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Tickets, 3s. each; reserved seats. 55., may be had of the grin cipal music -sellers; of Mr. Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross; an( of Mr. Ries, 102, Strand, opposite Exeter Hall. T. BREWER, Hon. Sec. LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 2, Itl-10. No. 14.81:3. PRICE sd. MANCHESTER and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY GENE RAL MEETING of Proprietors of this Company will beheld at the York Hotel, in Manchester, on THURSDAY, the sth day of .‘larch next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, precisely, THOM AS ASHTON, Chairman of the Board of Directors. Manchester. Feb 13, Is4o. NCHESTER nnd BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the BOOKS kept in the Office of the law Clerk for vntering Memorials oF Transfers of Share s in this Compinv, will t e CLOSED from the 21st inst. to the sth day of March next, both data inclusive. THMIAS ASHTON; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Manchester, Feb. 13, IS4O. ONDON and WESTVINSTER BANK. 4 t- 4 Nati , . is hereby given, that the ANNUAL GE NERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will he held at the Bank, in Lothburv. on Wr,uNrsn.% v, the 4th (lay of March next, at One o'Cloei irceciselti•, to declareDivi pt.( ctse a tlei,d, and for other purposes. At this Meeting three Direc th", viz, Henry Harvey, Esq , Matthew Bolton Rennie, Esq., and Charles Gibbes, Esq.. retire by rotation, but being eligible for re-election offer themselves accordingly. By order of the Board, JAMES W. GILBART. Lothburv, Jan, 16. the bo o k s will be closed to prepare for the Dividend from the 17th of February to the 10th or March. RMIGRA TION TO C , NTRAL AMERICA. p ASTERN COAST of CENTU AL AME RICA COMMERCIAL and AGRICULTURAL CO.NIPANY. heCapital 200,00 - / , in Debentures of 20/. each. half -y first aerie s b ear i ng I nterest at F our p er C en t. payable earlY. P• R. Abbott. F Dltts.c.Torts. Camt. t i p William Hood. Esq. ch` n • D Bingham R.N. Adam Murray, Eaq. o n B "tint. Esq. David P o ll oc k, Esq., Q. C. Dason, Esq. John ,Spurgin, Esq., M.D. With power to add to their number. S ECR.9_TIRY—PhiIip D. Souper. Esq. CASHIER. AND ACCOUNTANT—L. S. Coxe, Esq. S urEItINTENDENT—Yonne Anderson, 1 ' 1, 9. B AN'KErts—.Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. This Company has obtained a grant from the Government of the Federal States of Central America of 15,000,000 acres of Vir g i n A , Lands i n th a t country; which lies between the 15th and 'lerrrecs of North latitude and 88 and 92 degrees West 40gitUde. 110 ! Grant includes the magnificent sea-port of Santo Tomas and several navigable rivers;, the must important of Which aro the Polochic, the Matagua, and the Usumasinta, of whiCh the Company has the exclusive right of steam navigation. The first settlement is called Abbottsville, and is situated about 100 miles up the river Polochic. The climate is good and genial, and the country presents an alternation of mountain and plain, affording a choice of temperature. It abounds in minerals, many of which are of the mo s t pre cious description ; and, by th e law of the Federal States, any one denounein.: a mine becomes the proprietor thereof. The soil is rich to a degree unknown in Europe, and pro duces. amongst other things, mahogany, dyewood, Santa Maria Wont'. and many ethers of great value ; indigo, cochi neal, sarsaparilla, tobacco, cocoa, coffee, cotton, sugar, rice, vanilla, Indian corn, balsams, gums, and drugs ; likewise Wheat, barley, pulse, and all culinary vegetables. Horned cattle, horses, mules, sheep, poultry, game, and fish are abund ant and cheap ; and fruits in great variety and plenty. The terms of the Grant secure to the settlers the right of Prei'ning themselves by the election, from among their own number, of Municipal Bodies. Trial by Jury and religious to leration are likewise secured to them. They are authorized to embody themselves as a militia for self-defence, and to have a Police under the orders of their own Magistrates for do‘nestic protection. They are not subject to any taxes or contributions, except such as shall be established by themselves There are no Game or Tithe Laws, nor any burdensome enactments whatever. They have, in fact, a country to them selves, to be regulated by their own Municipal Institutions. Tbe voyage occupies from six to eight weeks. At the mouth the River they will be met by the Company's steamer, and conveyed to the settlements, where they will receive every attention from the Company's Superintendent. Mr. Young Anderson, who will give them proper advice as to the choice of location and the first steps to be taken, ant will assist them in procuring labourers, The ship St. Lawrence, Huggup master, has just been des- Patched with a party consisting of the Company's Superinten dent (on his return to the settlements, after a visit to this country), the Rev. Mr. Krause and family, a Surveyor, a few Purchasers of lands, and a party of English and German me chanics, with their fam lies. A Man and his Wife will be conveyed by the Company to the Settlement provisioned on board, and put in possession of 40 a cres of freehold land (with an indisputable title), for the mo derate sum of 0 0/. ; or persons in a more elevated sphere can Purchase of the Company any quantity of land at ss. per acre, and may have a cabin passage for 251. T o purchasers of land, land orders will be issued, which will entitle the holders, on the rre - se tation of them by themselves, Or their agents. to the Company's Superintendent, to choice of location, according to their numerical order ; and, having fixed upon a site, the Company's Surveyor vrillforth.,yith run the lines, free of clpir7e to the settler. These land orders will be transferrable at the pleasure of the holders; and a Registry will be kept at the Company's Office London, and in the Settlement, as well of original laud-orders s of transfers thereof. lie expens e o f reac hi ng t h e part o f em b arcat i on must be borne by the emigrants. p 2r iletl account s o f the country, a ropy ef the Grart, Maps, And other particulars, can he had upon application to the Secretary, at No. Go, Moorgate-street, Bank, Lon.lon ; or to the following agents in the country, viz : Liverpool Mr. A. Baird, 13, Bath-street. St. Agnes, Co'rnwall...Mr. Joseph Vivian. Cardiff ...... . ...... Mr. Robert Thomas. Carmarthen Mr. William Evans, Carmarthen Jour nal Office. Carmarthenshire \lr. William Pugh, Duffryn Llandibie, near Llandillo. Swansea Mr. John Williams, Cambrian News- -, ..... paper Office Aberdeen Mr. Alexander Fraser. Dunbar llr. Peter H. Hume, I,lanfleld, Dunbar- Dublin Messrs. John and Adam Murray, 27, Dame-street. Cork Mr. John M'Donnell, City Mart, Pa trick-street. Limerick Messrs. J Harvey and Co. Stockport, Cheshire Mr. John Smith, High-street. The next, Ship will be dispatched in September. ,____ SIGHT AND HEARING. HE INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, effected by the Messrs. S. and 13. ~,'"4.OMONS, OPTICIANS and AURISTS to the ROYAL FA. thousands 39, ALBEMARLE.S MEET, PICCADILLY, by which ictisands of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, is the size of a Seven„hilling piece, and when fixed into the cavity of the ear is soft 4 ,0 d 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 t he use of newly.invented SPECTACLE LENSES: immediately " l eY are placed!) efore weak and imperfect eyesight, either by day ,candle light, every object becemes clear and distinct, and the most ? b n 'ottle particle is seen with great distinctness, by the use of which both the siht and hearing become much improved. The Messrs . S. and B. SOLOMONS disclaim all connection with per. Mass ni of the sam e name; and the Sale of Amber Spectacles: the per. cious use of Amber Spectacles bein 7 now well known t o th e pu bli c , and the Vendo, tring away of it, he has there'ore altered their I : a me, by leaving out the 4vord " Amber." and calling them " l'a ent Spectacles those which he terms "Pat nt Sp7 . ctaele, 9. are no other than those of Amber, the history and destructive use of that Material for Spectacles to imperfect vision is fully and most satisfac. torllY explained by the undermentioned scientific anthori s:— Ptcra the " Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" of Andrew Ure, M.D., ~ &c. " Amber i s an induratedF v ß. ege S tah &c. le juice, and not produced by the 5 W of crystallization, but by tile same causes which influence the ! n echanical condition of gum. Insecs are often found embedded in Amber is most powerfully electrical by friction—very hot, to itch an extent as to explode into fragments ; the workmen too, are labject to nervous tremours in their wrists, arms, &c. ; they en. minter great d anger b y h an dli ng such dreadful excited electric,; Arnher grows with lime, and is apt to take fire, and is of such a ,oft nature when exposed to warmth that it swells, bubbles up, and ‘ ,l ll hum away with flame." The above Dr. Dye's statements are further confirmed by Sir REWSTES and Pliny, as also by Parks and Hen, en Chemistry. he destructive eflects of such a material for Spect. cies, to imperfeet -iqiou, may be ascertai n ed a t any respectable ,' ptician ' s in London. uhe Messrs Solomons' newly-invented 'pectacle Lenses are not .tructod of such a material hut which are very superior, and 'ing bark at once dimness of sight and imperfect vision to it, - t , vitial and iiatural state ; these Spectacles, and verr small Voice , 00sincliers for De,f persons. are only to hi? had at their l'stablish men t 39, Al hem arle.str eet From Dr. F. H. RA MsBOTHAINI. " I have examined the Messrs. S. and B. Solotnn• 's Newly-invented cpectaelo. Lenses, , mad I v ry iourh a peeve of them. (Signed) .• F. t. ft A mseOTlt A MD , N ely Rrnacrst.- ot,. INFLUENZA AND I•EVER. TR. NORRIS'S DROPS are a certain .) remedy for Fevers, C01d ,, , Influenza, and all Diseases that arise from obstructed perspirlkn. The Medicine here recern. mended to the Practitioner and the Public is cemnosed of articles known to be the most anti-putrescent, combine I with thee, ingredient kno•vn to the'profession, as the only certain :mildew for Fevers cf every description. When the disease is produced either from cold obstruction, bad air, swampy and damp situati ns, or putrid miasma, whether mai ig• alt or epidemic, or by other causes, his medicine is certain in its opelation and effects, it produces the mot gentle and salutary perspirati. n, and by a specific quality, Secular to itself, not only expels the digense but restores and invi gora t es t h e system These celebrate. ! Drops nave hod tie unbirssed testimonies t. their invariable effects, of lumbers of tha nobility, gentry, and medical men of this Kingdom, and the extensive demand for them from the West Indie , , and America, prove that in those countaies they are hold in equal estimation. The Geneine wi!l rave engraved on the Government Stamp, " Thomas Norris Moore " Sold Wholesale and Retail, in bottles at 9d. I ; and family bottles at •2•21. each, by Edwards, No. 87. St. Paul's Church-yard, London also by Sanger, 150, Chandler, 70, Oxford -street White, 24, ('ornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange; and by most dealers in Medicines. - - FR AMPTON' S ----- PILL OF HEALTH. Price Is. l lid, per box. This excellent family PILL Is a Medicine of long tried efficacy for so -meti ng all Disorders •f the Stomach and Bowels, the common tYrisptonss efwhich are Costiveness, Flatulency, Spasms, Loss of A ppe tits, Sick Headache, Giddiness, Sense of Fullness after Meals, Die tinsels of the Eyes, Drewsiness,and Pains in the Stom ac h and Bowels. i ndigestion, producing a Torpid State of the Liver, and a consequent Inactivity ef the Bowels, causing a disorganisation of every function of the frame, will, in this most excent preparation, by a little perse verance, be eftbctually removed. ell Tire or three doses will convince !he afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain IN strength ; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will rap , dly take place ; and instead of listlessness, hut, pail', and jaun diced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health, will be the Snick resslt of taltingthis Medicine, according to the directions accom. Peering each box. These Pills are particularly eflicecious.for Stomach Coughs. Col Agues, Sh qtness of Breath, and all Obstructions of the Urina,y ‘eages ; and if taken after toe free an indulgence at tattle, tney quickly reetnre the system te its natural state of repose. Persons of a FULL HABIT, who are subject to Headache, Giddi ness, 'Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a 1107 ' ef Blood to the Head, should never be without them, a; many dangerous symptoms will Iseentirely carried off by their immediate use. FOR FEMALES, theee Pills are most truly excellent, removing a ll obstruction : : the distressing Headache se very prevalent with the sex ; Depression of Spirits, Dullness of Sight, Nervous Afflictions, Blotches, Piinples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy and juvenile bloom is the complexion. 'Fo MO'I'HERS they are confidently recommended as the best me dicine that can be taken during pregnancy; and for Children of all ages they are uttequalled. ... n As a ple asant , l eafe, easy Aperient, they unite the recomwenda. tl of a isili4 operation with the meet successor] ffbct an d re q uire is restraint o f di et sr mien e . tement during their use By regu la ting the dose ace Ming to the age aril strength of the patient, they be newie suitable for every ease, in t i ther .sex, that ova Ise required ; and for F.LDERLY PEOPLE ywill be found to be the most eemeertable Medicine hitherto pr red tzsySold by T. Preut, MO, St rand,etede n, P een ric e e ra ' - y , t . lee d x ; cod by the venders of Mediein a i 111 Ind. and the l A r sk e 7l;:r FR A MPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the Name and Address of " homes Prout, 220 Strand, Lenden," on the (-sr es- s - mt. hltainp. NIETROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN-LAW ASSOCIATION. . . The COMlllTTEEOithl;Associati , n have engaged the HALL OF SCIENCE, City-road, for MONDAY evening the 2d of Marco, for the following MONDAY, the 9th of March, and for other evenings. of which due notice will be given, for the d e li ver y o f LECTURES upon the CORN LAWS, by Messrs. PAULTON and SIDNEY SMITH, to commence at Eight o'Clock precisely. Arrangements are making for holding Free Discussions upon this question, of which due notice also will be given. TO THE LIBERAL PROVINCIAL PRESS. GENTLEMAN of Liberal Poli;ical Views, PA_ officially engaged at the West End, having leisure to prepare Weekly Summaries of Original Intelligence, and pos sessing ability to Write on Political, Mercantile; and General Topics, is desirous to obtain the Appointment of Corresponding Agent, and to supply the La:est Information to Local Journals. Apply to X V Z, under cover, to \lr. Knox, Bookseller, 25, Villiers-street, Strand, London. riIHE WHITE HORSE INN. FRIDAY STREET, CHEAPSIDE, with the WHITE HORSE PUBLIC-HOUSE or TAP adjoining, held under a Separate Licence, TO BE LET upon very advantageous terms. The Inn has been recently much improved, and contains about Twenty-five P.cdchambers, with adequate Sitting and Domestic Cffices ; and the Tap may be let off to great advantage. mediate possession may be had. Particulars of ',lir. Gardiner, Auctioneer, No. 17, Hatton garden. ,!1L RITISH COLONIAL BANK AND LOAN COIIIPANY. Office, 13, St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street. Capital 1,000,000/., iu 25,. 00 Shares of 401. each. Deposit N. per Share. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Sir It. Wilmot Horton, Bart., Chairman. The Hight lion. Thomas P. Courtcnay, Deputy Chairman. Sir William de Bathe, Bart. Geo..4lfredMuskett,Esq.,M.P. Ito.iert John Runyon, Esq. ..kir Freis Slunichaosla, Bart., Sir' llerbCr• {l-on • Wiliiatlr Sloane, asiq. Andrew Tucker Follett, Esq. James Stewart, Esq., M.P. Colonel Sir William Gossett John Shewell, Esq. M. A. Goldsmid, Esq. Thomas Teed, Eiq. Sir J. Dc Courcey Laffan, Bt. Commer:dal Bank of London, 3, Moorgate- street, Bank. Souctrons—Messrs. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett. SECRETARY—WiIIiam Wright, Esq. The objects of this Company are to make Loans upon good securities, and eventually to undertake Banking and Agency Business in the Australasian Colonies ; and the Directors, from various sources of intelligence, are confirmed in their opinion that these transactions may be conducted with all the safety and advantage they originally contemplated. The Deed of Settlement is now ready for signature, at the office of the Company. Considerable subscriptions have been already received, and a large number of Shares are reserved for the Colonies; but the Directors will be ready to receive applications for the remain ing unappropriated Shares reserved for this country. Prospectuses and all other necessary information may be ob tained of the Secretary, at the office of the Company. Deposits of 2/. per Share, to accompany each application, may be paid in London to the Commercial Bank of London, 3, Moorgate-street, Bank ; and to the principal Joint-stock Banks and their branches throughout the country. FORM OF APPLICATION. Date, To the Director ;of the British Colonial Bank, and Loan Corn. pany, No. 13, St. Swithin's-lane, London. Gentlemen—l request you will assign to me Shares in the British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ; having, in terms of the Prospectus, paid into the the sum of Pounds, or 21. per Share, to be applied in part payment of the first Deposit, in the event of this appli cation being complied with either in whole or in part, such Shares to be holden as stated in the Prospectus, upon the rules and regulations of the Deed of Settlement, I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AS -11 SURANCE AND DEFERRED ANNUITY SO CIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. EASTERN BRANCH.-5, Castle-street, St. Mary Axe. Capital, 500,0001. Emporrerad by Act of Parliament. nIRECTORS. T. LAAIIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Cot. Sir Burges Camae, K. C. S. ( Robert Hollond. Esq., M.P. John Elliotson, M.D., F. R. S George Lungley, Esq. 11. Gordon, Esq. I John Rawson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Dr. Olinthus Gregory, F. R. A. S. Professor Wheatstone, F.R. S. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. - - - By the new principles of Life Assurance and Deferred An nuities, founded by this Society, the moral obligation of all classes of making a provision for a family or for old age is largely enhanced, by the immediate advantages secured to the Assured themselves. The details 4 the p"inci les of the Society, its improvement in the system of Assurance, its economical arrangements in favour of the Assured, its extensive Tables, &c., will be found in its Prospectus, which may be :obtained at the Offices of the Society, 2.6, Coruhill, London, or at any of its Branches ihroughout the Country. F. FERGUSON CAINIROUX, Secretary. UNIVERSAL LIFE 'ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 1, King William-street, London, con firmed by Act of Parlian ent, for the Assurance of Lives at Home and Abroad, including Gentlemen engaged in the 111ili• tary and Naval Services. DIRECTORS. Sir HENRY WILLOCK, K.L. S., Chairman. JOHN STEWART, Esq., 'M. P., Deputy Chairman. Colonel Sir R. Armstrong,C. B. William Kilnurn. Esq. John Bagshaw, Esq. Charles Otway Mayne, Esq. Augustus Bosanquet, Esq. John Rogers, Jun., Esq. Charles Dashwood Bruce, Esq. Robert Saunders, Esq. Ellis \%atkin Cunliffe, Esq. Ja mes D uncan Th omson , E s . Raikes Cu rr i e , Esq., M.P. Capt. Samuel Thornton, R.N. Rates of Premium as moderate as are consistent with perfect security, an annual division of three-fourths of the Society's profits amongstthe assured, and a prompt adjustment of all claims are among the advantages 01 this Society. The attention of Gentlemen connected with India is particu larly requested to the regulations of this Society; as, on com parison with other offices, its rates will be found very ad vantageous, having been accurately calculated from extensive data and tables, showing the true risk of life during residence in India, and after retirement from any foreign service, exclu sively in the possession of this Society. Policies taken out in England may be continued in India, or those taken out in India may be continued in England, on definite and equitable terms ; while premiums and claims may be paid in either country, at the entire option of the parties in terested. Terms and full particulars may be obtained at the office, as above ; or of the Agents in India—Messrs. Bagshaw and Co., Calcutta; Messrs. Hall, 13ainiridge, and Co., Madras Messrs. Leckie and Co., Bombay. By order of the Board, DAVID JONES, Actuary. The Universal was established in the year 1634, sines which period it has commanded such extensive support that already vbout 1,600 policies have been issued, and the annual premiums on those at present in existence amount to 50,000/. CLOAKS, PALLETOTS, WIT CHOURAS, VELVET SHAWLS, and MANTLES. —One of the richeSt and most elegant variety of these luxurious envelopes is now displayed at MERRINGTON'S, 154, NEW BOND-S MEET. • Carriage Travelling Cloaks of Silk Velvet, lined throughout and trimmed with Fur, Three Guineas and a Half each. Black and Fancy Silk Cloaks, for the Opera, Promenade, and general Evening wear, 455. each. Silks, Satins, and Silk Velvets, several thousand pieces of the richest Foreign and Spitalfields Silks, at one-third less than the usual price. Some few pieces that are a little out of good con dition from the dust caused by the alteration will be sold at less than half peke. G. MERINGTON, 154, NEW BOND-STREET. WOUSSELINE DE LAINES, CH ALIS, I I CACHMIRE , BROCHIS, BAYADERES, SYL PHIDES. Upwards of 2.000 of the above Fashionable. Dresses, of the richest qvtality, and most select and approved patterns of the Parisian and British mode. are now offering at less than half the cost to the manufacturer. The whole of the Stock is now offering at a great reduction of price. in consequence of exten sive and nece,sai y alterations. Shop front for Sale. Mering tons, 154, New Bond-street. Collars, Canzons, Halm Shirts.—Upwards of 6000 Muslin Collars at less than half the Manufacturer's Cost, Blondes, Mechlin, Valenciennes, and Lisle Lace. 80 boxes of rich Paris Bonnet and Cap Ribbons. Silk, Cotton, and Thread Hosiery, Gloves and Haberdashery. The whole to be sold off at a mat reduction of price in con sequence of the alterations. G. MERINGTON, 154, NEW BOND-STREET. ir AMP OIL, for the New Patent Lamp, 3s. A_Al per gallon ; refined pale seal, 44. ; patent liquid cocoa nut, ss. ; vegetable, ss. 6d.; Broad's peent lamp oil, nearly equal to sperm, 6s. ; second sperm, Bs. ; genuine sperm, highly rectified, to burn entirely free from smell or smoke; 10i. ; best store candles, 6d. ; finest moulds, 7id. ; patent cocoa nut, 10d. ;‘ Palmer', metallic, lOcl. ; palm wax, Is. 2d. ; patent diamond wax, is. 6d. ; genuine sperm, Is. 93. ; 'genuine wax, 2s. 2d. BROAD'S, 12, Tavistock-stroet, Covent-garden. SARSAARSA P A RILLA.--COLLINS'S PATE PARILLA.-COLLINS'S de SARSAPARILLE, or Sarsaparilla Paste, is the most convenient preparation of this medicine yet offered to the public. It is in the form of a pate, of an agreeable flavour ; and a small box, which can be carried in the pocket without encumbrance, contains all the active properties of one pint and a half of the compound decoction. Prep -red only in boxes at 2s. 6d. each, by J. Collins, chemist, &c., 54, Piccadilly. Semper nocuit differre paratis."—L C A N. T HERE is perhaps no situation in life so full •f embarrassment as when the over-sensitive feel them selves compelled to reveal their moral indiscretions, or their physical anperleet lon., to others. Day after day does the horn] of expos ire accumulate in the morbid imag, nation, while Increasing disease aug. ments the suftbring of the body and the irritability of .he mind. Sen sible of the anguish thus protracted, we haveadopt' s system which long practical experience has proved to be highly sin cessful, and which preclude, the als , olute necessity of personal communication with these who recoil from such mode of consultation. A full and minute description of the case, written in plain language, will enable us to treat the patient with delicate secrecy ; and such has been the pecu. liar nature of our practice, embracing every variety of difficult cir cumstances that the most timid may Teel encouragement in the oppor. tunitythlis allbrded them. Twenty-five years of practice, exclusively devoted to diseases tram indiscretion, gaiety, or climate, whereby the constitution may have become enfeebled, enable us to promise a restoration to Health, without any interference with th e or di nary diet and habits. Messrs. GOSSand Co. are to be consult e d , as usual, very day , at their residence; and Pa tients in the remotest parts of the coun. try can be treated successfully on their describing minutely the case, a nd enclosing a remittance for (,deice and Medicin e . No difficult y can occur, a s the Medicines will be securely packed, and carefully protectedfrom ) GOSS sad CO., M.R.C. Surgeons, No. 7, Laneester-place, Strand, London. wenty.third Edition)-Ist. The lEGIS of L cntary on the above Diseases. -2d. The sy. ip 1 4 ° F; E, L*iasctuas,mt a Popular female LuesVe sex May be had nerea See.—.ldil .Y. (5 El A A "Adresse.' the f • 4 , 4lers Pritv 5 s ea c h Tendon • 7.lofir, a • • • . Just published, price Is. Gd. t SERMON preached in the Parish Church of Sanderstead, Surrey, in aid of the Incorporated So iiety for Promoting the Enlargement and Building of Churches, on Sunday, Dec. 22, 1839. ,• ltv the gm JOHN COURTNEY, A.II, London : ; - Croydon : ,L .M. Langford. • HE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE for MARCH contains, among others, the following Arti cles :—Lord Brougham's Historical Sketches—Herne's Oak, \\incisor Little Park (with a Plate)—The Arrangements of the State Paper Office—J. IL on Hallam's Literary History, and Mr. Hallam's Reply—Mr. T. llcdd on the Early Editions of Shakspeare—Sir F. Madden and Mr. Burgon on the Ortho graphy of Shakspeare's name—lllustrations of Shakspeare, by A. J. K., &c. &c. With a Review of :lie f • Publications, Li terary and Antiquarian Intelligence—Obituary, &c. &c. &c Price 2s. 6d. -lane. UNEXPECTED CLOSING OF DRURY-LANE THEATRE. SATURDAY NIGHT, FEB: 29, TEN O'CLOCK.—This morning it was announced to the ccmpany that a docket of bankruptcy had been filed against the lessee, Mr. W. J. Hammond, by Mr. Kemp, a merchant of the City. They met, at the request of Mr. Copeland, the acting manager, in the saloon of the theatre, at three o'clock, to hear an explanation of t h e f acts. T hat gentleman ( M r. C.)in formed them that he came there for the express purpose of answering any question that might be put to him by the members of the establishment. On being asked what had been done with the money received on the Queen's marriage, the Queen's visit, &c., in all, as we understood, 1,400/. or more, the last six nights, Mr. C. informed them that it had beer, impounded by the Sheriff, there fore no salaries could he paid. Mr. W. J. Hammond ceased to be lessee. The Sub-Committee of Proprietors met at four o'clock to take into consideration the best means of re-opening the theatre on Monday next. At five o'clock the company again met, and deputed Mr. F. Vining, M. Wilmott, Mr. G. Bennett, Mr. William Bennett, and Mr. Alexander Lee, to wait on the Sub- Committee, Lord Gleneall, Abinger, Esq., W. Du tan% Esq., a n d Si r Willi am C urt i s, to b ear t h e i r de cision. At half -past five they returned with a proposal from the Sub. Committee, offering the company the use of he theatre on v er y reasona bl e terms, an d a h an d some promiso of th e i r f uture support an d cor di a l assistance. I he .acting Committ ee wa i te d on Mr,•Macready, who . promised in the most liberal manner to play on Monday gratuitously. Since then Mr. Wilmott received a letter from that gentleman offering his valuable services for four nights next week. This was read to the company at nine in the evening in the green-room. A letter of thanks was instantly sent to that gentleman; and the following per formers were elected to make a Committee of Manage ment :—Mr. F. Vining, Mr. G. Bentsen, Mr. William Bennett, Mr. Alexander Lee, and Elton (Mr. Wil- Mott elected pr.) tern. •to act for him). A vote of thanks was then passed to Mr. Wilmott for his exertions. Oa Monday Macbeth and the Mountain Sylph. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sic—l feel that I owe to the public the fullest explg ration of the cause that has led to the abrupt termination of the Drury-lane season. That explanation permit me, through the medium of your columns, with all possible brevity, to give. I entered as lessee of Drury-lane, in partnership with Mr. Frederick Fisher, late Town Clerk of Doncaster. Animated by the fullest confidence in the honour and means of that gentleman (for I had known him for eight years) I embarked the vt bole of my property in the speculation ; warmly incited to the act by Mr. Fisher, I consented to venture on an enterprise to which my own resources were ridiculously inadequate, and which it would have been madness, or the grossest dishonesty in me, un supported, to have undertaken. From the time of my signing the agreement until the fourth week of the season—a period of eighteen weeks-- I conducted the theatre conjointly with Mr. Fisher as partner. He was to have prepared a deed of partner ship (his name, at his own request, was not in the lease), but the document was never forthcoming. The receipts were far below the expenditure, and up to the end of the fourth week Mr. Fisher had in all advanced the sum of 1,2801. At the end of the fourth week I re ceived, in answer to my request for further supplies, a letter from Mr. Fisher, stating that 2001. more was at my service conditionally, on my signing certain documents ; but in his own words, he thought he had advanced sufficient " fur a disinterested person " Mr. Fisher had, doubtless, taken fright at the weekly loss, and therefore referred me to his attorney, on whom I instantly attended. I found many skins of parchment prepared for my signature; the gentle demand set up by Mr. Fisher being, viz., an as signment of the lease of the New Strand Theatre (for which he had previously advanced certain sums) with all its theatrical properties; an assignment of the lease of Drury-lane; the auditing the accounts of the theatre; a right to engage or discharge any person not an actor in the establishment; insurances on my life for the whole of the money advanced; to give a deed of covenant and a war rant of attorney ; to pay five per cent, on the amount of Mr. Fisher's claim, and to liquidate the debt (since debt he made it), by handing to him weekly a fifth of the gross receipts of Drury-lane and the Strand Theatres. On tie - fling these securities I was t o rece i ve t h e last 2001. ; and failing to sign, an action was immediately com menced by Mr. Fisher, which, by the advice of my solici tor, was allowed to obtain judgment. It is possible that, legally, I might have failed to prove a partnership with Mr. Fisher ; but I make solemn attesta tion to the truth of every syllable above written. More— -1 appeal to the Committee if the manner of Mr. Fisher in his interview with that body, was not that of a man with a deep personal interest in the speculation to be entered upon—a long acquaintance with, and the fullest reliance upon the honour of Mr. Fisher, induced me to take his word for his bond. Thus fettered by the large claim of Mr. Fisher and the want of the necessary and promised supplies for carrying on the theatre, it was every hour becoming less possible for urn honourably to continue the mana; -vent; but ►he whole was at once brought to a conclusion by the threat of in stant execution, unless I assigned the only property I was possessed oi, and even in the case of my having as. signed such property to Mr. Fisher, I was not to receive any guarantee that such extreme measures would not be still pursued; with a view, therefore, to protect himself and my other creditors from the undue preference which Mr. Fisher would have required, a creditor of mine threatened and has issued a fiat of bank. ruptcy against me on Friday last, Thereby enabling aose persons to whom I am justly indebted to participate in all the property I am possessed of, without sacrificing it to the claims of the man, who was in all truth and honour my partner, when every week of the season, with scarcely an exception, had been a week of considerable loss. It has been asserted that I have received, on the recent occasion of the Royal visit, the sum of about 1,200/. This is totally unfounded. The proceeds of that night were little more than COOL, the whole of which has been antici pated by the payments to the performers and others on the preceding Saturday. It is upwards of ten years since I embarked as theatri cal manager. In that time up to my unfortunate connec tion with Drury-lane Theatre, neither actor nor tradesman ever lost by me one shilling of his salary—one farthing of his bill. And, however much I may deplore the circum stances that have produced the present crisis, I boldly avow —and the proof of this will be speedy and most public— that there is nothing in them to fix upon me the taint of cti , ,honesty or the blush of shame. I remain, your obedient Servant, W. J. HA NINIOND. No. 23, Essex-street, Strand, Feb. 29, 1840. NOBLE CONDUCT OF MR. MACREADY. (From the Sunday Times.) This theatre was closed last night, under most distress ing circumstances ; but it gives us great pleasure to state, that in consequence of the generous offer of Mr. Macready to play gratuitously four nights next week, for the benefit of the company, the doors will be re-opened to-morrow evening. The embarrassments of Mr. Hammond, which have been well known in the theatrical world, were on Friday night brought to a climax by a fiat of bankruptcy. Mans' of the company, to whom a large sum is due for arrears of salary, but for the kind interference of Mr. Mac ready, would have been left totally destitute. A meeting was held. yesterday, on the stage, by the whole establishment. Mr. George Bennet delivered a message from the proprietors, offering to let the theatre to them at a nominal rent of 251. per night, provided the company would make themselves answerable for all cur rent nightly expenses, such as lighting, printing, ser vants. and band. This proposition, though very liberal, was first rejected on the grounds of the great responsibi lity : but, on a communication being made to fur. Mac re,,tly to that effect, he at once came forward on behalf of his less fortunate brothers, and offered his gratuitous ser vices for four nights—n.-nday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday next. (From the Observer.) We were sorry to are, from a notice affixed to the doors of this theatre, that it would be closed last night. The notice stated, that in consequence of unavoidable circum stances," the theatre would be closed for that night. The signature was. " W. R. Copeland, acting manager." Rumours have been rife as to the " unavoidable circum stalices" which have produced this lamentable result. We say lamentable, for, Irons reports which have r eac h e d us, we have no doubt that the lesseesh ip of Mr. Hammond is terminated, and that there is out a slender chance of this theatre continuing open. What the result may be on the corns dramatique of Drury-l!ine, of course we can not pretend to say ; but in order to satisfy the public anxiety or, the subject we arc induced to mention the f o ll ow i nz rumours that have reached us. N% e have been informed that a docket was struck by a gentleman of the name of Kemp against Mr. Hammond, and that subseq uent l y exe cutions were put by Mr. Fisher into the Liver theatre, Liverpool, the Doncaster Theatre, the Strand theatre, and Drury lane (all of which Mr. Hammond has an interest in), in the hope of having the bankruptcy superseded . Thi s, opens a question of law, which we cannot take ' u pon ourselves to decide. An execution was also put in at the same time in Mr. Hammond's house in Essex street. Mr. Macready, we underst a nd, offered to play for the actors, and a deputation, we believe, c ons i st i ng of Mr. George Bennett , Mr. William Bennett, Mr. .1. - Vining ' and Mr. Wilmot, waited on that gentl eman l ast even ing for the purpose of ascertaining wh e th er M r. M acready would fulfil the remainder of his engage ment , t h e actors undertaking to be respons ible for his remuneration. W e have also heard that the Committee have offered the theatre to the Company on very reasonable terms. Of course we cannot vouch for the truth of these rumours, b u t we have thouffht it right to mention them, in order that they may be contradicted if contrary to the fact. Since writing the above we have learned th at M r. Mac ready, with that generosity whi c h distinguishes his dia. meter, 11(,s offered to play gratuitously for four nights in the ensuing week, and that a Committee of the Company,. consisting of Mr. Wilmot , M r A. Lee , Mr. .1. Vining, Mr. G. 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The convicts were ge nerally occupied to-day in writing letters. From the expedi tion manifested in getting the vessel re-masted, it is 'Rid that she will go out to-morrow at noon. At a late meeting of the inhabitants of Andovet, it was suggested that the congratulatory address to her Majesty upon her marriage, adopted at it, should be presented by the lord Lieutenant (A the county ( Han's), the Duke of Wellington. The proposition to this effect was, however. over ruled in favour of the Mayor, accompanied by the Town Clerk. THE KHAN OF CIIIVA.—" The Khan of Chive," says a letter from St. Petersburg, in the France, " is 53 years of age—brave ,but indolent, He is said to be very de sirous of being on good terms with Russia, but is controlled by his principal wife, a beautiful and haughty woman of 22, sister of the Sultan of the independent Kirghis, and very fond of war. She has armed 5,000 Kurdowz infantry and 26,000 Chivian cavalry for the defence of the town, and has applied for assistance to her brother, who has, however, positively re fused to go to war with Russia. She is said to be under the influence of an Italian, who acts as major-domo of her husband's palace. The Khan supposed to be possessed of large, trea sures, and his stables are tilled with the finest horses of Asia. He has 600 slaves in his service, the Chivians themselves being all military, and unwilling to act as domestics. The popula tion of his territory consists of 426,000 Chivians and 85,000 slaves." The Exeter Gazelle has been corresponding with certain milliners' girls—sill of honest repute be it known, and above suspLion—touching the manufacture of the Queen's dresses. He states that they are all foreign, and that the Queen has only had English dresses made for a blind, choosing rather to have foreign dresses made exactly like, because she will not wear anything British ! Her Majesty .‘ was bred a foreigner for foreign purposes." Thus speaks the Gazette of the Queen, and then accuses her of the most outrageous duplicity, because she will disguise her preference for foreign manufactures over British. A more cruel, contemptiLle, and unmanly attack was never made upon any woman, than these which the Tories are uow levelling at our beloved Queen. There is one consolation left—if the Tories hate the Queen, her Majesty despises them, and lie as they may they will never more be admitted to power as Tories. Western Times. STOCKDALE V. HANSARD.--In the fifth ac tion brought by Mr. Stockdale v. Messrs. Hansard, in which the damages are laid at 50,0001., the venue is laid in Surrey, and the writ of inquiry will therefore be executed before the Sheriff at the next assizes for that county. Lord Liverpool is, it appears, the Prothonotary of the. Court of Common Pleas for Lancashire, receiving be tween 3,0001. and 4,0001. a year for performing by deputy the duties of the office. TO THE OPERATIVES OF GREAT BRITAIN. DEAR COUNTRYMEN—A word with you. lam an old man, a clergyman of what is call Al the Church of England; the only one, perhaps, that has had the honour of a yea's imprisonment, and of suffering the loss of all things, for your take. Clergymen, like others, love their own toe wit for that. My tale is soon told, to those who know it not. The manufacturers of Kiddermister, some twelve years ago, proclaimed a horrible reduction of wages. The men stood out. I took the men's part ; an offence unpar donable by clergy, gentry, magistrates, judges, juries-_ yes, all in the land, save the working man himself. Fr e m the working man I would take nothing. From me, the ruling powers took everything takeable—all according to law, no doubt. Every rascally thing can be done by law, where there is plenty of money, against the working man ! However skilful in his calling, he is the prey of every fool that has plenty of money. Here is the point. The rich fool secs it, tne skilful poor does not. Such is the oppo site curse of riches and poverty. The rich know how to oppress —money has taught them ; the poor know not how to escape oppression —poverty has blinded their eves. But escape is at hand. When Christ was upon earth, the thick clay put by him upon the eyes of the blind opened them ; an odd, but in his hands, an effectual remedy ! He is pot visibly present with us now, but his Word is ; and this Word is teaching the poor working man, upon whose eyes Providence has spread the thick clay of poverty, that Got'. hails made of one blood all men to dwell upon the face of the earth, and that he hath made all things upon earth for the good of man, and that he is no respecter of persons. By that Word the working man is learning fast that Christ died for him, to make him rich in faith and an heir of the kingdom promised to them that love him ; that it is not his si ill that he should be a slave ; that he has most ex pressly told hint and all in his situation, that he would not they should be the slaves of men. All this and far more the working man is learning . fast,"and wci may be certain that such learning, piercin- ' through the thick 'clay of po verty, will open his eyes. Spiritual pastors and masters, as j they are called, may strive to blind him still with false ia terpretations ; but, depend upon it, they will not prevail unless to their own downfall. The people by and by will get too wise for them, and will read God's Word for them selves. The thick clay of poverty, when put upon the eyes by unhallowed bands, will blind sure enough ; but when touched by the hand of God it will as surely open. When I was in prison I set myself to consider how it was that all were against the working men—Judges, Juries, Parsons, Magistrates, Nobles, Statesmen, with few ex ceptions—all, in fact, who could afford once a quarter, or even much seldomer, to put a new coat on their backs and a new hat on their heads 1 How it was that the very laws seemed all made against the poor ! And for the first time it struck me that it was because all the laws were made by the rich, who would be sure to favour themselves—that the very Juries did not belong to the poor ; the Judges and Magistrates were not chosen by him, and that, in fact, he was a distinct class, and a slave class, at the entire mercy of all the rest, who worked him as hard and at as little wages as they could possibly effect I All then appeared plain to me as the light ; and from that moment to the present I have been labouring as I could to point out to the working man his only remedy. That remedy was once thought visionary by the worthy Editor of this Paper, whom, nevertheless, I believe to he a most sincere friend of the working man. He thought it visionary, mainly, because he deemed it unattainable. He may think otherwise by and by. At all events, it will not depend upon what he or any other man, or class of men, may think, save yourselves. When you come universally to deem it real, it will soon be effected. You are coming fast to the point. My remedy of old, Universal Suffrage, is making astonishing advances. The more it is ridiculed and opposed the better. It will never be put down. The masses of the people have got hold of it, and they will never part with it but with their lives. They nay do many folliful things, and, in their ignorance, some very unjustifiable things. They may be hooted at as Chartists _may be tried for treason, or sedition, or tumult—may be more or less deserving of imprisonment, or other pu niatiment, according to the present state of the rich men made laws; but they will never again lose sight of their pointed. all li isnjildttuo Judges g burled easn S t dsa ' n o o o pdo m n one Juries their r e: i meb r a sue r n cgbi thrones, ei vs persuaded, eornoe eat,rasitn,wdt hai will en f l adtrwheivsneodrop very differently hereditaryeesre, psnr towe Sooner structure r l neurcc k et i wsua n igt to p re " of the laws be loosed and shaken over the whole of its foundations than the masses will lose sight of their con stitutional rights, or relinquish their efforts to obtain them. I need not be told of the stern, the deadly determination of authority against them ; I know it. I need not be ad monished of the fickleness, the cowardice, the boastfulress, the treachery of the mob; I know them. Why remind me of a rope of sand, of millions of single sticks? I know that sand can be formed into the firmest cement, and that a bundle of sticks cannot be so readily broken. I know that the millions are uniting. Poverty and the Word of God are uniting them in one common cause never to be out down. The iron has entered into their souls. They are beginning to know their own worth. They know that kings and laws were made for them. and not they for laws and kings. Warriors are going down with them. Fields of blood are loathsome in their eyes and to their smell. All great class-legislators are becoming contemptible to them. The noble O'Connell endangers a half of his power the very instant he incurs (even though he should un deservedly incur) their suspicion. The most wonderfully gifted (and, in my opinion, the truly honest, though not yet fully assured) Brougham, almost fades from their eyes as they doubt his sincerity. They would hail such leaders, but they are beginning to put confidence only in themselves. In Ireland there is more trust and less eniightment. In England and Scotland there is more enlightenment, and less trust. In both countries facts and not individuals are coming into request, and those facts are comprised in the inquiry, What will bring about our emancipation ? —what will un-slave us ?—what will give us equal rights and equal laws ?—what will bring class-legislation to an end ?—what will bring us into our own Constitution ; or, if that cannot be, will give us a better ?" Such are, as I well know, the heart-thrilling questions of the best of you, my deeply respected countrymen ; and to encourage and extend such questions is the object of my present address to you. Upon the result of such ques tions depends all your woidly prosperity. First, What things are in your favour? Amongst the first is the Constitution of your country - the British Constitution, the wonder of the world. Grea' and learned men have known this better than you ; whereas you ought to have known it better than they. The reason is plain, the Constitution has been encouraged in all its workings towards them, but hampered and crippled in all its operations towards you. They, or their Mends have been always in their moiety of the Constitution, while you have always been kept out of your share of it. Happily von are beginning to know this. Setting aside all quib bling, the Constitution of this country consists of King, or Queen, Lords, and Commons. The consent of these three Powers is necessary to to the fixing of all laws by which the whole is to be governed, and to which all arc to be obedient. Of these three Powers, we have always had (so to speak), a King or Queen, and always a House of Lords —but, alas ! never yet a true House of Commons. What is called the House of Commons has ever been hitherto a House from which the great mass of the Cem mons have ever been most sedulously and craftily ex cluded. This has been the mo.:t flagrant and the most pernicious deceit that was ever imposed upon a people called and deeming themselves free. Hence, the most wonderful people in the world, crushed under a load of debt under which none other people in the world could for a single moment exist. Still the Constitution is the same. A better, perhaps, may not be framed. Only let us have it. Let not the poor man—let not any man I.)r kept out of it. The Constitution is in itself free to all; and all in it could not but be free—for it knows no slavery, it acknowledges no slave class—it will not suffer even a king to domineer—it has in itself checks and safeguards against all the Kings and all the Lords in the world; those checks and safeguards are in the House of Commons, when all the common people are there by their freely chosen representatives, but never till then ; and until they are thus there there can be no permanent prosperity for the country, nor worthy security for either King or Lords. It is the semblance of the Constitution that is the people's curse. The Constitution itself is the people's best friend. Let them get into it before they seek another. Look to this, my dear countrymen, and consider it well. The second thing in y our f avour i s t h e per h aps perfect trial of the two great parties of the State, the Whigs and the Tories. Never before were these parties so thoroughly known. The Tories, actually ashamed of their own name, have been, and arc still, trying to shelter themselves under the new name of C enservat i ves , b ut t h at w ill not do. The Whigs are throwing all the blame of their failures upon the Tories, by whatever nam e th e y ma y ca ll t h emse l ves ; be , t, that will not do. From wh a t ever cause or causes , t h e NV higs cannot even conceal th e i r own wea k ness , an d utter inability to remove the dreadful pressure upon the nation's prosperity I They cling to office as terrified mariners lash themselves to the masts and rigging of a foundering ship, hoping, almost against hope, that the storm may lull itself to rest by a kind of miracle, or that in the same way the ship may ride it out, and they themselves be found after all in actual possession of all the honours and emoluments of their respective stations. But this will not do. The people see their position, and laugh them to scorn. The cry is, We hate almost alike and equally Tory principles and Whig practice." A third thing in your favour is the tottering state of the Established Ch urc h. As a state engine its spell is broken. Though bishoprics yet retain their thousands a year, they have all b u t en ti re ly l o st their state leverage. No longer Can Government move a county, or a fraction of a county, by •ending them a bishop, except to disgust, or at most to • to!erate. The very head-quarters of lawn sleeves may perhaps be divided by dissent. The cathedral may be ad mired as a building, while its weekly and daily services may be openly scorned or silently neglected , for every thing but its singing boys and organ. Ilse most obsc ure meeting-house, where all may sine, and many may pray, and some may preach, as loud as lungs can bear and th e i r own spirit excite, is ousting the minister in the affe c ti ons of the people, because the former is their free choi ce , an d the latter is an imposition ii,yon them, in their opinion too much a splendid humbug, beloved of th e ar i stocracy, as a sort of almshouse, like the State, for the younger branches of their families. The very names of tithes and church rates are becoming hateful—a very stink in the nostrils, not only of Dissenters, but also of m u l t i tu d es who at: tend church ; and it is at thi s moment a moot point w ith the multitude, whether, if there be none ot her way of alleviating their present miseries, it may not be best to appropriate the four, or the six, or (as it may be) the nine millions a-year of the State Church to that purpose. Right or wrong, such opinions are rife ; and they who dread them most had better by first in endeavours to pacify the people by giving them their rights, al, ir plain constitutional rights, of which they have ever hitherto been deprived, and are now it length being brought to a know ledge of that bitter deprivation. A fourth thing in your favour is the prevailing opinion of the state of the laws. No lawyer knows them. Neither King„ nor Lords, nor Common:, know them. At this mo ment, the very Judges and the House of Commons are he sitating which should send the other to prison. The uncer tainty of the law, which should be its greatest shame, has long been most impudently called its glory. How amazed was I, when I found myself pronounced a breaker of the law and condemned to twelve months' imprisonment ! All seemed a mere farce, save the expense. I was ruined ; and that to me was no farce, nor can it be to any man, however joy fully he may endure the loss of all things for conscience sake and the sake of his fellow -creatures. The expenses of the law, too, are most horrible Only witness the large sums raised by the poor work ing men for the defence of honest, worthy, yet no doubt, in that instance, misjudging, Frost, a n d th e two o t h ers ! Add to it the law by which they were tried and condemned-_a law by which I would nut have hung a cat—add to all, the en ormous expenses of the whole to the country at large. Oh 1 what an exposure of the folly_ the almost madness of some law proceedings 1 A wave of popular fury is rising which may possibly overwhelm and wash away the present system, whatever other may be substituted in its stead. Let those lawyers and statesmen, and others, who are most solicitous for pre sent arrangements, seek to preserve them by making them must conducive to the people's obtaining their just consti tutional rights. All these things and many others are in your favour, my beloved countrymen. Next, let me advert to some few things that arc against you.. The first I shall mention haatisto one, _which has harassed me personally the most, and I shall place it first on that ac count, and that is the class prejudice of some of the best of people. The sentence of judges and jury, and the year's imprisonment, never gave me one quarter the suffering that did the opinion and behaviour of some of my nearest and dearest friends, some of the worthiest people in the world. The very beat in my opinion, and the ablest and most learned of them all will not give the poor ignorant mau the Suffrage fur fear he should abuse it to his own hurt 1 He cannot trust the poor. I cannot trust the rich. So far we are alike, each in leis respective line. But here we differ greatly. I would trust both rich and poor when amalga mated in our Constitution ; while he, like most rich, and learned, and great men, will riot hear of such amalgama tion ! This matter, of all others, my friends, is most against you. Such men, by their wealth, their learning, their high character, have almost omnipotent sway over the thousauds ' in whose hands the destinies of nations have been hereto. fore placed; and if character should give sway, they ought to have it. But I would say, "0 1 put not your trust in Princes, nor in any child of man, for there is no help in them." Here, it is not individual character but universal justice that should prevail. Here, a bad man may be on the right side, and a good man on the wrong side. Let a man be as bad as he may, he may be oppressed, and hie oppression may have been the main cause of his bad prin ciples and character ; but be that as it may, it is more common for a bad man to feel that he is oppressed than for a good men to try to remove that oppression from him. In such a case the bad man may properly be on the right side in efforts to remove oppression, while the good man may remain culpably ignorant of the fact, or indifferent to it when known. But shall I retain a property from a poor man for fear of his killing himself with brandy-drinking, or of his prosecuting me for ever having had his property in my possession ? Yet, such is the reasoning of some of the ablest and best of men against you, my friends, and it is one of the leading things against you. Governments look to such men for support; and with their sanction abut their ears to the cries of the people's most just demands. Another thing against you is the undeniable hankering of great numbers of you after vvharis called physical force. The Holy Scripture says that oppression will drive a wise man mad; and I for one, am nut surprised at the eager ness of the multitude to avenge themselves ; but though not surprised, I am very very sorry, knowing that by such procedures the multitudes arc only thwarting their own ends. Governments always, upon occasions, employ spies to pre tend to be rebels, and thus to stir up some to rebellion, to pounce upon them in order to punish them for the intimi dation of the rest 1 Every demonstration of physical foice ail! be a plea with Government for keeping up a stand ing army in time of peace, for swearing in special constables, and for organizing an extended constabulary force, which is, in reality, another standing army under 'another form and name expressly for home purposes, to fight against ourselves, father against son, son against father, brother against brother, friend against friend, neigh hour against neighbour—the most horrible of all kinds of warfare, and the most dangerous to liberty under the name of peace ! We see how all this has sprung up all at once amongst ourselves, and that, I grieve to say, not without some colour of reason, though in my opinion without ade quate cause. However, this is palpably against you; and hankerings amongst some of you after physical force have been the alleged cause for throwing such obstacles in your way. A third thing against you is a split amongst your selves. Some of you aro too manifestly for revolution. At this, though not surprised, I am grieved as before. Some of your writers, very powerful and very honest men I have no doubt, are yet, I think, greatly mistaken in this most solemn matter. They palpably confound the Consti tution of the country with its laws I And because some of the laws arc arbitrary, cruel, evidently pointed against the poor, class-made laws, purposely for the rich, making and keeping the bulk of the people aliens in their own coun try, slaves at home, such writers throw all the odium thereof upon the Constitution, and say, " See wh a t a pre cious Constitution ours is !" I thi n k• it would be far more constitutional and just for such writers to say, " See what follows from the per version of our Constitution. Let us all strive for the integrity of our Constitution, that all may be comprised in it and be partakers thereby of its bless ings." Such writers must k now t h at t h e C onst i tution has never yet been completed but in theory, and that the flaw has ever been in the House of Commons. Why not struggle lawfully and constitutionally to get that flaw re moved, instead of continually kicking against the pricks, and thrusting our heads into the lion's mouth and daring him to bite ? How do such writers know that a Republic would be better for Englishmen than their own genuine Constitution ? At all events, let us have cur own first ; and then if upon full trial it shall be neighed in the balance and found wanting, and !he whole people shall be prepared, as the Ame• ricans were, for a change, a change no doubt will be in due time effected, without any State trials by Commis sion for treason, or sedition or tumult. For the present, the split amongst ourselves is against us. lam sure lam anxious for the well-being of the operatives. If any man be more so, I should delight to welcome him to my heart as a brother, and more than a brother. But I cannot claim fellowship with those who are aiming at revolution. I would be amongst the last to punish them, I would not punish them at all; but I could not join them ; nor can I possibly approve of them, because I quite believe that, how ever undesignedly, they backen your great cause by divid ing your efforts and by sharpening the wits, tied fears, and dislikes of all the influential of the country against you. Surely you stand in no need of enemies—you want friends. If the great and the influential will not befriend you, let them be thrown at once into the false position of opposing you ; not in revolutionary movements, but in every legal and constitutional effort to obtain your just rights, and no more. _., My dear friends, in adverting to particulars in your favour, I have just intimated to you the Constitution of your country; the complete trial now made of the two heretofore leading pr.rties in the State, Whigs and Tories; the tottering condition of the State Church ; and the present prevailing opinion of the state of our laws. In adverting to a few of those things which 1 deem to be against you, I placed first a sort of class-prejudice, or pre possession, arising from situation in life of perhaps the best and ablest and most influential amongst the rich and powerful of all mankind. The next particular was an undeniable hankering amongst yourselves after what is called physical force. The last was the great split amongst yourselves, some of whom are but too mani festly aiming at revolution, and a new form of Constitu t onal Government. I would conclude my present address by respectful but firm intimations of what I deem it best for you to do. If I were ill and in danger of death, I would get the best medical aid in the world, if I could. A like proce dure I would recommend to ycu in your political extre mity. Get the best political aid in the world, if you can. In the American world of worthies, Washington VCRs the Colossus. In Ireland mainly, but with a stride across the Channel, and one toe at least on the British shore, stands pre-eminent the noble O'Connell. In Great Britain, whom have we? A set of the puniest legislators, wi t h the fewest honourable exceptions that ever disgraced the annals of a so-called free country ! Ch er i s h the excep tions; tions ; and then, give away all the rest, with (if reed be) a premium, to any country or people who want legislators able and willing to do nothing. out But amongst the exceptions, who i s h e who stands superlatively pre-eminent for ex a l te d genius, and almost boundless stores of knowledge and unapproachablenapp n r ,yh o t achable or a t o ry, and manifestly sincere, and now at length close approximation to genui ne constitutional English ° liberty ? Formally to pron ounce a name when the very man is present to the mi n d s o f a l l is an absurdity of which I shall not be guilty ; b ut I would most earnestly beseech you, my dear countrymen, to go at once to Lord Brougham, and ask him to do for you, as patriots , what O'Connell has done for th e I r i s h , as Catholics to gain for you com plete and perfect emancipation —to put you in as entire possession of your political rights as O'Connell the Catho lics of their spiritual rights. Toll him in the language of the Irish patriot, " that nothing less can satisfy you, and that you require no more." Approach him with your millions of signatures. One farthing a month from five millions of you would be sixty two thousand a year—about the Queen's household ex penses. Ensure him some such sum, or a still larger; urge it upon him as the sine qua non of your engaging his mighty energies. I am aware of his pride—his per haps real pride (for that may be called pride which is en titled to a better name)—his real pride which may cause him to start with abhorrence from your offer. Remind him that a King or a Queen is not ashamed of receiving very far mare from you annually for doing nothing at all but eating, drinking, and enjoying themselves ; th a t a ll officers of State, and all under them, will get what they can for themselves and their dependents for doing very --- I little ; that Bishops have no objection to their theusende a year fur the saute purpose, and that he himself. though he gave up vast fees to become Lord Chancellor. and nobly curtailed his income as Lord Chancellor, still receives an ex-Chancellor's retired allowance. I3atter down his pride if you can, and wake him y our f,iesci by full pro o f of your friendihip towards him. Make him yours, and you will have the ablest headpiece, and the most elorious mouthpiece in the world, and that is what you e ant, a guide and an expositor, undaunted. arid faithful_.. to clear your way through hosts of political adversaris to the full attainment of your ob!eet. My only other recommendation to you at this time shall be to keep up petitionings amongst you to the utmost. I will conclude that all you working man will have but one , main obj ec t, an d t h at w il l b e to get into the Constitution ; ! that you may be no loneer a slave class, but that you may all have a voice in all affairs appertaining to your own wel fare by the means of your own representatives in the Com mons' House of Parliament. Make this knows, by your petitions, and never cease petitioeiag till you have gained your just constitutional ends. This method has been hitherto but very imperfectly and clumsily tried. I doubt not but that . you are fully able to bring it to perfection, and to effect that the tame worded petition, in the substance of which all agree, may be circu lated in small printed papers through your millions about the same time, and that friends and neighbours may write it out and sign it in parties conveniently for themselves, and at the least trouble and expense, and send off the s-pa rate petitions with their fifty, or a hundred, or ire bin drcd, or a thousand signatures (as the case may be) by port to their proper destinations. Strict fidelity should be observed. No fictitious signature should be suffered. All should be well acquainted with the substance of what they sign. All may be done quietly and without expense, sieve that of the least time and paper. The same thoughts would be circulating through many minds at about the same time with the least possible inconvenience ; and thee an unity of purpose, aid that a most valuable purpose, would be most surely of Never mind petitions being thrown by hundreds of thousands under the table-- only let them be there to be so thrown—only persevere till you accumulate millions of signatures a hundred or a thousand times repeated. The Queen, or the Lords, or the Commons, or all three, will ascertain the number .f your names, will be assured of your reality and of your resolution ; and you may depend upon it that your Rum_ hers and your importunity will most surely prevail at last. ?dv conviction is that even the present Government is wily waiting to ascertain distinctly what the millions actually want in order to grant it. For the present, loud voice* and cries are supposed to be only those of a faction ; only lee them he proved to be, those of the millions, and they will be most undoubtedly regarded. This is fair. This any Government would require. Less than this may avail you naught. Look well to this ; and may God - grant full success to your most just and well-deserving efforts. I remain, My worthy, though b:trcrly oppressed countrymen, Your sinzeie well-wisher and friend, HUMPHRY PRICE. Needwood Parsonage, near Lichfield, Feb. 25, 1840. LORD J. RUSSELL AND MR. ELLIS. Travellers' Club, Feb. 2t), 1840. Colonel Spencer Stanhope having waited upon Lor4 John Russell this morning by appointment, laid before him the following memorandum on the part of the Right Hon. Henry Ellis : " Lord John Russell is reported to have said, that while the discussion respecting the appointment to the newly-created office of Comptroller of the Exchequer was going on, Lord Althorp said to him, it was matter of regret that he, Lord Althorp, notwithstanding the near relationship of Mr. Henry Ellis to their colleague Lord Ripon, could not recommend Mr. Ellis os a fit person to fill the office of Comptroller. " These expressions of Lord John' Russell have, to Mr. Ellis's knowledge, produced an impression that sonic imputation existed against Mr. Ellis's character. " Mr. Ellis is very willing to believe that Lord John Russell had no such intention ; but Mr. Ellis at the same time feels that it is due to himself to request from Lord John Russell a formal declaration that he did net mean to convey any imputation whatsoever unfavourable to Mr. Ellis's character as a gentleman and a man of honour. " As the expressions of Lord John Russell have be come public, his Lordship must he aware that Mr. Elio purposes to make the.requested declaration squally Copy OF LOAD JOHN RUBBELL'a REPLY. " Vilton-crescent, Feb. 29, 1840. " Lord John Konen did not intend, in the debate of Thursday last, to convey any imputation whatever un favourable to the character of Mr. Ellis as a gentleman and a man of honour. He ivished as newly as possible to convey the substance of what was said in the Howie of Commons on the 14th of March, 1634, when Lord Althorp, after alluding to the office of Comptroller of the Exchequer, declared that the appointment was one which it rested with the Government to dispose of oa its own responsibility." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. The aspect of the turf market thir morning was en a par with the condition of trade. The actual business was confined to a few simple bets. We may state that Gilbert Gerrity has had to give up the second position, 12 to 1 is offered agaiest either him or Cruiskeen; 13 to 1 against Cole (take 100 to 6) ; 7 to 1 is Cowboy's price, ofered, take half a point more ; 110 to 6 laid against St. Bennett, who is evidently getting out of favour. George has been backed at 100 to 3, rather with zest; the Dean also at the same figure. 40 to lis asked oa \Cirrestreµ•, 33 to 1 offered; also 8 to 1 against Colonel Pee,' en the same, against Lord Milltown. THE Ds:liar.— We have seen nothing done since Tuesday. 12 to 1 offered on the field. Tats LIVERPOOh STEEPLE CHA,E.--ii to 4 offered against Lottery to-day ;6to 4 taken yesterday to a sum. Long odds wouldbe laid against " Seventy-four," or any other, if sir. El more's luck did not banish hope of a tumhle extra vn this *eel'. sion, so as to bring it off a win fir the fieldsmen. • DEATH OF 'MAJOR-GENERAL STANHOPE. —We regret to announce that Major-General the lion. Lin coln Stanhope died at one o'clock on Saturday morning, Liter an illness of three hours, arisin: from an obstruction of the bowels. It is reported that Lord Levcson, the late Meat. ber for Morpeth, and eldest son of Earl Granville, oar Am bassador to the Court of the King of the French, is to sue ceed the [ion. Mrs Fox Strangways, as one of the Under- Secretaries of State for the Department of Foreign Afairs. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.--A memorial is 11017 in the course of signature to our two lion. Members, intreat ing them to support Mr. Ewart's motion on the sth of March, for the entire abolition of capital punishment.— Western Times. ENGLISH HOSPITAL AT CONSTANTINOPL E . —The manner of ccnducting the New British Hospital in this capital has has happily removed almost all cause of com plaint against our countrymen in authority, se far as the oom forts of the patients are concerned. The recent change front the "black hole of Galata," to the new buil:line ' , has been, al it were, a change fro m d ar k ness i nto li g h t. The Maltese doctor, who was no favourite with the" bluejackets," has bee* dismissed from office, and a Dr. Casalani (not a mere apothecary, but at M.D.) appointed in his stead. To the assiduity and good management of the latter gentleman the greatest praise is due. He resides on the premises, and, with very scanty fends, has already accomplished wonders. It is hoped, however, on the return from England of Mr. Cumberbatch (Consul-Gene ral Cartwright's Vice-Consul), that a small tax will be levied on all British, Maltese, and lonian vessels visiting Constanti-. nople, by which means the funds of the hospital will be cow siderably increased, and the institution rendered fit for the ac commodation not only of seamen, but people -of every occupation who may require such assistance. A good hospital in a country like this, subject to plague, is a great del& deratutn, which every one cannot but wish to see supplied, sup ported, and properly appreciated. Mr. Grenville will give his third grand dinner in Hamilton-place ' on Thursday next. The Right Hon. Gen -1 tleman, notwithstanding his advanced age, having entered its . 80th year, is in the enjoyment of excellenthealth. LONGEVITY OF A PONY.—About 18 years since, a gentleman, gave to Mr. Titchmarsh, of Knresworth, in this county, a grey pony, aged 23 years, which was supposed to be worn out, requesting him either to shoot it, or to give it gentle work. The latter request was acted upon, and, singstlar to state, revived the strength of its younger days. Six years ago, the same pony went through a hard day's hunt, cod ear. ried its rider, who weighed 12 stone, to the death of the fox. Till within the last three weeks it became restless, and lava p,able of being held a t t h e soun d of a h orn or the repot t of a gnu. From that time she gradually drooped, and on Saturday last, the 22d, died a natural death at the great age of 41 years.— Cambridge Chronicle. Church agitation is the order of the day in both e ' sfnt ast these irn,:emo4prnetttihhtveieoe nteEistoim.prrioi4r.r;.ebusrieeesi-hnolsenacedvet:: ends of the island. In Scotland the war cry is " ird p dence ;" in England , ne Sessioniapnr da .3. praying ti ' go: ' e fI E :( .), rl x oe t r e tli n nll s eto i horeinexi. instant, been ntr Church hfr presented sn t e h nE e t come from public meetings. They are of the regular " hole and-corner' class, manufactured by the clergy, and subscribed 1 by the churchwardens, beadles, clerks, gravediggers, and the "nobodies" of high or low rank with whom the parson is on good terms. The petitions very generally pray that a saffieieet number of churches may be built with the public money to accommodate the whole popelation ; and it is thus modestly proposed to tax the Dissenters to put themselves down ! It is pretty evident, however, already that the Church Extension cry is a failure.—Scotsman. DO YOU WANT THE SALT TAX?-- The Parsons are manufacturing, on a wholesale reale, petitions to Parliament for Church Extension, and the farmers are eagerly signing the same. Now, if Parliament grant the prayer of these petitions, there must be more taxes laid on, as fliers is already a deficient revenue, and SA LT perhaps may be timid for the benefit of the Church. The term "Puseyite" is derived from the R ev . Dr. Posey, Professor of Hebrew in the University of Oxford, who is one of the loading agents in semi-Popery. The Pt. serites exalt Tradition almost to an equality with Scripture, and hold the doctrines of Apostolical Succession, the mystic efficacy of Sacraments, Ste. &c. THE WADEBRIDGE MURDER.—A subsCiip tion on behalf of the widow of Mr. Norway, who was so par_ barously murdered on theBth instant, has been opened at Bed min. m e prisoners, William and James Lightfoot, appear quite uleon.erned about this horrid affair, and relate to any one that sees them, how they murdered Mr. Norway, with the greatest ease imaginable. N\re understand that the tablet be longing to Mr. Norway has been found this week in possession of the wife of one of the prison ers .— W est Briton. The subscriptions for the Wellington Testimo nial in Glasgow, and the West of Scotland, now amount to 6,3161. The Glasgow Chartists, amid all their vagaries, have occasionally had the merit of striking out novelties. They have resolved that, "as it is impogible for them to approach her Majesty with any petition, a letter should be written t• Prince Albert, requesting him to use his influence with that Queen in obtaining a free pardon for Frost, William's, and Jones !" It has been said that Prince Albert has, as th• Queen's consort, no constitutional status in the country. The Chartists of Glasgow, however, seem to think otherwise, and have resolved t address him as one of the official advisers of the Crown.—: Glasgow. Argus. 0 ✓a^ -41