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4 1 / 4 ze\t.,:i4,. •. r NW/ t• "". • 4 1 .(3 1,, ,".„ • , •,. , I • jo t "V + 16116 " . '' ''' ''' tZ l V • I • ) I , 44 • „.• • s t 4 , 4ty., X 4.091 t .4, • A.' EV RNING EDITION. EVENI NG EDITION. TSTAMPS AND TAXES, APRIt 27, 1840. HE LORDS COMMISSIONERSof HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY having authorised and di rected the use o f ST AMPS for denot i ng the duties of Postage, en and after the 6th day of MAY NEXT, and that the sale of such Stamps shall in the first instance be confined to London, 11144 * IS hereby g i ven th a t on an d a ft er th e Ist day of May opt, the ‘tamps under-mentioned may be obtained at this u fack, and al so at the Sea Policy Office, Bank-buildings, in the City of London, in the uantities and at the prices f0110w ing.....,,,L,...._ q Iwo Reams of Penny Stamps for Covers, containing g 0 She e t s or 960 Stamps Oe . quantity of Penny Stamps for . Envelopes 45 0 me Ream of Penny Stamps for Covers, containing s 4 O Sh ee t s or 480 Stamps 2 4 3 ~a u le quantity of P enny St amps f or Envelopes 2 3 6 gulf a Ream of Penny Stamps for Covers, con aing 20 Sheets or 240 Stamps 1 2 4 6" quantity of Penny Stamps for Envelopes 1 1 9 IMI Ream of Twopenny Stamps for Covers, con s taming 40 Sheets or 480 Stamps • 4 3 6 iti a a r f a q!aatity of Twopenny tamps for Envelopes... 4 2 6 a noun of Twopenny Stamps for Covers, con t,jog 20 She e t s or 240 Stamps Q sa lu . quantity of T wo p enn y Stumps for Envelopes 2 2 2 uarte r of a Ream of Twopenny Stamps fur Covers, ° otaining 10 Sheets or 120 Stamps... 1 1 4 Sb u'o quantity of Twopenny Stamps for Envelopes 1 1 1 S heet of Penny Labels, containing 240 Stamps, per Sheet 1 0 0 Sam e , o f Twopenny, per Sheet ... le "ruble any persons to sell these Stamps it will be feces '''''Y that they should obtain Licences as vendors of Stamps ffenerally. LITERATURE. No. 14.863. LONDON, WEDNE4-2SDAY, APRIL 29, 1840. MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.- The Public are informed that the LINE from NOT TINGHAM and DERBY to LEICESTER will be OPENED for the Conveyance of Passengers and Parcels on TUESDAY, the sth of May next. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. Office, Leicester, April 23, 1840. CARLYLE'S LECTURES ON /1 HEROES, HERO WORSHIP, and the HEROIC in HUMAN HISTORY. SIX LECTURES to be DELIVERED at 17. Edward street. Portman-square, at Three o'Clock, P.m., on TUESDA Y, May 1, and the succeeding Tuesdays and Fridays. Lecture I —The Hero as Divinity. Lecture ll.—As Prophet. Lecture lII.—As Poet. Lecture IV. —A s Priest. Lecture V.-46 Man of Letters. Lecture VI. —As King. Subscription to the Course One Guinea. Syllabuses cud Tickets to be had of Mr. Fraser, publisher, 215, Regent-street, and at the Lecture-room. PRICE sd. IRELAND. Ql TA NLE Y'S REGISTRATION BILL. kJ At a numerous MEETING of the CITIZENS' CLUB, held at their Rooms, in the City of Kilkenny, on the 6th of April, 1840, Mr. JOHN POTTER in the Chair, Woved by JOHN BANnir, Esq., of Windgap Cottage; seconded by Mr. THostas MAck - uv, of Rosen-street; Resolved—That we consider the Registration Bill lately brought forward by Lord Stanley in the House of Commons, as an insidious attempt (founded upon false and malignant assertions), to curtail, and eventually destroy, the very limited franchise at prent possessed by the Irish people. Moved by Dr. CAXF of William-street ; seconded by Mr. PUBLICATIONS. Fin HE BRITISH ANGLER'S MAN UAL; _IL. or, the Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. With some Account of the principal Rivers, Lakes, and Trout Streams, and Instructions in Fly fishing, Trolling, and Angling at the Bottom, and more particularly for the Trout. With numerous highly-finished Engravings, on Wood and Steel. the Peak, 3 yrs, Est 71b ; br c by Buzzard, out of Margaret, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ; 91 ..amboul, 3 yrs, Est 41b ; Columella, 3 yrs, 6st. . , THURSDAY. Sweep s t a k es o f 25 sovq , each, for two-yrs-old ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 4111. T. Y. C. To name on the Tuesday before rimning. • Mr. 'Wilson, Duke of Rutland, Col. Peel, Mr. Greville, General Grosve nor. SHIPWRECKED FIAHEItiVIEN and MA RINERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. The FIRST ANNUAL MEETING of the SUBSCRI BERS and FRIENDS to this INSTITUTION will beholden at the London Tavern, Bishomate-street, on TnunsDAY, April 30, at half-past Twelve for One o'Clock. Admiral the Right Hon. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, G.C.8., President a the Society, in the Chair. 26, Butklersbury, April 20. EDWARD WEST, See. By T. C. HOFLAND, Esq. Price 1/. is. post Svo., or it. 16s. large paper, proof plates. " A perfect text-book for the fisherman, and the touris can hardly have a more elegant or agreeable companion."_ Sporting Review. Whitehead and Co., 76, Fleet-street; and R. Ackermann 191. Regent•street. HOUGHTON MEETING, 1840.—MoNDAY. Mr. Goodman's cby Agreeable, out of Antelope's dam, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Pettit's Langolee, Bst 31b ; First half of Ab. M. 50t, h ft. r: HE THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL EX ' HIBITTON of the SOCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER COLOURS, at their Gallery, Pall-mall East, IS NOW OPEN. Open each day from Nine till dusk. Admittance, One Shilling—Catalogue, Sixpence, R. HILLS, S'ecretary. By Order of the Board, CHARLES PRESSLEY, Secretary. NOTICE TO THE PTJBLIC,. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, APRIL 28, 1840. The Lords of the Tr easury h av i ng fi xe d the 6th of May il!'at, for the issue of Postage Stamps: on and after that day, all Letters written on stamped paper or enclosed in stamped :",ers, or having Stamps affixed to them, the Stamps in every ;, tle n ease being equal in value or amount to the rates of Postage it ) ve chargeable on such Letters if pre-paid, will pass Free of pm t in whatever part of the United Kingdom they may be P° , ted. In • hoseth., cases where the value of Stamps on the letter is less iF" the amount of the Postage to which it would be now liable, Or the Letter will be charged double the amount of g'inference en delivery. Au Inland Letter, for example, eilhi more than half-an-ounne, and not exceeding an ace, if bearing only a Penny Stamp, will be charged two (-Lice on itelivery. w i l l' he game regulation applies to Letters pre-paid by money, . A ere the full and proper rate of Postage has not been paid in 11, 8 , 41 , 1 4 s may be used for printed votes and proceedings in elm:gent, if the Stamps, however, should be less in value ,4in the proper rate of Postage to which these documents are ZRiect, only the difference, and not double the difference is to :healed. p ett ers, my also be used on Foreign, Colonial, and Ship p.1 .1e "; &c. outwards. If any Letter, however, addressed to tt bOyond sea, shall bear an insufficient number of Stamps, p ""! be *eat to_the Dead Letter-office, to be returned in all uracheable cases, to the writer. Stamps are not permitted to be d l :l °ei on Letters arriving in the United Kingdom from the Les or Foreign c o unt r ie s . In such cases, therefore, „' be e 'er, a will be chargeable with the same rates as they would 1 : net bearing Stamps. 01 411 1 these regulations wll be appli le eab to newspapers in c4 e, eases where they are l i able to Postage. rtt must be distinctly understood that it is optional with the ri l ulie eith er t o use S tamps , or to f orwar d t h e i r l etters, & c. e zPaid or unpaid, as at present. L_l h e instructions issued in December and the 4th of F e brua r y `V, remai n is f u ll f orce ; t h e on l y a l terat i on b e i ng, t h at t h e p" lr i'ln are p rmeitted to be used in certain cases instead of the o x ale being paid in money. By Command, W. L. MABERLY, Secretary, CALEDONIAN ASYLUM, incorporated for s al Supporting and Educating the Children of Soldiers, ' b e I l°rs, and Marines, Natives of Scotland, who have Died or e l Disabled in the Service of their Country, and of Indigent R` e rl f l Parents, resident in London, not entitled to Parochial uti Til ,e TWENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Rh Instit ut i on w i l l take place at the FREEMASONS ' RN, on T UESDAY , t h e s t h o f M ay. IS Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, Baron of Culloden. in the Chair. Th e Right STEWARDS. ',Mbe Right Hon. Thomas B. Frederick W. Caldwell, Esq. acaulay, M. P. Alexander Denoon, Esq. T h e John C. Dundas,M.P. R. B. Foreman, Esq. Si r i . 410 n. W. Leslie Melville. William Jardine, Esq. si r "'Johnstone, Bart. Robert Low, Esq. v., ' l aites Clark, Bart., M.D. William Macleod, Esq. --'"`• SIC Duncan Macdougall, Charles Macintosh, Esq. C.B . S' James Milligan, Esq. p'.-Atvid Wilkie, R. A. William Murray, Esq. rfard Horsman, Esq., M.P. William Noble, Esq, j!nrY %dile, Esq., M.P. David Sangster, Esq. f tnes B oy d , E sq. John Stuart, E sq. ha Chish o l m . Dinner en table at Six o'Clock precisely. Tickets, 208. n, to be had of the Stewards, of the Directors, at the Bar "' the Tavern, and of the Secretary at the Institution. JOHN LEES, Secretary. STEAM TO THE PACIFIC VIA THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN. v i ll)o Pacific Steam Navigation Company's Splendid Steam w .. ; e ' li se, Is PERU and CHILI, each of about 700 tons burden, "` leave the Port of London for Valparaiso and Callao, touch- lift at Talcahuano, on or about the Ist of JUNE next. They Stir; steam and sail out in company, proceeding through the in f r . 4 of Magellan, and it is calculated will perform the voyage P os c ' e t 60 to 70 days. They possess every accommodation for Peri et cro, are elegantly fitted up, and each will ca rr y a n ex tppnt Surgeon. There is room for a few tons of measure- 1:0r ` , 49 th e Paasage n_ or freight, apply to the Secretary, at the offi c e of '4 Ea • ~onspsant I y; or to Capt. PEACOCK, on board of the ve s se l s , tilelndia Docks. ?allies desirous of proceecing to Australia or Van Diemen's 4 1c1, will find ibis an eligible opportunity for securing a most dal passage to those Colonies. Sailing vessels are con- Tattl y passing from the We s t Coast of South America to 'lttatralia, making the passage in about 40 days. The Steamers CHILI and PERU, which will be followed 9' others belonging to the Company, are intended for the con vance of Mails, Passengers, and Merchandise, along the line of the West Coast of South America, extending " 1 Chili to Panama. They will be the means of settledestablish munication between the various p orts i n the , the; and in the course of next year, when the vessels of t h; R oyal Mail Steam Packet Company are in operation in w - A tlantic, the grand chain of communication by steam be-. e eti the whole of that rich coast and this country will be ..„eotuplete. tIY HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL LET IN B,„ TERS PATENT. To all Economists..— ROWN'S ECONOMICAL AUTOMATON ROASTT TC JACK and UNIVERSAL COOKING APPARATL S. ta s ,„ e b 9neen's Patent having been granted for the above useful o l „,If', embracing as it does such unparalleled utility and „rn"raents for all purposes of cooking, is confidently recom ; (led to the public. The great and important advantages --7 t r i "ery other roasting jackcooking apparatus are these Isei t h, e "nniny. self-acting power (the jack having neither Ali e nor spring), near approach to perpetual motion, sun elire Y a c onstruction and management, certain prevention or 1,4 1 °f a smok y cliimnev, and safety from danger of fire. It ei also b found to embrace great convenience, facility, and krolAinesse in the kit c h en d e p ar t men t, an d will b e i n hi g h ra n ,, ttr with cooks and servants generally, from its simple ar. Wa r ' enl ents, saving of labour and time, general comfort and at zn lnt h , combining pure ventilation with perfect regulation of 1 551 1Theric ai r . I t i s a saving of from 50 to 70 per cent. in wlost ; will roast, bake, boil, fry, broil, stew, and steam in the Perfectse tti a and effective manner ; requires no masonry or to ,_" nd is in full act ion in a few m i nut e s. Itis warranted fullyosg,wer all purposes here described, and the patentee respect jnvites the attention and s par of the nobility, gentry, k ee "'" public. It is obviously calculated for hotel and inn extensive!ships use and steam vessels, and forms a perfect and effv et ironi ng apparatus (for flat and Italian irons); will with u PY and safel . y air linen, is free from smoke or dust, and, con st ta r 'fling attention, cannot be put out of order. It can b e at one r :e . ted, by increased size, &c., to roast three joints or more e051,.i1,,, e it .osa no dampers, but one small flue, and b urns common Nh stone coal, or coke. b A. steam boiler can also be fitted to it, if required. stre e t lead (in London) of Mr. J. Benham, 19, Wigmore- Street'. C avendish-square ; Mr. T. Jeakes, 2, Great Russell- P ar k. Messrs. May and Morritt, 66, Oxford-street ; Messrs. 79, Oxford-street ; Mr. Adams, Haymarket ; RlQaars 1 -4rbidge . and C 0.,.. 130, Fleet-street • Messrs. Green qa instable , King William-street ; and of Fleet-street; R. Henly 11.11 C °., 196, Blackfriars-road ; also of most of the general " furnishing ironmongers throughout the kingdom. -- SIGHT RESTORED-NERvOUS u HEAD-ACHE CURED. der the p a tronage of hie late Majesty, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. and the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury, " Loyal je serai durant ma vie." NI of a Letter sent to Mr. W. Grimstone, inventor of the cele. brated Eye Snuff. tjhe Marchienees de Brog l ie Solari presents her best compli men t s }sofas W. Grinastone, and haa the pleasure to inform him that she }most oonvincing proofs of the Irneficial qualities of his sitacaus Eye Snuff, in many cases of its reiterative pow e r, b o th nd hearing. Grimstone--.Sir, You are at liberty to make use of her name. — Pt• 42, 183E4, 46, Charlotte-street. $l, Copy of a Letter sent to Mr. Grimstone, Jan. 19, 1349. Z±hotaaving beer. Afflicted with bad eyes for a long time, a friend Zto.,,W, received benefit from using your Eye Snuff recommended Zirojn I have taken the contents of your 4d. canisters, and am - .7 l _sevZ say -my sight has improved ; the weakness and dimness is v7tl ore and, Sir, it is any wish that yen make this known for the GEO. SMITH. 412, Ulace, Kentish Town. erirnstene, Inventor of Eye snuff'. 09, Brea:l-street, Bloomsbury. %le Il ea c./ h . March 3, 1840. for att c - 7_,.... 14 been afflicted for many years with a sev ere . pain in my l A , whi c h ~.est wiriest dimness of sight an d . darting pains in my eyes, N l Rsq ca ',have had mere first medical advice ; indeed, I hare taken d c ,_'ltni es o r m e di c ine, without receiving anyselief; but I am ~,Ye So u ped to say, with truth, tint ever since using your valuable qtly, which I have taken copiously7thatia„ a 2s. 4d. c an i ster illtiali e ' 4ll quite free from those excruciating pains, and can recd Mi r :Print, although I am in the ha pp y r it weei This. PM and shall be most to give it to low or Iro,i l .Pectablo inquirer at my residence, as under.--1 remain, kFell".lcle, Sir, your obedient humble Servant. Al.Tirtreet. Edgware-road, Marylebone. E. ROBSON. t 0 ,,1 e.. ll This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs, o F n iners, Is. 3d., 2s. 4d., 45. 4d., , and 155. 6d. each, with pk trit e, testimonials, gratis, with each catiAer, by all a'nei oo t u Foreign and British. It can be obtained in all the ariias, „ ' °7 'ws and cities. A liberal allowane to shippers, owners, is I. I A all vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This . celebrated r 'i - Ped all the e, and its be ort ove r Wit in to y clima ou te. arters All of Snufla glob and Cigars retains shipped on n thigne A NKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF „ COP A. 113 A. t fi e 'Med of Two Months upwards of Three Hundred Patients trrated at the Metropolitan Hospitals o i SP ECIFIC SOLUTION of COPAIBA., itoy„-r, Henry Green, F.R.S., one of the Council r , t th , P rf es .I'llege of Surgeons, Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and 1 : I h,auf of Surlier., in the King's College, London. sn,Pas.,, e f ., r n 4, ?e trial of Mr. Frank's Solution of Copsdia, at St l, 'etasie4"Pllal,variety of cases of discharges the male and the results warrant my stating, that it is an etlica. eety of 9; anti ones which does not produce the usual unpleasan 4 , "Taiba. (Signed) "JOSEPH HENRY GREEN. 11;" gr Li s rn's- inn April 15, 1835. 11 1 1 4, tti n re r I n Cooper, F.sq., 1.R . 5., Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and 1, r i t r ie4 tlP4, 4 4 ,4 l n a to.nly. &c., and others most eminent in the 4 ,4 b*." iiransbye,;:** „ — ./r . r , at pleas e s compliments y th t e o c 3 f f i r c . ae Cleo. Franks " scr i b, in Gonorrhisa for which disease Mr. Z: er has s,..:trtneee.Stlution In ten ' or I welye MC'S r w4t h perfect su o c o c i e ' ss. o in 4 i . Pring.gardens, usble Medicine is confidently recommended in all cases "jie. Gleeth, Urethral Diocharges, Spasmodic Strtures, the Kidneys, Bladder, Urethra, and Prostate Gland 4E44 eflects Ki dneys, the gsntrallsealth render it particularly ap 161,'Teistred4,11 oases of relaxed fibre and nervous debility. ' 41 ° ,!,(1 nI Y by Heorge Franks, Surgeon, ill), illackfriars-r oa d %, l u , may be had °fall MetLcino-vendors in the Unit e d Ki ng (:•.. ...ittlesiit 2s. Dd., 4s. Gd., Sad I Is. eacn. tt, Unless " Ceorge Franks, Biaetfriars road," is engravtd e s* 7‘lerlirrtent Stamp it c an n o t b e genuine . may he consulted taitil Two o'clock daily, JOHN FLYNN, of High-street ; Resolved—That if the present attempt of the Tory party to annihilate the liberties so sparingly given to the people of this long misgoverned country shall prove successful, Ireland shall cease to seek from the Briti , h Legislature for any measure short of a Repeal of the Union, and an Irish Parliament. Moved by CORNELIUS MAXWELL, Esq., Proprietor of the Kilkenny Journal ; seconded by Mr. JAMES WAr.sx, of High -street ; Resolved—That the petition now read be adopted, and forwarded to our representative, Mr. Hume, with a request that he will give the nefarious Bill of Lord Stanley every op rosition warranted by the conctitetion and rules of the !rouse. Moved by EDMUND SMITHWICK Esq., of the Brewery House, _ _ seconded by Mr. Him ity POTTER, of High-street ; Resolved—That the Resolutions be published in the Kilkenny Journal and the London Sun newspapers. JOHN POTTER, Chairman, JOSEPH HACKETT, Hon. See. Mr. THOMAS POWER, of High-street, having been called to the Chair. Moved by Mr. JOHN Bona v, of High-street ; seconded by Mr. JOHN KAVANAGH, of William -street; Resolved—That the marked thanks of the Meeting be given to Mr. Potter, for his proper conduct in the Chair. THOMAS POWER, Chairman. JOSEPH HACKETT, Hon. Sec. FUTURE AND EXISTING CHILDREN. EMILY ENDOWMENT SOCIETY, LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY OFFICE, No. 12, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London. Capital, 500,0001. GEORGE ALFRED MUSKETT, Esq., M.P., Chairman. WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH BAYLEY, Esq., Deputy Chairman. A married man, paying a yearly premium, or a single sum, varying according to the age of his wife, would secure to each of his future Children, however numerous, a specific sum en attaining any given age. EXAMPLE. Wife aged 21, 81. 13s. 6d. annual premium for 22 years, or 13-11. I. Sd. paid in one sum, would entitle each Child attain ing 21 years of age, to 1001. Life Assurance and Annuities effected on advantageous terms. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AS SURANCE AND DEFERRED ANNUITY SO CIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. EASTERN ERANCII.-5, Castle-street, St. Mary Axe. Capital, 500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Col;Sir Burges Cam ac, K. C. S. I Robert Hollond. Esq., M.P. John Elliotson, 111. D., F. R. S. George Lungley, Esq. H. Gordon, Esq. I John Rawson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. ATTDITORS. Dr. Olinthus Gregory, F.R. A.S. Professor Wheatstone, F.R. S. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhoase, Esq., F. R. A. S. By the new principles of Life Assurance and Deferred An nuities, founded by this Society, the moral obligation of all classes of making a provision for a family or fur old age is largely enhanced, by the immediate advantages secured to the Assured themselves. The details of the prineiples of the Society, its improvement in the system of Assurance, its economical arrangements in favour of the Assured, its extensive Tables, &c., will be found in its Prospectus, which may be obtained at the Offices of the Society, 26, Cornhill, London, or at any of its Branches throughout the Country. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. IVHE LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND .1L DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 8, CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION-HousE, Lortnoic. Capital £500,000. DIRECTORS. Alex. Anderson, Esq. John Johnson, Esq. Alderman. John Atkins, Esq. Kenneth Kingsford, Esq. James Bidden, Esq. John M'Gurtle, Esq. Captain F. Brandreth. John Maclean Lee, Esq. Vice-Admiral Robt. Honyman. J. Marmaslake Rosseter, Esq. Benj. Ifill, Esq. Sir Wm. White. Alex. Robertson, Esq., Managing Director. Important and Salutary Improvements have been introduced into Life Assurance practice by this Company. The Policies or Contracts of Assurance are Indefeasible and Indisputable. The whole Profits of the Mutual or Participating Branch of Assurance, are divided amongst the Assured of that Class, who are relieved from all responsibility. The Lowest Bates of Premium, the Reduced or Non-parti cipating Rates, are intended for those who prefer an immediate saving to prospective accumulations. One-half of the Premiums may remain Unpaid for Seven Years, affording a greater facility for Loan Transactions than any other plan which has been suggested—allowing a Policy to be dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice—and entitling the Assured at a future period, when loss of health may prevent him from obtaining a New A•surance, to continue a Policy for double the amount of the sum for which he has paid Premiums. Endowments are granted to Children contingent on their at taining a specified ege. Sums asssured may be made Payable to the Assured them selves, at any specified age, or to their heirs or assigns, in the event of the Assured's death before that time. Medical Gentlemen are in all cases remunerated by the Com pany for their reports. A Liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents. DROTESTANT DISSENTERS AND GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 3 Vict. c. 20. N 0.62, KING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, LONDON ; 7, ELDER-STREET, EDINBURGH; and 6, KING STREET, QUEEN-SQUARE, BRISTOL, Capital, One Million. TRUSTEES.-(With a seat at the Board.) Thomas Challis, Esq. Thomas Piper, E s q. Thomas Wilson, Esq. DIRECTORS. William T. 13eehy, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. George I3ousfield, Esq. John Pirie, Esq., Ald. John Easthope, Esq., M.P. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. Peter Ellis, Esq. Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. Richard Hollier, Esq. Edward Wilson, Esq. AUDITORS—Jacob G. Cope, Esq., Jos. Dawson, Esq., Edward Smith, Esq. BarrxExs —The Bank of England, and Messrs. Ladbrokes, Kingscote, and Co. PuyslciAN—Thomas Bull, Esq., M.D. SITRGEON—C. Aston Key, sq. SultvEvoas—John Davies, Esq., James Harrison, Esq. SECRITARY—Dr. Thomas Price. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Walters and Reeve. The give notice, Ist. That the Armual General Meeting of the Proprietors will he held at Eleven o'clock precisely, on Friday, the 15th day of May next, at the Office, of the Company, No. 62, King Wiliam-street, in the City of London. 2d. That at such Meeting the Proprietors, who then hold ten or more Shares, which they have possessed for Six Calendar Months, may attend and Vote. 3d. That Three Directors, Jos. Fletcher, Esq., Mr. Al derman Pirie, and John Wilks, Esq., and one Auditor, E. Smith, Esq., retire by lot, all of whom are re-eligible to their respective appointments, for which they will be accordingly proposed; and, 4th. That any other Proprietors duly qualified, who shall be desirous of becoming Candidates for any of those Situations, must give written notice of their intention at the Offices, to the Secretary, at least ten days previous to the time of such Meeting. By order of the Directors, THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. April 28, 1840. ATENT PORTABLE OVEN (GREEN, Patentee) invaluable to Families and Emigrants. War ranted to bake, better than any other Oven, placed before any sitting-room grate or wood .fire on the hearth, Bread, Pies, and all kinds of Pastry ; also small joints of Meat and Poultry, equal to roast, and without trouble or attention. Fitted com plete, 351., will soon save its cost, and last many years. Persons writing, pre-paid, may have a Prospectus, with satisfactory testimonials, sent. JOHN WATTS and CO., No. 2, Bear-street, Leicester sqnare, London. TWENTY PER CENT. SAVED IN SOAP. rip AND J. ROBERTS, PRACTICAL IL • SOAP-BOILERS, YORK-STREET, BROAD WAY, WESTMINSTER, are now sending in, for Cash, gsiod strong YELLOW SOAP, excellent gßality, 41d. per lb. or 425. por 112 lbs. ; best Pale Yellow only 501., usually sold at 60s. ; superior old Mottled, Ms., usually sold at 645. ; Soft Soap, half firkin, 12s. ; old Brown Windsor, Is. 2d. per lb. ; White Windsor and Palm, is. per lb, ; Rose, Camphor, and Almond, 19. 6d. per lb. ; Toilet Cakes, 2s. per dozen ; Starch, 7d. per lb. ; Blue, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Soda, 149. per 112 lbs. ; &c. &c. Country Orders promptly attended to. TOOTH-ACHE. APERMANENT CURE for the TOOTH ACHE is at length discovered by the Rev. GOR MAN GREGG, a Clergyman of the Church of England, wile will challenge the Faculty to produce a case of tooth ache he cannot cure by the use of his GgEGORIAN PASTE. Also for the Ear-acho and Tic-doloreux. References to the Faculty and Clergymen who have expe rienced its value. One trial will convince the sufferer of these facts. Genuine at the City Depot, 64, St. Paul's Church-yard ; where all country, foreign, and other orders are executed; 78, St. James's-street; 3, acrd Opera Arc a d e; b y several re4peet able medicine-venders. LAND'S LOTION.—The poss ession G°" 7 of nature's best passport t) favourable reception, a clear skin and bright complexion, is attained and preserved with pleasing facility by the UBO of GOWLAND'S LOTION, a remedy especially recommended to those subject to cu t aneous irritability, by a successful experience of eighty years. F or toilet purposes the Lotion presents sustaining. and refreshing properties of the most effective kind, attended in all cases by improvement and generally satisfactory results. ROBT. SHAW, London," is engraved on the stamp. Prices 2s. 9d., ss. 6d., and quarts Bs. 6d. Sold by all respect able Perfumers and Medicine Venders; of whom may be had SHAW'S MINDORA OIL for the Hair, price 3s. 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On Thursday next I , Nlift;pnblishe ( lT ----- THE ECLECTIC REVIEW, FOR MAY. CONTENTS. M'All's Discourses on Special Occasions. 2. Fitzgerald on the Oxford Tracts. 3. Lord Brougham's Translation of Demosthenes' Oration upon the Crown. 4. Furst's Hebrew Concordance. 5. Bur gon's Life of Sir Thomas Gresham. 6. HoE•itt's Visits to Remarkable Places. 7. Socialism and Priest craft. S. Clark's Glimpses of the Old World. 9. Morison's Fathers and Founders of the London Mis sionary Society. &c. &c. London : Ball, Arnold, and Co., 34, Paternoster-row. THE SPORTING Edited by Under the Especial Patronage REVIEW, FOR MAY. " CRAVEN." Of H. R. H. Pares ALBERT. Hints on Wild-Fowl Shoaling. The late Hon. Lincoln Stan hope. Steeple Chasing in Ireland, - a Sketch by Shamrock. t A Luncheon with a retired K. C. B. Angling in the Sony. Yachting. R Y. S. Intern , genet , . , 'The Oxford and Cambridge great Oars Match. Literature and the Fine Arts. Monthly Memorabilia. Extracts from 11 untingJounnis. Tettings at Tatterssn's, Cours ing and Turf Register, &c. &c. I, are ready, price 16s. 6d. each. •ect ; Menzies, Edinburgh ; Dublin. --- This day is published, Bvo., price Is. 6d. 13AROCHLAL MEDICAL RELIEF, 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 he Royal College of Surgeons, London. London : S. Highley, 32, Fleet-street, opposite St. Dunstan's Church. Ludlow : J. Heaton and T. Griffiths. PUMPS. NORWICH AGAINST ALL ENGLAND, TEN POUNDS TO A CROWN. SHALDER'S FOUNTAIN PUMPS. The most powerful in the world, with which a man of ten stone 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-half. Their practical gain 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 100 feet high. This remarkable gain in the art of raising water was effected in the simplest manner possible, being merely by substituting a rolling instead of a sliding prin eiple for Pumps, 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 snivelliag about that their trade would be ruined, because Fountain Pumps prove 300 per cent the most durable, wlie ther used by the power of man, horse, or steam, and they are so economical and invariable in their action, that they cons manly perform for maltsters, brewers, and dyers for years with nut the least expense or the slightest variation. Alto, so re nsarkably simple, that smiths, millwrights, wheelwrights, car penters, &c., as well as hydraulic engineers, successfully un dertake their fixing and reparation. neither are Fountain Pumps retarded, choked, nor injured by occasionally delivering a few tons of sand, although a very little of that material soon deranges and seriously damages the best Friction Pumps. Slowly indeed, the art of raising water approached perfection 4,000 years ago. The beautiful Miss Rebecca brought up water from a vi ell in a pitcher upon her shoulder for her sweetheart's camels. Since then appeared the four principles, namely, two limited, and two unlimited principles—tyro of them sliding principles, one a spiral principle, and one a rolling principle. I 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 limited spiral principle. 3d. 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. All Pumps upon this plan are of necessity bad beyond remedy, and stupid indeed must they be who expect the contrary, because mostly above two-fifths 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 r e ars—an unlimited staling principle. 4tia and last, Shalder's Pump appeared and made laughirFg stocks 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 fer 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 1830, 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 be used for great elevations. Never theless, Fountain Pumps prove equally durable for lifts above as below one hundred feet. Millington might surely have known that flexibility was no proof 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 drod years. And the Connectors or (flexible Cones) in Foun tain Pumps prove also not only surpassing durable, but ahnest i ndes .kruc table. 1 1 CASES SUFFICIENT. Thirty Fountain Pumps, that cost above 1,0001., have net cost 2/ per year for all the connectors, though twenty-four of them, from fifteen 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 power) the connectors lasted five years, lift one hundred feet. N.B. It is the packing that scrapes up the water in the o!il Pump that wear , out. And it is the connector that rolls up the water in the New Pump that wears out. Mark the next two cases, both Pumps having done the same work. A Single-acting Fountain Putr•i at Messrs. Horton's, dyers, Norwich (manual power). He the connectors of the New Pump last four times as long as did the pa -king of the old Pump it superseded. A Double-acting Fountain Pump at Messrs. Stark's, dyers, Norwich (steam power). Here also the packing of their old Treble-acting Pump (superseded) used to last about three months, now the ttonnectors of their new pump last above six teen months. This noble machine has not cost as. a year for connectors, though constantly at work, and delivers eight im perial barrels of water per minute, PRACTICALLY PROV ING THAT IN SKILFUL HANDS THE NEW PRIN CIPLE IS DECIDEDLY THE MOST DURABLE. The Seven Read Fountain Pumps, fixed early in l i3B, be tween Norwich and Aylsham, have 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 one of them would answer the helm—so much for comparative frailty. EFFECT. At the many fair trials made by mt, horse, and steam power, the rolling principle beat the sl►ding principle, upon an average, 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. 'But, whereas there are still many novices striving hard to perpetuate ignorance and the Athenian spurious Pump in pre ference to the New English genuine Pump and common sense, pretending that they can make miraculous fr►cti_n Pumps with out friction, Therefore, let us at once come to deeds to try the (files tion, and shame the fool who 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 man 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 of water 200 feet high, or over the London Monument. The number of seeoncio required with one pump less than with the other, will be its gain in time and labour. The coT.petitors should fine 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 (Neomarket to wit), the graduated scale of the Foun tain Pump is practically and successfully carried out from the delivering cf 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 gratifyine , 'f o the Worrid's Obedient Servant and Instructor, W. SHALDERS. See Mechanics' Magazine, March 19, 1836 ; Sun Paper, Sept. 21, 1838; and Norwich Mercury, June 28, 1839. Bank Place Norwich, March 26, 1840. P.S.—No work is worse done titan that of raising water. Respecting force and resistance both town and country Pump- ma k ers seem most g l o riously ignorant. I inquir e d o f t wo men p u mping, between London-bridge and the Tunnel, how long 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 tho litre work in seventy seconds. One Fountain Pump would about equal all the three Cockney built Friction Pumps at the Queen's Barracks, Norwich. W. S. 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Smith's gv c Torres Vadras ; Duke of Grafton's c Ottoman ; Duke of Portland's c by Beiram, dam by Reveller ; Duke of Portland's c by Glencoe, out. of Ruth ; Lord Exeter's c by Jerry, out. of Lucetta.; Lord Exeter's c by Sultan, out of Velvet ; Lord Exeter's c Ainurath ; Lord Albemarle's Cam ' byres; Mr. Wreford's Wardan ; Lord G. Bentinek's Grey Milton, Marmot (dead), Bagdad, Capote; Crucifix, and Dread. nought ; Colonel Anson's Nicholas; Mr. Bowes's Black Beck; Lord Jersey's Glenorchy and Muley Ishmael ; Mr. Wilson's c (dead), by Mulatto, out of Silrertail; Colonel Peel's Precursor ; Lord Orford's gr e by Cle'srwell, out of Angelica, and b c by Velocipede, out of Goldpin ; Mr. Houlds worth's Confederate; Mr. Nevill's Boreas. Sweepstakes of 300 , sous. each, 100 h. ft., for four-yrs old colts, Est 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b. B. C. Mr. W. Edwards's 1)w1 - lino ; Mr. lidsd:tle's b; cby Mulatto, out of Marelrsa ; Mr. Bowes's c Kin g o f K e lt on ; Lord Jer sey's Caesar. Sweepstakes of 100 sot's. each, h. ft. D.M. Mr. Thornhill's Emetic, Bst 71b ; Lord Albemarle's bl I Olive Branch, Bst 2.1 b ; Gen. Grosvenor's fby Glencoe, out of Faletlia, Bst 21b. Mat ch.-300 h. ft., A. F. Mr. Thornhill's ch. c. Euclid, Bst 71h, agst Lord Lichfield's The Corsair, Bst 21b. WEDNESDAY. 50/., for 4-yrs, 7st 81b ; a-yrs, Bst I Ilb ; G-yrs and aged, Gs 31b. B. C: Handicap Sweepstakes, of 25 says. each, for three-vrs old D. M. Sweepstakes of 10 goys. each, for ' three-yrs old, 7st; and four yrs, Bst 101 b. D. M. The winner to be sold for for 100 says., &c. The Charles-street Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for three yr old colts, Bit 71b ; and fillies Bst 31b. Untried stallons or mares allowed 31b, both 51b. D. M. Duke of Rutland's f Scintilla, Mr. Roberts's ch f by Plenipo tentiarv, dam by Whisker; blr. Thornhill's f Emetic. The Shorts, a sweepstakes 01 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. Those named in the Derby or Oaks 31b 'extra ; those by untried stallions, or out of mares that never bred a winner, allowed 31b. Last half of Ab. M. Lord Stradbroke's c by Plenipotentiary out of Begum (h tint.) ; Lord Orford's c by Clearwell, out of Petulance, 31b ; Duke of Bedford's Cap-a-Pie, brother to Drum-major. Match 100 h It. 1 .Y.C.—Mr. Thornhill's Merganser, 9st, agst Mr. Ford's Mininia, Bst 71b. THURSDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, for four yrs, 9st 81b ; five yrs, lOst 71b ; six and aged, lOst 121 b. R.C. Sweepstakes of 10 sov. each, for three-yr-old ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. First half of Ab. Al. The winnner to be sold for 50/. &c. The 1,000 Guineas Stakes, by subscribers of 100 soy. each, h ft, for threo-yr-old fillies, Bst 71b. D.M. Lord Lichfield's Firefly, Mr. Watts's fby Belshazzar, out of Fanehon ; Mr. A. Smith's Japonica and Glimpse, Lord Albe marle's Olive Branch and Spangle, Lord G. Bentinck's Sal Vola tile, Crucifix, and Rosa-biane.a ; Duke of Portland's f by Pleni potentiary, out of Thebes, and f by Priam, out of Memo ; Mr. Datson's Plenary, Sir J. Boswell's Queen Anne, Lord Exeter's f by Reveller, out of Green Mantle, Silistria, and fby Mulatto, out of Marchesa ; Duke of Grafton's Currency, Mr. Wreford's t by Glencoe, out of Victoria ; Mr. Thornhill's Empres, Emetic, and Elpbin ; Colonel Anson's Black Bess, Lord Jer sey's f by Glencoe, out of Ishmael's dam, and Sister to Gu'- nare ; Colonel Peel's fby Camel, out of Mary Anne ; General Grosvenor's Diploma, Mr. Nev ill's Christinetta ; Duke of Bed ford's f by Camel, eut of Diamentina. The Beaufort Stakes of 30 soy. each, 20 ft, for colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies Set. 21b ; winners of a sweepstakes to the amount of 5001 , 71b extra ; of two, amounting together to 1,000/. 111 b. extra. The last mile end a distance of B.C. Mr. Sadler's Protector, Mr. Osbaldeston'a ch fby Bel shazzar, dam .by Whalebone; Mr. Boyce's Whist, Sister to Revoke; Duke of Bedford's f by Taurus, out of Leeway ; Duke of Bedford's f by Camel, out of Diamentina. , FRIDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three years old, 7st ; four, Bst 61b ; five, six, and aged, 93t. The winner to be sold for 100/. , &c. D.M. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two years old ; colts, tit 61b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. T.Y. C. The Newmarket Stakes, by Subscribers of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three year olds ; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b. D. M. Duke of Portland's.c by Glencoe, out of Ruth, c by Beiram, d Reveller, f, by Plenipotentiary, out of Thebes, and f, by Priam, out of Manto ; 'Ur. Batson's f, by Plenipotentiary, out of Acacia; Lord Exeter's c by Sultan, out of Velvet, c Amu nth, c by Sultan, out of Datura, and c Hellespont; Duke of Rutland's c Crazy Roy, Lord Jerset's c Muley Ishmael, Mr. Wilson's c (dead), by Mulatto, out of Silvertail ; Mr. Thorn hill's c St. Preux, Duke of Ledford's c by Taurus, out of Lyrnessa, and f by Taurus, out of Leeway; Lord Albemarle's c The Orphan and bl f Olive-branch, Mr. Bowes's c Middle ham. Captain Williamson's f Darkness, Mr. Wigram's f Teleta, Duke of Grafton's Ottoman, Lord George Bentinck's c Seraglio and c Marmot (dead), Colonel Anson's c Nicholas, Lord Ches- I terfield's c Molinenz, General Grosvenor's c by Maypole, out of Myrtilla ; Lord Orford's cby Clearwell- Angelica. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft. D.I. General Grosvenor's Da3dalus, 5 yrs, Bst 21b ; Lord Nor mattby's Gipsy, aged, 7st 10Th ; Duke of Rutland's Revoke, 4 yrs, fist 21b. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The Suffolk Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de clared by twelve at noon on Monday next, with 100/ added if ten accept. B. M. Epirus, 6 yrs, lOst 61b ; St. Francis, 5 yrs, lOst ; Afendiza bcl, aged, 9st 101 b ; /Ether, 4 yrs, 9st 31b ; Cruiskeen, 6 yrs, yrs, Bst 91b ; the Dey of Algiers, 4 yrs, Bst 91b ; Bst 1 0 113; Cara, 4 yrs, Bst 10Ib ; Daedalus, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ; AQltel.k'olitrvr 4 6 yrs, Bst 7113 c by Sultan, out of Velvet, 4 yrs, hoscius, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ; c by Lonpaist, out of 4 yrs, ist 81b ; I-am-not-aware, 5 yrs, ist 7113; B ff s e t r 4 on lb ,s ; dam, Revoke, 4 yrs 7st 6113 ; ch c by Glen coe , out o f Ruth, 3 yrs. 7st ; b c by Glencoe, out of Tragedy, 3 yrs, 7st ; ch f by Bel shazzar, dam by Whalebone, 3 yrs, Est 131 b; Capote, 3 vrs, tilt 121 b ; MaTialva, 3 y , rs, Est 12Ib ; Muleteer, 3 yrs, Est 61b ro c by Augustus, out of Constantia, 3 yrs, 6 s t 71 u; K ing of • CURRAGH APRIL MEETING.—SATURDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 511); fillies, Bst 21b. Three miles. Major Hay's ch c Retriever Mr. Graydon's ch c Clinker - 2 Mr. Power's br c 'Clone Lord Howth's b c Claret Won by half a length. Second Clas s o f ' t h e Madrid Stakes, renewed, fer two yrs old, 25 sovs. each,..1.5 ft. Second horse saved his stake. Rath bride Post. Mr. Knox's b cllayby, Bst 51b (Doyle) I Mr. Watts's b c Humming •Bird, Bst 9 1b ...... _4:Hocken) 2 Mr. 'Whittle's cli c Brother to Bryan, 7st 61b 3 Won by about half a head. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (TUESDAY EVENING.) TIM E S.— By 'the advices from Hamburg the price of geld is 429 per media which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. tEe ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 13.7, and the exchange at Hamburg- on Lon.: don at short being at 13.64, it follows that gold is 035 per cent. dearer at Hamburg than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.35, and the ex change at Paris on London at short being 25.274, it follows that gold is 0.30 per cent, dearer at Paris than in London. The course of, exchange at New York on London is 108 per cent.,, and the par of exchange between• Eag land and Am e rica being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1 57 per cent. against England. The price of Ccinsols has been steady all day, and has not varied a. shade since yesterday. The Foreign market is equally stagnant, and the only feature it a trifling depression in the prices of Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch stock, and a trifling advance in that of Spanish American securities. The direction of speculation is to the Share market, which now seems to engage almost exclusive attention. Great Western are firm at 18 to 19 premium ; Birmingham at 73 to 5, and Brighton at 8 to A- discount. Bills upon Paris and Amsterdam were in good demand to-day, and the price of the former rather declined. On Hamburg there was less demand, and the price was rather looking up. By the usual official return published by the Customs, the exportation, of the precious metals from the part of Loudon to foreign and colonial ports for the week ending the 23d of April is as under : Silver coin, Gibraltar Silver coin, Hamburgb 3B 000 Silver coin, Rotterdam 30,000 Silver• coin, South Australia 2,118 Silver coin, Calais lOO,OOO Gold coin, South Australia.......,, 152 It would appear that the inquiry now making by Par liament. into the banking question has created a very ge neral interest on the other side of the Atlantic. A letter front New York, received yesterday, thus adverts to the menner in which the. Bank of Eaeland has performed its functions, and its influence in the United States Your great regulator, whose pawers Mr. Loyd desires , to increase, leas caused more ruin in this country in the last five years than could be atoned for by flee times her capital. Her lease of power is now rapidly approaching its term, and it is the duty of every man who desires to see an improvement in the condition of the human race to use his efforts to prevent a renewal. No institution has possessed so much power to impede physical and moral ad vancement, and none has used it so effectually." A return to an order of the House of Commons gives a general account of the quantity and value of provisions imported into Jamaica for the years 1835,. 1836, 1837, 1838, and the half-year ending the sth of July, 1839, The aggregate value of provisions imported in 1835 was: 367,028/. ; in 1836, 387,979/. ; in 1837, 463,322/. ; in 1838, 439,531/. ; and for the half-year ending the sth of July, 1839, 248,884/. The principal articles comprise bacon and hams, beef and pork, beer and ale, core and meal, fish, live stock, and rice. CHRONICLE.—Tho continental exchanges under went little alteration to-day, with the excepti on o f Ham burg, which was a shade higher. The following wero the rates :—Paris, 25 52i to 55 ; Hamburg, 13 9 to 13 94 ; Amsterdam, 12 11 to 12 l; 1 ; all at three monf.s. There are as let no symptoms of any extensive exptirt business, but there has been more activity in the v,hole ! sale London warehouses during the last fortnight than ' has been experienced by them for some years, in executing country orders, during tile same period. At Mark-lane yesterday Wheat war:, quoted Is. to 2s. Per quarter dearer, and, from the late rise in the averages, it is expected that after Thursday the duty on foreign will be reduced to I3s. Bd. We understand that a question arose as to the regularity of the last returns from Bristol, in consequence . of leaving cut the prices of Irish Wheat sent to that port for sale. After consulting the inspector we hear that Government conceded the point, and allowed the averages from Bristol at first transmitted, that is, with.' out counting the Irish Wheat. The straightened condition of the New York Money Market has brought forward a crowd of borrowers of all Classes, and amongst the foremost it appears that the Fire Insurance Companies may be classed, and especially ouch of those establishments as have for the last few years been paying the highest dividends; many of them as high as 14 to 20 per cent. per annum. The New York Herald, edited by an industrious individual, whose character is ela borately, if not correctly, drawn by Captain Marryat, says, that the severe losses of the past year have grown out of this ostentatious display of great profits by the companies making them, by prompting the knavish to set fire to pro perty in a season of dull business, in order to participate in the large profits of the insurance companies. The re sult, he says, is, that the companies, having divided all their profits, and sometimes more than their profits, reserv ing only the original nominal capital, have necessarily be come borrowers in the markets. He adds, that only ten out of twenty-five of those companies have exhibited a state of their affairs as required by law, and that the char ters of fifteen of then, are thus liable to forfeiture. By a numerical statement in the above newspaper, the aggregate capital of all the companies is $6,150,000, and their loss from May, 1839, to the Ist of this month, is stated at $2,567,693, or More than one-third of their gross capitals. The capitals of the ten companies which have made their returns is stated at $2,150,000. The capital of the fifteen companies that nave made no returns must therefore be $4,000,000, and their losses have been :2,167,693 ; more than fifty per cent. of their capital. H ERA L D.—The Foreign► Exchanges presented no pe culiar feature to-day ; and it may be as well to notice here that the Custom-house returns of the exports of bullion and specie are not given the same as in other daily papers, because they are entirely deceptive, and , not of the slightest value in any practical sense. They arc copied from the trade list, which professes to give, and can give, no more than the entries for export made at the Custom-house. It is not always, far from it, that the amount entered there is actually exported, in the first place ; and in the second place, in seasons of active ex port, probably ten times the quantity is exported by way of Liverpool, Glasgow, Bristol, or Hull, but from balais more than all together, the port of London inclusive, of which, however, no account seems to be taken officially, or is published. The imperfect returns from the Custom house of this city alone might therefore give rise, as per haps they have done, to very serious miscalculations amongst merchants, and in any case they can form no cri terion of the real truth. There appears nuw to be no doubt of the determination of Government in favour of a plan for conveying the In dian mails to and from Alexandria direct, which, to all interested in Indian correspondence, or connected with Indian traffic; cannot but be satisfactory. So far as public, apart from private, interests are con cerned, it is assuredly not the best policy that the route for those mails should be through the domi nions, and be at the mercy of a foreign power, over which, however friendly disposed, there can exist no pos sible control. The correspondence so exposed i n tranNitu is the, most important, undoubtedly, as well as the must exposed by distance, of any of the distant possessions of the country. The East India Steam Navigation Com pany, organised some time since, arc, it may be supposed, making good progress now in their undertaking and pre paratory contracts, so as not to be far bekindhand with the company of contractors for the West Indian an d S panish American steam packet mai l service. A s th e vessels to be employed will he required to carry h eavy metal, a very convenient addition will thus be made without cat to the nation in the steam marine, so inferior now in number and Capability to that arm of service both in France and Rus sia, and which, in case of war, may be made at once avail able. Altogether the times are propitious for the enter prise, both in respect of the intense interest now attzeh ing to the state of affairs in India and China, and the disposition favou ra bl y ex i st i ng here towards cu terp-ises of home growth. SUN.—We arc sorry to be unable to notice any im provement in Foreign Exchanges, which are . influenced by continued importations of foreign grain. The rate for bills on Amsterdam was this afternoon down to 12, being a lower figure than we remember fora long time past. On Antwerp the rate was 12 to 19; on Ham burg!), 13 9 ; and on Patis,. 9 s The Funds left off pretty firmly. C3nsois for pre sent transfer at 91, and for time at 91i. Exchequer Bills closed at 225. prem. Spanish Bonds-were depressed this afternoon to FS ,, --1, Portuguese (New) .5 per Cents . were heavy at 04, Colombian .Bonds rose to 0 6, Brazil Stock brought 76, and Dut c h T wo - an d- I -H a lf per C ents . touched .53-„.. The Shares were ver y fi rm ,, Greet Western 19, New 81, North Midland 51, New 12, York and North Midland 20, and Birmingham 75 premium. .r.ar'sßridge %vitt be closed lot a fortnight for iarriages from the 21st. day of June next, to lower and re pair the carriage way. TEE PHILOSOPHY OF JOINT STOCK BANKING. By G. M. BZLL. Till we read this use ul production we were not' pre cisely aware of the moral effects which a well conducted bank may produce. According to the following passage it metes out rewards and punishments with greater cer tainty and greater effect - than a Court of Law : " The character of moral and religious institutions may justly be ascribed to Joint Stock Banks on various grounds, but chiefly because in a well managed bank the characters who meet with most favour, indulgence, and assistance are ycung m en o f good morals and respectable conduct, who are just commencing the world with perhaps little or no capital ; men of good motives, but who have been borne down by unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances ; and men who baying immediate demands which they are unable, rroiu the investment of their capital, to meet, have .no other guarantee but their known respectability and integrity in business. These are exclusive of many other instances of temporary accommodation where character, the moral and industrious character of the party, forms the chief gum rautee of the bank. " Oa the other hand the same principle on the part of the bank will lead to a strict scrutiny of applications from persons of immoral and dishonest character, will occasion their transactions to be regarded with jealousy, and less liberally dealt with than those of an opposite description. " In cases where honest and industrious persons have be come indebted. to the bank through misfortune, and are involved in distress, they are treated with kindness and forbearance, compositions freely and cheerfully received, and discharges given without hesitation or annoyance. " Towards villains and impostors a bank acting upon principles of moral rectitude as well as of common justice will be inexorable, and prosecute to the utmost. An as sociation to be entitled • The Joint Stock Bank Association for the prosecution of !topics and Impostors,' ought to be formed, to which every Joint Stock Bank in the kingdom should contribute." Mr. Bell's book gives a very succinct account of the principle of managing banks, and of the duties of Direc tors and other officers. It ought, perhaps, to have been called _the joint Stock Btin&ers' Manual. We will quote another passage relative to bills, by which the reader interested in such matters will see filet the book is worthy of an attentive enerusal One of the chief' sources whence a bank derives its profits, is in the discount of bills. Bills are of two classes, eommetcial and accommodation. The one is drawa against goads, or other mercantile value—the other is for the pur pose of raising money to accommodate the- wants of one or alt the parties upon it. The bills of a country banker may be thus classed—bills drawn direct upon London—bills made payable i.e London, and bills payable in the country. These may be all good commercial bills, or there may be accommodation bills mixed up with each class. . . " Bills, whereter payable, drawn against value, are ob viously a in, , cti safer investment than bills drain between parties for the mere purpose of speculation, or of raising money.. The former are, of consequence, a sort- of legiti mate representation of good; or money, and readily circu late among merchants,-• but the latter are a spurious imita tion of something to vrhieh they bear no true relation, and are universally rejected and discountenanced by all upright and judicious men of business. This observation is to be understood in a commercial sense. Bills were originally invented as a. convenient medium of payment between mer chants, but the ingenuity of the age has eoevetted them into a vehicle for raising capital and furnishing the means of speculation. Iz would be a very useful and satisfactory indication of the soundness of our commerce, were all banks, private as well as Joint Steak, to exhibit a periodical re turn of the amount of bills on hand, distinguishing those of a bona fide mercantile character from such as were known or belioved to be for the purposes of accommodation. " The respectability of a bank depends very materially upon the quality of the bills Pent up to the London market; and paper of . tte indifferent character, which may be passed in:a period of prosperity when money is abundant, wiil me casion applications made at a different season, even with Letter paper, to be viewed with suspicion and distrust, and frequently produce to the hank much trouble and inconve &ence. ‘• Accommodation hills arc the very worst class of seen upon wh;cli a bank can invest money—and:4e objec tionable even when the parties are unexceptionable. Much as they ate to be deprecated, however, as tending to sti. ululate speculation and thereby injure the legitimate trade of the district, bring ruin upon individuals, and ultimate loss to tt.e bank, they are often the source of large profits. " Accommodation bins bear certain ez• facie marks which indicate at once their true claracter. They are generally drawn for the largest sun- the stamp will carry—they never express what they are drawn against—they arc generally drawn :old accepted by parties residing in the same towu or neighbourhood, and frequently bear the names of par tics having no relative connection in trade." KELTY'S EARLY DAYS. Mu vey and Darton, _London, 1840. Tile volume before us, which is the production of a lady. named Kelty, the authoress of the 'c Favourite of Nature," a novel w hi c h was hi g hl y popu l ar abnut ten or 1 a uozen years age, cousias .of biogr a phi ca l s k etc h es, interspersed with original reflections, of the early founders of Quakerism. Of these memoirs, the most interesting is that of Thomas Eilwood, from which we . quote the 16i:owing particulars respecting, our great epic poot,_related by-k:ilwood him s elf :—" 1 took a l o d g i ng as near to Milton's house as possible ; and went every day in the afternoon, except en the first days Of the r;eek, Look sitting :by him in . Lis dining-room, read . to I him is such books in tl:e Latin tongs-, as he pleased itt I hear toe read. At my tioit sitting to read to him, ob. servirg that I used the English pronunciati on , h e to ld me, if 1 wenld.have the benefit of the Latin tongue, nor nafy to read and understand Latin authors, but to -converse with iereigners either abroad cr at home, I must. learn the foreign pronunciation. Haviug a curious ear, Milton understand by my tone when I understood what I read,and when I did not ; and aclordingly he woeld stop me, and examine me, and open the most difficult passages to me. One day he called for a manuscript of his, which, being brought, he delivered to mc, bidding me take it home with me, and read it at my leisure ; and when I had so done, return it to him, with my judgment thereupon. When 1 came home, and had set myself to read it, I found it was that excellent poem, " Para dise Lost." After I had read it through, I.made him another visit, and returned him his book ; he asked me how I liked it, and what I thought of it ; which I mo- . destly but freely told him ; and after some further dis course about it, I pleasantly said to him, ' Thou bast said much here of Paradise lost, but what halt thou to say of Paradise found ?' He made me no answer, but sat some time in a muse ; then broke off that discourse, and fell upon another subject. When occasion next drew me to .London, he showed me his second poem, called " Paradise Regained," and in a pleasant tone said to me, ' This is owing to you, fOr you put it into my head.'" If we remember rightly, Johnson has alluded to this conversation in his well-known lite of Milton. OI3SER 1 A TIONS on the CORN-LAWS ; Or, BREAD for TIHRTI.7 MILLIONS o f INHA BITANTS. WITHOUT the - IMPORTA TION of a SINGLE GRAIN of CORN, 4.c. RI" CNAI?LES PUTT. We know not Mr.• Putt, but we can pronounce, from seeing his p,:mphlet, that his humanity and patriotism are far superior to his knowledge. lie wishes well, but he is no more capable of ascertaining how the wel fare of the nation can be promoted than a child. We desire, as much as he doffs, to see the whole of' the waste lands of the empire reclaimed, but the way to re claim them is to reduce the expense of cultivation by abolishing the Corn-laws, Whether the laud be culti vated by band or by machinery the tax ou the bread of the labourers, inflicted by the Corn-laws, is the great impediment 'to extending cultivation. But to all the nostrems proposed by well-meaning men, such as sub stitutinz hand labour for the 'work of horses, we hard an insurmountable objection. They are adverse to the progress of, society, which is marked by greater and g.eater net products as the rewards of lcrs and less labour. The nostrums would give us more produce, it is said, bUt they would compel infinitely more labour•. What men want is not labour, but food, and it is the business of the unjust law-makers to remove the re strictions on the supply of food, not invent means far adding to labour. Mr. Putt's Pamphlet is confused as well as ignorant, though well meaning. 1!0,1i13,2,1591P1R01 THE SUSPF.CTED MURDER AT VAtI.XTIALCI, On Mcnclay evening the inquiry relativu h to the death to f comas Crow was resumed. Mr:Pearce re-elan - lined: He had opened the body, and having hea7l,ragel"' was minutely the injuries the scalp, skull, in- described brain, he said they caused d.ce 3 sed's dath a n d and t pro bably they w, re produced by two snce ' essie first , from the lop 4' the bridge stairs to the middl e . landing. and fro m thence, over the hand-rag to the bottom of the stairs; a distance of fourteen feet. The contents of the stomach showed-that deceased bed been drinking spirits shortly before death. Several witnesses proved that deceased had beeit drinking all the latter part of the day previous to his death, and that he must have'spent a sov,reign in drink, as he had one in the morning, and only three hifpence were found in his pockets atter death. V , idict-L. , That deceased was found at the bottom of Vauxhall-bridge ,fairs, u i h two scalp wounds and mortal trounces of the skull, hut how he received them there was no evidence before the jury to show." . Majesties s H tl ig e l s ine t s i s i e e s th K e P in r g ince a s n se d s o,,, P w a u tr ni on il i a z , e io d ver b .. t . an t d h t c h i e r ir Augusta l Serene highness the P r i ncess Ester hazy, and Rosa, her Gra ce t h e D owager zv, tii e and Princesses Sli Sophia, il her serene and thew Graces the Duk es o f D evonshire his Grace the Ar c hbi s h op o f Canterbury Duchess ilesisa:eihßres p tt l ie e fro a r;d' pleased to appoint 111eF.trs. S. and B. S o l omens hishanas also been Oraces'optieians. In addition to the above distinguished patronage to Ilie newly-invented Spe c t ac l e Lenses anti Invisibl e Operative Voice Conductor, the Messrs. S. and B. Solomon% opticians and aurists, 39, Albemarle -st ree t, Pi ccadilly, feel great pleasure in stating that their valuable inventions have also gained the sanction .and unqualified approbation of above four hundred of the principal members of the medical profession ; as also of numerous individuals of high distinction, who have been greatly benefited by their use. Immediately these im proved Spectacle Lenses are placed before extreme imperfect vision, it is at once brought back to its natural and origin* state, every object becomes clear and distinct, and the most mi nute particle is seen, either by day - or candlebght, with ease and distinctness. Their Voice Conductor, by which thousands of deaf persons have been greatly beiTefiteci, are not the. least perceptible, nor more uncomfortable, than having a piece uE wool in its place, and the faintest whisper at a public assenatay. is heard with exact distinctuess.—:l9. Albemarle-street. No travellers nor agents are employed. - - GOOD NEWS FOR THE' DOXKEYS.—At A f meeting of the West Lothian Agricultural AssOciation , lately I held, it wai agrecd •' that a premium should be avrardea against the next show for t'ie hot two-year-old dankey,,sith a view ' of raising this degraded but useful animal to its proper :luta on the roll of the brute creation. Price 3s. COLCHICUM A FALLACY. GOUT SUCCESSFULLY TREATED upon New and Correct Premises. Ry J. D. PATTERSON , F.R. C. S. Th e author's purpose is so plainly set forth, and his mode of dealing with his subject so utterly free from empiricism, that it must carry conviction to the minds of all who read his work, and we strenuously recommend every one who is afflicted with either Gout or Rheumatism immediately to do so."—Morning Herald. Henry Renshaw, 356, Strand, and all Booksellers.