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Jz/ VPN 144-TC- EDITI ON.! STAMPS AND TAXES, Aram 27, 1840. THE LORDSCOMMISSIONERSof HER i+IAJESTY"s TREASURY having authorised arid di rected the use of STAMPS for denoting; the duties of Postage. ou and after the 6th day of MAY NEXT, and that the sale of such Stamps shall in the first instance be confired to London, notice is hereby given that on and after the Ist day of May next, the Stamps under-mentioned may he obtained at this Office, and also at the Sea Policy Office, Bank-buildings, in the City of London, in the quantities and at the prices follow ing —viz.:— Two Reams of Penny Stamps for Covers, containing 80 Sheets or 960 Stamps Same quantity of Penny Stamps for Envelopes 4 :5 0 One Ream of Penny Stamps for Covers, containing 40 Sheets or 450 Stamps 2 4 Same quantity of Penny Stamps for Envelopes 9 3 6 Half a Ream of Penny Stamps for Covers, con taining 20 Sheets or 240 Stamps 1 2 4 Same quantity of Penny Stamps for Envelopes 1 1 9 Otte Ream Of Twopenny Stamps for Covers, con taining 40 Sheets or 480 Stamps • 4 3 6 Same quantity of Twopenuy :stamps for Envelopes... 4 2 6 Half a Ream of Tixopenny'Stamps for Covers, con taining 20 Sheets or 240 Stamps 2 2 8 Same quantity of Twopenny Stamps for Envelopes 2 2 2 Quarter of a Ream of Twopenny Stamps for Covers, containing 10 Sheets or 120 Stamps 1 1 4 Same quantity of Twopenny Stamps for Envelopes 1 1 1 Sheet of Penny Labels, containing 240 Stamps, per Sheet 1 0 0 Same of Twopenny, per Sheet To enable any persons to sell these Stamps it will be neces sary that they should obtain Licences as vendors of Stamps generally. 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THE SANATORIUM.—A Self-supporting Institution, for the Lodging, Nursing, and Cure Sick Persons of the Middle Classes of both Sexes. Established 6th March, 1840. JAMES PA TTISON, Esq., M.P. in the Chair. TarAsi; RER—Leveis Loyd, Esq. llANkuas—Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., Lothbury. The Provisional Committee request the attention of the Middle Classes of Socitty, eminently distinguished fur their benevolent exertions in alleviating the sufferings of others, to the opportunity now afforded of securing for themselves, when attacked by illness, the means of obtaining, at a moderate ex pense, the comfort and advantage of a spacious and well-venti lated sick chamber, skilful and faithful nursing, judicious regi men and sound medical advice. Subset iptions and Communications received by Dr. Mitchell, 36, New Bond-street ; and Mr. George Stacy, 165, Alders gate-street. GEORGE STACY, Hon. Secretary. M E TROPOLITAN INFIRMARY for the CURE of STRICTURES of the URETHRA, GOORRHCEA, GLEETS, SYPHILIS, &c. This Insti tution is closed, but as the Surgeon of it feels assured that there are hundreds suffering under the diseases, to the cure of which it was especially devoted, who would gladly avail them selves of his professional assistance, rather than place them selves under the charge of chemists, or, worse still, have re course to any of the dangerous and inefficient nostrums daily advertised, be has made arrangements to see patients at his own residence, at the mere expense to the patient of the neces sary medicine. Thus persons of limited means have now an opportunity of securing for themselves a mode of treatment that, whilst it is based on experience, is regulated by the pecu liarities which their own cases and constitutions may require ; thereby freeing themselves from the absurdities and daii?,ers that wait u p o n the employment of one kind of medicine for a l l forms of these diseases, without regard to these essential particular,. Apply at 4'2. Great Marlborough-street, Regent - str eet, f rom Eight to Ten in the morning, and from Seven to Nine in the Evening. On Sundays in the Alorning, but not in tho Evening. 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R OWLAND'S ODONTO. or PEARL DENTIFRICE, A VEGETABLE WHITE Pt)W DER, compoged of the most rare Ingredients,' Is a never-failing remedy for every disease to which the Teeth and Gums are liable, rend -ring the former exceedingly white and uni form while to the latter (being an Anti-Scorbutic) it imparts a beautiful healthy red ; removes Tartar from the Teeth ; preserve. the Enamel; and prevent. Gum Boils; affords an agreeable fra grance to the breath ; cleanses Artificial Teeth, and prevents them changing colour ; it is also extremely pleasant to the mouth after Fevers., or taking Medicine, Price .2.5. tht. per hex, duty included. ROWLAND'S A LSANA EXTRACT Immediately relieves the most violent Tooth Ache, Gum Boils, Swelled Face. Sec.; it is al.a an excellent Stomachic, in cases of Fla . tulenev, Spasmodic Affections, Rr., and gives instantaneous relief. Price en. ltd., and Ins. ski. per bottle. 1.• Notice—The Name and Address of the Proprietors A. ROWLAND & SON, 20, HA I"FON GARDEN, LONDON, ILT.O engraved on the Government Stamp, which is pasted on cacti ; also printLfil in red, on the wrapper in which this article is enelusul •. • lie sure to ask for 4 . ROWLAND'S." Sold by them, and by respectable Perfumers and Me icine Venders, CONSTITUTIONAL DEBILITY ,, MANHOOD"-CERTAIN RELIEF. 01 all the various disorders which afflict mankind, there are none In which the skill of themedical man is more stric.ly tested than in the complete eradication of those deplorable disorders arising from unrestricted and indicriminate inuulgences, as well AB in those dreadful ea.es of sexual debility, brought on by an early, solitary, and baneful indulgence of the passions frequently acquired without the knowledge of the awful consequences resultihg therefrom. and which not only entail on its votaries all the enervating imbecilities of old age, but occasion the necessity of renouncing the felicities sir Marriage. Convinced of these fac s, and to rescue the unwary suf. ferer from the fangs of the numerous empirics with which the metro pnlis alNunds, Messrs. CURTIS and CO., as regitlarly educated Merrib s Profe , sion, deviate from general prinei:•les with less hedtation, T ,4- ft thus publicly tender their services, which hitherto ha ' t en crowned with undeviating success Their plan is without restraint in diet or business, and, above all, a com plete eradica• ion of these maladies, as well as Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Stricture, &c., are effected without the use of that dangerous mineral — mercury, which ferns the principal ingredient of the nostrums daily offered to the public by a host of unqualified and illiterate h , en who are the means of hurrying hundreds, in the flower of their Youth, to an untimely grave. Messrs Curtis are to be consulted daily, at their residence, till y at nightt and on Sundays froin 9 till Z.—Observe, 7, Frith-street, Soho QVIIII doors from Soho-square. " Nocet empty dolore voluptas."—Ho R. OR the greatest ameliorations of civilized life, we are indebted to the modern division of attention and labour in the various pursuits of society, and in none have its be_ hefts been so manifest as in the healing art. Early convinced of t his great truth, MESSRS. GOSS and Co., Members of the ltoval College of Surgeons in London, have for twenty-five years confined their attention to the successflal treatment of a few prevalent coin- Plaints, viz., the general and local debilities of both the sexes. whe ther arising from the solitary imtalgence which a too highly inflamed h ilagiliation brings like a destroying fiend over the constitution, the mind, and the afrections of youth ; or from a tong residence in hot ch i-nate. excessive drinking, or any o ther baneful indulgence; and trim their daily experience they can with confidence offer a restoration of the debilitated to vigorous health. Married females of a pure and ,fieetionate disposition, whose " fondest hope" has been painfully deferred, may learn with consolation that perseverance in a proper remedial course, will renovate general health, and remove hidden IRlPetliments to maternal happiness. (fleet insidious disord er , h owever in v eterate, as also Gonorrhoea, and Stricture, may be removed without material !catmint in diet or exercise. MESSItS. GOSS and Co. are to he consulted every day at their r esidence; and Patients in the remotest parts of the country can be inunreeated successfully on transmitting their report, winch will be _ ;55 diately answered; their letters mu s t minutely describe the 1 :e, and conta i n a remittance for Advice and Medicine, which _aft be forwarded to any part of the world, however distant. No difficulty can occur, as the Medicines will be securely packed, and arefully protected from observation. _ GOSS and CO. (M. H. C. 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IDAROCHIAL MEDICAL RELIEF, _l_ Considered in a LETTER to the POOR-LAW COM MISSIONERS, developing an entirely New System of Medi cal Remuneration, alike conducive to the interests of the Rate payers, the well-being of the poor, and the respectability of the Profession, _ _ _ By E. T. MEREDITH, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Loudon. London : S. Highley, 32, Fleet-street, opposite St. Dunstan's Church. Ludlow : J. Heaton and T. Griffiths. N EW TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE. " If he who spake as never man spake, who came to bless all nations with divine wisdom, was by the enemies of his Gospel, the Pharisaical critics of the time, charged with being beside himself—of having a devil, &c., because he told them that they taught for doctrines the commandments of men, i. e., the false interpretations of the secred original, and on that account was persecuted by the bigots of that day— one humble as myself may expect to be abused by men of this description." . . • " But my motives and my principles are, I presume to hope, worthy the protection of my country, and its established Church ; and, under the guidance of Heaven, I look to both. For the condescension and uniform patronage which I have re ceived, I shall ever feel the most lively gratitude ; the Prince of 'Wales, 50 copies, 1,000/. I trust that it will support me in the prosecution of my labours, will protect me from the insidious influence of calumny, and the more daring violence of malice. envy, and all uncharitableness." Mr. Bellamy's Reply to the Quarterly Review, 1519. Published in 1820, price 7s. Lacon. By C. C. Cotton. " The inequalities of life are real things, they can neither be explained away, nor done /say ; Expellas furca tamen swine recurrent." A leveller, therefore, has long ago been set down as a ridiculous and chimerital being, who, if he could finish his work to-day, would have to• begin it again to-mor row. Tile things that constitute these real inequalities, are four—strength, talent, riches, and rank. The two former would constitute inequalities in the rudest state of nature ; the two latter more properly belong to a state of society more or less civilised and refined. Perhaps the whole four are all ulti mately resolvable into power. But in the just appreciation of this power, men are too apt to be deceived. Nothing, for in stance, is more common than to see rank or riches preferred to talent, and yet nothing is more absurd. That talent is of a much higher order of power than riches, might be proved in various ways, being so much mere indeprivable and indestructi ble, so much more above all accident of change, and all eonfu sion of chance. But the peculiar superiority of talent over riches may be best discovered from hence-1 hat the influence of talent will be the greatest in that government which is the most pure ; while the influence of riches will always be the greatest in that government which is most corrupt. So that, from the preponderance of talent, we may always infer the soundness and vigour of the commonwealth ; but from the pre ponderance of riches, its dotage and degeneracy. That talent confers an inequality of a much higher order than rank, would appear from various views of the subject, and more particularly from this—Many a man may justly thank his talent for his rank, but no man has ever yet been able to return the compli ment, by thanking his rank for his talent. When Leonardo da Vinci died, his Sovereign exclaimed, I can make a thou sand lords, but not one Leonardo.' Cicero observed to a dege nerate Patrician, lam the first of my family, but you are the last of yours." And since his time, th ose w h o value you merely on their ancestry, have been compared to potatoes—all that is good of them is under the ground ; perhaps ft is but fair that nobility should have descended to them, since they never would have raised themselves to it." To CORRESPONDENTS.—" The Bible.—We have been so earnestly exhorted to persevere in opening our Paper to the dis cussion of the merits of the New Translation, as a question of the utmost importance to the interests of mankind, that we feel it to be our duty to comply. Our Correspondents, therefore, shall be attended to in turn, as we have reason to believe that the Heads of the Church have already directed their attention to the controversy."—The Sun, London, Saturday, Dee. 5, 1811. " Surely the elevated patronage which this New Translation has deservedly obtained, should operate as a general example and incitement. Shall the Bible, with its many acknowledged errors, descend to posterity polluted with all tilos() errors ; •r shall it lee transmitted to the latest generations of mankind, with as much of its original purity as it is possible for human sagacity, knowledge, and diligence to elucidate and confirm." The Sun, Monday, November 23d, ISlii. The Sun, Septem ber 30th, October 7th, and 2sth, 1837. Here was the Sovereign, with the appreciation of Leonardo da Vinci, in the person of the linguist. What kindred feeling have the „ thousand lords," who value themselves merely on their ancestry, shown ?—an apathy to exhibit " that all that is good of them is under ground !" With what truth may the distirguished proprietor of this Paper throw the galling taunt, " I sin the first of my family—you are the last of yours." He whose columns were the first to maintain the renown of his Prince, and who now associates with his requiems the utmost endeavours to make a linguist's languor smile upon his bed of death. The recollection of that noble panegyric, in a para graph of " bright intelligence" of Sheridan's, ennobles him. I give you a slavish and a sycophantic nobility, partial and interested judges, a corrupt and venal House of Commons ; yet, leave me the single advantage of a free press, and amidst all evils I will not despair." " It has been remarked, as a peculiarity in modern criti cism, that the courtly and loyal make a point of crying up Mr. Young as an actor, and equally running down Mr. Kean ; and it has keen conjectured in consequence that Mr. Kean was a Radical. Truly, he is not a radical politician ; but, what is as bad, he is a radical actor. He savours too much of the reality. He is not a mock-tragedian, an automaton player—he is something besides his paraphernalia. He has " that within him which passes show." There is not a par ticle of affinity between h im and the patrons of the court writers. Mr. Young, on the contrary, is every thing--all assumption, and strut and measured pomp, full of self-import ance. void of truth and nature, the mask of the character he takes, a pasteboard figure, a stiff piece of wax-work. He fills the throne of tragedy, not like an upstart or usurper, but as a matter of course, decked out in his plumes of feather and robes of state. stuck into a posture, and re t tating certain words by rote. Mr. Kean has a heart in his bosom, beating with human passions (a thing for the great to fear, not to delight in !') He is a living man, and not an artificial one. How should those, who look to the surface, and never probe deeper, endure him ? He is the antithesis of a court actor. It is the object there to suppress and varnish over the feelings, not to give way to them. His overt manner must shock them, and be thought a breach of all decorum. They are in dread of his fiery humours, of coming near his Voltaic battery—they choose rather to be roused gently from their self-complacent apathy by the application of metallic tractors. They dare not trust their delicate nerves within the estuary of the passions, but would slumber out their torpid existence in a calm, a dead sea, the air of which extinguishes life and motion."—On the Spirit of Monarchy : The Liberal, No. 2, Byron. Having associated our cause. ,The new translation with Kings. —See the Sun, No. 14,666. With this view in perspective, i. e. " May the Eagles of the Western and Northern Powers, may the gallant Lion of Old England, and the spotless colour of Noble France, never meet again but on friendly ground, and may the following motto be universally adopted—" Peace to the world, and comfort to Ithe poor." We heed net much about " a thought of a breach of all decorum," but shall con clude. " And since there's safety in a multitude Of counsellors,' as Solomon has said, Or some one for him, in some sage, grave mood ; Indeed we see the daily proof displayed In senates, at the bar, in wordy feud, Where'er collective wisdom can parade, Which is the only cause that we can guess, For Britain's present wealth and happiness." Canto am. Dow JOAN. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. ) By Appointment : Budd and Calkiu, Booksellers to her Ma jesty, Pail-mall; Longman, Rees, Orme, and Brown, St. Paul's, London. By Appointment : W. Wright, Bookseller to their Majesties the Queen, the Queen Dowager, and all the Royal Family, Pall-mall. Letter to . . . . on the Rev. W. L. Bowles' " Stric tures on the Life and Writings of Pope,", By the Right Hon . Lord Byron, and that Noble Lord's works complet e i n one volume. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Amsterdam •. J. Muller and Co. Leyden : H. Hazenberg. Paris : Arthur Bertrand. Venice: J. B. Missiaglia. Petersburgh : Schwetschke. 1826. A New Plan for Church Reform : in a Letter addressed to the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Melbourne, and the Right Hon. Lord John Russell. By Epsilon Theta London: Hatchard and Son, No. 187, Piccadilly. Kr •' / / /,~ 2 `/ /- (7-e// -- ..18....,,,Les : • - L (4ll'\ :7 , 7 ...1,..-•)..P "'ZS. . t ..... , . A .1...P1 • i't • • ..Z . :4;:.i , a ra ...• •-, / 1007;:rtr 1 )'' 41 ..... 1... , ~.• •' 4 .• . % rw ,',, iw t tA 'e - - . 0.1 .1. I . jii ''' . ..f:." l 4 t -t . -;'::..i.; 4 . , C • --.., v 7\ ;I \"; r ,,e-v—,t l/ A,. 4,,,--;,..., s...,m____r___„,.,,, .._ „...,......, \,.,.„„ . .:, •• t, , i, •7 : 0 •• - N,. 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A TALE. -A- By GRACE WEBCTER. _ •, " `l-1 yr, zal Ev Ef."/Ot " Much of this tale will be foun i d an apt and lively illustra tion of Dr. Allison's excellent Pamphlet on the State of the destitute Poor."—Tait's Magazine for May. William Tait, Edinburgh; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Lenion. THE MAY NUMBER OF COL B frit N'S NE W MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST„ EDITED BY THEODORE HOOK, Esq. CONTAINS : Fathers and Sons,by theEditor,lThe Widow Married, by Mrs. The Gamesters. A French Trollope,illustratedby Phiz. Story, by the Countess of The thes and Abuses of Truth. Blessington. Specimens of German Lyric The Advantages of being too Poetry, by J. H. Merivale, late, by Laman Blanchard. I Esq. Some Account of Nadir Ach- Musings on Mines. met Bey, the Turkish Pre. The Life and Times of Peter tender, by Isabella Ramer. Priggins. Nimrod in France: Agricul- Extracts from the Note Book ture—French Education— of a Physician. 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Jones. Letters to be directed for the Rev. R. H., Post-office, I e tersharn. Surrey. EAST INDIA HOUSE:M.IUL 29, 1840. PHE COURT o f DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do Hereby Give Notice, That •a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House in Leadenhall-Areet, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th of May next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the desire of Nine Proprietors of East India Stock, agreeably to the following letter, viz.-- To WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH BAYLEY, Esq., Chair . man of the Honourable the Court of Directors of the East India Company. St a—We, the undersigned, Proprietors of East India Stock, request that a Special General Court of Proprietors may be convened at the earliest period, to take into consideration the following resolutions proposed to be submitted to them :- 1. That the Proprietors cannot but express their surprise and regret, that notwithstanding the deep interest taken by them in the ease of his Highness the Rajah of Sattara, the Court of Directors and the Board of Control should have pro ceeded with such unnecessary haste to confirm the deposal and bani,bment of that Prince, not only without ordering a full and lair investigation of the , charTes, if any there be, against him, but without having afforded the Proprietors an eppor. tunity of considering the grounds on which the Directors have sanctioned a measure of such extreme degradation and punish ment 2. That the Proprietors therefore call upon the Court of Directors to lay before thou their proceedings in the case of his Highness the Rajah of Sattara, together with the dipen.s of such of their colleagues as may have declined to concur in their decision. 3. '1 hat there be laid before the Proprietors Copies of such DespatcheA as may have been received by the Court of Direc tors from the Bombay Government on the subject of the sud den death of Balla Sahib Seenapatty, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces of his highness the Rajah of Sattara. 4. That there be also laid before the Proprietors Copies of such Information as may have been received by the Court of Directors from the Bombay government on the subject of the appropriation of the money and jewels claimed as the private property of his Highness the Rajah of Sattara, and said to have been delivered over to Appa Sahib, the Rajah's brother. We have the honour to be Sir, Your most obedient Servants, CHARLES FORBES. CHARLES GRANT. A. HOGG. JOHN POYNDER. T. C. BROWN. JAMES MALCOLMSON. ROBERT JONES. SAMUEL M`MORRIS. GEORGE FORBES. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. London, April 28, 1840. GRAY'S INN WINE ESTABLISHMENT. voREIGN AND BRITISH SPIRITS. The attention of Consumers is called to one of the Largest Stocks in this Country, and which cannot be excelled for quality, age, and flavour, at the under-mentioned Cash Prices :-- NTOLERANCE CHECKED.—RefusaI of some of the Clergy of Exeter, under sanction of Bishop PHILPOTTS, to Bury the Children of UNITARIAN DISSENTERS : Opinions of Counsel—CorreTondence-- Submission—in CHRISTIAN REFORMER for MAY. Svo. Is. Sherwood and Co. ; and Smallfiehl and Son. illtANDY.—Genuine Cognae...24s., 2tis. Gd., 283. per Gall. RUM.--Best Jamaica ENGLISH GlN.—Excellent quality and strength, Bs., 9s. 4d., 103. rid. per Gallon; the strong and high-flavoured (in bot tles), 245. per Dozen. 2.3, High Holborn. HENEKEY and COMPANY. This Day is published, price Is., Part 11. of THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DICK WHITTINGTON, With Two Steel Illustrations by Jones. ",The work is well got up, and will no doubt be bought up with avidity, and read with interest."—Morning Advertiser. " It may be said of Whittington, that of almost all men in history he is the most talked of and the least known. Here we have before us a work that is to supply all that deficiency. We shall attend to the subject in its progress, for the story is well chosen."—Weekly Dispatch. " Intended to illustrate the manners and occurrences of the time of Richard 11., and especially the habits of the citizens of London."—Spectator. Published by H. Cunningham. St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar square ; and Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers' Hall court ; and sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen", Country. THE FREQUENT ROBBERIES OF PLATE. ERASER'S MAGAZINE for MAY CONTAINii- CAUTION. It having been represented to RIPPON and rIURTON that cveral persons are vending a spurious metal as their NICKEL.. SILVER BRITISH PLATE, they assure the Publi c that the Genuine Article can only be had at their Warehouses, Fells-street, Oxford-street. The Nickel Silver British Plate nanufactured by Rippon and Burton, is, by a chemical process, tendered superior to any other so called, in appearance and durability ; it is equal to . silrer ; all the articles being solid and of wrought material, they improve with use, and are war ranted to stand the test of that strong acid aquafortis. The ollowing prices are named as a criterion : s. 'Fable Spoons and Forks, full size, with fiddle handles, and Forks, full size, pet per dozen Dessert do lO 0 Do. Dessert, do. do., per Pea Spoons, per dozen 5 0 dozen 25 0 Graver Spoons, each Fish Knives, each Ritter Knives Salt and Mustard Spoons .... 0 6 Do. Salt and Mustard Spoons, up Ladles .. 6 0 do I 11 Sauce Ladles 6 Do. Soup Ladles, do ..... ....... 13 0 sugar Tf.ags, each , 1 C' Do. Sauce Ladles, do 3 6 Table C:ouilesticks, per pair 19. 0I Do. Sugar Tongs, do. 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ADVOCACY OF THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS ONLY. A LECTURE will be delivered by the Rev. F. A. COX, D.D., LL.D., at the London tavern, TO-MORROW EVENING, the Ist of May, 1840. Subject—The Rise, Progress, and Influence of State Esta blishments of Religion. To commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Ticke's may be procured at the Tavern. MONS. MALLAN and SONS' improved MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM, with permanent and indestructible White Enamel, not distinguishable from the natural Cortex or Enamel of the Teeth, for filling decayed Teeth. Mons. MALLAN and SONS, Surgeon-Dentists, 2, Upper Eator-street, Belgrave-square, Pimlico; 32, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury ; and ti, Rue de Castiglioni, Paris, beg to apprise their Patients and the Public generally. that they have succeeded in effecting.tho above desirable improvement. In corrodible' arllticial and natural Teeth - fix - id, from one to a com plete set, without wires or ligatures, gtsaranteed for mastication and articulation. Loose Teeth securely and effectually fastened. 2. Upper Eaton-street, Belgrave-square; 32, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury; and 8, Rue de Castiglioni, Paris. COLONIAL LAND AND EMIGRA TION BOARD. Primitive Traditions of Heathen Nations—The Castle of Fulness, a Poem—A Tale of the Year 1683—Secret Societies and Political Clubs—Visit of the Great Mimes to the Mighty Spirit of the Earth, Demogorgor—Church in the Isle of Man—Trip across the Spanish Frontier—Guizot's Progress of European Civilization—A full, true, and particular account of Her Majesty's Marriage with 11.11.11 Prince Al bert ; done into Epic by Patricius Terentius Thadwus O'Toole —A Chapter on Duelling—The Charming Woman—Did Han nibal knew the Use of Gunpowder?—Lord Brougham's De mosthenes. James Fraser, 215, Regent-street. London. NIOONLIGIIT FLITTING.—On Friday morning a woman and two men were seen taking a stolen march with some of their furniture from Glasgow to Springburn ; and h order to bk‘ unobserved they took a road through the fields. The men had a chest of drawers, and the woman some bed clothe,. When tear Springbura, they went into a cut of the inj ured. Glasgow Edinburgh and Glasgow railway, 5 feet deep, where they were got in the morning very seriously Chronicle. On Tuesday morning, the Hon. Robert Sear. lett was sworn into the dice of one of the Masters of the Court of Exchequer, in the room of the late Mr. Sprenger. SUBSTITUTE FO REMBALMMENT,—.wh e , M. h ev ir l e l f ; i i:e e k r ; Gaunal made his process public he was notaware s mysterious circum haps, of the use to which it could be applied. ago the bOdy of a boy, murdered under very stances, was brought to the Morgue—the place where all per. sons found drcwned or murdered, and who are not immediately recognised, are exposed—and the veins were injected accordinc, to the plan laid down by M. Gaunal. The corpse of this poor boy has remained several weeks in as fresh a state as when was found a few hours after the murder. It has no t t l y: otftheereendr fore• cognised, but one can not but admire the facility h recognition. But for this discovery, the utmost time that the body could have remained at the Morgue would have been fire or six days. M. Gannal's process is exceedingly simple, and attended with very little expense. He makes a solution, com posed of sulphate of alum and hot water, in the proportion of two pounds of the sulphate to a pint of hot water, and injects b y the right carotid artery ; in summer three q uarts of this liquid , and in winter less, according to the temperature. Just published, price 2 s. Gd , APRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILI TIES .f the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Va rieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure By a MEMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SUR G EONS, London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. " I am impotent, and no ti to live."—Last's Records of 1 Suicide. Sold by Onwhyn, Catherine-street, Strand ; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool; and all Booksellei in 'town and Country. N.B. Persons in the Country may have thi s wor k f orwarded by post (free), upon addressing either of the above Booksellers, and inclosing a remittance of 3s. BOW-STREET.—We have been requested to in sert the following as the evidence given by the father of the boy Goulbourne, committed from this office for st ea li ng money from his master :—" A short time ago I left a bunch of keys in my trovvsers pocket in my bed-room on the Saturday night. On the Monday morning, when I went to put them on , I missed my keys. I did not at the time suspect him. I had a fresh set. Shortly after I missed a ba g out of my desk, containine• a sovereign and some silver. Could not suspect my own ehird ; but now he had been detected , in a similar offense, I feel firmly convinced he had robbed me. FATAL OCCURRENCE.—Last week three old women who had been inmates of the Raino workhouse, near Macclesfield, who had gone to church with other paupers, in stead of returning home at the proper time, wandered about the country, the consequence of which was that one lost her life by falling into a sluice, another broke her leg, and the third has not yet been discovered. They were all persons of rather weak intellect, and she who lost her life was upwards of seventy years of age. An inquest was held on h er b o d y, and a verdict returned of " Found drowned." FOR CHILDREN CUTTING THEIR TEETH. Mlt S . JOHNSON'S AMERICAN ~,gd SOOTHING SYRUP, which has been h e ld i n such high estimation for so many years, for relieving Children wh en su t. ering from painfnl Deatitiem, still continues to be prepared accord O ing t o Mn.i Johnson's rlitial Recipe, and with the same succi-ss, by lIARCLAY AND SON'i, ~ , Earrnion-i!treet, wh ose name Lout address are engraved on the Stamp. Full directions are eneloßNl with each bottle. Price 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for MRS JOHNSON'S SOOTHING SYRUP. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. When the miscellaneous estimates are brought for ward, there is to be proposed a charge of 3,5401, 153. on account of the Colonial Land and Emigration Bnard, and of emigration agents. On this subject the following is printed for the Parliament : COREESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE COLONIAL -OFFICE AND TILE TREASURY, RELATIVE TO THE FORMA TION OF THE COLONIAL LAND AND EMIGRATION• BOATCD. D ironing-street, December 30,1839. My Lords—ln the administration of the affairs of the British Colonies there is no duty more indispensable, or to which, from its constitution, this department is less adapted, than the superintendence of the sale of waste lands of the Crown, and the application of the proceeds suc!l sales in defraying the expense of removing emi grants from this country to the Colonies in which the lands so sold are situate. This is a business of minute detail. To the right discharge of it, it is necessary that the persons employed should be exempt from the many other demands on their time and attention to which the head of this office is continually subjected. It is an employment for the right execution of which it is re quisite that there should be a daily intercourse with the nureerous classes of persons, who, either as capitalists, ship-owners, surgeons, or emigrants, are to be seen, either for effecting sales of land, taking up vessels, making arrangements for the departure of emigrants, or for obtaining and imparting accurate information on those subjects. Such an occupation, at once im portant, arduous, and responsible in a very high degree, can obviously be best undertaken and performed with propriety by public officers devoted exclusively to this service. If, however, an establishment for the purpose should involve any increase of the public burdens, I shoul I be alive to the force of that objection. But I trust that it will be practicable to form a Colonial Land and Emi gration Board, not only without any additional expendi ture, but with sonic reduction of the charge whicli is already incurred on this account. For this purpose I propose to consolidate the office of the Emigration Agent-General with the office of the South Australian Colonization Commissioners, and from this measure I anticipate a material improvement in ale efficiency, as well as in the economy, with which the duties of the two offices are at present conducted. The South Australian Colonization Commissioners are nine in number ; they are appointed under the sta tute 4 and 5 W illiam IV., c. 95, which requires that the smallest number of such Commissioners shall be three. Of the nine members of the Commission, eight have hitherto served gratuitously, the chairman alone reeeivinc , a salary, which has been fixed at GOOI. per annum. I have, however, very recently received from the Commissioners a request that salaries may be assigned to them all. To this application I have thought it my duty, at once and decisively, to oppose myself. Your Lordships will concur with me in thinking that an establishment of nine salaried Com missioners for the service of a single colony would be quite inadmissible. On the other hand, it is impossible that her Majesty's Government should insist upon gra tuitous services of this nature, which have become bur densome to those from whom they have hitherto been received. I have therefore signified to the Commis sioners her Majesty's intention to relieve them from tlieis present duties, conveying to them, at the same time, collectively, my grateful acknowledgement of the ability with which their duties as Members of the South ' Australian Commission have been discharged. Even, however, if the consideration I have noticed had not required a great reduction in the number of this body, there are other obvious motives which would have dictated that same conclusion. A board of nine Com missioners is manifestly far too numerous for the effec tive discharge of the duties confided to this body, which would ba much more conveniently executed by the smallest number sanctioned by Parliament, that is, by three Commissioners. The oapericnce of late years, especially in the various revenue boards, fully confirms the opinion that bodies of this nature become effective and act under a quickened sense of responsibility when their numbers are so reduced as to impose on each member the necessity for the active exercise of all his time and talents in the service to which he is called. If the Constitution of the South Australian board was objectionable, as being unduly numerous, the con. stitutiou of the office of the agent-general for emigration is, perhaps, open to the opposite objection. A single pet son presiding over such an establishment, and liable to the jvarious casualties which render it impossible for any man to give a perfectly uninterrupted attention to official duties, must occasionally leave them unperformed. In new and critical cases he is without the support of other judgments in confirmation of his own, ate! his decisions may not be considered by petitioners so satis factory as if resulting from the united voices of a deli berative body. I propcise, therefore, to revoke the commission of the existing South Australian Commissioners, and to renew it in favour of Colonel Torrens, Mr. Ell'ot, and a third person. I further propose to abolish the office of the Emigration Agent-General, and to advise her Majesty to issue to the three South Australian Commissioners a separate Commission, constituting them a Colonial Land and Emigration Board for the British Colonies generally. I shall hereafter transmit to your Lordships a copy of the instructions to be addressed to the Board, explanatory of their duties in every respect, excepting in what relates to the expenditure and accounting for public money ; on which subject I would propose to convey to them such instructions as may be prepared for the purpose, at your Lordships' Board, or under your directions. _ For my immediate purpose it may be sufficient to say, that, subject to the instructions to be from time to time addressed to them by myself or by your Lord ships, the duty of the Commissioners would be-Ist, to collect and to impart to the public at large, or to indi viduals desirous of obtaining it, authentic information as to the Crown lands, which, in the exercise of the Royal prerogative, are saleable in any of the British colonies ; 2dly, to consider the best manner of ef fecting such sales, either in this country or the colonies ; idly, to effect such sale, as far as that service can be performed here ; 4thiy, to apply the available proceeds of any such sales, wherever effected, towards the removal of emigrants to the colo nies in which the land sold may be situate. To these duties may be added, sthly, The general charge of emigrants, which is at present vested in the Emigration Agent General ; and, 6thly, those special duties with regard to South Australia which Parliament has in trusted to the Colonization Commissioners for that province. This enumeration might readily be enlarged by indicating some other services which such a board would render with regard to territories over which British Colonies are now, for the first time, spreading ; but it would be superfluous to anticipate questions of that nature, which are not yet ripe for decision. I have stated that the proposed consolidation of offices would rather diminish than increase the actual expen diture. To explain this, it is necessary to observe that, at present, the two bodies engaged in services so closely analogous are unavoidably drawn into a competition, which is at once injurious to the public revenue and prejudicial to the public interest. They mutually raise against each other the price of shipping employed in the carriage of emigrants. They employ a double agency, who in distant parts of the country meet as rivals, and the laudable solicitude of the South Australian Commis sioners to effect sales of land'in that Colony has induced them to pay a brokerage of five per cent. on such sales, although it is the opinion of Colonel Torrens and of Mr. Elliot that, when their two offices are combined, a brokerage of half that amount will be sufficient for the purpose. It appears reasonable also to calculate on a diminished charge for house-rent and the contin gencies connected with the maintenance of two esta blishments when superseded by one. Without, how ever, allowing for any saving beyond that which Col. Torrens and Mr. Elliot expect to effect on a brokerage on land sales and on shipping charges, there is an an nual charge of 2,0501. less to be incurred for the joint than is now incurred for the separate establishments. On the other hand, there will be some increase of expenditure for salaries of the Commissioners. Mr. Elliot's salary will shortly reach the assigned maximum of 1,000/. per annum. Colonel Torrens's salary is 6001. :per annum. But, adverting to the increased duties of both these gentlemen, and to the arduous and responsible nature of the functions to be confided to the proposed board, I am of opinion that each of the mem bers of it should receive 1,000/. per annum. This, under the head of " salaries to the principal officers," would involve an increase of 1,4001. per annum, to he , sot off against the saving of 2,0501. per annum, already at tinned, thus reducing that saving to the annual sum oft. e possibility of effecting the saving of 2,050/. per annum under the two heads of " Brokerage on land sales" and" Shipping Charges,"if the two offices'are con solidated, I assume in reliance on the joint report and estimate of Colonel Torrens and Mr. Elliot, which I perceive no reason to distrust. I shall hereafter trans mit to your Lordships an estimate in detail for the pro- posed new establishment, For (he present I confine myself to this general indi cgion of the nature of the measure that I am about to adopt, with a view at once to increase the efficiency, to enlargeen t h e s ph er e o f ac ti on , an d to d i minish the ex p of the two existing establish men t s . I shall be ,o h a ppy to be apprised of your Lordships' concurrence in m y proposal respecting the rate of remuneration of the three Commissioners to be employed in this service, that-remuneration being recommended upon the basis THE CH ETRCH. SIR MICHAEL FOSTER on CHURCH POWER, being an Examination and Confutation of the Claims set up for the Church and Clergy by Bishop GIBSON ; in which this great Lawyer (one of the Judges of the Land) has proved that the Church of England is not the Equal, much less the Master, but the Creature and Servant of the State.—No. VII. of TRACTS FOR THE PEOPLE, 12m0., price Is. No. VI., price 4d., was Bishop lIARE'S Letter to a Young Clergyman on the Difficulties and Discouragements in the Study of the Scriptures. Effingham Wilson, and Smallfield and Son. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF PHYSIC AND PHYSICIANS. On May Ist will be published, in Bvo., cloth extra, illustrated, THE ANATOMY OF SUICIDE. By FORTIES WINSLOW, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Chap. I. Suicide of the Ancients.—ll. Writers in defence of Suicide.—lll. Guilt of Suicide.—lV. Mental states lead ing to.—V. Influence of Fascination.—Vl. Imitative or Epi demic Ruicide.—Vll. Enthusiasm and Suicide, Sze.— VIII. Physical Causes. IX, Moral Treatment. —X. Physical Treatment.—XL Are Suicides insane ?—XII. Suicide in connexion with Medical Jurisprudence.—Xlll. Stati,ties of Suicide.—Xl V. Singular Cases of Suicide. XVI. Can Suicide be prevented by Legislative enactments? This work will contain the particulars of 300 of the most re markable cases of self-destruction ever recorded. London : Henry Renshaw, 353, Strand. PRICE sd. and clear understanding, that the arrangement as a whole will be attended with some considerable imme diate saving, and will involve no claim for compensation to any person naw employed in this branch of the public service. J. RUSS E LL. The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, &c. Treasury Chambers, Jan. 10, 1840. Sir,—The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury having had under consideration the letter ad dressed to them by Her Majesty's Secretary of State on 30th ultimo, conveying a proposition for forming a Colonial Land and Emigration Board, for the British Colonies generally, and for abolishing the office of Agent-General for Emigration, I have it in command to request you will state to Lord John Russell, that as his Lordship is of opinion that the appointment of a commission for superintending the sale of waste lands of the Crown in the colonies, and the application of the proceeds of those sales in defraying the expense of re moving emigrants from this country to the colonies, in which the lands to be sold may be situate, will conduce to the better regulation and m ake e ff ec ti ve su p erv i s i on o f of these branches of the colonial service, my Lords do not see reason to object to the proposed rate of remu neration to the commissioners, or to such other parts of the contemplated arrangemerts as are explained in his Lordship's letter. Referring, however, to the expectation entertained by Lord John Russell, that some considerable immediate saving will result from these arrangements, I have further to requst you will observe to his Lordship, that in the event of the anticipations in this respect of Colonel Torrens and Mr. Elliot being realised, the saving will entirely accrue to the respective land funds of the colo nies of South Australia and New South Wales ; and, under these circumstances, assuming that the sums already appropriated from the funds of these colonies, or included in the usual Parliamentary vote for emigration agencies for the present salaries of Colonel Torrens and Mr. Elliot, may continue to be available towards defraying the salaries of the proposed Com missioners, my Lords would request to be favoured with a communication of his Lordship's views in regard to the mode of providing for the further excess of 1,4001. per annum which will still be required for this purpose. I have also to request you will suggest to Lord John Russell, with reference to the contemplated functions of the Commissioners as a Colonial Land and Emigra tion Board, recapitulated in his Lordship's letter, that in framing instructions for their guidance, in regard to effecting sales of land, or to the application of the avail able proceeds of any such sales towards the removal of emigrants to the colonies in which the lands sold may be situate, care should be taken that their proceedings are subjected to such control and direction of this Board, and of her Majesty's Government, as will be necessary, in order, on the one hand, to guard against the disposal of lands at undue prices, :rod, on the other hand, to re tain full power of making advisable appropriation of the proceeds of land sales to defray the expenses of survey, and of opening roads or other works, which, although not specifically attaching to the removal of emigrants to the colonies, are nevertheless often equally calculated to facilitate and promote colonization. James Stephen, Esq. G. J. PENNINGTON. Downing-street, Jan. 13. Sir,—l have laid before Lord John Russell your letter of the 10th instant, relative to the format ion of a Colonial Land and Emigration Board for the British Colonies, and 1 am directed to request that you wil; acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, with reference to the observations contained in that letter, that Lord John Russell assumes that the same amount as hitherto being voted by Parliament, the sales of land which may be effected in British Colonies, under the superintendence of the Commissioners, will produce a fund equal to defray the remainder of the expense of the Commission ; and that the charge thus thrown on the proceeds of such sales will form a very inconsider able per centage on the gross receipts. His Lordship proposes that the charge of maintaining the commission should be apportioned amongst the different funds raised by the sale of lands in different colonies, the contribu tion from each fund being in exact proportion to the amount of it. Lord John Russell further proposes immediately to communicate to the Lords Commissioners of the Trea• sury the instructions addressed by his Lordship to the Commissioners, in which instructions they are referred to such regulations as the Lords of the Treasury may see fit to prescribe for their guidance, in whatever re lates to the financial administration of the duties con fided to them. With regard to South Australia, instructions having already been furnished by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to the Colonization Commissioners, Lord John Russell apprehends that the reduction of the number of the Board from nine to three will probably not render necessary any recision of those instructions. Adverting, however, to the terms of the Act of Parlia ment regarding South Australia, Lord John Russell thinks that it will be necessary that the utmost care should be taken to keep the accounts of that colony, and of the establishment maintained in this country for its service, apart from all the other accounts of the Commission. The consolidation of the two existing offices and the enlargement of the sphere of action of the Commissioners will, however, as his Lordship ap prehends, be directly beneficial to South Australia, by diminishing the total charge hitherto thro•.vn on the revenues of that province. JAMES STEPHEN. G. J. Pennington, Esq., &c. NON-INTRUSION AT A DISCOUNT. [The Rev. Gentleman who makes so deplorable a figure in the scene described in the following paragraph, is one of those champions of vetoism whom the Com mission of the Assembly sends vagabondizing round the country to convert the people to the non-intrusion faith.] ELLON, APRIL 8.--On Monday last (being our mar ket day), it was announced by placards that, on the evening of that day, the Rev. Mr. Begg of Liberton would address a meeting to be held in a wood-yard in the village. At the hour of meeting about fifty boys and girls congregated together, and, in a short time after, a number of young people belonging to the vil lage and neighbourhood made their appearance. An honourable Baronet (Sir W. Seton), accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Begg, mounted a platform erected on the end of a saw-pit. After some verses of a psalm had been sung, Mr. Begg came forward to address the meeting. Scarcely a word was he allowed to speak, far the hissing, yelling, end all manner of noise, were tremendous. He tried again and again, but to no purpose, being assailed with cries of" Go back to Liberton, and obey the laws of your country," " We will send for you when we went you," &c. The Hon. Baronet next came forward, and craved a hearing for his Rev. Friend, but still the tumult in creased. Crackers were let off —rotten eggs were thrown, one of which besmeared the Rev. Gentleman— and the party very wisely thought it high lime to make their exit, and in doing so the Hon. Baronet was rather unceremoniously treated. We grieve to see this. The platform was next occupied by a parishioner, who pro posed the following motion :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that the Rev. Mr. Begg would be much better employed at Lihcrton looking after the spiritual welfare of his parishioners, than in intruding himself amongst the contented inhabitants of this district, creat ing strife and dissension,"—which motion was carried by acclamation.—Aberdeen Herald. Mr. Morison, the Hvgeist, since the year 1830, has paid to the British Government 60,00:1/. for Medicine Stamps, which fact the Officers at Somerset House will prove. Mr. Morison deems thi to be the best refutation of all that has been, or can be said, against his medicines by a set of low interested Doctors. In confirmation of the truth of his theory and prac tice, Mr. Morison rafers the public to the work of the late Dr, James Hamilton, of Edinburgh, on Purgative Medici nes British College of Health, New Road, London, April. 1840 . SUBSTITUTE FOR EMBALMNIENT.—Wh en M. Gaunal made his process public be was not aware himself, per , haps, of the use to which it could be applied. Several weeks ago the body of a boy, murdered under very suspicious circum stances, was brought to the Morgue—the place where all persons found drowned or murdered, and who are not immediately recog nised, are exposed—and the veins were injected according to the plan laid down by M. Gaunal. The corpse of the poor boy ro mained several weeks in as fresh a state as when it was found a few hours after the murder. It has not yet been recognised, but one cannot but admi re th e f ac ili ty thus offered for recogni tion. But for this discovery, the utmost time that the body could have remained at the Morgue would have been five or six days. M. Gaunal's process is extremely simple, and attended with very little e x p ense. He makes a solution, composed of sulphate of alum and hot water, in proportion of two pounds of the sulphate to a pint of hot water, and injects by the right caro tid artery; in summer three quarts of this liquid, and in winter less, according to the temperature.—Pa r i s Letter. CHARTIST PIKES.---A few days ago, whilst the ploughman of Mr. Huntley was engaged ploughing a field at Sherburn Hill, near the city of Durham, he turned up from mother earth a poke, which at first offered some obstruction to the plough, and on examination it was found to contain 40 pike heads. They were handed over to the authorities. — Tyne Mercury. TIIE POST OFFICE STAMPS.—The new adhe sive stamps are struck in the same manner as the very elegar.t labels i n t ro d uced by Walker to pro tect the public against the counterfeit , ' of his needles; the chief difference in those for latter p urpose cons i sts i n the greater b eau ty and variet y Prince of the Con designs, b e i ng correc t pro fil es of the Queen a sort in r e li e f on co l oure d groun d s , w hich are executed in th e first styl e o f art, arid far surpass those selecte d by the Govern ment. In the one case it is necessary only to produce stamps that will bear the sc-utiny of appointed persons acquainted with the work ; in the other and more difficult instance, indifferent judges, when once acquainted with them, will readily detect an imitation. The public must place a high estimate on and ar , tick requiring such protection, and affording so liberal tronage to the tine arts. / //___ i /7 /. EVENING EDITIO/s7. TILE CHURCH. An historical register of the persecutions which the Protestant Church has inflicted on dissentients since the comparatively short time of her dominancy, would perhaps be rejected with horror as a fable by those men who are even now striving to approximate her character to the darkest shades of the papal hierarchy. But from the Reformation downwards, history unfortunately too strongly confirms the fecord ; and if there be no dark chambers of an Inquisition , to unclose ; if the rack, the scaffold, and the torture be absent ; still stand forth the terrors of the Star-chamber, still blaze the fires of Smithfield —still, written in blood, we peruse the mas sacre of Irish Catholics by thousands ; the fines, exec lions, imprisonments, and disabilities of all dosses of Dissenters from the reign of Elizabeth until the present day. The Church has not ceased to oppress, though de prived of Test and Corporation Acts. What will be the thoughts of posterity, when in the same page of his tory they read the enforcvel exaction from Dissenters by the Church, of sums to promote a system of education in which the Church excluded them from participating ; and the fact that this same Cl.4irch,:at the same time, refused to Dissenters the rite of Christian burial,—their right to repose in the same holy ground in which their fathers lay. Yet so the case titanic. Among many of the clergy of the Church of England, a combination has been entered into, not to bury the bodies of those who have not been christened according to the ceremony of the Establishment. In nearly every Aewspaper we take up, from all parts of the kingdom, there is daily re ported some case, flagrant in its indecmcy, repulsive from its enormity, in which a Christian minister is found denying to his Christian brother the last offices of a re ligion of peace and love. Cannot even the grave close the flow of sectarian rancour ? Has death ceased to be the time for forgiveness ? It would appear that now, when no longer able to imprison, burn, and torture, his living heretical brethren, the priest reserves his vengeance until death places the corpse within the grasp of ecclesiastical persecution ; and is thus consoled by insulting the lifeless clay, and lacerating the wounds of family affliction.—Cambridge Advertiser. COSSACK HOUSE OF LORDS. (Extract of a letter from Charkoff, in the Ukraine.) At the period of my arrival in this town, the whole body of the nobility in the Ukraine were collected there for the purpose of advising on provincial affairs, and electing the provincial authorities. I believe you in England have no conception that there are any such meetings of the st a t es i n thi s quarter of the globe, of that th Autocrat of Russia allows any portion of his lieges even the shadow of independence. I cannot do better, therefore, than undeceive you by sending you a report of the deliberations of the " of th e Ukraine—A least of such of them as fell under my o wn observation while staying here, Charkoff has its own " Dvorantsra Submde" (House of Assembly for the Lords), a building principally fitted up with a spacious hall and rooms loading into it. This hall is made use of, not only for the deliberations and acts of the nobility, but for balls, banquets, &c., during the session of the Wuidor. Along the sides, of the ball is a range of chairs and tables, covered with green cloth, for the representatives of the eleven circles of the Ukraine, Over each table there Are the armorial bearings of each circle painted on the v ail ; those of " Valki," for instance, area couple of plums and pears, designating that it abounds io fruit ; the arms of Sjurnl" (literally sacks) aro a brace of sacks, in allu sion to the origin of the name, as well as of the wealth of the district, which was a place of deposit chosen by the Cossacks of that quarter for their predatory spoils and well-filled bags. The high marshal of the circle presides at each table ; and the grants marshal of the emperor, whn acts on every occasion as the representa tive of the whole nobility of the province, is the lord president of the house. Tho session at which 1 was present mustered a couple of hundreds of the aristo cracy ; and, on the days of their meetings, the space in front of the house was crowded with a larger con course of equipages than I have ever seen in Abingdon street, or in front of the Luxembourg. The appearance of the house, when assembled, was quite equal to the Chamber of Deputies in Paris. The member's costume consisted of an elegant uniform of green, with crimson collars and cuffs embroidered in gold, and swords in silvee scabbards. . . There was no want of life in the proceedings ; speech followed upon speech in rapid succession, and the eloquence of several of the speakers was much commended to me. Whenever a written proposition or resolution, or the record of an election, or an official intimation from the government, was read, the old Cossack custom of striking the floor or one of the tables with a sword was never omitted ; the party whose duty it was to read it came forward, and walked up to each of the four corners of the hall in succession, where he sepa rately read it with due solemnity. On several occa sions I observed that these communications caused great agitation among the members ; and those who delivered their sentiments upon them were interrupted at times by boisterous cries and tumultuous move ments throughout the ball. I thought there would have been no end to the loud acclamations which ac companied the farewell speech of one of the Kovaleffsky family, who had filled the office of high marshal for the last three years, and now laid it down. His eyes filled with tears as he acknowledged his sense of the cordial support he had received from his colleagues. The whole house, rising from their seats, rushed into the middle of the hall, and crowded close round the speaker whenever he elicited their applause. They were loud in soliciting the marshal to announce himself as a candi date for the new election ; but he was as decided iu de dining the honour. After peace was restored, the several candidates came forward, made their bows to the house, and were received with more or less favour, according as they were popular or otheewise. Some, who were cordially greeted, laid their hands on their hearts, and addressed a few words to the house. But one of them, who was probably prompted by vanity rather than by the conviction that members were at his hack, was overwhelmed by an una nimous shout of " Uvolnaim ! Uvolnaim !" (We will have none of him !) The house then proceeded to the ballot,. on which occasion each circle came forward at the call of their names to ballot ; and the majority of balls was in favour of General Rachmanoff, who bad 150 out of 200. The announce ' went of the dection was received with a storm of plan dits, which the veteran was not present to enjoy. You will new see that this Cossack House of Lords is by no means of so tame and insignificant a character as you would have been apt to conclude. The Lieu tenant• Governor of the Ukraine has, I admit, the power of approving or rejecting the appointments made by the house ; but it is well worthy of notice that no noble in Government pay has a seat in the house, and that strenuous attempts arc frequently made to maintain an election which is unpalatable to the " powers that be." To such a length, indeed, has the house at times as serted its independence, that it has more than once been a question with them whether the Ukraine should not be blotted out altogether from the list of provinces, and parcelled out among its neighbours. In former days every nobleman in the province, whether great or small, was entitled to take his seat ; but an ukase was issued several years ago forbidding any lord to sit in the " Wuidor" who was not proprie tor of a hundred serfs or upwards. A short time, how ' ever, after this rule was laid down, a nobleman insisted upon being admitted into the house who had not quite the stipulated number of dependents, counting upon his popularity and influence to carry him through. As soon as he made his appearance in the house, he was instantly denounced by a rich aristocratical colleague, who heartily detested him, and was called upon by his foe to leave the house. " Your : charge is just," he re plied ; " I admit that I have not a hundred souls at my call, but I have a soul which is worth a thousand such as yours ;" and he straightway ran his adversary through with his sword. You will allow that such scenes as this have somewhat " too much life" in them ; but they are types of national character.— D. A. (in Saturday Magazine.) Deaf pers ons w ill experience the most incalcula ble benefits from the use of Mr. E. Solomons' voice -conductors. Although they are formed on a scale so small as to measure only a quarter of an inch in diameter, yet no instruments hi therto invented have roved so efficac'ous and powerful. When placed in the ears persons are enabled to hear with distinctness the voice of a distant speaker in church, theatre, or public. as sembly. They are indeed beautiful specimens, and no one could have supposed that any thing so perfect for relieving tol. deaf ness could have been produced. Great praise is due 11 Solomons for his invaluable invention of the amber spectacles, which which was the only improvement effected in this partan those in for the last twenty years. They are far sup a e n ri d or to 11 convey a modern use, being lighter in const a ru ed ctio a n t beau tiful coolness to the sight when engaged indeed, y from their g seetn :an minute employ ment by day or candle-light. T the tri y umph of this department lif exquisite finish, to comp optics. They have receiVeliedtethdeiopaaltraountahteriotifetshienßEonyranml Fatr:Ailyil nobility, and the principame themselves of Mr. E. Solomons' persons wishing to avail • h parties of the same name, 1, y, City, in vention, should mark particularly his address , lie b j e e i ot nr r no way a c n on d n 3 e 6 c , te o d ld wit Bond-street. . THE LONG-LOST " ANCHOR WEIGnED."-- Eight years ago, when the cholera was raging in Hull, the Salsette frigate lay in Whitebooth. Roads as an hospital ship. On the last day of August, a dreadful gale came on, which drove her from her moorings. Her anchor, weighing above two tons, and 100 fathoms of two-ineh chain cable, have lain there ever since. They were on Thursday weighed by some Cleethorpe fishing smacks, and brought to the entrance of the Humber Dock basin, where they may been seen by, the cu rious.— Ihnl Observer. LONG RUN, BUT CAUGHT AT LAST.` ley Fox, a most nctorious poacher, was convicaellai u gust last for p oac hi ng, and sentenced to twelve morafi' Wird labour in the House of Correction, but who had, up to Monday dart, continued to evade the ends of justice by working on about the railways. The Superintendent of Police at Cirnta Bridge received instructions if possible to apprehend him, and alter a few days search. succeeded in chasii2g him into th e tow,n of Bishop A uc kl an d , where he took hierprisoner on Sunday last and safely conveyed him to durance vile.— Tyne Mer'eury. STATE Or TRADE AT KENIIAL.—Neier since! the oldest man can remember were the working classe s lt ° jut ;I ton su ff ering such privations. The fancy and h u s d .y reat still continue to be in a very depressed stAte, and of operativestedooks. l mLty Kn b ed eseL n pa rading the streets and fi elds with de jetted Mercury. / ~