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( • / 6:2 -"dotrt/[eTY ~^ ,~ ~ ~ ~~ ~r o i , 6 ~~~~~ ~. .-6 11V141NING EDITION. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, GENERAL POST-OFFICE, ArKtt. 28, 1840. The Lords of the Treasury ha7ing fixed the 6th of May nett, for the issue of Postage Stamps : on and after that day, Letters 'Written on stamped paper or enclo.ed in stamped "%tn. at , baring Stamps affixed to them, the Stamps in every ar ea sus being equal in value or amount to the rates of Postage Iry ehargeable on such Letters if pre-paid, will pass Free of "oho in whatever part of the United Kingdom they may be _ In trote easel *there the value of Stamps on the letter is leas tha n tin itranutA atilt Postage to which it would be now liable, tt r r e - paid, the Letter will be charged double the amount of a _tren difference en delivery. 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In suco cases, thereft.re, L ettere-will b e chargeable with the same rates as they would be if ' erit bearing Stamps. th Alk those regulations will be applieable to newspapers in ea* eases where they are liable to Po.ttage. It mast be distinctly understood that it. is optional with the letblie either to use Stamps, or to forward their letters, &c. Pre-paid or unpaid, as at present. The in s t ruct i ons i ssue d i n D ecem b er and tits 4th of February 2et. releain is lull force ; the only alteration being. that the p~ are permtted to be used in certain eases instead of the " st ale being paid in money. By Command, W. L. NIABERLY. Secretary. WESTof LONDONand W ESTNIINSTER CEMETERY COMPANY. TO --- BUILDER , ANT) OTHERS. ~T h e !MEI 'TORS of this COMPANY will RECEIVE ' TE NDERS for the ERECTION of the principal CHAPEL at till CEMETERY, Earl's-Court. K nsington, at Four ti elisei precisely on WRDWZSDAY, the 20th inst. Th. Architects' Specification and Drawings may be inspected tits Company's Office. No. 456, W. st Strand, Charing between the hours of ':levee and Four o'Clock, daily, Saturdays excepted. The Directors do not undertake to accept the lowest Tender. By order, AUGUSTUS POCOCK, Clerk and Secretary. il aY I 1 '4O • METROPOLITAN INFIRMARY for the ` 1 r, CURE l STRICTURES of the R, 9NORRHOiIA, e U GLEETS, SYPHILIS, &c. This ETHRA Insti tennfis closed, but as the Surgeon of it feels assured that Zit*, are hundreds su ff ering under the diseases , to the cure of "fit* it was er,iecially devoted, who would gladly avail them ";;es of 'his professional assistance, rather than place them. • unszler the charge of chemists, or, worse still, have re to„T any of the dangerous and ine ffi cient nostrums daily -- "ri/tEfd, ha has made arrangements to see patients at his "fila rev Meuse, at the mere expense to the patient of the neces /47 Tafadieine. Thus persons of limited means have now an Zphortrunity of securing for themselves a mode of treatment 1 . at , whilst it is based on experience, is regulated by thecu :Wee which their own eases and constitutions may re quire; t hat freeing tlsernselyes from the absurdities and datLers rit wait upon the e-nployment of one kind of medicine for all 'Me of the.' diseases, without regard to these essential Py at 42. Great Marlborough-street, Regent street, VI% to Ton in the morning, and from Seven to Nin e 1 11. 1 ,th, Evening. On Sundays in the Morning, but not in tho 'ifsaitsg. REFORM YOUR TAILORS' BILLS. 4. GENTLEMANLY SUIT of the Best Quality . £3 12 6 Ditto Dress Coats Fro c k Ditto, silk facings „.. ,Vitsni, or G reat C oate I 10 0 u r ts o hirtg or Shooting Coats ... ..... ................. I 1 0 .17 roirtg Dressing Gowns .. 0 15 0 nuckskin Trousers Summer Trousers ......... Summero 10 6 Waistcoats "it of Beet Liveries .Armv Cloth Blue , ,Spanish 3 0 I he dew We' ',Spanish Cloak, 9i yards r0und....., 210 0 Lidi es . El• ..erproof Cloak .Fan: Ridirg Habits . ... 4 4 0 DOUDNEY and SON. 48, Lombard -street. Established 1784. BROOKMAN and LA NGDON'S ORIGI „ NAL DRAWING PENCILS, SIITENCI EACH. fb• Public are rmipectfnlly informed, that these sui•erior Arielos, manuractured on the principles which have acquired for them such extensive patronage, particularly during the last fl' TKARII, may he procured of all respectible stationers to London. and the country, at the above mentioned price. The division into different degrees of hardness adapted t i the various purposes to which Pencils are applied, and appropriately distinguished by lettere marked at the end. viz.-11 ( hard), H (engineering, very hard), H H H (ditto. extremely hard), H B (hard and black), B (black for shade), B B (very black for.flitte), F (fine drawing middling degree). an invention Which proceeded, in the first instance, f-om their house, though Does universaile adopted, is et ill continued by them. B. and L. use make drawing Pencils, distributed (like 'heir best Pencils) n n t° , oven degrees of hardness, these Pencils, which bear the Z.`,r,ds sECoND QUALITY impressed on each, are sold at ttus. price of the former ; they are confl.lently recommeaded : w - "ry su?erior articles, being entirely free from those silicious r ather adamantine partic'es. which, unfortunatellor reasons i, Hi cannot be explained in the compass of an advertisement, is now impo-sible entirely to avoid in the others, though, u'orn the expensive nature of their production, they are neces lw.rily charged at a higher rate. To avoid spurious imitations, by the friquent occurrence of which Brookman and Langdon, it t common with all manfacturers of celebrated articles, have suffered considerably in reputation, purckasers are advised to *sake choice of the most respectable shops, and to be on their guard against articles offered as best drawing Pencils, at a re (laced price. Pencils made to order, at any price. Manufactory, 28, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, Lons on. eommunications by post to be pre-paid. SIGHT AND HEARING. IF HE INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, effected by the Messrs. S. and B. yg-'O,:NIONS, OPTICIANS and AURISTS to the ROYAL FA. C'" ALBEMARLE-S MEET, PICCA DILLY, by which --Q ttsande of deaf persons have been greatly bene fi ted , i s t he size of a ",ven.shilling piece, and when fixed into the cavity of the eat is soft easY, and not more percetrible than having a piece of wool in its „„',7 6 , by winch the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard rhe ' ol dis tinctness. And defective VISION is brought to nature by use of newlV-Invented SPECTACLE LENSES: Immediately they are placedliefore weak and imperfect eyesight, either by day r candle light, every object becomes clear and distinct, and the most ;tibiae particle is seen with great distinctness, by the use of w h i ch "Hi the sight and hearing become much improved. Th e Messrs .S. and B. SOLOMONS disclaim all connect ion with p er. ~• 1 4 . s it the same n a me, and the Sale of Amber Spectacles : the per. nc4ous use of Amber spectacles bein a new well known to the pubic, ; 1 44 the 'Vendo • being aware of it, he has there ore altere d t heir ' ta e, by leaving out the word " Amber," and calling them " t. 3 Peetaeles ' those which he terms ' 4 Patent Sp ctacles " are tie •th_tt. than those of Amber s the hist , ry and destructive use o f t hat t....at.erial for Spectacles to imperfect vision is fully and most satisfac . t ruy explain e d by th e un d er mentioned scientific author' : '44l the " Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" of Andrew Ure, M.D. F.R.S., &c. &c. Avnber is an but vegetable juice, and nnt produced by the ,722. t crystallization, but by the same canoes which intlusince the it7anical condition of gum. Insecs are otten found embedded in bother is most powerfully electrical by friction—very hot, to such as ext en t as to exp l o d e i n t o f ragmen t s ; the w o rkmen, too, are • Jset to nervous tremours in their wrists, arms, &c. ; they en. Aunter great danger by handling such dreadful excited clectrics; tither grows w ith li me , and is apt to take fire, and is of such a wilrture when exposed to warmth that it swells, bubbles up, and l urn away with flame." 1 ,4 Ile ahoy, Dr. Ere's statements ae further confirmed by Sir D. ,I.;;;WS'I'Elt and Pliny, as also bv r Parks and Hern on Chemistry. destructiv e effects of such a material for Spect.cles, to imperfect t een,, may be ascertained at any respectable Optician's in London. c ,; fie Messrs Solomons' newly-invented Spectacle Lenses are not b ri 4 ..ttnetel of such a material ; nut which are very superior, and lack at once dimness of sight and imperfect vision t• its ( 7 4 ial and natural state ; those Spectacles, and very small N'oice for Deaf persons, are only to be had at their Establish. den t.lN, Albesaarlo-street. No Travellers are employed. RAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. Priest Is. N.d. per box. ...nil excellent family PILL Is a Medicine of long tried efficacy for "eating all Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, the common t 7"Prerns of which are Costivesess, Flatulence, Spasms, Loss of A ppe 't,Sick Headache, Giddiness, Sense of Fullness aPer Meal. D.x rhass of tie Eyes,Orowsiness,and Pains in the Stomach and aowels. , 441 Zettion, prod uc ing a Torpid State ot the 11.iver, and a consequen/ .neativit y of tha floWels, causing a disorganization of every finiction et the 'came, will, in this most excellent preparation, by littl e pers.. se mi " , e ff ec t ua lly rem o ved. 'll'avo m three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effe,ts. The stomach wll weedily regain its strength . a healthy action sf the liver, bowels, and kidneys tarmily take place ; and instead of listlessness, hes', pain, and imin rilned appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health. will be the vials result of takingthis Medicine. according to the ,iicretions amnia. Isanying each Nix. These Pills ive particularly Offc. cinos for Stomach Coughs. Co , Agues, Shortness at Breath, and al 01?structtons of the Erin: y Tassaees; sod if taken atter too free t, indulgence at table, tee: onierily regime I' • :vstern to is nett :it state of n pear. Pennons of a FULL HABIT. who are subject to Headache, 6;ddi. Doss, larowsinoss, and Singing in tie Ears, rising from te n t great a Pow of Bleed 7• 'T. Head, should never he w,t hunt them, as 'natty dangerous symptoms will it entirety carried oft by their immediate use. e Oit FE \I A LEs, these Pills are mo 4 truly excellent, 'moving all eistruct ions : the distressing Head tithe se very prey lent with the *Px ; el Spir ts, Dullness Sight, Nervous Affections. , 111 .tehes, Pimples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy and ~arr,ileileem to the complexion. lteiwe To M.)l H Ens they Are con fideotly recommended as the hest me. bat ran be taken during pregnancy ; and for Ciiil:l , en of all 'ta they are unequal ed. 1 . , AL pleasant,Kfe, ease Aperient. they unite the reernmrenda ,see of a mild operation with the most successful effect. and re•;uire "t! restraint of diet or co finement during their use By -rgulating 2Te dose arc Min,. to the rte an: , strength of the patient, they be fie suitable for every cats,. in either sex, that can he .eqiiiied ; ..',„ 1 " ter TY,ItLY PEOPLE they will be found to be the most -,l nfortable Medicine hitherto preps, ed. by !'rout, 229, Strand, London, Price Is. 114:1 and '2s. Pd. and by the venders of Medicine: generally throughout tne Neaste n!it itsr Flt A MPTON'S PI LL of HFALTH, ve the and Address of "lhomas l'rout, 221) Strand, Lon do n, " on thc 0. • Ftamr DEBILITY, NERVOUS IRRITATION, & e , M.EDICAL AD MONITORS.—The follow jog Vorks are intended to instruct those interested these tu'sjects on points of importance to health or ease of mind : ;Twentv-third FAlition, ss. each) Ist tit s ' •HE .EM • •F LIFE affords a coprehensive physiolorical per "v of the progroas of the solitary passion libertinism. and intern -1,,,,,72e exhibiting their rueful consequences : tending to sexual at „ Ntion, with the various forms of nervous irritation and mental ish. slr H Yr:F.l ANA is written for te nsitive female, who, while in itl ; hahrinpks abashed at the idea of rehveaseling her suff:erings, !nay find s a confidential and capable advi ser. It is es p ecial' y cal. de,ert.ci cedar's.r for timid and delicate wives, whose maternal :topes have been - Tim SYPHILI 4 T is intended for the oerusal of those who ~; a are ng from an insidious complaint, so fr e q uentl y resulting from t retion ur gaiety, and producing syphilis, gonorrhoea, gleet, stric. lees TRar 11 ' 4 ' 1 ls,ok can be safely rec NI Otil A LS. mmended, as well for the moral tro ths they contain a for the exten o sive and s uccessf ,1 result of the 'Wheys sxnerience.— London Morning Journal. agree with the Editor of the London Moroinz Journal, and re. .;',nerid Mr. Boss's publications for general perusal. - E dinbur g h Paper. —. Precepts contained in this work are interesting and useful. — nom Rh Paper the •...1* publication, while It neither spares the aged voluptitare nor g .,:outhful pr o di ga l, onrs to both, the most important isivantages. ..""'"tost Paper. „Ib dalnts wor s k (llygelana), is properly called an anevids of some female - it is written in a very peculiar style of admonition. 'titablin Morning Journal. 1 . 4 111 0. e works have passed through twenty-two editions ; they cora. titihty with simplicity, and we recommend them accordingly. ~h 4n Weekly Journal. ne above may be had of Sheerwood and Co., Pateraoster.row, Lon. ' l t and of all Upoksellerr - Price Z.B. each. 4t 7 , 41 ` 4 5;15. GiISS, M, R. . Surgeons, may be consulted, every Car, ~..‘oeir house ; and Patients in the rcrnot ,t parts of the courtrY, "'",..) be trust e d success fully on their describing mi nt y e l y t h e came, rci enclosing a remittance for Advice and Medicine, whicti can be I ,ioarded to any part of the world. No ditticul ty can occur, al the medicines will be.acurely packed, and caret Ily protect Item ols: t o nal:On. 7 , Lancaster Place, Strand, London. E ,ONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAIL. WAY.—NOTICE. The Times of DEPARTURE of the DOWN DAY MAIL TRAIN will, by order of her Majesty's Postmaster. General, be as follows, on and after the sth May next : From h. m. Euston Station, London... at 945 a.m. Tring Wolverton Weedon Rugby Coventry 1 45 p.m. Arriving at Birmingham, as heretofore, at 2h. 30m. p.m. And, pursuant to the foregoing arrangement, the times of departure of the 8 a.m. Down Train, will be, From h. m Euston Station at 9 Tring Wolverton ... ll 15 a.m. Blisw. rth n 45 a.m. Weedon Rugby l2 37 p.m. Coventry .... 1 7 p.m. Hampkin — 1 30 p.m. Arriving at Birmingham at 2h. 15m. p.m. By Order, R. CREED, Secretary. PUMPS. a.m. NORWICH AGAINST A: L ENGLAND, TEN POUNDS TO A CROWN. SHALDER'S FOUNTAIN PUMPS. The most powerful in the world, with which a man of ten steno weight can raise an imperial barrel of water forty three feet high in a minute. but with no other Pump yet tried in a minute and a•haif. Their practical gam is most extraor dinary, seldom below 70, and mote frequently above 100 per cent., taking the average of the results of every altitude from 1 foot to 10.1 feet high. This remarkable gain in the art of raising water was effected in the simplest manner possible, being merely lily substituting a rolling instead of a sliding prin ciple for Pumr, by which their friction and leakage was abo lished, after the tens of thousands of bootless attempts that had been made by the ablest mechanics in the world for 2,000 years. For a long time after this immortal invention was publicly introduced, a host of bullying novices insulted society by pre dicting that it would prove limited and frail, who are now snivelli. g about that their trade would be ruined, because Fountain Pumps prove 300 per cent the mast durable, whe ther used by the power of man, horse, or steam, and they are so economical and invariable in their action, that they com monly perform for molesters, brewers, and dyers for year. with. nut the least expense or the slightest variation. Also, so re o.i.rkably simple, that smiths. millwrights, wheelwrights, car penters, &c., as well as hydraulic engineers, successtully un dertake their fixing and reparation, neither are Fountain Pumps retarded, choked, nor injured by occasionally delivering a few tons of sand, although k very little of that material soon deranges and seriously damages the best Friction Pump. Slowly indeed, the art of raising stater approached perfection 4.000 years ago. The beautiful :Miss Rebecca brought tip water from a tell in a pitcher upon her shoulder for her sweetheart's camels. Since then appeared the four principles ; namely, two limited, and two unlimited principles—two if them sliding principles, one a spiral principle, and one a rolling principle. . . 1 t. The Chain .pump in action is direct and simple ; but by friction and leakage very defective and dreadfully uncertain, and from its Numerous parts highly complicated. The Chain pump is a combination of inefficient expensive lumber—a limited sliding principle. 2d. Archimedes' Screw-pump is founded upon a brilliant idea; but its applicability is very confined—a limitod spiral principle. Id. Tesibies' Pipe and Poker Pump, or the Athenian Squirt. This is the root and principle of all Piston and Cylinder Pumps, under every name and modification. MI Pumps upon this plan are of necessity bad beyond remedy, and stupid indeed must they be who expect the contrary, because mostly above two-fiftks of the labour employed is entirely wasted by their friction and leakage, and when accurately tested against the new principle, always prove to be but contemptible machines. Nevertheless these imperfect Pumps stood unrivalled for the last 2,000 Tears —an unlimited sl.ding principle. 4tit, and last, Shalder's Pump appeared and made laughing stock; of the other three Pumps, and exalted the art of raising water to a science.. The Fountain Pump is neither more nor less than the Pump made absolute, because without. any dis coverable defect or imperfection it possesses every essential property for the purpose intended in the highest degree. AN UNLIMITED ROLLING PRINCIPLE. Dr. Birkbeck. President of the Mechanics' Institution, Lon don, says the Fountain Pump is free from the liabilities and defects of the common Friction Pump, and approaches a perfect Hydraulic Machine. The Vice-President, Professor John Millington, Esq., F.L. S., published a work in 1530, and therein makes a rash, false, foul, and silly assertion, that the new principle is limited, and although, from its diminished friction it has its advantages in some cases, it cannot he used for great elevations Never-. theless, Fountain Pumps prove equally durable for lifts above as below ono hundred feet. Millington might surely have known that flexibility was nopreof of frailty, nor rigidity of dui ability. The rigid teeth of mamma and her four sisters were mostly gone, but their flexible tongues remained in full activity when their ages, united with their only brother, exceeded five hun dred years. And the Connectors or (flexible Cones) in Foun tain Pumps i.rove also not only surpassing durable, but almost indest ruct able. No. 14,867. BURMESE PRIZE MONEY. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Royal Hospital, C'relsea, May 1, 1840. The Directors of the Honourable the East India Company having paid over to this Hospital the amount of the Unclaimed Shares of Prize Money, on account of the Troops of his late Alajesty which served with the Army under the command of 51 , j0r-General Sir Archibald Campbell, G.C. 8., at the Cap tures made in the Burmese Territory, which prize money was Ito horized to be distributed pursualt to his late Majesty's war rant Notice is hereby given, that payment of such Unclaimed Shares on account of the said Troops will commence on MON - DAY, the Ist day of Juno next, and he continued at this office on each succeeding dar, between the hours of ten and two. RICHARD NE AV E, Secretary and Registrar. NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND. 13, OLD BROAD-STREET, LONDON. Nay 1, 140. Notice is hereby given, that the FIFTH ANNUAL GE NERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the NATIONAL BANK of IRELAND will be held on Wen. NICSDAT, May 27, instant, at 12 o'clock at noon, at the Office of the Society, No. 13, Old Broad-street, London, when, pur suant to the Deed of Settlement, four of the present Directors are to go ont of office, and there will be four vacancies, in the office of Director to be filled up. And further notice is hereby given, that every Proprietor (not being a Direc•or) intending to become a Candidate, or to propose some other Proprietor as a Candidate for the office of Director, must, at least fourteen days before the day on which the Annual General :%leeting is to be held, signity by some writing un 'er his or her hand, to be left at the Office of the Society in Old Broad-street, London, either his intention to become a Candidate or the name and place of abode' of the Candidate intended to be proposed by him or her ; but the four Directors gong out of office by rotation are immectately re elig e,an , l are to be considered as Candidates, without giving notice of their intention. By order of the Court or D rectors, FRAZER 13. SMITH, Secretary. N.B.—The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. CASES SUFFICIENT. 'Thirty rouatain Pumps, that cost above 1,000/., have net cost 2/ per year for all the connectors, though twenty-four .1 them, from tif'term to one hundred feet long, are used to water the public roads from Wymandham to Aylsham, and at Yarmouth. A Treble-acting Fountain Pump at Diss brewery (horse rower) the connectors lasted five years, lift one hundred feet. N.B. It is the packing that scrapes up the water in the old Pump that wears out. And it is the connector that rolls up the rater in the New Pump that wears out.. Yitik the next two eases, both Pumps having done the same work. A Single .acting Fountain Pun- , at. Messrs. Horton's, dyers, Norvsich (manual power). He.. the connectors of the New Pnrnp last four times as long as did thst pt king of the old I 'mop it superseded. A Double-actin; Fountain Pump at Messrs. Stark's. dyers. Vorwich (steam power). Here also the packing of their old Trutce-acting Pump (superseded) used to last about thre... omnths, now the connectors of their new pump last above six teen months. This noble machine has nor. cost bs. a year for onneetors, though constantly at ucrk, and delivers eight im perial barrels of waier per minute, PRACTICALLY PROV ING THAT IN SKILFUL HAM>: THE NEW NUN CIPLE I.• DECIDEDLY THE 310 ST DURABLE. The Sevon road Fountain Pumps, fixed early in I -33, be tween Norwich and Aylshatn, hare not cost a shilling, nor varied in effect. The Ten Friction Pumps (alias Pumplings) mixed with them, have often been repaired, and the other day not sone of them would answer the helm—so much for comparative frailty. EFFECT. At the many fair trials made by ma.n, horse, and steam the rolling principle beat the sliding principle, upon an avorage. nearly eighty per cent., in raising water, 10, 20, 30, 45, and 70 feet high, and volumes of testimonials, by land and sea. certify similar results. lint, whe..eas there are still many novices striving hard t• perpetuate ignorance and the Athenian spurious Pomp in pre ferenoe to time New English genuine Pump and common sense, pretending that they can make miraculous friction Pumps with out friction, herefore, let us at one. come to deeds to try the ques tion, and shame the fool ho first cries " Hold, enough." CONDITIONS OF PROPOSED TRIALS AGAINST TIME. Take four Pumps of the Old Plan, and four Pumps of the New Plan, with mechanical parts alike, and so adjusted that a nun of ordinary strength may exert his full force, and raise with out stopping nine imperial barrels of water five feet high, three barrels fifteen feet, one barrel fifty feet, and nine imperial gallons et water 200 feet high, or over the London Monument. The number of seconds required with one pump less than with the ether, will be its gain in time and labour. The competitors should find the pumps and the public the pipes, in order to prove that engineers of the old school knew as much about raising water as sucking monkeys. Well, after all the stupid, lying, and even destructive oppo sition (Ne.smarket to wit), the graduated scale of the Foun tain Pump is practically and successfully carried out from the delivering of a single pint of water per stroke to the delivering of 6,000 imperial gallons of water per minute. And now to congratulate all nations upon the complete suc cess of an invention of boundless and undying utility, which nature bars surpassing, is highly gratifying To the World's Obedient Servant and Instructor, W. SHALDERS. See Mechanics' Magazine, March 19, 1836 ; Sun Paper, Sept. 21, 1836; and Norwich Mercury, June 28, 1839. Bank Place Norwich, March 26, 1840. P.S.--No work is worse done then that of raising water. Respec ti n g force and resistance . both town a n d country Pump-tatakers seem most gloriously ignorant. I inquired of two men pumping, between L ondon - bridge and the Tunnel, how l on g it took them to fill their six-barrel water cart. lift thirteen feet'—Answer : About seven minutes, quick working. With a No. Six New Plan they could have done the like work in seventy seconds. One Fountain Pump would about equal all the t hree Coekney built Friction Pumps at the Qtmn'a Barrack : , v orwich. NV. S. \--. ' E , • 1 •_,,y ,„,,, •••.. •,:;" - .. V., / ..". • • 0 :. t . 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Tills day is pubUshed ACORRECT LIKENESS of JOHN THOROGOOD, confined in Cheimsford Gaol, since .lauuary 16, 1839, for non-payment of Church-rate. Painted firm Life, and Drawn on Stone by J. TAUDEVIN Impressions ofi btiia Paper... ,9,. 6d. Prints -•,,,‘,. ic. 6d. J. W. Southgate, Library, 164, &land. On Saturday, the members of the London Literary Association of the friends of Poland held the anni versary celebration of the Constitution of 17e2 at their chambers, in Duke-street, St. James's. Lord Duotev C. STUART having been voted to the chitir, amidst great applause, read the Annual Report of the Council, which, he said, although less bulky than some of former years, showed no diminution of the Objects of the Society, or relaxation of the zeal and exertion of the Council. The Parliamentary grant to the refugees had been renewed by the unanimous vote of the House of Commons, and there was every reason to suppose that it would be renewed every year, so long as it might be required. The first, in citron°. or,ler, event of the past year, to which the Ceuncil had to direct the attention of the members, .yes the grand meeting occasioned by the visit of the Hereditary Grand Duke Alexander of Russia, who , iad been received, as was perfectly natural, with great kindness in this country, his father being an ally of our s raciou* Sos ereign. But some persons, who were not satisfied with that, endeavoured to make the attention with which the Grand Duke was received an occasion of doing injury to the cause of Poland. It was stated in the public press, as a matter of fact, that the Grand Duke had taken under his protection, and bad pensioned 600 !Nish refugees, whereas, in truth, there were scarcely morn than 60) refugeei in this country, and the whole number of those who experienced the bounty of his Itn lottiv•Higimers-wes-crysty tilt.—(.Hear, hear.) At a :neeting also of a great commercial company, about the same time, occaion was taken to eulogize the Autocrat, and under those circumstances the Council were of opi nion that a demonstration of public opinion was neces sary.—( Hear, hear.) Accordingly, a meeting was held worthy of the occasion.---(Etear, hear.) The Free. masons' Hall was filled, and a Royal and il:ustrious Duke presided.—(Great applause.) That was the first time since the revolution of 1831 that a meeting of the friends of Poland was graced by the presidency of a Royal Chairman.—( Hear, hear.) Several Members of Parliament attended, and made speeches which were equally honourable to themselves end serviceable to the cause of Poland.—( Hear.) That meeting was not without an important effect ; it drew the attention, not only of ilia whole of the British press, hut of the Continental oress.—(Heae,l The Council thought it of much import- Ince also to state t;.:. t the Royal Duke, having been se. licited to become the Patrol of the Association, readily complied, and the Association id therefore the great - i onour of the patronage of a Prince svii,;^ was known all over the world as the triend of liberty and hun:quitY , and the patron of science, the arts, and civilization.—(tea; eat applause.) Although it was not the object of that lieeting to solicit pecuniary assistance from the public, yet a very useful contribution was made, which enabled the Society to meet some of the claims which were made upon it, in consequence of the sickness of refugees, and he aid required by others who had opportunities of going into business. But in August last the funds Pere, nearly exhausted, and an appeal was made to the citizens of London.—(Cheers.) The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council unanimously voted i.he use of the Guildhall for a public ball,—(Cheers.) The Doke of Sussex and the Duchess of Kent gave ••ie entertainment the lustre of their patronage— ' Cheers)—and, by the exertion of the Committee 9£ die Common Council, who especially merit the grad rude of the Association, the attempt was eminently sue , ...soul, and a sum little short of 900/. was realized.— ;Great cheering.) The report proceeded to parti stilerise the assistance which the Association had de rived from public-spirited and benevolent individuals, amongst whom Mrs. Singleton was conspicuous. One of the contributions which that admirable lady had been the means of conveying to the Council was of an ixceedingly interesting character—a donation of .51., he produce of the labour of a blind lady, who found solace in her own privations, by alleviating the sorrows of her fellow-creatures.—(Applause.) The Council had also to mention, with peculiar gratification, crass contribution by Mr. Szulcrewski of the entire pro :it of his lectures upon Polish history, which he might honourably have appropriated to his own use, and which, in his circumstances, would have been of great value to although he derived higher pleasure fr6un con tributing to the relief of his countrymen than from sup plying his own wants.—(Cheers.) The Council dwelt mith considerable satisfaction upon the literary labours uf some of the refugees, referring particularly to the History of the Reformation in Poland," and Lo reski's novel of " Stanislaus in Cracow." A ring of great value and beautiful workmanship had been pre sented by the Refugees, to one of the Vice-Presidents, :u testimony of their gratitude for his exertions in the cause of their cour.try, and for his graciousness and kindness to the most suffering of their numbers.— (Much applause.) Since the Noble Lord bad ceased to be in Parliament, little had been done there in be nab of Poland.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The Council was ',till in correspondence with Branch Associations, inte rested for Poland, of which that formed at Canterbury was the most prominent. In the course of the last einter, Colonel Lack Szvrma (formerly professor of inoral philosophy in the University of Warsaw, and Commander of the Illustrious Legion of the Youths, who bore the brunt of the battle of Cracow, and tore from the brows of Die. nitsch the laurels which had been gathered in the defiles of the Balkan) presented himself, accidentally, at a public meeting held in Canterbury, and not only was he received with the utmost enthusiasm, but his presence gave occasion to the expression, on the part of the principal speakers, of the warmest feelings in factour of Poland and her exiled sons.—( Applause.) In Devonshire, and at Exeter, and Bristol, where the Learned and Gallant Colonel had occasion to travel last year, and where associations of the friends of Poland have been formed, he was received in a manner which showed that neither his own merits nor the wrongs of his country were forgotten or unappreciated. (Cheers.) In conclusion, the Council, having ex tressed their deep regret for the loss of Lord William Bcntinck and Dr. Carpenter, requested the Association at large to join with them in thanking the press of this country for its great services to the cause, and marked out the Times, chronicle, Herald, Advertiser, and Sun, as especially deserving the thanks of every friend of Poland.—(Cheers.) The Association was now out of debt, which the Council thought it would be injustice oat to state was owing to the zeal and attention of the paymaster (Mr. Rodwell). The interest in the cause of Poland was not diminished, and there was every :eason to believe that whenever an occasion should occur for an appeal to the people of England, it would be responded to as loudly and warmly as ever. On the motion of Mr. fluttlTea Comport, seconded by Mr. C. WATSON, the Report was unanimously adopted. Colonel LEICESTER STANHOPE moved, and Mr. 4V. ELLts, AI P., seconded. a re,,olution of thanks to Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Sussex and the Dochoss of Kent for their kind patronage of the Assn .:l,l6°n during the past year. The resolution was passed amidst much applause. Mr. A. SMITH then moved the next resolution, to the Effect " That the most cordial thanks of this Assl.. dation are due to the Lord Mayor and Common Coun cil of the City of London, as well as the Committee of the ball, given at Guildhall, on Nov. 14, for their kind and benevolent exertions in behalf of the refugees."— (Appl,ns.e.) That was the third or fourth time the Corporation of London had lent their Guildhall, and nad filled it for the re.ief of the refugees.--( Hear. hear.) &one persons asked of what use was the A'so• ciation. Why, if it did nothing else than succour the refugees in their distress, as it had done, that would be t sufficient reason for its existence. But it did much more.—( Hear, bear.) Tne report of the proceedings at the great meeting at the Freemasons' Hail, last year, had been translated and published in the German, Swe dish, and other Continental newspapers. The im portance of the Association aught be understood from the hostility which the Autocrat did not scorn to display towards its members.--(Hear, hear.) He him self (Mr. Smith) being in Denmark last year, was about to go into Russia, but the Russian Minister was aware of his being a member of this Association, and would not grant him a passport.—( Hear, hear.) A _gentle man, also, with whom he was acquainted, was about to become a member of the Association, but was deterred from it by an intimation that if he did so, he would not be allowed to visit some part of the Russian dominions to which his business called him.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. KIRBY seconded the resolution, which was car ried by acclamation. The President and Vice-Presidents of the Associa tion were then unanimously re-elected. Lord DUDLEY STUART returned thanks in an ener getic and feeling speech, in which he stated that al -1 though it might be supposed that, as nine years had elapsed since the insurrrection of Warsaw. the persecu tion of the unhappy Poles had coased,or had at least been mitigated, but the contrary. to the eternal shame of the Autocrat, was the case. The persecution still ra'ed as fiercely asever. People wereimprisonecl,banished, and pro scribed—and property confiscated—just as if the insur rection had been only of yesterday.—( Hear, hear.) To extort confessions the, most frightful tortures were re sorted to, amongst which one was of a new kind. Men were shut up in hot rooms , and fed only on salt herrings, until the torment of insupportable thirst compelled them to accuse themselves and others of the political offences with which they were charged.—(Art indescribable sensation of horror pervaded the room at this statement •of the Noble Lord.) There was pothing too little or • mean for the exhibition of the Autocrat's hatred to oE NTLEMEN VISITING LONDON r will ind SI]PERTOR ACCOMMODATION on Moderate Terms at EVANS'S GRAND HOTEL, PIAZZA and KING-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. Bed and Breakfast Coffee-room Dinners Two Shillings each. The Harmonic Meetin every Evenin , as usual, at Ten o'Clock. IV! OTICE to the LEGATEES of LEO- L 1 HARD HINTON, late of Barford near Salisbury, Wilts, innholder, deceased. If Philip Prangley, Richard Prangley, and Hannah Prang ley, formerly of Brixton Deverell in the county of Wilts, three of the Legatees referred to in the last will and testament of the above-named testator, LEONARD FIINTON, deceased, or either of them, or their or either of their issue (if any), will apply to Mr. Charles Nicholson, Barford near Salisbury, they, o either of them, will he .x of something to their, his, or her advantage. The said Richard Prangley was formerly a private in the 41st. 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Good security will be received for the due performance of the Con tract, and the Stamps on the Contract and Bond are to be paid for by the Contractor. The Committee do not pledge them selves to accept the lowest Tender. The Architects have prepared copies of the quantities. May 1,1840. JAMES NESS, Hon. Sec. MONS. 'MALIAN 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. NIALLAN and SONS, Surgeon-Dentist!, 2, Upper Eaton-street, Relgrave-square, Pimlico; 32, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury ; and 8. Rue de Castiglioni, Paris, beg to apprise their Patients and the Pubic generally, that they have succeeded in effecting the above desirable improvement. In corrodible artificial and natural Teeth fixed, from one to a com plete set, without wires or ligatures, guaranteed 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. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, with Portrait, 3 you. Eivo., 305., MEMOIRS and LETTERS of Sir SA MUEL RONIILLy; withhisPolitical Diary. Edited by his SONS. John Murray, Albemarle-street. NEW 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, Lc., because he told them that they taught for d ctrines the commandments of men, i. e., the false interpretations of the s. erect original, and on that accfiunt 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 ; anol, 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, 90 copies, 1.0001. I trust that it will support me in the prosecution of any labours, will protect me from the insidious influence of calumny, and the more daring violence of malice. envy, and all uncharitableness." 111 r. Bellamy's Reply to the Quarterly Review, 1819. Published in 1820, price 7s. Ltcon. B) C. C. Cotton. " The inequalities of life are real things, they can neither be explained away. nor done assay ; • Expellas furca tames tun t ue recurrent." A leveller, therefore, has long ago been set down as a ridiculous and chimerical being, who, if he could finish his work to. day, would hare to begin it again to-mor row. The 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 civilized and refined. Pethaps the whole four are all ulti mately resolvable into power. But in the jutt appreciation of this power, men are too apt to be deceived. Nothing, for in stanee, 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 riche*, might be proved in various way s. being so ranch more imieprivable and indestructi ble, so much more above all accident of change, and all lOnfu "ion of chance. But the peculiar superiority of talent over riches may be best discovered from hence-1 hat the influence of talent fell be the greatest in that government which is the must pure; while the influence of riches ts iil 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, hut 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 sines his time, those who value themselves merely on their ancestry, have been compared to potatoes—all that is good of them is under the ground ; perhaps it is but fair that nobility should have descended to them, since they never would have raised themselves to it." To COILItESTONDENTI.—" The Bible.—We have been in earnestly exhorted to persevere in opening our Paper to the die. cussien ef the merits of the New Translation, as a question ef the utmo t importance to the interests of mankind, that we feel it to be cur 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 attentien to the contreversy."—The sun, London, Saturday, Dee. 6, . _ _ " 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 acknowledges) errors, descend to posterity polluted with all those errors ; or shall it be transmitted to the latest generations of mankind, with as much of it• original parity as it is po.sible for human sagacity, knowledge, and diligence to clueidate and cor.firm. The Sun, Monday, November 23d, 18Ii. The Sun, Septem ber 30th, October 7th, and 28th, 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, shows ?—an apathy to exhibit " that all that is good of them is under ground With what truth may the t.ist'rguished proprietor of this Paper threw the galling taunt, ‘• lam the first of my family—you are the last of yours." He who.e 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 bis 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 sycvhantic nobility, partial and interested judges, a corrupt end 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 orying up Mr. Young as an actor, and equally running down Mr. Kean ; and it has been 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 ;he reality. Ile is not a ny.ck-tragedian, an automaton player—he is something besides his paraphernalia. He has •• that within him which passes show." Th,re is not a par ticle of aflin ty between h im and the patrons of the court writers. 11r. Young. on the contrary, is every thing all assumption, and strut and measured pomp, lull of self-import- MCP, void of truth and nature, the mask of the character he takes, a pasteboard figure, a stiff piece of wax-work. He Ails the throne of tragedy, not like an upstart or usurper, but as a matter of course, decked o. t in his plumes of feather and robes of stale stuck into a posture, and rt e eating 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 !') lle is a living man, and not an artificial one. How should those, who look to the airfare, and never probe deeper, endure him ? Ile 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 pa s si on ., b u t 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. 14,665. With this view in perspectiv e . i. e. " May the Eagles of the W estern and Northern Powers ' may the gallant Lion of Old En g land, an d t he 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 !the poor." We heed net much about" a thought of a breach of all decorum," but shall con clude. 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On tiling, to represent slating, iron hurdles, roofs, conservatories, hot-houses, fences. farm, or any out-buildings, it will last four times as long as common paint. It is so simple in its use, that any labourer can lay it on. To ship-owners for their decks, bottoms of vet.. eels, &c., it will be shown, as well as to the public, to be supe rior to any paint in use, by testimonials of its lasting fourteen years on wood and houses, twenty years on iron (see the South wark-bridge). The public are particularly, guarded in giving their orders for Wilkinson's Anti-Corrosion Paint, that no ether colour may be imposed upon them for his. A liberal allowance to the trade. GETTING DRUK," BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PARISH. " Here's a sample, ma'am, and t'others is all alike." The Apple-woman. ' In a certain parish exists a number of patriots, who are pre-eminently distinguished for the attention the) pay to the comforts of the poor, and all things relating thereto. Is an article of pros or grog, or clothing to be supplied ? who so busy as they ? " I will never permit an aged, helpless, or unfortunate creature to be fed upcn offal because he's poor. I'll look after the butcher, and see that they're well fed," says one. see that the bread is not short weight," observes a se cond, " and that their small beer has some strength in it," says a third. Honest good fellows ! But, there was, not a century ago, a certain quantity of wine re quired for the workhouse, over the concerns of which those said good honest patriots presided. One of the disinterested and worthy creatures, anxious, most anxious, that the wino should be of a superla tive quality, as it was to be admiaistered to the sick and infirm, had set his mind upon having it supplied by it certain wine-merchant, whose wines he was we ll aware " needed no bush." He " beat his brains" about for some time, in order to accomplish his benevo lent purpose, and at last hit upon the expedient of marking the (irks of the samples sent in by the gentle man who sold such excellent wines. Unfortunately the humane design got wind, and one of the guardians was hard•hearted enoug h to have the cork s cl:t off close to the necks of th e whole of the samples--vi z , 25 bottles of good port and sherry. The 'result. may be easily anticipated ; the kind and considerate guardians of the poor failed to introduce the " splendid wines" of his friend into the workhouse. But the whole of the samples were excellent, so excellent indeed that after , various " tastes," the whole board of gua r di ans d e- Iclared they were quite sorry to reject wines o f suc h a • capital vintage. "In truth," says one, "I am a l most ashamed to think of returning the samples?, "It would he an insult in my mind," observed a second. " Downright rascality, and agin all workhouse rules," hiccuped a third. "So I says," chimed in a fourth, " and I proposes as we don't stir from this here blessed place not till sich times as we have drink:hi the whole lot." " Hear, hear," shouted half a. dozen voices. " Put it to the rvote. Mr. Chairman." Put it was, and every one of the 25 bottles did the patriots guzzle to the very lees ! In allusion to Mr. Sharman Crawford's letter, the Dublin Evening Post says that Ulster ought to send him, • one of the truest and best men in the Notth, to represent a county or an independent borough in that quarter of the king dom ;;* adding., " we entertain sanguine hopes of seeing Mt. Crawford in Parliament—.-for Ulster is likely once m re to take a prominent leading part in prounting the freedom of the country." PRICE sd. Poland and to England.—(Hear.) A German sta tuary at Munich had completed for him (Lord D. C. Stuart) a bust of Prince Czarterywsky, which was much praised for the accuracy of the likeness, the force of ex press;on, and the beauty of the execution. The Rus sian Ambassador compelled the authorities to seize the bust and break it into pieces. so that the Autocrat bad the pleasure of destroying Polish and English property at the same time. --t Shame. shame.) Thanks were subsequently voted with much enthu siasm to the Hon. Mrs. Singleton for her constant, per severing, and charitable exertions in behalf of the refu gees —to Lord Dudley Stuart for his eminent s , ..rvices to the Poles and to the Association—and to Mr. Szulc zewski for his lectures on Polish history, and his gene rous contribution of the entire proceeds ;—after which the Meeting separated. SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY'S EARLY YEARS We were brought tip principally by a very kind and pious female relation of my * mother, a Mrs. Margaret Facquier, who had lived in our family ever since ray mother's marriage. Sheeaught us to read, and to read with intelligence: though the books in which we were taught we,e ill-suited to our age. The Bibl e , the Spectator, and an Eno lish translation of Telemachus. are those which I recollect our hating in most frequent use. But this kind relation had too bad a state of health to attend to us constantly. During the last forty years of her life, it seldom happened that many weeks passed without her being confined to her bed, or at least to her room. The care of us ; upon these occasions, devolved on a female servant of the name of Mary Evans, who was ill-qualified to give us instruction, or to cultivate our understandings ; but whose tender and affec tionate nature, whose sensibilitiv at the suffer ings of others, and earnest desire to relieve them to the utmost extent of her little means, could hardly fail to improve the hearts of those who were under her care. Perhaps there hardly ever ex isted three persons more affectionate, more kind, more compassionate, and whose sentiments and whose example were better calculated to inspire every soft and generous affection, than these two excellent women and our most e xedent father. It was under the influence of these examples that we passed our earliest years ; as for my mother. she was incapable, from the bad state of her • health, of taking any part in our education. 'The servant whom I have mentioned was to me in the pig.ce of a mother. I loved her to adoration. I remember, when quite a child, kissing, unper l ., ceived by her, the clothes which she wore ; antil! when she once entertained a design of quitting our family, and going to live with her own rela tions, receiving the news as that of the greatest evil that could befal inc ; and going up into my room in an agony of affliction, and imploring God upon my knees to avert so tetrib!e a calamity. It is com monly said to be the happy privilege of youth to to feel no misfortunes but the present, to be care less of the future, and forgetful of the past. That happy privilege I cannot recollect having ever enjoyed. In my earliest infancy my imagination was elarmed and my fears awakened by stories of devils, witches, and apparitions; and they had a much greater effect upon me than is even usual with children ; at least I judge so from their effect being of a more titan usual duration. The images of terror with which those tales abound, infested my imagination very long after I had discarded all belief in the tales themselves and in the motions on which they are built ; and even now, although I hare been accustomed for many years to pas: my evenings and my nights in solitude, and withoot even a servant sleeping in my chambers, I must with some shame confess that they are sometimes very unwelcome intruders upon my thoughts. I often recollect, and never without shuddtring, a story which, in my earliest childhood (for my memory hardly reaches beyond it), I overheard, as I lay in bed, related by an old woman who was employed about our house, of a servant mur dering his master ; and particularly that part of it where the murderer, with a knife in his hand, had crept, in the dead of night, to the side of the bed in which his master lay asleep, and when, as from a momentary com punction, he was hesitating be, `.ore he executed his bloody purpose, he on a sudden heard a deep • hollow voice whispering close to his ear in a com manding tone, " that he should accomplish hi . : de sign !" But it was not merely such extravagant stories that disturbed my peace ; as dreadful an tm pression was made on me by relations of murders, and acts of cruelty. The prints winch I found in the Lives of the Martyrs and the Newgate Calen dar, have cost me many sleepless nights. My dreams, too, were disturbed by the hideous images which haunted my imagination by day. I thought myself present at executions, murders, and scenes of blood, and I have often lain in bed agitated by my terrors, equally afraid of remaining awake in the dark, and of falling asleep to encounter the horrors of my dreams. Often have I in my even ing prayers to God besought him, with the utmost fervour, to suffer me to pass the night undisturbed by horrid dreams. I had other apprehensions, and some of a kind which we comtnorly .reserved for maturer years. I was oppressed with a con stant terror of death, not indeed for myself, but for my father, whose life was certainly much dearer to me than my own. I never looked on his countenance, on which care and afle tion had deeply imprinted premature marks of old age, without reflecting that there could not be many years of his excellent life still to come. If he re turned home later than usual, though hut half an hour, a thousand accidente presented themselves to my mind ; and, when put to bed, I lay sleepless and in the most tormenting anxiety till I heard him knock. This state of mind became so habitual to me that an uneasiness and a foreboding of some misfortune came upon me regularly about half an hour before the usual time of his return, and went on increasing till the moment of his arrival. So, far, indeed, was I from endeavouring to overcome this weakness, that I willingly encouraged it, from a strange idea which I had conceived, that by dread ilia misfortunes I prevented them ; and that the calamity which I feared would, whenever it hap pened, come upon me quite unwares. I took a pleasure, therefore, in Indulging my terrors, and reproached myself if ever I felt a moment of security.—The idea of my father's approach ing death pursued me even in the midst of scenes which seemed most likely to dispel such gloomy reflections. I remember once accompany ing him to the theatre on a night when Garrick acted. The play was Zara, an d' it was followed by the farce of Ledie. The inimitable and various powers of acting which were displayed by that ad mirable performer in both those pieces, could not for a moment drive from my mind the dismal idea which haunted me. In the aged Lusignan I saw what my father in a few years would be, tottering on the brink of the grave ; and when in the farce the old man desires to drink the waters of Lethe, that he msy forget how old he is, I thought that the same idea must naturally present itself to my father; that he must sec as clearly as I did, that his death could not be at the distance of many years ; and that, notwithstanding his apparent cheerful ness, that idea 'nest often prey upon his mind, and poison his happiness more even than it did mine. I looked at his countenance as he was sitting by me—persuaded myself that I observed a change in his features—conjectured that the same painful re flections had occurred to him as had to me—re pented of having entered the theatre—and returned from it as sad and as dejected as I could have done from a funeral.—Memoirs of Sir S. Romilly. THE SPORTSMAN IN IRELAND AND Scor tarin.—A most well-informed, humourous, and altogether agreeable travelling companion. The leading features are all more or less of a sporting nature ; and in this point of view the work has uncommon interest. The writer is not only a fly. fisher of the first grade, but a master of the angle in all its departments, and the details he gives of his various experiences on the lakes and rivers of the beautiful lands which he passed over cannot fail to send hosts of sportsmen thither who never before contemplated such a visit, and many more . rho would scarcely have ventured such an undertaking without the guide here placed at their disposal. The work is embellished with many very spirited and interesting sketches of remarkable lo calities. and is altogether one of the most readable and amusing books of its kind that we have had for many a day.—N ew Colonel Sir Henry Dalrymple Ross, K.C.8., has been appointed Deputy Adjutant-General of Artillery, in place of the late Sir Alexander Dielisou. ENENING CHARACTER OF THE CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have just now read in this day's leto.- ing article of your journal, remarks upon compara tive crime in England and Ireland ; the striki ng truth of them has induced me, an artizan, to sit down and send you a few ideas, which may be c4.m sidered of value when coming from a person wits? is cariftilly watching the current of sympathyl l ind feeling amongst his own class. Tine Church Establishment is making a great stir at: peseta against Popery. I wish to tell the Chur,:h the opinion of all my acquaintances who are, like myself, mechanics—the opinion of all those with whom I have spoken upon the subject, and :hey were taken at random. Not one thought the Church of England a poor man's friend ; many had ridiculous notions upon the subject, but all were agreed upon this point. They all believe that the cler ,, ymen of the Esta blishment are much more anxious for two or more places, than for the salvation of one soul. The o:erav confound the Establishment with Chris tia The people, in consequence, never go to Church or Chapel. They believe that a pastor, who is a Magistrate, is the most unfeeliiv creature of God's creation. They hate him. They believe themse!res wronged and injured in every quarter, but, above all, by the priesthood. They are quiet because they cannot resist. This, Sir, is, I believe, an unbiassed picture of the rnav,cs. I wou.d have the Church pause and, consider whether it is not her ownsell that is spread ing infidelity. I would have our rulets reflect upon the safety of the nation's position when the ttamuillity of the body depends upon keeping a rising hopeless. Most respectfully, A TIN PLATE WORKER.. May I, 1840. CAPITAL. PUNISHMENTS. The Society for the Suppression of Capital Punish ments has Just publistied a very valuable table, coin from Parliamentaw documents, to prove .• thci inex?eclienc) of capital puaislinwnts, by a decrease of crime attending their disuse, in various rage,, Where two consecutive periods are eompared —;xectition4 laaving been frequent in the first, and rare, if nut abolished, in the second." ENGLAND AND WALES. HORSE STEALING. '--Mitigation commencing 1830. Executed. Cornait a t s. Nine years ending Dec., 1829 46 1 626 Ditto 1638 0 1 565 13URGLARY AND tieLtEDREAKING —M.ttgAtiQD ISG 1533. Six yeari; ending Dt.c., 183 9 56 _6,199 Ditto lB3B 3 4 6kl commencing 1634 Five years ending Dec., 1533 36 1 949 alto lB3B 5 1,634 _ . ATTEMPTS TO MURDER, &e.—Mitigation coniweneitig 1835 Four years ending Dec., 1834 14 520 Ditto lB3B 4 528 CA PITA L ASSAULTS UPON FENlALEs.—Mitigatligi cum. met:clog. 1835. Four 3 ears ending Dec., 1834 16 222 Ditto lB3B 1 223 Artsos. 4 —Nli - iga‘ion commencing 1837 Two years ending Dee., 1836..... 9 l4B Ditto lB3B U B6 First periods... 177 9 664 Second ditto Fewer committals, vri!h only 13 ir.stead of 177 execution 4 The foregoing list includes (high treason excepted), the most dangerous offences. And even as to murder itself, the subjoined abstract of Parliamentary returns will show that no increase of that crime has resulted from commutations of the sentence of death in Eng land and Wales : MUREER. Executed. Committals. Three yeara ending Dec., 1835... 39 Ditto - 1838. 21 'iie following Parliamentary return exhibits similar proof of the inexpediency of capital punishments, de• rived from what has happened in and around the metn), poke LONDON AND MIDDLESEX. Executed. Committalsk Three years ending Dec., 1830... 52 Ditto Ditto ... . _ With regard to the same crimes throughout England and Vales, a return was made in 1839, of which we give an Astract ENGLAND AND WALES. Ext euted. Committals. Five years' ending Dec., 1833... 259 Ditio # 4 ,* The conamittals in both these periods were for crimes that were capital at the commencement of the first period. The same remsrk applies to the three periods under the head " London and Middlesex." The society concludes with the following, observa tions :—But, it may be asked, were not other offences —was not crime in general—in like m anner , ' on the de crease in this second period ? The answer is, go. So far from decreasing„ crime in general underwent a considerable increase, as may be seen by the Home Pffice retinue, annu.:lly laid before Parliament. The f ac t is thus established upon unequi;ocal testimony— the evidence of the Government records—that, in the same country—among the same people—and at the same time—under circumstances, therefore, precisely the same, while crime in general was increasing, there was a decrease of those offences for which the punishment of de,tth %v,,ts partially discontinued, or altogether abo lished, and another penalty substituted, winch has not, by deterring prosecutors or witnesses from coming for ward, or preventiog juries troin convicting, given en couragement to crime, • As the executions for arson did not cease till 1837, the period of mitigation since el.ipsed is but two years ; while, as to horse-ctealing - , executions were practically abo. iished in 1830 ; since whicir, a period of nine years has elapsed—a longer term, and thetefore more valuable, as furnishing more extended results. This explains why the periods for arson could be only two years. while those for horse•stealing are nine. So of the Other enumerated Icrimes. THE LATE COUNTESS OF BUR- LINGTON. This lamented lady possessed, in an eminent degree, many of " those mild and silent virtues," as they have been called, of our holy religion, which peculiarly en- I cleared her to all who had the happiness of her ice quamtance ; and rarely has it fallen to our lot, as pub tic journalists, to record the decease of one for whose loss the tear of genuine sorrow might more justly flow. In the late Countess of Burlington grace and ele gance of manners were beautifully united to the true spirit of Christian humility ; in her might be daily seen the most obliging courtesy, the most winning conde scension, the most thoughtful consideration for the wants, and the most anxious desire to promote the best interests of others around her. Hence, though she. was barn in an elevated rank in life, and by her earl's- marßage union was raised to still higher prospects, yet the pleasures and amusements of fashionable life were very far front occupying the chief place in her esteem. To be watching over the religious welfare of the neighbourhood in which she was residing, to enter the dwellings of the poor, and to accompany the temporal relief bestowed with that which greatly enhances its value, the word of Christian exhortation, these were occupations id .corn prison of which even the splendour of a Court seemed not to offer to her equal attractions. In the religious education of the children of the poor she took an espe -6)1 interest ; those who have witnessed the unwearied anxiety , with which she watched ove r th e nolker cha nty schools, can hear testimony to this ; an d, as a n in centive to others, it is worthy of record, that during last summer, white residing at Volker, a• d when she bad just left the palace of her Sovereign, sae was in the habit of inviting the young women of the neighbour hood, who had lately been pupt hi her selinoi, to meet her once or twice a week iu the after , noons at the school room, where, whilst they were engaged in needlework, she read to them some religious book, and affectionately impressed upon them such Christian counsel as their age and situation in life seemed most to require. Front these imperfect re 'narks it may be readily seen that the laze Countess, though young in yews, was a Christian matured and established in grace ; and as such it has jeaseti Al mighty God, .according to a mode of d,.oling which we have often occasion to notice in the course of Hi s pr ,„.i. deuce, to remove her thus early from i urther trial here upon earth, and to make her an inhabitant of that bright wand ,N here " they that be wiee# shall shine s the brightness of the firmament, and they that twit toia.v to r gitteousness, as the stars for ever and ever." 50..! 'lone ; but may her edifyilig example long be la,e re membrance, and cause many to become followers of , er, even as she also was of Christ ! Sec the margin of our Bibles. APOTHECARIES' LI AL 1 .—Names of ca to whom the Court of Eximiners grante.. C. rtitieates ()0; fication of Frioa) ; —James King Samp,on, Ilaiisham , Susses; Joseph Appletcn, Falmouth ; l'howas 13eiincit , Dorset ; James Dutton, L‘ming:on, Hants ; John Churchill, Chertsey, Surrey ; Henry Wells, Easton, Lincolnshire; Itobt. S auser Bowker, Appleby Delbjsbire ; Thomas Smith, Cockermouth ; Char: es Henry Carter, Marlborough, Wilts; Rowland Williams, Dolgelly ; Isaac Car Cust, Barium Cas tle : Thomas Gravely, Cowl - old, :-ussex : Richard Whitish!, Kington, Herefordshire : William Arden, Grcslpm, OH-oil:. The Dublin Evening Yost, deploring the Ipte • dreadful deeds perpetrated in the countiet of Leitr im and Lime :la justly remarks that ‘, tliopo crimesi s r orm t h e ceptios , s to the mitional tranquillity, t a d tu e a s Zat In hunting were never more disposed to abstain from outr,g• a n d to out its perpetrato7s. • • • ~'~