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.. gli t .... . 7- i ~l , _, ~- ~,,,/,e 7 4" e' y e ,ft- ~~ %~ - 1/, _, . . '4 •: 117,VEN 1..?.4G EDITION. NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND having en declared on the Comr , nnv's Stcck, 'FP AN I , E. 130 0 KS will be clo s ed until ' TUESDAY, the 29ti of September instant, on and after which day the Dividend will be in the 63 urse of payment to all Shareholders who have executed the tleed o f S. tletnent. By order of tho Court, JOHN WARD, Secretary. New Zealand House, Broad-street Buildings, 15th September, 1540. MANCHESTER, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. Company's Offices, Manchester, September, 1840. The DIRECTORS of the MANCHESTER and BIR MINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY are prepared to RE CEIVE TENDERS for the ADVANCE, on and after the tat December next, and pursuant to the Acts of Parliament Pleerporating and regulating the said Company, of MONEY, !n sums of not le s s than 5001., upon security of the Rates, Tolls, and sums of money to arise by virtue of the said Act 3. Interest, at the rate of 5 p,r Cent. per Annum upon the s ums, advanced will Ise paid half-yearly. their o ff ers, Partie s w illi ng to ma k e a d vances are r equested to address under ever, to the Chairman of the Board of Di tirel'ters, endorsed " Tender for Loan," and to specify therein amount proposed to be advanced, together with the terms ' 44 the time on and for which the money is tendered. THOMAS ASHTON, Chairman. Y ORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE CENTRAL AMERICAN LAND AND EMIGRA TION COMPANY. DIRECTORS. EDWARD PARKINS, Esq., Chairman: THOMAS REYNOLDS, Esq. ALEXANDER OSWALD, Esq. THOMAS REYNOLDS, Jun., Esq. With power to add to their number. SECRETARY—Thomas M‘William, Esq. ja S UPERINTENDENT OF THE COLONY—W. Upton, Esq. AN "fts—Mes it's. Wright and Co., 5 and 6, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Snlaerroa—R; B. Gargrave, Esq., 19, Buckingham-street, Strand. London Office, 3a, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-street. then avigable rivers Tinto and Plantain, in Victoria Province, ch iltr al America, is within fifty days' sale of the British ; and the Mail Steam Packets, to be placed on the t o "' India Station next year, will reduce the passage to t en t Y-one d a y s . Xi l,. " Company's land is held by a grant from the Native .t -who is protected by the British Government. c o Government of this country is regulated by British t e ran lissioners under the direction of her Majesty's Superin lir.."ent of Hon Auras. lOLLOW ING EXTRACTS CITE A BRIEF, BUT CORRECT eacet ai • ffi ACCOUNT OF TB T. COUNTRY. n Wright, senior officer of his Majesty's naval force at et: t nas, in a despatch, addressed, in the year 1808, to Lord then Colonial Secretary, uses the following for tio%• - l 'angnage in reference to this country :—" Any descrip to ti," . can give will fall very short of the actual fact, either as itree ms produce (inhabitants the country, or the disposition and sincere tio uo t , in n of the towards the British nation. No "y enjoys more advantages from water-carriage, for, be theta nineteen rivers, which are navigable for small craft up to th e ' c rY interior , a hain of lagoons line the coast, accessible at Isti t tn Pths of different rivers. The climate is mild for these of i i . ti nes, and, being continental, not near so hot as the islands en same parallel." Chit run Speer describes the country as " full of large rivers, i tr rn n some hundred miles up into a fine and fruitful coun- Y O A, trio soil producing everything that usually grows in r , a America and the West Indies."—Columbian Navigator. v.aptain Speer, after describing the country, says, " This is eou• snlnall sketch of one of the finest and healthiest tracts of /:1 1 .4 r Y in the world. It hath been in the possession of his y e , r _nnio Majesty's subjects upwards of one hundred and thirty settled ; and is the only retreat for our people cutting logwood aY of Honduras, If encouraged it will be a valuable of nt, and not liable to the ill consequences which change Fro74iniates have upon the European constitutions. • . . ce attests that men usu a lly li ve to a greater age than in ;:--West India Pilot. of 1 00 Company are prepared to deliver land orders for sections, a T l ,_.acres, at ss. per acre. Vessels will l eave f or th e co l ony i n N ovem ber and b eceml thel'u,ll information can be obtained by application to either of* ssz Tent s , or the Secretary • • iHE FREQUENT ROBBERIES OF PLATE. C tUTION. Vlt having been represented - to RIPPON and BURTON that eral persons are vending a spurious metal as their NICKEL th' 4 ,ER BRITIS 11 PLATE, they assure the Public that Iv Wells -street, Article can only be had at their Warehouses, 12, itleritstreet, Oxford-street. The Nickel Silver British Plate re _ , actured by Rippon and Burton, is, by a chemical process, ..074._uviaetrietod superior to any other so called, in appearance and ,r bility ; it is equal to silver ; all the articles being solid and v...""°llght material, they improve with use, and are war stand the test of that strong acid aquafortis. The "'nig prices are named as a criterion : s. d.! - _ _ 1. d abh''', ~ e PoOns and Forks, full King's Pattern Table Spoons . with fiddle handles, and Forks, full size, per • erFI doze n gert d o Dessert, do. do., p . e r 25 0 " 0 [)o. zen 4 1 : 1)(k t n s. per dozen ....... h ... 7 (I ,5 1 0 Do. o Tea, do. do. do each . 12 0 p oh e Cp . e i s on e s, ae e i r l ic . l .. ii,Per Knives 2 0 Do. Fish Knives , do. ISI: SI :Tid Mustard Spoons .... 0 6 Do. Salt and Mustard Spoons, 1 3 ;e Ladl es 6 Ski t tadL adles ' 1 0 G do Do. Soup Ladles, do l3 0 cable ' rungs, each a „,.,Candlesticks, Do. Sugar Tongs, do. fiber ditto, complete, 12 0 Decanter Stands, chased Ce ll , 8 6 edges, per pair W t arti Shell Mount- Snuffers, do 4 6 14— "" es' red 13. kets Tea and Coffee Sets to match, &c. 10g0Z,.. 44 er,, s are as recom . mended to app . ly, post paid, for a Cats ' - `",,til can ho forwarded for a single postage. Table C I A RRANTED TABLE CUTLERY. se wh rt i s te 41i ves, 1 --111 ,' with Ivory Handles, per doz. 14s.—Dessert llietes, 10s, Tamers' per pair, 4s. 6d.—The Long Set of 50 ' same to Balance Table Knives, 16s.—Des /r ' "-C arvers, 16s.—Des- Knives, 18s ss . 6d.—Large size Ivory-handled Table to %l an — 4 - Desserts 16s. per doz.—Carvers, 6 The same 14 -s ee ;abl i h e e s. -6d , 21;.—Desserts, 15s.—Carvers, 7s. i . 81 14 : ) o tie Handled Table Knives and Forks, 9s. per c o o z z .— la I°m-handled Table Knives and Forks, lls. perd b .— tu ~,,e f terts, e s ' h Knives and Forks o arran t d '---Carvers, 2s 6d.— I' e FENDERS,e s h • . 1111 : IRONS, CORNICE POLES, DISH COVERS, BATHS, &c. f till il.onable Blacit Iron Fenders from fron t A 21-- trass ditto from 10s.—Polished Steel Fire Irons 9s.—Bronzed ditto lha -g—Block Tin Dish Covers the Set, I Is.—l n raved liley ditto, 163......1 „Le that is made ;s en ( J . ;tined Bottle Jacks, warr . an .- t t l' tto the very best quality and newest 4;:f 2 51b 3 ., 7 s. 6 !,. s z.. - 1 , 6 5 " tato, 9s. 6d.—Brass Stair Rods, h . "'L ad per d ay. " —B — r s ra C s oi ( mice or Window Curtain Poles, C.° -. per fc *t.—Cop a i s ier Tea Kettle to hold 1 Gallon, 72. gli t ot r ,.., - ,;al Scoops, from 10s. 6d. Tea Urns, frorn 2 is..--- liitlid,,_' "Iths, with Capper conducting Tubes and Pomp, and N I , 14, In ieomplete, 100 s. eet, 0 li tt en ers are recommended to visit the Warehouses, Wells- Iskiela zford-street; or to apply for a Catalogue of prices, /134 0at e l ia ..- be forwarded for a single postage. C . ountry Orders "`o a remittance. All Postages to be paid. Established 1820. ni , " Noc e t t ( ----------- Ti;; --- . e v0 i",.. , D —Hon. 1 —it th e rea e t m e s st a am ) ameliorations of civilized life, p k 440, r .we are indebted to the modern division of attention and b , 13great t'ruth ' 4 eri fi t. ft the variau s pursuits of society, and in none have its d 4 t e lt' - 'een g e. manifest in the healing art. Early convince lea4al College as COSS and Co., Members of the of ,1 Surgeons fessrs in i London, have for twenty-five f ew ,3re_onafined their attention to the successful treatment o V both lent co mpkints—viz., the general and local debilities fa Wllih t he sexes, whether arising from the solltary indulgence e nd o highly inflamed imagination brings like a dest . roying htith :ver the constitution, tlie mind, and the affections . of e fdri rikin , or from a long residence in hot climates, excessive " L l ,l'eri,„ °F any other baneful indulgence ; and front their the .enii; t .;', , they can with confidence offer a restoration of d i 'lleet‘' -eu to vigorous health. .Married females of a pure an all)ii, def er s disposition, ma, fil rate disposition whose " fondest hope" has been pain lea'-n with consolation that 1 erseverance in 4no°lZrurernedial Cour ' s ‘ e, willreno - vate general health, anti re -An i d.". 1 impediments to maternal happiness. tlitev, ' ,1 d13 1 .1.8 disorder however inveterate, as also Connor 4st.taj le et. anti Strictu ' re, may be removed without material A le .' l ,. in diet c.r exercise. thei r . 3 : °. GOSS and Co. are to be consulted every day at '''al - it i . "i4l " , e; and Patients in the remotest part , of the Which antsy be treated successfully on transmitting their report,. Il ately ,' 1 h i mmediately answered; their letters must nr . ll : kid A c f.st:."lbe the ease, and contain a remittance for Adv . i l , ,i e howevet'ruine, vvhieh can be forwarded to any part of the world, 14 ' se ctir g , t s'ant. No difficulty can occur, as the Medicin . es will e '. t'aeltet!. and carefully protected from obs..trvation. GOt3S and Co. (M.11.C. Surgeons), P:lhlished 7, Lancaster-place, Strand, London. .. , 4 1'.6 4 : s , T 4, t ('Twenty-thirl Edition), Ist. THE 1. Ity-GrpTIFI',. fa. - nili . ar " C e o n minentary on the above Diseases. 3c. :1 - 18 -a ' Q 't•NA!aticire ' ssel exclusively to the Female Sex. "r ilizes Q _" I 131- IIL t IS'f a ' treatise on Lues Venerea, Gotl and -, .e. Ni. ' 0 3 • °f all B 'ay be hail at - ,each I aternos - , - ter row London ; ooksellers. (Price ss. .) - ------ f I o T S AND NERVOUS COMPLAINTS. i v .. ii ° l S PIKE'S POWDERS, 's P. 1 .14 - ' s ale bl Medicine for the cure of EPILEPTIC, rel „,„"le l , n a v nd a ev e er description of FITS has for they.,vers hoen g-at every ly and succes,fully admirnstercd by 45 °4ll 'Y • la . t• n ' t 6" - 1 , CC 0 . f the increasing ilercand, Itll 4l c , ‘ „, ofte; 4 , . o u t . i .. in C10111.S.( forlt.i. sale. It has also proved highly vr eakn eable la IVrvou‘sPAu public aCtions Boniofth inducing mental e llevi - a ' t: "' a nd, in s , okie cases borderincr nsanity ; and in the l ',, lll nt s i " v end cure of the ' various species of Nervous Corn ilery t,• • 111 ‘`o confirement or restraint, more than that of being ,ti artoi,,,Perate, is necessary during its use, as it is perfec ,y Soid'i' end a. child may take it. Ilriei or I!.b.ottles at 2s. 9d., 4. 6d., and 115. each, the pro qletio;sttiss. Pike, 15, Park- lace Clifton (late anal Sons, a,„ erslll re), and iii London by Messrs. Barclay -_ 'Yard ; 'EL.ntion-street ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow Church ofbyßerkeley, end so dards, 67, St.. Paul's Church-yard: F.Nenb . er , r_y . Church- But ''', 4 5, Ditto ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street laty - b ' 4 , , Cheapside and "0 Waterloo-place, Edinburgh; .. 1 1l • e h ad tkr ' -'' ritt, d t ., *ugh all respectableettr'"gd°rn• vendors *f medicine in the Vatio 'effected by this medicine have come under the obser a 4 er eillu r Fri following highly respectable individuals :—Dr. 51are.' ...S., &c. &c., Berkeley ; Francis Hands,_Easrqt.., 't i4l-1,71' Ilerkeley ; the Rev. Sir George Prevost, _I, 2. , Cura te csiebe, Glo ucestershir e; the Rev. John Maynard, 31 . l o”,. 11 E 11 1:irl if Berk eley ; the Rev. E. J. Carter, M.A., Curate _ a_ l Ille,i rai ?gr.,. Gloncestershir,, and Minor Canon of Bristol C eir th e i ) NY • Joyner Ellis, Esq., Berkeley, Coroner andCler . k . Ilatel, _,ea.ce for the county of Gloucester ; Mrs. Long, Royal st e , d.. _ -:11fton ; Mrs. Sherborn, 9.1, Mornington-place, N.iricad, Londo n ; and very many others. Al t , —B . e very partirnslar in observing that the name " Sarah l ette r r e s tt n p ike llamp , erkeley, Gloucestershire," is engraved in while ta t , ii 13 _ a r.ed ground ;.n the Government stamp, as none other . ge nuine. WIESSPUBLIC NOTIFICATION. RS: SLOAN and CO., Members of I I F.,,.. the Royal Colleg e of Surgeons. 4, ARGYLL-PLACE, tii4T-STREET, and 9u, IRONMONGER -LANE, tior-:APSID.E, Islay be consulted from Eight •'Clock in the v ,. s i,r . ig until Ten at Night, on every variety and stage of te'rkv'Zllis,with that delicacy and secresy they hay, hitherto .nb te ~, ', rhe treatment they pursue will not subject any patient te:_4nnement or hindrance from business. Cases . of an ex tee"+Jnature they eradicate in eight or ten . days, or if slight or t qr t In two or three, without the indiscriminat t , use ofc ni.er y, and at a n.oderate expense. Generative 4ebility, e °44rrl 'on, and Stri..tures of the Urethra, uxhappily so preva , 4 t, are reattd upon those unerring principles which have in tro to Messrs. Stoat, and Co. so large a share of public pa tli°2\ge for nearly thirty years is London, and which it will be eir future exeriion tmaintain. i. .itebt ers, containin g a n enclosure, will be answered Isy return g i ts ' 4.` ' ih ~wc•cr distant, will be cerresponded with until tltever, (-4T { p4d , • No. 14,9 A GREAT WESTERN LOAN SOCIETY, No. 14, DUKE-STREET, ADELPHI. Notice is hereby given, that applications for LOANS from 1 5/. to 50/. %toy be made daily at the Society's Offices as above, from ten in the morning- till four in the afternoon, Saturdays excepted, on which (lay the offices close at three precisely. By Order, JAMES M'DONALD, Secretary. PARISH of ST. GEORGE, HANOVER -SQUARE. To BUTCHERS, MEALMEN, Cheesetnongers, Corn chandlers, Grocers Milkmen, Potatoe-dealers, Oil andTalow chandlers, Wine and Spirit Merchants, Colourmen, and Coffin makers. Such Persons -s are willing to CONTRACT with the GOVERNORS and DIRECTORS of the POOR of the said PARISH, for SUPPLYING the WORKHOUSES for Six Months, from the 29th day of September, 1840, to the 25th day of March, 1841, may deliver in their sealed Proposals at the Board-room, in Mount-street, on or before Nine o'clock on Wednesday, the 23d of September instant. Persons tendering are desired to be in attendance, and to take notice that all offers must be made upon, and strictly in accordance with, the printed form of tender, which may be ob tained on application to the Master of the Workhouse, in Mount-street, as well as any further particulars. By order, T. B. CHAPPELL, Vestry Clerk. PIT-PLACE. EPSOM. ESSRS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS beg to announce, that on TUESDAY, 6th of October next, and following day, they will offer for SALE by PUB LIC AUCTION, on the premises, The elegant MANSION and GROUNDS of PIT-PLACE, together with all the excellent HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE thereto belonging ; also the Hunting and Racing Stables of King Charles the Second, contiguous to the above mansion ; unless previously disposed of by private contract. Further particulars may be known by applying at the office of Messrs. Adam Murray and Sons, surveyors and land agents, 47, Parliament-street. PUBLICATIONS. This day is published, price 25., WESTERN AUSTRALIA, comprising a Description of the. Vicinity of AUSTRALIND and Port Leschenault, with Two Maps. By THOMAS JOHN BUCKTON, Esq. Author of " China Trade," &c. &c. London : John 011ivier, 59, Pall Mall. Just published, price 3s. 6d., extra boards, THE ROYAL WEDDING JESTER ; or, Nuptial Interlude—a collection of the Wedding Facetim, displayed on this joyful event; bon mots, marriage queries, conundrums, queer stories, droll sayings, numerous comic songs, poems, and other amusing matters ; a rich banquet of wit and humour, with the intercepted love-letters. With a curious frontispiece. The whole collected and arranged by RIGDUAI FUNNIDOS. To prevent substitution, order the original edition. Published by J. Duncombe and Co., Middle-row, Holborn. Letters (post paid) attended to. A new catalogue of amusing works may be had. Just published, in royal ISmo., cloth, price 3s. ; and sent in Town or Country free, by post, 3s. 6d., ANI-TOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suf fering- from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. ?üblished by the Authors, and sold by Balliere, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent-street ; 011ivier, 59, Pall Mall ; S ,range, 21, Paternoster-row ; Pattie, 4, Brvdges-street, Strand ; Machen and Co., 8, D'Olier-street, Dublin ; Duncan 114, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to be had ofall Booksellers Thu Work which is now presented to the public is the result of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affec twos, which far some unaccountable reason have been either altogether overlooked, or treated with apathy, and almost in difference, by the o; dinary practitioner. To enter into the details of these affections, to point out their causes, and to mark the terrific consequences, social, moral, and physical, which are sure to follow from indulgence, in certain habits, would be entirely out of place in an advertisement. We have no hesitation, however, in saying that there is no member of society, by whom the book will not be found interesting, whe ther we consider such person to hold the relation of a PA RENT, a PRECEPTOR, or a CLERGYMAN. The PARENT, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, which for want of a careful investigation of its re:il cause, has been set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work be astonished to find that in nine tenths of the cases of young persons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary consumption, heart disease, tabes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits, practised by youth much more fre quently than is at all suspected. The PRECEPTOR, also, who holds temperarilv, at least the relation and tesponsibility of a parent, will, by perusing this work, be directed, and very much assisted in investigating and detecting the too often concealed practices so often introduced into schools, whereby the health and ultina..tely the lives of his pupils are sure to be compromised, unless the evil be checked in proper time. He will hero find a clue to guide him through the intricate mazes of this moral labyrinth, and a standard whereby to judge, when delicacy of health should appear to attack any of his young charges, what the real cause of such attack may be, and thus he will be enabled to check the evil in its incipient state. The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character, is at mace concentrated the twofold relation of parent and instructor, will here be directed as to the nature of those habits, to which youth is addicted; he will also be enabled to point out the disastrous consequences which are sure to follow from them, if not relinquished. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their residence,' No. 7, Frith-street, Soho, from Ten till Three, and Five till Eight is the Evening; and Country Patients aro re quested to be as minnte as possible in the detail of their cases, —as to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, ge neral habits of living, and occupation in life of the party ; the communication must be accompanied by the " usual Consulta tion Fee of 1/.," without which no notice whatever can be taken of their application ; and in all cases, the most inviolable secrecy may be relied on. N.B. Seven doors from Soho-square. ---- A_ NFIRIVIARY for the CURE of STRIC TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR RH(EA, GLEETS, and all DISEASES of the GENERA TIVE and URINARY ORGANS. Notwithstanding the above Institutic is closed, Patients may continue to receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur geon (Mr. Courtenr,y, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap plying at his own hease instead of the Charity. Hours of Attendance, frora Eight to Ten in the Mornings and from Seven to Nino in time Evenings. On Sundays he tke Morning, but not in the Evening COWL AND'S LOTION. This elegant 1 preparation, an original formula of the late Dr. Gow land, for Impurities of the Skin, and first used in his practice ns Physician to the Household of his Majesty George 111., when i'rince of Wales, 1755, continues to maintain a repute commensurate with its specific properties of speedily eradica ting every species of eruptive malady, discoloration, &c., and of preserving and enhancing the beauty cf the complexion, by a congenial action u p on the skin, as perfectly innocent as it is agreeable and efficacious. " ROBT. SHAW, London," is engraved on the Stamp. Prices 2s. Pd., ss. 61, Quarts Bs. 6d. Sold by all respectable Perfume Medicine Venders. To OOLOO'S CHINESE CEMENT.—The extraordinary properties of this Composition make it one of the most useful articles ever presented to the public. It is perfectly i m pervious to hot or cold water, and will resist the effects of the most intense heat. So tenacious and firm is it in its hold, that a new fracture is almost certain to take place rather than a severance in the origina'.. Thus its utility sur passes all other cements for the fixing and met.ding of china, glas, and ivory, the setting of ston es and beads in rings and trinket s , & c . sold wh o l esa l e and retail, in bottle s, 4s. 6d. , and 7s. 6d., by at Is. 6d., 2s. 63., anduo., Ctl the Proprietor's sole A g ents, Blofeld C u ers and 11 a zor-makers, 6, Middle-row, Holborn ; and, by their appointment, at the princ i p al Chemists and , sitrfumere, This system of reduction in the premiums affords immediate benefit to the Assured, or enables them to secure a considerable bonus by effecting a new policy. Policies are granted in London and by resident Committees at Calcutta, Madras. and Bombay, on Indian risks, at very ad vantageous rates, calculated from ektensive data and tables, exclusively in the possession of this Society, to show the true risk of life during residence in India, and atter retirement from foreign service. By Order of the Board, DAVID JONES, Actuary. PO the SPIRIT TRADE.—DEALERS may be SUPPLIED pith FOREIGN and BRITISH SPIRITS, at the undermentioned quotations, at the GRAY'S INN WINE ESTABLISHMENT, for Cash : FOREIGN pergall. BRITISH per gall. Brandy, proof 2Bs 6,1 Brandy, 17 U. P. 12s and 15s Ditto, usual strength Jamaica Rum, proof ...... 15s Gin, usual strength Ss and 9s Ditto, usual strength ....• 12s Ditto, Old Tom West India Shrub ...... lOs 6d Shrub, Mint, Cloves, &C._ 8 s HENEKEY, KISLINGBURY, and CO. No. 23, High Holborn. • SUDDEN DEATII OF A GENTLEMAN.—About four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Miller, of 22, Grosvenor-street West, was in the act of getting out of an omnibus et the corner of Wilton-place, when he fell int o the conductor's arms in a senseless state. The old gentle man, who was nearly 70 years of age, was directly taken to his residence, and was attended upon by Dr. Jones, of Wilton-place, but the unfortunate gentleman never rallied, and died the same night. re. E 4111 PRICE sd. 218 ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. rallied to 318 32, and the Three per Cents. to 214 22 ; Colombian Stock of 1824 was tteady at 22 ; and Mexican of 1825 at 24i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. fluctuated from 491 to 50 ; and Balgian Bonds were transferred at 98. To-day the Committee of Spanish Bondholders had another interview with Count Lara upon the subject of his mission to this country. The Count showed his credentials from the Spanish Government, thus proving what we have already stated, that he would never have come over in any other than an official capacity. His pro position is, to capitalise the arrcais of interest, and pay 2 per cent, interest upon it, having, of course, a new loan to assist him in his project. The Count, it is said, earnestly assured the Committee of the sincerity of his Government's intentions to the bondholders, and the members present, Messrs. Thornton, Wyllie, Tasker, and Captain Britten and others, seemed disposed to re commend his plan for adoption by the creditors. The Share Market, like those for Stocks, was firmer to-jay, with a fair amount of business doing. The prin cipal railway shares were last quoted as follow :—Great Western, 18 ; New ditto, 6 ; London and South Wes tern, 15i ; Ditto and Birmingham, 74i ; and York and North Midland, 19 premium. The Brighton were 10-a ; Blackwell, 2 ; South Easteri, 174 ; and Great North of England, 1.5 discount. London and West rdnster Bank shares wore at 31 prem., ex dividend. LON DON, 1 HURSDA Y 1 SEPTEMBER 17, 184 a DELIVERY OF SALT MEAT. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 16, 1840. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of TREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give NOTICE, that, in order to re move any doubt that may exist as to the periods of the DE LIVERY of SALT BEEF and PORK, to be contracted for on he 24th instant—Tha the antity to be delivered before the t 31st of March, 1841,t shall qu not e xceed two-thirds of the quantity advertised for, namely, one-third on or before the 28th February next, and another third on or befote the 31st of March next, and that the remaining one-third shall be delivered between the 31st of March and 31st of May, 1841. INDIA ANTI-SLAVERY SUGAR COMPANY. To prevent further unavailing applications for Shares, notice Is hereby given that it is not intended to allot a smaller number of shares than ten to any applicant not being in Retail Gro cery, Confectionary, or other trade connected with the sale of Sugar, in order to simplify which the allotment will be as fol lows :- 10,000 Shares of 101. each, to Grocers, &c. 1,000 do. of 1001. to the Public. The deposit upon the first being 11. per share, and on the latter 101. per share, payable to the Bankers of the Company, Messrs. Twining, Strand, or Messrs. Drewett and Fowler, Princes-street, or some Banker, to their order, in the country. The remainder of the shares to be allotted in India. Applications must speedily be made to the Secretary, Josiah Wider, Esq. ; the Solicitors, Messrs. Wilkinson and Page, Guildhall-yard; E. M. Elderton, Esq, 40, Queen-square, Bloomsbury ; or W. S. Northhouse, Esq., Temporary Ma nager, 4, Parliament. street. British India Sugar Company's Offices, Guildhall yard, Sept. 15, 1340. BRITISH .IFAST INDIA COTTON COMPANY . Capital 500,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 10s. per Share. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills,"and Co., London. Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester. Messrs. Becket, Blayds, and Co., Leeds. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Swaine, Stevens, and Co.,Fredericles-place, Old Jewry, and 10, Whitehall. The principal object of the East India Cotton Company will be the supply of the English market with a cheaper and supe rior Cotton of Inoian growth. The overwhelming importance of this question, in relation to the manufacturer and the shipowner, was strikingly brought before the Directors of the East India Company by a deputation from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on the presenta tion of a memorial, which stated " That the quantity of cotton imported into Great Britain in the first 11 months of the year 1838 amounted to 1,374,316 bales, of the value of 14,000,0001. sterling, in its unmanufactured state, of which only 96,110 bales were from the East Indies, of the value of about 600,000/. or only 5 per cent. of the whole value of cotton imported, about 90 per cent. of our supply being drawn from foreign sources. That the value of the above quantity of cotton in its manufac tured state was 40,000 , 0001 . sterling p er annum, giving freight to 300,000 tons of shipping, and employment to upwards of 2,000,000 of persons," and concluded by pointing to India as an available, and at the same time, a more desirable source of supply. '1 hat a large profit is to be derived by improving the culture of cotton in India, and preparing it for the English market, has been placed beyond a doubt by the successful results of the ex periments recently made; the difference in quantity alone, its superior quality between the indigenous cotton raised without care, and such as is well cultivated, being in the same field, as five to one in favour of improved culture. It was evidently a conviction of the great interests at stake, which induced the East India Company (although prohibited themselves by the terms of their charter .#om trading of any kind) to procure from the Unitcd Statei within,the last twelve months, at their own cost, through the express mission of Cap tain Bayles, a body of experienced cotton planters, who are now on their way to India. A Deputation of the East India Cotton .Company have had interviews of a highly encouraging nature with the late Chair man and the Deputy Chairman of the East India Company, the President of the Board of Control, the Board of Trade, and the several parties in London, at Manchester, Liverpool, Glas gow, Newcastle, and Bristol, interested in this most important object, all of whom agree in the urgent necessity that a Com pany should be formed for the purpose of carrying out this her ob ject ; the establishment of such a C om p an y being, in ti judgment, calculated to ensure ample returns to parties em. barking capital, a relief from foreign dependence, and a wide ehannel of profit and employment to British shipping. Applications for share and prospectuses, with the names of the Provisional Directors, to be made to the Bankers, to the Solicitors, or to the Secretary, at the Company's offices, 30, Bucklersbury, London. FREDERICK MAXWELL DANSON, Secretary. LACKWALL RAILWAY. ‘-,11 TO THE DIRECTORS, ETC. The undersigned took a trip this afternoon in a second-class train to and from Blackwall, which enables him respectfully to suggest the importance, yea apparent necessity, for spring-locks being placed on the doors of the second class tub standing car riages, as be was astonished at seeing one of the Company's servants (No. 19, a boy) pass in and out of the door by round ing a corner from behind, on its raining , whilst t he en g ine was at full speed—surely au attempt extremely hazardous, but one of frequait occurrence, from the doors having no spring-latchet fastening, though the police officers at both ends of the line asserted that such was the case. CHARLES H. ACKERLEY, 5, Swallow-street, Quadrant. 16th Sept., 1840. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause GRISBROOK against STACE, the Creditors of WILLIAM STACE, late of Plum stead, in the County of Kent, Es:iuire, Storekeeper of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, (who died in the month of May, 1839), are, on or before the 2d day of November, to come in and prove their debts before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, London; or, in default thereof, they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. Dated t m his 11th day of September, 1840. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITU TION, For MUTUAL ASSURANCE on LIVES, ENDOWMENTS and ANNUITIES. 13, Nicholas lane, King William-street, London. DIRECTORS. C. P. Bousfieid, Esq. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. John Bradbury, Esq. R. Ingham, Esq., M.P. Wiliam Cash, Esq. Joseph Janson, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. S. Hayhurst Lucas, Esq. James Crofts, Esq. C. Lushiugton, Esq., M.P. John Feltham, Esq. John St. Barbe, Esq. Joseph Hargrave, Esq. Richard Shortr.dge, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq. • MEDICAL DIRECTORS. J. T. Conquest, M.D. F. L. S. I Thomasßevan, Esq., F, L. S. — Members whose Premiums become due on the ht October next, are hereby informed that the same must be paid within 30 days of that time. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. THE AGRICULTURAL AND GENE RAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 29, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACK - FRIARS, LONDON. Western Branch, 26, Suffolk-place, Pall Mali East. ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THIS COMPANY. PROTECTIVE SECURITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE As- SURED, NOT PRESENTED BY ANY OTHER INSTITUTION. The most economical rates of premium consistent with safety. An Increasing Table for securing Loans on Debts, re quiring a less immediate payment for the whole term of Life than usually demanded. Premiums payable a nnuall y , half yearly, or monthly. Age admitted in the policy. Policies granted from 101. to 5,0001. Claims payable in one mouth after proof of death ; and 101. per cent. immediately after sa tisfactory proof thereof, whenever desired. Policies effected in Ireland or Scotland recoverable in the courts of those coun tries. Endowments and Annuities, immediate and deferred, on advantageous terms. A Board of Management in attendances daily. Medical men remunerated for their reports. C. F. KIRKMAN, Resident Manager. A liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents. Applications for the Office of Agent to the Institution in the different towns of the kingdom are invited, addressed to the Resident Manager, at the house of the Company. ----- ANNUAL DIVISION OF PROFITS. UNIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE SO CIETY, 1, King William-street, London. Established 1834. Etrpowered by Act of Parliament. One-fifth of the ascertained profits of the five preceding years is divided botween the policy-holders and shareholders ; three- fourths to the former, and one-fourth to the latter. The remaining four-fifths are set apart to enter into the average of the succeeding years, and thus to provide against unforeseen contingencies. The first division of Profits took place on the 13th of May, 1840, when a reduction of 60 per cent. was declared on the annual premiums of all those policies entitled to participation. The following table will show the operation of the reduction made by the Society : Age Annual when , Date of Sum - I Original Premium Policyßeduction Premium in was Policy. Assured. Premium. 1840. issued. __ _ _ 20 May 1835. £l,OOO £l9 6 8 £ll 12 0£714 8 30 ... ... 1,000 '24 8 4 14 13 0 915 4 40 1,000 31 10 0 18 18 0 12 12 0 ... ... 50 1,001 42 15 0 25 13 0 17 2 0 ••• ••• 60 ... 1,0,10 66 1 1 8 3 9 19 0 26 12 8 ... IVIONE I MARKET and CITY NEWS. (WEDNESDAY EVENING.). TIM ES.—A meeting was held yesterday in Manches .er of the creditors of Mr. Forth, whose failure was ex agerated into a topic of so much alarm at the Steck Exchange a short time back, when it appeared that his liabilities only amounted to 49,8781., and that his assets were estimated at 29,572/. An offer was made to the creditors to pay 10s. in the pound, at two and four months, but the consideration of the offer was postponed. An impulse towards India, and the great capabili mew see capabili ties of imps ovement in our possessions in that part of the tobe tak ing city , and placewh when nmoonncge is t c o m ire interestsrei o a r i ldm s of the he case, every one who is aware of the enterprise of British merchants knows that some practical effect is sure very soon to follow it. The subjects of cochineal and of Sea Island cotton have been already before the public, as articles of commerce to which that enterprise might with advantage be directed, by introducing them into cultivation in India, and we have now some facts to state, communicated by a cor respondent who is evidently conversant with the subject, respecting an important change which is now actually in progress in the cultivation, by English hands, of the " Sunderbunds." This vast extent of forest he de scribes as intersected by the various mouths of the Ganges, and as containing, according to the last survey, made by order of the Bengal Government, 879,000 " beggabs" (which means nearly the same as " acres") of land. Certain Europeans who have had allotments of the territory appointed to them within the last 12 years have undertaken to cultivate it, several officers in the East India Company's pilot service having gone to a great expense in disafforesting, draining, and em banking their appropriated lands. Several tanks over grown with weeds, and several relics of fanes and pagodas were discovered by these, showing that at one period the " Sunderbunds" were both cultivated and (perhaps numerously) populated. It is supposed that the tract of the forest was inundated at some remcta time by an outburst in the Bay of Bengal, the waters of which.overwhelmed the whole of the island of Saugur about nine years ago. Tigers, wild boars, and other beasts of prey were at first in great plenty upon the lands allotted to these gentlemen ; but they retired into the interior of the forest as the jungles were cut down, the lands were laid open, and the colonies in creased. In four years they succeeded in bringing about 7,000 " begg,ahs" of rich land into cultivation, and that to a degree that was highly satisfactory. Rice, millet, indigo, and tobacco (including the Vir ginian, Maryland, and Persian kinds), were all equally successful. Mustard, potatoes, and various hemps and thus, throve exceedingly well in some parts, as also many European vegetables, the seeds of which were in ported into Calcutta. It is supposed that the soil would return one hundred fold if sufficiently cultivated. The Calcutta police report, lately published by Mr. M'Farlane, the chief magistrate, has lately called at tention to the statistics of that city. In 1752 the po pulation was estimated by Holwell at 400,000 persons, but it is supposed that this is a very exaggerated state ment, and that the population did not really amount to 150,000. In the same year the police of the city consisted only of 143 persons, of whom 64 were sta tioned as a night guard at the houses. They were paid two rupees (about 25.) a month, which was consi dered as too heavy a charge for the company by 1101- well, who directed that it should be paid by the inha bitants. This guard was not increased from 1752 to 1778, when the authorities increased the force more than fivefold, raising it to 765. The Crown disallowed this arrange. merit in 1780, as no funds were assigned for the mainte nance of these guards, but the amendment was not regis tered till 1783. An Act was passed in 1793 abolishing all previous rules, and directing the arrangements which are still in force. At present the police disbursements amount to 6.09,85(. 1 .5.8 rupees per annum, which is met by the assessment on houses, the tax on spiritous liquors, and other minor sources, amounting altogether to 4.25,513 rupees, which leaves 1.84,343 rupees to the general funds of the State. The actual population of Calcutta has never been calculated accurately, but it is supposed to have fluctuated between 400,000 and 1,000,000. How ever a recent computation made by the superintendent of police gives a population of only 229,705, the male portion of these being nearly double of the female. His statement is as follows : Males. Females, - - - 1,953 1,185 - - - 2,950 1,796 - - - 1,715 1,475 - - 101 59 - - - - 465 171 English Eurasians - Portuguese French Armenians Jews Moguls Parsecs Arabs Mugs Chinese Madrassies Native Christians Hindoos - Mahometan Low Castes . - - - - 185 122 - - - 314 193 - - - - - 32 8 - _ - - - 272 79 - - - - - 450 233 - - - - 243 119 - - - 30 25 - - - 30 19 85,145 52 506 - - 38,934 19,810 - - - 12,074 7,010 144,893 84,812 Total 229,705 It should be observed that the correctness of this statement is doubted, as, according to appearance, the population of Calcutta is nearly double of the amount. CHRONICLE There was a decided improve mentosttoip7oous.i sell opening g: t iFc o -day I:liresnd this at tyt marketl p : l e aoo inwn E ciet , n rsso g nipin l m i ori s iew l ec t eedsfle,i Funds, :wtrpi:nbaasani tfr agtofi a oie l nul t ss h c.rnal o wsob u esin g irein i e t agrnde a lcioaf t euensote t tit l eoa t ad e t-ti took place, and prices advanced to 8 4 '1' to ' for the account, L- - 4 Account, closing at 88 to 1 1, being an advance of i per cent. on the closing quotations of yesterday. Exche quer Bills declined Is., being quoted at 4s. to 6s. pre mium. This improvement has been occasioned by a rumour that intelligence had been received at Paris of Mehemet Ali having agreed to accept the terms of the treaty of the 15th of July, and that a material rise might he looked for in the prices of the French Rentes of Tuesday. The expected news from Paris, and the determination of the French Cabinet to surround the capital with for t:lindens, continue to be viewed in the City as evincing a pacific solution to existing difficulties. They sec in the last-mentioned transaction the result of a fortunate com bination of circumstances. The motives which have led to it are ecanned with attention, and we give the opi nions as we have heard them. They say that Louis Philippe is in favour of it (as he always has been), t o strengthen his own position, and to enable him, if need be, to coerce the multitude. The Bonapartists support it, because it is in accordance with the views of the E ie _ perer ; and the 'war party, including the Republicans, agree to it because they look upon the measure as one of national defence and an act of preparation. By this fortunate agreement of parties, acting from very de g _ cordant motives, a unanimous result is obtained which Louis Philippe, with his usual tact and knowledge of character, has taken advantage of to carry out a design which which on former occasions he was obliged to a b an d on ' The different sections into which the public mind of France is at present divided are, in fact, viewed as playing at " hide and seek," and the superior taclique of the King is considered as likely to gain him the game. 'rb do so, however, he has been compelled to go along with the stream longer and further than he wished or judged safe ; but it is thought he deemed it wiser to wait for a favourable opportunity of turning the current into a peaceful channel, than to risk the consequences of any direct attempt to drive back the torrent, or to step it roughly in its course. The con sequence of this line of policy on the part of the King of the French is, that Paris will be surrounded with formidable ramparts, bastions, and batteries. One of the visions of Napoleon will be realized in 1840. After twenty-five years of peac e , and a con tinued advancement in end y an and fh w i measures of' civilisation, the leading capital of the Continent of Europe, instead of setting an example in the progress peace, will of the arts of be absorbed in the occupation of those who flourished in the feudal ages, when war was the .ordinary em ployment of p c e e h a c e i s t o mankind, a nd a ll other professions were looked upon with accomplished, it i s contempt. The scat of literature and science is about l w ik e e n n u o y t be obtained. But it is difficult n to point out another i s intend impassible course equally practicable, an of the circumstances it t t h o e b i e t c w o n m n e s, athheuregiForeo,veb:ygrwoviiciflortthreess, boasting of them at all times. not necessary in cases of emergency to examine the line of route which was traversed. The idle people of Paris will find a new s ubject of talk in these fortresses. They will find occupation in looking at the progress of tn t ra travel. . make .tchheo journey rne y th b e e w aac c 0 m An object of much impertilanctehntowards the present preservation of peace. ail e , s be accomplished, the works by day, and in although it will be obtamen uy feeling a morbid appe tite for military disPlaY' inland The winter season fo r menced, an we are b thetrade h as j us t corn elad to hear th a t t h e wholesale houses have been much occupied in the execution of country orders. POST.—The 111anchcister papers received in town this morning give but a account of busi nessotsc.ouraging matters in that part of . the count r y. I t appears that some orders for the Mediterranean have been coun termanded. This state of things had been brought about, it is added, by the unsettled aspect of political affairs, and the consequent decline in the value of the public securities. The Guardian states that Mr. Henry Forth, whose failure was announced a few days ago, had called a meeting of his creditors, and proposed paying them 10s. in the pound in two equal instalments at two and four montbs, with security. The debts are put down at 49,8781., and the liabilities on bills of ex change at about 60,000/., some of which will, it is con sidered, be thrown upon the estate. The assets are estimated at upwards of 29,000/. The offer of 10s. in the pound was not, for the moment, ac cepted, as a difference of opinion existed in the minds of the creditors with respect to certain sales of goods made by Mr. Forth for account of third parties, the question being whether the debts arising upon such sales belonged to the estate, or whether they were, as taken to be in making on; the balance sheet, the property of the consigners of them. Counsel's opinion would be taken upon the subject, and the meet ing was, in the meantime, adjourned to Tuesday next. Messrs. Wood, Watts, and Co. have also, says the Guardian, submitted a statement of their affairs to their creditors, who had consented to a compromise of I Is. in the pound. The funds improved materially to-day. There does not seem to have been any fresh circumstance to ac count for the change. Consols left off at 874 to a for money, and 88 to for account ; Exchequer bills 4s. to 6s. prem. ; and India Bonds at 12s. dis. Active Spanish Stock was at 21i to 22k ; Five per Cant. Portuguese 32 to 4 ; and Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Dutch at 494 to 50. The share market was calm. The negotiations of the Committee of Spanish Bond holders with the Count de Lara being conducted se cretly are beginning to excite an apprehension in the minds of such of their constituents as reside at a dis tance, and who can get no more than an occasional hint, through the medium of the journals, of what is passing, lest their interests should be compromised by them. This, we may observe as we proceed, though it will be by no means for the first time, is one of the evils inse parable from the foreign loan system. There will be always a doubt, and, more, there will be always a dan ger. The holders of foreign bonds are spread over the whole surface of the cCuntry, and that many of the number should feel alarm, when they hear of over tures being made on the part of the borrowing States so closely affecting them, and discussed, as it were, in the dark, is perfectly natural. The Com mittee is formed of a limited number of gentlemen, and, however pure the intentions of each and all of them may be, they are not infallible, and they commit a palpable injustice in suppressing the re sult of their frequent meetings, thereby keeping the mass of their fellow-sufferers in the most painful state of suspense. Some of the members, we are well aware, consider that publicity ought to be immediately given to every step they take in connection with claims in the settlement of which individuals and families who may be prejudiced by their acts have unfortunately so deep a stake. If the Count de Lara has indeed a pro position to make having such settlement for its object, there can be no difficulty, we suppose, in stating what it is without circumlocution ; and, be it good or bad, an outline of it ought no doubt to be by this time in the hands of the public. The Count does not profess to come as the accredited agent of the Spanish Govern ment, yet enough has oozed out to show that he is at all events in the confidence of some of the principal personages about the Court at Madrid, and that his mission is not a purely speculative one. The Count de Lara is, perhaps, moved in some degree to the course he is now taking by a desire to better the lot of the bondholders, and certainly he cannot but see that their situation is most distressing.' We, however, in cline to the opinion that he has come over to England rather to try what can be done to revive Spanish credit, and to pave the way for the negotiation of future private loans on terms less onerous and less offensive to his nation. HERALD.—It has been supposed that the nefa farious transactions which have been herefore particu larised under this head, in respect of the swindling trickery by which an insolvent State was covertly buy ing up its own bonds and coupons, depreciated almost to nil by its own want of faith and non-payment of di vidends, were confirrd to Portugal alone, and that no other State, however bankrupt in circumstances, bad been guilty of the same scandalous breach of inte grity either direct or indirectly. But herein the public it seems are doomed to be woefully mistaken, for the game appears to have been quite as cvell understood in Spain as in Portugal. The trick, it will be remem bered, consists in apparently contracting for new loans or advances of money, in part payment of which the lenders arc allowed to pass into the Treasury one half, or other larger amounts, in bonds and unpaid coupons, at par, the prices in the market of those dishonoured bonds or coupons ranging somewhere between one third or one-fourth of the nominal value. Thus take for example an operation of the sort not long since said to be effected with and by the Goiernment of Madrid, from which the bondholders may learn to appreciate the sort of systematic scheming on foot for gradually transferring their property and rights to the pockets of greedy and unscrupulous capitalists, with whom the Governments would seem to be disgracefully in league, although apparently getting the smallest portion of the spoil. Here is a copy of one of these contracts which certain capitalists in this city are reported to have passed with Spain. The agreement was to ad vance a sum of 90,0001. to the corrupt administration of that country, one condition of which was that nearly one-half the amount was to be deliverable and received at par in the shape of overdue coupons, which shows the transaction, thus : Paid Spanish Government in bard cash In overdue coupons bought at 10 or 12 per cent., but taken in at par 40,000 Bonus to protect the unfortunate contractors from loss ... lO,OOO Total £90,000 10,0001. was to be paid monthly in cash or coupons on receipt of the first instalment of which the whole 90,0001. in Treasury bills was issued to the lucky con tractors by the Government, who were enabled to dis pose of them on the instant at Madrid at 95 per cent., or in gross amount for £85,500 As the contractors pay in cash £40,000 And in coupons 40,0001. pur chased at or priced at 12 per cent. of their nominal value in the market 4,500 44,800 It results that the contractors net a profit of £40,700 Or nearly 100 per cent. profit with the use of the balance till the Treasury Bills fall due. This is clearly a sort of game which suits both a dishonest Govern ment and unprincipled money-lenders, and is sufficient to account for the indifference disgracefully manifested to the obligations of good Lith and the claims of the bondholders. For so long as these are unasljusted, and just in proportion to their scandalous evasion, or post ponement to the Greek Kalends, so will the value of bonds and coupons decline towards zero, and to all the extent of that debasement of prices will an atrocious advantage be reaped by perfidious Governments in raising fresh loans upon more easy terms upon the vile system of which as illustration has been afforded ; and just so also will the tribe of usurious and cal lous money-changers be encouraged in their fraudu lent courses. For, however exorbitant the terms upon which more money is thus raised and sup plied, unscrupulous Governments are still gainers, apart any secret understanding by which a profit on the depreciated bonds or coupons received at par may be discounted to them, in the facility of raising new loans by which they are enabled more easily to dispense with the obligations of common honesty and to set their cre ditors at defiance. Of the capitalists, utterly devoid of all principle and conscience, who arc the prime agents in all this scandal and mischief, it is impossible to speak or think otherwise than with loathing and contempt. Their conduct realises all that once was regarded as fable, and it would scam now to be an accredited matter of present fact, as well as of past history, that people really sell themselves soul and body to the infernal imps ;for the sake of vile lucre, and for communication of the art of transmuting their own brass and base metal into solid gold. SUN.—Stocks were better to -day. Consols for imme diate transfer opened at 874, advanced gradually to 88, and closed at 87,1 7 to For the Account, the opening price was 87i, the highest quotation 884, being ob tained in the afternoon. The latest bargains were a fraction under the extreme advance. Exchequer Bills are still declining, as there are no doubt some balances out on sufferance" among the Foreign and share jobbers. The premium was not higher than 7to 4 ; India Bonds rallied to 12 discount ; India Stock was reduced to :246 ; the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were done at 9q to 964, the Reduced Thrnd- Half per per Cents. at 9 5i ex. div.,and the Long annuitiesat 12 15-16th ex. div. There is some talk at present of the intention of the agents in this country for the Mexican Governmf,nt, to pay a dividend, about January next, upon the Eng lish loans so long unproductive of a return in the shape of interest. We trust it may be so , but considering the frightful state of anarchy which exists in the Republic, torn by internal dissension, and threatened from with cur by Texas, we cannot count with any degree of cer tainty upon regular instalments from such a State. To-day the Foreign Stocks were all rather buoyant. Spanish Active Bonds touched 2;4 , but closed at 4 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. ( From the Morning Chronicled - The Honourable and Reverend Henry David Erskine ha: ing vacated the living of St. Martin's, Leicester, for one more valuable elsewhere, the Lord Chancellor will be called on to exercise the Crown right of patronage. As in no one respect have the Whigs been more at fault than in the bestowal of their patronage, and more particularly that in the Church, it may be as well that we should seize this occasion to offer a few observations on the subject. It will be allowed that the Crown pos sesses no patronage which is not necessary to the bene ficial working of the Government. When, therefore, the Sovereign reposes confidence in men who profess particular political principles, we conceive they owe it not less to the Sovereign than to the pe.opls who give to them their support on account of their principles to bestow their patronage in such a way as shall not paralyse the Government by leading those who seek favours to hope they may obtain them with-. out quitting the ranks of the opposition. Patronage, therefore, is a trust, held by Ministers on the condi tion of bestowing it, not only on persons properly qua lified in point of fitness, but professing the political opinions on which the Government is conducted ; and the neglect of the condition tends to weaken an ad ministration, by creating a belief that it attaches little importance to its own principles, and by producing an impression on the minds of aspirants for place that they gain their object as well by opposing the Government as by supporting it. We have always been firmly persuaded that if Govern ment had been more anxious to stand well with its supporters than its opponents, a number of the latter would long ago have become its supporters. But we will confine ourselves for the present to the Church. We have never spoken to a clergyman, of whatever party in the Church, who . has not admitted that the present Ministry h ave d one more by their measures to strengthen it than any preceding Ministry. The com mutation of tithes alone has been of immense advantage to the Church. How happens it, then, that the clergy arc so generally opposed to the Government ? In the first place, the Whigs began by neglecting their own supporters and bestowing their patronage on their political opponents. One great blunder that Lord Brougham committed was of incalculable mis chief. The Bishops at the time were nearly all rank Tories, and yet he made over to the Bishops the appointment to all livings in the Church under 2001. a•year. The men to whom these livings are an object, are of all others, perhaps, the most influential. They are taken from the people, with whose ways and wishes they are intimately acquainted, and are not cor rupted by a luxurious life, or carried away.by fashion able vanities and frivolities, but devoted to the con scientious discharge of the pastoral office, and in consequence are possessed of the regard and confidence of their flacks. These men were thus told that they had nothing to hope from the Whigs. But the digni -1 ties of the Church and rich livings were often bestowed on rank Tories, on men who had made themselves con sp;euous by speechifying against the Government. (From the Times.) The whitewashing system of Somerset-house re cei%cd a blow at Crediton on the 29th of last month, from which, we flitter ourselves it will not easily re cover. The Board of Guardians of the Crediton Union, in the true spirit of independent English gentlemen, felt that their characters were compro mised by the manner in which the Assistant Coin- missioners, Messrs. Gilbert and Parker, thought proper to conduct the mock inquiry into the circum stances attending the death of the paupers Lock and Dart, to which we hare already found occasion, more than once, to direct the attention of our readers. The G:iardians felt that charges made and rumours circulated of men being cast aside to die i❑ an out house, without fire or furniture or bedding (except straw and a blanket), in the depth of winter, and of these dying men being driven to the pump and washed in cold water with a mop in the open air—that such charges as these demanded, for the credit of the law, for the honour of all parties concerned in its administration, and for the reasonable satisfaction of the public, a full, candid, itn• partial, and open inquiry. They desired to let the public know, that if such things were done, they at least were innocent of all participation, either by previous sanction, or by subsequent knowledge and acquiescence i❑ such proceedings ; that they had no wish to screen guilty ' parties from exposure or punishment ; that they were conscious of nothing in themselves, would tolerate nothing in their subordinates, and would cfreQuate nothing at the instance of their superiors which would not bear the light. They saw the inquiry, as it was called, before Messrs. Gilbert and Parker carried on in a manner against which they were bound emphatically to protest, commencing in an unveccdented end un justifiable attempt to prejudice the case by impeaching the motives of the gentleman who challenged investiga tion ; and marked during its continuance by a sud den and unexplained alteration of the course of proceeding vexatious to the parties, obstructive of the investigation, and contrary to the written en gagements and public declarations of the principal Assistant Commissioner. They were bound to show that the suppression of testimony—the refusal of per mission to the complaining parties to conduct their own case, and produce and examine their own witnesses in thefr own order—the exclusion of the public, of the relatives of the deceased, of the gentleman with whom the complaint originated, and of themselves, the guardians of the poor, from the court of inquiry, were acts for which they ought not to be held responsible. At a judicial investigation, most deeply affecting their own characters and the interests which they were appointed to protect, they were net suffered to be present. Their remonstrances, strong yet temperate, were contemptuously disregarded. One course only remained foe them to pursue, and that course, to their infinite credit, was by them instantly and unanimously adopted. On the 29th of August the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, and every other member of the board, resigned their offices, and by an entry of that date recorded their resignation upon the minute-book of the Crediton Union. (From the Morning Advertiser.) A Repeal Association which, notwithstanding it has been three months in existence, only now numbers twenty thousand members, according to Mr. J. O'Con nell's admission, out of a population of eight millions, does not seem to make that formidable progress which would require that its existence should be put down by the sword, as the Tory journals daily demand of the Government. The cry of Repeal, in fact, languishes and grows faint in Dublin, either from the temporary silence of the Agitator's voice, or from the more un wonted fact that this time, at least, he has not hit upon a chord that vibrates in unison with national feeling. The people of Ireland, in truth, are not merel y di% ide ' d into two separate parties on this ques'.ion, as though it were one of religious ascendancy ; there is both a great schism among them, of the Shar man Crawford party and the Repeal parts, and like wise a general apathy. The cause cf this anathy we have before attributed to the rapid strides in corn. werce and prosperity which, notwithstanding all draw i,bi.sitclkis,Glrreealatndßhriatasinm,adaendsittnrcoeretheesppeerciioadllyordhuerrinuniion opf period of w ill and beneficent sway her Liberal hist G o g v n'e to the Union can show any parallel to. ment—a progress wl , ,ich no for Repeal arises, we are toA, from the evils ries demand ab senteeism, and from the injustice of have made W h y assimilating the burdens of the two count • it it a sh r o e u l l i d gio h u e s lle ory of prior supposed that the priests question, or what interest they could have to do so, we cannot sec, unless they arc prepared to solve the most difficult and disputed points of the sciance of political economy, and declare absenteeism an unmi tigated evil, and a man's personal liberty and power of spending his income where lie likes, a crime worthy of purgatory or expatriation. A Mr. Reynolds exhibited a statement of the sums expended by the nobility and gentry of Ireland in the year 1800, within the city of Dublin, all of which are now spent by them in the qua lity of absentees elsewhere. Of this hardship we can not see the foundations. We c annot sec the right of Ireland, or the good it would confer upon her, to treat EVENING EDITION. her in any other manner than as an integral part of the kingdom, or to look upon this expenditure of her pro prietary as in any degree more prejudicial to her than that of the proprietary of York, who may spend their incomes in London. A law to force every landlord to live and spend his income Within his own parish would would be just as absurd as :Ft would be baneful to all parties. (From thelfprning Post.) It will be recollected ,tl*; in reply to - the question put to Ministers tosaildi the close of the Session, whether it was pro** that the treaty of the 15th of July would be laid Were Parliament previously to the prorogation, Lord Melbourne in one House and Lord Palmerston in the - other said that theratifications must be exchanged before the treaty could be presented to Parliament, in conformity with established usage, and that the SeeSion would probably be terminated before the completion of this formality. With this answer Parliament was satisfied. But it was an answer of which, now that the treaty is before the world, we are warranted in saying that it could not have been given in perfect g , :cd falth. The principle upon which it has been thought generally expedient to withhold the con tents of treaties from the inspection of Parliament unt:l after their ratiiication we take to be this, viz., that until the formal ratification has taken place, every treaty is incomplete and invalid, and is subject to the chance of becoming a dead letter, or one of the phases merely of a still pending negotiation. But it is quite certain that this principle does not apply to the case of a treaty, which, like that of the 15th of July, contains, as Mr. Urquhart, in a letter to a Morning Paper, reminds the public, an article to the effect that its execution shall commence before ratification. It might be inexpedient or imprudent to lay this particular treaty before Parlie meet ; and if Ministers entertained the opinion that it was so, they were bound to express it. But with this question iu the present case the formality of ratification could have nothing whatever to do. If a treaty may be executed before it is ratified, it may be laid before Par liament before it is ratified, or otherwise Parliament may at any time be deprived of its constitutional control over the Executive Government by every easy and simple di plomatic device. We lament the absence of candour and good faith in the excuse for the non•production of the treaty to which the Premier resorted in one House of Parliament and the Foreign Secretary in the other. Why could not Lord Melbourne and Lord Palmerston have said, " We refuse to produce the treaty, because its production at the present moment might be detri mental to the public service ; but we do not advance on this occasion what might, in other circumstances, be a valid reason for this refusal—the fact, namely, that the treaty is not yet ratified—for we arc bound to state that the treaty is to be carried into immediate execu tion, without waiting for the ratification!" Had the Noble Lords said this, Parliament would not have been deceived, but would have had the opportunity of adopt ing whatever course the circumstances, thus truly stated, might have seemed to require. We profess we cannot imagine any reason why the two Noble Lords did not use language like the above, unless it be that the above language is that which would have been natural to straightforward, manly, and honourable statesmen. (From the Mot niag Herald.) When to attempt is made, under the dictation of the Foreign-office, to give an explanation to certain pro. visions of the Quadruple Treaty for the settlement of Eastern affairs, with the view of making the public be lieve that under that treaty British vessels of war may not be excluded from the straits of the Dardanelles, let us see in what way the attempted explanation is sup ported. But first let us ask, why, if the words of the .reaty are a refutation in themselves, as the Palmerton journal j asserts, of the sacrifice of British interests, ascribed by the Morning Herald to her Majesty's Ministers in their bungling work of Eastern " paci fication"--why, we ask, did Goverment carefully withhold t;ie whole and every part of that treaty from the public eye 4 Why did they bury their own vindication in profound secrecy, and obstinately refuse to give the people of England any authentic in formation whatever, though, whether the eastern drama, P - now in rehearsal, turn out a " tragedy" or a "farce," they, aye, they—the people of England, whom her " Majesty's servants" disdained to enlighten, will have to pay all the costs? It is not to any Government Journal—it is Lot to any part or portion of the Trea suu press, which so duly publishes the pr:clarnationa and registers the decrees of O'Connell to his howling, Saxon-hating slaves, to which the British public are in debted for being made acquainted with the actual pro visions and precise terms of the celebrated Anglo-Rus sian treaty. No ; all would have been still surmise and conjecture as to what w.re really the stipulations of a treaty affecting the interests not of Egypt and Turkey only, but of England and of all Europe, it' the Morning Mrald, which originally dragged to light the hidden beauties of the treaty of Unkiar Skelessi, had not withdrawn the veil from the blushing Lord Palmerston's modesty and merits, and given his great work to the admiring world on the wings of the press. Are we to ascribe all this reluctance on the part of the Whig Mi nisters to put the country in possession of the proofs of their patriotic attention to the interests of England, and their best defence against the cakmniators of their public virtue, to that mock and retiring qua:ity of their nature, which makes them, whether engaged in " ele vating the character" of the Turks abroad, or the poor at home, Da good by stealth, and blush to find it fame ?" ~, Now, however,. that we have done the much-calum niated Ministers the service of publishing their " tin dication," one would bawl supposed they wouki have evinced some little sense of gratitude for the favour. But no. All the return wbich the Alortiing Herald receives for revealing their merits while it saved their modesty, is pert official ilvol:.ncc and abusive language. NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. [Our Reporter, on applyin g f or a d m i ss i on to t h e meeting held on Tuesday, was i n f orme d t h e meet i ng was private, yet it appears frern the following that a re pot t of the proceedings has been given by some one.] A general meeting of the shareholders of this Com pany was held, on Tuesday, at their house in Beoad- street-buildings, for the purpose of declroing a dividend. A large profit, about 27,000/., upon the land sales for the first 3ear, was announced at a former meeting, but the D;reetcrs deemed it advisable to await the news of the safe arrival out ef the several emigrant ships, which has now been effected, ere they declared a dividend. The new Governor,Joseph Somes, Esq. (late Deputy Governor), in the room of the Earl of Durham, de ceaeed, took the Chair, when the report was read. It would appear that several ships sailed last season from the port of London, one from Vlymouth, and one from Glasgow ; the quickest passage being made by the Tory, which arrived at her destination from London in the short space of 102 days. The site of the first town has been fixed at Lambton Harbour, being the inner harbour on the west side of Port Nicholson, where the surveys were proceeding under the directions of Colonel Wake. field, and in the mean time the colonists had formed temporary residences, and entered into commercial business with considerable activity. From numerous letters'from the settlers and the Com pany's officers, it seems that the position chosen for the future town is within a harbour, sheltered from all winds, with a secure anchorage for the largest ships, and but a very short distance from the shore. 'file letters from the settlers exhibited a tone of cheerfulness and satisfac tion ; the country being considered by the wr iters to be one of great salubrity,, fertility, and rich natural productions. The labouring classes had readily found for th there h e os h e a t w i h b o ee c n ou sO ld little employmentecasi on at t i o i b e m r a a l k e w a p g r e o s vision a n d not otherwise obtain work, that when the last advice 4 left, only four labourers were on the hands of the Com pany. Provisions were at reasonable prices, and im portations of stock cattle from Sydney bad insured an ample supply of fresh food. A vast acquisition had been made to the Company's territories by the addition of a tract of land, about one third of the area of the whole of New Zealand ; this land having been conveyed to the Company by grants, executed by the Native Chiefs in October and Novem ber last. The sales of land since the last report are to the Ply mouth Company of New Zealand 10,000 acres ; to the Church Society of New Zealand •),000 acres, and to other persons 7,600 acres, equal to 19,600 acres. The purchase effected by the Church Society shows that that body has the well-being of the settlers and na tives at heart. This Society have also arranged for the endowment of a bishopric at Port Nicholson. After the first of November next the Company pLr pose advancing the price of land to '2.55. per acre. Pour v esse l s h ave sailed for the new settlements this season, three f rom L on don a nd one from Greenock, the car rying in a ll 877 passengers ; i n addition to which ship Lady Nugent sails early in October. Several ve.sels have also been chartered by parties rh u The Directorsn unconnected with the Comp a ny, for Port Nicholson. N after stron g ly recommending the atteitrie Select Corn. u t i ion of the as sembly to the evidence taken before mittee of the House of Commons onst ew Zealand, or- 1840, declared dared to be printed the 3 d of Aug a (11v - I:lent of five per cent: upon the its formation capitalsto to ck the of the Company for the per iod from 30th of June last. ---...............,.. c t u b r e lou c t u a r ff e a h ir t t o ra a nspired • ' t O ; t car riage, d U N MARR . lED. s — tep. A pi t n THE MARRIED g K i n l n l a t d g : ll, a , alter the ceremony, the wedding party partook of an ele gant, c T ic u r s y d m a3 a • rila:ta, pas ma a fo .r l i l c o d w iil a g t. gant breakfast at the house of a near relation some inquiry ta The brother of the bridcgroont had performed the . ceremony, and about to proceed to Aberv,t and just as the married couple were with to spend the h on eymoon, the vicar of the parish caused ' - be made about the licence, when hefound, to his infinite surprise, that none had been obtained, mar riage was totally void. when thisatred, and that the known to the bride she fainted circumstance was made the lady indignantly ordered t , away, and the relations of of the house. Howevu h the reverend bridegroom out ciliation took place, and" l t r e following morning a recon ciliation being really procured, the parties were married ' according to law, and set of for their pr,:vious destination. —Courier of iVales. 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