , nd :',it s y o . l ongicnoimmaecnto guard the tbile against impostors, but have g l reed thlt the them,untradesman or it's the same concern, has hone for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other bi'leesnehrecsisorotedf being in or out of London; 911 d those who desire genuine and chesp clothing, connected instances, with or enea t. &c., should call at, or send to, Minories and Aldgate, City, London. N o tice. -No business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till 9 =let Saturday, whim businessi a resumed till twelve Obbaike G REAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND). EIGHTH CALL OF 51. PER SHARE, Making 351. called up on each Share. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a resolution passed by the Board of Directors, the PROPRIETORS of SHARES in the Consolidated Capital of this Company are hereby REQUIRED to PAY a CALL of 5/. PER SHARE, 2/. 10s. on or before FRIDAY, the 25th day of June, and 2/. I@s. on cr before MONDAY, the 26th day of July next, to any of the undermentioned Bankers. Accord ing to the provisions of the Acts of Incorporation, Interest at the rate of Four per Cent. per Annum, payable half-yearly, will be Allowed on the amount of Deposits and Calls paid up until the Rail way shall be completed ; but should any Call remain unpaid after the day above-named, Interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum will be Charged thereon ; and " no interest shall accrue to the Proprietor of any Share upon which any Call shall be in arrear in respect of such Share, or any other Share tc be holden by the same Proprietor during the period while such Call shall remain un paid." 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During the recess a variety of alterations, regardless of cost, have been effected, all tending to the comfort and entertainment of the visitor, thus rendering Cremorne without a rival. Its present attrac tions may be thus described :—Grand River-side Entrance ; a splen did new entrance, fronting the river (from designs by Mr. B. Hur witz). modelled after the magnificent portal of the Jardin de Ma bills at Paris, and sunnoented by a figure of Momus, has beenerected, which, each evening, will he brilliantly illuminated with gas, in A style embracing elegance and novelty of design, from which a charming walk, leading to the gardens, has been formed, orna mented with beautiful statuary, and interspersed with fragrant shrubs and exotics. The principal feature in the Gardens is the Grand Pagoda Orchestra, with an immense circular platfori for dancing, capable of enabling 4,000 votaries of Terpsichore to ac complish each figure in the mazy dance. The orchestra will be nightly illuminated with myriads of jets of gas, forming a dazzling scene of enchantment, which will not only charm the eye and fasci nate the senses, but add fresh allurements to this modern fairy land. The trees surrounding this splendid " Salle de Dense" will be illumi nated after the style of the Chateau Rouge, at Paris. with magnificent gas chandeliers, thus creating that desideratum, a Casino d'Ete, con ducted by Laurent's unrivalled band of fifty perfbrmers, assisted by six masters of the ceremonies ; vocal and Instrumental Concert. The lavender bowers and new Chinese walk will likewise present a coup d'oeil the most charming. The theatre has been entirely re-deco• rated, in which will be presented vaudevilles, musical entertain ments, and ballets. Grand Costnoramic View of the city of Mexico, with panoramic and dioramic effects. The largest Achromatic, Ca mera Obscura ever exhibit e d ; a l so electrical, electro-magnetic,; and galvanic experiments ; athletic and other amusements, such as archery, rifle shooting, bowls, swings, maze, gipsies' tent, glass blowing exhibition, weighing-machine, the Cremorne poet, &c. &c. In addition to M. Laurent's band, a powerful Tyrolean Brass Band, conducted by Mr. J. Hill, will perform daily in the afternoon, com mencing at three o'clock. The Tavern Department has been placed under the entire direction of Mr. Charles Daws (late of the Albion), and the refreshments will be of the first quality, and at moderate charges.—Admission, One Shilling. Cremorne can be reached from all parts of Town by Omnibus, 6d.:; by Steam-boat, 2d. 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 observation, for 2s. 6d. in postage stamps, illustrated with numerous Anatomical Coloured Engravings, 31 A N II 0 0 D: The Causes •f Its Premature Decline; with Plain Direc tions for its Perfect Restoration. _ _ . A Medical Essay on 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 ; with 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 nicty be restored, and reach the full period of life allotted to man. The whole illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings on steel, in colour, explain ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the reproduc tive organs in health and disease; NS ith instructions for private cor respondence ,cases, &c. , By J. L. CURTIS and 0., Consulting Surgeon, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. REVIEW OF THE WORE. " C VJTIi •N MANHOOD. ( Strange). Having for many years been the standard work on these diseases, its originality is apparent, and its perusal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the patient." —Naval and Military Gazette. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence ; sold also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill, London ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Man chester; Philip, South Castle-street, Liverpool ; Campbell, 146, Argyle-street, Glasgow ; Robinson, 11, Greenside-street, Edinburgh; and in a sealed envelope by all booksellers. Messrs. 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Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman- _ . . street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c, CONTENTS OF Tlll WORK, Chap. I..—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, 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. 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Alarm is general, and many proprietors in easy circumstances, alarmed for the fate of the store of corn which they have laid in, sell it at a low price in order to rid them selves of what might become a temptation for att ac k. Misery in some localities is so great that it is not an unfrequent occurrence to see bands of wretched people appear at the fires, which unfortunately are but too numerous, in ord er t o de vour the flesh of the beasts which may perish in the flames. The potatoes and peas which have been sown for the next crop have in many cases been torn out of the ground, and it is impossible to contemplate without a shudder what the state of things may be before the next harvest. The manu facturers have been obliged to discharge their workmen, a fact which cannot but tend to increase the general misery: The report that one establihment was about to discharge 1,500 workpeople has caused such alarm to the autho rities, that the president of the province has thought it necessary to repair to the spot, to advise on the measures to be taken." LITERATURE. LOUIX XIV. AND THE COURT OF FRANCE. By Miss Pardoe. 3 Vols. Memoirs and biographies form certainly one of the most interesting species of composition in literature. Every close investigation into the details of any his torical events is only a new affirmation of the oft-veri • fled maxim, "Truth is stranger than fiction," which, if any sceptic should presume to disbelieve, we most sincerely recommend to him the perusal of these me moirs of Louis XIV. We are much mistaken, or they will effect his entire conversion. In the adven tures, intrigues and catastrophes here detailed, he will find the wildest vagaries a poet's imagination ever conceived, or the most marvellous combinations the skill of the vaudevilleiste ever contrived, immeasurely superseded. The authoress tells us in her preface that her aim is not to offer to her readers "an histori cal record of the century of Louis XIV.," but simply to display more fully than has yet been done " the domestic life of the great monarch,' and to pass in review the wits, the beauties, and the poets of his Court." For such a purpose, she adds, perhaps no reign has afforded so many an d suc h r i c h materials. A passion for personal narrative had spread like an epidemic in the Court of France; princesses, war riors, statesmen, courtiers, and beauties, vied with each other in recording not only passing events, but also the individual passions, interests, and prejudices by which they were influenced. She was conse quently possessed of many advantages for the prose cution of her task, which must nevertheless have required much patience and diligence in the research and investigation of its materials, and no little precaution and skilfulness in their classification and combination. That Miss Pardoe was not deficient in the former of these qualifications we have abundant proof in the numerous references and copious annotations to be found on almost every page of almost every volume, while the air of interest which hi sustained throughout the whole work, and the fre quent anecdotes and amusing episodes by which it is interspersed and enlivened are ample evidence that skill and carefulness have not been wanting. A great lack of unity is certainly manifest in these volumes, but this appears to have been unavoidable, when we take into consideration the c h arac t er of the work, which is essentially fragmentary and discursive. In these pages are comprised a brief summary of most of the important public events, and a detailed account of many of the private affairs concerning the French Court during the long reign of Louis XIV., and the latter years of his father, amounting to no less than a century ; pen and ink portraits and brief histories of most of the principal personages who took part in the varied scene ; romantic adventures, court in trigues, political speculations, amusing anecdotes, brief dialogues, &c. &c.—but the enumeration would be endless. From these very varied, and, indeed, heterogeneous materials, it would have been most difficult, if not quite impossible, to construct one har monious whole ; yet, when we come to regard the work as a representation of the shifting phases of a court this chameleon-like character can hardly be regarded as an imperfection. Miss Pardoe com pares the reign of Louis XIV. in the different fea tures which it presents to the historian and to the snore minute chronicler to a kaleidoscope, for, whereas to the former regarding it as a whole, " every evolu tion presents a new phase of harmony and beauty," the latter observing analytically the varied atoms recog nises their utter worthlessness. There is a good deal of truth in this illustration, which is abundantly evidenced in the course of the work. " Distance lends enchantment to the view," which too often vanishes on a nearer inspection ; many a heap of apparently precious ore has been transformed, upon examination, into "drossy mould," many a Grand Monarque has been found on close acquaintance to be a very little man. In looking back upon the events of the past, or in looking up to the transactions of the great, we have been too much accustomed to see in them only the beautiful groupings of the kaleidoscope ; it is, therefore, highly beneficial to have now and then, as in a work like the present, an opportunity of exam ining into details and distinguishing the true gold from the delusive glitter. Of this latter material per haps no nation in any epoch ever displayed a greater superabundance than did the Court of' France, in the Riede of Louis quatorze. All the most costly, magni ficence, and the most refined luxuries which taste and ingenuity could devise, or wealth procure, were not only lavished unsparingly on the "festal scenes of .some Versailles Arcade," but even mingled with the details of a military campaign. "As when they lay before Tourney, and the Grand Monarque was there, With the bravest of his warriors and the fairest of his fair, And the sun that was his symbol and on bis armour shone, Was in splendour and in lustre and in light itself out. , done : And morn and noon and evening and all the livelong night, Came the sound of ceaseless music and the echo of delight." Such brilliant scenes necessarily occupy not a few of the pages of these memoirs ; but they are contrasted with others of a very different character—for exam ple, in one place we are told of a court ball remarka ble for its marvellous display of jewels, where the little Duchess of Burgundy wore on her apron alone jewels of the value of twenty thousand pistoles ; and then in another place we read how Louis, with an impoverished exchequer, was compelled to part with his plate for the expenses of the war. But not only do these volumes thus illustrate the manners of the Court, they also tend to delineate the personal cha racter of the Grand Monarque. In this respect, the want of unity of which we have complained, is to a certain extent redeemed. In the beginning of the first volume, which relates to the years previous to the birth, or during the childhood of Louis, the want of a guiding principle is very manifest ; but when he once appears in his true character en roi, he takes the lead, or rather he becomes the centre of attraction, and all revolves around him naturally enough. Perhaps these volumes may afford us a very tolerable idea of the character of Louis viewed as a whole. From the cradle to the grave his whole career is traced out for our inspection, and although it is im possible to contemplate the doings of his manhood without feelings of the keenest indignation, we can not, neverthelesss, refrain from joining thereto a sen timent of pity—pity for Louis XIV !—when we see how much of his error was occasioned by the neglect ful education of his childhood, and how much it was expiated by the sorrows of his declining years. When we come to analyse his character, if we follow the advice of Pope, we shall find in his "ruling passion " a satisfactory clue to all his conduct ; and that ruling passion, it is hardly necessary to say, was a most profound adoration of himself—the king. The egotism of the man and the pride of the monarch were in him equally powerful and insepar able. For example, though no one had a high e r opinion than himself of the adventitious attractions of the regal station or was more desirous of seeing them duly appreciated by others, yet while exulting in the trappings of the monarch his great ambition was to be loved for himself alone. When, however, as it sometimes happened, he obtained this boon, the pride of the sovereign returned again, and he cast aside the coveted treasures—ay, and trampled on the ed to him ; a n d he, th hearts that loved him best. But w e aree drama not now e disposed lciefret,atinholy toar too,tcriticise f sustained uisntag i n h e i his was conduct—iniats sassigned perfection. Mi ss n Pardoe tells us, that while the ambiti ous po li cy of his mother and her minis ters , led them t o neg l ect h i s ct he was t ru c no t e inapt h w scholar. education in all essential points—he wa s early in structed egotism, made these lessons more imp ress i ve; and, perhaps, these lessons served to develope a n d strengthen the innate pride—their united effects w ere early s o to "act the raps hi s natural pride or g"— an d we suspect mani fested, and characterised the whole seventy-two years of his reign. We may trace them in his early infancy when only five year s ol d , he was brought t o t h e bed side of his dyin . g father. ,, " What is your n ame ?" inquired the King. .Louis XIV.; replied his ex pectantuccesior. The pride that s spared not others, • spared not even h'inself, it enabled him on some occasions to exercise an extraordinary self-control— es for instance, when quite a child, he remained for hours, pretending to be asleep, while whole multi. tudes of the insurgent Parisians passed through his room to assure themselves that he had not secretly departed from the capital, which, in fact, he was in the very act of doing before their entry ; or, again, when at the very close of his life, worn out, enfeebled, and so weak, that it was with great pain that he could rise from his chair, having heard that the foreign Am bassadors had dispatched to their respective courts, news of his approaching dissolution, he at once ordered a grand review, and remained four hours in the saddle, inspecting the troops, in order to afford sufficient proof that he was yet alive. From these and numerous other anecdotes to be found in the present memoirs, a clearer insight may be ob tained into the character of Louie than from a more elaborate commentary of an historian. We are told that Mazarin said of him in his youth, " there is stuff in him to make three kings and an honest man," and to judge from his after conduct, the analysis must have been a tolerably correct one, for certainly the part of the King very much preponderated, quite in NOW EXHIBITING, AT TEE F GYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY, F the most EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION of A.BORI GI NES EVER SEEN in EUROPE, landed in Liverpool by the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler. TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN, and a BABY, of the BOSJESMAN 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 sea, thus adding to the great interest that must be excited by their appearance. From the Liverpool Journal : —" Bosjesmans, or Bush People, from Southern Africa—lnteresting specimens of a most extraordinary race of human beings have been landed in our port; 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 hare travelled to that far distant region. They are natives of the country bordering the Great Orange River, 1,200 or 1.400 miles from Cape Town. They exhibit almost as striking an absence of the intellertual or higher faculties as is 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, and 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 no 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 understand the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler, which recently left Table Bay for Liverpool, had on board an unusual kind of exportation, viz., two males and two females of the genuine Bush man species; they are in charge of a Mr. J. G. It. BLshop, who has been at considerable trouble and expense in procuring them from the interior. They are authentic specimens of this diminutive and ra pidly decreasing tribe of Aborigines, found only in Southern Africa. For particulars of the habits and disposition of the Bosjesmans, see Professor Letchtenstein'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. ASCOT RACES.-GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Notice is hereby given, that on TUESDAY, the Ist of June, and on THURSDAY, the 3d of June, SPECIAL TRAINS will run between Paddington and Slough, for the conve nience of parties attending Ascot Races. Additional booking offices will he opened at Paddington, and in order to prevent as far as pos sible, the inconvenience experienced in endeavouring to procure tickets during the crowded state of the booking offices, the Directors have determined to issue First and Second Class Tickets at the Pad dington Station for any or all of the race days upon any previous evening, the holders of which, upon showing them, will be admitted to the platform through the iron carriage gates, without having to pass through the booking offices. Tickets so taken will not require to be stamped on the return journey, but inertly shown on entering the trains. These tickets can also be obtained on application at the Railway Offices, No. 449, West Strand ; 29, Gresham-street, Ba4ik ; and at Messrs. Tattersal's, Groevenor-place, Hyde Park Corner, on Mom:Lay and the subsequent days. Persons wishing to send carriages or horses to Slough or HAWAII hea d for Ascot Races, must make early application a nod. afterawt llt l b e we r z a i t i e: ie a d y , stations to secure a track or horse-box for that purpose. and il a ni n a d y bil b b e g o i b v l.a n i g ne n r a p t a f t h i e cui ß ars ailw o a f y th O e ft3 T c r e a s '1' 0;1 DAY, the 19th of May. itzs _ _ liy order of the Dlrestors, CHARLES SA.UNDERS, Secretary. Paddington, May 17, 1847. ASCOT RACES.—M r . DYSON , of Windsor, Contractor fur 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 coach from the Slough station to ASCOT and back en the four race days. These Omnibuses will be conveniently placed in the station yard, with the sanction of the Railway Company, ready to start for the course on the arrival of the several trains. They will be conspicuously marked with Mr. 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 each day. The fare will be 10s. for the journey from Slough to Ascot and back. PUBLICATIONS. XEW CHANCERY ORDERS. Just published, in 1 vol., price 12s. 6d., THE PRACTICE of the COURT of CHAN CERY under the ORDERS of MAY, 1845. Edited by JOHN ROGERSON, a Solicitor of the Court. This work contains all the cases decided on the above Orders. N.,s-uars, iam an elaborate Index, Including a Table of the times of procedure. • S. Sweet, I, Chancery-lane, Fleet-street. Just published, In 2 vols. fcp. Svo., price 12s. boards, 7 YOUTHFUL LIFE AND PICTURES OF TRAVEL : being the Autobiography of Madame SCHOPEN HAUER. Translated from the German. 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Yet, accustomed as he was from his very infancy to the langusge of flattery, and the gestures of servility, can we wonder that Louis was impressed with a very intolerable idea of his own importance. The well, turned compliment which Bulwer has put into the mouth of Lauzun—in his drama of "La ValliCere"—when the Marquis of Montespan, speaking against the King has exclaimed, " But if I thought my honour touched, an' it were forty kings"—Louis enters, overhearing the last words, and asks " Well! and what says the Marquis of forty kings ?" The Marquis, embarrassed, hesi tates, but Lauzun hastily and happily rejoins, "He says that forty kings could never make one Louis !" This compliment is only a specimen of the constant language of the courtiers, and the cherished convic tion of the King. Not the least curious chapter in these volumes is entitled "A day in the life of Louis XIV.;" it gives a minute catalogue of the de tailed rules by which the great monarch's actions were ordered—the lilliputian chains of Gulliver, but chains that were voluntarily imposed. That little word makes all the difference ; and, consequently, we find even Louis the Great, who would brook no shadow of restraint or word of opposition, himself a very slave to the most ridiculous regulations. No word but ridiculous can certainly be applied to the details of his morning and evening toilette. For instance, here is a note upon a most important sub ject—and remember we are speaking of the Great Louis—of the King whose domestic and foreign policy, like the military campaigns of Caesar, have been severally exemplified by a brief and emphatic sentence, "L' etat e est moil" and "Il n'y a plus de Pyrenees !" Now it is of this same Louis that we are told " Although the King, without an absolute disregard of etiquette, was at liberty to put on his garters with his own hands, he was not free to take them of at night ; and while it was the admitted pri vilege of the head valet de ehambre to unclasp that of the right leg, an inferior attendant was permitted to unclasp the other." In these miserable details of the toilette there is one piece of information which is very pleasing : while the King was dressing, or being dressed, after the Royal family had approached him, thegrande entrée, a levee took place. To be admitted to this levee was a great privilege, and the greatest pre caution was observed to prevent intrusion ; the name of each person who presented himself at the door was reported to the King, for him to signify his pleasure respecting his admission. Princes and governors marshalls and peers, were alike subjected to this tedious and somewhat humiliating ceremony, from which three individuals alone were exempted ; and these three were Racine, Boileau, and Mansard ; who, on their arrival at the guarded door, simply scratched against the panel, when the huissier threw back the battant, and they stood in the presence of the monarch." The reign of Louis Quatorze was rich in men of genius, and his conduct towards them was, in most cases, worthy of them and of him. "If Corneille had lived in my reign," exclaimed Napoleon, " I would have made him a Prince ! " It is very doubtful whether the title of Prince could have added anything to the real dig nity of Pierre Corneille ; but the exclamation was honourable alike to the illustrious speaker and the illustrious poet. In the same way their unrequested entrance into the chamber of the King could have conferred little honour on Racine or Boileau ; and in the same way, when Louis found Moliere taking his breakfast while performing his duties as court up holsterer, and, in the presence of all his workmen, bade him come and take his seat by his side to finish his repast, such a proceeding, whatever might have been its effect in the eyes of the workmen, cannot exalt the poet in our estimation; yet, in all these in stances, for the sake of the King no less than for the poets, we are gratified to find these things occurred. Towards Racine, indeed, the conduct of Louis was, ultimately, not free from reproach ; but we cannot now further pursue these episodes, we must refer our readers to Miss Pardoe's volumes, where they will find abundant amusement, and no little information. The third volume closes with the death of Louis and the formal announcement from the palace window, " The king is dead ! Long live the king !" We presume that Miss Pardoe will not stop here ; the reign of Louis XV. will form a fitting continuation. The reign of Louis XV., which to a certain extent equalled, if not exceeded, in its glittering gaiety and dissipation the reign of his great-grandfather and predecessor, while over it loomed tokens of the im pending storm, to fall so heavily upon his next suc cessor. Of these tokens even the thoughtless courtiers were sufficiently prescient to be aware. " Apres nous le deluge" was the universal belief, yet the only moral they drew from it was, " Carpe diem P' Their smiles were in no wise saddened, and their excesses in no wise sobered, by these gloomy and too correct forebodings. We are confident that all who, like us, have perused these three volumes of Miss Pardoe, will be, like us, desirous that she will not leave " half told " the history of the French court in the gorgeous time of the old monarchy. The binding, printing, and getting up of these volumes are all excellent ; the beginning and end of almost every chapter is ornamented with an elegant woodcut. Among these are portraits of some of the chief literary characters, or representations of the public buildings, &c., mentioned in the work. Each volume contains a full-length, highly-finished en graving, namely, portraits of Louis XV. of La Vallie,re, and Mme. de Maintenon ; there are besides two half•length engravings of Louis, taken at dif ferent periods of his life. KIRKHOLME PRIORY. 3 Vols. By IlfissLaura Jewry. The second fiction from the pen of one of the most promising novelists of the day, is now submitted to our consideration. We commenced the perusal of " Kirkholme Priory" with all those favourable im pressions which had been given by the " Ransom" fresh in our recollection. 'We reasoned by anticipa tion, that because the "Ransom" was a beautiful hook, "Kirkholme Priory" would inevitably be so likewise. We remembered the animation and the interest of Miss Jewry's former romance, the clever adjustment of the plot, the rapid variation of incident, the effective contrast of characters, the ripeness and glow of the language. Our anticipations were con sequently, and very accountably, beyond the antici pations with which we opened the " Ransom :" and thence possibly, as well as from other reasons to be hereafter mentioned, our satisfaction was by no means so great on closing " Kirkholme Priory, " as it had been on concluding its predecessor. In her really exquisite story of the " Ransom," Miss Jewry had selected for herself every possible advantage. She had situated her romance in the most romantic epoch since the establishment of Christianity—the epoch of the Crusades. The sublime and glorious form of the saint-like Louis cast an historical glory upon the fictitious personages and the imaginary events. The scenery changed fitfully, but r h tt heh e eewadnai citron aietphni.te deliciously and dramatically, like the glasses of a s magic-lantern : now i ; t onf w oiw a bi s i Oxford ci x a, ia f nn o sci r ga d . among orr n i nt There e t t lays the English E sands; ng n i ws and dtSovereignswirna was o Cyp rus, os and the orane ; now it was the voluptuous Court of dated lanes of old Paris ; now it was in the midst of fascinating tradition too upon which the whole narra tive hung, like the sword of Damocles, by the thread —a lady ransoming her betrothed from an Is 1 amite by her fair hand, conveyed in a casket! The peculiar interest of the work radiatedfrom one • • appi opriate and attractive centre—a lordly English hall, situated in a noble chase, shaded by venerable trees, and adorned with the sorrel-herbage and the fern. Beyond all this, the authoress, by a very dexterous and poetical contrivance, associated the arch-crime of the story (from which crime the subsequent incidents devolved) with one of the most surprising of discoveries—the discovery of the telescope. She did this at the hazard of an anachronism—seeing that it is mere than doubt ful that the combination of the lenses is owing to the skill of Friar Roger Bacon, and a great deal more than merely probable that Galileo or one of his contem poraries was the real originator of the great astrono mical instrument. She did this, we say, at the hazard of an anachronism, but she did it with such inimitable adroitness, that the anachronism would he readily forgiven, supposing it were proven. With all these adjuncts of fascination gathered about her—in the midst of a treasury of romance of her own collecting—Miss Laura Jewry wrote her first novel, and immediately obtained the popularity she deserved. N ow " Kirkholme P r ior y" is aided by no one of those extrinsic advanta g es. It speaks not of a crusader, but of a fame-hunting artist. It has no Count Robert in it, no Fitz waiter, no Con stance, no Lady Cicely, no Gerald Fitzeustace, no Dickon, no Alinor Perrot, no William Longsword. Instead of carrying its readers in imagination to the revelries of a palace or the feats of the tourney, " Kirkholme Priory" takes him into the modern drawing-room, and shows him the pic-nic of a parvenu. The hero is no longer loosening the buckle of his helmet, but the heroine is untying the strings of her bonnet. The passionate Count of Artois is no longer parrying the thrusts of as sassins .ir th e moonlight of the Levant, b u t Si r Triplex Plantagenet Hopley is committing solecisms in a shower of rain. Miss Jewry's genius as a novelist has floated down from the lofty and inspiring atmos phere of the Past to the lowly and too •frequently debasing influences of the Present. Her first corn- Pi ICh SD• position had something in it akin to the historical fictions of Sir Walter Sc o tt. H e r second composi tion bears a resemblance to the fashionable novels of Mrs. Gore—indeed, ther e i s a peculiar similarity between the descriptions of Naples and the southern portions of Italy in " Kirkholme Priory," and the descriptions of the same places in Mrs. Gore's " Peers and Parvenus." It is scarcely fair, M short, to in stitute any comparison between the two narratives of Miss Jewry, as they cannot be mentioned together without the depreciation of the latter. We shall therefore consider "Kirkholme Priory," per se, as it merits to be considered, for, notwithstanding its many difficiencies and blemishes, it is still enlivened with the evidences of very considerable talent. In fact, while we are compe ll e d to speak somewhat disparagingly of h er recent pu bli cat i on, we are satisfied that its chief fault is the unfortunate se lection of the materials, not the incapacity of the au thoress, in putting those materials together. The second title of the book expresses its intention— " Modern Heroism" The work is professedly written to demonstrate that heroism has not taken wings unto itself and forsaken the world ; and the manner in which this proposition is argued is through the last struggle made by the patriots of Poland to effort their emancipation. "For the subject matter of the details relating the noble display of modern heroism afforded by Poland during the present century," says the au thoress in the preface, " I am indebted to a distin guished Polish officer, an eye-witness of and actor in its struggles for freedom." But in spite of this re markable advantage of accumulating her details from the oral narrative recounted to her by one who had witnessed and partaken in the last Polish revolution, ' Miss Jewry has imparted, perhaps, the very smallest amoant of interest to the portion of her present story, relating to those emeutes. There is a pain ful obscurity and dimness about the painting of the scenes situated in Warsaw and its vicinity; and notwithstanding the Knight-errantry of Francisco Casolani throughout his adventures in those quarters, there is comparatively little to arouse the attention or animate the imagination of the reader. It is in the portraiture of her more domestic characters, of Mary Clarenham (known more generally under the pet sou briquet of Una), of Mrs. D'Espec, of " Mr. David" and his goss i p i ng s i ster, of Albany D'Espec, of Gordon Clarenham, of Mrs. Jerningham, and of Arthur D'Espec, that the novelist is here the most successful. Altogether, the heroine Julia Dormer is repulsive, and the hero Francisco Casolani is unna tural. One is a creature of the most selfish impulse, and of the most cruel and u nre l en ti ng egot i sm. The other is a dreamer and a visionary, aspiring after eminence, but never having sufficient perseverance to attain it. His mother, again, the Contessa, is among the most heartless worldlings that the fancy ever conceived, as her second spouse Sir T. P. Hopley is among the most ignorant, the most vulgar, and the most silly. Adrian Fullerton is n o type of a class : he is as unlike the generality of his brethren as Father Rodin in the Juif Errant—and that is saying a vast deal. What we would especially deprecate in the book is its moral in fluence—an influence which is, doubtless unintentionally, bad. From first to last the most conspicuous characters of the fiction are nothing better than infamous apostates. In the opening chapters we find a young bride forsaking the creed of Protestantism and entering that of Roman Catholicism for no higher reasons that are apparent, than ambition, girlish affection, weak ness of intellect, or religious indifference. In the closing volume we find a preux-chevalier leaving the church of his youth and his manhood, and. without any loftier incitement than that of eccentricity or love, entering the pale of the Church of England. Surely no beneficial effects can flow from the description of such wilful and flagrant recalcitration ! Much, however, as Miss Jewry has failed in the particulars we have enume rated, she has undoubtedly displayed a capacity of thought, an elegance of diction, an adroitness of con struction, and a felicity of p or t ra i ture, wh i ch entitle us to anticipate great thin gs f rom h er su b sequent writings. Without depreciating in any manner her fellow-labourers in the fields of romantic literature, we cannot but regard Miss Laura Jewry as promis ing to eclipse all the female novelists now living. In her graceful toils she carries with her the encourage ment of the public ; may she achieve for herself yet higher rewards I CHARITABLE COOKERY ; or the Poor Man's Regenerator. By A. Soyer, of the Refirnt Club. This little brochure, published at a low price for the benefit, as the author tell us, of the labouring classes, contains no less than twenty-three receipts for making cheap, nutritious, and savoury articles of diet. Among others we have the receipts for the ' various soups now in course of distribution among the starving poor in Ireland, and several receipts for making a variety of articles of food from Indian corn and Indian corn meal. The following observations explain how it happens that M. Soyer'a soup, although made from a less quantity of ingredients than many other sorts of soup, is actually more nutritious and more palatable. After giving a list of natural pro• ductions used for food, M. Soyer says— " But the grand secret is, to obtain from the above all the nutriment which they possess, which is done by fol lowing my receipts, and reducing the animal and vege table substances to a glaze, and mixing it with the farinaceous, and thereby obtaining a palateable and agreeable food, and economising the productions of nature to an immense extent ; for, by the system at present adopted, more than fifty per eent. of the animal and vegetable productions are lost, and the nutriment from the farinaceous ingredients is rendered less, in consequence of being unpalateable. In my visits to the different charitable institutions of this city, I have been surprised at the want of knowledge manifested in making of soups. In some parishes I found 100 pounds of meat cut into pieces of a quarter of a pound each, put into toe gallons of water, at twelve o'clock of one day, to be boiled until twelve o'clock the next day ; by such proceedings the ozma7one of the meat is lost by evapo ration from the boiler, and only the gelatine and fibrine are left ; the former has been proved by a medical board, instituted at Paris for the purpose of inquiring into the subject, to contain no nutriment whatever, and the latter contains about the same as a piece of dry wood. What would be said of a cook who would put a quarter of a pound of meat, or even a piece weighing thirty pounds, to roast before a large fire for twenty four hours? What nutriment would it contain at the end of that period? My principle is easily illustrated by putting twelve onions into a gallon of water, and boiling them for as many hours, no smell arises from it ; but :cut the half of one, and fry it, and the perfume will be diffused over the whole house ; thus I extract the aroma of every ingredient which I employ, and any one carefully following the receipts will produce a palateable and nourishing food." This useful little manual concludes with a descrp tion of the model soup kitchen now in active operation in Ireland, and one of which we should wish to see established in every parish in the United Kingdom. FINE ARTS. MR. SCRYIIfGEOUR'S GREAT PICTURE OF MACBETH. There is at present in the studio of Mr. Scrym geour, in Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, a picture of" Macbeth's Feast," which is of the highest order of art. The artist has taken as his point of time for illustration, the moment at which Lady Macbeth, rising from her throne, hurriedly dismisses the guests with the order— " Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once." The figure of Lady Macbeth is noble and com manding, and the light falls upon her, as stand ing up, she motions the guests away. At the left of the picture in the foreground, stands Macbeth, distraught by the vision of the murdered Banquo. The appearance of the vision is most artis tically managed. At the extreme left of the picture there appear looming, as it were, out of the deep shadow, and appearing gigantic from their very in distinctness, the forms of Banquo and the Weird Sisters. The expression and attitude of Macbeth is quite sublime, every fibre seems tense with mental agony. The grouping of the guests and of the attendants is admirable ; and in the gallery are the minstrels lighted by torches, and here Mi.Scrymgeour has introduced some,very fine effects of cross lights. The principal light of the picture is from a lamp in the centre of the gallery, before which hangs a banner hiding it from the view of the spectators, and the effect thus produced is quite Rembrandtesque. This picture considered as a wor k of art is of the highest order of historical paintingt is not a mere reflex of a scene acted on the stage; it is historical in the strictest sense o f the term, and is destined to p er petuate the fame of the artist. In the same studio t h ere is a small pi c t ure illustrating a passa ge i n the l ife of Burns, which is a little gem. Our readers no doubt remember the circumstances under which Burns composed his soul inspiring lyric, 61 Scots wh a ha'e." It was during a thunder-storm, when he was returning home on horseback at night, over the field of Bannockburn, ac companied by a friend—if we recollect aright, by Dr. Currie. The storm burst with intense fury, upon the wayfarers, but Burns was insensible to the flashing of the lightning, the pealing of the thunder, the howling of the tempest, and the pelting of the pitiless storm—he was charging the English on the plains of Banncockburn. His friend watched him in astonishment in this his moment of inspiration, and at length the voice of Burns was beard giving utterance to the first verse of the noblest patriotic lyric that ever proceeded f rom th e li ps o f morta l man. This is the scene which Mr. Scrymgeour has undertaken to illus trate. The figure of Burns is the very beau ideal of an inspired poet, and is, as to form and 11,ature. an excellent portrait. The poet, of course, stands boldly out in the foreground, while the dark and dismal heath, and the various effects of light and shade produced by the storm form acces sories that greatly enhances the pictorial effect. We are glad to find Mr. Scrymgeour once again in the field. We remember some promising pictures of his in the exhibition some seven years ago, since which time we have lost sight of him. He has, however, judging from these two pictures, been working hard in the interim. They more than fulfil the promise of his earlier productions. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The directors of this truly scientific establi s h ment are making preparations for the instructio n and amusement of the holiday multitudes. There are gas microscopes, chromatrope, dissolving views, and very many other things calculated to amuse and instruct the visit ors , b ot h young and old. The practical illustration of the diving bell, and the descents which take place at stated in tervals, have been for months past a special feature at this establishment. The lectures here are, perhaps, the most attractive portion, and the subject chosen by Dr. Bachhoffner is one highly beneficial to all classes ; it is on light ; and the agreeable manner in which the learned gentleman treats his subject demands our highest commendation. The Pr , fessor pointed out to his audience the means of obtaining the greatest amount of light at the least possible expense, and illustrated his discourse with numerous beautiful experiments. He also described the various modes used in domestic illumina tion, from the earliest periods to the present time, and proved the principle invented by Argand to be the only true one. The mechanical and scientific models are also objects of unfailing interest, and are explained in a most able manner by Mr. Crisp, the engineer of the establishment. With such abundant resources as are contained within this excellent institution—with such strenuous endeavours on the part of the managing com mittee to maintain it in all its original usefulness and credit—its galleries will ever be the haunt of the intelli gent and inquiring classes of society. IRISH DISTRESS. DESTITUTION IN THE DISTRICT OF WARRENPOINT. The following are portions of a letter addressed to a gentleman in London by the lady of the Rev. Mr. Shepherd, of Warrenpint, Newry, Ireland, dated 4th May instant : " As the wife of a clergyman residing in a parish where the greatest destitution prevails, I take the liberty of asking your sympathy and aid in behalf of our starving peasantry. There is only one resident gentleman in the district ; he has made noble sacri fices, but cannot support thousands, and I am the only lady in the parish, as the other curate is not married. I shall not harrow your feelings by details of appalling cases, such as my husband daily witnesses in the discharge of his parochial visits. Had you seen the list of famishing creatures that beset our house from morn till night, you would feel for a young person placed in such a trying position. I have the inclination, but alas ! often not the means of relieving the destitute, and where there is a wide field for active exertions, in trying to provide clothing for the naked, nourishment for the sick, and suitable employment for the females. May I ask your assistance to carry out this labour of love, and I shall feel truly grateful. My health has been so impaired by over-exertion, that I am now incapable of applying to persons who I am sure would render me assist ance. We have had two grants from the British Association, amounting in all to 771. ; but what is that sum to keep thousands from starving. I know there are many—very many —people in London, ready and willing still to assist poor Ireland. Truly may I say England has made noble exertions and sacrifices for us." 14th May—" Four people died last week in our parish from actual want of nourishment. Fever is raging in the district. I assisted to support small families by my drawings on chip this spring, but I am no longer able to do much in this way, as my hands are swelled latterly from too much use of my pen and pencil." OTAHEITE. The whale-ship John Cockerill, Capt. Renouff, which arrived at Havre on the 19th, brings intelligence from Otaheite to the 7th February, at which date Queen Po mare had at length submitted to return from Raiateia, and resume the reins of government under French pro tection. It appears that the conditions offered by M. Bruat, stipulating that the powers of the Queen and the French Governor should be kept perfectly distinct—the former having authority solely over the natives, wkile the latter, under the title of Governor of the 'Whites, was to have full control over Europeans and all other strangers—had been repeatedly rejected by Pomare, who continued her resistance, hoping that the course of events, or the arrival of a new Governor, might enable her to make better terms. The military operations in December and January, which brought the entire islaild under French domination, had deprived the Queen of her native supporters, and she became more willing to listen to terms. After consolidating his occupation of the military posts taken from the insurgents, M. Bruat sent the steamer Phaeton to Rniateia, where Pomare had been confined, with a renewal of his propositions, and the result was that the Queen returned with Captain Pradier on the 3d February, and took up her abode at Morea or Eymeo, a sma ll i s l and lying a few miles from Papeite, i where she soli c it e d an i nterview with the Go vernor, n order to regulate the formalities of her return to the seat of govern men t . M. Bruat immediately waited upon her, and his first act was to release her from all surveillance, and remained in consultation till the de parture of the John Cockerill, and that vessel has pro bably brought home the official dispatches. PROTEST AGAINST THE THIRD READING OF THE IRISH POOR BILL. DISSENTIENT. 1. Because every law giving to the destitute a claim to relief must of necessity have a tendency to induce amongst the objects of its care improvident habits ; and this tendency is increased in more than an equal ratio as the range of objects to which it applies is enlarged, and the nature of the relief extended. 2. Because the Irish people seem, either from natural constitution or from adventitious circumstances, pecu liarly prone to such habits ; and to them their present distress may, in my opinion, be mainly traced. 3. Because the tendency of this Bill, therefore, is in its result rather to increase than to diminish the proba bility of the recurrence of that distress. 4. Because it appears that there is in Ireland a great want of the machinery necessary for the proper adminis tration of this law. 5. Because this Bill contemplates the necessity of giving out-door relief, and it has been proved by ex perience in England, that it is very difficult to resist the pressure which is at times brought to bear against the checks imposed by law for securing the wholesome ad ministration of such relief, and because the experience of the working of the 9th and 10th Vic.. c. 107, in Ire land proves it to be probable that the difficulty there will be still greater ; and if those checks are once broken through, the total tir a e bs d o e rs o ti m on liza o country, and the 9n t f ion th e e f p th ro e p p e e r o ty pl e e f , will the be the necessary consequence. 6. Because this Bill, intended to effect a complete and lasting change in the habits and manners of the people of Ireland, avowedly an experiment, admitted by all to be a difficult, and characterised by some of its supporters as a doubtful and hazardous one, has been brought in and passed under the excitement of a grievous, accidental, and temporary calamity, which precludes its receiving that calm and dispassionate consideration which so important a measure demands. 7. Because it is notorious that the desire generally manifested for a Bill of this nature has had its origin in the inconvenience resulting from this accidental and temporary calamity, the consequent influx into England of destitute Irish families, and is suggested not so much by the hope that it will benefit the people of Ireland. as in the expectation, which I believe will turn out quite fallacious, that it will prevent the recurrence of similar inconvenience. ion ob jectionable ; not calculated t 8. Because, therefore, I con o si a d in er ei t i t r is at ß e i t ll he in c i o ts n e d lf t o. b to property and dan administered, likely to be destructive of the people of Ireland, incapable of being satisfactorily Ireland, intro duced by n nd without due the pe o ple of gerous a to nd the pa i snsdedepeantdeannce u o na f fil t lt h ed e t i p mf o oe o: consideration, and though c r re n s ci on n s . England, called for on erroneous i lrounds. `MON T E A GL E eighth Brandon. For For fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh,and FITZ W ILLIAM: THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS IN SCOTLAND. Copious rains have fallen lately, and greatly refreshed the fields and p astures, We now desiderate warmth to bring on vegetation. The weather is unseasonably cold ; on the high grounds there have been showers of snow, and in the most sheltered situations appearances are fully a fortnight more backward than usual. The pastures were better on tie Ist of May last y^ar, than they were this season on the 15th of the same month. In the gardens and orchards there is an abundant pro mise of fruit, which, we trust, will not be checked by untimely frost. Prom Strathspey a correspondent writ . es,. u o sr n t t r he s l4 a t r h de instant:—" The weather here is warm and he pleasant, haid and everything thrivingver it g h en t e h r i a s tiv c e ropis about thin v g igo l r o o o u k s s ly r , remarkably well. planting is finished. appearance t T h h e e s e a x m t e en a t s o u f su g a r l e , u a n l d th p e l e a g n of the seed is iu most cases unfavourable. In general, h ted th w e the hopes entertained of the ultimate success of this mach talked of crop are far from sanguine. The lamb jug season has come to an ead, and the shepherds seem, for the most part, satisfied with the condition of their flocks. Doublets are more numerous than usual ; but t h e present fine weather, and the consequent improve ment in pasture, will enable the dams to supply sufficient nourishment to their young progeny.—lnverness Courier. Instead of raising the price of bread, the bakers of Devizes have entered into an agreement to make it of.a coarser quality, and continue to sell it, as long as they possibly can, at is. 9d. per gallon-Id. less Ova the price of list week.