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Capital 150,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 101. each, 6,000 of which are taken by the present Proprietors; Deposit 31. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. G. T. Andrews, Esq. G. Brydges Lee Warner, Esq. Col. S;r Burges Camac,K. C.S. George Langley, Esq. NV. Edward Grainger, Esq. T. Lamie Murray, Esq. George B arre tt L ennar d, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. With power to add to their number. BANKERS—Messrs. Ladbrokes, Kingscote, and Co. SO LICITORS—Messrs. Hodgson and Burton, 10, Salisbury street, Strand. OFFICES-20, John-street, Adelphi. This Company has been formed for paving the Metropolis 'tint twenty miles round, with wood. Specimens of the prin ciple have been laid down at Whitehall, Buckingham Palace, and:part of Oxford-street, between Wells-street and Newman street, which have proved its superiority over every o t he r mode e Wood pavement hitherto adopted. From authentic returns, it appears the paving-rates in the Metropolis alone amount to 40 a 0 ,0001. annually—the repairs in Oxford.street are 5,0001. P r annum. .The economy of wood paving on this principle, compared with: every other mode, ensures to this Company an ample r emuneration per square yard; and, that their operations may be carried to any extent, it is only necessary to state that the 114 4 in the Metropolis now paved with stone and Mac adamised comprise between ire and six millions of Pare yards, for which there is no doubt wood will be sub 144"ed, removing, an it effectually does, so many long cateplained-of nuisances. The wear and tear of wood pave *tent, on this principle, is imperceptible ; and as the Company contract to keep their pavement in repair, it is expected that; on a moderate calculation, the Company will derive, out of the large amount now paid for repairs, a net revenue of 00 0 per annum. The present orders received by the ',R l Pay amount to 20,0004 Negotiations are pending for o ther_ work to a great extent. 'Models and reports as to tne merits of the invention, by sur veyors and other competent persons, may be seen at the offices the Company as above. To the Directors of the Metropolitan Patent Wood Pavement Company. Gentlemen—As Surveyor to the Commissioners for Paving the Regent's-park, Regent-street, and Whitehall districts, by whose order the wood pavement on the above principle has been mid down at Whitehall, and in reply to your note requesting my minion of its merits, I have to inform you that the work has not " 1 Y given me and the Commissioners entire satisfaction, but has excited the admiration of )( public generally. I have no doubt but this mode of pavement will be universally adopted, as it is not only free from noise and mud, but the wear and tear of public and other conveyances will be greatly reduced. The * God pavement laid down at Whiteliall stands firmly, and is in good condition as the first slay it was laid down. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. TOOGOOD. 8 , Dufour's-place, Golden-square, April 2, 1840. T. the Directers of the Metropolitan Patent Wood Pavement Company. Gentlemen,—ln reply to your application to me for a certi ficate of my opinion of the Wood Pavement laid down by your bearing in various parts of London, I have much pleasu re in "caring testimony to its evenness of surface, as well as to its compactness and solidity, and I am sure when it comes to be generally adopted, the wear and tear of horses and carriages I ' ll l be greatly reduced. As Manager of the London Convey :nee Company, who are Proprietors of Omnibuses, running be ween the Nightingale Tavern, and Elephant and Castle, I "eve remarked that the draft is less for horses, when going over Your experimental pavement at Whitehall ; and I think the !line sort of paving would be found much superior to all others In stable stalls and yards. Hoping to see it generally adopted, I remain, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, ROBERT BLORE, Manager to the " Lindon Conveyance Company." St. Alban's-mews, Paddington, April 23, 1840. - - J o neat for Shares to be addressed to the Secretary, 20, reet, Adelphi, where prospectuses may be obtained. PUMPS. N ORWICH AGAINST ALL ENGL AND, TEN POUNDS TO A CROWN. SHALDER'S FOUNTAIN PUMPS. The most powerful in the world, with which a man of stone weight can raise an imperial barrel of water forty !Ores feet high in a minute, but with no other Pump yet tried to a minute and a-half. Their practical gain is most extraor ,24rY, seldom below 70, and more frequently above 100 per foot t to 1 09 akin th feete averh igh. age of This the remarkable gain results of every al n ti the art of tude from i s uing be water was effected in the simplest manner possible , ei be ing merely by substituting a rolling instead of a sliding prio r for Pumps, by which their friction and leakage was abo e ed) after the tens of thousands of bootless attempts that had ' been made by the ablest mechanics in the world for 2,000 years. For O. long time after this immortal invention was publicly ty.'troduced, a host of bullying novices insulted society by pre dicting that it would prove limited and frail, who are now tt,uvelli!l about that their trade would be ruined , bec ause reintaing Pumps prove 300 per cent the most durable , whe -r used by the power of man, horse, or steam, and the y are 7 e conomical and invariable in their action, that the y com 'on 1 / perform for maltsters, brewers, and dyers for years with out kthaebilyeast expense or the slightest variation. Also, so re penters, Stscim. ple, that smiths, millwrights, wheelwrights, car , as well as hydraulic engineers, successfully un dertake their fixing and reparation. neither are fountain Pumps retarded, ch o ked , nor injured by occasionally delivering ▪ f ew tons °f sand, although a very little o f that material soon eraeges and serious damages the best Friction Pumps. Slowly indeed, the art of r aisin water approached perfection 4,000 years ago. The beau ti f ul Miss Rebecca brought up water from ▪ ‘l4ll in a pitcher upo n her shoulder for h er sweetheart's camels. Since then appeared the four principles, namely, two limited, and t wo unlimited principles--two of them sliding principles, o ne a spiral principle, and one a rolling principle. 14. 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 t.'P is a. combination of inefficient expensive lumber—a 'led sliding principle. 24 . Archimedes' Screw - pump is founded upon a brilliant idea ; butits applicability is very confined—a limited spiral Principle. 3d. Tcsibies' 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 upea this plan are of necessity bad beyond remedy, and stupid indeed Must tb.y be %she 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 years—an unlimited sliding principle. 4th and last, Shalder's Pump app eared and made lau g hin g 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 for the purpose intended in the highest degree. AN UNLIMITED ROLLING PRINCIPLE. Dr. Birkbeck. President of the Mechanics' Institution, Lon -4", sell the Fountain Pump is free from the liab i l itie s and defects of the common Friction Pump, and approaches a perfect Hydraulic Machine. - The Vi ce -P res id en t, Professor John Millington, Esq., S., published a work in IMO, and therein makes a rash, false, foul, and silly assertion, that the new principle is limited , and although, f-om its diminished friction it has its advantages ,1 1 wail cases, it cannot be used for great elevations. Never theless Fountain Pumps prove equally durable for lifts above as elow one hundred feet. Millington might surely have known that flexibility was no proof of frailty, nor rigidity of durability. The rigid teeth of mamrra and her four sisters were mostly tie, but th e i r fl ex ibl e tongues remained in full activity when .r ages, united with their only brother, exceeded five hun dred d years. And the Connectors or (flexible Cones) in Foun- Pumps prove also not only surpassing durable, but almost indestructable. CASES SUFFICIENT. Thirty Fountain Pumps, that cost above I ,0001., have net cost per year for all the connectors, though twenty-four of them, 'rum . fifteen te r 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 R e aler), the connectors lasted five years, lift one hundred feet. 1. 11 . It is th e p ac ki n g that scrapes up the water in the old tk"np that wears o ut. And it is the connector that rolls up e water in the New Pump that wears out. Mark the next two cases, both Pumps having done the same work. A - Single-acting Fountain P at Messrs. Horton's, dys, Nerve (manual power). Here utro the connectors of the New Lump last four times as long as did the paAting of the old limp 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, new the connectors of their new pump last above six teen months. This noble machine has not cost ss. a year for connectors, though constantly at work, and delivers eight im perial harrels of water per minute, PRACTICALLY PROV ING THAT IN SKILFUL HANDS THE NEW PRIN CIPLE IS DECIDEDLY THE MOST DURABLE. The Seven Road Fountain Pumps, fixed early is 1838, 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 man, horse, and steam power, the rolling principle beat the sliding 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. Bat, 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 friction Pumps with out friction, Therefore, let us at once come to deeds to try the slues titm, and shame the fool who first cries " Hold, enough." CONDITIONS OF PROPOSED TRIALS AGAINST TO those afflicted with GOUT, RHEUMA TISM, LUMBAGO, SCIATICA, TIC-DOLO- ItEUX, PAINS in the HEAD and FACE, often mistaken for the TOOTH-ACHE, &c. &c. There is no medicine to whose praise higher and more numerous testimonials have been given, than to BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PlLLS,—from all parts of the Kingdom, and every rank in society, their great efficacy is acknowledged. The recent case of the Chevalier de le Garde, Chamberlain to Stanislaus, late King of Poland, is one of the most convincing proofs of their great and extra ordinary virtues. Similar effects were also experienced by the Rev Doctor Blomberg, of Misperton-Hall, Yorkshire, Chaplain to his late . Majesty, and Hector eftripplegate, London, who, with a spirit of the kindest humanity, voluntarily gave his testimony to their happy eflbets. Cases have from timele time been published, as transmitted by, or who can bear testimony to their extraordinary efficacy from Mr. Smeeton, Leeds, oh. Drewry Derby, Mr. Noble, Boston, Mr. Drury, Lincoln, Mr. hatter.:l3l, Barton, Mr. Hall, Gsinsborough, Mr. Gardner, Barbary, Mr. May, Evesham, Mr. Walker, Malmes ury, Mr. Ching, Launceston, and a multitude of others throughout the Kingdom, particularly in London and its vicinity, too numerous for insertion in an advertisement. The afflicted with those tormenting diseases, Gout, Rheumatic ffr:rt Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Pains in the Head and Face, often mistaken for the Tooth-ache, Tic-Doloreux, &c., will find from the use of this Medicine, that speedy relief for which it is so celebrated. And while its efficacy is unparalleled for the foregoing diseases, it must be consolatory to the afflicted with Gout, to be as sured that it possesses the property of preventing the disease flying to the brain, stomach, or other vital parts. Sold by Thomas Prout,229, Strand, London; tied, by his appoint ment, by all respectab I Medicine Vender throughout the King dom, Price 2s. Od. per box. Ask for Blair's Gout ann Rheumatic Pills, and observe the name and ddress of" Their. as Prout, 229, Strand, London" impressed on the Government Stamp affixed to each Box of the Genuine Medicine. TIME. Take four Pumps of the Old Plan, and four Pumps of the New Plan, with mechanical parts alike, and so adjusted that a nlan of ordinary strength may exert his full force, and raise with out stopping nine imperial barrels of water five feet high, three barrels fifteen feet, one barrel fifty feet, and nine imperial gallons et water 200 feet high, or over the London Monument. The number of seconds required with one pump less than With the other, will be its gain in time and labour. The competitors should find the pumps and the publie the P'Pes, in order to prove that engineers of the old school knew " Mails about raising water as sucking monkeys. Well, after all the stupid, lying, and even destructive oppo attien to wit), the graduated scale of the Foun tain Pump is practically and successfully carried out from the delivering of a single pint of water per stroke to the delivering 0f 6 . ,0 00 imperial gallons of water per minu te. tind now to congratulate all nations upon the complete Pie ce" of an invention of boundless and undying utility, which nature bars surpassing, is highly gratifying To the World's Obedient Servant and Instructor, W. SHALDERS. See Mechanics' Magazine, March 19, 1536 ; Sun Paper, Sept. 21, 1835; and Norwich Mercury, June 28, 1839. Bank Place Norwich, March 26, 1840. P.S.—No work is worse done than that of raising water. Respecti ng f orce an d res i stance b o th t own and country P p-maker s se e m mo s t gl or i ous ly i gnoran t. l inquired of two men pumping, 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 the like work in seventy seconds. One Fountain Pomp would about equal all the three Cockne y beilt Friction Pumps at the Queen's Barracks, Norwich. w. s. DEBILITY. NERVOUS IRRITATION, &c. MEDICAL ADMONITORS.—The follow ing Works are intended to instruct those interested in these suhjeets onpoints of importance to health or ease of mind:— (Twenty-third Edition, ss. each) Ist. THE lEGIS OF LIFE affords a comprehensive physiological history of the progress of the solitary passion, libertinism, and in tem perance? exhibiting their rueful consequences, tending to sexual prostration, with the various forms of nervous irritation and mental anguish. 2d. HYGEI ANA is written for the sensitive female, who, while she shrinks abashed at the idea of revealing her sufferings, may find in its pages a confidential and capable adviser. It is especially cal culated for timid and delicate wives, whose maternal hopes have been deferred. 3d. THE SYPHILIST is intended for the perusal of those who are suffcr.ng from an insidious complaint, so frequently resulting from indiscretion or gaiety, and producing syphilis, gonorrhoea, gleet, stric ture,:&c. No. 14 885.• CONTRACTS FOR PARCHMENTS AND VELLUMS. STATIONERY-OFFICE, MAY 21. 1840. THE COMPTROLLER OF HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, is ready to receive TENDERS for different descriptions of PARCH MENTS and VELLUMS required for the public service. Particulars of Contract may be obtained, and Samples of the Parchments and Vellums may be seen, at the Stationery Office, between the hours of ten and four. _ Tenders to be addressed to the Comptroller of the Stationery Office, James-street, Buckingham-gate; and to be delivered by Twelve o'Clock on Monday, the Ist of June 1840, marked on the corer Tender for Parchments and Vellums," after which day and hour no Tender can be received. UNIVERSITY of LONDON. FACULTY OF MEDICINE. The FIRST EXAMINATION for the DEGREE of BA CHELOR of MEDICINE is appointed to commence on Mow- DAY, the 6th of July next. The Certificates required must be transmitted to the Registrar fourteen days before the Exa mination. By order of the Senate, R. W. ROTHMAN, Registrar. Somerset House, May 20, 1840. ANTI - SLAVE TRADE MEETING. Notice is hereby given, that the PUBLIC MEET ING of the SOCIETY for the EXTINCTION of the SLAVE TRADE, and for the CIVILIZATION of AFRICA, is POSTPONED from WEDNESDAY, the 27th instant, to MONDAY, the Ist of June next, in consequence of the Annual Meeting of the " National School Society," and of the Annual Meeting of the " Society of Friends," being fixed for the former day. The PUBLIC MEETING of the SOCIETY for the EX TINCTION of the SLAVE TRADE, &c., will therefore be holden at Exeter Hall, in the Strand, on MONDAY, the Ist day of June next, at Ten o'clock. J. M. TREW, Secretary. N.B.—The doors to be opened at Ten o'Clock, and the Thair to be taken at Eleven o'Clock precisely. Tickets for Admission may be had at the Office of the Society, 15, Parliament-street; of Messrs. J. and G. Seeley, 169, Fleet street ; Messrs. Nisbet and Co., 21, Berners-street ; Hstchards, 187, Piccadilly; Messrs. Harvey and Darton, 55, Gracechurch street ; Mr. Samuel gagster, 15, Paternoster-row; and of Mr. J. Barns, 17, Port man-street, Portman-square. METROPOLITAN INFIRMARY for the CURE of STRICTURES of the URETHRA, GONORRHcEA, GLEETS, SYPHILIS, &e. This Insti tution is closed, but as the Surgeon of it feels assured that there are hundreds suffering under the diseases, to the cure of which it was especially @leveed, who would gladly avail them selves of his professional assistance, rather than place them selves under the charge of chemists, •r, worse still, have re course to any of the dangerous and inefficient nostrums daily advertised, he has made arrangements to see patients at his own residence, at the mere expense to the patient of the neces sary medicine. Thus persons of limited means have now an opportunity of securing for themselves a mode of treatment that, whilst it is based on experience, is regulated by the pecu liarities which their own cases and constitutions may require; thereby freeing themselves from the absurdities and dangers that wait upon the employment of ens kind of medicine for all forms of these diseases, without regard to these essential particulars. Apply at 42, Great Marlborough-street, Regent street, from Eight to Ten in the morning, and from Seven to Nine in the Evening. On Sundays in the 111 E-fling, but not in tho Evening TO BE WON, 2,875,000 FLORINS.- The NINETY-EIGHTH DISTRIBUTION of MONEY GAINS into FRANKFORT BONDS, guaranteed by the free City of Frankfort-on-the-Maine, will take place irrevocably on the 11th and 12th of June, and contains follow ing Money prizes : 1 of 1,800,000 Florins. Florins. Florins. Florins. 2 of 2.‘?0,000 S of 40,000 20 of 10,000 2 of 100,000 10 of 30,000 30 of 15,000 4 of 50,000 15 of 20,000 100 of 1,000 And many smaller ones, the lowest of which is 8/. 6s. 4d. There are no Blanks. All prices are paid without the smallest deduction a fortnight after the drawing, and an official bulletin of all gain numbers sent to every Bondholder. Price for a whole Bond 101., half a one 51., ten Bonds together 951. The amount can be remitted in Bank of England Notes, or any other way. Apply for Bonds, Prospectus, and further particulars, (post paid) at HENRY BEER and CO., Bankers, Paris. RESS COATS, in the first style of fashion, 30s. and 355. ; superfine, 40s. to 50s. ; frock coats, silk facings, 355. to 455. ; superfine, silk •elvet collar and silk facings, 50s. ; Gambroon, Canton, and Tweed Trousers, Bs. 6d. to 12s. 6d; fancy doeskin, buckskin, and kerseymere, 165., 215., and 255. ; new pattern waistcoats, 6s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. ; rich silk ker seymere, 10s. to 15s. ; pilot coats, 165., 215., and 30s. Petersham great coats, 255. to 30s. ; shooting jackets, 18s. ; dressing gowns, 10s. 6d. ; boys' and youths' clothing►, cloth tumic suits, 30s. to 40s. ; a suit of clothes 21. 17s. ; superfine black, 3/. ss. At FISHER and CO.'s, tailors, 31, King William-street, City, ten doors from London-bridge. SIGHT AND HEARING. 39. ALBEMARLE-STREET. VIE INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, effected by the Messrs. S. and B. SOLO:MONS, OPTICIANS and ADJUSTS to the ROYAL FA MILY, 3t, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, by which thousands of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, is the size of a seven-shilling piece, and when fixed into the cavity of the ear is soft and easy, and not more perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place, by which the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard with distinctness. And defective VISION is brought to nature by the use of newly-invented SPECTACLE LENSES: immediately they are placedb efore weak and imperfect eyesight, either by day or candle light, every abject becomes clear and distinct, and the most minute particle is seen with great distinctness, by the use of which both the sight and hearing become much improved. The Messrs. S. and B. SOLO AIONS disclaim all connection with per. sons of the same name, and the Sale •f Amber Spectacles: the per nicious use of Amber Spectacles bein a now well known to the public, and the Vendor being aware of it, he has therefore altered their name, by leaving out the word .' Amber," and calling them " Pa tent Spectacles " those which he terms " Patent Spectacles " are no other than these of Amber, the history and destructive use of that material for Spectacles to imperfect vision is fully and most satisfac torily explained by the undermentioned scientific authorics From the " Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" of Andrew Ure, M.D. F. R. S. , &c. " Amber is an indurated vegetable juice, and not produced by the laws of crystallization, but by the same causes whicn influence the mechanical condition of gum. Insects are often found embedded in it. Amber is most powerfully electrical by friction—very hot, to such an extent as to explode into fragments ' • the workmen, too, are subject to nervous tremours in their wrists, arms, &c. ; they en counter great danger by handling such dreadful excited electrics ; Amber grows with lime, and is apt to take fire, and is of such a soft nature when exposed to warmth that it swells, bubbles up, and will burn away with flame." The above Dr. Ure's statements are further confirmed by Sir D. BREWSTER and Pliny, as also by Parks and Hero on Chemistry, The destructive effects of such a material for Spectacles, to imperfect vision, snay be ascertained at any respectable Optician's in London. The Messrs. Solomons' newly-invented Spectacle Lenses are not constructed of such a material; but which are very superior, and bring back at once dimness of sight and imperfect vision to its original and natural state ; these Spectacles, and very small Voice Conductors for Deaf persons, are only to be had at their Establish ment, 39, Albemarle-street. Not to be had at any other house. ON STITUTIONAL DEBILITY "MANHOOD"-CERTAIN RELIEF. O. all the various disorders which afflict mankind, there are none In which the skill of themedical man is more strictly tested than in the complete eradication of those deplorable disorders arising from unrestricted and indiscriminate indulgences, as well as in those dreadful cases of sexual debility, brought on by an early, solitary, and baneful indulgence of the passions frequently acquired without Mr knowledge of the awful consequences resulting therefrom, and which not only entail on its votaries all the enervating imbecilities of old age, but occasion the necessity of renouncing the felicities of marriage. Convinced of these fac s, and to rescue the unwary suf ferer from the fangs of the numerous empirics with which the metro polis abounds, Messrs. CURTIS and CO., as regularly educated Members of the Profession, deviate from general princi;.les with less hesitation, and thus publicly tender their services, which hitherto have been crowned with undeviating success Their plan is simple, without restraint in diet or business, and, above all, a com plete eradication of these maladies, as well as Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Stricture, &c., are effected without the use of that dangerous mineral —mercury, which forms the principal ingredient of the nostrums daily offered to the public by a host of unqualified and illiterate men, who are the means of hurrying hundreds, in the flower of their youth, to an untimely grave. Messrs Curtis are to be consulted daily, at their residence. till 9 at night, and on Sundays from 9 till 2.—Observe, 7, Frith-street, Soho, seven doors from Soho-square. TESTIMONIALS. Thes hooks can be saflireCOMrilerided, as well for the moral truths they contain a for the extensive and successful result of the author's experience. —London Morning Journal. We agree with the Editor of the London Morning Journal, and re commend Mr. Goss's publications for general perusal. —Edinburgh Weekly Paper. The precepts contained in this work are interesting and useful.— Edmourgh Paper. lins publication, while it neither spares the aged voluptuary nor the youthful prodigal, ofibrs to both the most important advantages. _Glasgow Paper. This work (Hygeisna), is properly called an analysis of some female complaints: it is written in a very peculiar style of moral admonition. .—Dublin Morning Journal. These works have passed through twenty-two editions ; they co m. bine utility with simplicity, and we recommend them accordingly.— Dublin Weekly Journal. The above may be had of Shccrwood and Co., Paternoster-row, Lon. don* and of all lilooksellert.—Price Ls. each. MESSRS. GOSS, M.R.C. Surgeons, may be consulted, every day, at their house; and Patients in the remotest parts of the country, can be treated successfully on their describing minutely the case, and enclosing a remittance for Advice and Medicine, which can be forwarded to any part of the world. No ditlicul t y can occur, ai the Medicines will be securely packed, and carefully protected from ob scrvation. 1, 1 ancaster e , Strvindp Laptop. LONDON, MON DAY, MAY 25, 1840. TIURNIESE PRIZE MONEY. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Royal Hospital, Ctielsea, AL) May 1, 1840. The Directors of the Honourable the East India Company having paid over to this Hospital the amount of the Unclaimed Shares of Prize Money, on account of the Troops of his late Majesty which served with the Army under the command of Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, G.C.8., at the Cap tures made in the Burmese Territory, which prize money was authorized to be distributed pursuant to his late Majesty's war rant : Notice is hereby given, that payment of such Unclaimed Shares on account of the said Troops will commence on Mo N DAY, the Ist day of June next, and be continued at this office on each succeeding day, between the hours of ten and two. RICHARD NEAVE, Secretary and Registrar. FAR. LARDNER'S beautiful Models of the Steam-Engine (including his Sectional Model of Watts' Condensing Engine, 9 feet in length) have been purchased for the Polytechnic Institution. Mr. Mangham's Lectures on the Steam Engine, practically illustrated by the above, and nume rous other Models worked by steam, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at two o'clock. Chemical and Philosophi cal Lectures on the alternate days. The Cromatic Fire Cloud, Mr. Green's Beloit], with the Guide Apparatus and Parachute. Power and Jacquard Looms at work; Weaving beautiful pat terns of spun Glass and Silk (Messrs. Williams and Sowerby, patentees) ' • Diving Bell and Diver ; Specimens of Daguerreo type and Electrotype ; Magnetic and Electrical Experi ments, &c. Admittance to the whole Annual subscribers from 1/. Is. to 3/. 3s. A modified scale for schools. _ _ Polytechnic Institution, 309, Regent-street. CAUTION TO PERSONS NEGLECT ING THEIR TEETH AND GUMS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Among the various disorders of the mouth, there is none more destructive than Scurvy, which on first entering the gums causes them to bleed on the most trifling occasions, and produces the moat offensive and frequently putrid breath. A soft substance invariably accumulates around the necks of the Teeth, penetrates into the Gums which gradually waste away, and the Teeth then become loose, and drop out whole from their sockets, and it is well known that the loss of Teeth arises more from this cause than any other ; in short Scurvy in the Gums affects individuals of all ages and constitutions, and if not speedily removed, will be the primary cause of Tooth- Ache and decay. On this subject a distinguished Lecturer makes the following observations —" When the disgusting i effects of this accumu lation are considered, it would appear impossible that any per suasion could be necessary to induce persons to obviate so great a nuisance even on their own account; or if they are too de based to procure their own comfort and cleanliness by employ ing a skilful Dentist, they surely have no right to shock the senses of others, who possess more delicacy and propriety of feeling than themselves. Yet, so it is; and the sight and the smell are alike constantly outraged by the filthiness of some people, who seem to obtrude their faces the closer:iu proportion to the disgust which they occasion."—Bell's Lectures, p. 199. Could such persons only see the horrid state of their teeth and gums, or for a moment catch the odour of their own breath, they would not hesitate to seek immediate relief. To professional men, shopkeepers, and tradesmen generally, who have much intercourse with the refined and fashionable world a good state of the mouth must be of the greatest importance , Besides, is not an offensive breath, which in nineteen cases cut of twenty proceeds from the bad state of the teeth and gums, very much calculated to prevent the blessing of matrimony ? And how often, from inadvertence or neglect, is the happiness of the marriage state most grievously interrupted by the same cause. The inconveniences attending the Loss of Teeth are too well known to require comment ; but to those who have not expe rienced the comfort of artificial teeth, Monsieur Le Dray is de sirous of showing some of the difficulties more or less endured by every individual without them. When the Teeth are lost, it is impossible to make use of solid food ; and if the stomach is then loaded with pieces without being masticated, the patient is ex posed to the most distressing indigestions, the stomach loses its power of contraction, and becomes weak in proportion as it ne longer digests ; besides, when the Teeth are gone, a great va cuum is left in the mouth, which occasions every muscle in the face to be distorted, and the whole features are completely drawn from their original position. To insist on the importance of the teeth, whether in, regard to the functions of digestion and articulation, to which they are so essential, or to personal appearance, in which they are so much concerned, must appear a waste of words, were it not obvious that there are many persons who never give themselves the trouble to think upon the subject—who seem scarcely aware that they possess teeth at all, while their gross and culpa ble negligence renders that fact too apparent to their friends and associates. Mastication is the first process of digestion, and unless it be duly performed, the subsequent processes can never go on properly. It is a mistaken notion, that the mere chopping of the food is all that is required, and that " patent masticators," or any other contrivance, can supply the place of teeth. By the motion of the maxillary bones in the communication of food, the salivary glands are compressed, and the saliva, be ing poured forth from the ducts, mingles with the food, which is turned about by the tongue until every portion of it is duly incorporated with the saliva. Then, and not till then, is it properly prepared for deglutition. So essential is this preparatory process, that the neglect of it is sufficient to occasion indigestion, a disordered stomach, nervous debility, depression of spirits, the skin becomes rough and tinged of a lead colour, the eyes lose their brilliancy, the lips their vermillion hue, and in a word, it is no uncommon thing for the whole body to receive such a shock as to cause relaxation of the whole system ; which produces an irritable temper, quite foreign to the natural disposition, whereby we become an annoyance to our friends and a burthen to ourselves. But I need not dwell upon the numberless concomitant evils which may thus owe their origin to imperfect mastication. It is sufficient to know, that Mon sieur Le Dray's improvements will be found to be many years in advance of any system now in Europe, and that artificial teeth are brought to such perfection, as to perform this function in a manner equal in every respect to the natural teeth, and may be used with every comfort. They are so arranged as to restore the face to its former youthful cast, correcting all deformities of the mouth, and entirely doing away with the old system of springs, clasps, and wires. And in all cases a single application is quite sufficient to enable him to supply the loss of teeth (on his new system), without any further trouble to the Patient, or the inconvenience of a second visit. And he is also happy to state, that after many years of inde fatigable assiduity and close application to the mechanical branch of the profession, he has succeeded in discovering a method of supplying Teeth .to persons residing at any distance by means of his newly invented preparation, which enables the Patients to take an impression of their own mouth with the greatest ease, and without causing the slightest pain or inconvenience; so that after the model of the mouth has been received by Mons. Le Dray, lie can manufacture from one to a complete set of Teeth, and return them to the parties so con structed, that they may be placed in the mouth by the wearer without the knowledge of a second person, being arranged on a principle yet unrivalled, rendering it impossible to dis tinguish the Artificial Teeth from the Natural ones ; answering most satisfactorily all the purposes of the original Teeth in mas tication and articulation, imparting to the countenance a younger and improved appearance, protecting the adjoining Teeth, and remaining perfectly secure in their places ; they may also be taken out and replaced with the greatest facility. It is respectfully intimated to Country Patients, however dis tant, they must please to state the number of Teeth required, whether back or front, and at the same time enclose a remit tance of a Sovereign, when the preparation for taking the model or measure of the mouth will be immediately forwarded to their addresses, together with a List of Prices. Letters must be post-paid—addressed as follows—(Money Letter) Mons. Le Dray, Surgeon Dentist, 60, Newman-street, Oxford- street, London. _ . The next point of view in which we are to consider the im portance of the Teeth, is that of their connexion;with the grand prerogative of man—the gift of speech. The teeth are abso lutely essential to a perfect articulation, and are mainly con cerned in the modulation of the voice. Their preservation is, therefore, essential to all persons who do not seclude themselves from society • for what can be more disagreeablo than the mumbling w hich renders conversation a task, and robs it of half its charms; unless, indeed, it be the sputtering in one's face, which sometimes accompanies the exclusive fervour of a sotto voce communication. To all public speakers, whether in the senate, in the pulpit, at the bar, or on the stage, teeth, real or artificial; arc a sine qua non. Without them the graces of eloquence are lost, and the powers of oratory very much diminished. No person to whom a correct articulation, and .a clear im pressive delivery, are of consequence, can be ignorant of the effect which the loss of teeth has upon the powers of voice, and none I conceive will delay to call in the aid of art; but it would be well if all such persons were impressed with this fact beforehand, as one of the strongest inducement to bestow upon their teeth the necessary care. As an essential point of beauty, the teeth must ever stand pre-eminent. No regularity of features, no brilliancy of com plexion, no sparkling eyes, or silken braids of jetty hair, can render that lady beautiful, who, when she opens her lips (though they be of coral), discloses a set of teeth irregular or discoloured. On the contrary, even homely features and a sallow complexion are embellished and rendered agreeable by a good set of teeth. A mouth large and ill-formed will pass unnoticed, when it contains teeth - beautifully white and even. On the other hand, the effects of decay, the accumu lation of tartar, the blackened and denuded fangs, and the taint of the breath, which is a common concomitant of bad teeth, will invari.bly prove disgusting and loathsome. Regular teeth, white, and free from all extraneous matter, are an ornament, equally attractive in either sex. Those per sons who do not possess this natural advantage, should endea vour, by extreme care and cleanliness, and a timely resort to artificial aid, to remedy the imperfections, and supply the defi• ciencies of nature, in order that their teeth, if not an agree able object, may be prevented, as far as possible, from becom- _ ing a repulsive one. Mons. Le Dray respectfully acquaints the nobility, gentry, clergy, and inhabitants of London and its vicinity, that he con tinues to restore Decayed Teeth with his celebrated Mineral Marmoratum, so universally recommended by the Faculty of England, France, and throughout the Continent, which sub stance he is the sole inventor and possessor of. This operation is performed without the least pain, heat, or pressure ; it is placed into the cavity in an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds hardens into enamel, preventing and cur ing the Tooth Ache, forming a whole Tooth out of a stump, arresting all further progress of decay, allaying in one minnte the most excruciating pain, and rendering the operation of ex traction unnecessary. Ho also fastens Loose Teeth, particularly of aged persms, whether arising from neglect, the use of calo mel, disease of the gums, or any other cause. ARTIFICIAL or NATURAL TEETH of surpassing beauty, to match equal in colour and shape those left in the mouth, fixed from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots or giving any pain, at charges reduced to less than one half the price of any other Dentist in England. Mons. Le Dray particularly invites the Faculty to witness the operation of Filling Decayed Teeth with Mineral Mar moratur C. J. LE DRAY, Surgeon Dentist, 60, Newman-street, Oxford-street. CZ" M Home every day from Ten till Six. THE CURE EFFECTED. O TURNED.R THE MONEY CHARGED RE MESSRS. COOPER and CO., Members of the Royal College of Surgeons, sta . No. 10, Bouverie street, Fleet. s t ree t, may be consulted from Eight o'Clock in th e Morning u n til T en a t Night, on every ge and symptom of Syphilis, Gopprem a , Gieets, Secon d ar y Symptoms, Seminal Weakness, e nd Strictures of the Urethra, &c. The treatment they adopt is the re !tilt of twenty five years' extensive and successful practice in London. The most inveterate cases of Syphilis eradicated in eight or nine days, and cases of a slight nature in two or three, at a moderate expense, unaided by the dangerously indiscriminate use of mercury * The cure effected without confinement or hindrance from b us i ness. Letters (post paid) enclosing a remittance for medicines will be answered by return; and Country Patients corresponded with until recovered CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, MAY 22, 1840. THE COMMISSIONERS of her MA JESTY'S CUSTOMS do hereby give Notice, that they will be ready to receive at the Custom-house, London, on the Bth June next, TENDERS in writing (sealed up), and treat for the SUPPLY of PROVISIONS, for the use of the Cruisers and Vessels employed under their direction, for Twelve Calendar Months, from the 6th of July next, to the sth of Jul), 1841, inclusive. To be delivered free of all charge into the boats of the said vessels, as follows, viz. : ENGLAND. SCOTLAND. IRELAND "Gravesend, Leith, Kingstown Ramsgate, Stranraer, (Dublin), Dover, Oban, Carlingford, Hastings, Stornoway, Larne, Seaford, Greenock, Killibegs, Cowes, Quarantine Sta- Westport, Poole, Lion, Barrow- Galway, Weymouth, stowness. Castletowns- Exmouth, end, Fowey, Kilrush. 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APRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILI TIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Va rieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure By a MEMBEt of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS, London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. " I am impotent, and no' fit to live."—Last's Records of a uicide. Sold by Onwhyn, Catherine-street, Strand ; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country. N.B. Persons in the Country may have this work forwarded by post (free), upon addressing either of the above Booksellers, and inclosing a remittance of 3s. ABRIDGED EDITION. Price 6d. MORISONIANA ; or Family Adviser of the BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, for every thing that regards preserving Health and Curing Diseases. By JAMES MORISON, the Hygeist. " Health and long life are within the reach of us all." To be had at the British College of Health. New.road• ' Medical Dissenter Office , 368, Strand; Mr. J. Field, 65, Quadrant, Regent-street ; Mr. J. Lofts, 3, Park-place, Mile end-road ; Mr. Chappell, 84., Lombard -street ; and of all the Agents for Morison's Medicines is London, and throughout the Country. N.B.—With this book in the house, and the V ege t a bl e Universal Medicines, persons will possess all that is necessary in cases of sickness. Dr. James Hamilton concludes his work on purgativ e medi cines in the following im p ortant and satisfactory manner. " To conclude, the reader must have observed the beneficial effects of purgative medicines in dtsease apparently different, and incident to people at various periods of life. The facts are undeniable, and serve to prove the extent and importance of the subject; but of those I do not feel it to be incumbent on me to give any explanation at present. Such . an attempt might be premature. lam satisfied to have established certain lead ing facts and to have opened !iews, which, if properly prose cuted, must give an opportunity to extend our knowledge re specting the utility and a dministration of purgative medicines. It will then be time to generalize the facts, and to form a sys tem of medical doctrines at once clear and comprehensive, and thence to deduce practical precepts, useful in proporti on as they will be simple an d precise. When these expectations are fulfilled, our posterity m ay see deceptive reasoning, how inge nious soever, banished from the schools of medicine; and f rom the practice of the healing art, a multifarious prescription of inert and nauseous medicines. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. ---THE TODMORDEN VIADUCT. —Thursday last witnessed the passing of the first waggon over the viaduct at Todmorden, the first stone of which was laid on the 21st February, 1839. It con sists of nine arches, seven of which are of 60 feet span each, and two of 30 feet; and the height from the surface of the turnpike road leading to urnley, to the level of the permanent rails, is 54 feet six inchesß. The viaduct is built wholly of the best stone, for which the district is so justly celebrated ; and its appearance is extremely noble and striking, reflecting great credit, not only upon th e engineer, but also u p on the tractors, Messrs. Messrs. Hiram, Craven, and Sons. —Manchester Guardian. LONGEVITY.—There are four persons now living who were in the service of Walter Fawkes, Esq., the grandfather of F. Hawksworth Fawkes, Esq., of Farnley Hall, whose united ages amount to upwards of 300 years.—Doncas. ter Gazette. CONFLAGRATION OF YORK MINSTER. ( From the Yorkshireman.) -- - -- --- --- INVESTIGATION BY THE AUTHORITIES. On Thursday afternoon, a meeting of the authorities took place in the Guildhall, to investigate the circum stances, and endeavour to ascertain the origin of the ca tastrophe. There were present the Lord Mayor, Sir John Simpson, Thomas Barstow, Esq., and James Meek, Esq., City Magistrates ; and three of the Residentiary Canons, the Rev. W. V. Harcourt, the Rev. W. H. Dixon, and,the Rev. C. Hawkins. The investigation was in private, but we have since been favoured with a sight of the evidence as it was taken down, and which was to the following effect : William Groves, of Leeds, clockmaker, said—l am a church clockmakcr, and have had the care of all the public clocks in Leeds during the last ten years. Since tlie Minster. sthins Yesterday instant Ihearday morning, vcbeenw at six o'clock, orking at the clocks in the'l event to work at the clock in the south-west tower. I worked there all the forenoon without any candle ; after dinner, I had occasion for a joiner to fix an upright post, and Robert Holder went with me, and took a candle in a lantern. I lighted it in the lowest chamber of the tower with a lucifer-match, and put the remainder of the match, and also the match-box, t o o n l e a r a b s l t y o n c e l e a i in ;, t he there wall. w e r T e h n e o floor o sticks lying ha g t c on mbe r w the floor. as I then carried the lantern up stairs to the chamber next below the bells ; and I do not recollect taking the candle out of the lantern more than once, and I did not put it down out of the lantern. I only snuffed the candle once, and I did so while the candle was in the lantern ; and I put the snuff inside the lantern. Holder left me about half -past three ; and about four I brought the lantern down into the chamber where I first lighted the candle, and there I put out the light and left the lan tern and candle there. I never took the candle out of the lantern but once, and that was for about a quarter of an hour. I left the Minster at six, and everything then appeared to me to be safe. After Holder left me, I was entirely alone all the afternoon, until I came away from the Minister. The only person who was in the tower yesterday, besides myself and Holder, was Mr. Hardy, who was formerly a watchmaker in Coney street ; he came up about two o'clock. In the cham ber below the bells there was a quantity of sticks, wool, and hair from the jackdaws' nests, and also some flock or flax rubbed off from the bell-ropes. I am quite cer tain that I left the lantern in the chamber, when I came away at six o'clock. There arc three doors in the tower, and when I come down I locked them all. I am a member of the Church of England. Robert Holder, joiner, said—Yesterday I was in the south-west tower, the third floor from the bottom, the dark chamber below the bells, with Groves, the clockmaker, from one o'clock to half-past three. I then came away, leaving the clockmakcr there ; we had a candle, and I left it with him. On the floor where we were there was a large quantity of sticks, wool, and hair. I believe the clockmaker had no light yesterday until one o'clock, when I took him the candle ; he lighted it with some lucifer matches that he had with him ; we carried the candle in a lantern, and when we had occasion to take it out we kept it in our hands, and did not put it down anywhere ; we did not snuff the candle at all, and I did not perceive any sparks fall from it. Everything appeared to me to be safe when I came away at half-past three. Melbowne Cowen, vestry clerk, said—l first saw the fire about ten minutes before nine o'clock ; it was then about the size of a sheet of writing paper, and appeared about the centre of the tower, where the clockmaker had been working. -usc hm t hooafamt quarterha b s e e rN V I ; i a na w stbt s ees o fri nox:r o'clock cne verger, onheeak d oi s st naa appearedid wa —I s Gmroo fi c vk r e s saw smock, butt oo n blt eh t de le in iid f r ont nfi theoret s a bt b eel o p ir l see that he had a lantern ; he said he wanted to hear the clock strike six, and to see that the pointers of the South clock agreed with it ; he then went towards the door, but I don't know whether or not he went in. I saw him afterwards, about nine o'clock, at the west door. Thomas Marshall, constable, says—l saw the fire about a quarter before nine where the works of the clock are ; I went for a bucket of water, and on my return I went to the door of the south tower, and found the door locked, and I could not get in. John Hick, constable, says—l was on the south steps at six o'clock ; Groves came out of the south door, and the clock had then done striking ; he said he thought he should have been in time to have heard it strike, so as to see if the pointers corresponded with the striking part ; he unlocked the door himself, and locked it again when he came out. I did not see that he had anything in his hand ; I do not think that he returned into the Minster. The impression made by the investigation upon the minds of the gentlemen present seemed decidedly to be, that the fire had been purely the result of accident. Mr. Sheriff Hornby, who, it will be recollected, was the first to subscribe to the fund for repairing the damages of the fire of 1829, when he heard of the ca lamity, appeared to be overwhelmed with distress. The next morning he went to Mr. Singleton's office, and re quested his name to be put down for 100/. towards de fraying the expenses which will be incurred in repairing the late disaster. Up to eleven o'clock yesterday (Friday), no exact survey of the tower had been made, but it was tLe general opinion that it would not have to be taken down A ROWING MATCH. On Saturday a contest among the Gentlemen of the Amateur Scullers' Club took place on the river. It was a pretty match, and the victory well earned, but it created but little interest, if we may take the atten dance as any criterion. The prize was a very hand some silver tankard, open to all the gentlemen comprising the Amateur Scullers' Club ; and it is somewhat sur prising, where so valuable and honorary a distinction was in view, that only five were found at the starting place as candidates. The very reason of this passing off more tamely, and but a few hundreds depending upon it, was, that many were unacquainted with the names of those who bad entered, and a still less number knew how many of them would be inclined to exert themselves. The distance selected was the usual one of horn Westminster to Putney. At half-past five the Leander, Dolphin, and Falcon boats, were out, and in a few minutes afterwards the following gentlemen came to the station, the first-named being nearest the Surrey shore, and the others in the order in which they stand upon the list : Mr. Sladden, Mr. Layton, Mr. Kitchener, Mr. Jen kins, and Mr. Dalgleish. The start took place at exactly ten minutes to six and the whole of the scullers went away well together, and at a very rapid rate, excepting Mr. Kitchener, who was rather tardy. In the course of twenty strokes the nose of Mr. Dalgleish's wherry was in advance, and at the Horseferry .he was nearly a length ahead, Mr. Sladden and Mr. Jenkins being abreast, and Mr. Kitchener and Mr. Layton making a hard wager, but a length astern of them. At Vauxhall-bridge Mr. Dalgleish still was in advance slightly, but Mr. Sladden had made a trifling advantage in his position over Mr. Jenkins ; and in the work up the reach, against a stiff wind, with a neap tide under them, never did three men work with more pluck. Mr. Dalgleish still led ; but Mr. Jenkins came up to Mr. Sladden, and drew in advance of him, but held it a very short distance, when they again were scull and scull, and in a minute afterward s Mr. Sl a dd en i n his original place of second. Mr. Jenkins was not so very easily disposed of. He again applied himself to the work of picking her up, and having again passed Mr. Sladden, went right up to Mr. Dalgleish ; the latter gentleman was evidently getting weak, but his game kept him together, and never did a man exhibit his pluck to more advantage ; he found his adversary fast overhauling him, and, drawing his boat more into the tide, laid down to it like one determined to drop sooner than relax, and a struggle between the two gentlemen ensued which was the admiration of all who witnessed it. Off Wandsworth town Mr. Jenkins passed his op ponent, maintained the lead, and first went through the centre arch of Putney-bridge about eight lengths in ad vance. The two first gentlemen both rowed in boats built by Hunt and Hutchinson, of peculiarly light con struction. The party sat down to a splendid dinner at Avis's, the Bells Tavern.—Sunday Times. HANOVER-SQUARE 1100A1S.— Mr. Bennett, who is worthy to take his place with the Spohrs and Men dellssolins of Germany, was honoured hero last night with a fashionable and crowded audience. His concert was excellent. He himself performed his noble concerto in C minor, dedicated to Cramer, and a piece called " Caprice," regular and con sistent in its design, original and beautiful in its details. These pieces were received with acclamations by an assembly contain ing a great number of the most accomplished musicians and amateurs tin London. Beethoven's symphony in A was per formed at the commencement; the second act opened with Bennett's own overture to Parisina, and the finale was Weber's "Ruler of the Spirits." Clara Novelle sang the ro mance in Robert le Diable, and Benedict's air, " Prendi per me." Miss Masson g ave " Che faro," and "The sea hath pearly treasures ;" Phillips sang Purcell's " Ye twice ten hun dred deities ;" J. Parry, Haydn's canzonet, " Sympathy;" and J. Bennett an air from Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, and a very pretty song by Macfarren ; all which were warmly and de servedly applauded. The concert was conducted by Sir George Smart, and the orchestra led by Mr. F. Cramer. MoortE.--The origin of Lalla Rookh was an application made to Moore, by Messrs. Longman and Co' to wr ite for them an epic poem , in which there should be no allu sion to the ancient classical authors ; they being responsible for the highest sum ever given for an epic poem. Mr. Perry, it was agreed, should decide the amount, which was fixed at , 3,000 guinea. —Literary Woi ld. ENGLAND. Deptford 3OO Gravesend ....... 300 Chatham 6OO Sheernesss Ramsgate Dover 3OO Exmouth Brixham Plymouth Fowey Falmouth Penzance 450 Milford BOO Berwick Grimsby 450 Boston Yarmouth 3OO Harwich Liverpool l5O Hastings Seaford Portsmouth. Cowes 3OO Lymington l5O Poole r Weymouth . . 6OO SCOT Leith... Montrose l5O Cromarty Campbeltown l5O ....... AND. Stranraer Oban l5O Stornoway 3OO Bon owstowness l5O Gretinock 3OOl IREL. Kingstown Carfingford Larne Killibegs Westport By Order Galway •• 3OO Cove of C0rk. . .... 6OO Castletownsend. 3OO Kilrush ... .. 150 of the Commissioners, C. SCOVELL, Secretary. EDINBURGH, every Tuesday and Saturday, from Brunswick-wharf, Blackwall. Passengers can walk on board. The powerful and magnificent new steam-ships LEITH, MONARCH, and CLARENCE, having several private state cabins for families, and whose unrivalled accommodations and superior speed are well known, leave Brunswick-wharf, Black wall, for EDINBURGH, as follow : The LEITH, TO-MORROW NIGHT, May 26. The CLARENCE, SATURDAY NIGHT, May 30. Apply at the General Steam Navigation Company's Offices, 37, Regent-circus, 35, Leadenhall-street, and 69, Lombard street. For freight apply at 35, Leadenhall-street ; or at Downe's Wharf. Omnibuses start from 37, Regent-circus, at 8, a quarter past 8, and half-past 8, calling at 35, Leadenhall-street, to take passengers down to the wharf. ,AND. PRICE sd. ROYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY. The one hundred and thirty-ninth anniversary of this institution was celebrated at Freemason's Hall, on Sa turday evening, when a numerous and respectable com pany met to encourage and support one of the most a cient and most useful societies in the kingdom. The Earl of ELDON was in the chair, with Sir Au gustus D'Este on his right, and The Chisholm of that Ilk on his left. We observed none of the Scotch Nobility present, but the ample donations transmitted by them, and alto by many Englishmen, showed the interest which tle wealthier classes take in the education of a people that have been of such service and done so much honour to their native country. The Chisholm and several other Highland gentlemen were in full Highland costume, and the Noble Chairman and all the Stewards wore tartan scarfs in honour of our gallant countrymen of the north. Two ladies—Miss Betts and Miss Steele— volunteered their services, and delighted the company with some of the best songs of Burns, and some also of those airs that were treasonsble when a " Stranger filled the Stuart's throne." Broadhurst and Co. relieved them at intervals, and the pipers of the Duke of Sussex and the Royal Highland Society roused the Highland blood with warlike airs that " stirred the memory of a thousand years:' The Chairman also did his duty well. He introduced the toasts with much good taste, and without the slightest political allusion, and as befitted the occasion. The healths of their Majesties the Queen and the Queen Dowager were drank with the same enthusiasm. After the usual loyal toasts the NOBLE CHAIRMAN gave " The Duke of Sussex, the long-tried and able supporter of the institution." Sir AUGUSTUS D'ESTE returned thanks for his illus trious father, who delighted in supporting every charita ble institution, and none more than the ancient, useful, and benevolent Society which the Company had met to celebrate. The words " Illustrious Father" were fol lowed by loud cheers. Lord anom then proposed the great toast of the evening, " Success to the Royal Highland School So ciety." The long period during which it had been esta blished, he said, was the best proof of the good it had conferred on the Highlands of Scotland. It had existed for upwards of a hundred years, and unless its merits had been very great, it would long ago, like many others, have fallen to decay.—(Gre a t chering.) All such in stitutions went to wreck if not founded on good princi ples, and he found (the fact was alike honourable to England and Scotland) that amidst all the changes, amidst all the vicissitudes and hostile feelings caused by wars and rebellions, this noble institution had never been lost sight of since the Union. It was established, not on private grounds, but for the benefit of the sister country. The vast good it had accomplished not only for Scotland, but England, no one could deny. It had encouraged moral and religious education, which under the blessing of God, had made the United Kingdom the first on the earth. On looking at the map of Europe and the vast power which Great Britain possessed, he might fearlessly ask, what but that and like institutions had made a country that formed such a small feature compared with the extent of the Continent, what it was ? —(Cheers.) The Noble Lord then gave a short ac count of the history and objects of the Society, which are well stated in the following summary, drawn up at the instance of the Directors : The Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge in the Highlands and Islands, was origi nally founded in the year 1701, by a few individuals in Edinburgh, for the Reformation of Manner: in that metropolis. The activity and good management of its directors, however, soon gained for it, considerable en couragement ; when its sphere of usefulness being ex tended, its philanthropic influence at length reached those distant regions of the North, where the errors of superstitious ignorance had too long prevailed. The effects of the institution were speedily felt there also, by giving additional influence to the ministry of the established clergy, 'whose pious labours had been pre viously frustrated, not less by the miserable condition of the people, than by the immense extent of the parishes by which they were surrounded. Inquiries into the state of those places soon furnished melancholy proofs of the moral destitution of their ne glected inhabitants. Their few Protestant ministers were thinly scattered over an extensive surface of rugged eauntry, divided indeed into parishes, but rather resembiing counties or ,provinces ; several of them being more than 60 miles in length by 30 in breadth, and others consisting of numer o u s i s l an d s , separate d b y many leagues of a boisterous ocean !—the parishes on the mainland of the Highlands being also, for the most part, intersected by arms of the sea reaching far into the country, and by rapid rivers destitute of bridges, which are in the winter generally impassable ; or divided by morasses, bays, and mountains, covered for months together with insurmountable barriers of ice and snow ; thus precluding all inter course not only between the different parts of the same parish, but also between the minister and his people, ex cept in that immediate district in which he happens to reside. The Act of Union having received the Royal Assent on the 6th of March, 1707, the condition of the Highlands then became a great object of national con cern ; and on the 25th of May, 1709, this Society re ceived a Patent of Incorporation from her Majesty Queen Anne, under the title of the Society in Scotland fer Propagating Christian Knovtledge. It was then strenuously supported by the Scottish Nobility and Parliament, under which distinguished patronage the patriotic advantages of the Institution rapidly became more manifest ; and in the year 1738 the directors obtained from his Majesty King George 11. a new patent, authorising them to erect Schools of Industry, for teaching the youth of both sexes, and particularly females, its more common employments. On this part of their plan, as well as on that of their first charter, they have since proceeded ; and now, the pupils in tiles? schools, who are chiefly girls, are all occupied in employments befitting their sex ; whilst they are at the same time taught the first principles of the Christian religion. 1 n aid of the Parent Establishment in Edinburgh, which then greatly needed additional assistance, in the year 1773 a corresponding Board was formed in Lon don, the munificent support of which has been equally honourable and advantageous to the Institution, and has most materially aided the Society's advancement to its present solid respectability and extensive greatness. On the decease of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, who had been for many years its benificent and indefatigable President, that appointment was most kindly accepted by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, who, since the year 1820, has presided over this branch of the Institution ; whilst its list of officers and subscribers include the names of many of the most distinguished English Noblemen and gentlemen resident in the metropolis. It was reserved, however, for a later period to confer upon the Royal Highland School Society it's chief distinction, when on the 4th of April, 1829, his Majesty King George the Fourth was most graciously pleased to become its illustrious patron ; which regal protection was also most munificently vouchsafed by King William and Queen Adelaide, and has been since continued by her present Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria : under whose august patronage it is confidently hoped its blessings may be yet more diffusively extended, and thousands of her Majesty's brave and loyal Highland subjects thus enjoy those advantages of Christian education, which without its beneficent assistance they could have never known. The population of the Highlands and Islands is computed at nearly 450,000 souls, amongst whom the blessings of this Charity are daily diffused. It has there most extensively improved the morals, influenced the sentiments, and ameliorated the condition of the pecple ; which beneficial effects have been principally accom plished by giving gratuitous instruction to the poor, for whom schools have been erected wherever they were most required. These seminaries are supplied with able teachers, the faithful discharge of whose duty is secured by the vigilant superintendence of the parochial clergy and catechists ; by whose united means the pupils are fitted for filling their future stations in society with propriety and usefulness. Though chiefly instructed in the English language, the know ' ledge of which prepares them for an easy intercourse with every quarter of the kingdom ; yet the Visiting Committees are particularly directed that—" in districts where Gaelic is chiefly spoken, they try the scholars in the tra , rslating of Gaelic into English ; and whether they understand the meaning of what they read." There are, indeed, very many sequestered glens and iso lated districts where the Society has schools, in which Gaelic only is spoken, and where instruction is imparted in that language alone. For them, therefore, the Bible, Spelling-books, Grammars, and other useful works have been translated, and extensively circulated ; and the public attention is particularly solicited to the official statement, that—" Gaelic only is taught in those districts where that language solely prevails." Though the economy with which this Charity is conducted is far beyond what can easily be conceived by strangers, yet its unavoidable expenditure very far exceeds its permanent and certain income. Many peti tions for more schools are annually presented, which the direct ors are compe ll e d to re fuse, solely because their funds will not enable them to grant ; the So ciety's revenue being yet very inadequate to the accom plishment of all the purposes for which it was established. Its funds must, indeed, be estimated, not by their ac tual, but by their relative amount, and by the import ance and extent of _the objects to which tlicy arc ap- EDITION. plied ; nor will its resources be sufficient until the whole of the Highlands and Islands shall be provided with those permanent means of improvement with which the Society is so sedulously endeavouring to furnish them. For upwards of a century and a quarter this Institution has enjoyed the warmest patronage of the British pub. lie ; and the good that it has already achieved, the dili gence with which it is conducted, and its adaptation to the diffusion of Christian knowledge over the whole of those Northern parts of the island, will, it is confidently hoped, ensure to it a continuance of public liberality. The Highlands and Islands have ever been, and still arc, the fruitful nursery of Britain's Navy and Army ; since the number of Scotland's soldiers and sailors bears a distinguished proportion to those of all England, ev en with Ireland added. From her heath -covered mountains have descended a multitude of the most gallant defend ers of their liberty and land ; who on every field, and in every climate, have sustained the national glory with their valour and their blood, and ever in the battle's van stood foremost to defend the dearest rights of Britons and of Christians. To the generous feelings of this brave and intelligent people what, then, can be more grateful than to send them the Set iptures in the language which they understand, and teachers to instruct their children to read them ? The schools of this Society have undeniably produced the happiest effects upon the inhabitants at large ; since, to be fully sensible of their real importance, it is only ne cessary to contrast the former condition of the High landers with the present state of the same people, edu cated and enlightened. The well-merited reputation for su perior intelligence and purity of morals, unshaken loyalty and ardent patriotism, which is now so indissoluby con nected with the character of the Scottish peasantry, is owing, in no small degree, to the establishment of these schools ; since there is not now living a people more peaceable, more honest, or more truly attached to the Sovereign and Constitution of their country, than these northern natives of Caledonia. The directors confidently appeal, therefore, to a generous public, whether a well-directed charity, thus contributing to the best interests of the whole king dom, be not in every respect deserving of liberal encou ragement ? A Society which has, under its daily care upwards of 20,000 children ; and from whose tuition so many hundred thousand souls have gone forth into public life, with all the advantages of a moral and reli gious education, prepared for the active exertion of their faculties here, and trained for a life of immortality hereafter. For this national charity, then, they most earnestly implore that aid, of which it is so peculiarly deserving ; and most anxiously entreat for it that as sistance, which can alone preserve to the rising genera tion its inestimable blessings, and transmit unimpaired to posterity the invaluable legacy of their ancestor's beneficence. ABSTRACT OF THE SOCIETY'S FRESENT ESTABLISHMENT. The last return of Scholars on the first and second patents, in addition to those taught by superannuated teachers. was about 16,000; but from the extreme diffi culty of obtaining frequent official accounts of the more distant schools, this enumeration is kn own to b e consider ably underrated; and, including the children taught by the various Missionaries and catechists, &c., the present number very far exceeds twenty thousand. 153 Schools on the First Patent, giving instruc tion only, amount to 32 Superannuated Teachers on ditto 378 4$ Missionaries and Catechists 108 Schools on the Second Patent, including both instruction and manual occupations 18 Superannuated Teachers on ditto Bl £4,234 The sum total of annual expenditure, including tho charges for School Books, Gaelic Printing, &c, &c., is usually above five thousand pounds. JAMES THOMSON, Esq., the Secretary, then read the Report, which, as will be seen from the following list, was highly creditable to the subscribers, the total amount announced on the occasion being not less than 1,0001. Her Majesty gave 501. annually ; Duke of Buccleuch, 50/. annually ; Duke of Buckingham, 10 guineas ; the Earl of Stair, 20 guineas ; the Earl of Eldon, 30 guineas; Bond Cabell, Esq., 10 guineas; Sir Augustus D'Este, 10 guineas ; and 3501. by the trustees of a legacy, whose names we did not hear. The Earl of Eldon, Sir Augustus D'Este, and a few others, left aboutiten, when The Chisholm was called to the chair by acclamation, and filled it as became a High land Chieftain. More speeches were made, more songs sung, some of them encored, and a little before twelve the different guests left in great good humour with each other, and highly gratified with the successful result of the meeting. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER—FRIDAT EVENINO. There was very little done this morning. The Derby betting was decidedly at low water mark. sto 2 was accepted on the new premier, and we think 9 to 2 would have been laid v. th• ex-premier. The London, or rather Newmarket prices, will be the best criterion. For the Manchester Cup little is requi site ; 4 to 1 is accepted on the, Shadow : 5 to 1 offered v. Bel lona ; Bto 1 bar two. THE ST. LEGER.-12 to 1 has been taken on Launcelot. BETTING AT NEWMARKET, MAY 20. THE HERBY. 5 to 2 agst Mr. Etwall's Songster 5 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Launcelot 6 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Theon 7 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Assassin 23 to I agst Mr. Houldsworth's Confederate 40 to 1 agst Captain Gardnor's Monops 50 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Muley Ishmael HUNGERFORD RACES.—FainAY. The John of Gaunt Stakes of 10 sous. each, h. ft., and 3 only if declared, &c., with 20 added. One mile and a half. (14 subs.) Mr. B. Hobson's b c Picotee, 3 yrs, 9st ( Benskin) 1 Mr. Matthews's b g Master Henry, 4 yrs, lOst 51b ...... 2 The following were not placed • Mr. Tom s name d B o di ce, aged, l2st 31b ; Mr. Drew's Halton, 6 yrs, I st 71b ; Mr. Scott's Dromedary, .5 yrs, 11st 41b ; Mr. Smith named Arian, 4 yrs, list; Mr. Watts named Blue Ruin, 5 yrs, List; and Mr. Lovell named Post-boy, aged, 10st. 101 b. Won in a canter. Tho Ladies' Plate ; mile and a half heats ; Gentlemen riders; the winner to be sold for 501., &c. Mr. Matthews's b g Master Teddy, 4 yrs, 9st 91b 0 1 2 1 Mr. Drew's b g Young Forester, 6 yrs, llst 31b 2 0 1 2 Mr. Dresvett's b m Margareta, aged, Ilst 31b... 1 2 3 3 Several others started. A good race. The Hurdle Race Stakes, of 10 sous. each, with 50 added, fo r all horses ; four-years-old, lOst 41b ; five years, 10st 1 lib ; six years and aged, list Slb ; winners once, 31bs extra; twice, Subs; and thrice, 7lbs ; thorough-bred horses v Sibs extra, in addition ; mares and geldings allawed 3lbs ; gentle men riders. Mile and a half heats, :over four hurdles, four feet high in each heat. Mr. Parker's b m Duenna,lby Reveller, aged (Mr. Barker) 1 1 Mr. Roe's br b Stickler, aged 0 2 Mr. Faulconer's b g Honesty, aged Mr. Baker's br g Cheroot, aged 2 0 Three others rtarted. Won by a head. The Open Stak2s of 5 soya, each, with 25 added, for three. years-old, 9st ; four years, 9st 121 b ; five years, lOst Sib ; six years and aged, list 61b ; winners of 501 or upwards, 71b extra ; half-bred horses allowed 101bs, and mares an geldings 41b. Mile and a half heats. The winners to be aol for 1001. Mr. Hodson's b h Jeroboam, 5 years (Newell) 1 Mr. Webb named Dromedary, 5 years Seven others started. Epsom R.scrs.—The following horses have arrived in the neighbourhood in the course of the last three er four days : Mr. Gill's Prince Albert, Mr. Combe's cby Action, out of Evens, &c., by Actaeon, out of Cobham's dam; Mr. Roger's Caution ; Mr. Osbaldest . on's c by the Saddler, out of Tickle, c by The Saddler, dam by Granby, f by Belshazzar, cby Whalebone and Amber ; Mr. Goddard's Columella, and Mr. Greville's Palemon. NEWMARKET.—MuIey Ishmael cantered on Friday. The Lucetta colt was also out. Carlos and Mr. Batson's Acacia filly hare left here for Gorhambury. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, 1840 —WEnwasnar. Mr. Barry's Garry Owen, Bst 71b, agst Lord Albemarle's Olive-branch, ist 91b, T. Y.C., 50. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1840.— TUESDAY. Mr. Pettit's St. Francis, 9st 71b, agst Lord Exeter's Amu rad), ist, R.M., 200, h. ft. HOUGHTON MEETING, 1840.— TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 200 sous. each, h. ft. A. F. Duke of Rutland's Flambeau, Bst 71b; Lord Lichfield's The Corsair, Bst 41b ; Duke of Richmond's Confusionee, 7st 21b. BUXTON RACES.—WEnNtsnAY. The Gold Cup of 100 gs, added to a Handicap of 15 sous. each, 10 ft., and only 5 if declared on or before the let of June; the second to save his stake; the winner of the Manchester Cup 31b extra. Cowboy. 6 yrs, 9st ; King Cole, aged, Bst I`2lb ; Saul, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ; St. Leonard, 5 yrs, ist 11lb ; Quid, 4 yrs, ist 1 llb ; Petty Larceny, 4 yrs, ist 71b , Charley, 4 yrs, ist 41b ; Chan tilly, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ; Viola, 4 yrs, ist ; Snoozer, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ; Adbolton, 3 yrs, sst 101 b. On Saturday last an Irishman of the name of Docherty, one of the excavators in the Railway cut at Hillend, was struck on the hack of the head with a large piece of stone, from the blasting of a rock, and killed on the spot. It appears that the match applied in the exploding of the rock was shorter than usual, and the sounding of the horn did not give the men sufficient time to get out of the reach of the shot.— Glasgow Chronicle. ------- The Reporter of Cork, complains that justic has not been done to Ireland by the Chancellor of the Exche quer's spirits duties. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SOCIETY.—WC last week advertised the proceedings of a meting for the formation of a Branch Society, which will embrace -the twenty-six pa rishes of the Kingsbridge Union. The object of the Society is to co-operate with the London Society in promoting the civil equality of all religious denominations. Looking at the want of union in the rural districts, between various classes of professors of religion, whose rights are frequently infringed because of their disunion, we cannot but think that this So ciety will be of great service in the district in which it is esta blished. But the moral effect will be still greater, for the fact that people are awakened to a sense of their rights, always en sures a respect for them. Houses that are well watched escape the visits of the burglar.— Western Times. CITY IMPROVENICNTS.—A board has been placed against the church Of St. Bartholomew the Great, near the Bank, preparatory to the sacred edifice being pulled down, to make room for the improvements in that vicinity. The Act of Parliament vests the power of doing so in the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, who have, with the sanction of the ecclesiastical authorities, undertaken to erect a mausoleum on the site of the church, in which the remains of those lying there, or such as the relatives think proper, may be deposited, and the others are to be immediately removed to nother place of sepulture by the surviving friends. LEICESTER TRADE.—There continues to be more doing in spring goods, and several hands have been set to work on regular hosiery. Some of the factories which were running short time have also resumed full work. Worsted is without alteration in price ; wool is firm, although but little is ' doing in it.—Lcicotfr Chronicle. 'ere ;el. 'fly 6d, iid.