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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured 413 , on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other couveniencies or necessity. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors h„s at the an nua l meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth "vnus, varying f rom 35 to 8 5 per cent. ou the premiums pai d on each Poiicy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES, 4 Bonus in Parma- Sum the Age. " 4 " 4 Annual Polic y addition nent Re- Assur e d E L. , Pre- taken sum I Bonus iu duction of may bor ce mium, out in Assured.' Cash. Annual row on ......_ I —_ I Premiums. Pt.icy. ----. X a. di £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. -. r 1837 243 9 311 . 2 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 • £ x,. d. 1838 218 4 81 99 81015 13 5 445 0 0 60 ,1 00074 .3 4 1839 192 1 10 1 86 9 3, 13 4 9 ,395 11 1 1840 143 5 10, GU 8 4; 9 19 1 346 2 3 1 1841 1133 14 21 61 17 6 /i 9 9 1296 13 4 .. ..... : _____l_ 1812 !ill 68,49100; 7 10 4 j 247 4 b II " Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the tßee. or any of its branches in the country ; or, ou applicatio n , will e forwarded post free. F. FERGIUSON C.11111.01.TX, SecrQtary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital 300,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. ti The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by te Na °nal Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advhance fient of tke objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received the approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and ; ) , L ueers of thos e I ns tit ut i ons , an d th o Di rec t ors o f th e N at i ona l L oan ~„11,0 Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a Br anch Office in connexion with thoo. Societies and the Operative „ s ' a sses generally, in which their service. might be successfully en "ged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open eoi nfnunication with the different Societies, with tho view of more effectually disseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus s classes, and a plan has been Droposed with that object. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. s,., 'M any praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to „.'"ng within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culations regulating their distribution, having for their object either mediate,contingent, or deferred benefits. A slight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con *traction of these associations or societies is defective; and that in tttad of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment, c`"e l -' should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar °wlY tho asannel through which a benefit can alone be secured ; t he ds in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, 1r utility is limited. For example, it is not to every individual or t o , every class amongst the industrious community, that provision 'n case of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a Pecuniary sacrifice ; while to others such a provision appears more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness Is a risk against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state of things there is an effective and simple remedy ; that is to say, instead of cov ering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more contingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate benefit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of two dissimilar functions, and by confounding a sick allowance and an "Milt,' fund in one and the sell-same payment, that much of the evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. " , ' 0 mechanism can b e so per f ec t f or th e m an age ment of a sick - .elo-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso -I,,ti°n and svatchflfiness of the several members composing it. Ity s l " M eans a thor oug h an d cons t an t c h e ck i s mu t ua lly exerc i s ed, and Itlte but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. wherhe'"le perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable e a fund i s to be accumulated through a succession of years, Fand where results arc to bear out calculations, money investment or g thin General bey on d th e ex perience of the indust r i o u s c l asses. siejuiese reasons it is cl e ar that the funds destined for a provisioa in provision should be kept entirely distinct !ruin the fund intended as a for old age : eo lst, Because tke laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently i d ee b ted, do not depend on the same calculation. 'ecattse there are a great number who, in order to secure a ro.oet. Provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing `3l4l'.robable sickness on themselves. esa tto ecause the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, With I le , (1 to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible spoas,O,L.atary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre such n ' t ntY, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of o rdi . s 4 contract , hate when undertakes on the same principles that tr./117 govern omercial lodic , . hon es ecause the expenses of providing for sickness must, when iini la m i sV i r i l the earns payment with provision for old age, tend to d - dang er more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to ens l ovsr... e one for te ske of the other. of th e ' d e l s- ed with these s convictions, and with an intimate knowledge rrlendi scus sions passing within the bosom of many of the existing '' 4 t o t o ttt Y and Be nefit Societies, the parties whose names are here or ~I,ched, have had several meetings. with a view of proposing to ipting a re __ . y Mea for tos an other evis ; and in this manner Ana lee an additional force h to e the d principles l of brotherhood, unity, thea , a t u r Mai ; ad, on which friendlocieties are based, by guarding . a ner nin ta i e risks of sudden dissoluti y s on. Prop os j n itch diligent search amon4st the combinations ingeniously obj ects " frets time to time for the attainment of one of the principal la crn of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal and sv p rn ile itY and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought Prop4"'PatilY for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plan tru e e a by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is Prom to ` the author of that plan has furnished an argument against p adiene in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex- Other 3 ' Of a bandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the oce4. 4r of the plan itself, without being fully satisfied that the Neatly s e re and safety of Friendly anti Benefit Societies will be itilo_ •e dirod and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick donee front an annuity for old age. Fund Potation having waited on the directors of the National Loan th em met in the handsomest manner the overtures mad. to bast,„r tat establishment of a separate office fur the transaction of dutrZeonnected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in stitutins t o t asses in general, resolutions have been entered into, co.n hnrober° e u ndersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its IleXea or ' e ' s ° r the Promulgation of the benefits contained in the an 4nd which P ee uader the guarantee of the Capital of tha Society, Vith th e ' elthout interfering with the numerous objects connected ° Nolo ! , "titution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their to„ . taa-wgorre,a.tlY enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection Prese at 7 a lg classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to .r . . r hoina s R3,has adequately secured to them. " e tin F PC R ancient Order of Foresters. Joh ) , •• ~.,- s. 00 r ,, 10 Ancient Order of Foresters. Is 't e - „,." Bale b n „,• Foresters. y Ancient Order of Ancient Order of Foresters. Jt Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. "e Ph n I • ur n S Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. m Tieob Sa "ks,ell, d • s Order of Old Frien 8. s C. 8., Ancient Order of Foresters. .gar n , ' , r , irtftßED ANSUITIES. laerit ofll s -s Person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay '''. 23 . 2d ..,„ s '' er quarterly p a y men t o f 7 5 ., or mont h ly payments ceisi ag , a i E j tV secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re °n his E..i.__•al37/ tY, 10 1. 19s. Ed. ; Cash down, 1671. 3s. ; or a Policy . lis Person aged 26 next birthday, may secure, on at the rig the ago of GO, an Anaulty of 10 . /., with the other_optio_ns, by . or o a a nn , u al Payment "*". 9d.. or a amgle pa r will es ge t. 2 e 2 „ i ii i t 7 l :ft; Parneat of Cl. 145. 2d. for disparity, ‘, same benefits by as annual payment of las e . 11d., the same as or 20. example.,,A. person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay `eeat of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment I f 2s. 2d., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ,s'eiving Annuity, 111. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on tts Ilfe 1751. Ils. I,„„aarnple.—A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay !lit of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment i r si,.l . 2 d• may secure, on attaining tke age of 65, the option of roes lits';llZ Annuity, IS/. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 148/.125.; or a policy 1751. Ils. the .x uarn LIFE ASSURANCE. t Plc —A person at the age of 30 next birthday may secure e14,," 1 et 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and raenC r ticipate in the Annual Divlsloa of Profits, by the annual pay ef 9s. 3d. eut tni d 6l , s . - -8- person at the age of 25 next birthday, by tke pay -1121 Per month, or is. per week, may secure the sum of ili2eYable at his death, whenever it may happen, and like nre In the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. S EA POLICIES of Insurance on all classes of 400/. On an bla rine Risks, not exceeding in Amount 7 ainale Ship, for the space of 12 months, from the date of I,oGoi 1 issuing the first Policy ; nor 1,4 001. f or th ' er the space of 2 years, from the same date ; .nor 'nailer th o - r, " e 'Pace dating from the like period , granted ,ornm,„ Seal years, po i , , ‘,.,0f the pmt co , i `bt OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY:, P,etelY registered A ril 22d 1847), e es 20 tv ti .,, i_ o , r St. ro on application at the I—en's -place, Lo p ndon 4here Prospectuses containing gt illation can be obtained. ' I Mp-- 4'\. -p, lAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, C ORNHILL, LONDON. HEN. , /,.. DIRECTORS. -,...• 1 JAXES PRFSCOTT, Esq., Chairman. ale!, '.OIIGE FIELD, -. Esq., Deputy Chairman. Afiehaoil• Rell, Esq Daniel Mildred, Esq. C harle s F 4 nd, Esq 10 arew (.1.4,4cis cob!), E.g. J J o a h m n es ii G or . s r ey ur p do a c lm h, e E r, s E q. sq. g eorge if ° ' v ile, Esq. Henry Pearce, Esq. rogtreeitr.:l4,tirnzanCiuirtlunetr.: E E s s q q : George Reid, Esq. The,. N .,, übert, t sci _ William it. Robinson, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. sighed to Sinn; policies ev 80 per Cent., of the PROFITS will be as nsUred, tr , er Y fifth year, and may be applied to increase the o clUlti 0 tram t ., Mat e ezti, ediate payment In cash, or to the reduction ... n • eXampl e . action of future premiums, r itoFlT s . as shown in the follow - `. POLICI . of 25 TEARS STANDING, entitled to Parti ciPat E e S in the Bonus declared in 1846. -- "LaPate in the Bonus declared in 1846, it En 7 . s tOll Cash paid on Or Prem.; And an- Annual Bonus surrender reduced nual re ; eared rremium. added. of Bonus. to. tura of. 2 1 ! 10 4 00 s, d. s. d. s. d. s. a. d. 19 5 10 451 5 0 174 12 3 8 6 9 .. ai:l 100 0 21 15 10 451 5 0 193 12 2 &15 0 ...• • .. 45 1000 26 14 2 451 5 0 236 18 7 710 51 s o 1000 33 19 2 451 5 0 284 0 6 4981'' '' ... : G o 1000 45 6 8 451 S 0 535 911 ...... 419 4 1000 63 13 4 451 5 0 384 12 5 36 10 • ral::erances without participation in profits effected at reduced tio Pr o , Pectusas, and an explanatory statement of other advantages ebo v given by this Company , may be h ad at the Chief Offices as e; at the Branch Office, 16, ; or of the Ageuts. SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. GUILDHALL, 20th MAY, 1847.—The COM (ILIud,MITTEE for LETTNG the ITT'S LANDS will meet rel e , t uall on WIDNESDAT, I the 26th d C ay of May in at One j° , rl Nti e r t e elsely, to receive TENDERS for a LEASE for 21 years, .I.l ltr !una rn -- next, of a 110Uail, No. 6, on the south side of co .e, near Houndsditch. +az theiiTtions for letting the said House may be seen by apply 'Mee of Works, Guildhall. THOS. SAUNDERS, Comptroller, _ u -ig THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND ~,_ . WITH T MATURITY. ,•lit. ?u.bllshed Thousand, in a sealed envelope, am n ps t 7,r,:enTYtiet-PhITE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. p ~_ ucl or p ost p aid, , n 7 address, for 311. 6d. in Postage t direct front the Author'saresidence SELF. PRES ERVATIO . N : A Medical Treat . i.ce t u „_, ° a n the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma a t to ur m ,ly y .. 1 , 1 1 7 x - i r_ ed with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the esK at ', l "e'7, and Diseasee of the nine their various .--ctuses , and functions, and sto i a urea, ez, ' A ries that are - Mary habits, and other the Urinary and Reproductive Org ans, lwit b e 'sees. produced in them, by so bilk,. , ...... eractical Observations on the Treatm t e h n e t r o d f is N e e a rv ses ou o s f ale t re ' t ' llr i. o c a al and Constitutional Weakness, and o 1 / 7 SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, !latriettiat...9, Bedfrd-street, Bedford-square, London; memb„ '''r, Member of the University of Edinburgh, Alretb - ''''' the London hosp ital Medical Society, Licentiate Honorer.) ecaries' 11 Louden London, &c., B ‘ o . Chapr,it Lens CONTENTB OF THE TREATISE. indobil On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance , (410.rElar, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Org %ns ~.. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativi g that grea kentai',.`.lleir Nnctions, structures, and secretions, p ro •-•-criA4l_ll.l P.hysical Power are dependant upon thelrh i fT e n alt t i7 o a n cti t e h n c Anit ic ~_• .. On Solitary Habits; their various e ec . of th e st ceno4l 7 ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function 4:en„, ,?Tnecil, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of th , : ~111. : 1 1 a : b u n l i t t l y e s: a nC d n i a rrga 4. On the Secret Disorders of Y kri o e it s t c l 14,,,L,!rrity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weir . Premature Decay.—Crtarrias 5 an a d ao r, r . h. O a r leet, r,lerr arising from indiscriminate Excess, (1 ° trictures, and other Diseases of :he Urethra. ._.`"he alithor of this I9 .VIEF7II OF Tin WORE. . legally quail. ~eußietec singular and talented work is a tl 'e tne xt man, who has avidently had considerable experiene oi trsu tie, ' , lent of the various disorders arising from the follies c an l ditl so, ,_of early Indiscretion. The engravings sire an invaluable ad net 4 .`7 , de monstrating the consequences of excesses, which mus to l'u'eailjtar7 warning to youth and maturity , , and by its perusal C el, 0,, e , . 1 .. ° 1 1 ,!' Hay be satisfactorily replied to, that admit t no ap rok-trit,vesnlatidrne most confidential riend.—Era. the Author, and may bo hod at his residence; also Leadenhall-street 'Tick ß i l i chs.rel.i 52 P aternoster-row; Ilannay and Co., 4 11. torte. borne -street. Quadrant; qor,Jon, 1 Mel b y .„ „..k.se,neLondon; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool 4.l,tlCru'e for Co gnation 4 % ‘ l4l tight and daily, rom Nine till Two, and from t , tu cd ii 051. Whetters immediately replied to, if containinz "Cr Uoltre 7-^," A1Z00442",e4144••••••9 B ZDFORD-fiTaILET BEBrORD- SILVER TEA SERVICES OF NEW PATTERNS. B. SAVORY and SONS, Working • Silversmiths, 14, Cornitill, London, opposite the Bank, respectfully inform their customers that they have recently finished a few new designs, in accerdanee with the present improved taste, and that they arc sold at reduced prices from those customary in the trade. _ Uxbridge Pattern. Thalia Pattern. Strong Silver Tea Pot £lO 18 0 Strong Silver Tea Pot. £l3 0 0 Ditto Sugar Basin 614 0 Ditto Sugar Basin.... 711 0 Ditto Cream Jug 4lO 6 Ditto Cream Ewer.... i 2 0 Ditto Coffee Pot . • Complete ... Z36 12 64 Complete £42 10 0 A variety of upwards of Fifty Silver Tea and Coffee Services may be seen in the Show-rooms, and on application the illustrated Price Current, containing drawings, with the weights and price of recent designs, will be forwarded to any part of Great Britain, Ireland, India, or the colonies. Drawback ou Silver Plate exported Is. 6d. per ounce. BREACH OF PROMISE. now eft do we hear, of a fickle young " blade," Disappointing the hopes of his confident maid ; How many soft letters address'd to fair ribs Have prov'd in the issue, a tissue of fibs ; How many kind sweethearts have shown by their deeds ' That though sweet in their words, they were sore bitter weeds, And how many a tear has been shed as a token That promise, like pie-crust, was made to be broken. How many have said, when untying the band, " lie has taken my heart, but ho won't take my hand." But justice steps in, with a menacing carriage, To visit the breaches of Promise of Marriage. But what have those breaches of promise to do With the tailoring warehouse of MOSES? say you. stay, stay, zealous reader, and don't be afraid, For I'm coming to breaches of promise in trade. When the Public was courted by MOSES and BON, They °freed their suit as they ought to have done ; The Public, (they said,) was their boast and their pride, Ant ever since then they've been closely allied. They promis'd as suitors, in all things to suit ; And nought has created the slightest dispute. Their Addresses and Dresses minutely agree, And honour--strict honour—at all times we see. The Public perceiving how matters were plann'd, Hare taken E. MOSES and SON by the hand ; And now are their mutual interests wed, And MO ~E S and iiON have fulflll'd all they've said, May the union subsist as it ever has done — May the Public esteem more completely be won By a happy connexion with MOSES and SON 1 Observe—This Establishment will be closed on Thursday evening, May 20, at seven o'clock, till Saturday evening at eight o'clock, when business will be resumed till twelve. A new Work, entitled " FASHIONS FAVOURITE," with a List of Prices, and Directions for Self-Measurement, can be had on application, or forwarded post-free. LIST OF PRICES. MADE TO XIAIIIIIIE. Cashmere Codrhigton, front • ........ l 6 6 Taglionis, silk collar and cuffs .. Cambridge Coat, lined throughout Tweed Coats . ........................ 0 16 0 Sporting Coat ..................., ~ 0 13 0 Dress Coat.; ............... Best quality manufacture) ..... ....... • ....... 2 1 a 0 Frock Coat ............ ue o sd r e rps cloth e . • d. •••• • • • • • • /lest quality manufactured : ....... 3 3 0 Tweed in ( s ' i a n s g h i m e. eniTr Trousers Itic_li pattern Ve5t5.............„ „ 0 8 9 itto .. .. .. .. .. .. • 1 2 o Best, or Dress ditto .. • ▪ 0 0 1 6 0 Boys' Hussar or Tunic Suits ....... ...... .. • • 1 5 0 READT MADE. Blouses, from. . .......... •••• • • • ...... ••• " • 02 6 • Cashmerette Codrington .. • . •••••."•"• • '' • • '' L. a Cambridge's, Chesterfield Polka's, and all the newest patterns .. Tweed Coat .... .. • 18 0 Sporting ditto ................ •• • ••••• • •• O 6 6 Dress Coat Extra Superfine, a superior coat ......... • ..... 1 15 0 Frock Coat • • • ...... from 1 4 0 Extra Superfine, a superior cast 2 0 Roll-Collar Vests .................• •• • • • • 0 2 0 Fancy •;atins ......., .......... .. Cloth, or Cassimere • • Tweed Trousers. Fancy Cassimere or Doeskin ....... • ........ • 10 6 Boys Tunic and Hussar suits. •••• • • • Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mca sure, if not approved ef, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E . 1,11);;ES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for LadiesBs, mid Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156 , 157 lfinoriea, and 83, 8 and 86 Aldgate, Day. London. Caution. —E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the COLA against impostors, but have learned that the antradesman ikc falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other hours in or out of Loudon; and those who desire genuine and ehe, 1 4 clothing, &c., should call at, or send to, 311nories and Aldgate, City, L ondon. mi a Satur d a y. whe n b us h atest s resumed till twelve Notice. •3:o business transacted at this es t a bli shment from sun- Vatod. set Friis.r, tlll .1 i: - , .: ! ' .., 4t i• L _ ;A - - - -,... ...„ , 4 , L . .. „ —. 40 . v . ,t ...„ , ' --, . • • . ',. ..''' 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' l ' DR o fr. a ~,,,A, c , 7 4,, _ ..... 4 : .i ' j ~.-''': -__ _ ....WU nr. i t ~, N 0 017,060, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING S N, WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER TAINMENTS. At the MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE. THIS EVENING, May 24, at Eight o'clock, Mr. WIL SON will give an Entertainment on the SONGS OF S;.;OTLAND, In which he will sing a Selection of Songs by Burns, Jacobite Songs, and some of the Old Ballads. PART FIRST. —There was a lass, and she was fair—The Birks of Aberfeldy—Tarn Glen —Mary Morison—Bide ye yet—My spouse Nancy—Auld Robin Gray. Mr. Wilson will recite the Second Part, or Continuation of " Auld Robin Gray," written by the Authoress, and communicated to Sir Walter Scott. PART SECOND.—Wha wadna fecht for Charlie ?—lle's o'er the hills that 1 loe weel—The women are a' gone wud—Wae's me for Prince Charlie I —There are twa bonnie maidens—Tak your ault cloak about ye.' Tickets, 2s. ; Reservel Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes for Six Per sons, 15s. ; for Eight, N. Mr. WILSON' will give au Entertainment at Crosby Hall, Tuesday, May 25: and a Morning Performance on the Songs of Scotland, a: Willis's Rooms, on Friday, June 4, at half-past two o'clock. PRICE'S PA CENT CANDLE COMPANY. This concern yields its present Proprietors a profit of 20)41. per cent. on the capital employed in it, and being capable of an ex tension, without diminution of that per tentage of profit, much be yond the scope and means of private enterprise, a Company is in progress of formation to raise a Capital of 500,0001. in 25,0001. Shares of 201, each. Of these 19,337 have been taken by the present Pro prietors and others, to whom the scheme has been privately commu nicated, 2,000 are at the request of several correspondents, reserved for future Allotment to the Trade, and the remaining 3,663 are now offered to the Public. Applications to be made to ➢fessrs. Wilson and Harrison, the soli citors of the Company, 1, Coptball-buildings, Throgmorton-street, London, from whom Prospectuses and every other Information may be obtained. WHITSUN HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES on CHEMISTRY on the Evenings of Mon day, Wednesday, and Friday, at Nine o'clock. LEC TURES on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY daily, by Dr. Bach hoffner ; and on the Evenings of Tuesday and Thursday, on ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, and the Agents employed in its pro duction. Experiments with ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. The WORKING MODELS and MACHINERY ex plained. The ♦aried Optical Effects include, New DISSOLVING VIEWS, the OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, &c. EXPERI MENTS with the DIVING-BELL and DIVER, &c., &c. The Evening MUSIC, under the direction of Dr. Wallla, commences at Seven o'clock. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. G REAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND). EIGHTH CALL OF 51. PER SHARE, Making 351. called up on each Share. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a resolution passed by the Board of Directors, the PROPRIETORS of SHARES in the Consolidated Capital of this Company are hereby REQUIRED to PAY a CALL of 5/. PER SILiltE, 21. 10s. on or before FRIDAY, the 25th day of June, and 21. 18s. on ur before MONDAY, the 26th day of July next, to any of the undermentioned Bankers. Accord ing to the provisions of the Acts of Incorporation, Interest at the rate of Four per Cent. per Annum, payable half-yearly, will be Allowed on the amount of Deposits and Calls paid up until the Rail way shall be completed; but should any Call remain unpaid after the day above-named, Interest at the rate of Five per Cent. rer Annum will be Charged thereon ; and " no interest shall accrue to the Proprietor of any Share upon which any Call shall be in arrear in respect of such Share, or any other Share to be holden by the same Proprietor during the period while such Call shall remain un paid." 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The manu facturers have been obliged to discharge their workmen, a fact which cannot but tend to increase the general misery' The report that one establishment was about to discharge 1,500 workpeople has caused such alarm to the autho rities, that the president of the province has thought it necessary to repair to the spot, to advise on the measures to be tam" LITERATURE. LOUIX XIV. AND THE COURT OF FRANCE. By Hiss Pardoe. 3 Vols. Memoirs and biographies form certainly one of the most interesting species of composition in literature. Every close investigation into the details of any his torical events is only a new affirmation of the oft-veri lied maxim, " Truth is stranger than fiction," which, if any sceptic should presume to disbelieve, we most sincerely recommend to him the perusal of these me moirs of Louis XIV. We are much mistaken, or they will effect his entire conversion. In the adven tures, intrigues and catastrophes here detailed, he will find the wildest vagaries a poet's imagination ever conceived, or the most marvellous combinations the skill of the raudevilleiste ever contrived, immeasurely superseded. The authoress tells us in her preface that tier aim is not to offer to her readers "an histori cal record of the century of Louis XIV.," but simply to display more fully than has yet been done " the domestic life of the great monarch,' and to pass in review the wits, the beauties, and the poets of his Court." For suc h a purpose, she adds, perhaps no reign has afford e d so many and such rich materials. A passion for personal narrative had spread like an epidemic in the Court of France; princesses, war riors, statesmen, courtiers, and beauties, vied with each other in recording not only passing events, but also the individual passions, interests, and prejudices by which they were influenced. She was conse quently possessed of many advantages for the prose cution of hei ! . ask, which must nevertheless have required much patience and diligence in the research and investigation of its materials, and no little precaution and skilfulness in their classification and combination. That Miss Pardoe was not deficient in the former of these qualifications we have abundant proof in the numerous references and copious annotations to be found on almost every page of almost every volume, while the air of interest which is sustained throughout the whole work, and the fre quent anecdotes and amusing episodes by which it is interspersed and enlivened are ample evidence that skill and carefulness have not been wanting. A great lack of unity is certainly manifest in these volumes, but this appears to have been unavoidable, when we take into consideration the c h aracter of the work, which is essentially fragmentary and discursive. In these pages are comprised a brief summary of most of the important public events, and a detailed account of many of the private affairs concerning the French Court during the long reign of Louis XIV., and the latter years of his father, amounting to no less than a century ; pen and ink portraits and brief histories of most of the principal personages who took part in the varied scene; romantic adventures, court in trigues, political speculations, amusing anecdotes, brief dialogues, &c. &c.—but the enumeration would be endless. From these very varied, and, indeed, heterogeneous materials, it would have been most difficult, if not quite impossible, to construct one liar. monious whole ; yet, when we come to regard the work as a representation of the shifting phases of a court this chameleon-like character can hardly be regarded as an imperfection. Miss Pardoe com pares the reign of Louis XIV. in the different fea tures which it presents to the historian and to the more minute chronicler to a kaleidoscope, for, whereas to the former regarding it as a whole, " every evolu tion presents a new phase of harmony and beauty," the latter observing analytically the varied atoms recog nises their utter worthlessness. There is a good deal of truth in this illustration, which is abundantly evidenced in the course of the work. "Distance lends enchantment to the view," which too often vanishes on a nearer inspection ; many a heap of apparently precious ore has been transformed, upon examination, into "drossy mould," m any a G ran d Monarque has been found on close acquaintance to be a very little man. In looking back upon the events of the past, or in looking up to the transactions of the great, we have been too much accustomed to see in them only the beautiful groupings of the kaleidoscope ; it is, therefore, highly beneficial to have now and then, as in a work like the present, an opportunity of exam ining into details and distinguishing the true gold from the delusive glitter. Of this latter material per haps no nation in any epoch ever displayed a greater superabundance than did the Court of France, in the I siecle of Louis quator:e. All the most costly, magni ficence, and the most refined luxuries which taste and ingenuity could devise, or wealth procure, were not only lavished unsparingly on the "festal scenes of some Versailles Arcade," but even mingled with the details of a military campaign. "As when they lay before Tournay, and the Grand Monurque was there, With the bravest of his warriors and the fairest of his fair, And the sun that was his symbol and on his armour shone, Was in splendour and in lustre and in light itself out done : And morn and noon and evening and all the livelong night, Came the sound of ceaseless music and the echo of delight." Such brilliant scenes necessarily occupy not a few of the pages of these memoirs ; but they are contrasted little b le fo r its Duchess of ur Burgundy n d d i display wore of jewels, n o herapronre he with others of a very d i fferent character—for exam ple, in one pla ce we are told of a court ball remarka jewels of th e va l ue of twenty thousand pistoles ; and then in an o th er p l ace we read how Louis, with an whe alone t impoverished exchequer, was compelled to part with his plate for the expenses of the war. But not only do these volumes thus illustrate the manners of the Court, they also tend to delineate the personal cha racter of the Grand Monarque. In this respect, the want of unity of which we have complained, is to a certain extent redeemed. In the beginning of the first volume, which relates to the years previous to the birth, or during the childhood of Louis, the want of a guiding principle is very manifest ; but when he once appears in his true character en roi, he takes the lead, or rather he becomes the centre of attraction, and all revolves around him naturally enough. Perhaps these volumes may afford us a very tolerable idea of the character of Louis viewed as a whole. From the cradle to the grave his whole career is traced out for our inspection, and although it is tin possible to contemplate the doings of his manhood without feelings of the keenest indignation, we can not, neverthelesss, refrain from joining thereto a sen timent of pity—pity for Louis XIV !—when we see how much of his error was occasioned by the neglect ful education of his childhood, and how much it was expiated by the sorrows of his declining years. When we come to analyse his character, if we follow the advice of Pope, we shall find in his "ruling passion " a satisfactory clue to all his conduct ; and that ruling passion, it is hardly necessary to say, was a most profound adoration of himself—the king. The egotism of the man and the pride of the monarch were in him equally powerful and insepar- , able. For example, though no one had a higher opinion than himself of the adventitious attractions of the regal station' or was more desirous of seeing them duly appreciated by others, yet while exulting in the trappings of the monarch his great ambition was e p d fectio n . Miss him ; and he, to be loved for himself alone. Wh en , h owever, as i t h e cast aside sometimes happened, he obtained thi s b oon, t h e pr i de to the the t o h f e th c e o s v o e v ted again,ereigtnrearseuturersn—eday,ana tram h hearts that loved him best. But w e are not now neglect his ster points—he i l n e t d s_ th h em e w to early as elefret, disposed atinhely, toatr too, oo,f King' criticise sustained h w i s a s c conduct—in ds toug perfection. cnt— h l e ed drama on of Pardoe tells us, that while the ambitious po li cy of education his in structed how to " act the King" —and we suspect he was no inapt scholar. Perha p s his natural p r id e or motheriannd all essential ministers, egotism, made these lessons more impressive; and, perhaps, these lessons served to develope an d strengthen the innate pride—their united effects were early mani fested, and characterised the whole seventy..two years of his reign. We may trace them in his early infancy when only five years old, he was brought to the bed side of his dying father. " What is your name ?" inquired the King. " Louis X W.,' replied his The pride that s ex pectant successor. spared not others, spared not even himself; it enabled hi m on some occasions to exercise an extraordinary self -control— as for instance, w hen quite a child, h e remained for hours, pretending to he asleep, while whole multi tudes of the insurgent Parisians passed through his room to assure themselves that he had not secretly departed from th e capital, which, in f act, he was in • the very act of do in g before their entry ; or, again, when at the very close of his life, worn out, en f ee bl ed, and so weak, that it was with great pain that he could rise from his chair, having heard that the foreign Am bassadors had dispatched to their respective courts, news of his approaching dissoluti on, he at once ordered a grand review, and remained four hours in the saddle, inspecting the troops, in order to afford sufficient proof that he was yet alive. From these and numerous other anecdotes to be found in the present memoirs, a clearer insight may b e ob tained into the character of Louis than from a more elaborate commentary of an historian. We are told that Mazarin said of him in his youth, "there is stuff in him to make three kings and an honest man," and to judge from his after conduct, the analysis must have been a tolerably correct one, for certainly the part of the King very much preponderated, quite in PUBLICATIONS. NEW CHANCERY ORDERS. Just published, in 1 vol., price Its. 6d., THE PRACTICE of the COURT of CHAN CERY under the ORDERS of MAY, 1845. Edited by JOHN ROGERSON, a Solicitor of the Court. This work contains all the cases decided on the above Orders, and an elaborate Index, including a Table of the times of procedure. S. Sweet, 1, Chancery-lane, Fleet -street. MAY 24, 1847. the proportion of three to one. Yet, accustomed as lie was from his very infancy to the langusge of flattery, and the gestures of servility, can we wonder that Louis was i m p resse d w i t h a very intolerable idea of his own importance. The well• turned compliment which Bulwer has put into the mouth of Lauzun—in his drama of "La Valli6re"—when the Marquis of Nlontespan, speaking against the King has exclaimed, "But if I thought my h onour touch . ed, an' it were forty kings"—Louis enters, overhearing. the list words, and asks " Well! and w h a t says the Marquis of forty kings ?" The Marquis, embarrassed, hesi :ates, but Lauzun hastily and happily rejoins, "He tiys that forty kings could never make one Louis!" Phis compliment is only a specimen of the constant languaze of the courtiers, and the cherished convie don of the King. Not the least curious chapter in these volumes is entitled "A day in the life of Louis XIV.;" it gives a minute catalogue of the de tailed rules by which the great monarch's actions were ordered—the lilliputian chains of Gulliver, hut chains that were voluntarik imposed. That little word makes all the difference ; and, consequently, we find even Louis the Great, who would brook no shadow of restraint or word of opposition, himself a very slave to the most ridiculous regulations. No word but ridiculous can certainly' be applied to the letails of his morning and evening toilette. For instance, here is a note upon a most important sub ject—and remember we are speaking of the Great Louis—of the King whose domestic and foreign policy, like the military campaigns of Cesar, have been severally exemplified by a brief and emphatic sentence, "L'etat c'est moi !" and n'y a plus de Pyrenees !" Now it is of this same Louis that we are told " Although the King, without an absolute disregard of etiquette, was at liberty to put on his garters with his own hands, he was not free to take them of at night ; and while it was the admitted pri vilege of the head valet de chambre to unclasp that of the right leg, an inferior attendant was permitted to unclasp the other." In these miserable details of the toilette there is one piece of information which is very pleasing : while the King was dressing, or being dressed, after the Royal family had approached him, thegrande entrée, a levee took place. To be admitted to this levee was a great privilege, and the greatest pre caution was observed to prevent intrusion ; the name of each person who presented himself at the door was reported to the King, for him to signify his pleasure respecting his admission. .‘ Princes and governors, marshalls and peers, were dike subjected to this tedious and somewha humiliating ceremony, from which three individuals alone were exempted; and these three were Racine, Boileau, and Mausard ; who, on their arrival at the guarded door, simply scratched against the panel, when the huissier threw back the battant, and they stood in the presence of the monarch." The reign of Louis Quatorze was rich in men of genius, and his conduct towards them was, in most cases, worthy of , hem and of him. "If Corneille had lived in my reign," exclaimed Napoleon, " I would have made him a Prince ! " It is very doubtful whether the title of Prince could have added anything to the real dig nity of Pierre Corneille ; but the exclamation was honourable alike to the illustrious speaker and the illustrious poet. In the same way their unrequested entrance into the chamber of the King could have conferred little honour on Racine or Boileau; and in the same way, when Louis found Moliere taking his breakfast while performing his duties as court up holsterer, and, in the presence of all his workmen, bade him come and take his seat by his side to finish his repast, such a proceeding, whatever might have been its effect in the eyes of the workmen, cannot exalt the poet in our estimation; yet, in all these in stances, for the sake of the King no less than for the poets, we are gratified to find these things occurred. Towards Racine, indeed, the conduct of Louis was, ultimately, not free from reproach ; hut we cannot now further pursue these episodes, we must refer our readers to Miss Pardoe's volumes, where they will find abundant amusement, and no little information. The third volume closes with the death of Louis and the formal announcement from the palace window, " The king is dead ! Long live the king !" 'We presume that Miss Pardoe will not stop here; the reign of Louis XV. will form a fitting continuation. The reign of Louis XV., which to a certain extent --- (qualled, if not exceeded, in its glittering gaiety and dissipation the reign of his great-grandfather and ?redecessor, while over it loomed tokens of the im pending storm, to fall so heavily upon his next suc cessor. Of these tokens even the thoughtless courtiers were sufficiently prescient to be aware. " Apres nous le deluge " was-the universal belief, yet the only moral they drew from it was, " Carpe diem ' Their smiles were in no wise saddened, and their excesses in no wise sobered, by these gloomy and too correct forebodings. We are confident that all who, like us, have perused these three volumes of Miss Pardoe, will be, like us, desirous that she will not leave "half told" the history of the French court in the gorgeous time of the old monarchy. The binding, printing, and getting up of these volumes are all excellent; the beginning and end of Almost every chapter is ornamented with an elegant woodcut. Among these are portraits of some or the chief literary characters, or representations of the public buildings, &c., mentioned in the work. Each volume contains a full-length, highly-finished en v:raving, namely, portraits of Louis XV. of La Valliere, and Mme. de Maintenon ; there are besides two half•length engravings of Louis, taken at dif ferent periods of his life. Idf—ahase taceiEdlnaandltgayi KIRKHOLME PRIORY. 3 Vols. By Miss Laura Jewry. The second fiction from the pen of one of the most promising novelists of the day, is now submitted to our consideration. We commenced the perusal of " Kirkholme Priory" with all those favourable im pressions which had been given by the " Ransom" fresh in our recollection. We reasoned by anticipa tion, that because the " Ransom" was a beautiful book, " Kirkholme Priory" would inevitably be so likewise. We remembered the an i ma ti on an d th e interest of Miss Jewry's for mer romance, t h e c l ever adjustment of the plot, the rapid var i a ti on o f i nc id ent, the effective contrast of chara c t ers , th e r i peness an d glow of the language. Our anticip a ti ons were con sequently, and very accountably, b e y on d th e antici pations with which we opened the " R ansom :" an d thence possibly, as well a s f rom o th er reasons to be hereafter mentioned, our sa ti s f ac ti on was by no means so great on c l os i ng " Ki r kh o l me Priory, " as it had bee n on conc l u di ng it s predecessor. In her really exquisite story o f th e " Ransom," Miss Jewry had selected for herself e ver y possible advantage. She had situated her romance in the most romantic epoch since the establishment of Christianity—the epoch of the Crusades, The sublime and glorious form of the saint-like Louis cast an historical glory upon the fictitious personages and the imaginary events. The scenery changed fitfully, but deliciously and dramatically, like the glasses of a magic-lantern : now it was Oxford in the ancient days ; now it was Cyprus, blooming with the citron l nn i rg s e h as tnro S safo o dmo v i tl e dii r no e ngp i g at n rho ioe ; s ru n ; bp o neo w otnrw i ov v t t ,h w hi tei a dcw s h a af t m rs ho i o emn n 1 N g t , ahh t neo h li sm e e d ilnad i a l ms a rt r p i tao i eif, olylanel.T here was the and the orange ; now it was the voluptuous Court o f t t h i v e e s h a u n d n s g , an li d ke si thein°°lll s sword of 01: Damocles,byThtehepetchureliaadr by her fair hand, conveye d i n a cas keV interest of the work radiated from one • appropriate and attractive centre—a lordly English hall, situated in a noble chase, shaded by venerable trees, and adorned with the sorrel-herbage and the fern. Beyond all this, the authoress, by a very dexterous and poetical contrivance, associated the arch-crime of the story (from which crime the subsequent incidents devolved) with one of the most surprising of discoveries—the discovery of the telescope. She did this at the hazard of an anachronism—seeing that it is mare than doubt ful that the combination of the lenses is owing to the skill of Friar Roger Bacon, and a great deal more than merely probable that Galileo or one of his contem poraries was the real originator of the great astrono mical instrument. She did this, we say, at the hazard of an anachronism, but she did it with such inimitable adroitness, that the anachronism would he readily forgiven, supposing it were proven. With all these adjuncts of fascination gathered about her—in the midst of a treasury of romance of her own collecting—Miss Laura Jewry wrote her first novel, and immediately obtained the popularity she deserved. Now " Kirkh olme Priory" is aided by no one of these extrinsic advantages. It fame-hunting ar ti s t. but of a speaks not of a crusader, It has no Count Robert in it , no Fitzwalter, no Con stance, no Lady Cicely, no Gerald Fitzeustace, no Dickon, no Alinor Perrot, no William Longsword. Instead of carrying its readers in imagination to the revelries of a palace or the feats of the tourney, " Kirkholme Priory" takes him into the modern shows him the pic-nic of a drawing-room, and parvenu. The hero is no longer loosening the buckle of his helmet, but the e h roine is untying the strings of her bonnet. The passionate Count of Artois is no longer parrying the thrust s o f assassins in the moonlight of the Levant, but Sir Triplex Plantagenet Hopley is committing solecisms in a shower o f rain. Miss Jewry's genius as a nove li s t has floated down from the lofty and inspiring atmos p e irre of the Past to the lowl y and too •frequently debasing influences of the Present. Her first corn.. PRICE SD. position had something in it akin to the historical fictions of Sir Walter Scott. Her second composi tion bears a resemblance to the fashionable novels of Mrs. Gore—indeed, there is a peculiar similarity between the descriptions of Naples and the southern portions of Italy in " Kirkholme Priory," and the descriptions of the same places in Mrs. Gore's " Peers and Parvenus." It is scarcely fair, in short, to in stitute any comparisrn between the two narratives of Miss Jewry, as they cannot be mentioned together without the depreciation of the latter. We shall therefore consider " Kirkholme Priory," per se, as it merits to be considered, for, notwithstanding its many difficiencies and blemishes, it is still enlivened with the evidences of very considerable talent. In fact, while we are compelled to speak somewhat disparagingly of her recent publication, we are satisfied that its chief fault is the unfortunate se lection of the materials, not the incapacity of the au thoress, in putting those materials together. The second title of the book expresses its intention— " Modern Heroism" The work is professedly written to demonstrate that heroism has not taken wings unto itself and forsaken the world • and the manner i n which this proposition is_argued is through the last struggle made by the patriots of Poland to effect their emancipation. "For the subject matter of the details relating the noble display of modern heroism afforded by Poland during the present century," says the au thoress in the preface, " I am indebted to a distin guished Polish officer, an eye-witness of and actor in its struggles for freedom.' But in spite of this re markable advantage of accumulating her details from , the oral narrative recounted to her by one who had witnessed and partaken in the last Polish revolution, Miss Jewry has imparted, perhaps, the very smallest amoant of interest to the portion of her present story, relating to those emeutes. There is a pain ful obscurity and dimness about the painting of the scenes situated in Warsaw and its vicinity ; and notwithstanding the Knight-errantry of Francisco Casolani throughout his adventures in those quarters, there is comparatively little to arouse the attention or animate the imagination of the reader. It is in the portraiture of her more domestic characters, of Mary Clarenham (known more generally under,the pet sou briquet of Una), of Mrs. D'Esp e c, o f " M r . D av id" and his gossiping sister, of Albany D'Espec, of Gordon Clarenhamn, of Mrs. Jerningham, and of Arthur D'Espec, that the novelist is here the most successful. Altogether, the heroine Julia Dormer is repulsive, and the hero Francisco -Casolani is unna tural. One is a creature of the most selfish impulse, and of the most cruel and unrelenting egotism. The other is a dreamer and a visionary, aspiring after eminence, but never having sufficient perseverance to attain it. His mother, again, the Contessa, is among the most heartless worldlings that the fancy ever conceived, as her second spouse Sir T. P. Itopley is among the most ignorant, the most vulgar, and the most silly. Adrian Fullerton is no type of a class : he is as unlike the generality of his brethren as Father Rodin in the Juif Errant—and that is saying a vast deal. 'What we would especially deprecate in the book is its moral influence—an influence which is, doubtless unintentionally, bad From first to last the most conspicuous characters of the fiction are nothing better thin infamous apostates. In the opening chapters we find a young bride forsaking the creed of Protestantism and entering that of Roman Catholicism for no higher reasons that are apparent, than ambition, girlish affection, weak ness of intellect, or religious indifference. In the closing volume we find a preur-chevalier leaving the church of his youth and his manhood, and, without any loftier incitement than that of eccentricity or love, entering the pale of the Church of England. Surely no beneficial effects can flow from the description of such wilful and flagrant recalcitration ! Much, however, as Miss Jewry has failed in the particulars we have enume rated, she has undoubtedly displayed a capacity of thought, an elegance of diction, an adroitness of con struction, and a felicity of portraiture, which entitle us to anticipate great thi ngs f rom her subsequent writings. Without depreciating in any manner her fellow-labourers in the fields of romantic literature, we cannot but regard Miss Laura Jewry as promis ing to eclipse all the female novelists now living. In her graceful toils she carries with her the encourage ment of the public ; may she achieve for herself yet higher rewards ! CHARITABLE COOKER Y ; or the Poor Man's Regenerator. By A. Soyer, of the Reform Club. This little brochure, published at a low price for the benefit, as the author tell us, of the labourin g classes, contains no less than twenty-three re ce ipt s for making cheap, nutritious, and savoury articles of diet. Among others we have the receipts for the various soups now in course of distribution among the starving poor in Ireland, and several receipts for making a variety of articles of food from Indian corn and Indian corn meal. The following observations explain how it happens that M. Soyer's soup, although made from a less quantity of ingredients than many other sorts of soup, is actually more nutritious and more palatable. After giving a list of natural pro ductions used for food, M. Soyer says— " But the grand secret is, to obtain from the above all the nutriment which they possess, which is done by fol lowing my receipts, and reducing the animal and vege table substances to a glaze, and mixing it with the farinaceous, and thereby obtaining a palateable and agreeable food, and economising the productions of nature to an immense extent ; for, by the system at present adopted, more than fifty per eent. of the animal and vegetable productions are lost, and the nutriment from the farinaceous ingredients is rendered less, in consequence of being unpalateable. In my visits to the different charitable institutions of this city, I have been surprised at the want of knowledge manifested in making of soups. In some parishes I found 100 pounds of meat cut into pieces of a quarter of a pound each, put into 100 gallons of water, at twelve o'clock of one day, to be boiled until twelve o'clock the next day ; by such proceedings the ozmazone of the me a t i s l os t by evapo ration from the boiler, and only the gelatine and fibrine are left ; the former has been proved by a medical board, instituted at Paris for the purpose of inquiring into the subject, to contain no nutriment whatever, and the latter contains about the same as a piece of dry wood. What would be said of a cook who would put a quarter of a pound of meat, or even a piece weighing thirty pounds, to roast before a lame fire for twenty four hours? What nutriment would it contain at the end of that period? My principle is easily illustrated by putting twelve onions into a gallon of water, and boiling them for as many hours, no smell arises from it ; but ;cut the half of one, and fry it, and the perfume will be diffused over the whole house ; thus I extract the aroma of every ingredient which I employ, and any one carefully following the receipts will produce a palateable and nourishing food." This useful little manual concludes with a descrip tion of the model soup kitchen now in active operation in Ireland, and one of which we should wish to see established in every parish in the United Kingdom. FINE ARTS. MR. SCRYAIGEOUR'S GREAT PICTURE OF MACBETH. There is at present in the studio of Mr. Scrym geour, in Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, a picture of " Macbeth's Feast," which is of the highest order of art. The artist has taken as his point of time for illustration, the moment at which Lady Macbeth, rising from her throne, hurriedly dismisses the guests with the order— " Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once." The figure of Lady Macbeth is noble and com manding, and the light falls upon her, as stand ing up, she motions the guests away. At the left of the picture in the foreground, stands Macbeth, distraught by the vision of the murdered Banquo. The appearance of the vision is most artis tically managed. At the extreme left of the picture there appear looming, as it were, out of the deep shadow, and appearing gigantic from their very in distinctness, the forms of Banquo and the Weird Sisters. The expression and attitude of Macbeth is quite sublime, every fibre seems tense with mental agony. The grouping of the guests and of the attendants is admirable ; and in the gallery are the minstrels lighted by torches, and here Mr. Scrymgeour has introduced some,very fine effects of cross lights. The principal light of the picture is from a lamp in the centre of the gallery, before which hangs a banner hiding it from the view of the spectators, and the effect thus produced is quite Rembrandtesque. This picture considered as a work of art is of the highest order of historical painting. It is not a mere reflex of a scene acted on the stage; it is historical in the strictest sense of the term, and is destined to perpetuate the fa me of the artist. In the same studi o th ere i s a small picture ll • illustrating a passage in the life of Burns, which is a little gem. Our readers no doubt remember the circumstances under which Burns composed his soul inspiring lyric, " S cots wha h 'e., It was durin g a thunder-storm, w h en he was returning home on horseback at night, over the field of Bannockburn, ac companied by a friend—if we recollect aright, by Dr. Currie. The storm burst with intense fury, upon the wayfarers, but Burns was insensible to the flashing of the lightning, the pealing of the thunder, the howling of the tempest, and the pelting of the pitiless storm—he was char g i ng th e English on the plains of Bannockburn. His friend watched him in astonishment in this his moment of inspiration, and , at length the voice of Burns was heard giving utterance to the first verseof the not:lest patriotic lyric that ever proceeded from th e lip s o f mor t a l man. Th is is the scene which M r . S crymgeour h as undertaken toillus trate. Th e fi gure o f B urns i s the very b eau ideal of an inspired poet, and is, as to form and feature, an excellent portrait. The poet, of course, stands b o ldl y out i n t h e foreground, while the dark and dismal heath, and the various effects of light and s h a d e produced by the storm form acces sories that greatly enhances the pictorial effect. We are glad to find Mr. Scrymgeour once again in the field. We remember some promising pictures of hif in the exhibition some seven years ago, since whiclt time we have lost sight of him. He has, however, judging from these t wo p i ctures, been working hard in the interim. They more than fulfil the promise of his earlier productions. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. _ The dirretrrsof this truly scientific establi.bment are making preparations for the instruction and amusement of the 11,,liday mnititudes. There a re gas wicroscopes, eliromatropc, dissolving vice..s, and very many other things calculated to arouse and instruct the visitors, both young and old. The practical illustmtion of the diving hell, and the descents which take place at stated in tervals, have been for muiths past a special feature at this estat:lishment. The lectures here are, perhaps, the most attractive pertion, and the subject chosen by Dr. Bachhoffner is one highly beneficial to all classes ; it is on light ; and the agreeable manner in which the learned gentleman treats his subject demands our highest c unsnendation. The Professor pointed out to his audience the means of obtaining the greatest amount .+f light at the Last possible expense, and illustrated his discourse with numerous beautiful experiments. He also described the various modes used in domestic illumina tion, from the earliest periods to the present time, and 7roved the principle invented by Argand to be the only true one. The mechanical and scientific models are also objects of unfailing interest, and are explained in a most abl e manner by Mr. Crisp, the engineer of the.. establishment.--With such. - abundant resotntes Ats are contained within this excellent institution—wWsuch strenuous endeavours on the part of the managing com mittee to maintain. it in all its original usefulness and credit—its galleries will ever be the haunt of the intelli gent and inquiring classes of society. IRISH DISTRESS. DESTITUTION IN THE DISTRICT OF WARRENPOINT. The following are portions of a letter addressed to a gentleman in London by the lady of the Rev. Mr. Shepherd, of WarrenpDint, Newry, Ireland, dated 4th May instant : " As the wife of a clergyman residing in a parish where the greatest destitution prevails, I take the liberty of asking your sympathy and aid in behalf of our starving peasantry. There is only one resident gentleman in the district ; h e h as ma d e noble sacri fices, but cannot support thousands, and I am the only lady in the parish, as the other curate is not married. I shall not harrow your feelings by details of appalling cases, such as my husband daily witnesses in the discharge of his parochial visits. Had you seen the list of famishing creatures that beset our house from morn till night, you would feel for a young person placed in such a trying position. I have the inclination, but alas ! often not the means of relieving the destitute, and where there is a wide field for active exertions, in trying to provide clothing for the naked, nourishment for the sick, and suitable employment for the females. May I ask your assistance to carry out this labour,of love, and I shall feel truly grateful. My health has been so impaired by over-exertion, that I am now incapable of applying to persons who I am sure would render me assist ance. We have had two grants from the British Association, amounting in all to 771.; but what is that sum to keep thousands from starving. I know there are many —very many—people in London, ready and willing still to assist poor Ireland. Truly may I say England has made noble exertions and sacrifices for us." 14th May—" Four people died last week in our parish from actual want of nourishment. Fever is raging in the district. I assisted to support small families by my drawings on chip this spring, but I am no longer able to do much in this way, as my hands are swelled latterly from too much use of my pen and pencil." TA The whale-ship John C O ockerill E. ,HEIT Capt. Renouff, which arrived at Havre on the 19th, brings intelligence from Otaheite to the 7th February, at which date Queen Po mare had at length submitted to return from Raiateia, and resume the reins of government under French pro tection. It appears that the conditions offered by M. Bruat, stipulating that the powers of the Queen and the French Governor should be kept perfectly distinct—the former having authority solely over the natives, while the latter, under the title of Governor of the Whites, was to have full control over Europeans and all other strangers—had been repeatedly rejected by Pomare, who continued her resistance, hoping that the course of ._!vents, or the arrival of a new Governor, might enable her to make better terms. The military operations in December and January, which brought the entire island older French domination, had deprived the Queen of her native supporters, and she became more willing to listen to terms. After consolidating his occupation of the military posts taken from the insurgents, M. Bruat sent th e steamer Pha e t on t o It l i a t e i a , where Pom a re had been comfined, with a renewal of his propositions, and the result was that the Queen returned with Captain Pradier on the 3d February, and took up her abode at Morea. or Eyrueo, a small island lying a f.bv miles from Papeito, where she solicited an interview with the Go vernor, in order to regulate the formalities of her return to the seat of government. M. B ruat i mmediately waited upon her, a.id his first act was to release her from all surveillance, and remained in consultation till the de parture of the John Cockerill, and that vessel has pro bably brought home the official dispatches. PROTEST AGAINST THE THIRD READING OF THE IRISH POOR BILL DISSENTIENT. 1. Because every law giving to the destitute a claim to relief must of necessity have a tendency to induce amongst . the objects of its care improvident habits ; and this tendency is increased in more than an equal ratio as the range of objects to which it applies is enlarged, and the nature of the relief extended. 2. Because the Irish people seem, either from natural constitution or from adventitious circumstances, pecu liarly prone to such habits ; and to them their present distress may, in my opinion, be mainly traced. 3. Because the tendency of this Bill, therefore, is in its result rather to increase than to diminish the proba bility of the recurrence of that distress. 4. Because it appears that there is in Ireland a great want of the machinery necessary for the proper adminis tration of this law. 5. Because this Bill contemplates the necessity of giving out-door relief, and it has been proved by ex perience in England, that it is very difficult to resist the pressure which is at times brought to bear against the checks imposed by law for securing the wholesome ad ministration of such relief, and because the experience of the working of the 9th and 10th Vic., c. 107, in Ire land proves it to be probable that the difficulty there will be still greater ; and if those checks are once broken through, the total absorption of the property of the country, and the entire demoralisation of the peop l e, w ill be the necessary consequence. 6. Because this Bill, intended to effect a complete and lasting change in the habits and manners of the people of I Ireland, avowedly an experiment, Admitted by all to be a difficult, and characterised by some of its supporters as a doubtful and hazardous one, has been brought in and passed under the excitement of a grievous, accidental, and temporary calamity, which precludes its receiving that calm and dispassionate consideration which so important a measure demands. 7. Because it is notorious that the desire generally manifested for a Bill of this nature has had its origin in the inconvenience resulting from this accidental and temporary calamity, the consequent influx into England of destitute Irish families, and is suggested not so much by the hope that it will benefit the people of Ireland. as in the expectation, which I believe will turn out quite fallacious, that it will prevent the recurrence of similar inconvenience. 8. Because, therefore, I consider this Bill in itself ob jectionable ; not calculated to ameliorate the co ndition of the people of Ireland, incapable of being ti administered, likely todl;:encdeesotfruthcetirpeeotorpinroxperseraltaynsalcitndany gerous to the indepen without due of u e e b a y nd th tro consideration, and though duced and passed at an calledunfittimfeer, R NOR. England, called for on erroneous grounds. MONTEAGLE of Brandon. For fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth reasons FITZ WILLIAM!. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS IN SCOTLAND. the Copious rains have fallen lat e l y, and greatly refreshed fields and pastures, We now desiderate warmth to bring on vegetation. The weather is unseasonably cold ; on the high grounds there have been showers of snow, and in the most sheltered situations appearances are fully a fortnight more backward than usual. The pastures were better on the Ist of May last year, than they were this season on the 15th of the same month. In the gardens and orchards there is an abundant pro mise of fruit, which, we trust, will not be checked by untimely frost. Prom Strathspey a correspondent writes, i o e n as t a h n e t!a 4 n t d is instant:—" The weath er h ere i s warm a planting th and everything looks remarkably well. The isi P u b:7irds are. thriving vigorously, a n d potatofinished. this crop is ab out T th h o e s e a x m t e en a t s o u f su g a r l o , u a n i d th p o l u a g n h ted th w e i a generative appe arance ble. I n general, the hopes entertained of the seed is in most ca of theses unfvoura ultimate succ ess of this mach talked of crop are far from sanguin e . Th e lamb toen end, and the sh ep h erds seem, foric g the seas onmost hasp m a c r o t,s e atisfled with the condition of their flocks. Doublets are more num erous than usual ; but the present fine weather, and th e consequent improve. ment in pasture, will enable th e d ams to supply su ffi cient nouns • hment to their young progeny. --Inverness Courier. Instead of raising the price of bread, the bakers or Devizes have entered into an agreement to make it ofss coarser quality, and continue to sell it, as long as they possibly can, at Is. 9d. per gallon—ld. less than Om price of last week. CIRCULAR NOTES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT. THE - LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK issues CIRCULAR NOTES for the use of Travellers and Residents on the Continent. These Notes are payable at every important place in Europe, and thus enable a traveller to vary his route without inconvenience ; no expense whatever Is incurred, and when cashed no charge is male for commission. These Notes may to obtained either at the Head Office of the Lon don and Westminster Bank, in Lothbury ; or at the Branches of the Bank, viz.: -1, St. Jamos's•square ; 213, High Holborn ; 4, Strat ford-place, Oxford-street ; 3, Wellington-street, Borough ; and 87, High•atreet, Whitechapel. By order of the Board, JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, General Manager. NOW EXHIBITING, AT THE FGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY, the most EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION of ABORI GI,ES EVER SEEN in EUROPE, landed in Liverpool by the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler. TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN, and a BABY, of the BOSIESMAN er BUSH TitlßE, from the interior of South Africa, a race that, from their wild habits, could never before be induced to visit a place of civilization. This opportunity of gratifying the man of science and the student in zoology has only been obtained by great personal exertion on the part of the gentlemen who have brought them to England, at an immense outlay of capital. On the passage to Europe a baby was born at sea, thus adding to the great interest that must be excited by their appearance. From the Liverpool Journal : —" Bosjesmans, or Bush People, from Southern Africa—lnteresting specimens of a most extraordinary race of human beings have been landed in our port; the , are the Bosjes mans, or Bush People from the Interior of South Africa, of which so mach has been written by the missionaries, and the few who have travelled to that far distant region. They are natives of the coantry herder ng the Great Orange River, 1,200 or 1,400 miles from Cape Town. They exhibit almost as striking an absence of the intellectual or higher faculties as is observable in the skull of that mockery of humanity, the Baboon, while the preponderance of the animal is al most equally as great. In every respect they are calculated to excite the greatest astonishment, and to confirm to the full those " Tales of Travellers" which we have certainly been inclined to look upon with suspicion. We could scarcely have credited that such a race could be in existence on the earth. That they are genuine no one can doubt ; in proof of which we give the following extract from a Cape Town Paper of the 24th December, which we have just re • ceived :—" We understand the brig Fanny, Captain Wheeler, which recently left Table ray for Liverpool, had on board an unusual kind of exportation, viz., two males and two females of the genuine Bush man species; they are in charge of a Mr. J. G. It. Bishop, who has been at considerable trouble and expense in procuring them from the interior. They are authentic specimens of this diminutive and ra pidly decreasing tribe of Aborigines, found only in Southern Africa. For particulars of the habits and disposition of the Boijesmans, see Professor Leichteustein's, Barchell's, Campbell's, Backhouses, Methune's, and Moffatt's Travels in South Africa. Admission One Shilling, and ReserYed Seats Two Shillings and Sixpence. ASCOT RACES.-GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Notice is hereby given, that on TUESDAY, the let of June, and on THURSDAY, the 3d of June, SPECIAL, TRAINS will run between Paddington and Slough, for the conve nience of parties attending Ascot Races. Additional booking offices will he opened at Paddington, and in order to prevent as far as pos sible, the inconvenience exrerienced in endeavouring to procure tickets during the crowded state of the booking offices, the Directors have determined to issue First and Second Class Tickets at the Pad dington Station for any or all of the race days upon any previous evening, the holders of which, upon showing them, will be admitted to the platform through the iron carriage gates, without having to pass through the booking offices. Tickets so taken will not require to be stamped on the return journey, but I) erely show* on entering the trains. Those tickets can also be obtained on application at the Railway Offices, No. 449, West Strand ; 29, Gresham-street, Bank ; and at Messrs. Tattersal's, Grosvenor-place, Hyde Park Corner, on MoNoAv and the subsequent days. Persons wishing to send carriages or horses to Slough or Maiden head for Ascot Races, must make early application at the railway stations to secure a truck or horse-box for that purpose. Handbills giving full particulars of the Trains, &e., ►ill be issued, and may be obtained at the Railway Offices on and after VrEnNas- Day, the 15th of May. _ _ _ By order of the Directors, CHARLES SAUNDERS, Secretary, Paddington, 3fay 17, 1847. ASCOT RACES. —.Mr. DYSON, o f Wi n d sor, Contractor for the Ornibuses to and from the Slough Station of the Great Western Railway, begs to inform the public that he has arranged for the plentiful supply of well appointed OMNI BUSES, to coach from the Slough station to ASCOT and back en the four race days. These Omnitases will be conveniently placed in the station yard, with the sanction of the Railway Company, ready to start for the course on the arrival of the several trains. They will be conspicuously marked with Mr. Dyson's name, and numbered so that gentlemen may easily recognize. in the afternoon, the vehicles that conveyed them in the morning. All the Omnibuses will leave the course a quarter of an hour after the last Race on each day. _ _ The fare will be 108. for the journey from Slough to Ascot and back. ASCOT RACES. - CHARLES DOTESIO, ROYAL HOTEL, SLOUGH, begs to inform his friends and the public that he still has disengaged some of his best Apartments, and, to prevent disappointment, respectfully begs to be favoured with their earliest commands for Post Horses aid Carriages, and also for Stalls at his Stables. N.B.—A GRAND TABLE D'IIOTE, as on former years on the Cup Day, at Seven P.M. y 'y 1